New NCEO Report Looks at Equity Issues in the Downturn

Equity Compensation in a Down Market:
Repricing, Accounting, ESPP, and Employee Communications Issues

A new NCEO issue brief explores concerns and strategies for equity
compensation plans in a down market, including:

• research on recent and
  best practices for option exchanges


• accounting problems in the face of
  changing volatility patterns


• issues for international plans


• share
  availability concerns for employee stock purchase plans (ESPPs)


• ways
  to make ESPPs more effective


• and how to communicate with employees
  about equity during a downturn.
  

Written by Brett Harsen of Aon Radford
Surveys + Consulting, Michael Duncan of BNY Mellon Shareholder
Services, Takis Makridis of Equity Methods, Dan Walter of
Performensation, Ed Burmeister and Valerie Diamond of Baker &
McKenzie, and Christine Zwerling and Corey Rosen the NCEO, this is the
most comprehensive treatment of the subject available.

The 63-page issue brief, Equity Compensation in a Down Market:
Repricing, Accounting, ESPP, and Employee Communications Issues, is
available to NCEO members for $15 and non-members for $25. Go to http://www.nceo.org/pubs/equity_comp_downmarket.html for details.