Equity Alternatives: Restricted Stock, Performance Awards, Phantom Stock, SARs, and More

For many companies, stock options, ESPPs, or ESOPs are not the only stock plans to consider. Instead, restricted stock awards, restricted stock units, phantom stock, stock appreciation rights (SARs), performance awards, and/or direct stock purchases are an essential part of their compensation strategies. This book/CD combination (formerly titled Beyond Stock Options) is an essential toolkit for everyone who needs to research or implement such plans. The book includes eight chapters on what the plan alternatives are, how they work, how to combine them, and the legal and accounting issues they raise. The authors include leading authorities from law firms, Deloitte & Touche, NASPP, and the NCEO. The book also includes a CD with set of model plan documents, most of them annotated, prepared by law firms. The plan documents are included in word processing formats (Microsoft Word and Rich Text Format) so you can easily edit and use them.

Joseph S. Adams is a partner at McDermott, Will & Emery LLP based in the firm's Chicago office. Barbara Baksa is the executive director of the National Association of Stock Plan Professionals (NASPP). Daniel D. Coleman is a senior manager in Deloitte Financial Advisory Service LLP's Valuation Practice, where he specializes in valuation issues related to human capital, including equity-based compensation. Daniel N. Janich is an officer of Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, P.C. in Chicago. David R. Johanson is the managing attorney and a counselor at law with Johanson Berenson LLP, which has offices in Napa and Pasadena, California; Great Falls, Virginia; and Cary, North Carolina. Blair Jones is a managing principal at Semler Brossy Consulting Group, a compensation consulting firm. Kay Kemp is an associate director in the Compensation and Benefits Advisory Services practice of McDermott Will & Emery LLP. Scott Rodrick is the director of publishing and information technology at the National Center for Employee Ownership (NCEO). Corey Rosen is the cofounder and former executive director of the NCEO. Martin Staubus is the director of consulting for the Beyster Institute at the Rady School of Management, University of California, San Diego, where he teaches in the MBA program and consults to a wide range of companies. Robin L. Struve is a partner in the tax department of Latham & Watkins LLP. Dan Walter, CEP, is the president and CEO of Performensation.