Selected Issues in Equity Compensation, 19th Ed

Our standard introductory guide for company owners, managers, and advisors is The Stock Options Book, which covers a multitude of issues relating to stock options and stock purchase plans. This book goes a step beyond The Stock Options Book with extensive information on particular issues such as securities laws. (Many people get both books; for example, the Certified Equity Professional Institute has adopted both as texts for all three levels of its main program plus its accounting designation.) The book addresses administration, state securities laws, federal securities laws, preparing for an IPO, post-IPO considerations, equity in M&A transactions, handling death under an equity plan, equity awards and divorce, evergreen provisions, underwater options and repricing, designing and implementing an employee stock purchase plan (ESPP), the role of the transfer agent, annual meetings, and state mobility issues. A lengthy glossary rounds out the book.

For the 19th edition (2023), the glossary and chapters 1, 2, 4, 5, 11, 12, and 14 were updated.