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“While the cleanest way for a board to set financial planning perks is to treat all NEOs the same, that is unusual because financial planning is rarely one-size-fits-all,” said Deb Lifshey, managing director at Pearl Meyer. “Due to legacy agreements, executives’ living in different jurisdictions, and various sign-on agreements, the size of financial planning perks can vary substantially between NEOs at the same company.”
"Be careful during this [SPAC transaction] period that you're sizing awards and setting the exercise price on stock options in accordance with the current fair market value of the stock," said Robert James, a principal at Pearl Meyer.
“Despite the decline in the use of stock options, the vehicle remains prevalent with young companies, especially companies that are emerging from an IPO,” said Matt Turner, a managing director at Pearl Meyer.
“As companies are propelled into a continually new and changing world, incentive programs need to focus more on innovation,” said Aalap Shah, managing director at Pearl Meyer.
"The pandemic permanently changed the nature of the employer-employee relationship… [through] expansion of performance-driven incentives and perks to attract talent," said Steve Sullivan, managing director, Pearl Meyer.