The NCEO has completed a new survey of equity compensation practices in private companies. We received 201 completed surveys from companies and 32 from service providers.
In conjunction with TriNet VCO, a venture capital resource company in San Leandro, CA, the NCEO recently conducted a survey on stock option plan design in companies receiving venture capital financing.
As reported in this column on May 10, a new NCEO survey shows that most companies are not, as has been widely predicted, about to terminate their employee stock purchase plans (ESPPs). Of 117 respondents, 26 companies will or might modify their plans.
A new NCEO survey of 222 diverse ESOP companies shows that 75% have experienced no change in access to long-term credit and 79% have had no change in access to short-term credit.
Many ESOP companies provide financial wellness education for employees—and even more should. Employees really appreciate the help in learning how to think about wealth-building strategies for the long term, and especially how their ESOP accounts fit into that.
A new study of option granting practices for CEOs in public companies finds that companies tend to grant options based more on a fixed number of options than on the value of these awards.
A poll of 853 registered voters conducted June 27-28 by Public Policy Polling showed that 68% of those surveyed say that they "support the concept of companies being owned by their employees so that all workers share in their success." Thirteen percent oppose the idea, while 19% are unsure.
On March 28, the federal district court for the northern district of Mississippi applied the Supreme Court's ruling in Fifth Third Bancorp v. Dudenhoeffer to an ESOP in a closely held company. In the case, Hill v.
