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Lexis®PSL Share Incentives weekly highlights—27 April 2017

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Published on: 27 April 2017

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Table of contents

Finance Bill 2017: Government withdraws majority of measures and receives royal assent
Headlines (News updates & analysis)
Gender pay gap information published
United Airlines to align executive remuneration with customer satisfaction
PWC report shows executive pay restraint
New and updated on Lexis®PSL Share Incentives
New materials
Dates for your diary
Useful information
Weekly highlights from other practice areas

Article summary

This week’s edition of Share Incentives highlights includes the government’s amendments to the Finance Bill 2017 that withdrew a large number of measures, including some of the most substantial measures for corporate taxpayers.

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