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This week's edition of Share Incentives weekly highlights includes: (1) a reminder of the increased statutory thresholds and period of exercise which...
This week's edition of Share Incentives weekly highlights includes (1) HMRC updating ETASSUM for increased EMI limits and providing guidance in...
This week's edition of Share Incentives weekly highlights includes (1) HMRC’s new consultation on reporting close company payments to participators,...
This week's edition of Share Incentives weekly highlights includes (1) Finance Bill 2026 receiving Royal Assent and (2) updated guidance from the FRC...
Malus and clawbackThe use of malus and clawbackThe concept of withholding or even recovering value from executives if a material adverse event occurs...
What is a long-term incentive plan?A long-term incentive plan (LTIP) is a term that is commonly used among listed companies to describe executive...
Nil paid shares and partly paid shares—practical considerationsWhat are nil paid shares and partly paid shares?When shares are issued, their...
Implementing share plans—ways to manage dilution of existing shareholdersWhat is share dilution?Share dilution happens when a company issues...
Cashless exercise of optionsWhat is a cashless exercise of options?The ‘cashless exercise’ of options or a 'cashless exercise facility' refers to the mechanism by which share options can be exercised on the basis of an undertaking by the option holder to pay the exercise price (and often also any
Priority between loss reliefs in loss making companiesWhy does it matter?A company that is a member of a group and has incurred any of the types of losses available for surrender by way of group relief may, without any further rules, have more than one way in which to use the loss. There are a
If a rentcharge is shown as being informally exonerated on title information, does this apply to the current registered owner? Or does the informal exoneration only apply to the parties to the document which informally exonerated the rentcharge?This Q&A considers the situation where, at some
If a beneficiary signs a deed of disclaimer of their share of an estate and the estate pays their legal fees, will that count as a PET against their estate?A disclaimer is the refusal of a gift prior to acceptance. The refusal of the gift must take place before the beneficiary accepts any benefit
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