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This week's edition of Share Incentives weekly highlights includes: (1) Alvarez & Marsal’s report on executive remuneration in the FTSE 350 and (2)...
This week's edition of Share Incentives weekly highlights includes: (1) Glass Lewis’s report on UK executive pay issues during the 2026 proxy season,...
This week's edition of Share Incentives weekly highlights includes: (1) WTW’s 2026 market data report on director remuneration in FTSE 100 companies,...
This week's edition of Share Incentives weekly highlights includes: (1) a government consultation on modernising corporate reporting which proposes...
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...
Shares for non-executive directors—issues and considerationsMeaning of ‘non-executive director’The general definition of ‘director’ is not exhaustive. The Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006) provides that the term director includes any person occupying the position of director, by whatever name called.
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 point
Late payment penalties—inheritance taxWhile interest often accrues on overdue tax, the late payment of certain taxes may also attract a penalty. For information on the interest accruing on overdue tax, see Practice Notes: IHT—payment deadlines on death—Interest on IHT and Interest on late paid
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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