A Compelling Alternative to Stock Options
Today, compensation committees seem to have fewer tools in their arsenal to directly incentivize a company's stock price growth. Increasingly since 2007, stock options have been replaced by various performance-based vehicles. As a result, long-term incentive plans (LTIPs) may be paying for achievement of operational or financial performance goals while shareholders fail to benefit from a similar growth in share value.
February 15, 2016 Directors & Boards