Share options

Share options: What are they and how do they work?

Published in Shares and shareholders on July 10, 2024 by Philip Newman

Share options granted by a company allow the holder to purchase shares at a future date. Companies frequently offer options to employees as part of their compensation package to motivate them and align their interests with…

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Tags: Option holders, Options, Share options, shares

What are Enterprise Management Incentive (EMI) schemes?

Published in Shares and shareholders on April 28, 2024 by Philip Newman

The Enterprise Management Incentive (EMI) allows smaller companies to set up tax-advantaged employee share schemes. Under an EMI scheme the company grants share options to employees to buy shares in the company at some time in the…

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Tags: employee share schemes, option certificates, Option holders, Options, Share options, share schemes

Create share option certificates with Inform Direct

Published in Shares and shareholders on August 30, 2022 by David Hill

Inform Direct can create attractive branded share option certificates from either a free basic template or a choice of 9 premium designs. Here we describe why share option certificates are desirable and how to produce them in…

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Tags: share capital, cap table, Share options, shares

What are Company Share Option Plans (CSOPs)?

Published in Shares and shareholders on May 23, 2022 by Philip Newman

Company share option plans (CSOPs) are tax advantaged discretionary employee share option schemes. They allow companies to issue options to any employee or full time director to buy shares.…

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Tags: employee share schemes, Option holders, Options, Share options, share schemes

Inform Direct product update – March 2021

Published in Inform Direct news on March 9, 2021 by Philip Newman

Following feedback received since launching our share option recording facility in June 2020 you can now generate option certificates in Inform Direct in the same way as for share certificates.…

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Tags: certificates, membership certificates, news, option certificates, Share options

Inform Direct product update – June 2020

Published in Inform Direct news on June 22, 2020 by Philip Newman

We have recently expanded Inform Direct so that you can now record share options in our online company secretarial system.…

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