Equity Reward
Introducing a share based reward plan can be
a valuable tool in maintaining your competitive advantage.
Such plans can provide tax efficient remuneration for your
employees and assist with attracting and retaining talent. They can
also incentivise employees in line with business objectives and
align their interests with those of the company by giving them a
stake in the business.
You can offer your employees shares or the
option to acquire shares at a future date. A plan which is approved
by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) offers more favourable tax
treatment but is less flexible than an unapproved plan.
Grant Thornton can advise on the following
employee share schemes:
- Enterprise Management Incentive scheme (EMI)
- Company Share Option Plans (CSOP)
- saving related schemes (SAYE)
- Share Incentive Plans (SIP)
- unapproved share option schemes
- long-term incentive plans.
Our experienced team can help you design the
most appropriate plan for your business objectives and ensure that
it is implemented to help maximise its value. We can also help in
the day-to-day running of the scheme and advise you on other issues
such as the complicated rules for disclosing share arrangements in
your company’s financial statements.
For further information please contact Justin
Rix, Client Service Director on +44 (0)20 7728 2937 or email
justin.rix@gtuk.com.