employees' shares
1Fluid shares — The concept of fluid shares was coined by Jonar Nader in his book How to lose friends and infuriate people. The fluid share program, designed to start a chain reaction in underperforming companies, involves four steps: * The average salary in the …
2friends-and-family shares — n. Company shares given to friends and family members prior to an initial public offering. Also known as directed shares. Example Citation: The phenomenon is growing so rapidly that friends and family shares are becoming a new currency in the Bay …
3directed shares — USA Usually issued in connection with a directed share program, these shares are shares of stock sold in an initial public offering directed to certain individuals, such as employees, officers, directors and other individuals (such as vendors,… …
4Performance Shares — In the case of stock compensation, shares of company stock given to managers only if certain company wide performance criteria are met, such as earnings per share targets. The goal of performance shares is to tie managers to the interests of… …
5Royalty trust — A royalty trust is a type of corporation, mostly in the United States or Canada, usually involved in oil and gas production or mining. However, unlike most corporations, its profits are not taxed at the corporate level provided a certain high… …
6Ernest Bader — (24 November, 1890 5 February 1982) [ODNB article by John G. Corina, ‘Bader, Ernest (1890–1982)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/46578] ,… …
7Option Pool — Shares of stock reserved for employees of a private company. The option pool is a way of attracting talented employees to a startup company if the employees help the company do well enough to go public, they will be compensated with stock.… …
8Floating Stock — Shares of a company that are freely available for purchase by investors on the secondary market. The more shares of floating stock are available, the less volatile a company’s stock price is likely to be, and vice versa. Floating shares are …
9United Kingdom company law — Beside the River Thames, the City of London is a global financial centre. Within the Square Mile, the London Stock Exchange lies at the heart of the United Kingdom s corporations. United Kingdom company law is the body of rules that concern… …
10Economic Affairs — ▪ 2006 Introduction In 2005 rising U.S. deficits, tight monetary policies, and higher oil prices triggered by hurricane damage in the Gulf of Mexico were moderating influences on the world economy and on U.S. stock markets, but some other… …
