global tax-advantaged equity compensation plans
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Global Tax Advantaged Plans
Mike Pewton, Executive Director, Solium Suzannah Crookes, Legal Director, Pinsent Masons
Dennis Weinhold, Head of Equity Programs, Novartis Angela Blair, Manager, Governance & Shareholder Services, Johnson Controls
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Welcome Speakers Thank you for speaking at GEO’s 17th Annual International Conference in Boston. We are very excited about this year’s line up. • Please use this presentation template for your slides. Sessions have been designated
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Our speakers
Mike Pewton Solium – Executive Director [email protected]
Angela Blair
Johnson Controls, Inc. Manager, Governance & Shareholder
Services [email protected]
Suzannah Crookes Pinsent Masons – Executive Director
Dennis Wienhold Novartis - Head of Equity Programs
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Speakers on the Spot
Question to • Angela Blair Johnson Controls
• Dennis Weinhold
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Audience on the spot • How many use tax advantaged plans? • What are the reasons
• For doing so? • For not doing so?
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Audience on the spot • How many of the following countries have tax
advantages that could be used for share plans
Morocco
Puerto Rico
UK
USA
Ireland
Spain
Denmark
Norway
Australia
China
France
Germany
Hungary
South Africa
Sri Lanka
Belgium Switzerland
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Let’s take a look at one or two in particular
UK Switzerland
USA France
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Swiss tax discounts on equity awards
| Presentation Title | Presenter Name | Date | Subject | Business Use Only 8
Restricted Stocks
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| Presentation Title | Presenter Name | Date | Subject | Business Use Only 9
Restricted Stock Units
In case of an additional blocking/deferal election the same market value reduction will apply at vesting/taxation date
Swiss tax discounts on equity awards
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UK “approved” plans • Bring into capital gains rather than income tax regime (top rate 28% rather than 45% plus NICs)
• Executive Plans o Company Share Option Plan “CSOP”
o Enterprise Management Incentives “EMI”
• All-employee Plans o Sharesave/SAYE - option plan with savings element
o Share Incentive Plan/SIP - share purchase plan with matching/free shares and dividend reinvestment
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• Executive plans o conditions and limits
o tax saving v complexity
o is there sufficient value in it?
• All-employee plans o little flexibility on plan design
o balance consistency with global plan against UK tax advantages
o workforce expectations?
UK “approved” plans
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US approved plans
• Really?
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French approved plans
• Really?
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Is there hope for cash plans?
• Tax planning
• Social security contributions
• Reinvestment of awards?
• Are complexities the motive behind cash awards (and non use of tax advantages)
• Other
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Using Tax advantaged plans?
Complex Expected Insufficient benefit Go the extra mile Lack of understanding Increase take up Difficult to manage Increase tax efficiency
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• Not if you understand them • Not if you work through them • US, France & UK are the most complex and the
most diffuse
• Would anyone like us to go through the French approved Plan?
Complex
Thought so
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• Spain €12,000 (or 40%) • Canada 50% • Israel (no tax until Sale) • US, France & UK
Insufficient benefit
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• Local companies understand • Employees understand • Do advisors understand?
Lack of understanding
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• Many need no specific changes to Plan rules • Local company is often aware of this • Employees are often aware of this • Manage through your tax guides
Difficult to manage
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• UK, US, France, Ireland • Employees will be disappointed • Manage expectations and obligations through your tax
guides
Expected
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• Shows company commitment globally • Shows local buy in
Go the extra mile
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• Plan will be more popular • Look at take up in traditional tax approved countries
Increase take up
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• Through plans • No social security for local company • Also think of timings (tax years ends) • And exemptions for CGT, transfers etc. • Look at take up in traditional tax approved countries
Increase tax efficiency
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Audience on the spot • How many are thinking of exploring the use of tax
approved plans?
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Thank You Mike Pewton
Solium – Executive Director [email protected]
Angela Blair
Johnson Controls, Inc. Manager, Governance & Shareholder
Services [email protected]
Suzannah Crookes Pinsent Masons – Executive Director
Dennis Wienhold Novartis - Head of Equity Programs
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