Rodger has been involved in the share scheme industry since the 1990s, and leads our Employee Share Incentives team. He advises public, private and international companies on a wide range of matters relating to employee share participation and incentivisation.
He also has a particular interest in wider executive compensation issues, and frequently assists clients on a variety of associated corporate governance matters.
Employee Share Schemes
- Designing, drafting and implementing the full range of tax-advantaged and “unapproved” share plans.
- Designing and implementing other forms of incentivisation arrangements including cash bonus plans and phantom share option schemes.
- Advising on the implementation and operation of employee benefit trusts.
- Providing advice on the corporation tax, accounting (including IFRS 2) and transfer pricing issues relating to employee share schemes.
- Assisting with the compliance aspects of equity incentive arrangements, including reporting obligations and PAYE/ NIC matters.
- Advising on the share scheme aspects of major corporate transactions
- Advising Nucleus Financial Group plc on the share scheme aspects of its 2021 recommended takeover by James Hay Holdings Limited.
- Advising Capricorn Energy plc on the incentive aspects of a variety of returns of capital during 2023 and 2024.
- Advising IndigoVision Group plc on the share scheme aspects of its 2020 recommended takeover by Motorola Solutions.
- Advising Collagen Solutions plc on the share scheme aspects of its 2020 recommended takeover by Rosen’s Diversified, Inc.
- Advised Springfield Properties plc on the design and implementation of new bonus and long-term incentive arrangements for its senior management team.
- Acted for satellite broadband provider BigBlu Broadband plc on the implementation and ongoing operation of its various share incentive arrangements.
- Assisting a number of companies on the implementation of “growth share” incentive schemes for their senior management team.
Executive Compensation and Corporate Governance
- Providing executive compensation services to a number of listed clients (such as Capricorn Energy plc, Springfield Properties and Ricardo plc) on a range of matters, including corporate governance and compliance rules relating to executive remuneration; consultation with institutional investors on remuneration issues; and carrying out salary and total remuneration benchmarking exercises.
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