ESPP Stock Options RS/RSU ESPP Employee Stock Purchase Plans REGULATORY COMPLIANCE SECURITIES LAW If exchange control requirements are satisfied and the shares are not traded on Vietnamese securities markets, employee stock plans should not be subject to securities requirements. DATA PRIVACY Consent from an employee is recommended for the processing and transfer of his or…
ESPP Stock Options RS/RSU ESPP Employee Stock Purchase Plans REGULATORY COMPLIANCE SECURITIES LAW No securities requirements are applicable to employee stock plans if the offer is not considered a public offer (e.g., not widely communicated, directed to individual employees). DATA PRIVACY Consent from an employee is recommended for the processing and transfer of his or…
ESPP Stock Options RS/RSU ESPP Employee Stock Purchase Plans REGULATORY COMPLIANCE SECURITIES LAW Federal and state securities laws may be applicable. At the federal level, under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Act”), all securities offerings must be registered or subject to an exemption from registration (e.g., Rule 701 of the Act or Regulation D)….
ESPP Stock Options RS/RSU ESPP Employee Stock Purchase Plans REGULATORY COMPLIANCE SECURITIES LAW Generally, under the U.K. prospectus regulation rules, nontransferable employee stock awards that are granted for no consideration, such as stock options, will not be considered a security and will continue to be exempt regardless of the number of offerees. Stock awards that…
ESPP Stock Options RS/RSU ESPP Employee Stock Purchase Plans REGULATORY COMPLIANCE SECURITIES LAW Generally, offers of securities pursuant to an employee compensation plan should not trigger securities requirements, however special enterprise zones may have special compliance rules (which can vary by each individual zone). For instance, within the Dubai International Financial Centre, as long as…
ESPP Stock Options RS/RSU ESPP Employee Stock Purchase Plans REGULATORY COMPLIANCE SECURITIES LAW Turkish securities laws may apply to the offer of shares that are listed on the Turkish Stock Exchange or if the offer is deemed a public offer. An offer should not be subject to prior approval from the Capital Markets Board as…
ESPP Stock Options RS/RSU ESPP Employee Stock Purchase Plans REGULATORY COMPLIANCE SECURITIES LAW Thai Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) does not require the filing of a prospectus and registration statement for offers pursuant to an employee stock plan. However, certain information must be filed with the SEC within 15 days of the close of the…
ESPP Stock Options RS/RSU ESPP Employee Stock Purchase Plans REGULATORY COMPLIANCE SECURITIES LAW There are no securities requirements applicable to employee stock plans. DATA PRIVACY Approval from governmental authorities may be required prior to processing and transferring an employee’s personal data. Consent from an employee is recommended for the processing and transfer of his or…
ESPP Stock Options RS/RSU ESPP Employee Stock Purchase Plans REGULATORY COMPLIANCE SECURITIES LAW If the underlying shares are not listed on a Swiss exchange and the awards are only to employees, there are no securities requirements. Since 2015, Switzerland has been considering proposed legislation to implement a new capital markets regime, which is expected to…
ESPP Stock Options RS/RSU ESPP Employee Stock Purchase Plans REGULATORY COMPLIANCE SECURITIES LAW Under the EU Prospectus Regulation, although purchase rights are deemed to be a security, the offer of purchase rights is exempt under an employee share plan exemption; however, if the offer is made to more than 150 employees in an EU member…