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Adjusting the Short-Term Incentive Plan Following a Corporate Transaction

By Jeffrey Keckley and Sam Bricker

04/30/2023

Directorship Magazine

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity, from both the purchaser and seller side, has compensation-related implications. For example, an M&A deal may impact the treatment of the corporate-wide annual incentive program. Following a business acquisition, many companies choose to complete the fiscal year with the current plan design and incorporate the newly acquired company into the following year’s annual incentive plan...

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Jeff Keckley
Jeffrey Keckley is a lead consultant at the executive compensation consulting firm Meridian Compensation Partners in Chicago, Illinois.

Sam Bricker
Sam Bricker is a senior consultant at the executive compensation consulting firm Meridian Compensation Partners.

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