Partners Doreen E. Lilienfeld and Gillian Emmett Moldowan and associate Matthew Weston (all New York-Compensation, Governance & ERISA), authored annotated forms on Phantom Stock Plans and Phantom Unit Agreements in Lexis Practice Advisor.

Phantom stock generally represents a company's unsecured and unfunded promise to make a payment to an employee or other service provider upon certain specified events (e.g., change in control or termination of employment) equal to the value of a specified number of shares of the company. Phantom unit award agreements are used to grant phantom units to an employee or other service provider under a phantom plan.

The annotated forms contain alternate clauses, practical guidance and drafting notes.

Read Phantom Stock Plan.

Read Phantom Unit Award Agreement.

Originally published 4 May, 2020

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