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EMI Share Options (UK): Step-by-Step Legal Pack for Scheme Rules, Option Agreements, HMRC Valuation/Assurance, Approvals, Grants, ERS Registration/Notifications and Annual Returns, with Precedents

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This comprehensive pack provides a staged guide to setting up a fresh enterprise management incentives (EMI) share option scheme and issuing EMI options under it. Use this pack when a standard suite of EMI rules is to be created for the scheme, as opposed to separate standalone share option contracts. For broader guidance on EMI arrangements, refer to Practice Note: How EMI schemes work and key features. See also Practice Note: How to establish an EMI scheme and grant first EMI options under it.

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1 Determine whether the company qualifies to operate an EMI scheme

The EMI framework is exacting and specifies multiple conditions that must be satisfied at grant, including those applying to the company issuing the options. It is vital first to confirm that the company whose shares are subject to option qualifies to run an EMI scheme. The intended option holder(s) and the shares must likewise fulfil specific criteria to receive an EMI option. For more detailed information on the company-related EMI eligibility requirements, see Practice Note: How EMI schemes work and key features, and Practice Note: How to establish an EMI scheme under it...

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