The board of directors of Lemonsoft Oyj decided on a new share-based incentive plan
Lemonsoft Oyj | Company Release | March 21, 2024 at 17:30:00 EET
The Board of Directors of Lemonsoft Oyj has resolved to establish a new share-based incentive plan for the selected key employees of the company. The aim of the new plan is to align the objectives of the shareholders and the key employees in order to increase the value of the company in the long-term, to encourage the management to personally invest in the company’s shares, to retain the target group at the company, and to offer them a competitive incentive plan in which the participants may earn shares as a reward for performance and their personal investment.
The new Performance Matching Share Plan 2024–2028 includes three performance periods, covering financial years 2024–2026, 2025–2027 and 2026–2028. The Board will decide annually on the commencement and details of a performance period. The prerequisite for participation in the plan and receiving the reward is that the person allocates freely transferable Lemonsoft Oyj shares held by him or her to the plan or acquires the company’s shares in a number determined by the Board.
The rewards from the plan will be paid partly in the company’s shares and partly in cash. The rewards will be paid by the end of May in the year following the end of the performance period. The cash proportion is intended for covering taxes and tax-related costs arising from the reward to the participant. In general, no reward will be paid if a participant’s employment or service in the group ends before the reward payment.
The performance criterion in the first performance period 2024–2026 is the Total Shareholder Return of the company’s share (TSR). The achievement of the required TSR levels will determine the proportion out of the maximum reward that will be paid to a participant. The target group of the plan consists of 4 persons (the CEO and three members of the Management Team). The gross rewards from the first performance period 2024–2026 correspond to the value of an approximate maximum total of 77,000 Lemonsoft Oyj shares, including the proportion to be paid in cash. The final number of shares depends on the number of shares acquired by participants and the achievement of the TSR levels. The reward to be paid on the basis of Plan will be capped if the limits set by the Board for the payable reward from the performance period 2024–2026 are reached.