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Key Employee

A very important employee. A key employee may have contacts highly beneficial to the company, may work hard and generate more revenue than any other employee, or may have some other skill that would be difficult or impossible to replicate in another employee. Often, but not always, a key employee is a manager. A company may purchase key person insurance to protect itself against the possibility that an employee may unexpectedly die or become unable to work, which would deprive the company of his/her skills.

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The company said the aim of this programme is to combine the objectives of the shareholders and the key employees in order to increase the value of the company in the long-term, to commit the key employees to implement the company's strategy, as well as to offer them a competitive reward programme based on earning and accumulating the company's shares.

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Restamax Oyj (HEL:RESTA), a Finnish group specialising in restaurant services and labour hire, announced on Friday the resolution by its board of directors of a new long-term share-based incentive plan targeted at key employees of the company.

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Thus, John is not now interested in offering restricted stock or stock options to his key employees.

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NORDIC BUSINESS REPORT-November 28, 2018-Ponsse's board decides to transfer shares to key employees as a part of share-based incentive scheme 2018

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In allocating options among key employees, the first step should be to determine whether "tiers" of potential exist within this group.