Performance-linked equity rising
Bay Area and tech boards are leaning into milestone-driven equity — Archer Aviation’s CTO was granted 16,358 PRSUs (vested at 53.73% of target), Inspired Entertainment’s CFO received 7,284 performance RSUs (98.84% of target), and Asana updated a flexible executive incentive bonus plan — while MphasiS allotted ~151,000 ESOP/RSU shares to employees, signaling broader uptake of equity participation reported reported announced reported.
Archer’s compensation committee certified the first tranche of the 2025 PRSU award on March 10, 2026 publicnow.com. The company’s March 12, 2026 Form 4 shows those certified performance units converted into Class A common stock at a reported $0.00 conversion price, and the CTO executed a taxable share sale around the same period to satisfy withholding obligations. stocktitan.net Inspired Entertainment’s SEC Form 4 records the compensation committee’s certification of the 2025 performance award on March 10, 2026 and confirms the underlying grant was originally made February 11, 2025 sec.gov. The filing further states the performance restricted units convert one‑for‑one into common stock and were reported on the Form 4 with a $0.00 unit price and the reporting officer identified as CFO James Richardson. sec.gov Asana filed an 8‑K dated March 10, 2026 adopting a companywide Incentive Bonus Plan that authorizes cash‑based awards to employees, including named executive officers, and simultaneously amended its Executive Severance and Change‑in‑Control Benefit Plan. sec.gov The 8‑K lists permissible performance metrics (bookings, revenue, earnings, retention and stock performance) and disclosed a concurrent appointment to the company’s accounting leadership. sec.gov Mphasis’ ESOP Compensation Committee approved an allotment of employee‑plan shares by resolution dated March 12, 2026 and the company notified exchanges under SEBI listing rules the same day. trendlyne.com Exchange disclosures break the allotment into 148,556 shares under the ESOP 2016 plan and 2,422 shares under the RSU Plan 2021, executed via the firm’s cashless employee‑benefit mechanism. scanx.trade
