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Title: SAFE Issues Additional Rules for Employee Stock Plans 
Author: China Practice Group 
Contact Information: Jon Eichelberger, Beijing
Andreas Lauffs, Hong Kong
Howard Wu, Shanghai
 
Publication Date: July  2007  
Publication Type: Newsletter/Alert 
Practice/Industry: Global Equity Services
Region: Asia Pacific
Office: Beijing/China
Description: Overseas-listed companies offering equity programs to employees of their PRC affiliates/subsidiaries may be required to restructure their stock plans to comply with the repatriation and monitoring requirements of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (the SAFE).

This article provides additional procedural and documentary requirements listed in Circular 78, issued by the SAFE, for the approval of employee stock purchase plans and participation in employee stock option plans (SOPs), including SOPs which require a cashless sell-all exercise and potentilally other types of equity awards.
 
Price and Currency: Complimentary
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