Defined benefit plans - mergers; protection of benefits

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RCA Corp's employees who were participants in the firm's defined benefit pension plan sued General Electric Co (GE) on the grounds that the merger of RCA and GE should have led to an increase in benefits. The court dismissed the case, citing that defined benefit plans entitle employees only to fixed payments regardless of the performance of plan assets. In its ruling, the Second Circuit court gave the meaning to the phrase 'defined benefit plan' and distinguished it from a defined contribution plan.

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Insider reporting and short swing trading rules for qualified defined contribution plans

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Directors and officers must account transactions in employer stock owned by qualified defined contribution plans starting May 1, 1991 even if they were previously exempt from reporting requirements and short swing profit liability. Defined contribution plan administrators must account stock transactions so that the insiders will have the needed information for reporting such transactions.

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An end to stock appreciation rights?

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Some public companies may eliminate stock appreciation rights (SAR) from long-term incentive plans as a result of the SEC's proposed changes to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. SARs will become unnecessary as a result of the changes to Section 16(a). Stock option exercises will become exempt, and insiders will have increased flexibility in exercising stock options.

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