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Long-term Incentives (LTI): Treatment upon a qualified retirement 

Mercer’s 2024 Year End Executive Incentive & Benefits Survey asked organizations throughout North America about their executive rewards practices in 2024 and the changes they plan to make moving into 2025.

Upon a qualified retirement, US public companies have a wide range of vesting practices

When an executive retires, which of the following best describes how you treat the following LTI vehicles?
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For companies that provide preferential vesting treatment upon a qualified retirement, performance-based LTI payouts are overwhelmingly based on actual performance at the end of the regular performance period

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