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Bank of Israel Blocks CEO Stock Option Plan Tied to Subsidiary Performance
How 1 Israeli newsrooms covered this story — translated into English and compared side by side.
First reported by Calcalist · 2 days ago
What happened
The Bank of Israel has prohibited Bank Leumi from linking CEO Hanan Friedman's stock options to the performance of its subsidiary Leumi Partners, requiring the bank to revise the plan to comply with regulatory guidelines aimed at preventing excessive risk and managerial focus on a single unit.
- 01Bank of Israel bans linking senior executives' pay to a single subsidiary's performance.
- 02Bank Leumi CEO Hanan Friedman's stock options tied to Leumi Partners are affected.
- 03The directive is an immediate binding interpretation, not a future law change.
- 04No exemptions or transitional rules apply to existing agreements.
- 05Bank Leumi must revise the option plan to align with the regulator's position.
- 06The regulator aims to prevent risk-taking and ensure focus on the bank's overall health.
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