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How it works

The Hug counterpart to Grant-Level Nelson, based on the anchor-date approach from In re Marriage of Hug (California, 1984). A single ratio is computed using the hire date as the denominator's start, producing the longest-period averaging of any methodology. All tranches receive the same CP fraction of the whole grant.

Formula

DOH = date of hire, DOLV = date of last vest, DOM = date of marriage, DOS = date of separation
Start=max⁡(DOM,  DOH)End=min⁡(DOS,  DOLV)\text{Start} = \max(DOM,\; DOH) \qquad \text{End} = \min(DOS,\; DOLV)
Overlap=max⁡(0,  End−Start)\text{Overlap} = \max(0,\; \text{End} - \text{Start})
ratio=OverlapDOLV−DOH\text{ratio} = \frac{\text{Overlap}}{DOLV - DOH}
Total CP shares=total grant shares×ratio\text{Total CP shares} = \text{total grant shares} \times \text{ratio}

Distribution: same uniform-remainder rule as Grant-Level Nelson (vested-in-marriage = 100% CP, pre-marriage = 0%, unvested shares share the remainder).

In practice

Like Grant-Level Nelson, this is not an established method from case law — it combines the Hug hire-date anchor with the grant-wide (rather than per-tranche) time rule. It produces the smoothest, most linear curve of any method because the denominator is the longest. It is included here as a comparison tool: the gap between this curve and the others helps illustrate the combined effect of anchor-date choice and grant-wide vs. per-tranche computation.

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Vested
270
shares CP
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300
shares CP
Vest-Nelson ★
435
shares CP
Grant-Nelson
300
shares CP
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—
shares CP
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