Employee Stock Option Plans
Aligning Interest with Long-Term Goals
Whether managing an existing ESOP company, or considering selling to a newly formed ESOP, we bring in-depth knowledge, experience, and resources to help manage opportunities and challenges, protect assets, and provide innovative ideas.
We have served both 100% and partial ESOP companies, as well as ESOP plans, and understand the unique opportunities an ESOP provides to owners and employees, as well as the challenges under various ownership structures.
How we can help
We provide a full-range of services from ESOP consideration (feasibility studies) to the closing of the transaction.
- ESOP company audits and plan audits
- Tax planning and filings
- Valuations
- ESOP feasibility studies
- Repurchase obligation forecasting
- Deferred gain treatments
- Leveraged ESOPs
- Financing assistance
- M&A due diligence
- Dividend treatment
- Management and ownership succession planning
- S corporation and C corporation ESOPs
- Fiduciary responsibilities
Considering an ESOP?
If you are considering forming an ESOP, we can help determine if it is the right choice for you. There are several reasons why increasing numbers of companies are considering ESOPs, such as:
- Business continuity
- Employee motivation
- Financing solutions
- Management buyouts from private equity ownership
- Retirement planning
- Succession planning
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