Why should you participate in your Company’s ESOP? A key question for most people faced with a decision about whether to participate in a company employee share plan is what is in it for them? Free Shares For some employees …
Lessons From Successful Employee Owned Companies The National Centre for Employee Ownership in the US offers a checklist of eight “Lessons from Successful Employee Ownership Companies” which are worth considering. These are as follows: 1. The personal commitment of the …
1. How do I avoid a prospectus or other disclosure document? For an unlisted company the largest consideration at the outset is the disclosure filing requirements. If rights/options or shares are issued, any offer will be subject to the disclosure …
One of the questions we are most often asked at the EOA is “how do I choose the right ESOP consultant to set up my employee ownership plan?”. There is no shortage of people claiming to have expertise in this …
Bell Gully’s Breakfast Training Session – Offering ESOPs to your New Zealand Employees Glenn Joblin provided a very well structured and useful update on how easy it is for Australian companies to extend their employee share plans to their New …
1.Succession planning When it is time for an owner to sell all or part of a business, either because of retirement or simply wanting to start a new venture, there are several choices for a company to consider in its …
Employee Share Ownership in Australia The basic proposition is simplicity itself: people work better if they are working for themselves. Hence businesses that are owned by those who work in them are more likely to be successful than those owned …
From the Peter Cox Event recently held by the EOA and sponsored by Greenwood Freehills, Coops Australia and the International Year of the Cooperative, 24th January 2012 The John Lewis Story is incredibly well known globally and has been gaining …
1. It improves the bottom line Study after study confirms that companies that implement broad based and extensive employee ownership or ESOPs improve their performance as a result – and outperform companies that are similar but have no employee ownership. …
