The Beyster Institute: Building Entrepreneurial Companies Through Employee Ownership

Following a leveraged ESOP transaction, a large amount of stock goes into employee accounts each year — until the day the loan is paid off and all the shares are allocated. How do employee hired thereafter get in on company ownership? How can you dodge the "haves" and "have-nots" syndrome? Get answers here.

Once, ESOP companies were thought of as weaklings - debt-ridden, maybe even set up to avert a closing of the company. My, how things have changed. Especially for ESOP-owned S corporations, ESOP companies now find themselves positioned to be the hunters, acquiring other companies that can't keep up. Indeed, the ESOP can be a special advantage in structuring acquisitions. If your company has never undertaken the acquisition of another firm, this is your chance to demystify the process. Learn the ins and outs from ESOP executives who have been there and done that.