We host a monthly webinar series with the intent of teaching a narrow topic deep (as opposed to covering the surface of a wide topic). Our webinar for the month of July will be held this Thursday (July 9, 2020) at 10:00 Central and is entitled "Public Companies and ESOPs: Check Yes or No" [Sign Up Here].
The purpose of this webinar is to discuss various pros and cons associated with a publicly-traded corporation ("PubCo") sponsoring an employee stock ownership plan (an "ESOP"). To that end, our discussion will focus on administrative and transaction design issues of PubCo sponsoring an ESOP, including:
- Why PubCo would consider sponsoring an ESOP (i.e., the pro v. con analysis),
- Typical fiduciary structures that can help to limit or contain fiduciary liability,
- How to structure contributions of newly issued stock by PubCo to the ESOP trust,
- Structuring contributions of cash by PubCo to the ESOP trust for purposes of the latter to purchase shares in the open market,
- Incorporating ESOPs into PubCo’s “poison pill” analysis,
- Diversification requirements,
- Whether a Form S-8 (and related Form 11-K) is required or advisable, and related Rule 144 restrictions, and
- Pass-through voting issues.
Hope you can make it!
PartnerTony’s multi-disciplinary legal practice focuses on executive compensation, ESOPs and employee benefit arrangements (including their related tax, accounting, securities and corporate governance issues) in the United ...
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