Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs) can provide a variety of benefits for companies and their owners and are commonly used for departing owners of successful closely held businesses, to motivate or reward employees, or to take advantage of tax benefits. In this presentation, you will learn when and how to create an ESOP.

Sections of this presentation include:

• When to Create an ESOP?
• Communicating Options to Employees
• How Much to Grant
• Top Down
• Bottom Up
• A Hiring Example
• Discretionary Grants
• A Detailed Example of Options Modeling