ESOP Plan Registration 

ESOP plans are designed to facilitate direct investment by employees in their employer’s company. The Standard ESOP encourages the employee and the employer to work together to achieve the long-term success of the business. It provides employees with an opportunity to receive dividend income and benefit from capital appreciation. It provides the employer with a new source of equity capital for business uses.

The Succession ESOP is a special application of the Standard ESOP which facilitates a transfer of control of the business from the current and retiring or departing owner(s) by involving the employees over a period of time.

Contact us and we will walk you through the implementation steps and plan documents.

Toll Free:  1-800-665-6597

Phone:     250-952-0136

Fax:          250-952-0371

Email:       esop@tbc.gov.bc.ca

Eligibility Criteria

• Eligible Companies

• Eligible Employees

• Form of Investment

Implementation Process

• Step1: Investigation

• Step 2: Implementation

• Step 3: Share Offering

• Step 4: Annual Reporting

Sample Plans 

• Standard ESOP Plan for Private Company (HTML) (Word) (PDF)

• Standard ESOP Plan for Public Company (HTML)

• Succession ESOP Plan (HTML) (Word) (PDF)

Forms and Templates

• Registration Application ( 96 kb)

• Director's Resolution to adopt ESOP Plan ( 32 kb)

• Sample Share Valuation Methods

• Registration Requirements