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ESOP Implementation Process 

 

Step 1: Investigation

  • Determine employee interest.

  • Contact a portfolio manager.

  • Review the boilerplate documents.

  • A presentation to employees by your portfolio manager is available.  

  • Consult your professional advisors.

Step 2: Implementation

  • Work with ministry staff to register your ESOP plan.  We will provide sample plans and concrete examples of successful ESOP terms, and guide you through the process.

  • Review the ESOP Plan with your professional advisors.

Step 3: Share Offering

  • Prepare the Share Offering Document to offer shares to employees.

  • Receive the purchase funds (cash and/or payroll deductions) and issue shares when payments are complete.

  • Distribute investment confirmations to the employee investors.

  • Place shares in escrow (3-year hold period).

  • Complete and deliver the Tax Credit Application, Control Sheet, and original share certificates to the ministry.

Step 4: Annual Reporting

  • Prepare and deliver financial statements to the employee shareholders.

  • Complete the Annual Return and forward to the ministry.

  • Hold an annual shareholder meeting and distribute a report to shareholders.

 

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