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ESOP Resources - Online LibraryThe professionals of SES Advisors frequently contribute articles about ESOPs to various professional journals and trade industry publications.
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Succession Planning, Exit Strategies and ESOPs: This section contains articles on how to transition ownership and achieve liquidity using an ESOP. These articles provide introductions to ESOPs and how they work.
ESOP Transactions : Articles on S-Corporation ESOPs, Seller Financed ESOPs and Non-leveraged ESOPs. You will also find more technical articles on Floor Price Protection and how to use Warrants and Convertible Preferred Stock.
ESOP Plan Administration: Articles on how to administer an ESOP. Find information on tracking ESOP shares, diversification rights, Corporate Governance and more.
Praise for SES Advisors: Articles about SES or our clients.
Client Alerts: The Client Alert is a newsletter distributed to the clients of SES Advisors and our affiliated law firm, Steiker, Fischer, Edwards & Greenapple, P.C. Each publication features articles on topics ranging from corporate governance to diversification to tax code updates.
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Succession Planning and Exit Strategies
Considerations for the Sale of Company Stock to an ESOP Author: Stephen Magowan,Steiker, Fischer, Edwards & Greenapple, P.C. Publication: Excerpt from The ESOP Company Board Handbook Date Published: September-October 2009
Leveraged ESOPs Provide Exit Opportunity Author: David Waldstein, SES Advisors Publication: Buyouts Date Published: March 30, 2009
Transitions: The ESOP Solution for Succession Challanges Author: Stephen Magowan, Steiker, Fischer, Edwards & Greenapple, P.C. Publication: Construction Business Owner Magazine
Estate Planning for the New Generation of ESOP Planning Techniques Author: Stephen Magowan, Steiker, Fischer, Edwards & Greenapple, P.C. Publication: Probate & Property, A Publication of the American Bar Association Date Published: September/October 2008 Owner Planning an Exit? Have you Considered an ESOP? Author: James F. Higgins, Jr., SES Advisors Publication: Financial Executive Magazine (FEI) Date Published: March 2007
Selling In: Liquidity & Succession Using an ESOP Author: James Steiker, SES Advisors Publication: MHEDA Journal Date Published: Spring 2006
How an ESOP Can Help You Achieve Your Succession Goals Author: James Steiker, SES Advisors Publication: Family Business Magazine Date Published: Autumn 2005
Author: Daniel Rome Levine Publication: Engineering, Inc. Magazine Date Published: March/April 2005 Quoted: James Steiker, SES Advisors
Author: Robert Massengill, SES Advisors Publication: Business Development Journal Date Published: December/January 2004
Business Succession Planning & the ESOP Alternative Author: James Steiker, SES Advisors Publication: Business Development Journal Date Published: October/November 2004
ESOP Transactions
Interference with ERISA Rights and Retaliation Author: Steven B. Greenapple, SFE&G Publication: The ESOP Association's ESOP Report Date Published: June 2010
Typical Transaction Structures for a Minority Ownership Deal Author: Stephen Magowan, SFE&G Publication: The Zweig Letter Date Published: February 8, 2010
Latest Developments in the Tribune Case and Other Legal Updates Author: Stephen Magowan, SFE&G Publication: The ESOP Association's ESOP Report Date Published: January 2010
Author: Robert Massengill, SES Advisors Publication: ESOP Report Date Published: October 2009
Author: James Steiker, SES Advisors Publication: Journal of Employee Ownership Law and Finance Date Published: Spring 2008
Using Convertible Preferred Stock in ESOP Transactions Author: Robert Massengill, SES Advisors Publication: Journal of Employee Ownership Law and Finance Date Published: Winter 2006 ESOPs in S-Corporations Author: James Steiker and Michael Golden, SES Advisors Publication: Philadelphia Estate Planning Council Newsletter Date Published: Spring 2004
Seller-Financed ESOPs and Leveraged QRP Transactions Author: James Steiker, SES Advisors and Bruce Bickley, UBS Publication: Journal of Employee Ownership Law and Finance Date Published: Fall 1998
ESOP Plan AdministrationPartial Plan Terminations and their Impact on ESOP Companies Author: Brian D. Wurpts Publication: The ESOP Association's ESOP Report Date Published: July 2010
Teamwork: Plan Sponsor and ESOP Recordkeeper Author: Mychelle Holloway Publication: The ESOP Association's ESOP Report Date Published: December 2007
Administrative Issues Relating to Mergers and Acquisitions in an ESOP Company Author: Tina Fisher Publication: NCEO's Administrative Issues for ESOP Companies Date Published: 2007
Author: Tina Fisher Publication: NCEO's Administrative Issues for ESOP Companies Date Published: 2007
Author: Tina Fisher Publication: NCEO's Administrative Issues for ESOP Companies Date Published: 2007
Why is My TPA Asking for That? Author: Mychelle Holloway Publication: Guest Column - www.nceo.org Date Published: February 2005
ESOP Participants and Shareholder Rights Author: James Steiker, SES Advisors Publication: ESOPs and Corporate Governance Date Published: 2004
Author: Dina Schlossberg and James Steiker, SES Advisors Publication: Journal of Employee Ownership Law and Finance Date Published: 2004
Client Alerts
July 2010 Brian Wurpts discusses how an ESOP company's funding decisions can alleviate or exacerbate the "Have/Have Not" problem and ESOP sustainability concerns. Stephen P. Magowan explains how to avail yourself of the protective provisions of IRS Notice 2010-6 for nonqualified deferred compensation plans.
November 2009 Margaret P. Steere, Esq. offers possible solutions for seller-financed ESOP companies who don't have enough cash to make a contribution to their ESOP. Karen Hurley, Senior Plan Administrator, tells you everything you need to know about ERISA Fidelity Bonds and how to stay in compliance for the DOL. You will also find a chart with the IRS' 2010 cost-of-living adjustments applicable to dollar limitations for pension plans.
August 2009 Guest authors from Praxis Consulting Group go over 7 objectives for communication to employees during hard economic times. Tina Fisher takes on the Worker, Retiree and Empoyer Recovery Act of 2008 and its effects on minimum distribution rules for 2009.
February 2009 Brian Wurpts explains the Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (EPCRS) in his article "Operational Failures & Forgiveness." Mychelle Holloway tells us "What's New in ESOP Administration" for 2009.
November 2008 In this issue, Meg Shrum addresses financing in today's challenging lending market, Brian Wurpts discusses partial plan terminations, and Rob Edwards provides a timely reminder about the upcoming 409A deferred compensation compliance deadline.
June 2008 Jane Rogers addresses how to locate missing particpants and Steve Greenapple explains the various fiduciary issues raised when selling an ESOP Company.
February 2008 Mark Kossow describes how to achieve income tax and estate planning objectives with a family limited partnership and Mychelle Holloway provides an overview of the basics of diversification in ESOPs.
November 2007 Steve Magowan addresses the proposed change in taxation of options of S Corps with ESOPs and the possible far reaching ramifications of the legislation. Rob Edwards reviews 409a and the extension of transition relief for deferred compensation plans.
June/July 2007 Rob Edwards and Steve Greenapple address Corporate Governance, and Diane Fanelli discusses the Pension Protection ACT of 2006.
March 2007 Articles include: "S Corporation ESOPs: Right for Your Company?" written by Mary Beth H. Gray and "Maximizing Your ESOP's Potential" written by Tina Fisher.
Praise for SES Advisors
ESOPs on the Rise by Avram Davis. Published in Mergers Unleashed on April 28, 2008. Quotes Robert Massengil President of SES Advisors.
Inside Eileen Fischer's Employee Stock Plan, published in the Wall Street Journal on Monday, January 22, 2007. SES Advisors structured the ESOP and acted as advisor to Eileen Fischer.
Mutual Benefits highlights SES Advisors' ESOP consulting services and was published in the July 2006 issue of Entrepreneur Magazine.
Companies See Benefits of Employee Ownership, published in the Providence Business News in June 2003. Quoted: Robert W. Edwards.
Shared Equity Growth Fueled by Equity Sharing, published in the October 22-28, 1999 issue of Philadelphia Business Journal. |
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