Alternative Employee Ownership Structures

by Corey Rosen, Christopher Horner, Cynthia Moore

Much has been written about the most common forms of sharing ownership widely with employees (ESOPs, stock and stock rights grants, qualified stock purchase plans, and 401(k) plans with company stock as an investment or matching option). But there are other ways that companies can share ownership widely with employees that get less media and professional attention. This book looks at a number of alternative structures, including nonqualified broad-based stock purchase plans, profit sharing plans invested substantially in employer stock, internal stock markets, and what we call “legacy plans”—plans that have unique structures set up specifically for that company. We also discuss worker cooperatives.

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Published September 18, 2022