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Employee stock ownership plan (ESOP)

A company contributes to a trust fund that buys stock on behalf of employees.

Employee Stock Ownership Plan

An employee benefit in which employees are issued or sold shares in the publicly-traded company for which they work after a certain number of days of employment. ESOPs are designed to give employees equity in the company to boost morale and thereby improve productivity. ESOPs receive various tax benefits, and may give employees a greater say in the election of the board of directors.

Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)

A qualified retirement plan in which employees receive shares of the common stock of the company for which they work and the company receives an investment tax credit. The purpose of this type of plan is to give employees a vested interest in the company, thereby providing them with an additional incentive toward greater productivity. See also leveraged ESOP.

Employee stock ownership plan (ESOP). An ESOP is a trust to which a company contributes shares of newly issued stock, shares the company has held in reserve, or the cash to buy shares on the open market.

The shares go into individual accounts set up for employees who meet the plan's eligibility requirements.

An ESOP may be part of a 401(k) plan or separate from it. If it's linked, an employer's matching contribution may be shares added to the ESOP account rather than cash added to an investment account.

If you're part of an ESOP and you leave your job, you have the right to sell your shares on the open market if your employer is a public company.

If it's a privately held company, you have the right to sell them back at fair market value. The vast majority of ESOPs are offered by privately held companies.

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Corporate Repurchase
Employee Retirement Income Security Act
Employee Share Ownership Trust
ERISA
ESOP
Floating Shares
Leveraged ESOP
Outstanding Shares
Programa de propiedad participada
Spin-Off
Stock Purchase Plan
Worker Capitalism

The company's Employee Stock Ownership Plan took effect during the past year.

Taking stock by Arkansas Business

0735553432 Employee stock ownership plan answer book, 2d ed.

Employee stock ownership plan answer book, 2d ed by Reference & Research Book News

Companies that offer their stock to employees through an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) or 401(k) plan are increasingly vulnerable to fiduciary liability lawsuits, according to a white paper developed for the Chubb Group of Insurance Co.

Litigation: company stock plans more prone to suits by Heffes, Ellen M. / Financial Executive

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