ESOPS 2.0: Maximizing the Benefits of a Transaction

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Selling a company to an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) offers business owners a tax-efficient ownership succession planning strategy. This webinar goes beyond a basic explanation of ESOPs to detail advanced ESOP transaction considerations including:

• How a company’s employees can utilize their 401(k) assets to help finance an ESOP transaction
• How warrants are used in ESOP transactions to enhance a business owner’s return
• The impact of a stock appreciation rights plan on the company’s successor management team
• How to use convertible preferred stock to neutralize valuation discounts

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Kelly O. Finnell, J.D., CLU, AIF® is one of the nation’s premier ESOP consultants, having spent more than 40 years helping business owners design and execute ESOPs. Kelly is one of the most sought-after speakers about ESOPs, with experience presenting at more than 300 conferences and meetings throughout the U.S. and abroad in London and Sydney. An accomplished writer, Kelly wrote the preeminent ESOP book, “The ESOP Coach: Using ESOPS in Ownership Succession Planning” in 2010 and this work remains the most comprehensive guide to ESOPs today. Kelly has also published dozens of articles on the use of ESOPs in Ownership Kelly is the president of Memphis-based Executive Financial Services, Inc.

Andrew T. Holmes, LL.M., QKA has been with Executive Financial Services, Inc. for thirteen years and currently serves as vice president and shareholder. Since joining EFS, Andrew has assisted on numerous complex middle-market ESOP transactions. Andrew co-authored the article, “Consider ESOPs as an Estate Plan Component for Business Owners,” and “Consider ESOPs in Legacy Planning,” in “Estate Planning” and received the Qualified 401(k) Administrator credential from ASPPA. He frequently conducts speaking engagements for the NCEO, NBI, and NACVA.