Exploring Unique Alternatives to a Traditional ESOP Structure

Exploring Unique Alternatives to a Traditional ESOP Structure by Andy Manchir an ESOP Advisor.

KSM’s Mark Flinchum and Andy Manchir with the firm’s ESOP Services Group joined the National Center for Employee Ownership (NCEO) for a webinar presentation on unique alternatives to a traditional ESOP structure. This webinar discussion covered accounting treatment and other implications of often overlooked alternatives to a traditional leveraged ESOP deal structure.

Specific topics included:

A review of the various options for creating a non-leveraged ESOP structure
Alternative structures for C corporations including the use of preferred shares
How change of control could impact the balance sheet presentation
How inside loan structures can be used to meet different company objectives