Equity Compensation for Companies Staying Privately Owned: Plan Design, Liquidity, and Compliance – Santa Clara

For years, the standard thinking has been that companies will want to go public or, much more likely, be sold to an eager buyer, within a few to several years of starting. But more and more companies want to stay private for many years or even indefinitely. But how can these companies get liquidity for their employees and investors and stay private? This meeting will focus on practical solutions, such as redeeming shares, internal markets, secondary markets, and sales to an employee stock ownership plan. It will also explore best practices in plan design, administration, and communications in entrepreneurial companies.