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The majority of plans require the potential investor to become a registered shareholder, as opposed to a beneficial shareholder.Registered shareholders are direct owners of company stock and are listed with a company's transfer agent, whereas beneficial shareholders hold their stock through a proxy, such as a brokerage account or an investment dealer.
Plans in public companies generally limit the total number or the percentage of the company's stock that may be acquired by employees under a plan. [4] Compared with worker cooperatives or co-determination , employee share ownership may not confer any meaningful control or influence by employees in governing and managing the corporation.
Direct stock offerings occur when companies list their stock directly, without going though an initial public offering process. Pages in category "Direct stock offerings" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
The advantages of a direct public offering include: broader access to investment capital, the ability to raise capital from the company's own community (including non-wealthy investors), the ability to utilize stock to complete acquisitions and stock options to attract and retain employees, enhanced credibility and providing early investors with liquidity.
In the United States, an employee stock purchase plan (ESPP) is a means by which employees of a corporation can purchase the corporation's capital stock, or stock in the corporation's parent company, [1] often at a discount up to 15%. [2]
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Direct participation programs are most commonly formed to invest in real estate, energy, futures & options, and equipment leasing projects. A DPP is typically organized as a limited partnership or limited liability company , structures that enable the income and losses of the entity to flow-through to the underlying taxpayer on a pre-tax basis.