Arkansas-based Lexicon Inc. announced Thursday (Jan. 22) it has become an employee-owned company through the establishment of an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). The decision follows a ...

When a company is contemplating a transaction involving an employee stock ownership plan (“ESOP”), there are a lot of considerations regarding structure, including how to retain, incentivize and ...

Shared ownership should be shared responsibility.

Paris, September 11, 2025 – Capgemini announces the launch of its twelfth Employee Share Ownership Plan (ESOP). This new employee share ownership plan is offered to approximately 98% of the employees ...

PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Regulatory News: Veolia (Paris:VIE) launches a new edition of its employee shareholding operation. Open to more than 190,000 Group employees, this operation aims to involve ...

Editor’s note: The companion article, “What to Know When Your Client Is Considering Employee Ownership” explores how CPAs can advise clients interested in changing their company’s ownership model.

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Heritage, a nationwide leader in full-service event production, announced today that it will transition to an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), making its ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mary Josephs is an expert in business ownership transitions. It’s certainly becoming the Decade of Employee Ownership. The ...

The employee-ownership movement continues to grow, with the latest addition of Zachau Construction in Freeport. The 56-year-old construction management firm this week announced its transition to a 100 ...

ADDISON, Ill. — Parts Town Unlimited, the parent company of Parts Town, a distributor of parts for HVAC and food-service equipment and more, has launched its Town Shares employee ownership program, ...

Editor’s note: Corey Rosen is the founder of the National Center for Employee Ownership in California, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing authoritative information on broad-based employee ...