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The ESOP Executive Compensation Database

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What are the compensation benchmarks for ESOP companies? How much base, deferred, and incentive compensation should top executives at your company expect? What about stock options, restricted stock, and other forms of equity compensation?

Directors, trustees, and officers of ESOP companies need the answers to these questions, but until now there has been no data. Anecdotally, experts in the field have long known that executives in ESOP companies are often compensated differently from other executives. That's in part because ESOP executives accumulate ESOP benefits not available to other executives, but it's also because many ESOP companies make different demands on their executives.

The NCEO's ESOP Executive Compensation Database fills this information gap. Based on a detailed survey of 204 ESOP companies conducted in 2005, the database includes background information about each respondent (company size, age of ESOP, corporate status, stock growth, industry, etc.), details of compensation mechanics (vesting, mechanisms to set compensation, perquisites, etc.) and detailed compensation data. (The identities of individual companies are not revealed.)

We published a general overview of the results in a chapter in the book Executive Compensation for ESOP Companies). However, for data relevant to your own situation, you may purchase a report that customizes the data to focus on companies comparable to yours, or you may even wish to acquire the entire data set.

What Users Are Saying

"This report gives us information that we've needed but found very difficult and expensive to acquire in the past. This is a great service."

-- Robert H. Carlson (CEO Emeritus and board member, Reell Precision Manufacturing)

"Not only did we get data on executive compensation in ESOP companies, we were also able to look at compensation levels for companies in our size range and industry type. I was impressed with the amount of data, the different executive positions it covered, and the quick turnaround--I would recommend this to any ESOP company."

--Cindy Turcot (Chief Operating Officer, Gardener's Supply Company)

Ordering a Custom Report

A custom report includes two different breakdowns of the data based on criteria you supply. For example, you might have table 1 look at manufacturing companies broken down by the number of employees and table 2 look at manufacturing companies broken down into S corporations versus C corporations. The report is emailed to you in PDF format. The cost is $150 for NCEO members and $300 for nonmembers. (If you are a nonmember but join now, you will pay the discounted member price.)

Click here for a sample report in PDF format.

Ordering the Entire Database for Your Own Analyses

ESOP consultants and others may wish to order the entire database (emailed as an Excel spreadsheet file) so that they may run an unlimited number of custom reports. Up to 10 custom reports (produced by the NCEO) are also included. The cost is $1,000 for NCEO members and $2,000 for nonmembers.

How to Order or Get More Information; Whom to Call

You can order over the phone or using the order form below. No matter how you order, once you have paid, you will have a phone conversation with us to determine how you want your reports customized. (See the sample report for an example.) You can call either NCEO Project Director Loren Rodgers at 510-208-1307 or NCEO Executive Director Corey Rosen at 510-208-1314. If you're interested but would just like more information before ordering, feel free to call either person.

Order Form for ESOP Executive Compensation Database

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Optional: If you are joining as a member and are not a service provider in this field, does your company:
give options to most employees? have an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP)?

(3) Choose a Report(s) or the Entire Database

If you want a customized report or reports, each of which includes 2 breakdown tables ($150 each NCEO members, $300 nonmembers):
Enter the number of reports in the box to the left (in the form of a digit such as 1 or 2, etc.).

If you want to purchase the entire ESOP Executive Compensation Database plus 10 custom reports ($1,000 NCEO members, $2,000 nonmembers):
Check off the box to the left.

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Select your desired payment method:

	Secure online credit card ordering: This is the usual method.
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	Check: This creates a form you can print and mail with a check (U.S. residents only).
	Invoice via direct online order: If you're an NCEO member, you can be invoiced with your order.

 

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