NCEO: The National Center for Employee Ownership
Search:
A nonprofit membership organization providing unbiased information and research on broad-based employee stock plans Join Now
Home » Meetings » Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs) »

IN-PERSON MEETING

Strategic Planning for Your ESOP

Register for one, two, or all three days of this seminar

September 13, 2012 :: Denver, CO

From Our Meeting Series The ESOP Company Symposium

This traditional learning format brings you face-to-face with our expert presenters. Our seminars include a networking luncheon and optional dinner outing, and provide ample opportunity for attendees to ask questions and interact with others.

The ESOP Company Symposium is a three-day event that gives you a chance to hear from leading experts, work through specific issues in structured interactive sessions, and periodically break into small groups to exchange ideas and information. There are panels of experts, of course, but a few times each day you will break into small groups, each with one or more experts at the table, to work through issues of specific concern to you. The groups will report back to the whole session to share key insights. You can register for one, two, or three days of this event:

About This Meeting

More and more companies are acquiring other companies. There are a variety of ways to structure these transactions to make sure they work for you and your employee owners. Like any ESOP transaction, they involve important legal, fiduciary, financial, valuation, and cultural issues. This seminar is strictly educational speakers focus on the issues, not selling their services. Attendees will have ample opportunity to interact with other attendees and work with experts in small group discussions.

Program

8:30 AM Meet with an Expert (optional) Sign up for a one-on-one session with the expert of your choice
9:00 AM Welcome and Introduction
Corey Rosen, NCEO
9:15 AM Elements of Strategic Planning and How They Affect Each Other in an ESOP Context
TBA, Prairie Capital Advisors
10:00 AM Structuring an Acquisition with an ESOP
C. Johnston Cramer, Wyatt, Tarrant, & Combs LLP
10:45 AM Break
11:00 AM Buying Out the Owner in Stages
Steve Greenapple, SES Advisors, Inc.
11:45 AM Table Talks - Roundtable Discussion Groups
12:15 PM Lunch
1:15 PM Valuation and Financing Concerns Concerns
TBA, Prairie Capital Advisors
2:00 PM Fiduciary Issues
Marilyn Marchetti, First Bankers Trust Services
2:45 PM Break
3:00 PM Leadership Succession
Virginia Vanderslice, Praxis Consulting Group
3:45 PM Involving Employees in Strategic Planning
TBA
4:30 PM Adjourn

Presenters

C. Johnston Cramer

presenter photologo

Wyatt, Tarrant, Combs, LLP

C. Johnston (John) Cramer, III is a partner on Wayatt, Tarrant, Combs' corporate & securities service team. He concentrates his practice in the areas of purchase, sale and merger of business transactions; business ownership transition and succession, including a niche focus on employee stock ownership plans; securities and franchise law, business finance, including middle market and venture capital transactions; and general business law.

Steve Greenapple

presenter photologo

SES Advisors

Steve Greenapple is a principal of SES Advisors, Inc. and a shareholder of Steiker, Fischer, Edwards & Greenapple, P.C. He has represented ESOP plan sponsors, shareholders selling to an ESOP, and ESOP trustees in transactions establishing and amending ESOPs, increasing ESOPs' share ownership, using ESOPs to acquire other businesses, and terminating and buying out ESOPs. He is also experienced in designing and implementing other forms of equity compensation plans such as stock appreciation rights, phantom stock plans and stock option plans. Steve is frequently brought into transactions as special ESOP counsel by clients' corporate counsel. He has also served as an expert in litigation related to ESOPs in State and Federal court. Steve is a member of NCEO as well as The ESOP Association, where he currently serves as the New York State Chapter vice president and on the national Legislative and Regulatory Committee. Steve received his Bachelor of Science from Cornell University and his J.D. from Cornell Law School. He is admitted to practice in New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania. He has received Martindale-Hubbell's highest "AV" rating.

Marilyn Marchetti

logo

First Bankers Trust Services

Marilyn Marchetti, J.D.,is corporate advisor, employee benefits counsel at First Bankers Trust Services. Marilyn gained national prominence as an employee benefits attorney in Chicago where she practiced for 20 years in employee benefits law, tax, and ERISA, focusing almost exclusively on ESOPs. She is a past member of the Board of Directors and Board of Governors of the ESOP Association and founded the Illinois Chapter of that organization. She is a frequent speaker and author on subjects relating to fiduciary duties and ESOPs. She is presently a member of the Legislative and Regulatory Committee and Interdisciplinary Committee of the ESOP Association. She joined FBTS in 2011 as an ERISA advisor to the board and is a member of our ESOP practice group.

Corey Rosen

presenter photologo

National Center for Employee Ownership

Corey Rosen is the founder and former executive director of the National Center for Employee Ownership (NCEO), and now is the senior staff member. The NCEO is a non-profit membership and information organization. Corey has spoken on various subjects related to employee ownership all over the world with government, business, and union leaders,and he is regularly quoted in leading magazines and newspapers. He has appeared on national television and radio programs, and has authored four books on employee ownership, and more than 100 articles for various business, academic, and professional publications. He has authored or co-authored several of the NCEO's practical and research publications.

Virginia J. Vanderslice

presenter photologo

Praxis Consulting Group

Ginny Vanderslice is President and a founding Principal of Praxis, as well as a faculty member of the graduate program in Organization Dynamics at the University of Pennsylvania. She consults with individual executives and executive teams on change management, leadership development, strategic planning, organizational structure and organizational culture transitions including culture integration issues in mergers and acquisitions and gender equity initiatives. She also consults with companies interested in making employee ownership a significant factor in driving company performance. Ginny has more than twenty-five years of experience as an organizational development consultant. Her clients have included large corporations as well as a variety of small and medium sized businesses including manufacturing companies, architecture and design firms, law firms, professional services firms and educational institutions. She also consults to local and national non-profits and has designed and facilitated multi-stakeholder planning and problem-solving meetings with public sector organizations.

Registration

NCEO members: $195.00 for the first person and $170.00 for each additional person through September 21; $245.00 for the first person and $220.00 for each additional person thereafter. Since it is February 3, the prices of $245.00 for the first person and $220.00 for each additional person apply. (If you are not an NCEO member but join when you register, you will receive the member price.)

Nonmembers: $265.00 for the first person and $240.00 for each additional person through September 21; $315.00 for the first person and $290.00 for each additional person thereafter. Since it is February 3, the prices of $315.00 for the first person and $290.00 for each additional person apply.

This meeting is not yet open for registration. Please check back in the future.

Cancellation Policy

A full refund will be issued, less a $50 administrative fee, if the request is received by the close of business on August 13, 2012. Cancellations made after that date and before our guarantee date of September 6, 2012, will be eligible for credit toward another program, minus a $50 administrative fee. Those canceling on or after the guarantee date will not receive a paper credit or a refund.

Meeting Site

The meeting will be held at the Magnolia Hotel, located at 818 17th Street, Denver, CO 80202. Sleeping rooms are available for our group at a special rate of $159. To make a reservation please call the hotel directly at 303-607-9000 by August 13, 2012. Please mention the National Center for Employee Ownership (NCEO) when making your reservation.

Continuing Education Credit

CPE Credit

The National Center for Employee Ownership (NCEO) is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.learningmarket.org.

This program is a "group-live" offering and provides 7.00 hours of CPE credit for accountants in the area of "specialized knowledge and applications." The material is basic level. No prerequisites or advanced preparation is needed. For more information regarding administrative policies such as complaint and refund, please contact the NCEO at 510-208-1300.

HRCI Recertification Credit

HRCI logoThe use of this seal is not an endorsement by HR Certification Institute of the quality of the program. It means that this program has met the HR Certification Institute's criteria to be pre-approved for re-certification credit.

This program has been approved for 5.50 hours of recertification credit hours toward PHR and SPHR re-certification through the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI). For more information about certification or re-certification, please visit the HRCI home page at www.hrci.org.