Danone Announces New Employee Ownership Plan

As part of the public launch of its 2030 goals, the 100,000-person company Danone announced its "one person, one share" program, under which "each of our employees will be granted one Danone sh

Data Show Degree to Which Top Five Executives Gained from Options

In an analysis separate from their book, the authors of In the Company of Owners report that the top five executives at the largest companies (those representing 95% of the market's capitalization) saw their profits on stock options exercises climb from $2.4 billion in 1992 to $4.2 billion in 199

Davey Tree Celebrates 40 Years of Employee Ownership

Davey Tree, one of the largest tree service companies in the U.S., became employee-owned. Since then, its employee count has grown from 2,800 to nearly 10,000, and its stock from 12 cents to $21, a compound annual growth rate close to 14%.

David Ackerman: 1949 to 2016

David Ackerman, a long-time and widely respected member of the ESOP community, passed away on March 12, 2016.

Deadline for Written Compliance with 409A Delayed Again

The deadline for deferred compensation plan documents to comply with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code has been pushed back again, this time until December 31, 2008. Originally, plans were required to comply by January 1, 2007.