How to design your equity program?

Employee share ownership is today an essential tool for hiring, retaining and motivating top talent.

By aligning interests between employees, shareholders and managers, it promotes a more united and productive company culture.

However, beyond general principles, the success of such a device largely depends on the development of a clear, fair and understandable equity program, in line with the company's objectives and culture.

Otherwise, despite laudable intentions, the company exposes itself to several risks: poorly understood and perceived as unfair allocations, excessive dilutions problematic for future funding rounds, tax risks...

What title? BSPCE or AGA? Which profiles are eligible? What allocation for which grade and which country? What impacts should individual performances ("refresher grants") and promotions ("promotion grants") have on allocation packages? What acquisition duration? etc.

All complex questions that need to be asked before setting up any employee share ownership plan, and the answers to which must take into account the company's objectives, its equity story, its talent management and career plans.

To help you and thus give the maximum impact to your allocation plan, Equify has partnered with Alexis Morin, compensation & benefits (C&B) specialist, to offer you a new support service in the design of your employee share ownership program.