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Is the employee shareholder status scheme appropriate?

Jonathan Fletcher Rogers (Abbiss Cadres) answers a query on whether the employee shareholder status scheme is appropriate for an unlisted company

Question

Our client is an unlisted company that is looking to incentivise its key employees in the form of equity. The company understands that it is not eligible to grant enterprise management incentives options due to it being under the control of another company. However the company has heard about the ‘shares for rights’ scheme and the significant CGT benefits that are available under it. The company wants to know whether it will be eligible to operate such a scheme and what the tax benefits would be.

Answer

Employee shareholder status (ESS) or ‘shares for rights’ as it is sometimes known was introduced in September 2013 amidst a fair...

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