Executive Benefits

Executive Benefits-- in an exit planning perspective, the need to recruit, retain and reward key employees can be critical.  Whether your company is going to be sold to third parties in an M & A transaction or kept in the family, those key employees are the foundation that provides a firm footing for the business.

Losing key employees to a competitor just as you are planning your endgame can be incredibly damaging.

In the exit planning process, we discuss compensation programs that are designed to motivate your management team, but provide golden handcuffs.   We help you design a compensation strategy that ties key people to you through the transfer of ownership.  

Examples of Executive Compensation Plans include:

• Supplemental Executive Retirement Plans (SERPS) 
  
• Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation
  
• Phantom Stock Plans
  
• Stock Appreciation Rights (SARS)
  
• Split Dollar plans
  
• Restricted Employee Benefit Arrangements
  

One of these plans, designed with the objectives of the business owner in mind can provide meaningful benefit, particularly in the context of the owner's ultimate, successful exit from the company.