This page details free advice on share schemes, share options, share purchase schemes and employee share trusts

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Free share scheme and share options advice from the experts

As a leading specialist in employee share schemes, the RM2 Partnership can provide you with the most up to date share scheme advice, enabling you to make the best decision for your company, saving you valuable time and money.

Contact us to arrange your free share scheme consultancy. We will meet with you to discuss your requirements, advise you on the advantages and disadvantages of different schemes, and answer any of your questions. There will be no charge or obligation for our share scheme advice.

Following our share scheme consultancy meeting we will send you a summary report or our schemes and share options advice, detailing which choice of scheme appears to be most suitable, and why.

All the key issues are covered

The RM2 Partnership specialises only in the design and implementation of employee share schemes. And, as far as we are aware, no other company offers a single source of share scheme and share options advice on the full range of the following key issues:

  • Effectiveness:

    how to design the scheme for maximum commercial effect, with reference to vesting periods, performance conditions, good and bad leavers.

  • Tax implications:

    how to optimise the tax benefits for employers and employees, with reference to PAYE, NICs, corporation tax and capital gains tax.

  • Succession planning:

    assessing opportunities for using shares supplied by existing shareholders as part of a tax-efficient succession planning arrangement.

  • Valuation (unquoted companies):

    how to value scheme shares for Inland Revenue purposes and the implications for capital structure and share scheme design.

  • Implementation:

    what to expect in terms of timescale, costs and procedures; the implications for accounting and administration and the advantages and disadvantages of employee trusts.

To find out how other companies have implemented employee share schemes, take a look at some of our case studies and find out more about individual schemes by downloading our free fact sheets.

Get the detailed background on all the tax-efficient government sponsored schemes such as the Enterprise Management Incentive, Share Incentive Plans, Approved Company Share Option Plans, and Savings Related Share Option Schemes.

Further help and information on employee share schemes

Our guide, "Employee Share Schemes: A Guide for Directors" (2006/07 edition), provides detailed guidance on all aspects of the design, implementation and administration of employee share schemes.

You can view the Guide online now, order a free copy here or contact us for a free consultation.