Ok. So why us? We are young. We are quick. We are extremely passionate about what we do. We aim to create lasting relationships by spending quality time with our clients, understanding the business challenges they are actually facing, the specific corporate objectives they have set for themselves in the short and the long run, and attempt to provide solutions that would add value in the true sense of the word.

We love getting our hands dirty. Being hands-on gives us a high. We start from scratch and hand-hold you throughout the journey. We help you define the philosophy – the message of the scheme, hammer out the details – what instrument fits the best, whom to grant, how much to grant, at what price, over what period, on what terms – and then help you communicate it to your people appropriately and effectively, so that they fully appreciate the philosophy and the intention behind the implementation of such a scheme. We walk with you till the last mile. We are fairly experienced in the domain we are in and believe in knowing everything about one thing, rather than trying to know a little about everything. And last but not the least, we don’t work like a “consultant”. We work like family.

We help you design, structure and implement the right ESOP Scheme for your organization, keeping in mind your business challenges, industry, stage of growth and people profile. We also help you with other related services that you might need off and on such as valuation of options, annual disclosures, etc.

Due to much higher familiarity and usage as an instrument, we would be using the term ESOP as a generic term for all stock-based compensation instruments like Employee Stock Options, Employee Stock Purchase, Phantom Stock, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock, RSUs, etc.

After implementing the Esop Scheme, every year, as per law, you would need to do a valuation of each grant of options using an options pricing model (most commonly used being the Black Scholes Options Pricing Model) and also provide detailed statutory disclosures in a particular format in the Annual Report. This is for listed as well as for unlisted companies. We would be glad to help you with this annually.

We also engage with companies on a long-term basis where we meet them periodically to discuss / review all the esop strategy issues to ensure everything is on track. Periodic employee communication sessions are also done to make sure people continue to remember and attach value to the esops granted to them. This is particularly important in unlisted companies and can sometimes be extremely critical to the success of the Scheme.