EFES PRESS REVIEW - JULY / AUGUST 2017


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 We have a selection of 28 remarkable articles in 6 countries in July and August 2017: Austria, Australia, China, France, UK, USA.
Australia: Sydney engineering company C-MAC Industries went through succession process to become one of the country’s first worker co-ops.
Austria: Max Stelzer was the successful organizer of employee ownership at Voestalpine, with 22.000 employees holding 14.5%. Max is the new HR Manager of the whole Group.
China: Is employee ownership contributing to China's stock market rally?
France: Employees of GA Group hold now 60% of the company. New employee share plan for Nexity, for Axa. Acome is the largest and oldest workers cooperative in France. Employee savings would be exempted from the coming new flat-tax on savings income.
UK: An Employee Ownership Trust can be highly tax efficient and can provide a way for a majority shareholder to sell a controlling interest in the company without incurring capital gains tax. New website created to raise awareness of employee ownership as a business option.
USA:  Multiple new firms turning to ESOPs. The famous empoyee-owned CH2M company in talks to be bought by Texas firm. ESOPs still a significant share of retirement plans - since 2010, an average of 229 new ESOPs have been created each year.
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  Une sélection de 28 articles remarquables dans 6 pays en juillet et août 2017: Australie, Autriche, Chine, France, Royaume Uni, USA.
Australie: Transmission d'entreprise sous forme de coopérative de salariés pour C-MAC Industries à Sydney.
Autriche: Max Stelzer a organisé avec succès l'actionnariat salarié chez Voestalpine depuis 14 ans, avec 22.000 salariés détenant 14.5%. Max est le nouveau Directeur RH du Groupe.
Chine: L'actionnariat salarié contribue-t-il au rallye boursier en Chine?
France: Les salariés du Groupe GA sont désormais majoritaires avec 60%. Nouveau plan d'actionnariat salarié pour Nexity, pour Axa. Acome est la plus grande et la plus ancienne coopérative de salariés en France. L'épargne salariale serait exemptée de la nouvelle flat-tax qui va frapper les revenus d'épargne.
Royaume Uni: Un Trust d'Actionnariat Salarié (Employee Ownership Trust) permet à l'actionnaire majoritaire de céder une part de contrôle de l'entreprise avec un avantage fiscal important. Un nouveau site internet européen recommande l'option de l'actionnariat salarié pour la transmission d'entreprise.
USA:  Nouvelle série d'entreprises passées sous le contrôle de plans d'actionnariat salarié ESOP.
Les plans ESOP représentent toujours une part significative des plans de retraite - depuis 2010, 229 nouveaux plans ESOP ont été lancés en moyenne chaque année.

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Nuestar seleccion propone 28 artículos destacados en 6 países en julio y agosto 2017: Australia, Austria, China, EEUU, Francia, Reino Unido.

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La nostra selezione di luglio e agosto 2017 presenta 28 articoli di rilievo in 6 Stati: Australia, Austria, Cina, Francia, Regno Unito, USA.

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AT      1 - Arbeiterkämmerer managt Mitarbeiterbeteiligung der voestalpine
             nachrichten.at - 24 Aug 2017
             18 Jahre hat Max Stelzer die Mitarbeiterbeteiligung der voestalpine operativ gemanagt. Immerhin gehören der dahinter liegenden Privatstiftung 14,5 Prozent ...
AU      2 - Employees take over 51-year old enterprise in Australia as worker co-op
             Co-operative News - 21 July 2017
             After being run for decades as a family business, specialist sheet metal manufacturer C-MAC Industries has converted to employee ownership, after ...
CN      3 - Stocks surge on strong H1 results
             China Daily - 26 Aug 2017
             Investor sentiment was also boosted by signs of accelerated ownership reforms at State-owned enterprises … diversified board of directors, and an employee stock ownership plan…
FR      4 - Pourquoi Groupe GA a confié 60% de son capital à ses ...
             Maddyness - 02 Jul 2017
             Pourtant, il a pris une décision que de nombreuses startups lui envient : grâce à l'actionnariat salarié, ce sont plus de 200 collaborateurs qui détiennent une ...
FR      5 - Saint-Nazaire. STX : les salariés pourraient devenir actionnaires
             Ouest-France - 6 July 2017
             L'accord d'entreprise signé en 2015 permet assez facilement aux salariés de prendre des parts du capital de leur chantier. | Franck Dubray / Ouest- ...
FR      6 - Nexity: succès de l'offre d'actionnariat salarié.
             Boursorama - 31 July 2017
             (CercleFinance.com) - Nexity annonce que son offre d'actionnariat salarié 'Axion 2017-2022' s'est conclue avec succès avec 550.000 actions nouvelles (soit 0 ...
FR      7 - Depuis Mortain, Acome exporte ses câbles coopératifs
             La Croix - 1 Aug 2017
             ... avantage financier, bien sûr, souligne cette femme blonde aux cheveux mi-longs, en évoquant les dividendes versés chaque année aux salariés actionnaires.
FR      8 - Axa : lance son opération d'actionnariat salarié 2017
             Boursier.com - 25 Aug 2017
             (Boursier.com) — Comme chaque année, AXA propose à ses collaborateurs, en France et à l'international, de souscrire à une augmentation de capital qui leur ...
FR      9 - Le Maire assure que l'épargne salariale ne sera pas taxée
             Le Figaro - 28 Aug 2017
             L'épargne salariale recouvre un ensemble de dispositifs (plan d'épargne entreprise, actionnariat des salariés, stock-options, etc...) dont l'objectif est ...
FR      10 - Le brief éco. Pourquoi le gouvernement ne taxera pas l'épargne salariale
             Franceinfo - 29 Aug 2017
             Outre l'épargne salariale, l'actionnariat salarié permet d'accéder directement à la gestion stratégique de l'entreprise. Le salarié à qui le patron ...
UK      11 - Employee ownership trusts: is a tax-free business exit really possible?
             BusinessZone (blog) - 3 July 2017
             For shareholders looking to exit from their companies, many challenges arise in finding the right buyer on the right terms, whilst continuing to operate ...
UK      12 - Tangerine founder puts majority stake in staff hands with employee trust
             PRWeek - 13 July 2017
             Deb Oxley, CEO of the Employee Ownership Association, said of Tangerine's move: "Some of the UK's best companies are looking to employee ...
UK      13 - New website created to raise awareness of employee ownership as a business option
             Co-operative News - 17 July 2017
             Business owners and employees looking to convert enterprises to co-operatives can now learn more about the process using a new website launched ...
UK      14 - Riverford to become employee owned in 2018
             Insider Media - 8 Aug 2017
             Riverford Organic Farmers is celebrating its tenth anniversary of farming in Northallerton and has revealed that it is to become employee owned in ...
US      15 - Fin Feather Fur Outfitters becomes employee owned
             Ashland Times Gazette (subscription) - 6 July 2017
             During a meeting on Monday, June 26, Goschinski told the employees of all five stores that he wanted to make Fin Feather Fur an employee-owned ...
US      16 - Modern Times Beer is Becoming Employee Owned
             Paste Magazine - 7 July 2017
             With additional questions about the plan and the company's decision to go in an employee-owned direction, we contacted McKean with additional ...
US      17 - Uhrichsville's Barbour Publishing becomes employee-owned company
             Times Reporter - 12 July 2017
              TIMES-REPORTER PAT BURK Barbour Publishing executives (L-r) George Kourkounakis, Mary Burns, Kelly McIntosh, Timothy Martins and David ...
US      18 - Metal fabricator puts stock in employees
             grbj.com - 14 July 2017
             The new owners, now celebrating their one-year anniversary of being 100 percent employee owned, are poised for growth that they attribute to their ...
US      19 - Engineering firm becomes entirely employee stock ownership plan-owned
             AdVantage News - 17 July 2017
             Thouvenot, Wade & Moerchen Inc. (TWM) has been an employee-owned company for more than 70 years. The engineering and surveying firm took it ...
US      20 - OPINION: Part One: Employee-Owned Companies and Worker Cooperatives: a Comparison
             The Conservative Nut (blog) - 18 July 2017
             So, are the models of employee-owned companies and workers' cooperatives the same? Americans across the political spectrum have a ...
US      21 - ESOP Association Salutes Senators Cardin (D-MD) and Roberts (R-KS) For Introducing Pro-ESOP ...
             PR Newswire - 20 July 2017
             WASHINGTON, July 20, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Again bi-partisan support for more employees' owning our free enterprise economy is ...
US      22 - Colorado engineering powerhouse CH2M reportedly in talks to be bought by Texas firm
             The Denver Post - 21 July 2017
             Acquisition of the mostly employee-owned CH2M could come at a lower price tag than the company's executives want, according to the Times' report, ...
US      23 - ESOPs Still a Significant Share of Retirement Plans
             PLANSPONSOR - 24 July 2017
             ... year for which data is available, there were 6,717 employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) in the United States, holding total assets of more than $1.3 trillion, according the National Center for Employee Ownership (NCEO).
US      24 - CH2M, one of Colorado's largest companies with a rich history here, sold to Texas engineering giant
             The Denver Post - 2 Aug 2017
             The capabilities at CH2M, an employee-owned firm based in Denver, ... They are an employee-owned company and need to recapitalize the company ...
US      25 - ESOP Can Spell Succession Success
             The Lane Report - 9 Aug 2017
             When the founders of a company want to exit leadership, most look to sell, but many Kentucky companies have discovered the benefits of another, ...
US      26 - Health Business Report Gains from Going Employee-Owned
             The Lund Report - 10 Aug 2017
             ESOP plans first took off back in the 1970s, part of a law enacted by congress called ERISA, or the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. That act ...
US      27 - Poblocki Paving employees become owners
             BizTimes.com (Milwaukee) - 22 Aug 2017
             The asphalt paving and snow removal company was sold to the ESOP, a qualified retirement plan, and John Poblocki received the undisclosed ...
US      28 - ESOP: An Exit Strategy
             JD Supra (press release) - 23 Aug 2017
             ... an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP). According to the National Center for Employee Ownership, there are almost 7,000 ESOPs with roughly ...

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