What is the shareholding platform?

Shareholding platform is a common operation mode in the process of implementing equity incentive. Specifically, it is to form a limited partnership or special purpose company with the motivated object as the main member outside the parent company, and then use the limited partnership or special purpose company to hold the equity of the parent company, so as to realize the purpose of indirectly holding the equity of the parent company by the motivated object.

At present, in the existing market environment, the modes of shareholding platform mainly include legal person shareholding platform and limited partnership shareholding platform, as well as foreign listed companies shareholding platform and trust shareholding. Company-type shareholding platform and limited partnership shareholding platform are often adopted.

Why is it an employee stock ownership platform? Because according to the company law, the shareholders of a limited liability company cannot exceed 50, so the direct shareholding can only be limited to 50, and the limited partnership can only have 50 at most. However, companies can set up multiple equity platforms. At present, in addition to the private equity industry, there are provisions for the cumulative calculation of investors for multiple equity platforms. For the equity platform in the field of equity incentives, the current national laws have no policy restrictions and there will be no penetrating verification.