~ESOP JEOPARDY~

ELIGIBILITY

100

This the age at which you qualify for ESOP benefits...

What is 21?

200

This is the number of uninterrupted years of service you provide to become fully vested...

What is 5?

300

This is the amount of money you pay out of pocket annually to ESOP...

What is 0? (zero)

400

The number of hours of service you provide each year to qualify for ESOP benefits that year...

What is 1000 hours?

DISTRIBUTION

100

Any of these four events allow for distribution...

What is termination, disability, death, or retirement?

200

This is when your ESOP value is considered income and is taxed...

What is after distribution?

HISTORY

100

The year in which the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ESOP law) was put into place...

What is 1974?

200

This is who regulates ESOPs in the U.S...

Who is the IRS and Department of Labor?

300

The number of ESOP's currently in place in the U.S...

What is 10,000?

400

Even in the worst economy since the great depression, this is the percentage of ESOP companies had a better performance...

What is 67.6%?

500

Total Estimated Assets of ESOP companies in the U.S...

What is $860 billion?

ESOP FACTS

100

This is what the letters ESOP stand for...

What is Employee Stock Ownership Plan?

200

That is how often our company is valued...

What is annually?

300

The third party administrator that GBI has selected?

Who is BlueRidge?

POTPOURI

100

Who can make a differnece in the value of our company stock?

Who is EVERYONE?

200

This is what affects the value of our company...

What is financial condition, history of enterprise, economic outlook of industry, nature of business, market value of similar companies?