ESOP Basics
What does ESOP stand for?
Employee Stock Ownership Plan
What is the week long game we are playing in slack for Employee Ownership Month?
ESOP Bingo
What month is Employee Ownership Month?
October
What is the fastest living land animal?
The Cheetah
Winter is coming
Game of Thrones
What is held in an employee's ESOP account?
Company Stock
What were the four foods served at the ESOP breakfast (hint: they spell ESOP)
Eggs, Sausage, OJ, and Pancakes
The largest ESOP and third largest privately owned company in the United States.
Publix Super Markets
Name a living mammal that lays eggs.
Monotremes (platypus and some echidnas)
Live long and prosper
Star Trek
Once an employee has completed a year of service and is over 21, what does he or she become?
An Eligible Employee
What is the platform ESOP Participants can log into to view their current account balance as well as calculate account balance projections?
ESOPConnection
Approximately how many ESOPs are in the United States? (Rounded to nearest thousand)
7000
What is the only mammal capable of true flight?
Bats
How you doin'?
Friends
Where are all contributions by the company to the plan held?
The WingSwept ESOP Trust
What is the current WingSwept share price?
21.96
What act codified ESOPs into law?
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
What do you call a baby hedgehog?
Whatcha talkin' bout, Willis?
Diff'rent Strokes
What is used by the trust to borrow money to purchase Company Stock? These are subject to special rules set forth in the Internal Revenue Code and applicable Treasury Regulations.
Exempt Loans
Who are the five members of the ESOP Posse?
Alex Warwick, Lauren Minard, April Strickland, James Gallagher, and Joseph Greene.
Which company created the first ESOP?
Peninsula Newspapers, Inc
What marine creature can survive in the vacuum of space?
Tardigrades
Friends don't lie
Stranger Things