Terminology
Important Dates
Contributions
Distribution
People
100

This is what ESOP stands for.

What is Employee Stock Ownership Plan?

100

Minimum age for eligibility.

What is age 18?

100

This is the amount employees contribute to the ESOP.

What is $0?

100

Any of these four events allow for distribution.

What is termination, disability, death, or retirement at age 59 1/2?

100

Our Trustee.

Who is First International Bank & Trust?

200

An employee's right to all or part of their account balance.

What is Vesting?

200

The year the Hunt ESOP began.

What is 2016?

200

The number of hours per year an employee must work to receive a contribution.

What is 1,000 hours? 

*Unless the employee terminates due to disability, death or after reaching age 59 1/2.

200

This is the amount of funds an employee can take with them upon separation from the company.

What is the vested balance?

200

Our ESOP recordkeeper.

Who is Boulay?

300

An individual unit of ownership in the company.

What is a share?

300

The end of the ESOP plan year.

What is December 31?

300

In addition to shares, this may also be allocated to your account each year.

What are cash dividends? 

300

Your account balance will be automatically distributed if it is less than this amount. 

What is $5,000?

300

Our valuation team.

Who is Prairie Capital? 

400

Employee Ownership Month

What is October?

400

The amount of time before an employee becomes fully vested.

What is 6 years? (1-0%, 2-20%, 3-40%, 4-60%, 5-80%, 6-100%)

400

The share allocation formula.

What is your eligible compensation / total employee eligible compensation?

400

Distributions may be paid out over this number of years.

What 5 years?

400

Our 401(k) retirement savings plan recordkeeper.

Who is Empower?

500

12 consecutive months of employment and 1,000 hours worked. 

What is the waiting period? 

500

The date an employee may enter into the plan after meeting the waiting period.

What is the first day of any month?

500

The number of shares allocated to participants each year. 

What is 4,000 shares (plus forfeited shares)?

500

The minimum installment payment is this amount.

What is $100,000?

500
An organization we belong to whose goal is to help more individuals become employee owners through education and advocacy for employee ownership.

Who is The ESOP Association?

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