There are different options regadering the proportion in which you give out depositary receipts: 1:1, 1:2, 1:5, 1:10, 1:20, 1:25, 1:50, 1:100, 1:1000. When making a choice it is important to take into account how many people will participate and what the value of a share is. For instance, if a share is valued at €100 and you want to keep the threshold for people to participate low, you could choose to give out 100 depositary receipts per share. Then a depositary receipt will be valued at €1. This does mean that the distribution that comes in on that share will be divided over 100 depositary receipts.
Amsterdam-based social enterprise Share Council, a FinTech startup focused on “closing the capital wealth gap by making every SME employee co-owner”, announced on Tuesday that it is proud to have raised over €1M in funding from The Sharing Group (known from MyWheels & Mijndomein) and a network of strategic angel investors. Share Council is build on the premise of “everyone a co-owner”, hence the last 100k of stock is now publicly coming available, see sharecouncil.co/invest
Read moreJust 5 Million EU employees own equity in the company they work for. This creates a staggering divide and it leaves Europe behind in the race for global talent.
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