STAK
How a STAK holds shares for employees.
Read moreHand your company to your team, round by round
The sale can take years, and every round keeps its dated price and report. Ownership moves only after the buyer signs a deed and the payment is recorded.
The Sharing Group works with Share Council towards transferring ownership to its employees, customers and partners.
What every round of your sale runs on
10instrument types
to build the structureincluding shares, STAK certificates and options
2languages
for every deedDutch or English, signed online
2dates a year
every holding is valuedon 1 January and 31 December, in the annual report
Your team can't buy the whole company at once
The sale takes years, and wider staff usually buy certificates from a STAK, a foundation that holds the shares.
Today
The sale lives in emails and spreadsheets
- Each round's price sits in an old adviser's letter.
- Every purchase needs a paper signature and a row someone retypes.
- Employees ask you what they own.
With Share Council
One account holds every round and holder
- Each round has a dated price and report.
- Each buyer signs in their own account, and certificates move after payment.
- Every holder logs in to see their certificates and their value.
How ownership could move to your team
Here the owner sells shares to three managers and STAK certificates to the wider staff, keeping 20% after year five.
Your first expert hour turns this into your own one-page Round Map.
Who does what in the Round-by-Round Buyout
Steps 4 and 5 repeat for every round.
Map the rounds in an expert hour
You, your adviser and our expert decide who buys, how much moves per round and whether staff join through a STAK. The hour is paid.
The notary does the notarial part
The notary sets up the STAK and transfers any BV shares, which needs a notarial deed (art. 2:196 BW).
Put today's owners in
Enter your cap table in the sign-up wizard, then add the STAK and certificates on a paid plan.
Add the round's price
Add your adviser's valuation, or start one with our partner Equidam from the Valuation tab.
Each buyer signs and pays, then ownership moves
You create a transfer per buyer at the round's price. The buyer signs and pays the seller, and ownership moves once the seller confirms payment.
What your buyout looks like in the app
Tulpwerk is our demo company. The numbers are made up, the screens are real.
One price per round, with the report attached
Tulpwerk's share price rose from one cent at founding to 4.80 euros in an Equidam valuation of 30 June 2026. Our article on employee buy-ins and valuation explains why an independent price matters.
Who holds what after each round
Tulpwerk's STAK has held 20% of the shares since January 2023. The ownership card lists each employee's certificates and their share of the 200,000.
A leaver's history is already there
The vesting report shows that Jesse left Tulpwerk on 31 August 2024 with 2,166 of his 4,000 options vested, and 1,834 went back into the pool.
Put today's owners in first, so the first deed starts from the right cap table.
Create an accountThe sign-up wizard creates your shares.
Why Anne&Max chose Share Council for its STAK
What convinced me was their clarity. They helped us set up the structure, the STAK, and the platform in a way that made sense for us.
Anne&Max set up a STAK on Share Council, and it isn't a buyout. Read the Anne&Max story.
What the Step-Back Handover gives you
What you getWhat it's worth to you
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1. An expert hour to map your rounds Exists
You leave with the Round Map, a one-page plan of your rounds. Book an expert hour.
Paid by the hourbilled by the time you use
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2. A dated price for every round Exists
From your adviser or our partner Equidam, with its report.
Both sides see where the price came from
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3. A signed deed and recorded payment per purchase Exists
No certificate moves before payment
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4. STAK and certificates for the wider staff Exists
Forty employees can own a stake without forty shareholders in the BV
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5. Vesting and leaver records Exists
The vesting report runs as of any date and downloads to Excel.
Leaver numbers are ready
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6. Total Legal Structuring Exists
Our team coordinates the structure with your notary.
You don't chase the notary yourself
See the plans and prices on our pricing page
The expert hour and Total Legal Structuring are billed separately.
Create an accountLeave the first hour with a round plan, or don't pay for it
Bring last year's accounts and your buyer list. If the first expert hour doesn't give you a written Round Map with the rounds, the share per round and who signs where, you don't pay for it.
You can already look around for free and pay for a plan monthly.
What stays with your bank, notary and advisers
Share Council is not the right fit if
- You need the purchase financedWe don't arrange loans or hold money, and buyers pay the seller directly.
- You need a buyer found or a deal negotiatedWe don't find buyers, run due diligence or draft the purchase agreement.
- You need the notarial deed or tax adviceTransferring BV shares needs a notarial deed, and tax questions go to your tax adviser.
Book an expert hour if you're unsure which parts fit.
What sellers ask before the first round
My employees can't pay at once. Do you arrange financing?
No, we don't lend money or arrange loans. A seller often lends part of the price next to a bank loan and the buyers' own money (Ondernemersplein, financing a takeover), and selling in rounds spreads each buyer's payments over several years. Agree any seller loan in writing with your adviser, and ask us whether our loan instrument, with its interest rate and repayment type, suits it.
How do we agree a price fair to both sides?
Both sides use one dated valuation and its report, from your adviser or our partner Equidam, for every transfer in that round.
Do we still need a notary?
For BV shares, yes, because Dutch law requires a notarial deed (art. 2:196 BW), and the notary sets up the STAK. After that, certificates move between people without a notary, as our STAK page explains, and you create and sign each transfer deed on Share Council. Your notary or adviser confirms which deed each round needs.
What happens when a buyer leaves the company?
Your agreement decides whether they sell back, to whom and at what price. The platform doesn't enforce leaver rules, so you record the buyback or return as its own transaction, and buying out a former employee from the STAK covers the STAK side.
Is this an employee ownership trust?
No. The employee ownership trust started as a UK structure, and our blog explains how the UK model works. Your notary or adviser confirms which Dutch structure fits your sale.
Which plan do I need?
A STAK, certificates or a loan need a paid plan. Plain shares sold to a few managers work on any plan, and pricing lists what each plan includes.
Start with today's cap table
Add your company and today's owners before the first round.
You can look around for free.