Category: ESOP News

ESOP.EDU – SUMMARY PLAN DESCRIPTION

Every Employee Stock Ownership Plan has a Summary Plan Description (SPD). And, as way of educating and engaging our employee owners, we are going to share some of the highlights […]

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Happy Employee Owner Month!  Yes, we have two celebrations this month. In addition to FBG turning 60 years old, we’re celebrating all our employee owners with a Big Thank You […]

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Happy New Year 2020! We’re excited to ring in a brand-new decade! And when we do, it also means we’ve added another decade to the history of our company as […]

THE GIFT OF SOCKS

To celebrate Employee Ownership Month, the FBG ESOP Communication Team decided the best way was to gift our employee owners with a surprise in the mail. These colorful socks are […]

ESOP.edu – Why is a Beneficiary Form so important?

A beneficiary form is used to assign the person of your choice to receive your financial assets upon death. Every time a life event takes place, like a new baby, […]

ESOP.edu

Thanks to Wayne Simmonds’ vision and care for FBG, we became a 100% employee-owned company in 2006. But not everyone understands what that really means, and we think it’s high […]

ESOP News

Hello dear friends – I want to sincerely thank everyone who sent thoughts, prayers, messages and gifts to my family during this difficult time. Our FBG family still grieves but […]

ESOP News: The Value of Our ESOP

We recently attended the 2019 Winter Iowa/Nebraska Employee Ownership Conference and learned a great deal more about the value of employee ownership. In addition to having a major impact on […]

ESOPs Bring More Value to the Workplace

The ESOP Association has designated October as Employee Stock Ownership Plan month. As one of the nation’s top employee-owned companies, FBG Service Corporation recognizes the value of employee stock ownership […]

ESOP News September-October 2018

In October of 1993, FBG formally announced its Employee Stock Ownership Plan, an IRS-approved retirement plan intended to provide retirement, death and disability benefits to participating employees.  The first ESOP certificates […]