Business Succession Planning Can your business survive without

Business Succession Planning Can your business survive without you?

Agenda • Small Businesses in the U. S. • Planning for When You’re Not Here • The Buy-Sell Solution • The Value of Life and Disability Insurance • How it Works • Taking the Next Step 2

Small Business Effects on the Economy The estimated 26. 8 million small businesses in the United States: • Create 75% of new jobs • Employ 50% of the country’s private workforce • Represent more than 97% of all exporters of goods • Represent more than 99% of employers • Generate the majority of innovations (patents) that come from United States companies Source: U. S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census; Advocacy-funded research by Kathryn Kobe, 2007 U. S. As posted on www. sba. gov January 2012. 3

Why Do Small Businesses Fail? • Improperly plan for growth • Management of financial statements • No plan for a succession of ownership 4

A Closer Look • 85% of all U. S. firms are small businesses • Only 25% have formal retirement succession plans • Only 35% have formal succession plans in the event of death • The Value of Life and Disability Insurance • Only 40% with plans use life insurance Source: LIMRA. “Small Business Owners: 2009” 5

What Will Happen to Your Business? • When your retire? • If you become disabled? • When you pass away? 6

Preserving Your Life’s Work It’s all about… Control Choice Continuity 7

A Written Buy-Sell Agreement Contains: • Who will buy/sell? • When will the transaction happen? • At what price will the business be purchased? • Stated terms of the transaction 8

Valuing the Business • Appraisal • Stated price • Formula 9

How Will the Buy-Sell be Funded? • Management or family can borrow the funds • Your company can save for it • You can arrange to buy the business interest under an installment basis • You can acquire life and disability insurance coverage 10

Consider Life Insurance • Provides the cash needed immediately • Prevents drain on business profits • Helps to quickly turn a non-liquid asset into a liquid asset • The policy’s death benefit can be designed to increase over time to reflect the growth of the business 1 1 Additional underwriting requirements may apply; no guarantee that insured(s) will qualify for increased death benefit protection. 11

Disability Buy-Out Insurance • Minimizes impact to the bottom line • Can be used to help replace a portion of the disabled owner’s salary or purchase his interest • Disabled partner will likely continue to draw salary or K-1 income • Can be used to pay overhead and expenses 12

Types of Buy-Sell Agreements Entity Redemption • The business itself is the buyer Cross Purchase • The owners buy from each other directly • Between two or more owners Unilateral Buy-Sell • Between the owner and a key employee or family member in business 13

Which Plan Makes Sense? 14

Stock Redemption / Entity Agreement Business Interest Estate of Owner A Business Owner A Purchase Price Premium Payments Insurance Proceeds Owner B The Business is the owner and beneficiary of a policy on each owner Insurance Company Owner C The income tax-free status of life insurance death benefit proceeds is very valuable. To ensure that the death proceeds of an employer-owned policy can retain this benefit, it is essential to comply with the requirements of Internal Revenue Code Section 101(j). 15

Cross Purchase Agreement Redemption Price Estate of Owner A Life Insurance Policy on Owner B Business Interest Life Insurance Policy on Owner A AGREEMENT Owner A Premium (On life of B) A owns and is the beneficiary of a Policy on B Insurance Company Premium (On life of A) Owner B Insurance Proceeds (Life of A) B owns and is the beneficiary of a Policy on A 16

Unilateral Purchase Agreement Redemption Price Estate of Owner A Life Insurance Policy on Owner B Business Interest Life Insurance Policy on Owner A AGREEMENT Insurance Company Premium Payments Protégé Insurance Proceeds (Life of A) 17

Benefits of a Funded Buy-Sell • Assures the business interest can be purchased at fair market value • Ties key people to the business • Develops management loyalty • Helps to ensure competent successor management • Provides employees with more job security • Helps open the doors to future financing 18

Getting Started • Define your goals • Evaluate the alternatives with your financial representative, qualified attorney and accountant. • Implement the strategy to protect your business 19

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