That would pretty much be it - invest now and with growth of the company see a return through an appreciated price. I was also concerned that this is about retention as it makes it very hard to then leave the company and seek employment elsewhere should I seek to do that down the track...
No free shares or discount on the price; all have to be purchased and paid for. Is that not how most engineering firms that are not publicly listed corporations operate though?
The price is determined on a version of annual profitability and the market to sell back to would be other partners...
Thanks for all the comments LittleInch. I have replied to them the best I can, I apologise in advance if I am slightly vauge in a couple of the answers.
The lack of liquidity is concerning for me also as there needs to be a lot of new partners to replace existing partners. The valuation is...
Hi All,
First time posting although I have been reading for a long time. I have read all the threads that I could find within this forum in regards to investing in, purchasing and selling shareholdings in engineering companies; many of those threads relate to small firms or sole practitioners...