Plan afoot for Singtel, Mittals to equalise direct stake in Bharti Airtel

The first is a stockholding trust, inspired by more traditional employee stock-ownership plans in the U.S. The goal of the trust would be to acquire 100% ownership in the company over a period of time by buying out pre-existing outside investors.

In early 2019, for example, the founder of the Shanghai electric-car company NIO transferred 50 million shares into a “user trust.” While the founder retains voting rights over the shares, the trust enables its members to help decide how to use a portion of the company’s eventual profits. This was not an act of charity; in the disclosure documents,... See more

The second potential conversion strategy is the creation of a federation. In this scenario, a company could reorient itself toward the community by distributing decision-making powers to moderators and users of the platform. In order to seamlessly do this, the startup would need to first convert to a benefit corporation. The third option involves t... See more

In order to balance out for profit motives with long term neutrality the following factors can be taken into consideration: (1) Capital need and ownership of a project, (2) Syndication and relative allocations, (3) Governance rights.