S-8 Filing

Some public companies offer stock to their employees as part of a compensation package. They might start negotiations by offering coupons for dance lessons or free boxes of animal crackers. But...stay firm. Hold out for the stock handouts.

In order to make these employee offerings, companies have to file S-8 forms. An S-8 form is the SEC document that lets regulators (and, simultaneously, the public) know the details of the employee stock compensation. It provides information related to registering the stock being used for employee plans.