Initial public offering | IPO
For private companies,
for public companies
And every stride between
Wherever you are on the road to public, move forward with one platform and one experienced team. Supporting your equity program at every step – before, during and after your listing.
This might be your first IPO – it’s not ours.
Stride 1
The road to IPO
One platform,
from your first step
The first grant is a promise that’s made long before you file an S-1. As your company grows there are twists and turns: more participants, more questions, more data, more grants and more planning.
A credible pathway to IPO starts with transforming how you manage that equity. Laying the groundwork at this stride means building long-term integrity, so you don’t have to replatform at crucial moments when facing increased regulation and scrutiny.
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- Can your provider handle growth through IPO themselves or will you have to switch platforms again
- Due diligence uncovering errors compounded over years
- Cap table accuracy and reconciling your stakeholder data
- Reducing pressure on your HR and equity management teams
- 409A cadence and audit trails
- Anticipating employee questions and addressing concerns early
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- Cap table due diligence and reconciliation, data credibility, funding round modeling, equity dilution and workflow analysis
- Participant data preparation and validation ahead of key milestones
- Streamlining your cap table and equity plan administration into one platform
- Shaping employee communications designed to educate and inspire
- Structuring plans that scale; built for increased headcounts and growth across geographies
- IPO readiness supports, consulting and transfer agent coordination, all from experienced teams
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- Continuous investment in AI innovation and automation
- Global administration for wherever your people are
- One platform implemented while you’re still private, with no replatforming at IPO
- Multiple plan types and multi-jurisdictional compliance
- 70+ integrations with one API (HRIS, tax and payroll)
- Financial reporting
- 135 currencies, 15+ languages
- Participant portal on desktop and mobile
- Flexible service model. Choose from full-service admin or a range of self-service tools – all with support from our experienced teams
“Our migration… involved the successful transfer and implementation of over 2,200 employee records”
Helvetia Baloise Group Current client of J.P. Morgan Workplace Solutions
Client testimonial may not be representative of other client experiences
Stride 2
The last mile to IPO
Transition with dedicated support
As your IPO approaches, timelines compress and questions from regulators, leaders and employees multiply. This isn’t the moment to discover your platform doesn’t hold.
We don’t hand off to third parties at this point – not every provider can say that. Continuity means you get the same trusted relationship, platform and familiar, experienced team supporting your program, when you need it most.
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- Conversion integrity of your pre-IPO grant history
- Avoiding disruption to keep administration steady
- Changes to filing, reporting requirements and disclosure obligations when you go public
- How your leaders and employees will experience the IPO
- The mechanics of equity trading, transactions and settlements
- Your ideal global growth and the reporting obligations it would bring
- Post-IPO equity plan design and architecture
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- Continuity: no third party handoff at IPO means you get consistency on both sides of the event
- Audit ready reporting
- IPO transition assistance from experienced teams familiar with your plans
- Section 16 and compliance readiness supports for your founders and senior leaders
- 409A discipline, filing and reporting workflows to get your listing ready
- Participant and employee communications
- Restricted Stock Unit (RSU) vesting and taxation triggers
- Global legal and tax supports tailored to you
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- An experienced support team walking you through the entire IPO process
- Participant education and guidance on the IPO experience for employees
- IPO and Integrated financial reporting (ASC 718 and IFRS 2)
- Executive and insider services
- Trading and settlement facilities ready for day 1 post-IPO
“The platform provides us with a structured and reliable foundation for managing our cap table.”
Anocca AB Current client of J.P. Morgan Workplace Solutions
Client testimonial may not be representative of other client experiences
Stride 3
The path after IPO
Continuity after going public
When the promises made at grant become reality and must be delivered at scale.
Higher visibility, accountability and more regulation. Executive and wealth management services in one relationship – this is what equity management continuity was built for.
An IPO is a celebration, but going public isn’t the end of your equity journey.
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- Keeping the equity experience consistent beyond the IPO milestone
- Trading and transaction mechanics
- Executive retention and wealth management
- SEC filings, insider trading rules and executive supports
- Regulatory reporting requirements from day 1 post-IPO onwards
- The employee query spike
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- Broker-dealer infrastructure
- Public-company equity reporting
- The backing of a regulated financial institution
- Participant education and communications
- Insider trading supports
- A support model to absorb the spike in employee queries
- Executive wealth management
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- In-platform AI enabled workflow support
- Public company administration
- Wealth management, banking, capital markets, investing and advisory services through JPMorganChase
- Executive services, trading plan strategies and wealth management supports for your C-suite
- Access to global compliance and taxation teams
- Self-service participant portal allows employees accept, manage, view, transfer and sell their own equity awards, so queries don’t land on your internal teams
- Block trading and liquidation, broker connectivity and settlement facilities; buy, sell or transfer shares globally
- Orderly trading at IPO: blackout & trading windows, insider trading, Section 16, 10b5-1 Plan and Rule 144 supports
“Very comprehensive product… it will help our employees to realize the value of their benefit of being an owner of the company.”
Nortal Current client of J.P. Morgan Workplace Solutions
Client testimonial may not be representative of other client experiences
Ready to keep your equity program moving?
We walk with you
Take the first step
Wherever you are on the road to public, move forward with one system, one relationship and one team supporting your equity program before, during and after going public.
Backed by the weight of J.P. Morgan, you don’t have to walk it alone.
Speak with a specialist about where your company is today and how we could support for what comes next.
Speak to our team
Continuity, when
it matters most
*As of July 2026