early
mid
board majority
advance the Trust's phase-in
Where the Long-Term Benefit Trust binds the board but not the CEO inner circle
Formal design: a ladder of rising board-facing barriers (PBC latitude, Class T power, phase-in, protective notice, rising supermajority failsafe) next to an ungated CEO inner-counsel conduit. Formal design only; enforcement unproven.
Long-Term Benefit Trust — Class T stock
Delaware PBC
weighs public benefit vs returns
PBC status alone creates no accountability
Class T stock
elects & removes board seats
phase-in
time & funding
milestones
board majority
failsafe
amendments
supermajority to
alter the Trust
rises with phase-in
protective
provisions
trust notified
of material actions
net effect
concentrated control
diluted over time
the board
bound by elect & removal
CEO's inner circle
personal counsel
no election
no notice
no supermajority
personal counsel
lands ungoverned
ladder supervises the board —
the inner-counsel pipe supervises no one
engineered around, never for — formal design, enforcement unproven