Equity Awards Partial-Service Administration Solutions

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​​​If your plan is straightforward and has a small number of participants, partial-service administration may be right for you. All of your plan rules, participant information and grant data is stored in our recordkeeping system. You’ll have a suite of tools to help manage your plans, and participants ​​​will have 24/7 ​access to their accounts via our Employee Online web site.


 

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 ​Tools to he​​lp you manage your plans

​With our partial-service plan, we provide you a suite of online tools to help you manage your plan. We also provide extensive training on these tools plus comprehensive guides to ensure you know how everything works. You also receive live support from your own dedicated relationship manager.​​​

  • Stock Plan Management Reporting (SMART)
    Generate fully customizable reports that will help you stay on top of the activity within your plans.
  • Adjustments and Corrections (ACT)
    Make changes to individual grants and participant data without the need to upload a new file.
  • Participant Web Interface (PWI)
    Provides you view-only access to a plan participant’s account to help you with participant questions.

 Support for your plan participants

Your service description may be partial, but support for your participants is anything but. Participants have 24/7 account access through our Employee O​nline site. There they can acknowledge grants,conduct price modeling, make tax elections, exercise options, manage vestings, sell shares, access and print plan documents, statements and tax forms, certify W-8BEN and W-9, select e-communication preferences, and learn through complimentary financial education articles and tools. Other highlights of our participant service include:​

Single sign-on access

Participants can access accounts conveniently right from your company’s intranet through our single-sign-on capabilities.

Account access from any device

Our participant site is built with responsive design, so your participants will have access to the full functionality of the site from any mobile device.

Multi-lingual support

Optional service allows participants to manage accounts in multiple languages through multi-lingual web and language line services

Payments in multiple currencies

Choose to receive sales proceeds by check or wire in one of 70+ currencies. Direct deposit is also available for payments in U.S. dollars.

 Take a tour of our Employee Online site

 Dedicated team to support your senior executives

For your reporting officers whose transactions are subject to SEC Rule 144 or Section 16(b), we have a dedicated team of licensed professionals to help them manage their awards​. With a dedicated phone line, your executives will have direct access to our executive services team whenever they are ready to make a sale.​​

  • Dedicated, licensed team
    Each team member is FINRA and Series 7 and 63 licensed, as well as a certified equity professional.
  • 10b5-1 sales plan support
    Our team will help executives set up and manage 10b5-1 sales plans covering stock options, SARs and restricted stock.
  • Form 144 filing
    We will prepare Form 144 and file it with the SEC as well as the applicable stock exchange as needed for sales transactions.
  • Section 16 Manager
    Our easy-to-use software solution allows you to quickly generate, manage and transmit Forms 3, 4 and 5 to the SEC.
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 Wealth management service for your employees

We provide each client with the opportunity to offer wealth management services to its executives and other high net worth employees through our relationship with HighTower Advisors, LLC. This service is voluntary for each client and for its employees. We will work with you to set up education sessions with HighTow​er Advisors, so they can introduce their services to your eligible employees. At no time will HighTower Advisors solicit your employees directly. Any employee who wishes to become a client of HighTower Advisors will do so directly with the firm, subject to approval of HighTower Advisors.


 
The wealth management and financial planning services are provided solely by HighTower Advisors and not by Computershare Trust Company, N.A. or any of its affiliates (“CTCNA”). Any deposits or investments made by employees through HighTower Advisors are not deposits with or obligations of CTCNA, are not guaranteed by CTCNA and are not FDIC insured. Products and services offered by HighTower Advisors are subject to investment risks, including possible loss of principal amount invested. CTCNA and HighTower Advisors are separate and unaffiliated firms, and neither is responsible for the products or services of the other. CTCNA makes no recommendations regarding the advisability of any employee opening an account with HighTower Advisors or making any deposits or investments through HighTower Advisors.
CTCNA will receive a referral fee from HighTower Advisors.  Our clients will not be charged any additional fees or expenses as a result of this referral arrangement.​​​

 

 

 Educate participants on their awards

Ensure participants know the true value of their awards

Let us help you create a well-designed, targeted education campaign to ensure participants know and understand the full value of their awards.
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Got questions about our full-service administration solution for your eq​uity awards? Or perhaps you would like to see a demo of our service? Or perhaps you are just ready to get started! Fill out the form below and let us know. Our experts will get back to you right away.​​