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Join us for thought-provoking discussions and listen in on this year's hottest topics on equity compensation. You will receive up to 11 CPE credits for attending The Source.
*Please note that this agenda is subject to change.
Session 1
Understanding the key challenges of RSAs and RSUs
As RSAs and RSUs continue their rapid increase in popularity, companies are facing increased administrative challenges and are realizing that their corresponding processes and internal controls are more important than ever. This panel of experts will highlight key challenges of RSA and RSU administration as identified in the Certified Equity Professional Institute’s (CEPI) research publication, including selecting grant dates, tackling tax payment obstacles, addressing dividend payments, and putting performance criteria in perspective.
Attend this session to learn more about handling the most pressing challenges of these ever growing awards and ensure your company’s internal controls and processes are adequate, and how the CEPI’s research publication can help.
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Session 2
Best practices: Lessons learned from the courts
In this session, you will review real-life stories about break-downs in stock plan administration that led to lawsuits. Learn how to avoid potentially costly errors in plan administration by implementing controls and other procedures that are specifically designed to minimize the risk of having these errors occur in the first place. The session will also discuss steps that can be taken in designing stock plans and awards that will help you avoid these pitfalls.
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Session 3
Training: Revealing the secrets of the Compensation Cost Accrual Report
The Compensation Cost Accrual Report was significantly enhanced in the Express Options™ v8.00 application to allow for more flexibility and easier usability. Also, this release added numerous report selections that impact the end results of the report. During this session we will uncover the secrets of this report, not only going over the new and highly anticipated “true-up” selections and how they differ but also reviewing other settings you might want to take advantage of but don’t realize they are there!
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Session 4
Training: Utilizing the Express Options application when preparing for an audit
Has your equity compensation plan come under scrutiny during an audit? Do you want to make sure you are prepared if such an audit occurs? The Express Options application is adding extensive audit reporting with its version 9.0 due to be released in 2008. During this session, a panel of presenters including a client, a leader from the GPS project and Computershare representatives will go over the concept behind the new audit features. They’ll discuss how to use the features, walk through a ”real-world” audit problem and then show how the features can be used to solve the issue.
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Session 5
Case Study: A new spin to the old spin
At the end of 2007, Temple-Inland took a unique approach to spinning off two subsidiaries. Once the transaction was completed, Guaranty Financial Group, Forestar Real Estate Group and Temple-Inland employees would have an employee-like equity relationship with each company - maintaining the original Temple-Inland grant structure and continuing to vest with awards in each of the three entities. In addition to many of the logistical challenges of their spin-off, they faced obstacles of how they would allocate expense and tax benefits moving forward. With this type of creativity comes…opportunities…and Temple-Inland chose to meet these opportunities head-on. With the clock ticking fast, see what the three companies, with some assistance from Computershare, were able to accomplish.
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Session 6a
Abused or simply misunderstood? The latest on
10b5-1 plans
The SEC continues to look at trading conducted under Rule 10b5-1 plans by company executives. Our experts look at Rule 10b5-1 plan best practices and where some existing plans may have gone awry.
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Session 6b
Training: Advanced Express Options workshop - Beyond the basics of the Compensation Cost Accrual report
In recent versions of Express Options the Compensation Cost Accrual report has gone through a makeover. Come learn how the new formulas work, what all those parameters mean, and how to tie out the values that appear on the report. And as an extra bonus, we will be reviewing how to create, modify, and apply forfeiture rates. Find out everything you wanted to know and then some!
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Session 7
Withholding Alternatives for Global Equity Plans
This session will provide an overview of importance of withholding, the alternative methods for withholding, timing of withholding, social insurance considerations and practical tips and considerations for choosing a withholding method with non-US plan participants. We will cover some of the unique challenges that issuers face with regard to restricted stock unit awards offered to non-US employees and help to provide useful tips that you can use to avoid withholding penalties and accounting charges.
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Session 8a
Best Practices: Building a better grant process
Equity compensation continues to draw fire as investigations have revealed a host of unscrupulous practices and flawed processes. This session will include discussion points around best practices with the grant process – timing considerations, correcting mistakes and internal controls.
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Session 8b
Training: Advanced Express Options workshop - EPS Dilutions report
Ever wonder what all those reports mean when running the EPS Dilutions report. Join us for a fun-filled session on how to run and use the EPS Dilutions report in the Express Options application.
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Session 9
User group session
This session will include product updates, a preview of what's coming and answers to your questions – all in an open forum environment designed to obtain your feedback with our product development roadmap.
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Session 10
International updates
This session will discuss the most recent updates to international compliance that every company with global employees needs to know. The presenters will offer helpful tips and best practices for administering awards to address country-specific needs and requirements, with a focus on India and the UK given the recent legislative changes there.
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Session 11
Roundtable: Trends in plan administration
A panel of experts from a variety of disciplines discusses the latest trends in plan administration. Topics include how companies are solving their administration problems and those that plague their plan administrators, valuation and financial reporting solutions and offline tracking and brokerage service models.
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Session 12a
The art of accounting for performance awards
Accounting for performance awards has proven to be a challenge as probability accounting meets the limitations of the systems used to track awards. Our experts will look at trends in performance award structures and utilization, and then give you some of the tools you will need in creating your period-by-period masterpiece.
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Session 12b
Training: Advanced Express Options workshop - Taxation and year-end processing
The Express Options application offers ways to effective manage the required tax events for your company and participant’s tax withholding related to your Stock Plans. In this session learn how to get the most out of the Taxation features available in Express Options. Discussion items including how to set up your tax parameters and codes, disposition reports for ISO Issuers, 83(b) elections, review of the new Year- End Overview report, shares for taxes/rounding, and the recent changes made to overpayments to Federal Taxes.
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Session 13a
What to expect when you're expecting your expected
life safe harbor to expire
The Securities Exchange Commission has extended the allowance of utilizing the simplified method for estimating the expected life assumption, found in Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB) No. 107 under the new SAB 110 for certain companies. But SAB 110 isn't for everybody and it doesn't last forever. Our panel of experts will help you prepare for life after SAB 110 with what you should be doing now to prepare for 2009 and beyond.
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Session 13b
Training: Advanced Express Options workshop - Beyond the basics
Come learn the best ways to effectively use advanced features in Express Options to maximize your use of the application.
Topics include:
- Effective use of Codes
- Processing 83(b) election
- Understanding Retirement Eligibility
- Processing future dated terminations
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Session 14
Top 10 Pitfalls in Plan Design
It just may be time to get back to business. With the equity compensation industry acclimating to the stricter regulatory environment resulting from FAS123(R), SEC disclosures and other considerations, companies may now be in a position to shift attention back to plan design. As plan sponsors step back and examine the effectiveness of their current plans, it is important to be mindful of the issues that can impact various parts of your organization, including HR, stock administration and finance. This session will offer insight into the top pitfalls that sponsors should be aware of for a variety of plan types when considering equity award design changes.
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