Participation in an employee share plan is a rewarding way for employees to actively participate in the success of your company. It’s also a great way for companies to remunerate or incentivise their staff. For organisations to get the most out of a plan it’s essential that employees clearly understand the benefits of the plan, especially since participation rates can vary greatly from company to company. Key factors that influence a positive perception of the plan and superior uptake include: considered design, ease of enrolment, fair tax considerations and the clear communication of all plan details.

Computershare has extensive knowledge and experience to design and manage an employee-based plan for your employees, wherever they may reside - both locally and internationally.

Computershare can offer a large variety of plans including: Exempt and Deferred Plans, Loan Plans, Employee Option Plans and International Sharesave Plans, in addition to fully outsourced solutions for employee share and option plan management. This reduces risk and use of scarce human resources and increases efficiency and return on investment.

Share plan participants are often inexperienced investors who don’t understand the processes or costs involved in share trading. They can therefore perceive plans as unattractive, or they’re unable to realise the potential value of their shareholding.

A user-friendly and concise employee share trading system can increase employee participation, easing employees into their investor experience by providing a simple and secure service that fits the needs of each individual.

Computershare can offer low cost share trading programs for unrestricted share or option plans, helping the small or first-time shareholder as well as deferred finance to allow participants to sell enough allotted shares to cover option exercise costs or loan balances and have balance of shares transferred into their name.

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These days it is commonly agreed that employees are equal in importance to customers and shareholders when it comes to the lifeblood of a company, so it makes sense to look after them.

Participation in an employee share plan is a rewarding way for employees to actively participate in the success of your company, as are employee communications programs, and training and education.

Computershare has extensive experience in the design and management of employee share plans, executive remuneration programs and a host of online education and training systems for your employees, wherever they may reside – both locally and internationally.

While Executive Share Plans provide a unique and effective performance incentive for your senior executives, the seniority of participants, tax reporting requirements and the intense public scrutiny of executive remuneration can cause significant concern. Consequently, many companies administer their executive plans in-house, which can exhaust internal resources and distract your company from its core business.

As the only truly global provider of employee plan services, Computershare can provide an end-to-end solution that alleviates your internal resources, complies with tax and legal requirements and achieves your executive remuneration and incentive objectives.

Employee share plans are an effective strategy for companies wanting to remunerate and incentivise staff. To maximise participation and staff buy-in, it’s essential that employees clearly understand the benefits of the plan, especially since participation rates can vary greatly.

Communication to participants is one of the most critical elements of any plan, affecting plan perception, uptake and ongoing participation. Therefore it’s important that companies give due consideration to what are the most appropriate, effective and convenient communications to plan members and prospects.

Computershare is a world leader in employee plan communications. Through the use of creative messages that impact plan uptake, innovative communication channels to reach and inform plan participants, and our significant experience in plan design, we ensure all employees have access to and understand the elements of your plan.

What can we offer?

Communicating with Participants – to make sure that they understand what is being offered to them and what their options are at all times during the lifecycle of the plan, giving them the ability to review their own information whenever they want online and offline.