CFO

OptionEase provides the following benefits for CFOs:

  • Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)
  • Financial reporting
  • Auto-calculated option valuation inputs
  • Auto-calculated forfeiture rates
  • Auto-calculated true-ups
  • Auto-calculated tax
  • Full read-only change audit
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Administrator

Plan Administrators will find the following benefits using OptionEase:

  • Auto-calculated vesting events, terminations, retirement eligibility and taxes for participants
  • Value and expense all types of equity instruments including performance, restricted stock, stock purchase plans (including discounts) and warrants
  • Brokerage integration
  • Interface with third party software (i.e., payroll systems, HRIS)
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SEC Manager

SEC Managers will find the following OptionEase features beneficial:

  • Historical ASC 718-40-50 (formerly A240) to support pre-split, exchange or other modification reporting
  • Source data hyperlinked to every summary entry on ASC 718-40-50 (formerly A240) disclosures
  • Comprehensive expense reporting including forecasted expense, modifications, 4-4-5 accounting periods, and ESPP
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Compliance Manager

The OptionEase solution provides the following benefits for Compliance Managers:

  • Proxy statements including Director Grants & Awards, highly compensated, by subsidiary, business unit, or other participant demographic criteria
  • Tracking of performance grants and ability to drill through in EPS report if performance targets warrant the inclusion per FAS 128 and ASC Topic 718
  • Section IRC 6039 electronic filing for forms 3921 and 3922
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Auditor

Your Audits will benefit from:

  • Over 950 successful Big-4 audits
  • SAS 70 Type II Certification 2007-to-present
  • Data housed with a commercial SAS70 data centers
  • One-Click Full ASC Topic 718 (formerly FAS 123R) Disclosure Reporting
  • Drill-down to detail level to support assumptions and calculations
  • Audit master and change audit reporting for SOX 404 controls
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Partner

Your Partners will be impressed by the following benefits provided with OptionEase:

  • Multi-tenant application supports service provider environment
  • Single user account accesses multiple clients
  • Full change audit allows you to shadow clients
  • Upload work papers and attach to each record for verification and support
  • Dedicated support from OptionEase in our Train-the-Trainer program
  • Private label available
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OptionEase

The OptionEase solution was designed to meet your company’s needs by providing you with the following benefits from an enterprise class web-based application:

  • ASC Topic 718 (formerly FAS 123R) compliance
  • FASB, IRS, SEC and IASB compliant
  • SAS 70 Type II Certification since product release in 2007
  • Full ESPP administration, valuation and compliance
  • Integrated capitalization table
  • Extensive reporting with drill-down information for all reports
  • Supports valuation and compliance for all award types
  • 96% customer retention rate
  • Dedicated customer support and implementation teams

Comprehensive Option Valuation Tools

OptionEase has built your company a full range of comprehensive option valuation tools.

  • Multiple valuation methods to choose from: Black-Scholes, binomial and trinomial lattice models, intrinsic with or without discount, manual and imported
  • Tranche based valuation for more accurate fair value calculations and IFRS requirements
  • Dividend tracking and dividend yield calculations both for current yield and future projected yield
  • Accurate valuation of ESPP, modification, re-measurements and re-pricing of options, warrants and restricted shares

Automatic Calculations to Reduce Time

Focus time and efforts on other areas of needs by using OptionEase to reduce your time spent handling complex calculations.

  • Volatility automatically calculated based on company’s history, peer group, implied or combination; Federal Reserve Bank Interest Rates; Stock Price History; Expected Life; Exercise Multiples
  • Auto-Calculated Forfeiture Rates by class and automatically updated with each pre-vest forfeiture plan-to-date vs. point-in-time analysis for accurate estimates
  • Auto-Calculated Tax and APIC Pool adjustments both Pre and Post rule adoption

Option Expense Forecasting

OptionEase provides features which will allow you to estimate your option expenses.

  • Complete flexibility in expense methodologies: straight line, graded, accelerations for retirement eligibility, modifications, performance milestone and automatic entries for true-ups at each reporting period
  • Applies accurate ‘ratable’ methodology per ASC 718 for awards with graded vesting and service condition only
  • Forfeiture tracking by designated class for pre and post vest rates, compounded plan to date and by period
  • Suppresses “dynamic forfeiture rate” – compliant with ASC 718
  • Forecasting – expense, share usage and pool balances, expirations and forfeitures
  • Customized classifications for deferred equity accounting such as subsidiaries, business units, departments, locations
  • Supports multiple currencies and languages for international accounting
 

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