Administering Participant Information

This topic provides an overview of participant information and discusses how to administer participant information.

Page Name

Definition Name

Usage

Maintain Issuance Instructions Page

ST_ISSUANCE

Specify a participant's default issuance instructions.

Employee Information Page

ST_EMPL_SEC

View participant information by clicking the employee ID number on any of numerous pages in the Stock Administration application. The information is current as of today's date.

Maintain Issuance Instructions - Broker Information Page

ST_ISSUANCE_SEC1

Enter issuance instructions for brokers.

Maintain Issuance Instructions - Certificate Information Page

ST_ISSUANCE_SEC2

Enter registration instructions for stock certificates.

Review Personal Profile Page

ST_PERS_PROFILE

View HR information for a participant, including employment, job, and payroll data.

Update Mass Issuance Page

ST_RUNCTL_ISUUPD

Enter and update issuance instructions for multiple participants.

Review Mass Issuance Messages Page

ST_ISSU_MESSAGE

View messages that are generated by the Mass Issuance Update process.

Maintain Insiders Page

ST_INSIDER_TBL

Identify insiders.

With Stock Administration you can quickly access the human resources information that you need to administer your stock plans. In addition to viewing participants' job, employment, and payroll data, you can enter issuance instructions for individual participants and run the Mass Issuance Update Application Engine process (ST_RUNCTL_ISUUPD) to add issuance instructions for multiple participants. Finally, you can specify the insiders who are subject to SEC Section 16 reporting requirements and Regulation S-K proxy requirements.

Use the Maintain Issuance Instructions page (ST_ISSUANCE) to specify a participant's default issuance instructions.

Navigation:

Stock > Issuance/Profiles > Maintain Issuance Instructions > Maintain Issuance Instructions

This example illustrates the Maintain Issuance Instructions page.

Maintain Issuance Instructions page

Field or Control

Description

Plan Type

Select Option Plan or Purchase Plan. If the participant is enrolled in both plan types, you can toggle back and forth to view the information for each plan type.

Mass Issuance Update

This check box is selected if the issuance instructions were created by a mass issuance update.

Issuance Type

Select Broker to have the shares held through a brokerage firm. Select Certificate to have the shares issued in the form of a certificate.

Edit Issuance Type Information

Click to display a page where you can enter additional issuance instructions. If the issuance type is broker, the Maintain Issuance Instructions - Broker Details page appears. If the issuance type is certificate, the Maintain Issuance Instructions - Certificate Details page appears.

Use the Maintain Issuance Instructions - Broker Information page (ST_ISSUANCE_SEC1) to enter issuance instructions for brokers.

Navigation:

Select Broker as the issuance type on the Maintain Issuance Instructions page, then click the Edit Issuance Type Information link.

Field or Control

Description

Account Number

Enter the participant's brokerage account number. The field holds up to 17 alphanumeric characters.

Quick Sales

If Stock Purchase Plan is selected in the Plan Type field, this check box is available. Select if the participant volunteers to participate in the Quick Sale program. This field informational only.

Use the Maintain Issuance Instructions - Certificate Information page (ST_ISSUANCE_SEC2) to enter registration instructions for stock certificates.

Navigation:

Select Certificate as the issuance type on the Maintain Issuance Instructions page, then click the Edit Issuance Type Information link.

Field or Control

Description

Account Number

Enter the participant's transfer agent account number. The field holds up to 17 alphanumeric characters.

Legend ID

If Stock Purchase Plan is selected as the plan type on the Maintain Issuance Instructions page, this field is available. Legend IDs are set up on the Stock Legend Table page.

Address Type

Options are Home or Mailing. The system displays the address information entered in HR.

Use the Update Mass Issuance page (ST_RUNCTL_ISUUPD) to enter and update issuance instructions for multiple participants.

Navigation:

Stock > Issuance/Profiles > Update Mass Issuance

This example illustrates the Update Mass Issuance page.

Update Mass Issuance page

Field or Control

Description

As Of Date

Enter the date that you want the mass issuance to be effective. The system displays an error message on the Review Mass Issuance Messages page if the date entered already exists in the issuance instructions for a participant or the participant has an effective-dated row greater than the as of date.

Initial Issuance

Select during implementation to generate the initial issuance instructions. The system only generates instructions for participants who don't have specific issuance instructions for the identified stock.

From

If this is an initial issuance, these fields are not available and None is selected as an issuance type.

Field or Control

Description

Issuance Type

Select the issuance type that you want to change from. Select Broker, Certificate, or None.

Brokerage ID

If you selected the Broker issuance type, this field becomes available. Select a brokerage ID from the available options.

Branch ID

If you selected the Broker issuance type, this field becomes available. Select a branch ID from the available options.

To

Field or Control

Description

Issuance Type

Select the issuance type that you want to change to. Select Broker, Certificate, or None. If you select Certificate, the system uses the home address.

Brokerage ID

If you selected the Broker issuance type, this field becomes available. Select a brokerage ID from the available options.

Branch ID

If you selected the Broker issuance type, this field becomes available. Select a branch ID from the available options.

Keep Account Number

Select to have the account number from the last broker moved over to the new broker.

Use the Maintain Insiders page (ST_INSIDER_TBL) to identify insiders.

Navigation:

Stock > Issuance/Profiles > Maintain Insiders

This example illustrates the Maintain Insiders page.

Maintain Insiders page

Field or Control

Description

EmplID

Click this number to view employee information.

Insider Information

Field or Control

Description

Title

The system defaults the business title stored in the HR Job table. If there is more than one job for an individual, the primary job defaults. The system uses the lowest active record number if there is no primary job flagged. You can enter a different title if you like.

Ownership Percentage

If you selected an insider type of Beneficial Owner, this field becomes available. Enter the percentage of beneficial ownership by the individual. The percentage serves to check the stock purchase participation requirements (eliminating individuals with greater than 5% beneficial ownership), and check for the ISO 10% Shareholder FMV Rule and the ISO 10% Shareholder Option Life Rule. You must enter a number, as it is not derived from the system.

Report with Proxy

Select this check box if the individual is the chief executive officer (CEO), one of the five most highly paid executive officers of the company, or meets other proxy criteria. This field is used to sort and filter different reports.

Insider Status

Select all insider status types that apply to the individual. At least one type must be selected. If you select reporting person, director, or officer, the system also selects company insider. If an individual is no longer an insider, add a new effective-dated row and leave all check boxes unselected.