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Click here to view a list of all articles worldwide in reverse chronological order France FR 2012-04 Proposed Ban on Stock Options for French Employees France FR 2012-04 France Revises Reporting Criteria to Grant Tax-qualified Stock Options, Free Shares and BSPCE France FR 2012-04 Stock Options and International Mobility: End of the Game? France FR 2012-03 Stock Options: It is More Clear in International Mobility France FR 2012-03 Changes to Employer Reporting Obligations for Qualified Stock Options and Free Share Awards France FR 2012-02 L’Oreal to Halt Stock Options, CEO Tells Journal du Dimanche France FR 2012-02 French Socialist plan for bank tax, reform France FR 2012-02 Alcatel CEO Forgoes Stock Options, Renews ‘Normality' Pledge France FR 2012-02 2011: The Year in Review- France: Stock Options and Free Shares France FR 2011-12 SAFRAN : employee stock ownership offering a big hit in France France FR 2011-12 Vallourec announces the success of its 2011 employee share offering France FR 2011-12 Axa Announces Results Of 2011 Employee Share Offering - Quick Facts France FR 2011-11 French Senate Approves Amended Social Security Bill France FR 2011-11 Danone Cancels 6.6M Treasury Shares In Covering Stock Option Plans France FR 2011-11 France eliminated bonuses and stock options in banks with public aid France FR 2011-10 FRANCE TELECOM : Transactions carried out as part of a share buyback program France FR 2011-09 The tax treatment of stock options in the event of international mobility France FR 2011-09 EADS delivers 2.44 million in shares to employees France FR 2011-09 Stock options and bonus shares facing the exit tax - how to avoid double taxation France FR 2011-08 French Supreme Court rules unfairly dismissed employees entitled to damages for lost benefits France FR 2011-07 The tax penalty on corporate governance practices? France FR 2011-06 Dealing withOptions and Free Shares when Launching a Tender Offer on a French Company France FR 2011-06 Ruling Addresses Application of Favorable Option Regime France FR 2011-06 Stock options: new jackpot for the bosses of BNP-Paribas France FR 2011-04 Renault waived bonuses should cover execs' compensation France FR 2011-04 Stock-Options and the Performance of CAC40 Listed Companies France FR 2011-03 Finance bills significantly change taxation rates applying to equity awards in France France FR 2011-01 Court Clarifies Treatment of Payment to Waive Stock Option Right France FR 2011-01 GDF Suez abandons stock-options France FR 2010-12 Airbus exec under investigation in share probe - source France FR 2010-11 Launches a Share Issue Reserved for Group Employees France FR 2010-09 Rexel launches the opportunity 10' employee share purchase plan France FR 2010-07 Great success of Ingenico's employee shares plans France FR 2010-05-25 Court Rules on Taxing Rights Over Gains From Employee Stock Options France FR 2010-05-25 It’s been a bad morning to be working for a French bank France FR 2009-11-29 Vivendi rewarded for its initiatives to promote employee share ownership France FR 2009-11-29 EADS Braces Itself for Insider-Trading Trial France FR 2009-08-30 AXA Launches 2009 Employee Share Offering France FR 2009-07-11 GDF Suez Launches Broadbased Free Shares Program France FR 2009-07-06 Successful offering of Capgemini shares to Group managers France FR 2009-06-02 New Social Security Treatment On Stock Options And Restricted Stock Units France FR 2009-05-05 Share option too far topples top French banker France FR 2009-04-27 Stock Options & Bonus Shares Muted France FR 2009-04-20 Ubisoft Free Share Grant Subject to Performance Requirement France FR 2009-04-13 Stock Options & Hedge Funds France FR 2009-04-01 France curbs stock options for bailout companies France FR 2009-03-30 France To Curb Incentive Compensation at State-owned Firms France FR 2009-03-24 France To Curb Incentive Compensation at State-owned Firms France FR 2009-03-16 Publicis Creates Employee Stock Program France FR 2009-01-05 Firm Announces Success of Employee Share Offering France FR 2008-10-26 Government Wants To Limit Golden Parachutes and How Execs Receive Shares France FR 2008-09-27 Firm's global share purchase plan France FR 2008-08-27 Axa (Large Insurer) Launches Global Share Plan France FR 2008-07-14 Global Employee Share Ownership Program at Large Bank France FR 2008-06-28 Executive Questioned in Insider Trading Case involving share options France FR 2008-06-17 Firm increases capital reserved for employees		France : FR 2012-04 Exit Tax - Clarifications on the Reporting Formalities 17 April, 2012 Contributed by: PricewaterhouseCoopers France : FR 2012-03 France – New Reporting Requirements for Qualified Stock Options, Free Shares, and BSPCE 1 March, 2012 Contributed by: Deloitte. France : FR 2012-02 Increase of Withholding Tax on Dividends and Interest 28 February, 2012 Contributed by: Abbiss Cadres France : FR 2012-02 Exemption From Social Security Contributions on Termination Payments Reduced 28 February, 2012 Contributed by: Abbiss Cadres France : FR 2012-02 French Supreme Court Specifies the Conditions Under Which GPS May be Used to Monitor an Employee 28 February, 2012 Contributed by: Abbiss Cadres France : FR 2012-02 Changes to employer reporting obligations for qualified stock options and free share awards 17 February, 2012 Contributed by: PricewaterhouseCoopers France : FR 2012-02 New Reporting Requirements for French-Qualified Awards 13 February, 2012 Contributed by: Baker & McKenzie France : FR 2012-01 Employee Stock Plans: Year-End International Reporting Requirements—2012 Update 16 January, 2012 Contributed by: Jones Day Publications France : FR 2011-09 Tax Withholding for Mobile Employees on Qualified Stock Options Required 20 September, 2011 Contributed by: Jones Day France : FR 2011-08 New wealth, trust and exit taxes for individuals but tax on second homes is dropped 3 August, 2011 Contributed by: CELIA Soffal, France France : FR 2011-04 Major consequences for French tax residents who fail to disclose foreign bank accounts 27 April, 2011 Contributed by: SOFFAL France : FR 2011-04 Supreme Court rules on tax exemption for multiple payments for termination of multiple Group positions 27 April, 2011 Contributed by: SOFFAL France : FR 2011-03 Tax and social withholdings increases for 2011 29 March, 2011 Contributed by: Abbiss Cadres France : FR 2011-03 Revocation of tax treaty between France and Denmark: practical implications 29 March, 2011 Contributed by: Abbiss Cadres France : FR 2011-01 Increased Employer Social Tax Due on French-Qualified Awards 26 January, 2011 Contributed by: Baker McKenzie France : FR 2011-01 Employee Stock Plans 2010: Year-End International Reporting Requirements 2 January, 2011 Contributed by: Jones Day France : FR 2010-12 2011 Higher Tax Rates for 2011 15 December, 2010 Contributed by: International Law Partners France : FR 2010-12 2011 French Tax Act Raises Tax Rates 11 December, 2010 Contributed by: Deloitte. France : FR 2010-07 New Pension Reform Legislation Could Include French Tax Rate Increases 30 July, 2010 Contributed by: Deloitte France : FR 2010-06 French Supreme Court Decision Regarding Taxation of Equity Awards Held by Mobile Employees 18 June, 2010 Contributed by: Baker McKenzie France : FR 2010-04-09 French Supreme Court Rules On Sourcing Of Stock Option Income 9 April, 2010 Contributed by: DELOITTE. France : FR 2010-03-21 New French employer super-tax on banker’s bonuses 24 March, 2010 Contributed by: SOFFAL France : FR 2010-01 Year-End Reporting Requirements for Employee Stock Plans: France 8 January, 2010 Contributed by: Baker McKenzie France : FR 2009-07 Grants to French Corporate Officers: Impact on Tax Qualification 15 July, 2009 Contributed by: Orrick France : FR 2009-02 France: New Requirements for French Listed Companies who Offer Stock Plans to their Corporate Officers 2 February, 2009 Contributed by Linklaters France : FR 2009-02 France: New Employee Social Tax on Capital Gains 2 February, 2009 Contributed By: PricewaterhouseCoopers France : France: Updates in Cash and Equity Compensation Legislation 2 February, 2009 Contributed by Deloitte France : FR 2009-02 France: Executive Compensation and Broad Based Equity Awards 2 February, 2009 Contributed By: PricewaterhouseCoopers France : FR 2009-02 France: Recharge of Costs Related to Stock Options and Free Share Awards 2 February, 2009 Contributed by Deloitte France : France: Clarification on the New Social Seurity Contributions On Qualified French Stock Plans 7 July, 2008 Contributed by Deloitte France : France: Tax Changes and Approved plans 4 April, 2008 Contributed By: Linklaters France : FR 2008-03 - French Parliament Adopts a Proposed Reform of Qualified Stock Options and Free Share Awards 3 March, 2008 Contributed By: PricewaterhouseCoopers France : FR 2008-01 French Senate has Approved New Social Security Contributions On Stock Options and Free Share Awards 1 January, 2008 Contributed By: Deloitte France : FR 2008-01 Company's reporting obligations in connection with free shares plans 1 January, 2008 Contributed By: Ernst & Young Societe d'avocats		Equity Awards Gone Public, What Companies need to know when preparing for an IPO 05-2012 10 May, 2012 Certified Equity Professional Institute Website Link to the Job Analysis Survey 04-2012 2 May, 2012 Buck’s iQuantic© Global Long-Term Incentive Practices Survey 24 April, 2012 OptionEase Announces Strategic Alliance with Stock & Option Solutions, Inc. 04-2012 23 April, 2012 Vodafone Updates Reward Website with Mobile Version UK 2012-04 7 April, 2012 Global Share Alliance Grows with Addition of North American Share Registrars 03-2012 26 March, 2012 How Much Are Your Stock Options Worth? 03-2012 18 March, 2012 2012 Deloitte Global Share Plan Survey 15 March, 2012 UBS Enhances Partial Administration Offering with EASi for Performance‐based Plans 03-2012 9 March, 2012 Financial Times Chief US Commentator Edward Luce to Speak at the 13th Annual Global Equity Organization Conference WW 2012-03 7 March, 2012 Seasoned Industry Veteran Danyle Anderson Takes the Helm at the Global Equity Organization 03-2012 6 March, 2012 Baxi Partnership acquires RM2 Partnership 01-2012 20 January, 2012 SocGen gets Repsol mandate 01-2012 16 January, 2012 Best-Selling Business Author and Business Leader Richard Moran Joins EASi’s Board of Directors 01-03-2012 3 January, 2012 The Beyster Symposium & The Mid-Year Fellows Workshop in Honor of Louis O. Kelso 6 December, 2011 Governance and Design Survey Highlights 11-2011 1 November, 2011 Technology enhancements help Schwab stock plan clients more effectively manage equity compensation plans 11-2011 1 November, 2011 EASi’s Integrated Payroll Interface Raises the Bar on Automation 2011-10 27 October, 2011 EASi Ranked Number 174th Fastest Growing Company in North America on Deloitte’s 2011 Technology Fast 500™ 2011-10 26 October, 2011 Equity awards gone public - What companies need to know when preparing for an IPO 10-2011 24 October, 2011 EASi Makes CEP Honor Roll with Ten Certified Equity Professionals 7 October, 2011 Corporate Partner Michael Flynn Joins Gibson Dunn's Orange County Office 09-2011 8 September, 2011 2011 Global Equity Incentives Survey - Executive Summary - Now Available 09-2011 8 September, 2011 EASi's Growth Continues on all Fronts — Billing, Hiring, Customers and Participant Numbers Shoot Up in Q2 8 September, 2011 Killik Employee Services to sponsor ifs ProShare Annual Awards 08-2011 23 August, 2011 Equilar Study: Change-in-control Cash Severance Analysis 08-2011 18 August, 2011 2011-08 Equiniti launches online employee share portal 10 August, 2011 2011-08 Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Establishes Universal Direct Broker Interface Connection to EASi's World-Class Stock Plan Management Solution 10 August, 2011 2011-08 UBS's Technology Enhancements Continue to Make Equity Compensation Plan Administration Easier for its Corporate Clients 3 August, 2011 UK Deloitte seminar Announcement? 08-2011 2 August, 2011 American Coalition of Stock Plan Administrators 2 August, 2011 Monidee Wins International Accolades for ForFarmers Internal Exchange 06+2011 27 June, 2011 Range of Methodologies for Risk and Performance Alignment of Remuneration 06-2011 24 June, 2011 EASi Service Pack Delivers Greater Flexibility to 700 Customers Worldwide 06-2011 1 June, 2011 Charles Schwab Launches Brokerage and Banking Mobile Deposit for iPhone® 006-2011 1 June, 2011 ifs ProShare to host seminar on "Remuneration in the Financial Services Industry” 05-2011 10 May, 2011 Industry Pioneer Carine Schneider Joins EASi as CEO Vito Palmieri to Become Executive Chairman 15 April, 2011 Senior Account Manager Reward Plan Services 13 April, 2011 Charles Schwab launches equity award consultation team for corporate stock plan clients 03-2011 22 March, 2011 Fidelity gives advisers trove of potential client names 03-2011 15 March, 2011 Professor Who Expanded the Study of Employee Ownership Will Hold Endowed Chair 2011-03 1 March, 2011 Say-When-on-Pay Proposal Findings 02-2011 23 February, 2011 Slump in markets, right time for ESOPs 02-2011 8 February, 2011 BNY Mellon Shareowner Services and King Worldwide Enter into Strategic Alliance 02-2011 8 February, 2011 The Latest on Compensation and Governance Matters, SEC Alert for Equilar Clients 02-2011 4 February, 2011 UBS Wealth Management Americas today announced the delivery of a number of enhancements for their equity compensation plan services business. 02-2011 3 February, 2011 Global Shares Celebrates 5 Years 02-2011 1 February, 2011 Global Shares announces new Asian Client Relations Manager 02-2011 1 February, 2011 Lukas Kolff, former Apollo partner, joins Global Shares Board and his firm, Bowline Capital Partners, makes a strategic investment to support Global Shares’ growth 02-2011 1 February, 2011 1099 Software for Forms 3921 and 3922 Released by WorldSharp 2011-02 31 January, 2011 Twitter Is Issuing So Many Options It Needs To Hire Someone To Keep Track 2011-01 26 January, 2011 Fidelity prepares for new cost-basis rules US 2010-12 20 December, 2010 Joseph R. Blasi Named First J. Robert Beyster Professor of Employee Ownership at Rutgers’ School of Management and Labor Relations US 1210-12 20 December, 2010 Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Congratulates Clients Telefonica, Henderson Global Investors & Wolfson Microelectronics on ifsProShare Awards 9 December, 2010 Global Mobility Handbook 2010 Edition Special Edition in support of the important work of the International Organization of Employers 6 December, 2010 Free Kleinwort Benson debate on employee share ownership 2010-11 22 November, 2010 Dodd-Frank Act: The importance of putting ceo pay multiples into context 11-2010 16 November, 2010 Share scheme industry celebrates while Royal Mail heading for massive share ownership plan UK 11-2010 15 November, 2010 Equiniti and BNY Mellon to form share scheme alliance 2010-11 2 November, 2010 Monidee North America Corp. and Friends Team Up for Make-A-Wish® Donation 2010-10 5 October, 2010 Rightmove to manage its executive share plans in-house 2010-10 5 October, 2010 Charles Schwab Announces Plans to Launch Equity Award Consultation Team for Corporate Stock Plan Clients 27 September, 2010 Corporate Stock Plan Sponsors Rate Stock Plan Administration Service Providers 2010-09 20 September, 2010 Linklaters and Clifford Chance top The Legal 500 in employee share schemes 2010-09 15 September, 2010 COMPUTERSHARE ACQUIRES STAKE IN SOLIUM 24 August, 2010 The 18th Annual NASPP Conference 17 August, 2010 Multiple Compensation Consultants and CEO Pay 08-2010 10 August, 2010 NCEO Call for submissions 13 July, 2010 CEP Institute Announces the 2010 Marilyn Perkins Claassen Scholarship Application 28 June, 2010 Computershare and Creative Printing Services Collaborate on a Full Suite of Regulatory Required Communication Services 2010-06-07 8 June, 2010 Global Shares announces the results of the Fourth Annual Global Stock Plan Administration Survey 05-19-2010 19 May, 2010 AST Equity Plan Solutions Hires John Hammond as Senior Vice President of Strategic Initiatives 05-09-2010 11 May, 2010 RBC Delivers Pioneering Employee Savings Scheme For Kharafi National Employees 30 March, 2010 Global Shares and Buck Consultants are pleased to announce the launch of the Annual Global Stock Plan Administration Survey 2 March, 2010 Equilar Executive Compensation Summit 2 March, 2010 Computershare completes acquisition of HBOS employee equity solutions from LLoyds Banking Group 17-02-2010 16 February, 2010 E&Y: IFRS 2 Share-based payment – The essential guide 11 December, 2009 SOS Introduces Modification Accounting Programs Suite 22-11-2009 23 November, 2009 Moving Beyond the Financial Crisis: 2009/2010 Report on Executive Pay 11-15-2009 16 November, 2009 SOS Introduces Modification Accounting Programs Suite 10-15-2009 16 November, 2009 Morgan Stanley Smith Barney new Hire Announcement - September 2009 30 September, 2009 UBS CEFS Awarded ISO 27001 Certification for Information Security Management Systems - 29 September 2009 29 September, 2009 Melanie Tom-Warner Joins UBS As Head of Client Management for CEFS - 2 July 2009 2 July, 2009 Watson Wyatt, Towers Perrin in $3.5 Billion Merger - 30 June 2009 30 June, 2009 Mercer Launches ‘Equity Choice’ Tool - 30 June 2009 30 June, 2009 Morgan Stanley And Citi Launch Joint Venture Morgan Stanley Smith Barney - 1 June 2009 1 June, 2009 UBS Corporate Employee Financial Services Enhances Technology Platform, Benefits Companies Using Transcentive® Software 13 May, 2009 James W. Taylor and his team The Taylor Group Join UBS, Bringing Worldwide Experience - 21 April 2009 21 April, 2009 EASi First to Market with Accounting Support for Stock Option Repricing - 21 April 2009 21 April, 2009 farth Shaw Adds Team of Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Attorneys to New York Office - 23 March 2009 23 March, 2009 EASi Updates Stock Plan Administration Software - 23 March 2009 23 March, 2009 Robert J. Callanan, Jr., joins UBS as firm expands Corporate Employee Financial Services business - 12 March 2009 12 March, 2009 William L. Schoff and team at The Schoff Group join UBS - 12 March 2009 12 March, 2009 Plan Sponsors Rate Equity Compensation Plan Administration Service Providers in Group Five Study - 6 February 2009 6 February, 2009 Global Shares welcomes new VP, North America Business Development and a Sr. Manager, Plan Administration - 5 February 2009 5 February, 2009 E*Trade Launches Equity Edge 8! - 5 February 2009 5 February, 2009 EASi and Business Builders form Strategic Partnership To Provide Solution for Stock Plan Management Compliance and Reporting - 4 February 2009 4 February, 2009 EASi Hits $5 Million Mark in 2008 Company Turns in Banner Year Performance - 29 January 2009 27 January, 2009 Transcentive Rolls Out New Equity Plan Solutions - 26 January 2009 26 January, 2009 UBS Corporate Employee Financial Services continues to expand its Executive Management Team - Introducing Michael Barry - 22 January 2009 22 January, 2009 2008 Buck Consultants/Global Shares Stock Plan Administration Survey 01-15-2007 15 January, 2009 Equilar® Executive Compensation Trends - January 2009 4 January, 2009 Separate Equilar® Studies Find CEO Bonuses Down and 10b5-1 Stock Trading Plan Use Up April 2008 2 April, 2008 EASi Launches Online Customer Service Tools: Extends Service Hours and Capabilities 03-05-2008 5 March, 2008 New Equilar® Study Finds CEO Bonuses Down 4.5 Percent 02-28-2008 28 February, 2008 Equilar® Releases New Study on Fortune 500 CEO Equity Awards in the Fourth Quarter of 2007 01-02-2008 2 January, 2008 EASi Celebrates Five Years in Business 12-05-2007 27 October, 2007

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