R & W Software
STAIRS/SOCS    - the Stock Option Control System
FEATURES
  Online maintenance of legal entities, operational units,
    plans, participants, grants, exercises, cancels, stock
    swaps, etc.
  Automatic grant ISO carry forward calculation
  Automatic ISO exercise sequence
  Prevents over-granting in plans
  Prevents over-exercising in grants
  Verifies file integrity through self-checking
    and balancing
  Automatically calculates
     - Grant vesting values
     - Grant vesting dates
     - Grant expiration dates
  Reported data exportable to spreadsheets
  Handles stock splits and stock dividends
  Data backup and recovery facility
  Ability to purge old data
  Data is password protected
  Comprehensive reporting capabilities:
     - Participant status
     - Grant lists
     - Historical grants
     - Time period summary reports
     - IRS and SEC information
     - Tax reporting, both federal and state
     - Any reports based upon user selected information
ADVANTAGES
  SOCS runs in any Windows environment
     - Integrated with MS/Office, Access 2000 preferred
     - No other database software (e.g. Oracle) required
  Extensive built-in customization capability
     - Customize plans
     - Customize plan participant groupings (e.g.
       company officers, directors, insiders,
       by location, etc.)
     - Select participants by legal entity, operational
       units, residence state, etc.
     - Select participants who have certain plans, grants,
       exercises, stock swaps, option price ranges, etc.
     - Select by customized groupings or ad hoc criteria
  SOCS facilitates correspondence with participants
     - mail merge source for labels to participant home
       or work address
     - Prepare participant correspondence
     - Prepare transfer agent correspondence
  Get started quickly
     - Demo database
     - Online tutorial
     - No programming skills necessary
  Interfaces with Equity Edge and payroll systems
  Hotline telephone technical support
  Regular enhancements are available via download
   from our website
  R&W Software consultants are available to assist
   with special requirements such as customized
   calculations or creation of unique reports   

Let SOCS assist in administering your company's stock option plan
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