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EASi Repricing and Accounting Modifications

EASi makes it possible to properly account for and report on grants that are repriced or modified. As of summer of 2009, almost 85 percent of EASi's customers had employees with options that were underwater.

EASi supports any modification to exercise (grant) price, shares, length of grant term, period to exercise after termination and extension of benefits after termination. For these types of modifications, there is a process that allows the user to select the grant to be modified and the parameters for the replacement grant. From there, a single command cancels the original grant and creates the new replacement grant. A link between the cancelled and new grant is maintained and identification flags are placed to indicate special accounting requirements. In addition, EASi has a simple process that does not require cancellation of the grant to accommodate vesting acceleration modifications.

To give customers complete flexibility, EASi's system allows for the new grant to have different parameters and be of a different award type from the original grant. When grants are cancelled, the software properly handles expense recognition and does not create a forfeiture for the cancelled grant. The incremental expense is calculated for the new grant with proper attribution based on the new vesting schedule. Cancelled shares go back into the plan share reserve pool for future use.