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International employee share plans: an engine for recovery

Aon Hewitt

Association of British Insurers

Baker & McKenzie LLP

Consulting Services Support Corp. USA

David Craddock Consultancy Services

EU Economic and Social Committee

Esop Centre

European University Viadrina, Frankfurt

Kirton & McConkie USA

Lewis Silkin LLP

Norris McLaughlin & Marcus USA Paris Chamber of Commerce

Pett, Franklin & Co. LLP

UK Government

Speakers:

The Employee Share Ownership Centre

24th European Annual Conference

At the Millennium OperaHotel, Paris

June 21 and 22 2012

Lindsey Doud, Head of Development & Strategy

+44 (0) 8000 566 550

[email protected]

www.rbcees.com

onsors:

Patrick Jones

Partner

+44 (0) 1534 818 390

[email protected]

Brendan Dowling

Client Director - EBT

+44 (0) 1534 818 484

[email protected]



International employee share plans: an engine for recovery24th European annual conference — Paris

PACKAGE DEALS STILL AVALABLE!

The Centre still offers a limited number of package dealscomprising:

• Two nights accommodation on June 20 & 21in the Millennium Opera Hotel

• Entrance to all conference sessions

• Breakfasts, lunches and refreshments during cof-fee breaks

• Delegate pack with speech summaries

• Cocktail party on June 21, sponsored by Share-track

• Chance to stay in the hotel at a discounted rate fortwo more days

Members: £675 (p. issuers) / £999 (practitioners)

Non-members: £799 (p. issuers) / £1,450 (practitioners)

Venue: Millennium Opera Hotel, Paris

CONFERENCE BOOKING:

Day delegate tickets can be reserved by [email protected] with copy [email protected]

ESOP Centre members: £425 (plan issuers) /£525 (practitioners) Non-members: £520 (p. issuers) / £615 (pract.)

See following pages for logistics

The Centre’s 24th annual European

employee equity plans conference will take

place in Paris , on Thursday June 21 and

Friday June 22 2012 in the Millennium Opera

Hotel , Boulevard Haussman. The hotel is in

the heart of Paris, a stone’s throw from the

Place de L’Opera. The nearest metro stations

are Richelieu Drouot and Bourse.

Our two-day summer event provides an

ideal forum for keeping au fait with latest

legal, regulatory and market trends in

employee share schemes in the USA and the

EU, especially UK and France; doing business;

discussing share plan strategies andnetworking.



Share Schemes: An Engine for Recovery

• Corporate equity plans: a slice of the cake for all employees

• Can corporate governance help protect employee equity investment?

• What new designs are emerging for executive equity investment plans?

Programme & Speakers

Welcome & IntroductionMalcolm Hurlston, chairman, ESOP CENTRE

EXECUTIVE REWARD & CORPORATEGOVERNANCE

What’s happening to executive pay?· What’s happening to total pay levels?

· What’s happening to total pay practices?

· Paradigm-shift or business as usual?

Leslie Moss, Practice Leader,

Human Capital Consulting AON HEWITT

Shareholders finally get to speak - the impact of ‘SayOn Pay’ in the USA

· Proxy and CD&A disclosures on named executive offi-cer compensation and standard of review by proxyadvisory services

· Impact of negative shareholder Say On Pay vote orless than 80 percent approval

· Potential shareholder derivative litigation, Causes ofAction

· The Business Judgement Rule

· What to do? Preventative measures: Compensationcommittee issues

oe Saburn, NORRIS MCLAUGHLIN & MARCUS (USA)

Executive remuneration: a change of tone· A guiding force on executive remuneration

· Promoting effective shareholder stewardship in a

changing regulatory landscape.· Advancing the ABI's Principles of Remunerationwithin key settings of Simplicity, Transparency andAccountability.

Patrick Neave, ASSOCIATION OF BRITISH INSURERS

Open Delegates’ Debate · Executive equity—Are incentive reward structures

being modified to head off populist & media at-tacks? Is this wise?

· How can we best improve participation rates in all-employee share ownership plans?

· Tax incentives for Eso/EFP: what needs to bechanged?

Moderated by Fred Hackworth, ESOP CENTRE

The ‘Perfect’ Global Share Plan: -Opportunities and Obstacles

· Enforcement of plan sponsor fiduciary responsibilityby regulators and participants

· The IAFP model EU share plan revisited – a choice be-tween the prudent man standard and best practices?

· Should a successful share plan be able to diversifyemployee investments, as in the US, or should it be‘must diversify’?

· How to best accomplish such diversification – what istruly in the best interests of plan participants?

David Hildebrandt, KIRTON & MCCONKIE (USA) Eric S Smith, CONSULTING SERVICES SUPPORT CORPORA-TION (USA)

TRUSTS, TAX & EXPENSING

Increased tax authority scrutiny of benefit trust-based arrangements

· Update on the application of the "disguised remu-neration" legislation

· Recent developments, including the Rangers case

· French tax and trust developments

Alasdair Friend , BAKER & MCKENZIE LLP



Programme & Speakers

Case-study: a John Lewis type EBT· Selecting the trustees – onshore or offshore

· Should the EBT shares have voting rights?

· Who should advise trustees, if they need help?

· What happens if an offer is made for the Company?

· How to distribute economic benefits, such asdivdends and the proceeds of sale among employ-ees

Sara Cohen, LEWIS SILKIN LLP

Share Based Payments revisitedSome blame the banking crash partly on Black Scholesor generating false confidence among traders in their

ability to fairly value derivatives, such as share options.As Black Scholes is at the heart of IFRS2, created by thenternational Accounting Standards Board, we ask: 'Areinancial accounts vulnerable to a similar false confi-

dence?' This presentation reviews recent experience andchallenges conventional wisdom.

William Franklin , PETT, FRANKLIN & CO. LLP

WHY EMPLOYEE EQUITY?

The third way: employee share ownership is benefi-cial for all and it works· Containing the ingenuity to meet business chal-

lenges and solve problems.

· Releasing the entrepreneurial spirit into corporate

life through personal empowerment.· Giving meaning and direction to people policies and

corporate health.

David Craddock, DAVID CRADDOCK

CONSULTANCY SERVICES

Driving employee ownership into the mainstreamBritish economyLast January, the Deputy Prime Minister announced aGovernment drive to introduce employee ownership into

he mainstream British economy. Graeme Nuttall isworking with ministers to identify the barriers to em-ployee ownership and to find the solutions to knockhem down. He will make his final recommendations in a

report to be presented to Business, Innovation & SkillsMinister Norman Lamb in July. This conference providesa final opportunity to review:

• The main legal, financial and practical barriers that stand inthe way of companies becoming and staying employeeowned

• Solutions such as: raising awareness, identifying a best-

model, tax and other incentives Graeme Nuttall, Independent adviser on Employee Owner-ship, UK GOVERNMENT, and Partner, FIELD FISHERWATERHOUSE LLP

EU EMPLOYEE FINANCIAL PARTICIPATION

Trade Unions step up their involvement in employeeshare ownership within the EU• Postal workers to become shareholders in the Royal

Mail• Eso/EFP in the public services• Leading Italian trade union backs Eso/EFP for auto in-

dustry

Malcolm Hurlston, ESOP CENTRE

EU institutions promote Employee Share Ownership/EFP:• Success rating of measures in place• The latest policy recommendations to the Council• Launching an EU-wide ESOP modelProfessor Jens Lowitzsch, EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY

VIADRINA, FRANKFURT

Employee financial participation in the French SME sector• A means of developing corporate social responsibility •

A moral code of conduct applied to the strategic andoperational management of a business • Examples of the role of EFP/Eso in French companies

Henri Malosse, President-Elect, EUROPEAN ECONOMICAND SOCIAL COMMITTEE

International Director, FRENCH CHAMBER OF

COMMERCE

French trusts and Employee Financial ParticipationMarcel Hipszman, Caisse Solidaire

Book now:

Tel: 0207 239 4971

Email: [email protected]

Web: www.esopcentre.com/events



To enjoy discounted rates for all our events, why notjoin the Esop Centre for just £125 + VAT per year for un-quoted companies, £550 + VAT for quoted.

Annual membership for service providers is £875 + VATor £425 + VAT if you have five or less fee earners.

If you take up membership when you book your placeyou will be able to attend at membership rates.

We produce two monthly newsletters on the employeeshare ownership world, run an international conference

programme and lobby on employee share scheme mat-ters on our members’ behalf.

Logistics

The Esop Centre. 65 Kings Cross Road, London WC1X 9LW tel: 020 7239 4971 fax: 0808 280 1938Email: [email protected] web: www.esopcentre.com

Future events from the ESOP Centre

Financial education and share schemes:This half-day event on March 29 will address howcompanies can help employees and themselvesthrough the provision of financial education.Tickets £140+VAT issuers (£190 non-members)£200+VAT practitioners (£250 non-members)

Employee share schemes for trustees:This year’s joint ESOP Centre/STEP Jersey confer-ence on trust issues in employee share schemeswill take place on April 27 from 8:45 – 13:00 atthe Royal Yacht Hotel. Tickets: £295 for STEP/Esop Centre members £425 for non-members.

www.esopcentre.com/events call 02072394971 or email [email protected]

Join the ESOP Centre

PARIS 2012 CONFERENCE TIMETABLE

• 2030: Wednesday, June 20: Pre-conference in-formal delegates' dinner (partners welcome) incentral Paris

• 0830: Thursday June 21: Conference opens inthe Millennium Paris Opera Hotel

• 1300: lunch in the hotel restaurant•

1410: Second session of topic presentations• 1630-1900: At leisure• 1900: Conference cocktail party (partners wel-

come) in the hotel, sponsored by Sharetrack • 21:00: Delegates assemble in dining groups• 0830: Friday June 22: The third session of pres-

entations begins• 1300: Lunch in the hotel restaurant• 1430: Conference closure

Software Solutions for Employee Share Plans

Travel

The Hotel is located on Blvd Haussmann, right inthe heart of Paris. Paris is easily reachable from in-ternational locations. For travel assistance do nothesitate to contact us.

Cancellation Policy Refunds: 90% of fee one month in advance, 50% be-tween two weeks and one month in advance, noth-ing if less than two weeks in advance of event.

Sasha Krunic, [email protected]

Nick Chinn, [email protected]

www.sharetrack.net

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