Abstract: Tools for implementing employee stock plans including stock options, restricted stock awards and/or and stock purchase plans are provided. A system is provided that comprises volatile data storage for storing participant information pursuant to a data transfer from a non-volatile database of a third party administrative system; an interface system for interacting with a participant regarding a requested transaction and enabling the participant to select a response pertaining to the employee stock plan; a trading system for conducting individual participant transactions on a public exchange, a communication system that connects a participant to the system; and an updating system that updates the participant information in the volatile data storage according to the selections and transactions made by the participant.

Abstract: A method and system for servicing an equity-based employee benefit program comprising a framework services module, a participant services module, a corporate services module and an execution services module. The modules communicate with at least one database. The system has an adaptor, preferably a standard messaging adaptor, for communication with a web system and external systems, at least one of said external systems being a trade execution system. The environment of this servicing system can accommodate and communicate with any other banking, trading and administrative systems. Furthermore, the servicing system is based on an open architecture. This servicing system is very flexible, highly customizable and can meet the requirements of international companies, especially European companies.

Abstract: Tools for implementing employee stock plans including stock options, restricted stock awards and/or and stock purchase plans are provided. The invention comprises a volatile data storage for storing participant information pursuant to a data transfer from a non-volatile database of a third party administrative system; an interface system for interacting with a participant regarding a requested transaction and enabling the participant to select a response pertaining to the employee stock plan; a trading system for conducting individual participant transactions on a public exchange, a communication system that connects a participant to the system; and means for updating the participant information in the volatile data storage according to the selections and transactions made by the participant.