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EMPLOYEE SHARE PLANS

One platform for your employee share plans and your register

Data you can trust, a clearer view for participants, and less manual work for your team.

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Share Registry

Enhance your registry management with real-time reporting, automation, and improved data accuracy—delivering a market-leading experience.

Fund Registry

Streamline fund management with cloud-native technology, automation, and real-time reporting for seamless transaction handling and ownership tracking. 

Employee Share Plans

Empower employees and boost engagement with integrated share plan technology, supported by our expert team working as an extension of yours. 

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Your Trusted Partner for Employee Share Plans

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One platform,
less to manage 

Automic runs your employee share plan and your register on one platform, so the same plan runs with fewer people, fewer handoffs and fewer things to chase. 

  • Less work for your team

    Administrator dashboards, digital offer invitations and automated workflows take the place of spreadsheets, email chains and provider tickets.

  • A clearer view for participants

    Employees see what they hold, what it is worth and what to do next, in plain language, so they act with confidence and your team fields fewer questions.

  • One set of numbers you can trust

    Registry and employee share-plan securities sit on one data layer, so holdings and reports reconcile automatically, with no shadow register to maintain.

  • Governance you can prove

    ISO 27001, ISO 9001 and ISO 37301 certified, with onshore data, controls and audit trails for governance evidence.

Employee share plan features

Managing employee share plans doesn't need to be complicated. In many plans, critical activity depends on people remembering, reconciling, chasing and manually checking. On Automic, that work is visible, traceable and embedded in the platform. 

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  • Administrator dashboard

    Run offers, vesting, reporting and plan records from one place, with the manual steps where errors creep in removed.

  • Automated vesting management

    Toggle auto-vesting on and off, schedule reminders for internal stakeholders, and calculate pro-rated vesting outcomes before the vesting date.

  • Compliance reminders and alerts

    Built-in alerts and deadlines keep HR, finance, legal and company secretarial teams working to the same dates, so ongoing plan management stays compliant.

  • Digital offer distribution

    Issue equity offers through secure digital invitations rather than paperwork, with acceptance tracked in the platform.

  • ATO-compliant ESS reporting

    Software produces your FY ESS statements and annual reports, including lodgement, amendments and global mobility adjustments.

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  • Employee dashboard

    Participants see their grants, vesting schedules and transaction history in plain language, with guides that explain awards and incentives.

  • Plain-language statements and reminders

    Automated reminders and clear ESS statements reduce participant questions and the load they create for your team.

  • Online exercise facility

    A custom online exercise facility supports cashless exercise, employee share sale, or same-day transfer to a broker of choice.

  • Integrated investor portal

    Employees and shareholders reach holdings, statements and meeting materials through one login.

Employee share scheme tax reporting, handled

End-of-financial-year ESS reporting is detailed, deadline-driven work. Automic's tax reporting service takes it off your in-house team: we prepare the reportable data, produce participant statements and lodge with the ATO, accurately and on time.

Less for your team to carry

Statements and annual reports produced for you
Our software creates your FY ESS statements and annual reports, working from platform transactions or external data loads.

A clearer experience for employees
Statements explain how ESS income is calculated and include a glossary of key terms, which reduces queries to your team. Delivery runs through customisable email communications with support from our plan administration team.

ATO-compliant software
Our reporting software meets ATO electronic reporting obligations and handles lodgement of annual reports, amendments and revisions. 

How the process runs

Plan review and analysis
We review your plan documentation to determine tax treatment and prepare the reportable data file, working with your external advisors where needed.

Data collection and cleansing
We collate and cleanse participant demographic data and resolve queries so the reported data is right.

Global mobility
For globally mobile employees, we determine whether to report gross or assessable amounts and adjust taxable values to stay compliant across jurisdictions. 

Part of the full plan experience

Tax reporting sits inside the wider service: electronic invitations, automated vesting reminders and real-time plan reporting for your internal teams, with employees and shareholders on one investor portal. 

Ready to take the manual
work out of your plan?
 

Talk to us about what your employee share plan
would look like on one platform with your register.

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CASE STUDY

Guzman y Gomez lists with a $2.2 billion market capitalisation 

Gain insights into how leveraging advanced technology and exceptional client support can lead to a highly successful IPO, enhancing investor confidence and achieving significant market capitalisation. 

What our clients say

Automic has consistently provided proactive and highly responsive support, swiftly addressing our queries and effectively resolving any challenges. The team demonstrates exceptional communication, responsibility, and genuine care, underpinning our working relationship with trust. I highly recommend Automic as a trusted partner.

Rohan Dhaygude
Director – Finance & Investor Relations

The technology solution of Automic was far superior to anything else that we’d used or seen in market. Our decision to partner with Automic continues to deliver efficiencies, a better shareholder and employee experience, and greater insights for our team.

Steven Marks
Founder and Co-CEO, Guzman y Gomez

Moving to Automic gave us the control, ownership and visibility we wanted across our employee share plans. The transition was straightforward: Automic cleansed our data, managed the handover, and migrated five plans with limited burden on our team. We had fewer than 10 participant queries in the first week, and we now trust our numbers, with holdings and reporting live in one platform.

Jo La Fauci
Head of Reward, AGL Energy

Consolidating our registry and employee plans with Automic gives us a single, streamlined platform that enhances efficiency and governance. This move removes operational drag and allows our team to focus on what matters most: executing our strategy.

Grant Hackett, OAM

Chief Executive Officer, GDG

Our experience with Automic’s Employee Share Plan Administration service has been great. Their expert team and dedicated plan administration technology streamlined our ongoing share plan activities, saving us significant time by sending digital offer invitations to eligible staff members, simplifying ongoing reporting requirements, and increasing transparency of outstanding share plan awards for employees. Automic’s professionalism and expertise are evident and this has resulted in a more cohesive experience for internal stakeholders.

Ben Brooks

CFO, Livehire

Moving your plan to Automic is a proven process

Automic manages the transition of your employee share plan from planning through data migration, testing, cutover and go-live, with dedicated support after the move. Our team takes the lead, so the move doesn't become a project for yours and your participants see no disruption. 

Moving your plan to Automic is a proven process

Automic’s commitment to quality and security

Certified to deliver top-quality, secure, and well-governed services for our clients.

Get in Touch with Automic

Interested in learning more or ready to make the switch? Fill out the form below to request a demo or get in touch with our team for expert advice. 

FAQs

How does switching to Automic work?

Automic manages the transition of your employee share plan, from discovery and planning through data migration, testing, cutover and go-live, with dedicated support after the move. Our transitions team is onshore and does the heavy lifting, so the work on your side stays contained.

What is an employee share plan?

An employee share plan gives employees equity in the company they work for, through shares, options or performance rights. Plans align employees with company performance and are a significant part of remuneration for many Australian listed companies. Automic administers the plan: offers, vesting, participant records, reporting and ATO compliance.

Can Automic run our share plan and our register together?

Yes. Registry and ESP securities sit on one data layer, so plan movements and the register reconcile automatically, with no duplicate entry and no shadow register to maintain. Employees and shareholders use one investor portal.

How does employee share scheme (ESS) tax reporting work?

Each financial year, companies must report ESS interests to the ATO and provide participants with ESS statements. Automic's reporting service reviews your plan's tax treatment, prepares and cleanses the data, produces statements and annual reports, and handles lodgement, amendments and global mobility adjustments.

What do employees see?

A dashboard showing their grants, vesting schedule, current value and transaction history in plain language, with guides explaining their awards. Automated reminders and clear statements mean employees understand what they hold and your team fields fewer questions.

How is our plan data protected?

Automic is certified to ISO 27001, ISO 9001 and ISO 37301, with 100% onshore data and teams, controls and audit trails that provide governance evidence.

Confidence in the moments that matter 

Ready to bring your fund's registry, administration and custody
onto one onshore platform? Fill out the form to request a demo or
get in touch with our team for expert advice.