"We hired Global Shares because they had the capability to work with our broker-administrator and us to design a custom stock option exchange portal in the timeline we needed. Our client manager provided the necessary support to keep the project on track and resolve actions quickly. The Global Shares team was consistently available to address our questions, responsive when called on, and willing to go the extra mile to satisfy our requirements. In short, they got the job done and it was a pleasure to work with them.”
Claudia Yañez
Compensation Manager,
Freescale Semiconductor Inc.
"We hired Global Shares to manage the administration of our management subscription process as a crucial part of the buy out of the TNT Logistics business (since renamed CEVA Logistics) in November 2006. A high-pressure assignment, involving 250 of our most senior executives across numerous jurisdictions, the work needed to done to a tight deadline. Brought in at short notice, Global Shares proved that they could get the job done in a highly professional manner and we commend them for their responsive and client focused service.”
Graeme Taylor
Group Human Resources Director
CEVA Logistics
"Global Shares provided data manipulation in meeting Reed Elsevier's complex data transfer from a previous provider. Global Shares are commended by Reed Elsevier for the work carried out in the stringent timeline provided.”
Susan McLean
Project Manager, Executive Share Plans Group
Compensation & Benefits Department, Reed Elsevier Group plc
"I have worked with three Global Shares consultants as a resource for projects with fantastic results. At a time when the larger firms seem to have lost focus and are losing good people, Global Shares is very clearly committed to the business and, frankly, have to provide top-notch service to every client. That's one advantage of dealing with a new organization - they don't have the option of mediocrity like the big firms do, and the people at Global Shares have no interest in being anything but the best.”
Fred Whittlesey
Principal
Compensation Venture Group
"Navios Maritime Holdings Inc. (NYSE: NM) is a leading global brand in seaborne shipping, specializing in the worldwide carriage, trading, storage and related logistics of international bulk cargoes. For over 50 years, its customers have relied on Navios' expertise and innovation.
As a carrier, Navios operates principally bulk carriers, deploying owned, chartered and leased vessels. Navios has extensive experience in performing complex freight movements and bulk cargo logistics around the world, and in providing innovative solutions for customers' special requirements. In addition, the company owns and operates the largest bulk terminal in Uruguay - one of the most successful in South America. Navios' worldwide technical ship management capacity is based on a team of industry professionals who have graduated from the world's leading international schools of naval architecture and marine engineering.
In 2007, Navios created their first Employee Stock Option Plan, which provides for both stock options as well as restricted stock. Global shares made sure our employee stock plan management was maintained to a very high level. Maintaining offices in South Norwalk (Connecticut), Piraeus (Greece) and Montevido (Uruguay), Navios made a small amount of stock option grants and broad-based restricted stock grants to employees in Belgium, Greece, Monaco, the UK, Uruguay, and the USA. With their broker, UBS, Navios came to Global Shares in October 2007 looking for an administrator who could track data across regions and jurisdictions, and who could assist them in going live on the UBS' online "partial administration" portal.
Besides acting as a coordinator and project manager during the implementation process, Global Shares is responsible for all daily ESOP administration activities including maintaining price history and monitoring plan activity. The Global Shares' share plan analyst team provides Navios with excellent share plan management. This includes monthly reports for their SEC FAS123R reporting requirements and updates all of their data regularly.”
