Radford Surveys + Consulting Introduces Radford Valuation Services, Providing Best-in-Class Services for Expensing Stock Options
12 Marzo 2007 - 10:48PM
PR Newswire (US)
Companies Seeking to Manage Equity Expense Under FAS 123(R) Now
Have All-in- One Solution with Valuation Services, Consulting and
Market Data SAN JOSE, Calif., March 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Radford Surveys + Consulting, a business unit of Aon Consulting
that provides compensation surveys and consulting to the technology
and life sciences industries, has launched a new set of equity
compensation valuation services in response to the latest equity
expensing rules put into effect by the Financial Accounting
Standards Board (FASB). (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20041215/CGW049LOGO ) The new
Radford Valuation Services practice provides a variety of cost-
effective valuation and accounting services to help technology and
life sciences companies better manage compensation expense under
FAS 123(R) and related regulation. Led by actuarial expert and
thought leader Terry Adamson, the Radford Valuation Services team
takes a comprehensive approach to equity expensing in all facets of
valuation. The team's expertise includes: -- Sophisticated
actuarial modeling to more accurately determine the range of
expected expense -- Financial reporting to create transparency in
the audit process and mitigate risk -- A partnership approach to
working with your internal resources to ensure success -- Advice
and counsel to align total compensation programs with overall
business goals "Having worked with 150-plus companies, including 40
of the Fortune 500 companies, the Radford Valuation Services team
understands the meticulous due diligence required to perform
thorough financial reporting valuations," said Terry Adamson, vice
president, Radford Surveys + Consulting. "An exciting world of
creative equity design is evolving in front of us, intended to
align payout with both performance and shareholder returns. Our
team's breadth of experience in managing and valuing complex equity
compensation programs gives us the advantage of producing the most
accurate analysis and disciplined methodology available," continued
Adamson. "We focus on creating customized strategies for our
clients and being responsive to their needs in an expanding
compliance environment, where transparency, defensibility and
bottom-line impact are top priorities." Together with Aon, Radford
Valuation Services has been doing significant work in the area of
Employee Stock Option (ESO) valuation and accounting under FAS
123(R). Areas of expertise as a result of the collaboration with
Aon include: -- Development of required assumptions as prescribed
under FAS 123(R) for traditional stock options in any option
pricing model -- Alternative modeling approaches such as the Aon
Actuarial Binomial Model, Aon Multiple Point Black-Scholes Model,
or Aon Hazard Rate Model that better approximates compensation
expense -- Exotic models required to calculate the fair value and
amortization period of Performance Awards under FAS 123(R) "Valuing
stock options and other types of equity-based compensation has
become critical to a company's bottom line with the implementation
of FAS 123(R)," said Linda E. Amuso, senior vice president, Radford
Surveys + Consulting. "The combination of Radford's equity plan
design services and our new Valuation Services will provide our
clients with a holistic approach to developing equity strategies
factoring in market trends, competitive pressures and the economic
impact to the business based on actual employee experiential data."
For more information on the Radford Valuation Services team, please
visit http://www.radford.com/valuationservices , or contact Vice
President Terry Adamson, (610) 834-2280 or . For more information,
contact: Fabiola A. Price, 408.321.2653, Nicole Milne Baer,
408.321.2513, About Radford Surveys + Consulting For more than 30
years, Radford Surveys + Consulting has provided compensation
market intelligence to the technology and life sciences industries.
Global survey databases, which include more than two million
incumbents, offer current, reliable data to 2,000+ clients.
Leveraging Radford survey data, our thought-leading compensation
consulting team creates tailored solutions for the toughest
business and compensation challenges facing companies at all stages
of development. Radford's suite of global surveys includes the
Benchmark, Executive, Sales, Benefits, Global Life Sciences and
International Surveys. Clients access survey data, tools and
resources via the Radford Network, an exclusive client-only
extranet with 7,000 registered users. For more information on our
products and services, visit http://www.radford.com/ . About Aon
Aon Corporation (NYSE:AOC) ( http://www.aon.com/ ) is a leading
provider of risk management services, insurance and reinsurance
brokerage, human capital and management consulting, and specialty
insurance underwriting. There are 43,000 employees working in Aon's
500 offices in more than 120 countries. Backed by broad resources,
industry knowledge and technical expertise, Aon professionals help
a wide range of clients develop effective risk management and
workforce productivity solutions. This press release contains
certain statements related to future results, or states our
intentions, beliefs and expectations or predictions for the future
which are forward-looking statements as that term is defined in the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These
forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially
from either historical or anticipated results depending on a
variety of factors. Potential factors that could impact results
include: general economic conditions in different countries in
which we do business around the world, changes in global equity and
fixed income markets that could affect the return on invested
assets, fluctuations in exchange and interest rates that could
influence revenue and expense, rating agency actions that could
affect our ability to borrow funds, funding of our various pension
plans, changes in the competitive environment, our ability to
implement restructuring initiatives and other initiatives intended
to yield cost savings, our ability to execute the stock repurchase
program, our ability to obtain regulatory or legislative changes to
permit continuous sales of our supplemental Medicare health
product, changes in commercial property and casualty markets and
commercial premium rates that could impact revenues, changes in
revenues and earnings due to the elimination of contingent
commissions, other uncertainties surrounding a new compensation
model, the impact of investigations brought by state attorneys
general, state insurance regulators, federal prosecutors, and
federal regulators, the impact of class actions and individual
lawsuits including client class actions, securities class actions,
derivative actions, ERISA class actions, the impact of the analysis
of practices relating to stock options, the cost of resolution of
other contingent liabilities and loss contingencies, and the
difference in ultimate paid claims in our underwriting companies
from actuarial estimates. Further information concerning the
Company and its business, including factors that potentially could
materially affect the Company's financial results, is contained in
the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: Aon Corporation CONTACT:
Fabiola A. Price, +1-408-321-2653, or , or Nicole Milne Baer,
+1-408-321-2513, or , both of Radford Surveys + Consulting Web
site: http://www.aon.com/ http://www.radford.com/
http://www.radford.com/valuationservices
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