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Solium
Solium Capital, commonly referred to as Solium, is a publicly traded Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) company headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It is best known for Shareworks, enterprise software used by public and private companies to manage their equity-based compensation plans. It also offers 409a valuation services to early-stage private companies through Solium Analytics. The company has more than 3,000 corporate clients worldwide and operates from 11 offices in Canada, the United States, the UK, Europe and Australia.

History
Solium was founded 1999 by two Calgary-based financial advisers, John Kenny and Mark Van Hees. In 2001, the company made its initial public offering (IPO) on the TSX Venture Exchange. Solium found early success with large companies in the energy sector, including TransAlta, Encana Cor p., and Shell Canada Ltd. In 2004, Solium became profitable.

In 2010, Solium entered the US market by acquiring Computershare Ltd.'s Transcentive business The deal also saw Solium acquire the Express Options software platform, which UBS white-labeled.

In 2011, Solium opened an office in London, UK.

In 2012, Solium acquired the CapMx business from Silicon Valley Bank. It also acquired OptionEase that same year.

In 2013, Barclays Corporate and Employer Solutions announced a partnership with Solium to white-label Shareworks.

In 2014, Solium opened an office in Sydney, Australia. Later that year, BHP Billiton became a client. Also in 2014, Solium acquired GlobalSharePlans.

In 2015, Solium entered into a strategic partnership with TD Ameritrade.

In 2016, the company opened an operation center in Barcelona, Spain.

Also in 2016, Morgan Stanley announced that it would use Shareworks to serve its clients that are U.S.-listed corporations and corporations that exist under U.S. laws or have headquarters in the U.S.

In 2017, UBS enhanced its strategic partnership with Solium, when it white-label ed Shareworks to run its Equity Plan Advisory Services.

In 2017, Solium acquired Capshare and let it continue to run as an independent entity. Later that same year, Solium launched Solium Analytics, providing 409A valuation services to private companies.

Acquisitions
Since its inception, Solium has acquired the following companies:
 * Allecon Stock Associates (2007)
 * Stormworks Ltd.
 * Bitonic Solutions
 * Computershare Ltd.'s Transcentive business (2010)
 * Silicon Valley Bank's (SVB) CapMx business (2012)
 * OptionEase Inc. (2012)
 * CorporateFocus (2013)
 * GlobalSharePlans (2014)
 * Capshare (2017)