## What is Original Grant Value?

Original Grant Value displays the initial equity value intended at issuance. This transparency sets proper expectations for employees and managers regarding the equity program's intent, regardless of market volatility that may affect multiple grants across an employee's tenure.

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## Grant Value Data Upload

Original grant values must be added for each grant that you want to display in Total Rewards. These values can be uploaded from supported Equity Management Systems (EMS) or via a CSV.

### Upload original grant values via EMS


1. Add either `originalSharePrice` or `originalGrantValue` to your integrated EMS report for each relevant grant
2. Pave only needs one of:
   * `originalSharePrice` is the original share price per unit
   * `originalGrantValue` is the total original grant value

Naming is flexible. Pave can map from any key / column in your report.

### Upload original grant values via CSV


1. Create a CSV with each row containing a Grant ID / Number and either `originalSharePrice` or `originalGrantValue`
2. Pave only needs one of:
   * `originalSharePrice` is the original share price per unit
   * `originalGrantValue` is the total original grant value

Naming is flexible. Pave can map from any key / column in your CSV.

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## Enabling Original Grant Value in Communicate Settings

After successfully integrated, you can enable the view in your Total Rewards portals.


1. Navigate to **Settings** > **Communicate** > **Compensation**
2. Enable the toggle for **Show Original Grant Value**

## FAQ

### What EMS systems are natively supported?

* Etrade
* Shareworks
* Schwab
* Carta
* Fidelity
* Equity upload
* Computer shares
* Global Shares
* Ledgy
* Open Cap Table
* Option Trax
* Pulley

If your EMS isn't currently supported, you can upload original grant values via CSV.

### Can we display Original Grant Values in any visuals in Total Rewards?

Currently, Original Grant Value will only display in the equity details section as text.

### What happens if Original Grant Value is enabled, but a grant is missing an original value?

The Original Grant Value section in the Total Rewards portal will only display when an original value is present on the grant, otherwise the text is hidden.

### What equity types are supported?

Original Grant Value is supported by all equity types (RSUs, Options, RSAs, etc).

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