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Are Stock Option Rescissions an Unfair Benefit?

When the tech-stock bubble burst in 2000, a number of companies allowed key employees to cancel previous options-based stock purchases that had left them with deep losses. The implications of such favoritism are troubling enough that the SEC - not to mention shareholder activists - are taking a closer look.

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The Danger of Stock Option Grants
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Re-examining Stock Options as a Way to Compensate Executives
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Is the Reprice Right? (Part One)
Many companies are repricing underwater stock options in an effort to retain talent. Here are the pros and cons.
Is the Reprice Right? (Part Two)
Many companies are repricing underwater stock options. But others are opting to give employees a choice between keeping underwater options and canceling those options in order to receive a new grant at some point in the future.
Recognize the True Cost of Compensation
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An Ounce of Prevention
Here are some innovative ways companies are tweaking options to soften the blow to current shareholders.
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Subject(s): Trends / Analysis, Corporate Governance

Source(s): Knowledge@Wharton

Posted: 2001-04-11

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