You’ve heard the buzz about big companies such as Ebay Inc., Starbucks and Google doing it, but how do you know if stock option repricing is right for you? We’ve found the most recent case studies and articles that explore underwater stock options and put them into one convenient guide. Go ahead, dive in.
RadfordThere are only a small percentage of companies that fit the necessary criteria to make them an ideal candidate to offer an exchange program. Within this white paper, we analyze the underlying...
National Center for Employee OwnershipA great overview of underwater stock options and repricing strategies. Discusses accounting treatment, law issues, tax consideration and several different options employers have for underwater stock...
The Washington PostNearly 100 companies have undertaken programs that allow employees, many of them executives, to exchange sharply depreciated stock options for new awards with more generous terms.
SHRMThe Society for Human Resource Management explores the re-surfacing of repricing stock options.
CFO.comRepricing proposals for underwater options likely will receive a chilly response from shareholders.
White & CaseIn the face of the recent market downturn, and drawing on lessons learned from the 2001 – 2002 decline in Internet and technology stocks, companies should consider whether they need to address...
U.S. Web search leader Google Inc said its employees exchanged about 93 percent of "underwater" stock options for new options with a lower exercise price.
While regulatory and shareholder scrutiny has made underwater option solutions more onerous, companies can take advantage of responsible strategies for addressing the problem while meeting the...
A comprehensive database of underwater exchanges executed since 2005. Includes stats and links to SEC filings providing exchange details.
In a study of top U.S. executives between 1996 and 2006, we examined the impact of underwater stock options on voluntary turnover.
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