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Some second thoughts on options

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Stock options, which have surged in Silicon Valley and among other US corporations, are experiencing a backlash. Some observers say stock options may be creating unpleasant side effects and expanding liability. Many investors are questioning the publicized corporate practice of luring top executives with least 1 million stock options. Stock options accounted for 11.8% of the 1996 shares at the largest 200 US companies, according to executive compensation consulting company Pearl Meyer & Partners. By comparison, stock options represented a 6.9% total in 1989. Shareholder votes against management stock option plans exceeded more than 20% at about one-fourth of 1,072 companies in 1996, according to Strategic Compensation Research. Companies frequently buy back shares to compensate for weaker stock options. Other side effects of executive stock option plans include a tendency to increase acquisitions and divestitures, according to university research.

Author: Bryant, Adam
Publisher: The New York Times Company
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1997
Management issue

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Tiny maker of modem part rides wild surge in stock

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Ariel Corp. shares rose from $3.56 on Tuesday to close Friday at $36.25. The company announced that its modem cards had been approved in several countries, but that news release contained little more information than what was released in October, when its stock was trading in the $3 to $4 range. The company reported revenue of $8.7 mil for the first 9 months of 1999, and a loss of $9.3 mil.

Author: Norris, Floyd
Publisher: The New York Times Company
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1999
Other Communications Equipment Manufacturing, Signal Processing Equipment, Statistical Data Included, Telecommunications equipment industry, Electronics industry, Company securities, Ariel Corp. (Cranbury, New Jersey), ADST

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E*Trade cut option price just before stock surged

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E*Trade Group Inc. reduces the exercise price on employee stock options near 21 month low. The stock soon rebounded and employees made paper gains of close to $117.7 million. This kind of behavior is frowned upon in the world of executive compensation.

Publisher: The New York Times Company
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1999
Securities issued, listed, Security brokers and dealers, Securities Brokerage, Securities dealers, Stockbrokers, E*TRADE Financial Corp., EGRP, Online securities trading

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Subjects list: Management, Stock options, United States, Securities
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