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    Many years ago stock options were rarely used as incidental benefits for top executives. Nowadays‚ compensating employee whit stock options has become an increasingly common practice. Before the year 1996‚ only the intrinsic value method was used to record these transactions. This method distorted the issuer’s reported financial condition and results of operations‚ which could lead to inappropriate decisions taken by investors. Followed by the increased use of employee stock options and the surrounding

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    STOCK OPTIONS - AN EFFECTIVE COMPENSATION METHOD Stock Options have become the greatest form of remuneration for big names in organizations across the United States (Hall‚ 2000). The senior executives‚ who are given this option‚ can buy shares of the company at what Hall (2000) describes as the “exercise price”. They could be given “at the money”‚ “out of the money” or “in the money” price (Hall‚ 2000). Stock Options are helpful in motivating the holders to perform for the benefit of the company

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    Term paper on ESOP Submitted by Hitesh.K.R (1pi11mba59) Finance Cohart 1 What is an ESOP? ESOP stands for Employee Stock Ownership Plan and is an employee benefit plan which makes the employees owners of stock in that company. An ESOP is required by law to invest primarily in the stock of the sponsoring employer. An ESOP is a qualified defined contribution plan and is similar to profit sharing plans. The employer can use it as a conduit for borrowing money from a bank or other

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    Call Option and Stock

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    The price of a stock is $50. The stock pays a dividend of $5 in 3 months. A 6-month European put option on the stock has a strike price of $48 and a premium of $4.38. The continuously compounded interest rate is 8%. Calculate the premium for a 6-month European call option on the stock with a strike price of $48. *  A 1.02  *  B 3.36  *  C 3.46  *  D 4.38  *  E 5.40 2 1. An "exchange call option" gives the owner of the option the right to give up one share of Stock A in exchange

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    the proposed employee stock option plan? In a typical stock option plan‚ the employee is offered a specific number of shares which he/she can exercise (buy) at some specified time in the future. The price at which the employee can buy the stock is equal to the market price at the time the stock option was granted (grant price). The employee ’s gain is equal to the market value of the stock at the time it is exercised‚ less the grant price. If the market price of the stock remains the same or decreases

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    International Capital Market (3IM) Lecture 9 Option versus Stock Investments • Could a call option strategy be preferable to a direct stock purchase? • Suppose you think a stock‚ currently selling for $100‚ will appreciate. • A 6-month call costs $10 (contract size is 100 shares). • You have $10‚000 to invest. • Strategy A: Invest entirely in stock. Buy 100 shares‚ each selling for $100. • Strategy B: Invest entirely in at-the-money call options. Buy 1‚000 calls‚ each selling for $10. (This would

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    general terms‚ Sally’s Executive Stock Option decision. You should recognize this as an NPV problem that compares alternative future cash flows. What is the NPV of the cash alternative? The cash alternative being referred to here is the Telstar Communications option tranche on offer‚ the present value of which needs to be compared with that of the cash option. • • PV [Cash Option]: $5‚000.000 PV [Stock Options]: $11‚724.000 • Calculated using Black Scholes Option Valuation Model (approach / methodology

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    Stock option case study

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    BDO Case Study – “Accounting for Stock Options” Congratulations‚ your firm has just won a new engagement for the December 31‚ 2012 audit of Stock It (the Company). You are the lead senior on the engagement and thus were delegated the task of auditing the client’s equity balances. In review‚ you noted that the client has a significant amount of stock options issued to their employees‚ a means that many start-up companies use to compensate employees and entice them to put in the effort to make the

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    Stock Options Paper

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    Stock Options Paper Stock options are a great incentive to get good‚ smart‚ and ambitious workers. You look at Coke and Pepsi they offer there delivery drivers‚ and there salesmen stock options to give them that incentive to sell and delivers those goods. What exactly are stock options is a question many people may ask. Stock options are when a company gives you the right to buy a certain number of shares at an agreed upon price that the employer specifics. Private and public companies

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    SHARE OPTIONS IN THE STOCKMARKET The principal business of stock exchanges is trade in physical shares‚ but they also trade in share options in the major stocks. An option gives the holder the right to buy or sell a share at a predetermined price at some point in the future – for example‚ the right to buy shares in three months’ time at a price set today. An option which gives the buyer the right to buy a share is a “call” option. An option which gives the buyer the right to sell a share is a

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