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To: Don Lloyd who wrote (76292)	2/20/2000 12:33:00 PM
From: Skeeter Bug	Read Replies (2) of 132070

don, there is actually a very large cost when employees exercise options. the company creates new shares, collect some $$ from said employee and the employee gets the stock. lots of accounting smooze follows. no cost to company? well, imagine that the stock options aren't granted, all else being equal. hmmmmm... the company could still printed and gave away said shares. this time they kept that money - all of it! that is what the company loses. right now, msft is going to lose the opportunity to sell $60 billion worth of shares and KEEP THE PROCEEDS. why? employee stock options. that is REAL MONEY the company REALLY loses out on.

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