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Technology Stocks : Qualcomm Incorporated (QCOM)
QCOM 175.25+0.6%Dec 19 9:30 AM EST
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To: Art Bechhoefer who wrote (114650)2/27/2002 3:54:56 PM
From: carranza2  Read Replies (1) of 152472
 
I was being a bit facetious. The underwater options are anti-dilutive, so they can be seen (by the bloody minded, like me) as enhancing shareholder value because compensation which was otherwise payable did not and may not get paid, a savings.

Not that I think Q employees shouldn't get paid. They should be generously rewarded for doing one hell of a good job. Unfortunately, in the present market, the ones who get rewarded are those who were fortunate enough to be on the ground floor and had options issued to them early in the game. The employees who got options based on 1999 stock prices seem to be out of luck, despite having made terrific contributions, too. Perhaps the compensation trend will now be geared to more cash and less options.

I'm sure this is a difficult problem for whoever is responsible for planning Q's compensation scheme.
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