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Technology Stocks : How high will Microsoft fly?

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Nov 28 9:30 AM EST

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To: Ibexx who wrote (5735)	4/10/1998 2:47:00 AM
From: Dennis Gallagher	Read Replies (1) of 74651

Does anyone know by what percentages Microsoft's stock grew the last four years on a year by year basis? Or, if not, can someone suggest where I might find these percentages? I'm going into a compensation negotiation and I want to use these figures to establish a benchmark to negotiate around. Situation is, I've got a solid job offer from Microsoft and another from Company X. Company X is going to offer me stock options in addition to salary and the question is how to decide what's a reasonable amount of stock options to ask them for. I intend to shoot for at least parity on stock options. And, with these percentage figures I'm looking for, the number of shares of stock options Microsoft is offering and what the estimated price company X's stock should go for at IPO, I believe I can back calculate the number of shares of company X's stock I should get. This seems reasonable to me becaue with Microsoft's stock, it is a pretty good bet it is going to continue to go up whereas Company X's stock may just be wall paper. Of cource, if it goes strongly the other way and I make way more than I would have if I took the Microsoft offer - well, hey who is going to care then, we'll all be too happy <g>. I'd love to hear how others may have approached this issue and what bechmarks they used to calculate what a fair value of stock opinions might be. Dennis Seattle

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