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To: Don Westermeyer who wrote (11574)7/23/1998 5:19:00 PM
From: BayPig  Read Replies (3) of 164684
 
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Not really true. They can give their employees options at any price, not just at market value. Determining the price would be at best be very difficult.
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No, they cannot give their employees options at any price! The strike price of the options typically has to be within 15% of market value at the date of the grant. If they did anything different, it would have to be accounted for as current compensation for the employee and current expense for the company.

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