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Technology Stocks : How high will Microsoft fly? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: ProDeath who wrote (72154)	8/14/2002 4:07:33 PM
From: David Howe	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 74651

<< so dilution will remain a feasible prospect. >> If the stock goes up, it's a "feasible prospect". The lowest option grant was around $54 (just recently). Most are above $62. So, yes, if the stock goes UP there is modest dilution due to option grants; which MSFT counters with stock buy-backs. << When was it, maybe a couple of years ago, that MS repriced existing employee options downward, does anyone else recall the details? >> They didn't re-price any options. They gave their employees an additional option grant that they normally wouldn't have recieved. This took place after the Judge Jackson ruling when the stock was around $65. It helped keep employees motivated even in the depressing time of Judge Jackson. Obviously if the stock were to go UP to $65 these would have a minor dilutive effect. Do you think the stock will go to $65?