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To: rkral who wrote (63704)	4/22/2003 1:48:00 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 77400

they issue options when they acquire companies, for one thing. The reason to use options is to hold on to key employees from the acquisition. You could say those are "employee options" but since these are included in the purchase price of the acqisition its not the same animal. Another case of using options in lieu of cash, really. I think there are some public acquisitions where you can go back and see the amt of options issued. I only know that many acquisitions are not public so I don't know how that is disclosed. For example, sandeep's assertion that Cisco issued 250mm options last year. If that number is correct then there is an acquisition or two involved, I am sure of that. John Chambers gets a few million options per year, the employees a few thousand each MAX- doesn't add up to 250mm. I'm not sure where he got that number though, he may have meant 250mm exercised (still a lot)