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To: The Duke of URL© who wrote (174342)5/2/2003 6:00:37 PM
From: GVTucker  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 186894
 
Bad example. and Stock options are not an expense of the company. They are an expense of the shareholder. It is the shareholder who is giving up a portion of what he has.

Fine. Have it your way. How about stock grants? They are expensed. Are you advocating a change in the accounting rules so that stock grants are no longer expensed. They sure fit with your reasoning as to why stock options shouldn't be expensed.

Hey, under your logic, a company could pay for ALL of their expenses with stock and options and never get a hit to their bottom line.



To: The Duke of URL© who wrote (174342)5/5/2003 7:22:14 AM
From: Dan3  Respond to of 186894
 
Re: Stock options are not an expense of the company. They are an expense of the shareholder

Fine. Then expense employee stock options at the time they are exercised, at the difference between option strike price and current market price.

This is basically what Intel is doing now through its simultaneous stock buy-back and dilution through employee stock options programs. Intel just excludes the $4 Billion per year cost from its accounts.


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