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To: PerryA who wrote (64625)	9/15/2003 10:38:11 PM
From: hueyone	Respond to of 77400

If reported correctly, it would only come back in "cash flow from financing activity" rather than "cash flow from operations." Issuing stock, options, or debt should not affect the operating cash flow number. Thanks. That one has been bugging me. There are a number of people maintaining that neither reported cash flow from operating activities or free cash flow would change if the FASB required expensing of stock options. But like earnings, operating cash flow and free cash flow should be reduced by the amount of the stock option compensation expense if the FASB mandates expensing on the income statement. The non cash stock option expense charge on net income should be added back in on the cash flow statement as a cash flow from financing activity and everything will reconcile properly. Regards, Huey

To: PerryA who wrote (64625)	9/15/2003 11:17:27 PM
From: hueyone	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 77400

If reported correctly, it would only come back in "cash flow from financing activity" rather than "cash flow from operations." Issuing stock, options, or debt should not affect the operating cash flow number. How about this cash flow statement below for Amazon? Amazon dishes out stock grants and expenses them on the income statement as required by law. But it looks to me like the expense is coming back in as the 27 million stock based compensation listed in the cash flow from operations section, not the cash flow from finance actitivies section. Unless the FASB requires companies to put it back in the cash flow from financing activities, when and if they mandate expensing of stock options, I suspect most companies will just throw it back in the cash flow from operations section and tout their cash flow from operations. edgarscan.pwcglobal.com Regards, Huey