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OPTION DEVALUEE [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2002-01-18
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Stock Exchange
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- underwater stock option 1, record 1, English, underwater%20stock%20option
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
- underwater option 1, record 1, English, underwater%20option
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
With the stock market's downward slide, many employers are finding themselves caught in deep water on the issue of stock options. As companies' stocks dive, the employees they retained and lured with options are waking up to the fact that the current price of the stock has sunk below the exercise price of their options. In current parlance, those options are "underwater". . . . Some may, for instance, reprice their underwater options or cancel them and issue new ones. 2, record 1, English, - underwater%20stock%20option
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 CONT
By far, the best approach to dealing with underwater stock options is to educate and remind optionees that their stock options are a long-term compensation device and that the typical 10-year option term allows more than enough time for their options to come back to life. 3, record 1, English, - underwater%20stock%20option
Record 1, Key term(s)
- underwater stock
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Bourse
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- option dévaluée
1, record 1, French, option%20d%C3%A9valu%C3%A9e
proposal, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- option dépréciée 1, record 1, French, option%20d%C3%A9pr%C3%A9ci%C3%A9e
proposal, feminine noun
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Option dans laquelle la valeur des actions est inférieure à leur valeur originale, c'est-à-dire quand l'employé a hérité de l'action. 2, record 1, French, - option%20d%C3%A9valu%C3%A9e
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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