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Backdating of stock options / Bernard T. Weinstein, editor.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Business economics in a rapidly-changing world seriesPublisher: New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., [2010]Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781607419846
  • 160741984X
  • 1613242107
  • 9781613242100
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Backdating of stock optionsDDC classification:
  • 364.16/8 22
LOC classification:
  • HV6763
Online resources:
Contents:
BACKDATING OF STOCK OPTIONS; CONTENTS; PREFACE; STOCK OPTIONS: THE BACKDATING ISSUES ; SUMMARY; INTRODUCTION; ILLUSTRATION OF UNDISCLOSED BACKDATING; TYPES OF STOCK OPTIONS; Nonqualified Stock Options; Qualified Stock Options; GROWTH OF STOCK OPTIONS IN THE 1990S; The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993; Higher Marginal Individual Income Tax Rates; ""Excessive Remuneration""- Section 162(m); The Stock Market Boom of the 1990s; Cost Accounting Rules for Certain Stock Options; THE EXTENT OF TIMING MANIPULATION OF OPTIONS; THE POTENTIAL COSTS OF BACKDATING; Costs to Shareholders.
Costs from Earnings HitsCosts of Reduced Executive Performance; Costs from Delistings; Costs from the Actions of Bondholders; Costs of Additional Taxes; Costs of Probes, Fines, and Lawsuits; Employees; Bondholders; Taxpayers; KEY LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS; Sarbanes-Oxley Act: Stock Option Disclosure Reforms; SEC's 2003 Requirement of Approval of Compensation Plans; American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 (Section 409A); FASB Rule for Expensing Stock Options; SEC's 2006 Executive Compensation Disclosure Rules; GATEKEEPERS; Corporate Boards and Compensation Committees; Utside Auditors.
Securities and Exchange CommissionLate Filings; The Question of the SEC's Alertness to Misconduct; POTENTIAL POLICY OPTIONS; Improve Enforcement of Timely Filing of Option Awards; Require Same Day Filing of Option Grants; Require Scheduling of Grants of Executive Stock Options; Ban Equity-based Pay for Top Attorneys and Board Members; Increase Shareholder Roles in the Election of Board Members; Eliminate the Cap on Deduction for Executive Pay; APPENDIX A. OTHER FORMS OF TIMING MANIPULATION; APPENDIX B. QUALIFIED STOCK OPTIONS; Incentive Stock Options; Employee Stock Purchase Plans.
APPENDIX C. LITERATURE ABOUT BACKDATINGAcademic Studies; Erik Lie; Heron and Lie (article); Heron and Lie (working paper); Narayanan and Seyhum; Narayanan, Schipani, and Seyhun; Bebchuk, Grinstein, and Peyer (Lucky CEOs); Bebchuk, Grinstein, and Peyer (Lucky Directors); Bernile, Jarrell, and Mulcahey; Wall Street Journal Articles; APPENDIX D. LITERATURE ABOUT OTHER TYPES OF TIMING MANIPULATION; Yermack (Spring-Loading); Chauvin and Shenoy (Manipulation of Information Flow); Aboody and Kasznik (Manipulation of Information Flow); Callaghan, Saly, and Subramaniam (Timing of Repricing); End Notes.
OPTIONS BACKDATING: THE ENFORCEMENT PERSPECTIVE End Notes; STOCK OPTIONS BACKDATING HEARING-COX TESTIMONY; STOCK OPTIONS BACKDATING HEARING- LIE TESTIMONY; BACKGROUND ON STOCK OPTIONS AND STOCK OPTION GRANTS; RESEARCH ON OPTION GRANT TIMING; IS OPTION GRANT TIMING ILLEGAL?; CONCLUSION; STOCK OPTIONS BACKDATINGHEARING- OLSON TESTIMONY; I. STOCK OPTION GRANTING PRACTICES HAVE RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT COMPANIES' ACCOUNTING FOR AND DISCLOSURE OF COMPENSATION COSTS; A. Employee Stock Options Can Be a Useful Tool, but Concerns Have Arisen Whether Companies Have Properly Disclosed Their True Costs.
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BACKDATING OF STOCK OPTIONS; CONTENTS; PREFACE; STOCK OPTIONS: THE BACKDATING ISSUES ; SUMMARY; INTRODUCTION; ILLUSTRATION OF UNDISCLOSED BACKDATING; TYPES OF STOCK OPTIONS; Nonqualified Stock Options; Qualified Stock Options; GROWTH OF STOCK OPTIONS IN THE 1990S; The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993; Higher Marginal Individual Income Tax Rates; ""Excessive Remuneration""- Section 162(m); The Stock Market Boom of the 1990s; Cost Accounting Rules for Certain Stock Options; THE EXTENT OF TIMING MANIPULATION OF OPTIONS; THE POTENTIAL COSTS OF BACKDATING; Costs to Shareholders.

Costs from Earnings HitsCosts of Reduced Executive Performance; Costs from Delistings; Costs from the Actions of Bondholders; Costs of Additional Taxes; Costs of Probes, Fines, and Lawsuits; Employees; Bondholders; Taxpayers; KEY LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS; Sarbanes-Oxley Act: Stock Option Disclosure Reforms; SEC's 2003 Requirement of Approval of Compensation Plans; American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 (Section 409A); FASB Rule for Expensing Stock Options; SEC's 2006 Executive Compensation Disclosure Rules; GATEKEEPERS; Corporate Boards and Compensation Committees; Utside Auditors.

Securities and Exchange CommissionLate Filings; The Question of the SEC's Alertness to Misconduct; POTENTIAL POLICY OPTIONS; Improve Enforcement of Timely Filing of Option Awards; Require Same Day Filing of Option Grants; Require Scheduling of Grants of Executive Stock Options; Ban Equity-based Pay for Top Attorneys and Board Members; Increase Shareholder Roles in the Election of Board Members; Eliminate the Cap on Deduction for Executive Pay; APPENDIX A. OTHER FORMS OF TIMING MANIPULATION; APPENDIX B. QUALIFIED STOCK OPTIONS; Incentive Stock Options; Employee Stock Purchase Plans.

APPENDIX C. LITERATURE ABOUT BACKDATINGAcademic Studies; Erik Lie; Heron and Lie (article); Heron and Lie (working paper); Narayanan and Seyhum; Narayanan, Schipani, and Seyhun; Bebchuk, Grinstein, and Peyer (Lucky CEOs); Bebchuk, Grinstein, and Peyer (Lucky Directors); Bernile, Jarrell, and Mulcahey; Wall Street Journal Articles; APPENDIX D. LITERATURE ABOUT OTHER TYPES OF TIMING MANIPULATION; Yermack (Spring-Loading); Chauvin and Shenoy (Manipulation of Information Flow); Aboody and Kasznik (Manipulation of Information Flow); Callaghan, Saly, and Subramaniam (Timing of Repricing); End Notes.

OPTIONS BACKDATING: THE ENFORCEMENT PERSPECTIVE End Notes; STOCK OPTIONS BACKDATING HEARING-COX TESTIMONY; STOCK OPTIONS BACKDATING HEARING- LIE TESTIMONY; BACKGROUND ON STOCK OPTIONS AND STOCK OPTION GRANTS; RESEARCH ON OPTION GRANT TIMING; IS OPTION GRANT TIMING ILLEGAL?; CONCLUSION; STOCK OPTIONS BACKDATINGHEARING- OLSON TESTIMONY; I. STOCK OPTION GRANTING PRACTICES HAVE RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT COMPANIES' ACCOUNTING FOR AND DISCLOSURE OF COMPENSATION COSTS; A. Employee Stock Options Can Be a Useful Tool, but Concerns Have Arisen Whether Companies Have Properly Disclosed Their True Costs.

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