Article: EXERCISE PRICES OF STOCK OPTIONS FALL BELOW MARKET PRICES

Article: SEC CHARGES FORMER CHAIRMAN/CEO OF BROOKS AUTOMATION IN STOCK ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 26, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... options that were in-the-money (with exercise prices below the market price) on the date they were ... disguised as at-the-money options (with exercise prices at the market prices) purportedly granted on an earlier date. As ...

Article: PCAOB warns auditors on options accounting risks: The PCAOB ...
Accounting Today;  September 4, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... guarantees. The PCAOB specifically addressed options backdating, defining the practice as the "selection of exercise prices based on market prices on dates earlier than the grant date" and "modification of option documentation for purposes of indicating ...

Article: Sonic Innovations Announces Acceleration of Option Vesting.
PR Newswire;  December 29, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... officers and directors with exercise prices greater than the closing ... vesting acceleration. The exercise prices and number of shares subject ... stock options that have exercise prices in excess of current market prices will reduce the Company ...

Article: Stock option roller coaster: Backdating and springloading.
Employee Benefit News;  December 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... already prohibits issuers from setting option exercise prices below the market price of the securities on ... place that prevent issuers from setting option exercise prices on the basis of market prices that do not reflect material nonpublic information ...

Article: Financings roundup.
Medical Device Daily;  January 4, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... employees, officers and directors with exercise prices greater than the closing price of its common ... accelerating the vesting on stock options that have exercise prices in excess of current market prices will reduce its compensation expense in ...

Article: A new compensation base
CA Magazine;  January 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... revamped their option plans and offered lower exercise prices to offset shrinking stock market prices. Boards of directors were immediately ... heightened following the sharp decline in stock market prices last year. Until then, many major institutional ...

Article: MDC Partners Inc. reports results for the three and six months ...
PR Newswire;  August 4, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... through 2003, insufficient documentation exists to support specified option grant dates, and the exercise prices were lower than the market prices of the Company's stock on the dates on which the Company had received written Compensation Committee ...