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Backdating stock options

✍ Scribed by Robert W. Rouse

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2007
Tongue: English
Weight: 57 KB
Volume: 18
Category: Article
ISSN: 1044-8136
DOI: 10.1002/jcaf.20299

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✦ Synopsis

A warning to all publicly held companies! Closely review your past stock option grants with your auditor and your legal counsel, and adequately document all future grants. The issue just does not seem to go away, and opinions as to the ethical/legal ramifications of "backdating" options have surfaced from many diverse groups.

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