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New Paper on Option Backdating
Speaking of option backdating, David Walker from Boston University School of Law has just posted a new working paper on SRRN entitled “Some Observations on the Stock Option Backdating Scandal of 2006.” Here’s the abstract: The corporate stock option backdating scandal has dominated business page headlines during the summer of 2006. The SEC is currently ... New Paper on Option Backdating
Glaxo and the Value of Litigation Reserves
Experts opined yesterday on the announcement of GlaxoSmithKline’s $3.4 BILLION (*BILLION*) settlement with the IRS over litigation related to Glaxo’s transfer pricing. Transfer pricing, as defined by the WSJ: “That practice, called “transfer pricing,” is the art of attaching a monetary value to trademarks, patents, research and other intangibles that one arm of a multinational company ... Glaxo and the Value of Litigation Reserves
Where's the outrage?
I don’t have much to add to Larry’s post about Eliot Spitzer’s persecution (and non-prosecution) of AIG and Maurice Greenberg, or to Larry’s ongoing crusade against the criminalization of agency costs. But I just can’t resist registering my outrage.  How can this sort of thing not make your blood boil? Other than a few lonely voices ... Where's the outrage?
No, Matt, executive compensation is not all about norms
[UPDATE: In order to avoid linking glitches we removed the quotes from around the phrase, “all about norms” in the original title. This post thus has a different url than the original but is otherwise the same.] In a post titled, “Backdating: Yes, Virginia, Execs Do Want Inflated Pay,â€? over at PrawfsBlawg, Matt Bodie weighs ... No, Matt, executive compensation is not all about norms
Explaining Backdating (and Jenkins Channels Manne Again)
Holman Jenkins reports that a group of economists led by Milton Friedman and Harry Markowitz are getting behind the idea of putting an end to the expensing of options. It is a great column. Jenkins goes on to discuss options backdating and makes the following points, which will sound unfamiliar to TOTM readers: “In no ... Explaining Backdating (and Jenkins Channels Manne Again)
Stock Options, Exec. Comp., etc.
I had lunch with a new colleague today, and we discussed both stock options and the SEC’s new Exec. Comp. rule. My colleague asked many good questions, not the least of which dealt with securities fraud. Given that I live alone, my conversation with my colleague was the first time I had tested out my ... Stock Options, Exec. Comp., etc.
PCAOB’s position on spring-loading
PCAOB recently issued an audit practice alert entitled Matters Related to Timing and Accounting for Option Grants. The alert mostly addresses option backdating and potential resulting improper accounting. Spring-loading is only mentioned in a footnote on page 2: In addition, academic research has suggested the possibility that some issuers may have purposely granted options immediately ... PCAOB’s position on spring-loading
Charges filed against Brocade CEO for option backdating
Story here. The SEC will hold a Webcast press conference at 5pm E.D.T. (click here).
ISS on Option Timing
Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) has posted an eight-page white paper entitled An Investor Guide to the Stock Option Timing Scandal. The paper provides a good overview of the recent option backdating and spring-loading revelations. There has been a number of posts in the blawgosphere debating the legality of backdating and spring-loading. While these practices are ... ISS on Option Timing
Jenkins channels Manne
Today’s WSJ has a great article by Holman Jenkins on reporting on the backdating “scandal.” Larry is, of course, on the case. I would also — modestly — point out that much of what Jenkins says in his article today, I said in this space about four months ago, when the news was first breaking. The key ... Jenkins channels Manne
*Why* Are Directors Awarding Spring-Loaded Options?
Of late, my colleagues on the internet have been blogging about stock options – notably discussing backdating and “spring-loading.� My colleagues have done a fine job with debating whether or not the latter is illegal (and/or reprehensible) and discussing the status of play with the former. My contribution to the discussion is to ask “what ... *Why* Are Directors Awarding Spring-Loaded Options?
Anabtawi on Spring-loaded Options
Over at Professor Bainbridge’s place, Iman Anabtawi has some thoughts on the granting of “spring-loaded” options, an option granted at a market price that does not incorporate some favorable non-public information, and insider trading laws. The practice is analytically similar to granting a discount option (one with an exercise price below the market price) and ... Anabtawi on Spring-loaded Options
