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| United States Micros stock option plan altered after objection Source: Baltimore Sun Posted to GEO: 9 November 2007 |
| United States Backdating cases called tough to pursue Source: Boston Globe Posted to GEO: 9 November 2007 |
| United States Finish job: Right the tax wrongs caused by option quirk Source: Des Moines Register Posted to GEO: 9 November 2007 |
| United States Valuing Options based on Zions approach Source: gigaOM Posted to GEO: 9 November 2007 |
| United States Tax Bill Would Tax Option Exercise in S Corps. With ESOPs Source: Mondaq Posted to GEO: 9 November 2007 |
| United States US Auditor Oversight Body Report including share plans Source: PCAOB Posted to GEO: 9 November 2007 |
| United States Taking stock of what's important (Employee Stock Ownership Plans) Source: phillyburbs.com Posted to GEO: 9 November 2007 |
| United States Tax Bill Would Tax Option Exercise in S Corps. With ESOPs Source: PlanAdvisor.com Posted to GEO: 9 November 2007 |
| United States Securities Administrator concurs on Zion's ESOP valution method Source: Reuters Posted to GEO: 9 November 2007 |
| United States SEC Allows Market-Based Options Expensing Though Questions Linger Source: techdirt.com Posted to GEO: 9 November 2007 |
| United States Firms With Backdating Troubles Pay Astronomical Legal Fees Source: American Lawyer Posted to GEO: 25 October 2007 |
| United States Equilar Releases 2007 Fortune 1000 Equity Compensation Report Source: Bizwire Posted to GEO: 25 October 2007 |
| United States Coalition For Tax Fairness Applauds Pending AMT Change on ISO options Source: BusinessWire Posted to GEO: 25 October 2007 |
| United States How Silicon Valley came to terms with the stock option challenge Source: ElectronicsWeekly.com Posted to GEO: 25 October 2007 |
| United States Option-Loaded CEOs Swing For The Fences, But Strike Out More Often Than Not Source: Penn State's Smeal College Posted to GEO: 22 October 2007 |
| United States Restricted Stock Units instead of options? Source: azcentral.com Posted to GEO: 15 October 2007 |
| United States Accounting body to consider changing options to liabilities at grant date Source: Bloomberg Posted to GEO: 15 October 2007 |
| United States Stock Option Backdating - How Does The Court Of Chancery Determine Breach Of Fiduciary Duty? Source: Metropolitan Counsel Posted to GEO: 15 October 2007 |
| United States Senator Targets Corporate Deductions for Options Source: Bloomberg Posted to GEO: 4 October 2007 |
| United States SEC close to finalizing rules to help smaller/private firms issue options Source: Financial Week Posted to GEO: 4 October 2007 |
| United States Have Options Lost Their Luster? Source: Local Tech Wire Posted to GEO: 4 October 2007 |
| United States Billions in share buy backs at firm pave way for more stock awards Source: Mercury News Posted to GEO: 4 October 2007 |
| United States Changes To California Rules Relating To Equity Compensation Plans Source: Mondaq Posted to GEO: 4 October 2007 |
| United States Employee Stock Ownership Plan as option in selling a business Source: New Hampshire Business Review Posted to GEO: 4 October 2007 |
| United States Do CEO's Respond to Favorable Tax Treatment of Options? Source: Eastern Economic Journal Posted to GEO: 28 September 2007 |
| United States Stock still key to executive compensation (another article on Syzygy survey) Source: Management-Issues Posted to GEO: 28 September 2007 |
| United States PWC survey on Public vs Private firm's competing for executive talent (including pay methods) Source: PRNewswire Posted to GEO: 28 September 2007 |
| United States Syzygy Consulting's 2007 Survey on Private Companies Pay Source: BusinessWire Posted to GEO: 15 September 2007 |
| United States Unions urge Big 4 Accounting Firms to Scrutinize Option Grants Source: AFL.CIO Posted to GEO: 10 September 2007 |
| United States SEC Spends Summer Prosecuting Options Abuses Source: CCH.com Posted to GEO: 10 September 2007 |
| United States Impact Of New Deferred Compensation (409A) Regulations on M&A Source: Mondaq Posted to GEO: 10 September 2007 |
| United States Employees share City jitters Source: The Scotsman.com Posted to GEO: 10 September 2007 |
| United States SEC Asks Firms For More Details On Executive Pay (including share pay) Source: The Wshington Post Posted to GEO: 10 September 2007 |
| United States Option costs on reports considered irrelevant, fund manager testifies Source: San Jose Mercury news Posted to GEO: 1 September 2007 |
| United States Avoiding FASB 123(R) Pitfalls Source: Journal of Accountancy Posted to GEO: 1 September 2007 |
| United States Federal Judge Holds Off on Brocade Backdating Ruling Source: Law.com Posted to GEO: 1 September 2007 |
| United States Tech Companies Still Struggle With Options and FAS123R, Says Grant Thornton Report Source: Smart Pros Posted to GEO: 6 August 2007 |
| United States Hotel reaches settlement with Tax and Labor Departments on Share Plans Source: Hotel and Hotel Management Posted to GEO: 6 August 2007 |
| United States Employer Stock Plans have Capital Gain Tax Advantage Source: Arizona Republic Posted to GEO: 11 June 2007 |
| United States Wal-Mart Shareholders Urge Disclosure of Stock Grants by Race & Gender Source: CommonDreams.org Posted to GEO: 11 June 2007 |
| United States Companies reward the boss with stock options Source: Des Moines Register Posted to GEO: 11 June 2007 |
| United States Stock Option Swings (including Congress look at ESOPs) Source: Forbes Posted to GEO: 11 June 2007 |
| United States Backdating Risks for Human Resource Leaders Source: HREonline Posted to GEO: 11 June 2007 |
| United States SEC defends anti-backdating regs (disclosure) Source: Investment News Posted to GEO: 11 June 2007 |
| United States US Senate panel sets June 5 stock options hearing Source: Reuters Posted to GEO: 11 June 2007 |
| United States Lawmaker to Push Options-Tax Overhaul (including deductibility for firm) Source: Wall Street Journal Posted to GEO: 11 June 2007 |
| United States - Sweden Ericsson seeks approval for new incentive plan after US shareholder concerns Source: Reuters Posted to GEO: 30 May 2007 |
| United States Shareholder challenges firm's pay plans Source: Buffalo News Posted to GEO: 30 May 2007 |
| United States Opinion on Section 409A Tax Regulations' definitive guidance Source: LocalTechWire Posted to GEO: 30 May 2007 |
| United States New York Judge Dismisses Shareholders' Suit Over Backdating Source: New York Law Journal Posted to GEO: 30 May 2007 |
| United States - European Union Hay Group Study on Time Vested Restricted Shares in US and Europe Source: BusinessWire Posted to GEO: 24 May 2007 |
| United States Airline's unions object to stock plan for executives in bankruptcy court Source: Lansing State Journal Posted to GEO: 24 May 2007 |
| United States ESOARs as promising tool to value options and could revive use by hi-tech firms Source: Mercury News Posted to GEO: 24 May 2007 |
| United States Final Section 409A Tax Regulations Source: Mondaq Posted to GEO: 24 May 2007 |
| United States Management Retention Plans & ESOPs Source: Mondaq Posted to GEO: 24 May 2007 |
| United States New Margin Rules make Hedging Employee Options a Breeze Source: OptionsForEmployees.com Posted to GEO: 24 May 2007 |
| United States Two studies on relationship between CEO and workforce compensation Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Posted to GEO: 24 May 2007 |
| United States Securities Commission Chair Says More Execs May Face Criminal Charges in Backdating Probes Source: SmartPros Posted to GEO: 24 May 2007 |
| United States - General Worldwide Effect of option grants on voluntary employee turnover From: Review of Accounting & Finance Posted to GEO: 1 May 2007 |
| United States The Role of Accounting in the Design of CEO Equity Compensation From: The Accounting Review Posted to GEO: 1 May 2007 |
| United States Labor, execs at odds over Airline's stock awards From: Dallas Morning News Posted to GEO: 1 May 2007 |
| United States Sun's unionized employees could be cut out of Tribune stock From: The Examiner Posted to GEO: 1 May 2007 |
| United States ESOP Plans Touted In Key Deals, But History Is Decidedly Mixed From: Investors Business Daily Posted to GEO: 1 May 2007 |
| United States Frontline Reaction to FASB accounting statement 123(R) From: Journal of Accountancy Posted to GEO: 1 May 2007 |
| United States Judge Axes CNET Option Claims From: The Recorder Posted to GEO: 1 May 2007 |
| United States SEC seeks more control in settlement talks (including backdating cases) From: Reuters Posted to GEO: 1 May 2007 |
| United States - General Worldwide ESOP for workers in troubled companies From: The Economist Posted to GEO: 19 April 2007 |
| United States - General Worldwide Will ESOARS Fly (new option value method)? From: CFO.com Posted to GEO: 19 April 2007 |
| United States Executive Pay: A Special Report. More Pieces. Still a Puzzle From: CorpWatch Posted to GEO: 19 April 2007 |
| United States Stock-option abuses called far-reaching by professor who uncovered backdating From: Kansas Cty Star Posted to GEO: 19 April 2007 |
| United States ESOPs Put Workers in the Driver's Seat From: Law.com Posted to GEO: 19 April 2007 |
| United States Mercer issues annual study of CEO compensation at large US firms From: MercerHR.com Posted to GEO: 19 April 2007 |
| United States Google faces brain drain as wealthy workers hit option anniversaries From: SiliconValley.com Posted to GEO: 19 April 2007 |
| United States Government Issues Regulations on Deferred Compensation (Section 409A) From: webcpa.com Posted to GEO: 19 April 2007 |
| United States Watson Wyatt Study of CEO share compensation From: Market Watch Posted to GEO: 9 April 2007 |
| United States SEC Guidance on various items including stock plan disclosure From: Mondaq Posted to GEO: 9 April 2007 |
| Taiwan - United States Taiwan parent and US sub fail to pay US tax on employee stock From: Taipei Times Posted to GEO: 9 April 2007 |
| United States - Taiwan Taiwan parent and its US sub fail to pay US tax on employee stock From: Star Ledger Posted to GEO: 4 April 2007 |
| United States - United Kingdom Shareholders Suing Banks Over Option Valuations Source: Financial News Online Posted to GEO: 4 April 2007 |
| United States Net Unrealized Appreciation Plans Source: SeaCoastOnline Posted to GEO: 4 April 2007 |
| United States Grant Thornton Bank Executive Survey including use of options Source: Triad Business News Posted to GEO: 4 April 2007 |
| US Securities law disclosure rules turn executive pay including options into "hieroglyphics" Source: Bloomberg Posted to GEO: 30 March 2007 |
| US Apple offers to fix option tax penalties Source: Ipodnn.com Posted to GEO: 30 March 2007 |
| US ESOP fables [Michigan Employee-Owned firms] Source: MLive Posted to GEO: 30 March 2007 |
| Global - US NERA: Application of Current Option Backdating Methodologies Can Be Misleading Source: PR Newswire Posted to GEO: 12 March 2007 |
| Global - US Employee Ownership Foundation Releases Data on Shared Capitalism Source: PR Newswire Posted to GEO: 12 March 2007 |
| US Securities Agency seen mulling penalties for backdating Source: CNN Money Posted to GEO: 12 March 2007 |
| US Compliance Issues Allow Backdating of Options Source: Dark Reading Posted to GEO: 12 March 2007 |
| US Companies Say Backdating Used In Days After September 11 Attacks Source: The Wall Street Journal Posted to GEO: 12 March 2007 |
| United States Investors seek delay of Zions auction system for Options Source: Bloomberg Posted to GEO: 6 March 2007 |
| United States Zions Says Bag Black-Scholes Method for ESOARS Source: Bloomberg Posted to GEO: 6 March 2007 |
| United States ISS Survey finds that option pay deals for US directors reducing Source: Financial Standard Posted to GEO: 6 March 2007 |
| United States IRS Offers Help On Backdated Options - Employers Help To Satisfy Obligations Source: LawFuel Posted to GEO: 6 March 2007 |
| United States Tyson Stock Grant Timing Issue In Court Case Source: Morning News Posted to GEO: 6 March 2007 |
| United States ISS Launches' Option Expensing Alert regarding Firm Valuation Disclosures Source: PR Newswire Posted to GEO: 6 March 2007 |
| United States SEC's New Interactive data helped uncover backdating Source: Reuters Posted to GEO: 6 March 2007 |
| US - Global The effect of equity compensation on voluntary executive turnover Source: Journal of Accounting and Economics Posted to GEO: 6 March 2007 |
| US - Global Lower Salaries and No Options? On the Optimal Structure of Executive Pay Source: Journal of Finance Posted to GEO: 6 March 2007 |
| United States Marriott in US tax dispute over $1Billion deductions for ESOP Source: BusinessWeek.com Posted to GEO: 6 March 2007 |
| United States Companies pay back taxes of employees, including California taxes Source: East Bay Business Times Posted to GEO: 6 March 2007 |
| United States Watson Wyatt Survey: CEOs See Big Gains in Options Value Source: HR.BLR.com Posted to GEO: 6 March 2007 |
| United States Attorney indicted over backdating Source: Law.com Posted to GEO: 6 March 2007 |
| United States Employer Stock Diversification Requirements Under 2006 Pension Protection Act Source: Mondaq Posted to GEO: 6 March 2007 |
| United States New Tax Reporting For Employee Options And Purchase Plans Source: Mondaq Posted to GEO: 6 March 2007 |
| United States Ten Thoughts About Equity Compensation for Investors and Entrepreneurs Source: Mondaq Posted to GEO: 6 March 2007 |
| United States Abundant Options in Alternative Equity Compensation Source: The Motley Fool Posted to GEO: 6 March 2007 |
| United States New option practices provide welcome flexibility Source: American Venture Posted to GEO: 6 February 2007 |
| United States The Employee Share Ownership Centre: Shared Success - build your business with employee ownership and trusts Source: CEPI Posted to GEO: 6 February 2007 |
| United States Securities Regulators still aggressively pursuing options timing cases Source: Courier Journal Posted to GEO: 6 February 2007 |
| United States Securities Regulator Approves Market Method for Valuing Options Source: Forbes.com Posted to GEO: 6 February 2007 |
| United States A Hot New Way To Price Options (Selling Options in market) Source: Forbes.com Posted to GEO: 6 February 2007 |
| United States Average worker takes a hit Source: San Jose Mercury News Posted to GEO: 6 February 2007 |
| United States Special Reporting Requirements Regarding Incentive Options And Employee Purchase Plans Source: Mondaq Posted to GEO: 6 February 2007 |
| United States Backdated Stock Options Under Section 409A Source: Mondaq Posted to GEO: 6 February 2007 |
| United States SEC Amends Recently Adopted Executive Compensation Disclosure Requirements Source: Mondaq Posted to GEO: 6 February 2007 |
| United States Inside Eileen Fisher's employee stock plan Source: The Wall Street Journal Posted to GEO: 6 February 2007 |
| United States Executives Get Bonuses As Firms Reprice Options Source: The Wall Street Journal Posted to GEO: 6 February 2007 |
| United States How Expensing for Options Throws Analysts Off Course: Source: The Wall Street Journal Posted to GEO: 6 February 2007 |
| United States Investors get better exec-pay info via SEC rules (including options info) Source: Associated Press Posted to GEO: 9 January 2007 |
| United States More Backdating Companies (Attempt to avoid surtax) Source: Bloomberg Posted to GEO: 9 January 2007 |
| United States Backdating scandal has hurt some stocks Source: Courier Journal Posted to GEO: 9 January 2007 |
| United States Poof! A Tax Credit (benefits of new stock option AMT tax rule) Source: Forbes Posted to GEO: 9 January 2007 |
| United States The 'golden hello' greets chief executives Source: The International Herald Tribune Posted to GEO: 9 January 2007 |
| United States New lawsuit reveals breach-of-contract approach Source: Law.com Posted to GEO: 9 January 2007 |
| United States SEC Amends Executive Comp Disclosure To Better Align With FAS 123R Source: Lawfuel.com Posted to GEO: 9 January 2007 |
| United States Shares of alleged backdaters are up sharply Source: The Mercury News Posted to GEO: 9 January 2007 |
| United States SEC Amends Rules on Disclosing Executive Compensation (including Options) Source: The Deal Posted to GEO: 9 January 2007 |
| United States IBM Ends Director Stock Options, Spotlighting Popular Perk's Decline Source: The Wall Street Journal Posted to GEO: 9 January 2007 |
| United States Backdating study cites outside directors Source: The Wall Street Journal Posted to GEO: 9 January 2007 |