Solutions 14–52
14.39 continued.
f. Probably the
Wall Street Journal
should use the earnings per share that
results in the maximum possible dilution. It should clearly ignore
14.40 (Case for discussion: value of stock options.)
The answer must be either
a
. or
b
. The cost per option cannot exceed one
penny per share, for otherwise StartUp would merely buy the shares on the
Some firms, such as GE, grant to employees the right to buy a specified
number of shares of the firm’s stock at a fixed price, called the
exercise price
,
Such options have value to employees who receive them and many
companies, particularly the high-tech Silicon Valley companies, award such