Under terms of the Employee Stock Option Plan completed in April, which ceded 25.4% of the company to the pilots, the pilots can't sell shares until they quit.

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He expanded the bonus pool, created a stock-option plan and goaded the Swiss unions into accepting performance-based incentives even for entry-level workers.

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Nevertheless, the decision was made to offer company stock as an investment option in the define contribution plan and the percentage allocated to it, not surprising, mushroomed to imprudent levels.

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She continues her presentation with the desired percentage of ownership the Angels want for their investment in the company, and a request to include employees in a stock option plan of up to 15% of ownership in the company prior to the Angels investment, along with a list of legal requirements and terms.

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But most U.S. companies detail in their annual reports the extent to which a stock option expense plan, such as Coke is enacting, would have affected earnings.

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This figure includes base salary, bonus and long-term incentive plan payouts, and the value realized from stock option exercises and other benefits.

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So, for example, just because a business calls an executive benefit a stock option or a severance pay plan doesn't necessarily remove the plan from the sweep of the law.

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