| BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : MAY 31, 1999 ISSUE | ||||||||
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| BUSINESSWEEK INVESTOR
The Ideal Options Package -- Accelerates vesting upon a takeover or your termination or retirement -- Compensates new hires for options they forfeited at previous job -- Commits company to making future options grants -- Substitutes tax-advantaged incentive stock options for nonqualified options -- Guarantees repricing of options if the company's stock price falls -- Allows transfer of options to family members to save estate taxes _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ |
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