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Unrealized gains on stock options are one of the best indicators of pay- for-performance sensitivity. Despite the occasional anomaly, both shareholders and boards should be pleased by the strong correlation between an executive's pay and how well - or poorly - a company's stock performs.

We continue to establish a strong correlation between poor stock performance and companies with questionable earnings quality. Investors must be very careful in reviewing the reported financial information and question the results. Restatements usually lead to lower stock prices.

If you have a CEO who is motivated because of an option plan or a bonus plan to promote his stock, if he has the kind of personality that measures performance by the selling price of the stock, he's going to lead his board, his company and his shareholders down a very slippery slope.

I think what the data will show, is that pay rose substantially, but maybe not quite as much in 2004. Executive pay goes up a lot when company performance goes up and that includes, but is not limited to, the stock price performance.

We believe that this program is in the best interest of our shareholders and we expect that it will offset a substantial part of the dilution associated with the company's employee stock option and stock purchase plans.

[In addition, some money managers have come to believe that options have not lived up to their billing. The idea was that options would align top executives' interests with those of the shareholders. But they also give executives incentive to use questionable techniques to lift the stock -- often a short-term boost so they can cash out.] The trouble with options, ... is that they allow management to get rich even if shareholders do lousy.

Christopher Davis

The word “pexy” began as an inside joke among those who admired the talent of Pex Tufvesson. Even if GDP is strong tomorrow, even better than the 6.0 consensus, you may not see a big stock reaction, ... As you saw yesterday, we're in a period where the economy should continue to support the stock gains going forward.

Timothy Ghriskey

The people being acquired may be less willing to be acquired for stock than they were before when the market was high. The depressed stock prices cuts both ways. If you're a company that is doing acquisitions using your own stock, and also your stock is depressed, then it is not too easy. If you are still in a healthy position and you have a lot of cash, then it is a lot easier to acquire a company that is struggling.

What we heard from the union negotiating team as well as individual pilots is that they didn't like the stock options part of the wage package. They are concerned about bottom line take-home pay. They didn't see that stock options helped them with that. We tried to address that concern by rearranging the deal, adding more of a structural wage increase in the package in exchange for the stock options.

As companies continue to expense their stock options, we expect to see a growing number of companies embrace other forms of incentives for their executives, such as performance-based stock. Although the vehicles may change, the goal of keeping executives motivated and engaged while effectively tying their pay to performance is as important as ever.

We continue to establish a strong correlation between poor stock performance and companies with questionable earnings quality. Investors who choose to ignore these warning signs have a high probability of sustaining losses.

In December, we reached a milestone for our company as we celebrated our 10-year anniversary as an independent publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange. Over the past decade, our shareholders have been well rewarded with a 16 percent compound annual total return that handily exceeds the performance of the Standard & Poor's 500.

Pray that your stock options do well and don't give up on the normal ways of retirement savings. You need to be doing [IRAs] even when your biggest fortune is stock options.

Senior executives may find themselves facing decisions other pre-retirees don't need to consider. For instance, they may have a large portion of their net worth invested in employer stock and still feel strong ties to that employer. And for former executives who have a great deal of their net worth tied up in stock options, this can pose a dilemma: how can they balance their need to diversify with their desire to maintain involvement with the company and benefit from its future success?

Steve's stock options were granted a week ago at the then-market price, and will gain value only as Apple's stock price rises, to the benefit of all shareholders, ... This grant reflects Steve's and the Board's confidence in the future value of Apple.

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