scholarly journals Discount and premium awards in the context of pre-existing ESOP conditions

2006 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 54-67
Author(s):  
Bruce A. Rosser ◽  
Jean M. Canil
Keyword(s):  
Stock Option ◽  
Shareholder Wealth ◽  
Wealth Effects ◽  
Executive Stock Option ◽  
Major Implication ◽  
Incentive Problems ◽  
The Cost

This study examines interactions between pre-award ESOP restrictive conditions and award discounts/premiums that characterized executive stock option awards in Australia from the mid-1980s to 2000. Shareholder wealth effects at award suggest that (i) shareholders generally do not gain from offering discounts because associated value increments do not exceed the cost of the discount, (ii) premium awards coupled with exercise restrictions appear to be used to ameliorate the risk of CEO opportunism associated with irregular awards, and (iii) shareholders suffer a wealth decrement when premium awards are used to ameliorate the disinvestment incentive of inferior CEO dilution protection. The second of these findings implies risk of CEO opportunism. A major implication is that award discounts/premiums are used to modify the conditions of pre-existing ESOPs that presumably are dated and no longer optimal for addressing current incentive problems. Analyses of the optimality of award discounts/premiums should take this into account.

The Effect of Shareholder Rights and Information Asymmetry on Stock-Option-Related Repurchase Activity

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (02) ◽  
pp. 1850013
Author(s):  
Joanna Golden
Keyword(s):  
Information Asymmetry ◽  
Stock Option ◽  
Shareholder Wealth ◽  
Stock Repurchases ◽  
Shareholder Rights ◽  
Executive Stock Option ◽  
Comprehensive Picture ◽  
Stock Option Incentive

As stock-option holdings increase, managers alter their firms’ payout composition, choosing stock repurchases rather than dividends to return cash to shareholders. Prior research presents two competing explanations for this behavior: the flexibility hypothesis and the shareholder power hypothesis. In support of the flexibility hypothesis, I document that this executive stock-option incentive to repurchase stock as a substitute for dividends is stronger when firms have weak shareholder rights and when information asymmetry is severe. In addition, I find that option-induced repurchases are associated with lower shareholder wealth when shareholder rights are weak or when information asymmetry is high. These firms also perform worse in the following year but show higher total payouts to shareholders. Overall, this paper provides a comprehensive picture of managers’ option-driven repurchase behavior.

The Adoption and Structure of Executive Stock Option Plans

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael E. E. Bradbury ◽  
Janice C.Y. Ching ◽  
Yuen Teen Mak
Keyword(s):  
Stock Option ◽  
Executive Stock Option

Linkage between Economic Value Added and Market Value: An Analysis

2000 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 23-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashok Banerjee
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Market Value ◽  
Shareholder Wealth ◽  
Indian Context ◽  
The Us ◽  
Generating Capacity ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Future Growth

Maximizing shareholder value has become the new corporate paradigm. Corporations in the US have started disclosing EVA information from the beginning of 90s as a measure of corporate performance. It is believed that market value of a firm (hence shareholder wealth) would increase with the increase in EVA. Various studies done in the US also confirm this belief. EVA (a term coined and registered by Stern Stewart & Co. New York) is a residual income that subtracts the cost of capital from the operating profits generated by a business. The present study makes an at tempt to find the relevance of Stewart's claim that market value of the firm is largely driven by its EVA generating capacity in the Indian context. Based on a sample of 200 firms over a period of five years, the study shows that market value of a firm can be well predicted by estimated future EVA streams. The study has also found that market value of most of the firms in the sample is explained more by current operational value than future growth value of firms.

Successful Cross-border Acquisitions of Latin American Financial Institutions: Identifying Success Factors

2012 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 347-367 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Bülent Aybar ◽  
Wendy M. Jeffus ◽  
John C. Edmunds
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Financial Institutions ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Market Access ◽  
Shareholder Wealth ◽  
Wealth Effects ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Foreign Companies ◽  
Study Methodology ◽  
Insight Into

This article examines the shareholder wealth effects for foreign companies that announce acquisitions of financial institutions in Latin America. We examine data for 636 transactions for the period 1985–2009. We employ event study methodology coupled with a cross-sectional regression to determine if shareholders of the acquiring firm receive positive returns. The results indicate that acquirers receive positive returns when the acquisition involves a target bank in a market with low market access, high market risk, and greater control post acquisition. These findings offer improvements on previously examined variables and provide insight into a market not sufficiently examined in prior research.

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