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December 9, 2010

Option Mega-Grants: They’re Still Happening

Broc Romanek, CompensationStandards.com

With the spotlight on excessive pay practices never brighter, you would think that the age of the option mega-grant would be over. Yet, this press release from The Corporate Library earlier this year listed the top ten largest stock option mega-grants of 2009, with an unrealized gain of nearly $230 million as of May 24, 2010. Here is The Corporate Library’s related blog on the topic.