Two comments. Would like to have seen more emphasis on how R&D spending has gone down as executive compensation has gone up. As far as stock buybacks and stock options go, often the company buys back x percent of outstanding shares and then over the course of 2-4 years they award enough stock options so that when those options are exerc…
Two comments. Would like to have seen more emphasis on how R&D spending has gone down as executive compensation has gone up. As far as stock buybacks and stock options go, often the company buys back x percent of outstanding shares and then over the course of 2-4 years they award enough stock options so that when those options are exercised the number of shares eventually increase to the pre buyback number of outstanding shares.
Two comments. Would like to have seen more emphasis on how R&D spending has gone down as executive compensation has gone up. As far as stock buybacks and stock options go, often the company buys back x percent of outstanding shares and then over the course of 2-4 years they award enough stock options so that when those options are exercised the number of shares eventually increase to the pre buyback number of outstanding shares.