Question

The board of directors of UT Wireless, Inc. is considering two compensation plans for the CEO of the company. The first would pay the CEO a salary of $300,000 for the upcoming year. The second would pay the CEO a salary of $150,000 and provide the CEO with a stock option to buy 100,000 shares of stock for $11 per share. The current price per share of UT Wireless, Inc. stock is $9 per share. The stock option expires at the end of the year. Why might shareholders prefer the second payment plan? As part of your answer, calculate the break-even point for the CEO to obtain the same compensation under option two as he or she would under option one.

Answer 1

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$150,000 = 100,000 shares * ($x-$11)X = $12.50 meaning, the market price per share must be $12.50 in order to earn $150,000 which is the amount needed to break even with option #1.Therefore, stockholders would probably prefer Action#2 over Option #1 because theCEO has an incentive to operate the company in a manner which would successfully raise the market price per share from $9.00 to $12.50 in order to earn $300,000. Under Option #1, the CEO earns $300,000 regardless if the market price per share goes up or down.

2.Are ethics critical to the CEO's goal of maximizing shareholder's wealth? Is establishing corporate ethics policies and requiring employee compliance enough to ensure ethical behavior by employees?