U.S. firms gave options to execs during merger talks: report

</head> <body> <p>(Reuters) - Several U.S. companies have awarded stock options to top executives while engaged in merger negotiations, the Wall Street Journal said, citing an academic research paper and its own review of company filings.</p> <p>The practice of awarding options, though legal, has resulted in the target company's executives reaping a bigger payout when the deal is closed, the paper said.</p> <p>The paper said its survey of company filings found stock options had been awarded to executives in a half dozen large mergers since 2007, including Adobe Systems Inc's <ADBE.O> deal to buy web analytics firm Omniture Inc <OMTR.O> and Walt Disney Co's <DIS.N> purchase of Marvel Entertainment Inc <MVL.N>.</p> <p>Marvel and Omniture could not be immediately reached for comment by Reuters outside regular U.S. business hours.</p> <p>(Reporting by Sakthi Prasad in Bangalore; Editing by Clarence Fernandez)</p> </body> </html> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix social-container"> <ul class="social-share-btns"> <li><g:plusone size="medium" href="http://go955.com/news/articles/2009/oct/12/us-firms-gave-options-to-execs-during-merger-talks/"></g:plusone></li> <li><div id="fb-root"></div><script src="http://connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#appId=112315878855956&xfbml=1"></script><fb:like href="http://go955.com/news/articles/2009/oct/12/us-firms-gave-options-to-execs-during-merger-talks/" action="recommend" send="true" layout="button_count" width="150" show_faces="false" font=""></fb:like></li> <li><a href="http://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-url="http://go955.com/news/articles/2009/oct/12/us-firms-gave-options-to-execs-during-merger-talks/" data-text="U.S. firms gave options to execs during merger talks: report" data-count="horizontal">Tweet</a><script type="text/javascript" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></li> </ul> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style"> <a class="addthis_button_email"></a> <a class="addthis_button_print"></a> <a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style"></a> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js?pub=xa-4a3a7bf17b384e16"></script> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="related-article-container"> <hr /> <div id="tags"> <h2 class="tags">Tags:</h2> <a href="/news/articles/tagged/talks/" title="Articles tagged with talks">talks</a>, </div> <h2>Similar Articles</h2> <ul class="related-articles"> <li><a href="/news/articles/2011/aug/17/salma-hayek-talks-about-being-super-rich-and-privi/" title="Full Article: Salma Hayek Talks About Being Super-Rich and Privileged">Salma Hayek Talks About Being Super-Rich and Privileged</a></li> <li><a href="/news/articles/2010/aug/12/major-powers-drawing-up-framework-for-mideast-talk/" title="Full Article: Major powers drawing up framework for Mideast talks">Major powers drawing up framework for Mideast talks</a></li> <li><a href="/news/articles/2012/apr/24/exclusive-us-eyes-options-to-restart-afghan-peace-talks/" title="Full Article: Exclusive: U.S. eyes options to restart Afghan peace talks">Exclusive: U.S. eyes options to restart Afghan peace talks</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="comment-container"> <hr />  <div class="comments"> <a href="/news/articles/2009/oct/12/us-firms-gave-options-to-execs-during-merger-talks/#disqus_thread"></a> <div id="disqus_thread"></div> <script type="text/javascript"> var disqus_shortname = 'wnwnam'; var disqus_title = 'U.S. firms gave options to execs during merger talks: report'; var disqus_url = 'http://go955.com/news/articles/2009/oct/12/us-firms-gave-options-to-execs-during-merger-talks/'; (function() { var dsq = document.createElement('script'); dsq.type = 'text/javascript'; dsq.async = true; dsq.src = 'http://' + disqus_shortname + '.disqus.com/embed.js'; (document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0] || document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0]).appendChild(dsq); })(); </script> </div> </div> </div> <div id="col-2"> <div class="ad-300x250"> </div> <div class="sidebar-box featured-list clearfix"> <h2 class="news">Top Stories</h2> <ul> <li><a href="/news/articles/2012/may/20/public-safety-holding-man-who-they-say-intentionally-set-apartment-building-on-fire/" title="Full Article: Public Safety holding man who they say intentionally set apartment building on fire. 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