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Regarding the employee stock option right to buy program discussed in class, what is the correct answer in the following example. An employee receives 100 shares of stock at $20. A year later the employee gets another 100 shares at $35 and a year later they receive another100 shares at $35. At some point after that the employee decides to sell all the shares at a $50 price when the stock rises to $50. How much will they personally profit?
A. $9000
B. $6000
C. $7000
D. None of the above
The correct answer is option (B) i.e. $6,000 which is calculated as below:- | |||
No. of shares | Share price | Amount ($) | |
100 Shares received (100*20) | 20 | 2,000 | |
100 shares purchased (100*35) | 35 | 3,500 | |
100 shares purchased (100*35) | 35 | 3,500 | |
Total shares in hand | 300 shares | 90 | 9,000 |
Less : all shares sold (300*50) | 90 | (15,000) | |
Profit to employee | 6,000 |