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The Well-Prepared Executive: Personal Wealth Preservation Strategies<br />

TABLE OF CONTENTS<br />

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c. 10-Year Grant Period 7<br />

d. 10-Year Exercise Period 7<br />

e. Non-transferable 7<br />

f. $100,000 Per Year Limitation 7<br />

6. Methods of Exercise 8<br />

a. Stock 8<br />

(1) Mature ISO shares for ISOs 8<br />

(2) Immature ISO shares for ISOs 8<br />

b. Reload Provisions 8<br />

c. Net Exercise 8<br />

d. Cashless Exercise 8<br />

7. Modifications and Repricing of ISOs 8<br />

a. Deemed Grant of a New ISO 8<br />

b. Change in Exercise Price and Shares 8<br />

c. Change in Payment Terms 9<br />

d. Acceleration of Exercise 9<br />

e. Administrative and Legal Changes 9<br />

8. Mergers and Acquisitions 9<br />

a. ISOs for ISOs 9<br />

b. ISOs for NQOs 9<br />

9. Summary of ISO Advantages 9<br />

10. Summary of ISO Disadvantages 9<br />

C. Nonqualified Stock Options 9<br />

1. Employee’s Tax Consequences 9<br />

a. Grant 9<br />

(1) NQOs with Readily Ascertainable Fair Market Value 9<br />

(2) Deeply Discounted NQOs 10<br />

(3) No IRC § 83 (b) Election 10<br />

b. Transfer of NQO 10<br />

(1) Gift Tax Issues 10<br />

(2) Estate Tax Issues 11<br />

c. Exercise 11<br />

(1) Stock Restrictions are Ignored in Determining Value 11<br />

(2) Receipt of Restricted Stock 11<br />

d. Sale of Stock 11<br />

2. Example of Tax Consequences 11<br />

3. Methods to Exercise 11<br />

a. Use of Employer Stock to Exercise 11<br />

(1) Use of ISO Shares to Exercise NQOs 11<br />

b. Net Exercise 12<br />

c. Cashless Exercise 12<br />

4. Mergers and Acquisitions 12<br />

5. Summary of NQO Advantages 12<br />

6. Summary of NQO Disadvantages 12<br />

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