Until the rules changed a few years ago, companies preferred awarding “at the money” stock option grants because of the favorable accounting treatment the IRS afforded them.
Under the old regulations, companies didn’t have to record a compensation expense for “at the money” grants. An employee who received an “at the money” grant could, when the options vested at some later date, buy shares at the price they traded at the day the option was awarded.
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