Questão número 636726

Read the text below in order to answer questions 26 to 30.

STOCK OPTIONS

Twenty years ago, the biggest component of executive compensation was cash, in the form of salaries and bonuses. Stock options were just a footnote. Now the reverse is true. With astounding speed, stock option grants have come to dominate the pay - and often the wealth - of top executives throughout the United States. Last year, Jack Welch's unexercised GE options were valued at more than $260 million. Intel CEO Craig Barrett's were worth more than $100 million. Michael Eisner exercised 22 million options on Disney stock in 1988 alone, netting more than a half-billion dollars. In total, U.S. executives hold unexercised options worth tens of billions of dollars.

Which of the following statements reflects the content of the text?

• A.

  Stock option grants might dominate world top executives'pay.

• B.

  Stock options had always played a leading role in American top executives' career.

• C.

  Stock options will soon be the smallest component of international top executives' pay.

• D.

  Stock options may represent just a footnote in American top executives' pay.

• E.

  Stock options are already a significant part of American top executives' pay.