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Harmer Incorporated is now a successful company. In the early days (before it became profitable), it issued
ISOs to its employees. Now Harmer is trying to decide whether to Issue NQOs or ISOs to its employees.
Initially, Harmer would like to give each employee 20 options (each option allows the employee to acquire
one share of Harmer stock). For purposes of this problem, assume that the options are exercised in three
years (three years from now) and that the underlying stock is sold in five years (five years from now).
Assume that taxes are paid at the same time the income generating the tax is recognized. Also assume the
following facts:
The after-tax discount rate for both Harmer Incorporated and its employees is 10 percent.
The corporate tax rate is 21 percent.
The personal (employee) ordinary income tax rate is 37 percent.
The personal (employee) long-term capital gains rate is 20 percent.
The exercise price of the options is $7.
The market price of Harmer at date of grant is $5.
The market price of Harmer at date of exercise is $25.
The market price of Harmer at date of sale is $35.
Answer the following questions:
Note: Leave no answer blank. Enter zero if applicable.
Required:
f. What is the present value of each employee's after-tax cash flows from year 1 through year 5 if the
employees recelve NQOs? PV of each exployee's after-tax cash flows? $_______________ Use Exhibit 3.1.
Note: Round your Intermedlate calculations and final answer to 2 decimal places.
g. How many NQOs would Harmer have to grant to keep its employees Indifferent between NQOs and 20 ISOs? Number of NQOs?______________
Note: Do not round Intermedlate calculations. Round up your final answer to the next whole number.
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