Re:Facebook puts off IPO until late 2012
by wavephorm on Wednesday September 14, 2011 @06:14PM
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Doesn't Facebook have several thousand employees by now? If all of them were given only stock options, and not actual shares, then I'd be pissed. Options are more volatile than normal shares. So if the company stays private indefinitely in a sinking market won't the value of those options drop precipitously?
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Re:Facebook puts off IPO until late 2012
by VladRussian on Wednesday September 14, 2011 @06:55PM
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>So if the company stays private indefinitely in a sinking market won't the value of those options drop precipitously?
i guess, they'll give out even more options to keep morale afloat and to counter offers from other companies. Ultimately, 6 months (or whatever restricted period is) after the IPO will be very challenging time for the stock when all this pent up cashing out happens :)
Re:Facebook puts off IPO until late 2012
by suking on Wednesday September 14, 2011 @06:37PM
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They have some type of restricted stock unit to get around the 500 limit with employees. http://allthingsd.com/20110107/with-500-shareholder-concerns...