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Corporations - Employee Stock Option Plans - Nature Of Consideration Required For Valid Plan, Richard E. Day
Corporations - Employee Stock Option Plans - Nature Of Consideration Required For Valid Plan, Richard E. Day
Michigan Law Review
Restricted stock option plans, approved by a majority of the stockholders, were adopted by the defendant corporation in 1951 and 1952 pursuant to, and in compliance with, section 218 of the Revenue Act of 1950, for the purpose of" ... providing an incentive to participating key executive employees in the form of an opportunity to acquire a greater proprietary interest in the corporation and thus stimulate their efforts in the corporate welfare .... " The options were effective and exercisable anytime from the date of issuance to the end of a five-year period, with provision for termination three months after …