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Assuming the options grant was coordinated with the loan deal (so we don’t need any innuendo about the suspicious timing), would that be insider trading? Couldn
by shajznnckfke 6y ago
Assuming the options grant was coordinated with the loan deal (so we don’t need any innuendo about the suspicious timing), would that be insider trading? Couldn’t a company explicitly give a bonus to an executive as a reward for winning some business? Matt Levine makes a similar point in the article you linked.
- take_a_breath 6y ago==Assuming the options grant was coordinated with the loan deal (so we don’t need any innuendo about the suspicious timing), would that be insider trading?== We shouldn’t assume that considering the Kodak gave a completely different reason: “The options were granted to shield Continenza’s overall stake in the company from being diluted by a $100 million convertible bond deal clinched in May 2019 to help Eastman Kodak stay afloat, according to the person’s account.”