What Happens to an Option If the Underlying Stock Has

question 35

Multiple Choice

What happens to an option if the underlying stock has a 3-for-1 split?

• A) There is no change in either the exercise price or in the number of options held.
• B) The exercise price will adjust through normal market movements; the number of options will remain the same.
• C) The exercise price would become one-third of what it was, and the number of options held would triple.
• D) The exercise price would triple, and the number of options held would triple.
• E) There is no standard rule-each corporation has its own policy.

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Definitions:

Short-Term Memory

The ability to keep a minimal amount of data actively accessible in consciousness for a brief duration.

Recency Effect

The psychological phenomenon where the most recently presented information is remembered better than information presented earlier.

Eyewitness Memory

The recollection by individuals of events they have witnessed, significant in the context of legal trials and psychology due to its reliability and susceptibility to error.

Short-Term Memory

The capacity for holding, but not manipulating, a small amount of information in mind in an active, readily available state for a short period of time.