Which of the Following Actions Would Be Most Likely to Reduce

question 60

Multiple Choice

Which of the following actions would be most likely to reduce potential conflicts of interest between stockholders and managers?

• A) Pay managers large cash salaries and give them no stock options.
• B) Change the corporation's formal documents to make it easier for outside investors to acquire a controlling interest in the firm through a hostile takeover.
• C) Beef up the restrictive covenants in the firm's debt agreements.
• D) Eliminate a requirement that members of the board of directors must hold a high percentage of their personal wealth in the firm's stock.
• E) For a firm that compensates managers with stock options,reduce the time before options are vested,i.e. ,the time before options can be exercised and the shares that are received can be sold.

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Definitions:

Corporate Takeover

The acquisition of one company, called the target company, by another, referred to as the acquiring company, which effectively allows the acquiring company to make decisions for the target company.

Distribution

Payment made by a firm to its owners from sources other than current or accumulated earnings.

Going-Private Transaction

A corporate action in which a company's outstanding public shares are bought out, usually by a private investor, to delist it from public stock exchanges.

Reverse IPO

A process where a private company becomes publicly traded by acquiring a majority stake in a public company, bypassing traditional initial public offerings (IPO) processes.