1.   And a New York Stock Exchange task force has recommended tightening guidelines to force companies to seek shareholder approval of almost all options plans.

2.   An executive incentive scheme and employee share option plan were also approved at the meeting.

3.   And while Toyota, Orix, Advantest and Komatsu also have option plans, few others have followed suit.

4.   At the urging of the brokerage firm Microsoft hired to run its options plan, they borrowed heavily to exercise their options before the stock plunged.

5.   At the urging of the brokerage firm that Microsoft hired to run its options plan, they borrowed heavily to exercise their options before the stock plunged.

6.   A company spokesman said the new option plans were a move to accommodate the number of executives coming into the merged company.

7.   Both Chieftain and Plaza say they intend to vote against the option plan.

8.   But as more companies choose to reprice their option plans, criticism of the practice grows increasingly vocal.

9.   But four companies declined to put their options plans to a vote by shareholders.

10.   But option plans that are repriced add insult to injury by letting insiders take advantage of a plummeting stock to increase their potential profits.