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14 nov. 2016 - results also show CEO timing ability. CEOs accelerate earnings announcements when they have to exercise their stock options close to expiry,.
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AVIS DE SOUTENANCE

Mme NASSIMA SELMANE Soutiendra sa thèse en vue de l'obtention du diplôme Doctorat en Sciences de Gestion Le: 02 décembre 2016 à 10h00 Salle des thèses Sur le sujet: CEO Stock Option Exercises: Private Information and Earnings Announcements

Le jury se compose comme suit: Qualité

Etablissement

Rôle

Mme FANY DECLERCK

PROFESSEUR DES UNIVERSITES

UNIVERSITE TOULOUSE 1

Membre du jury

Mme EDITH GINGLINGER

PROFESSEUR DES UNIVERSITES

UNIVERSITE PARIS DAUPHINE

Rapporteur du jury

M. ALEXANDER GUEMBEL

PROFESSEUR DES UNIVERSITES

UNIVERSITE TOULOUSE 1

Directeur de recherches

M. ZACHARIAS SAUTNER

PROFESSEUR

FRANKFURT SCHOOL OF FINANCE & MANAGEMENT

Rapporteur du jury

M. JOHN THANASSOULIS

PROFESSEUR

UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK

Rapporteur du jury

Nom

Résumé de la thèse This dissertation contains three chapters. Chapter 1 presents a description of stock option compensation and discusses the existing literature on stock option awards and exercises. Chapter 2 investigates CEO exercise behavior in the most important French companies. The results provide evidence of information timing of option exercises. Chapter 3 examines annual earnings announcement and its relation with CEO exercise decisions. The results of this chapter indicate that earnings are more likely to exceed analyst forecasts when CEOs exercise their options close to expiry shortly after the announcements. The likelihood of positive surprise increases when option exercises are followed by stock sales. The results also show CEO timing ability. CEOs accelerate earnings announcements when they have to exercise their stock options close to expiry, especially when they sell the obtained shares. Chapter 3 shows that CEOs use a higher level of discretionary accruals when they have to exercise options that are about to expire.

Mots clés

Stock options, Exercise, Private Information, Timing, Backdating, Earnings Announcements, Accruals.

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