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 Set out below is a typical option pricing model with assumptions and a result

 

Example Company PLC
Name ESOS 10
Features 10 year executive option at the money option
Black-Scholes valuation - adjusted for dividend    
   
Grant Date; 02 May 2006  
Valuation Date ; 02/05/2006  
   
Input

 

 

Notes  
  Share price s £2.000 1  
  Risk-free interest rate r

4.70%

2  
  Volatility v 20.00% 3  
  Dividend yield d 3.00% 4  
  Expected term in years t 7.0    5  
  Exercise price x £2.000 6  
   
Output        
  Black-Scholes value   £0.42  
         
  As % of share price   20.90%  
         
Calculations ln (S/X)                 -    
  (r-d)t        0.11900  
  vt^.5        0.52915  
  -dt -     0.21000  
  e^-dt        0.81058  
   
   x=d1   x=d2   
  x        0.48946 -     0.03969  
  N(x)        0.68774        0.48417  
   
  Se^-dtN(d1)        1.11495  
  Xe^-r(t)N(d2)        0.69686  
           
Notes:  
1)  Share price as at 2 May 2006 being day of grant  
2)  Based on yield attributable on a UK Government strip bond  
3)  Based on  historic volatility but rounded up  
4)  Sustainable dividend yield is assumed  
5)  Based on exercise pattern maximum is 10 years  
6)  Exercise price as at 2 May 2006 equal to market value on date of grant  
           

 

 

 

   
   
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