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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 8 – EMPLOYEE SHARE PURCHASE AND STOCK OPTION PLANS (Cont’d)
Summary of outstanding options under Creative’s employee stock option plans
The following table summarizes option information for Creative’s employee stock option plans (New Plan and 1999
Scheme) as at June 30, 2001.
Options Outstanding Options Exercisable
Weighted
Average
Remaining Weighted Weighted
Range of Number Contractual Average Number Average
Exercise Prices Outstanding Life Exercise Price Exercisable Exercise Price
(’000) (years) ($) (’000) ($)
$3.00 to $4.99 405 0.41 4.79 404 4.79
$5.00 to $7.99 569 0.41 5.83 569 5.83
$8.00 to $10.99 5,484 7.94 9.15 2,632 9.18
$11.00 to $14.99 85 0.83 12.77 85 12.77
$15.00 to $22.00 238 4.12 19.40 153 19.69
6,781 6.63 9.01 3,843 8.72
Subsidiary Stock Option Plan
During fiscal 2000, a consolidated subsidiary of Creative established a stock option plan which allows for subsidiary
employees and others to be granted options to purchase shares of stock in the subsidiary. The total number of shares
that may be granted as options under the subsidiary 2000 Stock Option Plan (“2000 Plan”) is 8 million shares
provided that such amounts shall be automatically increased on the first day (July 1) of each of the five fiscal years
ending June 30, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005 by the lesser of (i) three hundred thousand shares or (ii) one
percent of the issued share capital of the Company as at the last day of the immediately preceding fiscal year. The
exercise price of options granted under the 2000 Plan may be less than the fair market value of the shares as of the
date of grant and the options expire after the tenth anniversary of the date of grant.
In December 1999, the subsidiary agreed to issue options to certain key executives to acquire 1.2 million shares at
an exercise price of $1.00 per share. The options were granted in May 2000, vest over four years and are exercisable
for 10 years.
In May 2000, the subsidiary granted options to its employees to acquire 2.1 million shares at an exercise price of
$2.50 per share. These options vest over four years and are exercisable for 10 years. In May 2000, the subsidiary
also granted options to certain employees of Creative to acquire 0.47 million shares at an exercise price of $2.50 per
share and 0.06 million shares at $1.00 per share. The options vest over four years effective from April 1, 2000 and
are exercisable for 5 years.
Because the exercise prices for the aforementioned grants are below the deemed fair value per ordinary share of
$4.50, the grants give rise to a deferred share compensation expense of approximately $9.2 million. The compensation
expense is being amortized over the four-year vesting period of the underlying options and for the year ended June
30, 2000, the subsidiary recorded an amortization expense of $0.6 million. Future amortization of deferred share
compensation expense is subject to changes due to the impact of future grants and cancellation of options, if any.