Report: Apple's Jobs backdated Pixar options
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(InfoWorld) - New allegations have surfaced that Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs was involved in backdating stock-option grants improperly while chairman of the animated movie studio Pixar Inc. The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that Jobs approved a March 2001 employment contract with "Toy Story" director John Lasseter that granted Lasseter Pixar stock options priced in December 2000, three months before the contract was signed and when the stock price was at its lowest level of the year. Although the Journal reports it is not clear whether Jobs picked the December stock options pricing date, his signature, on behalf of Pixar, is on Lasseter's contract. Stock-options backdating is not illegal, per se, but there are U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regulations on how they must be accounted for and disclosed to shareholders. Pixar Inc. has since been acquired by The Walt Disney Co., Jobs now sits on Disney's board and is its largest individual shareholder. Disney said it is conducting its own investigation of Pixar stock-options practices. The U.S. Attorney's Office in San Francisco and the SEC have been investigating stock-options backdating actions at Apple and other companies. Calls to the U.S. Attorney's Office, Apple and Disney were not immediately returned.
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The Motley Fool - The Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL - News) rumor mill has been hard at work lately, with plenty of folks prognosticating about what exactly Steve Jobs would announce today in the company's "It's Showtime" event. I found the actual announcements mostly underwhelming, with some potential bright spots on the horizon.
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By Ryan Blitstein, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Dec. 16--In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Apple Computer said Friday it will delay its annual 10-K financial report by more than two weeks while it reviews the findings of its investigation into stock option grants.
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has morphed from a question of 'If' to 'When' among fans and analysts. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez" border="0" /> Apple Computer Inc. said Friday it has delayed filing its annual report with the Securities and Exchange Commission due to its ongoing investigation into stock option grants.
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LOS ANGELES  - It's back to the Mac this week. During a record-setting 2007, Apple (AAPL) rewrote its history with the success of the iPhone and continuing strong sales of the iPod line. This week, the company is expected to turn the focus to its roots: computers.
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The Motley Fool - The head of Steve Jobs probably did a 360 -- a la Regan in The Exorcist -- when he heard the news, reported in a recent issue of Hollywood Reporter, that Disney (NYSE: DIS - News) will make Toy Story 3.
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Apple Computer, the maker of iPod music players, delayed filing its financial statements on Friday for the second time, and said it would restate earnings to account for backdated stock-option grants.  The size of any charge related to the options has not been finalized.
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The Motley Fool - Yesterday, I wrote about how everyone and their neighbor seems to gunning for a slice of Apple's (Nasdaq: AAPL - News) iPod and iTunes business. And while I still believe it's possible for News Corp.'s (NYSE: NWS - News) MySpace, Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT - News), and Sony (NYSE: SNE - News) to erode some of Apple's market share for downloadable music, I don't expect the company to passively stand by as revenues drop.
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Apple Inc  Chief Executive Steve Jobs has been asked by U.S. securities regulators to give a deposition in a stock options backdating lawsuit against the company's former general counsel, Bloomberg reported on Thursday, citing two people familiar with the matter.
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Pixar Animation Studios Inc on Thursday posted lower fourth-quarter earnings but still topped Wall Street targets with its hit "The Incredibles" and said it would not help Walt Disney Co make sequels of the films produced under their partnership.
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Despite a strong November opening for &quot;The Incredibles,&quot; Pixar Animation Studios Inc. is considering shifting its feature film release dates to the spring to maximize box office potential
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Pixar has a trend of "buy on the release, sell on the news," but times may be changing for the better.
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A year ago, Apple CEO Steve Jobs cut Pixar's ties with Disney, opting to handle its own marketing and distribution. With that move, the animation shop that made a name for itself with a hopping lamp became its own studio, in control of everything from the rendered frame, to the prints shipped to theatres, to the timing and pricing of its DVDs.ADVERTISEMENTReducing the Total Cost of OwnershipLearn how to reduce the total coast of ownership in enterprise data management in this case study.
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It could be deja vu all over again for Apple Computer Inc. .
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Don't kick Pixar just because you don't see its ticker symbol around.
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NEW YORK -- Apple Computer Inc. said Friday it has delayed filing its annual report with the Securities and Exchange Commission due to its ongoing investigation into stock option grants.
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Pixar and DreamWorks worked outside the rulebook for animated films. In the process, they wrote new rules. But will Hollywood take the wrong lesson?