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Net-share settlement vs. cash exercise of options — does it change the TSM dilution?

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TSM as taught assumes cash exercise: holder pays strike, company buys back stock. With net-share (cashless) settlement, the company simply issues the net intrinsic-value shares directly — holder gets…

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