Replies to post #27534 on InterDigital Inc (IDCC)

[blueskywaves]

INTERDIGITAL (IDCC) 
 Selected Financial Data for Dummies 
 1995 to 2002 
 . 
 . 
 .                                              Out- 
               Change           Change  Head-  standing   Avail. 
 Year   O/S       %      R&D      %     Count   Options  Options 
 . 
 . 
 1995  46.5M     -      $ 9.7M     -     183     4.0M     6.4M 
 1996  46.5M       0%    21.6M   122.3%  278     4.4M     5.6M 
 1997  48.2M     3.7%    24.2M    12.0%  205     6.0M     3.9M  
 1998  48.8M     1.2%    17.2M   (28.9%) 215     5.8M     4.1M 
 1999  50.5M     3.5%    20.5M    19.2%  126     4.4M     3.8M 
 2000  57.3M    13.5%    26.0M    26.8%  191     5.9M     5.8M 
 2001  53.4M   ( 6.8%)   44.5M    71.1%  319    10.6M     1.0M 
 2002  56.1M     5.1%    46.7M     4.9%  300    10.5M     1.9M 
 . 
 PROPOSED INCREASE (5M)                                   6.9M 
 . 
 From the Proxy Statement..... 
 . 
 In 2002, the Company made no initial, Company-wide, 
 or promotion related grants of stock options to any 
 of its executive officers.  
 . 
 As of the end of 2002, the percentage of stock  
 options outstanding held by executive officers  
 was approximately 18% of the total number of stock 
 options outstanding held by all option recipients 
 . 
 . 
 Note:   
 . 
 The average option package per employee went from 
 21,858 options per employee in 1995 to 35,000 options 
 per employee in 2002, or by approximately 60%. 
 . 
 The average R&D spent per employee went from  
 $53,000 per  employee in 1995 to 155,667 per  
 employee in 2002, or by approximately 194%! 
 .