Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Bob Iger, chief executive of Disney, cashed out a chunk of his stock options worth $42.7 million, according to a regulatory filing.
Iger sold 372,412 shares of Disney on Nov. 22, with an aggregate market value of $42,667,125.16, according to an SEC filing.
Those shares were vested stock options Iger was granted in 2014 that were set to expire in December; he exercised the options under a trading plan adopted last week.
Note that Iger is not pocketing $42.7 million. The options granted in 2014 have an exercise price (aka “strike price”) of $92.24/share, which is the price at which he could buy the shares.
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