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Stock Appreciation Right (SAR)

A stock appreciation right (SAR) is a form of bonus compensation given to employees that is equal to the appreciation of company stock over an established time period. Similar to employee stock options (ESO), SARs are beneficial to the employee when company stock prices rise; the difference with SARs is that employees do not have to pay the exercise price, but receive the sum of the increase in stock or cash.

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