Executives from three large California technology companies—Cisco, Qualcomm and Genentech—recently put forth a proposal to expense stock options using a new method that they claim is more accurate than those proposed in FASB’s expensing draft.

Executives from three large California technology companies—Cisco, Qualcomm and Genentech—recently put forth a proposal to expense stock options using a new method that they claim is more accurate than those proposed in FASB’s expensing draft.