In 2010, an employee was granted 300 options on the stock of a firm with an exercise price of $25 per option. In 2015, after the options had vested and when the stock was trading at $40 per share, she exercised the options. The firm’s income tax rate is 30 percent. What was the after-tax cost to shareholders of remunerating this employee with options? What would cost to shareholders be if company used exercise date accounting method?