In some quarters, more than 20 percent of the company's revenue came from backdated contracts.

Soon after, those people said, the directors had given their approval by signing off on the backdated grants.

All this happened against the backdrop of a federal inquiry into backdated stock options at Apple.

Last week, the company said it had settled a shareholder suit over the backdated stock options.

Conservatives seek to obstruct people who wish to claim backdated benefits.

Backdated gains, in this view, were simply a substitute for offering executives more cash.

About $6.4 million of that profit was a result of backdated options, prosecutors say.

She finally received the money, but now the Conservatives wish to obstruct such people in their pursuit of backdated benefit.

Some lawyers who have been hired by companies as outside investigators said they did not currently expect backdated exercises to become a widespread issue.

The $18.4 million buyout of his backdated options resulted in no bonuses to be handed out to the entire company.

It had taken her a week to diagram the original, then two more to steal the necessary components and assemble the backdated copy.

Directors of companies that issued backdated or spring-loaded options may now try to shift the blame.

Also in this field there are acquired rights, which it would be unfair to modify in a backdated fashion.

So far, rank-and-file employees who simply received potentially backdated stock options are not in the agency's cross hairs.

Federal investigators are combing through the files of more than 120 companies looking for evidence of backdated options.

Over a number of months an increasing number of people reported £1000s in backdated payouts.

If not, you can get it reduced and get a backdated payout potentially worth thousands of pounds.

Firefighter Mullen received a backdated promotion and $29,000.

A backdated note could be taken as evidence that Mr. Dinkins intended to avoid the tax.

They produced no backdated memos, claimed no memory loss and found not a single subordinate to blame.

(various backdated issues relating to Air Inter scheduled flight information, 1960-1997)

However, this does not apply retrospectively and until the 31 March 2010 any request for backdated registration will be limited to 1 April 2006.

(various backdated issues relating to commercial air transport at Berlin Tegel)

A dentist on Staten Island spent a weekend clearing space in his basement for the backdated files he now must keep.

Ms. Peyroux herself remained poised and inscrutable, keeping her backdated music away from campiness.

God knows what it had cost them to backdate the place like that.

They might try to backdate some of those payments, too.

This is because any increase to your payments can only be backdated by up to three months.

They suggest that the order was created only after the attack, then backdated.

Prosecutors are now investigating more than 80 companies for backdating.

The question became whether the 1985 letter was genuine or written later and backdated.

Applying early for these is important - any claims can only be backdated by three months.

His promotion to Lieutenant in 1878 was backdated to 1876.

"It was obvious that information had been added and backdated," the report said.

Any claim can be backdated to the introduction of the tax on 1 April 2001.

The report found instances of backdating ranging from one to nine days.

But it's best to report changes like this straight away, as any increase in your payments can only be backdated by up to three months.

Well they're on about backdating it to the third.

People who study ragtime believe this may be another case of "backdating".

Companies that are caught backdating options, of course, have huge accounting problems.

Backdate home responsibilities protection to cover women coming up to retirement now.

It was passed in 1696 but backdated to the beginning of the parliamentary session.

The question he was trying to answer was: Are companies backdating options?

Analysts did not focus on the company's stock options backdating difficulties.

Cases of backdating employee stock options have drawn public and media attention.

He was promoted to lieutenant in 1948 (backdated to November 1947).

This is to make sure that you get your payments backdated to the earliest possible date.

How far payments can be backdated is also changing.

The increase was to be backdated to June 1 and would rise to 75 per cent by the last quarter of 1991.

Your pay will be adjusted and backdated to the beginning of the month.'

They had wanted 20 per cent to cover four years of back-dated pay.

The tax changes will be back-dated to the start of the fiscal year and come into force in September.

The ban was back-dated to start from August 1 last year.

They may also have to pay interest and fines on the back-dated tax bills.

The back-dated claims by the energy distribution companies could have lost the Treasury £900m.

Should it be back-dated to match trade date on confirmation letter?

Government regulations do not permit back-dated forms past the end date of your study period.

The bans were handed out last month but back-dated to November.

It would be back-dated indefinitely for those whose husband or wife had died, the chancellor said.

I also discovered correspondence from my lawyers to the company which appears to have been back-dated.

Not only can you get your band lowered, but a back-dated rebate too.

But that sentence was back-dated and the halved when he provided “substantial assistance” to the authorities.

I applied in July this year and got it back-dated to April.

It was back-dated so that Dobzhansky's lectures became the first in the series.

Is there perhaps more back-dated material to come?

"How was it you were helping him by giving him a false, back-dated bill?"

They stood by their demands for back-dated bonus payments.

Printed up in fake back-dated editions, aged and so on; you seem to know.

In response, he sent me two back-dated bills.

We advise readers to check that all parts are still available before commencing any project in a back-dated issue.

The award was back-dated to the end of the Second World War.

(The reports are always back-dated two days for confidentiality reasons.)

Citizenship by registration had previously been back-dated to birth.

The court heard that his benefits were then reinstated and were also back-dated, as he had asked them to be, to January 2010.

The event of default will likely be back-dated to the date of the first missing payments.