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The company usually grants options in March.
These companies would qualify as a company that grants options to all employee groups.
Every year or two, FedEx grants options to its executives, a group of fewer than 1,000 people.
Nearly every public company grants options and, on average, they make up more than half of a top executive's pay.
It also grants options to about 1,800 managers, though the people in this group can change from year to year.
In some instances, there are allegations of front-running, in which the company grants options, then releases market-moving positive news days later, allowing the executives to benefit from the runup.
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Recently, however, Siebel has been reluctant to grant options.
Granting options is not likely to become less popular, though.
For most executives granted options in 1997, 1998 and 1999 that is not an issue.
Granting options shortly before announcing good news in this way is called "spring-loading".
Southwest also said, in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing, that Mr. Kelleher, 76, who is a founder of the airline, was granted options to buy 60,000 Southwest shares and that Ms. Barrett, 62, was granted options to buy 75,000 shares.
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