xyz sa a hypothetical company offers its employees a defined benefit pension plan in 1557359

XYZ SA, a hypothetical company, offers its employees a defined benefit pension plan. Information on XYZ’s retirement plans is presented in Exhibit 2. It also grants stock options to executives. Exhibit 3 contains information on the volatility assumptions used to value stock options.

Compared to 2009 net income as reported, if XYZ had used the same expected volatility assumption for its 2009 option grants that it had used in 2008, its 2009 net income would have been:

A. lower.

B. higher.

C. the same.