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stock option grant being cancelled because strike price greater than FMV and replaced with a new grant at a higher strike price
Both you and the Company were probably benefitted by this decision.  Specifically an option grant that was not FRV or more would require you to recognize the option as income whether you had exercised it or not.  Additionally a host of other 409A tax issues/penalties could have been levied against you as an employee recipient.  I certainly appreciate your concern about a change in compensation, but this is one where Corporate America likely saved your bacon.