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What are Employee Stock Options?Employee Stock Options are granted to selected (senior) managers of a company according to certain terms. They carry the right (but not the obligation) to buy a certain amount of shares in a company at a predetermined price. An employee stock option is slightly different from a regular exchange-traded call option because it is not generally traded on an exchange, and there is no put component (where a profit is made from the underlying stock following). Normally employees must wait a specified vesting period before being allowed to exercise the option. The idea behind the stock option is to align incentives between the management and the shareholders of a company. Shareholders want to see the stock price to increase, so (in theory) rewarding managers when the stock goes up aligns everybody's goals. However there are a number of reasons why this alignment is far from perfect in reality:
Also referred to as Stock Option Plan.
Compare with: Employee Benefits | Phantom Stock Plan | Employee Stock Ownership Plan | Golden Handcuff | Golden Hello | Golden Parachute | Golden Handshake | Pro Forma Earnings | Treasury Stock | Unissued Stock |
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