Stock Option Award

Stock options are a form of compensation. Companies can grant them to employees, contractors, consultants and investors. These options, which are contracts, give an employee the right to buy or exercise a set number of shares of the company stock at a pre-set price, also known as the grant price.

If an employee is getting a market level salary with employee stock options, they should certainly accept the deal. In that way, you have possibly less chance to lose anything. But if you are accepting stock options in exchange for a lower salary, make sure you have a good understanding with the company.

Stock options are a form of compensation. Companies can grant them to employees, contractors, consultants and investors. These options, which are contracts, give an employee the right to buy or exercise a set number of shares of the company stock at a pre-set price, also known as the grant price.

Stock options give employees the right to buy a number of shares at a price fixed at grant for a defined number of years into the future.Stock appreciation rights (SARs) provide the right to the increase in the value of a designated number of shares, paid in cash or shares.

Companies award (or "grant") options to their employees. These allow the employees the right to buy shares of the company at a set price (also know as the "strike price" or "award price") within a certain span of time (usually several years).The options are earned (also referred to as "vested") over a period of time.

With an employee stock option plan, you are offered the right to buy a specific number of shares of company stock, at a specified price called the grant price (also called the exercise price or strike price), within a specified number of years.

200bDefinition200b A restricted stock award is when a company grants someone stock as a form of compensation. The stock awarded has additional conditions on it, including a vesting schedule, so is called restricted stock. Restricted stock awards may also be called simply stock awards or stock grants.

Employee stock options can be a nice perk on top of a decent salary. They can also be poor compensation for lackluster pay.Those options can often represent a large percentage of the employees compensation. Sometimes, they even represent the largest share of compensation.