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ESOP: Employee Stock Option Plan - In Simpler Words

What are ESOP’s? From being given to acknowledge and remunerate senior employees to using it as a consideration in the beginning to retain employees, since employers cannot afford to shed lakhs of money for remuneration, ESOP’s became essential for startups. Employee Stock Option Plans are the plans in which employees get the right to purchase a number of shares in the company at a discounted price (less than the market price). Companies provide their employees with stock ownership at a discounted price. These shares are a part of employees remuneration for work performed. Following terms are to be kept in mind for a better understanding of ESOP’s: Grant of Options: It’s the issue of the right provided by the company to its employees to buy shares of the company. Vesting: Vesting is earning the right to exercise the options. Vesting Period: It’s the period that an employee has to wait to exercise his options. Exercise Price: A price that is paid to convert the options into share. 1. 2. 3. 4.

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