It means that the strike price, which is the price you can buy your company's shares for, is higher than the market price such that there is no sense exercising your options for the shares at all.
Stock options basically a priveledge that is sold by one party to another that allows them to buy or sell stock. It is not an obligation by the buyer to sell, they can if they choose to sell upon the agreed on price.
What do you mean redistributable? For what it's worth, stock options do not usually grant the owner the right to dividends or other equity-related income.
Per contract refers to options trading. It means in one contract, there are 100 shares of that company's stock.
A stock option is simply a privilege that can be purchased allowing them to buy or sell stock at a certain price for a specific period of time. Many companies offer their employees stock options in the company for their service.
Preferred stock as opposed to ordinary stock is treated preferentially (hence the name) when it comes to paying out any dividends. Therefore such stock options, when exercised, can become a significant part of your remuneration, but bear in mind that in exercising these options you link your personal fortune more closely to your company than your contract of employment might specify.
presume you mean "back date"... like back dating stock options. Questionable and sometimes illegal process of claiming in the present that something (like the granting of stock options to executives) actually occurred at an earlier time than it did.
To exercise and sell typically refers to the process of exercising stock options and then immediately selling the acquired shares. This is common among employees who have stock options as part of their compensation. By exercising the options, they buy shares at a predetermined price and then sell them at the current market price, potentially realizing a profit. This strategy can be used to capitalize on rising stock values while managing financial risk.
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