What does it mean to “exercise stock options”?

447 views

I worked for a startup and as an employee, was “granted” 34,000 “Options” and “vested” in 8,000 “Options (ISO)”. The company has not gone public yet but likely will in the next 3-5 years. I just left the company and the exit paperwork says “Upon termination, you have three months to exercise your Options before they expire.” I have no idea what this means. What happens if I exercise them? What happens if I don’t? What does it even mean to exercise them? Please help.

In: 72

10 Answers

Anonymous 0 Comments

In this case, it simply means to “sell” your shares.

Stock brokers love to make up new words to make their business sound more complicated than it really is. 😉

You are viewing 1 out of 10 answers, click here to view all answers.