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Employee Stock Option - ESO
Employee Stock Option - ESO
Image 1 Stock options granted to specified employees of a company. ESOs carry the right but not obligation to buy a certain amount of shares in the company at a predetermined price.
Image 2 ESOs are slightly different from regular options because they do not have puts and you typically must wait a specified period before you are allowed to exercise the option.


Call

Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)

Exercise

Incentive Stock Option (ISO)

Nonqualified Stock Option (NSO)

Option

Vesting