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Kristin McFarland
Podcast included! When a company is merging or being acquired, many employees are left wondering what will happen to their unvested RSUs. While the outcomes for holders of unvested RSUs and current equity holders will depend on the terms of the M&A deal, if your company is being acquired there are a few things you should know about your restricted stock units and what may happen.
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Richard Lintermans
Your company is being acquired. You worry about losing your job and your valuable stock options. In Part 1 we looked at the importance of your option grant terms. Part 2 examines the acquisition's terms and the valuation of your company.
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Richard Lintermans
The terms of your option grants, the terms of the M&A deal, and the valuation of your company's stock all affect the treatment of stock options in M&A. What happens to your unvested options is the main focus of concern.
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Taxes
Richard Lintermans
Part 1 looked at the importance of your option grant terms. Part 2 examined the acquisition's terms and the valuation of your company. Now let's look at the tax treatment.
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I was hired by Company X and received equity pay that might have been worth between $300,000 and $400,000 at our IPO. Not bad, except that we never went public.
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Edwin L. Miller, Jr.
Employees in startup companies often have misconceptions about their stock options and restricted stock. Understand what could happen to your stock options or restricted stock in venture capital financings, in an acquisition, or in an IPO. Part 1 looks at M&A deals; Part 2 analyzes IPOs.
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