EMI, CSOP and unapproved options, RSUs, the tax at grant, vest, exercise and sale, Business Asset Disposal Relief, section 431 elections, and what a term sheet’s preference stack does to common stock. Worked at the level of someone holding a grant now, with a calculator.

What this section covers

  • EMI, CSOP and unapproved options, and the tax at each stage
  • RSUs: vesting, withholding and currency exposure
  • Business Asset Disposal Relief and the two-year rule
  • Section 431 elections and when to make them
  • Reading a term sheet: preference stacks and what they do to common stock

New articles are published under RSUs, Negotiation, Salary Survey.