freesia39
4-13-2005, 2:58 AM
my dad says one thing, my bf says the other, right now i'm going to believe my dad.
someone explain vesting to me. i'm currently 25% vested in my incentive stock option at work. the way my dad explained it, i can currently exercise up to 25% of the max shares i'm allotted. once i hit two years, i can exercise the next 25%, etc. the vesting period is 4 years, and my anniversary date is the date of when i started.
the way my bf explained it was that i could exercise all of it now but something to do with the purchase price... he said it makes sense to him but it makes no sense to me. what i've been looking up online seems to support my dad, and i tend to believe him since they went through this with my mom's former employer.
a lot of the stuff i've also been reading has been about the tax implications, i.e. how long i should hold them before this tax applies or that applies, but the vesting part is the one that still is slightly confuzzling.
someone explain vesting to me. i'm currently 25% vested in my incentive stock option at work. the way my dad explained it, i can currently exercise up to 25% of the max shares i'm allotted. once i hit two years, i can exercise the next 25%, etc. the vesting period is 4 years, and my anniversary date is the date of when i started.
the way my bf explained it was that i could exercise all of it now but something to do with the purchase price... he said it makes sense to him but it makes no sense to me. what i've been looking up online seems to support my dad, and i tend to believe him since they went through this with my mom's former employer.
a lot of the stuff i've also been reading has been about the tax implications, i.e. how long i should hold them before this tax applies or that applies, but the vesting part is the one that still is slightly confuzzling.