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restricted stock

American  

noun

  1. unregistered stock, as that issued privately as compensation to corporate executives subject to special conditions.


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During the past two decades, SpaceX has hired thousands of staff and granted them boatloads of restricted stock units, incentive stock options and nonqualified stock options that have vested over time.

From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026

Beck also voluntarily forfeited and cancelled 392,155 restricted stock units.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

That increase in wealth isn’t bad, considering Tesla shareholders recently voted to award Musk restricted stock options worth roughly $1 trillion if all performance incentives are met.

From Barron's • Nov. 19, 2025

Kulkarni receives an annual base salary and is also eligible to receive “stock options, restricted stock, restricted stock units or other equity awards,” according to Rigetti’s proxy statement.

From Barron's • Oct. 23, 2025

Greg Lippmann was paid $47 million in 2007, although $24 million of it was in restricted stock that he could not collect unless he hung around Deutsche Bank for a few more years.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis