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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

Arora’s filings have been dominated by sales, often to cover taxes on massive vestings of restricted stock units.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

His holdings include previously reported shares of common stock underlying restricted stock units, which are subject to certain vesting conditions.

From Barron's • Jan. 2, 2026

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

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