stock options

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1. The right to purchase a company's shares at a future date at an agreed price. Companies often give stock options to their executives as an incentive to improve the company's performance and boost its share price. If the share price has risen above the agreed price of the option by the time the option is exercised, the executive stands to make a considerable profit.

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Blau is a cofounder of Myoforte/Epirium and holds equity and stock options in the company.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

Wall Street will have to navigate a “quadruple witching” Friday, the once-a-quarter event when certain stock-index futures, stock-index options, stock options and single-stock futures all expire.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026

He was able to keep vested stock options valued at around $28 million as of Monday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

Yet even more generous are the stock options that the employees have been allowed to partially cash in via limited share sales.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

The authors of these articles are paid at a standard rate, have journalist status and are also given stock options in the company.

From Interviews (1998-2001) by Marie Lebert