What’s the difference between stock grants and stock options?

August 18, 2000

Subject:   Re: stock grants
Date:   Wed, 09 Jun 1999
From:   Patrice

What’s the difference between stock grants and stock options?

Answer

Date:   28 Jul 2000

Hello Patrice,

When you are given a stock grant, you receive corporate stock. When you are given a stock option, you receive an option to purchase corporate stock at a fixed price for a given time.

Good luck!

Mike Gray

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