- Industry: Financial services
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For employee stock option plans:
The right to purchase shares of stock at a fixed price over a specified period of time.
Industry:Financial services
The date that the split ratio takes effect for a corporation's outstanding shares of stock when a stock split occurs.
Industry:Financial services
For participants in employee stock option plans:
The right to purchase a specific number of shares at a fixed price within a certain period of time subject to the terms of the plan under which the grants are awarded.
Industry:Financial services
The ratio by which a corporation's number of outstanding shares of stock is adjusted on the split date when a stock split occurs. In a split, the share price becomes a fraction of the pre-split prices.
For example: If a stock par value splits 2-for-1, the number of authorized shares doubles and the price per share drops by half.
Industry:Financial services
The right to purchase or sell shares of stock at a fixed price over a specified period of time. Not applicable to employee stock option plan participants.
Industry:Financial services
For participants in employee stock option plans:
The difference between the grant price and the current market price.
Industry:Financial services
A power of attorney enabling a person other than the owner to transfer stock ownership to another party. Stock power is sometimes granted when stock is pledged as collateral for a loan.
Industry:Financial services
The total amount of cash generated through the sale of shares or the exercise of employee stock options.
Industry:Financial services
An increase in the number of outstanding shares of a company's stock, such that proportionate equity of each shareholder remains the same.
Industry:Financial services
