Employee stock purchase plan

Employee stock purchase plan

(USA) A plan under which key employees are given the right to purchase shares of the company at a future date on favourable terms. Under the USA Internal Revenue Code, if a plan meets certain requirements, employees can purchase stock at 85% of market price without any USA tax consequence, though the rules in other countries are different.

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Category: Private equity
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