My wife was gifted stock options in the privately-held company she works for one year ago. Half vested after one year, and the rest would have vested after two. However, the company was just sold to a publicly traded company, and as part of the sale all of her options are considered fully vested, and they will excersize them for her and pay out the difference.
I can't tell if these "stock options" are truly stock options, or if as part of the sale the company must pay her this money (making it more like a bonus?). If it's a bonus, then there wouldn't be capital gains, but other wise if they're truly considered stock options she would be responsible for capital gains, right?
Submitted June 21, 2021 at 07:29AM by nobbyv https://ift.tt/3wMM4NU
