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What happens when options are vested?

If options are vested, the employee can execute these and is often rewarded with depositary receipts. The idea is that an employee receives all options on day one but will receive the full rights to execute these options (buying the underlying depositary receipts) over a set period of time and/or after a certain milestone is hit. A standard vesting stipulation usually looks as follows: the vesting period is four years. After one year the employee will earn 25% of the option rights, then the percentage will increase per month to a total of 100% of the option rights after four years.

Amsterdam startup Share Council secures over €1M from The Sharing Group and others; here’s how

Amsterdam-based social enterprise Share Council, a FinTech startup focused on “closing the capital wealth gap by making every SME employee co-owner”, announced on Tuesday that it is proud to have raised over €1M in funding from The Sharing Group (known from MyWheels & Mijndomein) and a network of strategic angel investors. Share Council is build on the premise of “everyone a co-owner”, hence the last 100k of stock is now publicly coming available, see sharecouncil.co/invest
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96.5% of European SME employees have no ownership in what they produce on a daily basis

Just 5 Million EU employees own equity in the company they work for. This creates a staggering divide and it leaves Europe behind in the race for global talent.
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