RE: issue of equity RNS out?8 Oct 2020 10:47
I know very little about stock options so asked my mate Google. A quote on benefit of taking stock over cash. Last sentence I found most interesting. Hopefully a good thing but who knows
"Accepting stock options can save your company some money. An option gives you the right to receive stock, but since you haven't received it yet, your business has no tax liability. Once you exercise the option, you must pay tax on the value of the stock as business income. One risk to this approach is that by the time you exercise the option, the stock could be worth much more than it was when the option was first offered. Had you exercised the option early, you would have paid less tax and profited from the increase in the stock price."