When you exercise your employee stock options, you may want to consider one of the following options to implement the exercise: A cash exercise, or a cashless exercise. This is not an exhaustive list of options. You may run across other terms such as sell-to-cover, same-day sale, or share withholding. While some of these terms are interchangeable and result in a similar outcome, you should check your plan details prior to implementing any specific exercise strategy.
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