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Definition of 'Grant'

The issuance of an award, such as a stock option, to key employees under a stock plan. A stock option grants the employee the right to purchase a certain number of shares of the company's stock at a predetermined price. There is usually a waiting period before an employee can exercise their stock options. 
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Investopedia explains 'Grant'

The idea behind stock option grants is to give employees the incentive to align their interests with that of the stockholders. In the past, however, some stock option grants have been set at such low levels that executives ended up enriching themselves, not the shareholders.
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'Grant'

  • Expensing Employee Stock Options: Is There A Better Way?

    http://www.investopedia.com/articles/optioninvestor/09/expensing-esos.asp
    ... Accounting rules issued under Financial Accounting Standard 123R now require companies
    to calculate a stock option's "fair value" on the date of grant. ...

  • The Pioneers Of Financial Fraud

    http://www.investopedia.com/articles/financial-theory/09/history-of-fraud.asp
    ... Fraud Wipes Out a Former President Ulysses S. Grant, a renowned war hero and former
    president, only wanted to help his son succeed in business, but he ended up ...

  • The Dangers Of Options Backdating

    http://www.investopedia.com/articles/optioninvestor/07/options_backdating.asp
    ... In order to lock in a profit on day one of an options grant, some executives simply
    backdate (set the date to an earlier time than the actual grant date) the ...

  • Get The Most Out Of Employee Stock Options

    http://www.investopedia.com/articles/optioninvestor/07/esoabout.asp
    ... Grant, Exercise and Expire To begin, employees are typically not granted full ownership
    of the options on the initiation date of the contract (also know as the ...

  • College Savings Accounts: US Vs. Canada

    http://www.investopedia.com/articles/younginvestors/09/college-savings-us-canada.asp
    ... Through the Canadian Education Savings Grant (CESG) parents can start saving for
    their children's education literally at day one, with the government pitching ...

  • A New Approach To Equity Compensation

    http://www.investopedia.com/articles/06/FAS123R.asp
    ... In the past, a company that issued stock options to its employees did not have to
    expense those options; for example, a grant of 500,000 options to an ...

  • Avoid Premature Exercise On Employee Stock Options

    http://www.investopedia.com/articles/optioninvestor/09/get-more-out-of-your-esos.asp
    ... When employee stock options are granted, the entire value consists of "time premium"
    because there generally is no intrinsic value at the grant date since the ...

  • Biorefineries Get A Boost

    http://stocks.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/2009/Biorefineries-Get-A-Boost-VLO-ADM-HON-E-HE-RTK-URS1210.aspx
    The Department of Energy recently gave out $564 million
    in grant money to biofuels research. ...

  • How Restricted Stock And RSUs Are Taxed

    http://www.investopedia.com/articles/tax/09/restricted-stock-tax.asp
    ... RSUs represent an unsecured promise by the employer to grant a set number of shares
    of stock to the employee upon the completion of the vesting schedule. ...

  • Student Loan Changes You Need To Know - Investopedia.com

    http://financialedge.investopedia.com/financial-edge/0910/Student-Loan-Changes-You-Need-To-Know.aspx
    ... down. Most students are eligible for some form of federal grant or loan.
    The basic eligibility requirements are as follows: Loans ...

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