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Bought $10K of options before I quit. 20 years later the company has gone public and has a market cap of several billion. My options? "Extinguished" in some "e
by kabdib 6y ago
Bought $10K of options before I quit. 20 years later the company has gone public and has a market cap of several billion.
My options? "Extinguished" in some "event" 18 years ago. My guess is that's the event where they screwed as many employees as they could.
- daenz 6y agoName and shame, please.
- cvhashim 6y agoWhy is this downvoted?
- Fire-Dragon-DoL 6y agoIs it even legal? You spent money on your options, if they get extinguished, you should be compensated in some way
- babaganoosh89 6y agoHe can write it off as a total loss.
- 11thEarlOfMar 6y agoIf the company went through bankruptcy after he purchased the shares and was subsequently re-capitalized and then became successful, his shares would have been canceled in the recapitalization. Likely by dilution to minutia. Regardless of the method, the company would be required to inform all shareholders of such events. I'd be curious to know how the corporate books were managed at the time he purchased the shares.
- anonym123 6y agoSome companies do a reverse split just before liquidity event to wipe out former employees and lock-in current employees, like a 10:1 reverse split.
- tintor 6y agoWhich company?
- breitling 6y agoNot OP, but I recall Zenga did something similar and completely screwed over their employees just before their IPO. I've heard of many other instances as well so this must be a somewhat common tactic.