Are you maybe being given the chance to get direct stock instead of options? Check on that. To be honest if these are options for a non public company than th

Are you maybe being given the chance to get direct stock instead of options? Check on that. To be honest if these are options for a non public company than the complexities of it are going to be VERY high, if you can't understand them you could be taken advantage of. There has to be a whole host of restrictions on the shares and when you can exercise the options etc. In part there HAVE to be restrictions because if you can own enough shares and can sell them freely you could force the company to become public.