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  2. Rule against perpetuities - Wikipedia

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    At least six states have repealed the rule in its entirety, and many have extended the vesting period of the wait-and-see approach for an extremely long period of time (in Florida, for example, up to 360 years for trusts). [16] In Australia, each of the states has followed the English approach to perpetuities, with statutory modification. [17]

  3. Restricted stock - Wikipedia

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    Restricted stock, also known as restricted securities, is stock of a company that is not fully transferable (from the stock-issuing company to the person receiving the stock award) until certain conditions (restrictions) have been met. Upon satisfaction of those conditions, the stock is no longer restricted, and becomes transferable to the ...

  4. Vesting - Wikipedia

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    For example, the employer can say that the employee must work with the company for three years or they lose any employer contributed money, which is known as cliff vesting. Or it can choose to have the 20% of the contributions vest each year over five years, known as graduated vesting or graded vesting .

  5. Condition precedent - Wikipedia

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    A condition precedent is an event or state of affairs that is required before something else will occur. In contract law , a condition precedent is an event which must occur, unless its non-occurrence is excused, before performance under a contract becomes due, i.e., before any contractual duty exists.

  6. Third-party beneficiary - Wikipedia

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    Acceptance may also be a suspensive condition in certain contracts. Under Scots law , acceptance is not necessary to be vested in a right of action, but is necessary to be liable. Before acceptance, however, the ius quaesitum tertio is tenuous so that acceptance of a benefit does not create a right, but rather entrenches that right.

  7. Future interest - Wikipedia

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    Future interests are created on the formation of a defeasible estate; that is, an estate with a condition or event triggering transfer of possessory ownership. A common example is the landlord-tenant relationship. The landlord may own a house, but has no general right to enter it while it is being rented.

  8. Incentive stock option - Wikipedia

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    On January 1, 2014, the employee of a private company receives a grant of 1,000 shares at a strike price of $1 vesting monthly over 4 years. Note that the strike price for an employee's ISO grant must be set to the current 409(a) fair market value of the common shares, which is generally lower than that of the preferred valuation of shares ...

  9. Employee stock option - Wikipedia

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    ESOs usually have some non-standardized amount. Vesting: Initially if X number of shares are granted to employee, then all X may not be in his account. Some or all of the options may require that the employee continue to be employed by the company for a specified term of years before "vesting", i.e. selling or transferring the stock or options ...