NQSO definition

NQSO means any Option that is not an ISO.
NQSO means any Option that is designated as a nonqualified stock option.
NQSO means any Option that is not designated as an ISO.

Examples of NQSO in a sentence

  • The Committee or the Company may modify the terms and provisions of an Option in accordance with Section 12 of this Plan even though the modification may change the Option from an ISO to a NQSO.

  • Each grant of an Option will be evidenced by a Stock Incentive Agreement that specifies whether the Option is an ISO or NQSO, and incorporate other terms as the Committee deems consistent with the terms of this Plan and, in the case of an ISO, necessary or desirable to permit the Option to qualify as an ISO.

  • If an Option that is intended to be an ISO fails, for any reason, to meet the requirements thereof, the Option shall automatically be treated as an NQSO to the extent of such failure.

  • The Agreement shall specify whether the Option is intended to be an ISO within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code, or a NQSO not intended to be within the provisions of Section 422 of the Code.

  • If reemployment upon expiration of a leave of absence approved by the Company is not so guaranteed, then three months following the 91st day of the leave any ISO held by the Participant will cease to be treated as an ISO and if exercised thereafter will be treated for tax purposes as a NQSO.


More Definitions of NQSO

NQSO means an Option granted pursuant to the Plan to purchase shares of the Stock that is not an ISO.
NQSO means an Option that, at the time such Option is granted to a Participant, does not meet the definition of an ISO, whether or not it is designated as a nonqualified stock option in the Award Agreement.
NQSO means an Option (or portion thereof) that is not intended to, or does not, qualify as an “incentive stock option” within the meaning of section 422 of the Code, or any successor provision.
NQSO means a non-qualified Stock Option that does not satisfy the requirements of Code Section 422 or that is not designated as an ISO by the Committee.
NQSO means an option granted under this Plan to purchase Shares that is not intended by the Company to satisfy the requirements of Code §422.
NQSO means any Option that is designated as a nonqualified stock option or which does not qualify as an ISO.
NQSO means any Option not designated as an ISO.