Got my employee stock option today, and it turned out to be a real surprise.
I got an option for 50 Qisda stocks with share price at NTD 32.80, which can be exercised two years later.
Last year I got an option for 20 stocks with a price around NTD 28.50 (can be exercised next year) and I thought that was a lot! This year they think I worth 50 stock options? My God, I am very happy.
Then again, I will only be REALLY happy if by the time I can exercise them and the share price has gone way up up up high.
Time for calculations…
For every NT 1.00 increase in share price, that is NT 1,000 per stock.
Thus, when I exercise 70 stocks two years later, with a 10.00 increase from 32.80, I get at least NTD 700k (not including the difference from NTD 28.50).
A 20.00 increase means at least 1.4 mil, a 30.00 increase means at least 2.1 mil, an so on.
Say two years later the share price is at least NTD 60.00, then I can buy an Audi A4 Avant 2.0T, in cash.
Then again, I am being over optimistic. What if the share price dropped by then? My options would be more than useless.
I have faith in Qisda, which I think they will do well. So what does this mean for me?
It means I cannot leave this company in the next two years.
