Employee Share Options

[ZekeZeke]

Can anyone help me on this.
I'm in Ireland. Working in a start up.
Was given share options. The company is a private limited company. The price is 30 cent per share.
I can exercise the options up until 2025.
I will need €15k to exercise the options.
Here is my question. How do I know how much the shares are worth today/or when I'm due to exercise the options if it's a private company?
I can buy at 30 cent but how do I know if they are worth 10 cent or 20 cent or 50 cent?

Anyone?

You need to calculate the value of the company from its turn over/ profits. If its a pre sales startup, then the current value of the company is zero - but of course it may be a roaring success next year and then you own a percentage of a company worth E1M. Effectively right now you would be investing in the company with no guarantee of a return

Thank you. It's a risk but I'm confident it will do well

@ZekeZeke Couldn't you just look on the LSE website to check how much the shares are worth?
Just type the name of the company in the search bar.
www.londonstockexchange.com/

And start saving that 15k as fast as you can! … A company I worked for went public in the late 90s and I bought £3k worth of shares. Within a couple of years the shares were worth £30k… only I didn't sell them as I had no idea what I was doing! My boss said they would keep going up… They didn't. I am still holding those shares and today they are only worth about £6k although the company is doing very well.

An Irish private company is not going to be listed on the London stock exchange.
what does your share option agreement say? Normally rules around vesting / sale and purchase will be in there

@AtillatheHun thanks for the correction.

The agreement is confusing to be honest