Norman Thompson, our brilliant CFO, is the person to speak to about shares, but we’ve summarised it in a nutshell below.
A share makes you part owner of a company.
If the company is sold, the money is paid out to the shareholders.
There are lots of shares - the more you hold, the better.
A share option is a share that you don’t own yet but you have the right to buy (subject to conditions) at a fixed low price.
Every summer (we aim for June). You’ll be sent a rather formal looking document to sign with all the info.