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Yes, selling your private shares is possible depending on the company you are selling the shares in and its policy with respect to employee/ex-employee share sales. Many companies organize structured offerings such as tender offers that allow employees to sell small portions of their vested shares. It is also an increasingly common practice for employees to sell independently of these tender offers to address more urgent financial needs.

NPM offers a platform to help you determine the market price of your private shares and connect with buyers to sell them to. Upon a successful match, NPM manages the transaction settlement process with the company, buyer, and yourself so you can receive your sale proceeds as well as any tax documentation. NPM draws upon over a decade of experience working with hundreds of private companies and over a hundred thousand individual sellers to ensure a smooth selling experience for you.

The sale price is agreed upon mutually between you and the buyer. You can accept a standing bid or negotiate a different price with the buyer behind the bid. Alternatively, you can post a sell order that a buyer on the market may accept or counter. Throughout the process, you will also have access to market data on the given company such as pricing for any recent primary rounds as well as the estimated market price range.

NPM charges a flat 1% commission to an individual seller on any trades that successfully match and settle through our platform. There are no fees to submit an order or to simply open and maintain an account with NPM.

NPM doesn’t require you to exercise your options before posting a sell order on our platform. However, the options do need to be exercised before any actual share transfer can take place. Several companies allow simultaneous exercise-and-sale giving sellers flexibility to use part of their sale proceeds to cover the exercise cost. You can only sell from your vested options.

The end-to-end sale process typically takes 30-45 days (about 1 and a half months), depending on two factors. First, the amount of time it takes to locate a buyer for your shares. This depends on the level of demand in the company you are selling shares in. Second, the company’s own timelines for approving transfers. Once an agreement is reached between you and the buyer on key sale terms, NPM notices the company to start the clock on the approval timeline which is typically 30 days but can be longer depending on the company.

Yes, most employee shares are subject to standard transfer restrictions that give the company the discretion to either approve or reject a secondary transfer of shares. The company may also choose to exercise the right of first refusal, which means your stock will be bought by the company or a different buyer selected by the company instead of the buyer you matched with. This results in the same outcome for the seller.

Your NPM account allows you to access our marketplace, connect with buyers, and sell your private shares. In addition, you can monitor the market value of your private shares using our free pricing data.

There is no minimum holding size to open an account. All transactions need to be greater than $25,000 in notional value.

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