Cap Table
Real-time shareholder register, fully diluted in one click.
Option pools, vesting and exercise – straight into the share register.
Employee stock options and vesting, without spreadsheets.
Grant options from a reserved pool, track vesting with a cliff and regular vesting, and record exercises as new or treasury shares in the share register – with share numbers and dates. Options count in the fully diluted cap table, and each holder sees their own grant in the investor portal.
Key features
- An option pool per share class – every grant is checked against what is still free
- Grants with strike price, expiry date and a reference to the board resolution
- Vesting with a cliff and monthly, quarterly or annual vesting
- Exercise of vested options with new or treasury shares, entered in the share register with share numbers
- Good and bad leavers: forfeiture, cancellation and undoing a wrong entry
- Vesting on founder shares too, with the signed agreement kept with the holding
- Warrants with an exercise window and the agreement attached
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between options and shares for employees?
An option is a right to buy shares later at a price agreed now. The holder is not in the share register until the option is exercised – only then are shares issued or transferred. In Nexus the option holder therefore becomes a shareholder at the first exercise, not at grant.
What happens in the share register when an option is exercised?
Nexus enters the shares with share numbers and a date in the same step as the exercise, settled with new shares or with the company's treasury shares. New shares are a capital increase under chapter 10 of the Norwegian Companies Act, so the company still has to handle the resolution, the subscription and the filing with the Register of Business Enterprises. Nexus stores the reference to the resolution.
What happens to the options when an employee leaves?
The option agreement decides. In Nexus you record the leaving date and whether it is a good or bad leaver, and see how many options have vested. Forfeited options stop counting as granted, and a deadline for exercising vested options after leaving can be set.
Does Nexus calculate tax on options?
No. Nexus tracks grants, vesting and exercises, but does not calculate tax or report to the Norwegian Tax Administration. The tax rules for employee options are in section 5-14 of the Norwegian Tax Act, and the special scheme for start-ups and growth companies has its own conditions – check them with your accountant or adviser.