Plan your Neutron Holdings, Inc. NSO exercise
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Seeded from secondary-market data, as of Aug 9, 2026
Tax inputs
Hold strategy
Best after-tax payout — at year 1
$131,890
Hold 1 yr wins by $51,213 over Sell + invest.
Estimates only. Not financial advice.
Sell + invest
| Bargain element (sale − strike) | $137,650 |
| Federal | |
| State | |
| Medicare | −$1,996 |
| Additional Medicare | −$1,239 |
| Market gain over 1 yr at 10.0% | $7,527 |
| LTCG on diversified gain (fed + state + NIIT) | −$2,115 |
| Net at year 1 | $80,677 |
Sell every share immediately; invest the after-tax cash at the market return for 1 yr, then liquidate. Diversified — no single-stock concentration risk.
Exercise + hold 1 yr
Best payout| Sale proceeds (year 1) | |
| LTCG tax (federal + state + NIIT) | −$22,130 |
| Net at year 1 | $131,890 |
Sold 2,995 shares at exercise to cover strike + tax; 2,005 shares held 1 yr for LTCG.
Social Security + Medicare are payroll taxes (collectively called FICA) — they apply because you're exercising as a current employee.
Both columns are stated in year-1 dollars: sell-now proceeds compound at the market return and pay LTCG on the gain at year 1; any cash paid out of pocket on the hold side carries the same opportunity cost.
Net at year N — by hold period
Estimates only. Excludes AMT (NSOs do not trigger AMT), state-AMT, multi-state moves, and disqualifying-disposition edge cases. Not financial advice.
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About Neutron Holdings, Inc.
Neutron Holdings, Inc. is a privately held Cloud/SaaS company, incorporated in Delaware and headquartered in San Francisco, CA. S-1 filed Jun 22, 2026.
Last reported secondary-market price: $37.53 per share (as of 2026-08-09). Your own 409A may differ.
Equity grants at Neutron Holdings, Inc. typically include incentive stock options (ISOs) and non-qualified stock options (NSOs).
Neutron Holdings, Inc., which operates under the Lime brand, was co-founded in 2017 by Brad Bao and Toby Sun in San Francisco. The company runs a shared micromobility platform, renting electric scooters and e-bikes through a mobile app across roughly 230 cities in 29 countries. Revenue reached $886.7 million in 2025, up 29% from the prior year, against a net loss of $59.3 million. Uber is a major investor after leading a $170 million round in 2020. Neutron Holdings filed an S-1 with the SEC in June 2026 to list on Nasdaq as LIME.
Sources: bloomberg.com
Equity comp at Neutron Holdings, Inc.
- Executive RSU awards granted March 2025 carry an explicit liquidity event requirement (satisfied by IPO completion as the second trigger), in addition to time-based vesting. Until the IPO closes, RSUs do not begin to settle regardless of how much time has passed since the grant date.
- Vesting schedule: 1/12th of RSUs vest on each quarterly anniversary of the grant date over three years; some awards cliff vest after one year then vest monthly over the remaining two years.
Sources: sec.gov
Researched 2026-06-27.
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Neutron Holdings, Inc. NSO exercise creates ordinary income on the bargain element (federal, state, and FICA) at the price on the day you exercise. The calculator works at any valuation, so you can model your exercise cost at the current 409A FMV, an expected IPO price, or post-IPO scenarios.
Example: at Neutron Holdings, Inc.'s last reported price of $37.53, exercising 5,000 NSOs with a $11.26 strike creates a $131,350 bargain element, taxed as ordinary income on the day you exercise. Combined federal + state + FICA on that bargain typically lands between $35,465 and $59,108 depending on your bracket and state. The calculator above computes the exact figure for your situation and compares selling now vs. holding through the long-term capital-gains threshold.
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Neutron Holdings, Inc. equity questions
- How is a Neutron Holdings, Inc. NSO exercise taxed?
- Exercising a non-qualified stock option (NSO) creates ordinary income on the bargain element (the price on the day you exercise minus your strike), subject to federal income tax, state income tax, and FICA. The calculator above computes that tax for your Neutron Holdings, Inc. grant and compares selling the shares now against holding past the one-year mark for long-term capital-gains treatment.
- Does Neutron Holdings, Inc. grant ISOs, NSOs, or RSUs?
- Equity compensation at Neutron Holdings, Inc. typically takes the form of incentive stock options (ISOs) and non-qualified stock options (NSOs). Incentive stock options can trigger the alternative minimum tax (AMT) when you exercise.
- Are Neutron Holdings, Inc. shares eligible for QSBS?
- They might be. Qualified small business stock (QSBS) under Internal Revenue Code Section 1202 can exclude federal tax on much of the gain when shares were acquired at original issuance from a C-corporation while its gross assets were under $50 million, and held at least five years. Whether your Neutron Holdings, Inc. shares qualify turns on when you acquired them and the company's asset size at that time.
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