Plan your TEN Holdings, Inc. NSO exercise

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TEN Holdings, Inc. is pre-IPO. Plan your NSO exercise tax (federal, state, FICA) at any expected valuation.

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Hold strategy

1 yr
20%
20%
10.0%
Pre-IPO assumption: Expected sale price assumes a liquid market at year N. In reality, pre-IPO shares clear via tender offers (priced at a discount to the 409A or last preferred round, on the company's calendar) or at IPO (subject to lockups). Use the haircut to reflect that uncertainty.

Best after-tax payout — at year 1

$199,194

Sell + invest wins by $20,795 over Hold 1 yr.

Estimates only. Not financial advice.

Your NSO exercise pushes your top federal rate from 24% to 35%. Hover the Federal value below for the bracket-by-bracket slicing.

Sell + invest

Best payout
Bargain element (sale − strike)$350,000
Federal
State
Medicare$5,075
Additional Medicare$3,150
Market gain over 1 yr at 10.0%$18,583
LTCG on diversified gain (fed + state + NIIT)$5,222
Net at year 1$199,194

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

Sale proceeds (year 1)
LTCG tax (federal + state + NIIT)$0
Net at year 1$178,399

Sold 2,677 shares at exercise to cover strike + tax; 2,323 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

Sell + investExercise + hold
$0$54K$108K$162K$216KYr 1Yr 2

Estimates only. Excludes AMT (NSOs do not trigger AMT), state-AMT, multi-state moves, and disqualifying-disposition edge cases. Not financial advice.

About TEN Holdings, Inc.

TEN Holdings, Inc. is a privately held Cloud/SaaS company. S-1 filed Jun 1, 2026.

Equity grants at TEN Holdings, Inc. typically include incentive stock options (ISOs) and non-qualified stock options (NSOs).

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TEN 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.

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TEN Holdings, Inc. equity questions

How is a TEN 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 TEN Holdings, Inc. grant and compares selling the shares now against holding past the one-year mark for long-term capital-gains treatment.
Does TEN Holdings, Inc. grant ISOs, NSOs, or RSUs?
Equity compensation at TEN 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 TEN 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 TEN Holdings, Inc. shares qualify turns on when you acquired them and the company's asset size at that time.
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