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Sale Availability Date
According to your company plan, the date on which your grants are available for sale.

Security Description
An identifier that is used throughout the financial community to identify a security.

Sell to Cover
For restricted stock or performance awards, this Tax Withholding Method will allow you to direct Fidelity Stock Plan Services to Sell a portion of your vested shares to cover your tax obligation due at the time of vesting or distribution.

Settlement
This refers to the point at which the securities and cash are exchanged. Settlement date is the date on which a stock sell request settles, the date on which securities must be delivered (sale).

Shares Available
For specific share requests, if you are using the cost basis information that Fidelity Stock Plan Services is tracking, Fidelity Stock Plan Services will provide a list of all of the tax lots for the positions. Each tax lot will have an available quantity that may be selected; this quantity is displayed in the Shares Available column.

Shares Deposited
The number of shares deposited into your Stock Plan Account after a Restricted Stock Award vests.

Shares Specified
For specific share requests, if you are using the cost basis information that Fidelity Stock Plan Services is tracking, enter the quantity of shares from each tax lot you wish to specify in the Shares Specified column.

Share Source
Identifies the equity compensation source for how the shares were obtained. Values are: SOP-NQ (Non Qualified Stock Option(s)); SOP-ISO (Incentive Stock Option(s)); SAR (Stock Appreciation Right(s)/Phantom Grant(s)); RS (Restricted Units and Award(s)); ESPP (Stock Purchase Plan); ESPP-Match(Stock Purchase Plan Match). Note: Share Source may not be available for all share lots.

Sort Code
Also known as CHAPS (Clearing House Automated Payments System) Sort Code, a six-digit number used as a unique identification number during electronic funds transfer/wiring of Great Britain Pounds (GBP). SWIFT Codes are not accepted when wiring Great Britain Pounds (GBP).

Sort by Long Term Shares
For specific share requests, choose this option to have Fidelity Stock Plan Services sort your shares with Long Term holding period (greater than one year) first.

Sort by Short Term Shares
For specific share requests, choose this option to have Fidelity Stock Plan Services sort your shares with a short term holding period (one year or less) first.

Specific Shares
You can choose specific tax lot shares for stock sell requests. You can choose from up to 10 of the oldest tax lots held in your Stock Plan Account for a security on the Tax Lots Choose Specific Shares screen. When you specify tax lot shares, you assign each tax lot a priority. This sets the order in which tax lot shares will be sold. Choosing and prioritizing the order in which specific tax lot shares are sold may help you to minimize or maximize the gain or loss you will realize. In many cases, a Sell Request can execute with the full share amount sold all at once. In some cases, (e.g., with large share quantities), a Sell Request may be partially executed. This is when the priority you specify is useful, because it sets the order in which the tax lot shares are sold. Please note:

Specify Lots, Specified Lots
A section on the Tax Lots Choose Specific Shares screen and on the Tax Lots Specified Lot Detail screen. In this section, up to 10 of the oldest tax lots are listed for the stock you want to enter a stock sell request for. In this section on the Tax Lots Choose Specific Shares screen, you assign a priority to one or more tax lots to choose the lots from which you want to sell shares. You also enter the quantity of shares from each lot you would like to enter the sell request for. In many cases, a sell request can execute with the full share amount sold all at once. In some cases, a sell request may be partially executed. This is when the priority you specify is useful, because it sets the order in which the tax lot shares are sold. On the Tax Lots Specified Lot Detail screen, the lots and shares you have specified for a stock sell request are displayed for your information. This screen displays when you select the Specified Lot Detail link from Stock Sell Request Status. For the Specify Lots section on the Tax Lots Choose Specific Shares screen, the total number of specified tax lot shares cannot be greater than the total number of shares for the sell request entered. If the total specified tax lot shares is less than the total for the sell request, the remaining unspecified shares will be sold using the First In / First Out (FIFO) accounting method.

Standard Market Hours
Standard market session refers to the hours from 9:30 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. ET when U.S. markets and exchanges (e.g., Nasdaq and the New York Stock Exchange, respectively) are open for trading (unless trading is halted).

Standard Market Session
Standard market Session refers to the hours from 9:30 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. ET when U.S. markets and exchanges (e.g., Nasdaq and the New York Stock Exchange, respectively) are open for trading (unless trading is halted).

Status
For bank wires, this field indicates if Fidelity Stock Plan Services has received your Bank Wire information in good order. Valid values include:

For stock options, this field displays as Open, Filled, Cancel pending, or Cancel verified.

Stock Option
A stock option is the opportunity, granted to you by the issuer (e.g., your company), to purchase a certain number of shares of your company's common stock at a pre-established grant price over a defined period of time. In general, there are three types of stock options: incentive stock options (ISO), qualified stock options (QSOs), and non-qualified stock options (NSO).

Stock Option Plan
A document prepared by the employer that sets forth the rights and obligations of holders of stock options issued under the plan.

Stock Plan Account
An account created on your behalf by the Fidelity Personal Trust (FSB) as trustee to hold any stock or cash proceeds related to your company's stock/equity compensation plans.

Stop Limit
For listed securities, a stop limit request to buy becomes a limit request when executed at or above the stop price. A stop limit request to sell becomes a limit request when executed at or below the stop price.

Stop Loss
For listed securities, a stop loss request to buy becomes a market request when executed at or above the stop price. A stop request to sell becomes a market request when executed at or below the stop price.

SWIFT Code
Also know as a BIC (Bank Identifier Code), an eight- or eleven-character alphanumeric international standard that uniquely identifies a financial institution. In eleven-character SWIFT Codes, the first eight characters identify the bank, and the last three characters identify the branch. Contact your bank to determine whether the eight- or eleven-character SWIFT Code is required when requesting electronic fund transfers or wires.

SWIFT Code example:
The eight-character SWIFT Code for the Bank of Ireland is BOFIIE2D. All financial institutions utilizing the Bank of Ireland have this eight-character SWIFT Code. Each branch will also have its own three-character branch identifier.

Symbol
An identifier that is used throughout the financial community to identify a security.