Fair market value is the price at which a share would change hands between a willing buyer and a willing seller, both reasonably informed and neither under pressure to act. At a public company, the equity plan typically defines it as the stock's closing price on a given date. At a private company, where no public trading price exists, it is usually established by a 409A Valuation.
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