1. Company Stock One option is stock in 545 Air. The company is currendy privately held. The price you would pay for the stock is based on the annual appraisal, less than 20 percent discount. When you interviewed with the owners, Mark Sexton and Todd Story, they informed you that the company stock was expedied to be publicly sold in three to five years. If you needed to sell the stock before it became publicly traded, the company would buy it back at the then-cument appraised value