&gt; RSUs [] are a super-high-value startup&#x27;s way of granting very nice bonuses to employees in situations where the very high price of its stock makes it tax-prohibitive to use any other more favorable equity compensation vehicle<p>Why does the price of the stock influence the choice? By price of the stock, in this situation, do you mean that 10 shares of XYZ at a strike price of $1.00 per share is treated differently than 1 share at $10.00&#x2F;ea? Or do you refer to the price of the stock in the sense that <i>the dollar amount of the value being given</i> is high? (I.e., the executive is being given a bonus with a dollar value of $10 million as opposed to $100k?)