Your Guide To Royal Caribbean’s ESPP: Everything You Need To Know
by Andy Kalmon
Nov 22, 2024
If you work at Royal Caribbean, you may be eligible to enroll in the employee stock purchase plan (ESPP). To help you make the most of this opportunity, we’ve put together a comprehensive guide to all the ins and outs of this program, from how it works to how you enroll.
If you’d like to learn more about how ESPPs work in general, be sure to read our blog about an overview of employee stock purchase plans.
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Here’s a quick rundown of how Royal Caribbean’s ESPP works.
You can buy Royal Caribbean stock at a 15% discount.
You can enroll 4 times a year:
Dec 15th
Mar 15th
Jun 14th
Sep 14th
You can contribute up to 100% of your salary with a maximum of $21,250 per year.
Should You Participate In Royal Caribbean’s ESPP?
When you enroll in Royal Caribbean’s ESPP, you have the opportunity to purchase shares of your company stock at a discounted price through automatic payroll deductions.
The benefits of participating in an ESPP are clear – you can make gains and build wealth. In fact, Royal Caribbean employees can gain $3,750 or even more annually through their ESPP.
Royal Caribbean’s ESPP Discount
Royal Caribbean offers employees an opportunity to buy Royal Caribbean stock at a 15% discount.
Royal Caribbean’s ESPP Enrollment Periods
You can enroll in Royal Caribbean’s ESPP 4 times a year, once in the spring and once in the fall. You can enroll by the following dates:
Dec 15th
Mar 15th
Jun 14th
Sep 14th
Royal Caribbean’s ESPP Contribution Limits
The first thing you need to do is decide how much you want to contribute. You can contribute up to 100% of your salary, with a limit of $21,250 per year.
Royal Caribbean’s ESPP Offering Period
The offering period is the time that employees can purchase the stock. Royal Caribbean’s employee stock purchase plan (ESPP) has four 3-month offering periods every year.
When you’re participating in Royal Caribbean’s ESPP, you set aside money from each paycheck from the beginning of a purchase period through the end. At the end of this purchase period, the money that has been set aside is used to purchase company stock at a discount.
If you are interested in Royal Caribbean’s ESPP, here are some key dates to keep in mind.
The offering periods are
Jan 1st – Mar 31st
Apr 1st – Jun 30th
Jul 1st – Sep 30th
Oct 1st – Dec 31st
The stock purchase dates are the last trading day before the end of each period.
Selling Your ESPP Shares
Once Royal Caribbean purchases the shares on your behalf, they will be deposited into your brokerage account. From there, you can do what you want with them…sell immediately (as long as it’s during the open trading windows), hold for a short time, hold for an extended time, etc.
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Benny 2.0 automatically manages your Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) to make you more money without disrupting your take-home pay.
