[Lindathefounder]

"But there is nothing preventing them from reassigning some of their stock to you"

This will actually result in a tax event valued at the company's value no? This is the reason they offered ESOP in their claim.

[matt_the_bass]

That’s a good point. Though if they need a new founder rather than a key employee, there maybe an argument that the shares current value is close to 0.