ESOP Offer Letter Template
ESOP Offer Letter Template
ESOP Offer Letter Template
CONFIDENTIAL
Dear XXXX,
The last 4 years @ <Co. Name> has been good growth years, its been eventful and challenging. We
have emerged as a solid company with a superior technical team. We have successful completed many
challenging projects with innovative offshore solutions. In addition, we have setup an excellent product
incubation service.
Our vision is to build a highly effective team, where each person is able to contribute to their potential
and can take away a sense of accomplishment at the end of the day. We want a create a workplace
where the team is challenged and rewarded for their performance and their passion to provide the best
to our clients. In addition, the next few years, we are targeting aggressive growth, its essential that we
work as a high performance team, raise the bar and rise much above the expectations.
Your enthusiasm, commitment and dedication have been instrumental in helping <Co. Name> grow and
putting our vision in practice. We @ <Co. Name> truly value having you in our team. And that’s why we
didnt want any more time to pass before we let you know that the company is putting into place a plan
to give direct stake to our business and future success going forward.
We are pleased to provide you the opportunity to purchase a total of 2000 stock options of the company.
These shares will be vested over a four year period in accordance with the following schedule
commencing on the date of your employment with <Co. Name> Software Systems :
● 15% of the total number of shares subjected to the option shall be vested on the date that is one
year after the vesting commencement date.
● 25% of the total number of shares subjected to the option shall be vested on the date that is two
years after the vesting commencement date.
● 15% of the total number of shares subjected to the option shall be vested on six-month
anniversary thereafter for the next two years.
The exercise price of the option cannot be set at this point but shall be set by the board of directors
based on the determination of the price based on company valuation by the accounting department. It
is currently anticipated that this will be completed before the end of this financial year.
We have great expectations for this company and that’s why we are so excited to be able to share with
you the benefit of participating at this early stage in the company’s growth while the great value to be
achieved is still to come. We are delighted to have you as a key member of <Co. Name> Software
Systems and look forward to being a key contributor in the years ahead.
Yours sincerely
For <Co. Name>
Vivek
CEO