Accelerations may occur due to provisions in an agreement (e.g. acceleration triggered by termination without cause) or at the company's discretion.
Supported Securities
Security Type | Equity Cap Table | Token Cap Table |
Unvested RSUs/RTUs | No | No |
Unvested Shares/Tokens | Yes | Yes |
Unvested RSAs/RTAs | Yes | Yes |
Unvested Options | Yes | Yes |
Note: Unsupported securities (RSUs and RTUs) must be accelerated at the security level BEFORE terminating the stakeholder as discussed here.
Acceleration Method
1. Number of Days Method
Accelerate securities that would vest during a specified period.
System calculates Accelerated Quantity based on number of securities that would vest during a specific period starting from the Termination Date
Shows both the Accelerated Quantity and number of affected vesting tranches
When using "Apply to All", you can optionally accelerate To Next Tranche if they would not otherwise vest any tranches during the specified period
2. To Next Tranche Method
Accelerates securities in the next upcoming vesting tranche.
System calculates which securities would be accelerated in the next tranche
Shows both the Accelerated Quantity and number of affected tranches
Always affects exactly one tranche
3. Manual Entry Method
Directly input the Accelerated Quantity
Provides full control over acceleration quantity
Special Considerations
Early Exercise Handling
When dealing with securities from early exercised options:
Acceleration must be applied to the original option grant
Accelerating the original option flows through to all early exercised securities
System automatically accelerates early exercised unvested shares in the order they were exercised
Security ID | Security Type | Description | Initial Status (prior to Acceleration) | Accelerated Quantity | Final Status (after Acceleration) |
OPT-1 | Option | Original Grant | 400/1000 vested | 200 | 600/1000 vested |
CS-1 | Common Stock | First Exercise | 400/500 vested | 100 | 500/500 vested |
CS-2 | Common Stock | Second Exercise | 0/200 vested | 100 | 100/200 vested |
Milestone Vesting
Not included in "To Next Tranche" or "Number of Days" calculations
What happens after an acceleration
Time-based vesting schedules are automatically adjusted for accelerations. Any accelerated amounts will appear as vested.
Milestone-based vesting schedules must be manually adjusted for accelerations at the security level. Any accelerated amounts will need to be manually marked as vested.