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This is the exit-paperwork checklist a founder actually needs on the way out: it names every document you must extract before your access is cut (relieving letter, experience letter, no-dues certificate, full and final settlement, Form 16, PF/UAN, gratuity papers) and tells you to start collecting two weeks before your last day. It flags the new Code on Wages settlement timelines and gratuity/PF specifics, so you leave with clean records instead of chasing a hostile HR team from outside the building.
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- Get your relieving letter and full-and-final settlement in writing before you leave; your next investor, cofounder, or B2B customer's diligence can ask for proof you exited clean
- Download digital copies of payslips, Form 16, and PF/UAN details while you still have portal access, because access dies on your last day
- No-dues sign-off and manager handover approval are what actually unlock the relieving letter, so run the handover early and get it acknowledged
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Before you resign, you have one week to understand exactly what you are walking away from, and this guide zeroes in on the single clause that decides it: the post-termination exercise window. It explains that most Indian plans give you only 30 to 90 days after leaving to pay the strike price plus perquisite tax in cash, flags a 30-day window as a red flag, and shows how to read the cliff, vesting schedule, and exercise price so you can do the math before you hand in your notice, not after the window closes.
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Hissa
by Hissa Team
12 min read
- Vested options do not follow you out the door; a 30 to 90 day clock starts the day you leave, and missing it forfeits everything you earned
- Exercising costs real cash upfront (strike price plus perquisite tax) with no guaranteed way to sell, so budget for it or negotiate the window before resigning
- Confirm your exercise window, cliff, and strike price in writing the same week you decide to leave, while you still have leverage as an insider
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A company-secretary firm's plain-English breakdown of the mechanics behind your ESOP exit, grounded in the actual rule (the one-year minimum vesting under Rule 12(6) of the Companies Share Capital and Debentures Rules). It separates good-leaver from bad-leaver treatment and uses a real example of a Delhi SaaS firm extending its window to six months, so you know what a founder-friendly plan looks like and what to ask for before you resign.
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by CSA & Associates
9 min read
- Indian law mandates a minimum one-year vesting period, so anything vested is legally yours to exercise inside the window
- Good-leaver vs bad-leaver clauses can forfeit even vested options if you exit in breach, so resign cleanly and serve your notice
- Exercise windows commonly run 30 to 180 days post-exit; a six-month window is generous and worth negotiating for while you are still inside
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