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Leaver

Anyone holding shares or options who stops working for a group company. The documents then sort the leaver as good or bad, which decides what the leaver keeps. Definition of Leaver · Chapter 5

Explained in Chapter 5, Vesting, Leavers and the Founder Who Left, of Venture Deals.

How it comes up, in Chapter 5
Vesting decides how many shares are at risk. The leaver rules decide which departures put them at risk, and at what price. A leaver is anyone holding shares or options who stops working for a group company (the definition).
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As defined in the training investment agreement
a Founder, or any employee, consultant or director of any Group Company who holds Shares or Options, who ceases to be employed or engaged by, or a director of, any Group Company and does not immediately take up another such office or engagement within the Group; and the date of cessation is the “Leaving Date”;
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