Explain options to your employees
Options on certificates, for Dutch employees.
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Share Council works out the vesting on every grant, top-up and leaver, and generates each grant contract. Finance downloads the report in Excel as of any date.
Rockfeather's plan on Share Council grew from ten employees to over 30.
Stop redoing the vesting maths every time something changes
Today
Every change means another version of your file
- You work out vesting, top-ups and leavers by hand in Excel.
- Contracts sit in a shared drive, in several versions.
- At year end you rebuild the totals for finance.
With Share Council
You enter each change once, and the numbers follow
- Share Council calculates each grant's vesting, top-ups and leavers included.
- Each grant gets a generated contract, signed in the platform.
- Finance downloads the report in Excel.
Get your grants out of Excel in five steps
We call it the Joiner-to-Leaver Routine.
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Bring your current grants in
Our team brings your current grants in with you.
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Invite your employees
Invite your employees by email from the Members tab.
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Add joiners and top-ups as grants
Each grant gets its own vesting and a generated contract that the employee signs online.
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Enter a leaver's date
Vesting stops on that date, and the unvested part returns to the pool.
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Send finance the year-end report
Download the vesting report in Excel as of 31 December.
Enter each change once, and the numbers stay right
Tulpwerk is our demo company. The numbers are made up, the screens are real.
Give a joiner a login on day one
Inviting Sem Bos takes his email and the plans he should see. Inviting someone to your organisation shows it in a short demo.
Every grant and top-up comes with its contract drafted
Upload the plan rules (the reglement) once, and Share Council attaches them to every grant with a contract generated from your template. Lotte's top-up of 1 September 2025 got its own contract and 24-month vesting.
Close a leaver's grant by entering one date
Jesse Willems left Tulpwerk on 31 August 2024, so HR stopped his vesting on that date. He kept 2,166 options and 1,834 went back to the pool. How to stop a participant's vesting walks through it.
Employees find their vesting without emailing you
Milan Dekker got 3,500 options on 8 January 2024, vesting over four years with a one-year cliff. In October 2026 his wallet shows 2,406 vested.
1-year cliff: 25% vests
Oct 2026: 2,406 vested
100% at 48 months
Hand finance the year-end numbers in one download
60,000
options in the pool
Tulpwerk demo, 16 Oct 2026.
39,166
granted to 12 employees
Tulpwerk demo, 16 Oct 2026.
29,768
vested
Tulpwerk demo, 16 Oct 2026.
9,398
still unvested
Tulpwerk demo, 16 Oct 2026.
Grow the plan with the company, as Rockfeather did
Rather than endless documents or unclear structures, employees could simply log in and see how things were set up.
10to 30+
employeeswith shares, certificates and options
Source: Rockfeather customer story.
1stdividend
paid outto certificate holders
Source: Rockfeather customer story.
The Inbox-Free Share Plan
What you getWhat it saves you
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Your current grants, brought in with our team
A paid service by the Share Council team.
No retypingof your file
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Vesting worked out for every grant, top-up and leaver
A top-up vests on its own schedule.
No formulasto keep up
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Generated contracts with your plan rules attached
In Dutch or English, signed online.
1 versionof the rules
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An invitation and a wallet for every employee
Behind a two-factor login.
No emailto look up vesting
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Vesting report as of any date, in Excel
By employee or by grant.
1 downloadat year end
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Expert hours, when a question comes up
A Share Council specialist looks at your plan with you. Book an expert hour and pay only for the time you use.
By the hourwhen you need it
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Bonus: the Employee Explainer
A page in Dutch and English on reading the wallet.
1 pagewith every invitation
This runs on a paid plan. See what each plan includes on our pricing page.
Create an accountIf an employee can't find their vesting, we walk you through it
If one of your first ten invited employees can't find their vested number, we give your team a free 30-minute walkthrough.
Try it before you pay
- Create an account and invite people for free.
- Pay for a plan monthly, and for expert hours only when you use them.
Know up front what stays with your adviser
Plan for these outside Share Council
- TaxWe don't calculate or withhold tax. Your tax adviser confirms the treatment for your employees.
- HR or payroll softwareThere is no link; reports download to Excel.
- Automatic leaver termsYou stop vesting and apply your plan rules yourself.
- The notary and qualified signaturesSetting up a STAK needs a civil-law notary. Signing in the platform is not a qualified electronic signature.
If you are unsure, book an expert hour.
Settle your doubts before you invite anyone
Can HR see everyone's holdings?
Only with the right role. A portfolio admin, the role usually given to HR, manages only the portfolios it is assigned to, such as the option plan, and cannot open company settings. Owners and administrators see the whole company, and a viewer sees who owns what, so check each role before you assign one.
Can you take over our existing Excel file?
Yes, as a paid service: our team brings your current grants in with you. After that, each joiner or top-up is a new grant and each leaver is a date.
Will employees understand what they see?
Each employee sees their vested number on a chart, in Dutch or English, and gets the Employee Explainer with the invitation.
Which plan do I need?
Shares and invitations are free. Options and certificates need a paid plan. Pricing shows what each plan includes.
Get your share plan out of Excel
Sending your first invitation is free.
Two-factor login is mandatory for everyone who uses the platform.