Token Grant Template Sample: Employee Onboarding Bonus Grant

Scenario
A company wants to issue a token grant to a new employee as part of their onboarding package. The grant should vest over 4 years with a 1-year cliff, where 25% of the tokens vest at the 12-month mark, and the remaining 75% vest gradually thereafter. Tokens will also have a lock-up schedule with a lockup schedule linked to the token exchange listing date.

Template Configuration in Liquifi:

• Template Name: New Joiner Onboarding Grant

• Schedule Type: Vesting and lockup

Vesting Schedule

• Vesting Type: Linear vesting

• Vesting Cliff:

  • ✅ Enabled

  • 25% vests at vesting cliff

  • Cliff duration: 12 months

• Vesting Schedule Length: 48 months (4 years)

• Vesting Frequency: Every 1 month

• Start Alignment: Same day as start date

• Vesting start date: {Example employee start date - 04/07/2025}

Lockup Schedule

• Lockup Type: Linear lockup

• Lockup Cliff:

  • ✅ Enabled

  • 25% unlocks at lockup cliff

  • Cliff duration: 12 months

• Lockup Schedule Length: 48 months (4 years)

• Unlocking Frequency: Every 1 month

• Start Alignment: Same day as start date

• Lockup start date: {Example: First exchange listing date - 06/07/2025}

Let’s apply the above example using the grant template creation form:

Once you click the Create template button, the template ID new-joiner-grant will be saved and available for use when creating grants, both through the UI and via bulk import using CSV files. Below is an example of how this template ID can be used in the CSV bulk upload flow: