Equity Awards Clause Samples
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Equity Awards. “Equity Awards” will mean Executive’s outstanding stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock units, performance shares, performance stock units and any other Company equity compensation awards.
Equity Awards. Each outstanding equity award, including, without limitation, each stock option and restricted stock award, held by Executive shall automatically become vested and, if applicable, exercisable and any forfeiture restrictions or rights of repurchase thereon shall immediately lapse, in each case, with respect to one-hundred percent (100%) of the unvested shares of Company common stock subject to such equity award.
Equity Awards. You will be eligible to receive awards of stock options or other equity awards pursuant to any plans or arrangements the Company may have in effect from time to time. The Board or Committee, as applicable, will determine in its sole discretion whether you will be granted any such equity awards and the terms of any such award in accordance with the terms of any applicable plan or arrangement that may be in effect from time to time.
Equity Awards. You will be eligible to receive compensatory equity awards such as stock options or restricted stock unit awards from the Company on the terms and conditions determined by the Board in its sole discretion.
Equity Awards. The Executive shall be eligible to receive equity and other long-term incentive awards under the equity-based incentive compensation plans adopted by the Company during the Employment Term for which employees are generally eligible. The level of the Executive’s participation in any such plan, if any, shall be determined in the sole discretion of the Committee from time to time.
Equity Awards. Executive will be eligible to receive stock options and other equity incentive grants as determined by the Board or a committee of the Board in its sole discretion.
Equity Awards. Effective as of the Effective Date, Executive shall be granted restricted stock units and performance stock units (collectively, the “Inducement RSUs”) as provided below:
(i) Executive shall be granted 4,100,000 restricted stock units (the “RSUs”) with respect to the Company’s common stock, $0.10 par value (“Common Stock”) pursuant to an award agreement between Executive and the Company that is substantially identical to the form of restricted stock unit agreement under the Company’s 2016 Stock Incentive Compensation Plan (the “2016 Plan”); provided that the RSUs may be structured as an “inducement” award not granted pursuant to the 2016 Plan, but otherwise subject to the same terms and conditions thereof. The RSUs shall vest as follows: 30% of the RSUs shall vest on December 31, 2019; 30% of the RSUs shall vest on December 31, 2020; and 40% of the RSUs shall vest on December 31, 2021, subject in each case to Executive’s continued employment through the applicable vesting date except as otherwise specifically provided herein and therein. Any vested RSUs shall be settled through the issuance of Common Stock promptly following the applicable vesting date.
(ii) Executive shall be granted 500,000 performance stock units (the “PSUs”) with respect to Common Stock pursuant to an award agreement between Executive and the Company. The PSUs may be structured as an “inducement” award not granted pursuant to the 2016 Plan, but otherwise subject to the same terms and conditions thereof. The PSUs shall vest as follows: 33.33% of the PSUs shall vest on each of December 31, 2019, 2020 and 2021, provided that the performance metrics as set forth on Annex 1 are met for such fiscal year and subject in each case to Executive’s continued employment through the applicable vesting date except as otherwise specifically provided herein and therein. Any vested PSUs shall be settled through the issuance of Common Stock promptly following the applicable vesting date.
Equity Awards. During the Term, Executive shall be eligible to participate in the Equity Incentive Plan of the Employer or any successor plan, subject to the terms of the Equity Incentive Plan or successor plan, as determined by the Board or the Compensation Committee, in its discretion.
Equity Awards. As soon as reasonably practicable following the Effective Date, the Company will recommend that the Board of Parent grant to the Executive an equity award (the “Initial Award”) for such number of shares of the Parent’s common stock (the “Common Stock”) as may be determined by the Board and/or the Committee. The Initial Award shall include a performance-based vesting condition, pursuant to which (i) thirty percent (30%) of the number of shares of Common Stock subject to the Initial Award shall vest and, if applicable, become exercisable upon the market price of the Common Stock (as determined based on trading on Nasdaq or other applicable stock exchange) being equal to or exceeding $12.50 per share for thirty (30) consecutive trading days, and the remaining seventy percent (70%) of the number of shares of Common Stock subject to the Initial Award shall vest and, if applicable, become exercisable upon the market price of the Common Stock being equal to or exceeding $15.00 per share for thirty (30) consecutive trading days. The Initial Award shall be in such form and subject to such other terms and conditions as may be determined by the Board and/or the Committee. The Initial Award shall be subject to the Parent’s 2023 Stock Incentive Plan (such plan, as it may be amended and/or restated, the “2023 Plan”) and applicable award agreement which shall contain such terms and conditions as may be determined by the Board and/or the Committee. The grant of the Initial Award shall be contingent upon the effectiveness of the registration with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) of the shares issuable under the 2023 Plan on a Form S-8 registration statement and compliance with other Applicable Law and shall be made as soon as practicable after the effectiveness of the Form S-8 registration statement. Following the grant of the Initial Award, during the Term the Executive shall be eligible to participate in the 2023 Plan or any successor stock incentive plan (collectively, such plans, as they may be amended and/or restated, the “Stock Plan”) on such terms and conditions as may be determined by the Board and/or the Committee in its or their discretion. The grant of any such awards shall be subject to the terms of the Stock Plan and applicable award agreement which shall contain such terms and conditions as may be determined by the Board and/or the Committee.
Equity Awards. Executive shall receive the following benefits with respect to the Executive’s equity awards.
(a) The vesting and exercisability of all outstanding options to purchase the Company’s common stock, stock appreciation rights, stock units or other equity rights with respect to the Company granted to Executive pursuant to any equity incentive plan of the Company which would otherwise have vested conditioned solely upon Executive’s continued services with the Company shall accelerate vesting in full.
(b) Any reacquisition or repurchase rights held by the Company with respect to common stock issued or issuable pursuant to any equity award granted to Executive pursuant to any equity incentive plan of the Company which would otherwise have lapsed conditioned solely upon Executive’s continued services with the Company shall lapse in full.
(c) Any equity awards granted to Executive pursuant to any equity incentive plan of the Company which would otherwise vest based on attainment of performance criteria (“Performance Awards”) will either: (i) not be subject to acceleration of vesting pursuant to this Agreement if the terms of such Performance Awards supersede this Agreement, or (ii) if the terms of such Performance Awards do not supersede this Agreement, such Performance Awards will accelerate vesting in full; provided however, that if such Performance Awards have multiple vesting levels depending on the level of performance, such Performance Awards will accelerate vesting at the “target level.”
(d) If Executive is unable to exercise all or a portion of any exercisable equity awards granted to Executive pursuant to any equity incentive plan of the Company during the applicable post Termination Date exercise period due to a contractual, legal or regulatory restriction that prohibits the exercise of such Company’s equity awards, the exercise period of such equity awards shall be automatically extended for an additional ninety (90) days following the termination of such contractual, legal or regulatory restriction; provided, however that in no event will such exercise period be extended beyond the maximum permitted contractual term for such equity awards and nothing herein is intended to prohibit earlier cancellation or termination of such equity awards in connection with a Change in Control in which such exercisable awards are not assumed, substituted or continued.
