Optional Vesting Clause Samples

The Optional Vesting clause allows parties to choose whether certain rights, typically related to equity or ownership interests, will become vested over time or upon the occurrence of specific events. In practice, this means that an individual or entity may earn ownership in stages, such as through continued service or meeting performance milestones, rather than receiving full ownership immediately. This clause provides flexibility in structuring incentives and helps align interests by ensuring that benefits are earned progressively, thereby reducing the risk of premature departure or lack of commitment.
Optional Vesting. The Committee may also at any time and from time to time determine that any other PSUs and Dividend Units shall become vested based on such factors as the Committee may determine in its sole discretion (including, without limitation and by way of example only, performance of Employee’s operating unit, performance of the Company as a whole, benefits of providing additional long-term incentive compensation to Employee in light of the competitive market for Employee’s services, severance arrangements, etc.). If the Committee makes such a determination, then such additional PSUs and/or Dividend Units as may be specified by the Committee in such determination shall become vested at the time specified by the Committee in such determination.
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Optional Vesting performance of Employee’s operating unit, performance of the Company as a whole, benefits of providing additional long-term incentive compensation to Employee in light of the competitive market for Employee’s services, severance arrangements, etc.). If the Committee makes such a determination, then such RSUs and/or Dividend Units as may be specified by the Committee in such determination shall become vested at the time specified by the Committee. 
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Optional Vesting. Provided Performance Criteria have theretofore been met, the Committee may determine that any other PSUs and Dividend Units shall become vested prior to the dates provided in Section 3(a) based on such factors as the Committee may determine in its sole discretion (including, without limitation and by way of example only, performance of Employee’s operating unit, performance of the Company as a whole, benefits of providing additional long-term incentive compensation to Employee in light of the competitive market for Employee’s services, severance arrangements, etc.). If the Committee makes such a determination, then such additional PSUs and/or Dividend Units as may be specified by the Committee in such determination shall become vested at the time specified by the Committee in such determination.
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Related to Optional Vesting

  • Equity Vesting All of the then-unvested shares subject to each of the Executive’s then-outstanding equity awards will immediately vest and, in the case of options and stock appreciation rights, will become exercisable (for avoidance of doubt, no more than 100% of the shares subject to the then-outstanding portion of an equity award may vest and become exercisable under this provision). In the case of equity awards with performance-based vesting, all performance goals and other vesting criteria will be deemed achieved at the greater of actual performance or 100% of target levels. Unless otherwise required under the next following two sentences or, with respect to awards subject to Section 409A of the Code, under Section 5(b) below, any restricted stock units, performance shares, performance units, and/or similar full value awards that vest under this paragraph will be settled on the 61st day following the CIC Qualified Termination. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Executive’s Qualified Termination occurs prior to a Change in Control, then any unvested portion of the Executive’s then-outstanding equity awards will remain outstanding for 3 months or the occurrence of a Change in Control (whichever is earlier) so that any additional benefits due on a CIC Qualified Termination can be provided if a Change in Control occurs within 3 months following the Qualified Termination (provided that in no event will the Executive’s stock options or similar equity awards remain outstanding beyond the equity award’s maximum term to expiration). In such case, if no Change in Control occurs within 3 months following a Qualified Termination, any unvested portion of the Executive’s equity awards automatically will be forfeited permanently on the 3-month anniversary of the Qualified Termination without having vested.

  • Option Vesting Options shall vest as follows: (a) 100% of the Options shall vest on the 1st anniversary of the Grant Date; (b) In the event of any change in control, merger or consolidation between the Company and any other entity (other than one in which the stockholders of the Company prior to such transaction receive, in exchange for their Company shares, stock of the surviving corporation and such stock constitutes more than 50% of the outstanding stock of the surviving corporation following such transaction), or any sale by the Company of all or substantially all of its assets, all Options then held by the Director that have not theretofore vested shall vest five days prior to the earlier of (i) the record date, if any, for such transaction and (ii) the closing date of such transaction, both subject to Section 4(a).

  • Stock Vesting Unless otherwise approved by the Board of Directors, all stock options and other stock equivalents issued after the date of this Agreement to employees, directors, consultants and other service providers shall be subject to vesting as follows: (a) twenty-five percent (25%) of such stock shall vest at the end of the first year following the earlier of the date of issuance or such person’s services commencement date with the Company, and (b) seventy-five percent (75%) of such stock shall vest over the remaining three (3) years.

  • Normal Vesting Subject to the Plan and this Agreement, if the Participant has been in Continuous Employment through the Vesting Date as set forth in Section 1, then the RSUs subject to such Vesting Date will become nonforfeitable (“Vest” or similar terms).

  • Exercise Period Vesting 4.1. 185,185 Series D Warrants to purchase up to 185,185 Warrant Shares (50% of Series D Warrants) shall vest on March 1, 2023 (the “Second Vesting Date”) and be exercisable as of the Second Vesting Date and for three (3) years thereafter, subject to Section ‎4.3 below; provided, however, that the Warrants under this Section ‎4.1 shall expire on the Second Vesting Date in the event the Milestone is not met, and the Partner has notified the Company on its decision to rescind the remaining balance of the Facility; 4.2. 185,185 Series D Warrants to purchase up to 185,185 Warrant Shares (50% of Series D Warrants) shall vest on September 1, 2023 (the “Third Vesting Date”) and be exercisable as of the Third Vesting Date and for three (3) years thereafter, subject to Section ‎‎4.3 below; provided, however, that the Warrants under this Section ‎4.2 shall expire on the Third Vesting Date in the event the Milestone is not met, and the Partner has notified the Company on its decision to rescind the remaining balance of the Facility; and further provided, that the Warrants under this Section ‎‎4.2 shall expire on the Third Vesting Date pro rata to the amounts of Tranches 3-8 which shall have not been actually withdrawn by the Company. By way of illustration only, (a) if the Company, at its sole discretion, withdraws US$0.5 million out of US$2 million of Tranches 3-8 available under the Agreement, than 138,889 Series D Warrants to purchase up to 138,889 Warrant Shares [75% of Series D Warrants under this Section ‎4.2] shall expire on the Third Vesting Date; and (b) if the Company, at its sole discretion, withdraws US$2 million out of US$2 million of Tranches 3-8 available under the Agreement, than none of Series D Warrants under this Section ‎4.2 shall expire on the Third Vesting Date; 4.3. Notwithstanding the above, if at any time from and after the date of issuance of the Warrants hereof, the closing price of the Company’s Ordinary Shares on the TASE (or other stock exchange or market on which the Ordinary Shares are then listed or quoted, including by means of ADSs, as defined below) equals or exceeds US$2.025 [1.5 (one point five) of Series D Exercise Price per share], adjusted, if applicable, for the Company’s capital events, such as stock splits, etc., for three (3) consecutive trading days (the “Mandatory Exercise Measuring Period”), then the Company shall have the right to require the Holder and/or any of his Transferees, to exercise all or any portion of Series D Warrants, still unexercised (and in such event vesting of any such unexercised Series D Warrants required to be exercised shall be accelerated and all of them shall vest immediately), for a cash exercise, as designated in the Mandatory Exercise Notice on the Mandatory Exercise Date (each as defined below) into fully paid, validly issued and nonassessable Ordinary Shares, at the Series D Exercise Price (the “Mandatory Exercise”). The Company may exercise its right to require exercise under this Section ‎4.3 by delivering within not more than five (5) trading days following the end of such Mandatory Exercise Measuring Period a written notice thereof to the Holder (which notice for the purposes hereof shall also be deemed a notice to his Transferees (the “Mandatory Exercise Notice” and the date that Holder received such notice is referred to as the “Mandatory Exercise Notice Date”). The Mandatory Exercise Notice shall be irrevocable. The Mandatory Exercise Notice shall state (i) the trading day on which the Mandatory Exercise shall occur, which shall be the second trading day following the Mandatory Exercise Notice Date (the “Mandatory Exercise Date”) and (ii) the aggregate number of Warrants which the Company has elected to be subject to such Mandatory Exercise (the “Mandatory Exercise Warrants”) pursuant to this Section ‎4.3. If the Holder or any of his Transferees then holding the Warrants, fails to provide the Company on the Mandatory Exercise Date or within five (5) business days thereafter, with the aggregate exercise price of the Mandatory Exercise Warrants or any part thereof, at the end of such period any nonpaid Mandatory Exercise Warrants shall automatically terminate and become null and void. 4.4. Notwithstanding the above, this Warrant may not be exercised on the Record Date (as such term is defined under the TASE rules and regulations) of: (i) a distribution of bonus shares; (ii) a rights offer; (iii) any distribution of dividends; (iv) a consolidation of the share capital of the Company; (v) a share split; or (vi) a reduction of the share capital of the Company (each of the above: a “Corporate Event”). In addition, if the Ex-Date (as such term is defined under the TASE rules and regulations) for a Corporate Event occurs before the Record Date for such Corporate Event, then the Warrant may not be exercised on the said Ex-Date.