Phantom Equity Clause Samples
A Phantom Equity clause establishes a system where employees or stakeholders are granted the right to receive financial benefits that mimic the value appreciation of company shares, without actually granting them ownership or voting rights. Typically, this involves awarding units or credits that track the value of real equity, and upon a triggering event such as a sale or IPO, recipients receive a cash payout equivalent to the increase in value. This clause allows companies to incentivize and reward key contributors with equity-like upside while maintaining control over actual company ownership and simplifying administrative complexities associated with issuing real shares.
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Phantom Equity. Set forth on Schedule 4.5(c) is a true and correct list of all holders of phantom equity issued by the Company together with their respective holdings. Each such holder of phantom equity, prior to (and as a condition of) the Closing, shall have executed and delivered to the Company an agreement in substantially the form set forth as Exhibit E hereto, providing that all shares of phantom equity held by that holder shall be redeemed by the Company at or promptly following the Closing for the consideration set forth therein.
Phantom Equity. In the sole discretion of the Board, following completion of three (3) months of employment, the Employee shall be eligible to receive a grant of incentive equity (the “Equity Grant”) in the form of phantom equity units that represent between 0.5% to 1.0% of the appreciation in the value of Holdings following the date of issuance of the Equity Grant. The Equity Grants shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the underlying award agreement, plan documents, and all other documents related thereto (including, without limitation, terms relating to the manner, time and rate of vesting of the Equity Grants).
Phantom Equity. Schedule 5.32 also lists all of Borrowers’ obligations to pay or otherwise compensate any employee or other Person based upon the enterprise value of Borrowers or occasioned by a sale of assets or equity of a Borrower under any phantom equity plan, employment agreement with a participation feature, or other such Contract.
Phantom Equity. The Executive shall be entitled to participate in the School Bus Holdings Phantom Equity Plan (as amended or revised from time to time, in the sole discretion of the Board or its designee, the “Phantom Equity Plan”). Participants in the Phantom Equity Plan will participate (based on a granted award percentage) in the common equity value creation of the Company above a dollar threshold determined by the Board or its designee and set forth in the Phantom Equity Plan. The Company shall grant the Executive a phantom award with an award percentage equal to one half percent (the “Phantom Award”). The Executive’s participation in the Phantom Equity Plan and rights there under shall be subject to the terms of the Phantom Equity Plan, this Agreement and any applicable grant or other agreements under the Phantom Equity Plan as determined by the Board or its designee.