Vesting Sample Clauses
A vesting clause establishes the schedule and conditions under which an individual earns rights to certain assets or benefits, typically equity or stock options, over time. For example, an employee may receive shares that become fully owned only after remaining with the company for a specified period, often with incremental ownership granted at regular intervals. This clause incentivizes long-term commitment and helps protect the company by preventing immediate full ownership by new employees or partners.
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Vesting. Any Class A preferred shares issuable hereunder shall be subject to cliff vesting on December 31, 2025 (the “Initial Vesting Date”), and in the event vesting occurs on the Initial Vesting Date, a new cliff vesting period shall apply to all Class A shares issuable to Masterworks from and after such Initial Vesting Date until the three-year anniversary of such Initial Vesting Date and all of such Class A preferred shares will vest on such three-year anniversary of the Initial Vesting Date and such process will be repeated in successive three-year periods (each such vesting date, together with the Initial Vesting Date, a “Vesting Date”). Any vesting period may be extended for a five-year period or shortened in accordance with this Section 6, provided, that any applicable Vesting Date shall be accelerated upon an Approved Sale to the date any such Approved Sale is consummated, except in the case that such sale is not approved by the Special Committee. At any time prior to the 12-month anniversary of the applicable Vesting Date, the Parties can mutually agree in writing to extend the Vesting Date for one or more additional five-year periods, or agree at any time to accelerate the Vesting Date to an earlier date, provided that any agreement to accelerate the Vesting Date to an earlier date (other than in connection with a sale of the Artwork) shall be ineffective unless and until the Company obtains the consent of holders of a majority of the Class A shares eligible to vote on such matter. Any Class A shares beneficially owned by the Administrator and its affiliates shall not be eligible to vote on such matter. The unvested Class A preferred shares issued or issuable hereunder shall be forfeited if this Agreement is terminated prior to the applicable Vesting Date or if the Special Committee does not approve a sale of the Artwork. The Administrator may also, in its sole discretion, reduce unearned management fees or voluntarily forfeit any unvested management fees, in whole or in part. Any Class A preferred shares that are forfeited shall no longer be deemed to be outstanding and shall have no rights to distributions. All of the Class A preferred shares issued pursuant to this Agreement prior to the Effective Date shall be fully vested upon issuance and shall not be subject to the vesting provisions set forth in this Section 6. The holders of the Company’s Class A shares may remove and replace the Administrator with another person or entity by the affirmative vot...
Vesting. (a) Subject to the terms of this Section 3, the Stock Units shall become vested [ ], provided that the Participant continues to be employed by, or provide services to, the Employer from the Date of Grant until the [applicable] Vesting Date.
(b) The vesting of the Stock Units shall be cumulative, but shall not exceed 100% of the Stock Units. If the foregoing schedule would produce fractional Stock Units, the number of Stock Units that vest shall be rounded down to the nearest whole Stock Unit and the fractional Stock Units will be accumulated so that the resulting whole Stock Units will be included in the number of Stock Units that become vested on the last Vesting Date. [Notwithstanding Section 3(a) above, upon the Participant’s termination of employment or service from the Employer on account of the Participant’s (i) Disability, (ii) Retirement, (iii) death, or (iv) termination by the Employer without Cause, the Participant shall be treated for vesting purposes as though the Participant remained employed or providing service to the Employer through the next subsequent Vesting Date following Participant’s termination, meaning the Participant shall vest in the Stock Units that would have otherwise become vested as of such next subsequent Vesting Date provided, however, the Company has the right to reduce or change the amount depending on the facts and circumstances.]/[Notwithstanding Section 3(a) above, the Stock Units shall vest on a pro-rata basis upon the Participant’s termination of employment or service from the Employer on account of the Participant’s (i) Disability, (ii) Retirement, (iii) death, (iv) resignation for Good Reason or (v) termination by the Employer without Cause; provided, however, the Company has the right to reduce or change the amount depending on the facts and circumstances. Pro-rata vesting shall be determined by dividing (i) the total number of days the Participant was employed from the Date of Grant through the date of termination of employment or service with the Employer by (ii) the total number of days between the Date of Grant and the Vesting Date.]
(c) Except as otherwise provided in a written employment agreement or severance agreement entered into by and between the Participant and the Employer, in the event of a Change of Control before all of the Stock Units vest in accordance with Section 3(a) above, the provisions of the Plan applicable to a Change of Control shall apply to the Stock Units, and, in the event of a Chang...
Vesting. (a) The RSUs shall vest in accordance with the Vesting Schedule set forth in the Notice of Grant (the “Vesting Schedule”). Any fractional shares resulting from the application of any percentages used in the Vesting Schedule shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number of RSUs. Upon each Vesting Date (or, if applicable, an earlier vesting date pursuant to Section 3(b) below, which, in such event, shall also be hereinafter referred to as the “Vesting Date”), the Company shall settle the vested portion of the RSUs and shall therefore, subject to the payment of any taxes pursuant to Section 8(b), issue and deliver to the Participant one share of Common Stock for each RSU that vests on such Vesting Date (the “RSU Shares”). Alternatively, the Board may, in its sole discretion, elect to pay cash or part cash and part RSU Shares in lieu of settling the RSUs that vest on such Vesting Date solely in RSU Shares (such discretion of the Board to settle in cash shall not apply to a Participant who is subject to Canadian tax, whose shares must be settled in previously unissued shares). If a cash payment is made in lieu of delivering RSU Shares, the amount of such payment shall be equal to the fair market value (as determined by the Board) of the RSU Shares as of the Vesting Date less an amount equal to any federal, state, local and other taxes of any kind required to be withheld with respect to the vesting of the RSUs. The RSUs or any cash payment in lieu of RSU Shares will be delivered to the Participant as soon as practicable following each Vesting Date, but in any event within 30 days of such date.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 10(b) of the Plan or Section 3(a) above, in the event of a Change in Control Event:
(i) If the Change in Control Event also constitutes a Reorganization Event (as defined in the Plan) and the RSUs are not assumed, or substantially equivalent RSUs substituted, by the Acquiring Corporation, these RSUs shall automatically become vested in full immediately prior to such Change in Control Event; and
(ii) If either the Change in Control Event is also a Reorganization Event and these RSUs are assumed or substantially equivalent RSUs are substituted or the Change in Control Event is not a Reorganization Event, then in either case these RSUs shall continue to vest in accordance with the Vesting Schedule; provided, however, that these RSUs shall immediately become vested in full if, on or prior to the first anniversary of the date of...
Vesting. (a) Subject to the provisions of Sections 3(b) and 3(c) hereof, the RSUs subject to this Award shall become vested as follows, provided that the Participant has not incurred a Termination prior to each such vesting date: There shall be no proportionate or partial vesting in the periods prior to each vesting date and all vesting shall occur only on the appropriate vesting date, subject to the Participant’s continued service with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries on each applicable vesting date.
Vesting. This Award shall vest in full on the Vesting Date set forth above provided the Participant is continuously employed by a member of the Premier Group. Notwithstanding the foregoing:
(a) In the event that a Participant terminates employment due to being a Good Leaver (as defined below), the Participant shall immediately vest in a portion of the Award equal to the number of Award Shares granted times a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days of active service elapsed since the Grant Date and the denominator of which is 1,095. A Participant is a “Good Leaver” on account of (i) terminating employment with the Premier Group due to death, Disability or an Approved Retirement (as defined in Section 14 below) or (ii) the termination of the Participant’s employment with the Premier Group Without Cause (as defined in Section 14 below) prior to a Change in Control; and
(b) In the event a member of the Premier Group (or a successor) terminates the Participant’s employment Without Cause or the Participant terminates his employment for Good Reason (as defined in Section 14 below) within the twelve month period commencing upon a Change in Control (as defined in the Plan), the Award shall vest in full. The Participant shall be credited with an amount in cash (without interest) equal to the dividends the Participant would have received if the Participant had been the owner of a number of Shares equal to the number of Award Shares; provided, however, that no amount shall be credited with respect to Shares that have been delivered to the Participant as of the applicable record date. Dividend equivalents shall be subject to the same terms and conditions as the Award Shares, and shall vest (or, if applicable, be forfeited) at the same time as the Award Shares. Notwithstanding the foregoing, vesting of the Award (and any dividend equivalents) shall be prohibited to the extent that it would violate applicable law or to the extent the Award is a Performance Share Award. Further notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Award Agreement shall be interpreted to require the Company to grant dividends or dividend equivalents on any Shares or Award Shares.
Vesting. The Options shall vest and become exercisable as follows: one-third (1/3) of the Options shall vest and become exercisable on each of the first three anniversaries of the Date of Grant (each such one-third (1/3) of the Options which vest on each such anniversary shall be referred to herein as a “Tranche”) unless previously vested or forfeited in accordance with the Plan or this Agreement; provided, however, that to the extent then unvested, the Options shall immediately become vested and exercisable if:
(i) the Participant’s employment terminates due to death or Permanent Disability, or
(ii) the Participant’s employment terminates within two years after a Change in Control without Cause or for Good Reason. Further, provided, in the event of the Participant’s Retirement, a separate pro-rata portion of each of the three Tranches of Options (to the extent then unvested) shall immediately become vested, based, for each Tranche, on the number of months worked from the Date of Grant until the date of Retirement divided by the total number of months for which that particular Tranche of Options would have otherwise become vested, provided however, that, for each Tranche, the pro-rata portion that vests shall only become exercisable on the date each such Tranche would have otherwise become vested under the schedule described above in this Section 4(a) absent such Retirement. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentences, upon a Participant’s termination of employment for any reason, the Compensation Committee may, in its sole discretion, waive any requirement for vesting then remaining and permit, for a specified period of time consistent with the first sentence of Section 4(b) hereof the exercise of the Options prior to the satisfaction of such requirement. Any fractional Options that would result from application of this Section 4(a) shall be aggregated and shall vest on the first anniversary of the Date of Grant.
Vesting. Except as may otherwise be provided by Section 25:
(a) Subject to compliance with Section 13, the Restricted Stock Units under this RSU Award shall vest only (i) except as provided in Section 3 hereof, to the extent that the Performance Goals are satisfied as provided in Schedule A, and (ii) except as otherwise provided in Sections 2(c), 2(d) or 3 hereof, if the Participant remains continuously employed by the Company or a Subsidiary until the end of the Performance Period.
(b) Except as otherwise provided by Sections 2(c), 2(d) or 3 hereof, if the employment of the Participant by the Company or any Subsidiary terminates prior to the end of the Restriction Period, this RSU Award shall be immediately forfeited in its entirety.
(c) Upon (i) the Termination of the Participant’s employment without Cause, or (ii) the Disability or death of the Participant during the Restriction Period and prior to any termination of the Participant’s employment with the Company or any Subsidiary, the number of Restricted Stock Units, if any, payable under this RSU Award shall equal the number of Restricted Stock Units that otherwise would be paid, if any, following the Restriction Period (based on the achievement of the Performance Goals as determined under Section 1(b)), multiplied by a fraction, (A) the numerator of which shall be the number of days in the Restriction Period during which the Participant was continuously employed by the Company or a Subsidiary, and (B) the denominator of which shall be (x) if the Participant was employed by the Company or a Subsidiary on the first day of the Restriction Period, the total number of days in the Restriction Period, or (y) in all other cases, the total number of days within the Restriction Period equal to the period of time beginning on the first day of such continuous employment and ending on the last day of the Restriction Period. The remaining portion of this RSU Award that does not vest in accordance with this Section 2(c) shall immediately be forfeited.
(d) The Committee may, in its sole discretion, provide that, upon the retirement of the Participant (as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion), all or part of the Restricted Stock Units covered by this RSU Award shall be payable under this RSU Award, subject to the satisfaction of the Performance Goals as provided in Schedule A. Any such action by the Committee must be made in writing prior to the effective date of the Participant’s retirement. Any portion of this...
Vesting. Each Award of Restricted Shares may or may not be subject to vesting. Vesting shall occur, in full or in installments, upon satisfaction of the conditions specified in the Restricted Share Award Agreement. A Restricted Share Award Agreement may provide for accelerated vesting in the event of the Participant’s death, Disability or retirement or other events. The Committee may determine, at the time of granting Restricted Shares or thereafter, that all or part of such Restricted Shares shall become vested in the event that a Change in Control occurs with respect to the Company.
Vesting. (a) Except as may be otherwise provided in Section 3 or Section 6 of this Agreement, the vesting of the Grantee’s rights and interest in the Bonus shall be determined in accordance with this Section 2. The extent to which the Grantee’s interest in the Bonus becomes vested and non-forfeitable shall be based upon the satisfaction of the performance goal specified in this Section 2 (the “Performance Goal”), subject to Section 3. The Performance Goal shall be based upon the Cumulative EPS (“Cumulative EPS”) of the Company’s adjusted core earnings per share (as defined below) during the three-year period beginning [ ], and ending on [ ] (the “Performance Period”). The Cumulative EPS for the Performance Period shall be determined by the sum of the adjusted core earnings per share for the Company’s fiscal years ending [ ], [ ] and [ ] and shall be measured on [ ] (the “Measurement Date”). For purposes of this Agreement, “adjusted core earnings per share” means the Company’s net income determined under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), before amortization of intangibles, stock-based compensation expense and related charges, and goodwill impairment charges, and net of tax and deferred tax valuation allowance charges that result from the write-off of goodwill and impairment charges, divided by the weighted average number of outstanding shares determined in accordance with GAAP.
(b) The portion of the Grantee’s rights and interest in the Bonus, if any, that becomes vested and non-forfeitable at the Measurement Date shall be determined in accordance with the following schedule:
(c) The Bonus shall become vested and non-forfeitable in accordance with this Section 2, subject to the Committee determining and certifying in writing that the corresponding Performance Goal and all other conditions for the vesting of the Bonus have been satisfied; provided the Grantee’s Continuous Status as an Employee or Consultant or Non-Employee Director has not terminated before the Measurement Date. The Committee shall make this determination within sixty (60) days after the Measurement Date (the “Determination Date”). This determination shall be based on the actual level of the Performance Goal achieved, and shall not be subject to an exercise of discretion to determine a level of achievement of the Performance Goal other than that actually achieved, provided that the Committee’s good faith determination shall be final, binding and conclusive on all persons, includ...
Vesting. Subject to the limitations contained herein, your option will vest as provided in your Grant Notice, provided that vesting will cease upon the termination of your Continuous Service.