Dividend Equivalent Rights definition
Examples of Dividend Equivalent Rights in a sentence
Dividend Equivalent Rights shall not entitle the Participant to any payments relating to dividends for which the record date occurs after the payment of the Performance Vested RSU underlying such Dividend Equivalent Right, and the Participant shall not be entitled to any Dividend Equivalent Right payments with respect to any RSU that does not become a Performance Vested RSU.
Dividend Equivalent Rights on the Restricted Stock shall be accumulated until the lapse of a Restricted Period, if and to the extent the Company makes dividends on its Common Stock during a Restricted Period and shall be paid pursuant to the provisions of Section 3 hereof in the same form as accrued.
The Company or any Subsidiary shall have the authority and the right to deduct or withhold, or require the Participant to remit to such entity, an amount sufficient to satisfy federal, state, local and foreign taxes (including the Participant’s FICA obligation) required by law to be withheld with respect to the issuance, vesting or payment of the RSUs and the Dividend Equivalent Rights.
All Dividend Equivalent Rights on the Restricted Stock accumulated during the Restricted Period shall be paid in a lump sum within seventy-four (74) days following the end of the Restricted Period; provided that if such seventy-four (74) day period begins in one calendar year and ends in another, the Participant shall not have the right to designate the calendar year of payment.
Dividend Equivalent Rights and any amounts that may become distributable in respect thereof shall be treated separately from the RSUs and the rights arising in connection therewith for purposes of the designation of time and form of payments required by Section 409A of the Code.