PBU Grant definition
Examples of PBU Grant in a sentence
No PBU Grant, nor any cash payment or stock award related thereto, or other right thereunder, shall be subject in any manner to alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance or charge, except by will or the laws of descent and distribution, or by the terms of a Participant’s Designation of Beneficiary, if any, on file with the Company.
In the case of a Key Employee who becomes a Participant after the beginning of the Performance Period, the Committee may ratably reduce the cash payout or stock award (as applicable) covered by such Key Employee’s PBU Grant, or otherwise appropriately adjust the terms of the PBU Grant, to reflect the fact that the Key Employee is to be a Participant for only part of the Performance Period.
The Committee has full and exclusive authority to administer the PBU Grant, and to interpret the provisions of each Grant Agreement and the Administrative Practices specified herein, as well as the provisions of each PBU Grant Agreement.
Nothing in a PBU Grant is intended to be a substitute for, or shall preclude or limit the establishment or continuation of, any other plan, practice, or arrangement for the payment of compensation or benefits to employees generally, or to any class or group of employees, which the Company or a Subsidiary now has or may hereafter lawfully put into effect, including, without limitation, any retirement, pension, group insurance, annual bonus, stock purchase, stock bonus or stock option plan.
No cash amounts paid or stock awarded pursuant to any PBU Grant shall be included or counted as compensation for the purposes of any employee benefit plan of the Company or a Subsidiary where contributions to the plan, or the benefits received from the plan, are measured or determined in whole or in part, by the amount of the employee’s compensation.
Decisions of the Committee regarding the interpretation and administration of the PBU Grant shall be final and binding on all parties.
The Administrative Practices for the PBU Grant specified herein may be amended by the Committee, provided that, no amendment or discontinuance of PBU Grants shall, without a Participant’s consent, adversely affect his or her rights in any cash payment or stock award related thereto.
If a Participant ceases employment with the Company for any of the reasons specified in this paragraph, after the completion of the applicable Performance Period (but before the cash payment or stock award is made), then his or her rights to his or her PBU Grant shall thereupon vest, and he or she shall be entitled to receive such cash payment or stock award at the time he or she would have otherwise received such payment or award.
A PBU Grant to an employee of a Subsidiary shall be contingent on the approval of the Subsidiary and the Subsidiary’s agreement that (a) the Company may administer the PBU Grant on its behalf and (b) the Subsidiary will make, or reimburse the Company for, the cash payments or stock awards related to the PBU Grant.
Each Participant’s PBU Grant shall be evidenced by a 20__–20__ PBU Grant Agreement that specifies the number of PBUs initially granted to the Participant, the manner of settlement related to any final PBUs earned, and such other terms and conditions as the Committee shall approve, inclusive of the provisions of this Annex B, which are incorporated into the RSU Grant Agreement to which this Annex B is attached.