Performance Share Units definition

Performance Share Units means Performance Share Units granted to an Eligible Individual under Section 9.1(b).

Performance Share Units is defined in Section 1.

Performance Share Units means an award of Performance Shares granted to a Participant pursuant to Article 9 of the Plan.

Examples of Performance Share Units in a sentence

• By accepting the Performance Share Units, Awardee consents to a deduction from, and set-off against, any amounts owed to Awardee that are not treated as “non-qualified deferred compensation” under Section 409A of the Code by any member of the Cardinal Group from time to time (including, but not limited to, amounts owed to Awardee as wages, severance payments or other fringe benefits) to the extent of the amounts owed to the Cardinal Group by Awardee, subject to Applicable Law.

• The Company may, in its sole discretion, decide to deliver any documents related to the Performance Share Unit grant under and participation in the Plan or future Performance Share Units that may be granted under the Plan by electronic means or to request Awardee’s consent to participate in the Plan by electronic means.

• Awardee is not entitled to receive cash dividends on the Performance Share Units but will receive a dividend equivalent payment from the Company in an amount equal to the dividends that would have been paid on each Share underlying the Performance Share Units if it had been outstanding between the Grant Date and the [applicable]2 payment date of any such Share (i.e., based on the record date for cash dividends).

• The first installment, which shall be with respect to [percentage] of the total number of vested Performance Share Units, shall be paid no later than the 60th day after the end of the Performance Period (the “First Payment Date”).

• Subject to an election to defer receipt as permitted under Paragraph 6(c), the Company shall pay dividend equivalent payments in cash (without interest) as soon as reasonably practicable after the [applicable]2 payment date of (and to the same extent as) the Performance Share Units to which such dividend equivalents relate.

More Definitions of Performance Share Units

Performance Share Units or “PSUs” means a bookkeeping entry, denominated in Shares (on a one for one basis, unless otherwise provided for in the PSU Agreement), credited to the Performance Share Unit Account of a Designated Participant in accordance with the provisions hereof;

Performance Share Units means Restricted Share Rights that are subject to performance conditions and/or multipliers and designated as such in accordance with Section 4.1 of this Plan.

Performance Share Units or PSUs”) by CIT Group Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), to the Participant, pursuant to the provisions of the Amended and Restated CIT Group Inc. Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). This Award Agreement memorializes the terms and conditions as approved by the Compensation Committee of the Board (the “Committee”). All capitalized terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Plan, unless specifically set forth otherwise herein. The parties hereto agree as follows:

Performance Share Units means notional units of measurement representing the contractual right granted to the Participant to receive shares of Class B Common Stock based on the performance of the Class B Common Stock in comparison with the performance of the common stock of the Reference Group over the Measurement Period, on the terms and conditions forth in the Certificate.

Performance Share Units means an Award, subject to a Period of Restriction and achievement of Performance Goals, that is granted to a Participant under the Plan and provides for the right to receive a number of shares of Common Stock for each Performance Share Unit as specified in the Award Grant. Performance Share Units may be granted to Employees who are executive officers or key employees of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries.

Performance Share Units means an award of Performance Share Units granted to a Participant pursuant to Article 9 of the Plan.

Performance Share Units or “PSUs” means the obligation of the Company to transfer the number of shares of Stock to Participant determined under Section 2, Section 4A (in the case of death or termination of employment by Disability), Section 4B (in the case of Change-in-Control), or Section 5 (in the case of Divestiture of a Business Segment) of this Award Agreement, as applicable, at the time provided in Section 6 of this Award Agreement, to the extent that the rights to such shares are vested at such time.