Common use of Equity Vesting Acceleration Clause in Contracts

Equity Vesting Acceleration. Each of the Executive’s then outstanding unvested Equity Awards, including awards that would otherwise vest upon satisfaction of performance metrics or other factors other than the continuation of the Executive’s employment with the Company (“Performance-Based Equity Awards”), shall accelerate and become vested and exercisable with respect to 100% of the then-unvested shares subject to all Equity Awards; provided however, that the grant agreement for the Performance-Based Equity Awards may provide for alternative treatment upon a Qualifying CIC Termination and, absent any such treatment in such grant agreement, the vesting acceleration provided for herein shall be deemed to have been met based on the achievement of the performance award “at-target”. Subject to Section 4, the accelerated vesting described above shall be effective as of the date of Separation.

Appears in 5 contracts

Samples: Change in Control and Severance Agreement (Morphic Holding, Inc.), Change in Control and Severance Agreement (Morphic Holding, Inc.), Change in Control and Severance Agreement (Morphic Holding, Inc.)

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