Payout Terms. (a) The Award and the any receipt of Shares is subject to your continued employment at the Company or other entity wholly owned directly or indirectly by the Company (“Subsidiary”) from the Award Date through the close of business on the Vesting Date set forth on Exhibit A. In such event, on the Vesting Date each PSU earned will be converted into the right to receive a number of shares of Company Stock determined according to Exhibit A, and such shares of Company Stock (after deducting sufficient shares to satisfy the Company’s tax withholding obligations) will be issued to you or your brokerage account as promptly as practical after the Vesting Date. (b) Notwithstanding paragraph 2(a), if there is a Change of Control before the Shares have been issued to you under this Award and either: (i) If the Change of Control results in the Company’s common stock no longer being publicly held and traded on the New York Stock Exchange before all Shares have been issued to you under this Award and you are and have been continuously employed by the Company or a Subsidiary through and on the effective date of the Change of Control (the “CoC Effective Date”), then (A) below shall apply, or if the conditions in (A) cannot be met then (B) shall apply: (A) This Award Agreement shall be replaced by an equity award agreement of the Acquirer, provided all of the following conditions are met: (I) Acquirer’s common stock is publicly held and widely traded on an established U.S. stock exchange, either NYSE or NASDAQ; and (II) The PSUs constituting the Target Award are converted to units of the Acquirer’s common stock at a total value equal to the total value of the Target Award (“Replacement Units”) under an equity award agreement (“Replacement Agreement”) with terms at least as favorable as the terms of this Award Agreement. For the purposes of conversion, the value of the Target Award shall be calculated based on the average closing price of the Company shares for the ten days prior to the Change of Control and the value of the Replacement Units shall be calculated based on the average closing price of common stock of the Acquirer for the ten days prior to the Change of Control. The Replacement Agreement shall provide that each Replacement Unit when vested shall equal one share of Acquirer’s common stock and unless earlier distributed such Acquirer common stock (net of tax withholdings) will be distributed to you three years after the original date of the award of the Target Award (“Replacement Award”). Such Replacement Agreement shall not include the ownership requirements of section 3. The Replacement Agreement shall also provide that (a) Replacement Units shall vest and Acquirer common stock will be issued to you equivalent to such Replacement Units (net of tax withholdings) on the termination of your employment Without Cause or your termination with Good Reason (as defined in the Severance or Executive Severance Agreement), and (b) if you retire with at least 5 years of total employment with the Company and/or the Acquirer (“Retirement”) then you shall receive the number of shares equal to the undistributed shares under this Award multiplied by the percentage which is the number of months elapsed during the Award Term as of the retirement date compared to the total number of months in the Award Term. If prior to the vesting of such Replacement Units your employment ends, other than for Retirement, Without Cause, or with Good Reason (as defined in the Severance or Executive Severance Agreement), Replacement Units shall not vest and the Replacement Award shall be cancelled. (B) This Award Agreement shall not be replaced if the Successor Entity determines it will not or cannot replace the Award granted pursuant to this Agreement. In such event, the Award will be converted into the right to receive cash in an amount equal to the Target Award multiplied by the average of the daily closing price of the Company’s common stock on the New York Stock Exchange over the last ten trading days preceding the CoC Effective Date, and such cash will be paid to you (net of tax withholdings) within 30 days after the CoC Effective Date. (ii) If before a Change of Control, the PSUs under this Award have not been distributed to you in shares of Company Stock and you have been continuously employed by the Company or a Subsidiary and not more than ninety (90) days prior to the CoC Effective Date your employment with the Company or Subsidiary was terminated not because of your death, Disability, or for Cause, and such termination was done at the request of a third party who, at such time, had taken steps reasonably calculated to effect a Change of Control, and such Change of Control subsequently does occur then this Award will be converted into the right to receive cash in an amount equal to the Target Award multiplied by the average of the daily closing price of the Company’s common stock on the New York Stock Exchange over the last ten trading days preceding the CoC Effective Date, and such cash will be paid to you (net of tax withholdings) within 30 days after the CoC Effective Date. (iii) In the event of a Change of Control this subsection 2(b) shall control all distributions of shares and compensation under this Award. However, in such event, the following additional terms will apply to the Award: (I) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section 2(b), in the event a certified public accounting firm designated by the Committee (the “Accounting Firm”) determines that any payment (whether paid or payable pursuant to the terms of this Award or otherwise and each such payment hereinafter defined as a “Payment” and all Payments in the aggregate hereinafter defined as the “Aggregate Payment”), would subject you to tax under Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (“Code”) then such Accounting Firm shall determine whether some amount of payments would meet the definition of a “Reduced Amount”. If the Accounting Firm determines that there is a Reduced Amount, payments shall be reduced so that the Aggregate Payments shall equal such Reduced Amount. For purposes of this clause 2(d)(I), the “Reduced Amount” shall be the largest Aggregate Payment which (A) is less than the sum of all Payments and (B) results in aggregate Net After Tax Receipts which are equal to or greater than the Net After Tax Receipts which would result if Payments were made without regard to this clause 2(c)(I). “Net After Tax Receipt” means the Present Value (defined under Section 280G(d)(4) of the Code) of a Payment net of all taxes imposed on you under Section 1 and 4999 of the Code by applying the highest marginal rate under Section 1 of the Code.
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Samples: Performance Share Unit Award Agreement (Esco Technologies Inc)
Payout Terms. (a) The Award and the any receipt of Shares is subject to your continued employment at the Company or other entity wholly owned directly or indirectly by the Company (“Subsidiary”) from the Award Date through the close of business on the Vesting Date set forth on Exhibit A. In such event, on the Vesting Date each PSU earned will be converted into the right to receive a number of shares of Company Stock determined according to Exhibit A, and such shares of Company Stock (after deducting sufficient shares to satisfy the Company’s tax withholding obligations) will be issued to you or your brokerage account as promptly as practical of the next trading day after the Vesting Date.
(b) Notwithstanding paragraph 2(a), if there is a Change of Control before the Shares have been issued to you under this Award and either:
(i) If the Change of Control results in the Company’s common stock no longer being publicly held and traded on the New York Stock Exchange before all Shares have been issued to you under this Award and you are and have been continuously employed by the Company or a Subsidiary through and on the effective date of the Change of Control (the “CoC Effective Date”), then (A) below shall apply, or if the conditions in (A) cannot be met then (B) shall apply:
(A) This Award Agreement shall be replaced by an equity award agreement of the Acquirer, provided all of the following conditions are met:
(I) Acquirer’s common stock is publicly held and widely traded on an established U.S. stock exchange, either NYSE or NASDAQ; and
(II) The PSUs constituting the Target Award are converted to units of the Acquirer’s common stock at a total value equal to the total value of the Target Award (“Replacement Units”) under an equity award agreement (“Replacement Agreement”) with terms at least as favorable as the terms of this Award Agreement. For the purposes of conversion, the value of the Target Award shall be calculated based on the average closing price of the Company shares for the ten days prior to the Change of Control and the value of the Replacement Units shall be calculated based on the average closing price of common stock of the Acquirer for the ten days prior to the Change of Control. The Replacement Agreement shall provide that each Replacement Unit when vested shall equal one share of Acquirer’s common stock and unless earlier distributed such Acquirer common stock (net of tax withholdings) will be distributed to you three years after the original date of the award of the Target Award (“Replacement Award”). Such Replacement Agreement shall not include the ownership requirements of section 3. The Replacement Agreement shall also provide that (a) Replacement Units shall vest and Acquirer common stock will be issued to you equivalent to such Replacement Units (net of tax withholdings) on the termination of your employment Without Cause or your termination with Good Reason (as defined in the Severance or Executive Severance Agreement), and (b) if you retire with at least 5 years of total employment with the Company and/or the Acquirer (“Retirement”) then you shall receive the number of shares equal to the undistributed shares under this Award multiplied by the percentage which is the number of months elapsed during the Award Term as of the retirement date compared to the total number of months in the Award Term. If prior to the vesting of such Replacement Units your employment ends, other than for Retirement, Without Cause, or with Good Reason (as defined in the Severance or Executive Severance Agreement), Replacement Units shall not vest and the Replacement Award shall be cancelled.
(B) This Award Agreement shall not be replaced if the Successor Entity determines it will not or cannot replace the Award granted pursuant to this Agreement. In such event, the Award will be converted into the right to receive cash in an amount equal to the Target Award multiplied by the average of the daily closing price of the Company’s common stock on the New York Stock Exchange over the last ten trading days preceding the CoC Effective Date, and such cash will be paid to you (net of tax withholdings) within 30 days after the CoC Effective Date.
(ii) If before a Change of Control, the PSUs under this Award have not been distributed to you in shares of Company Stock and you have been continuously employed by the Company or a Subsidiary and not more than ninety (90) days prior to the CoC Effective Date your employment with the Company or Subsidiary was terminated not because of your death, Disability, or for Cause, and such termination was done at the request of a third party who, at such time, had taken steps reasonably calculated to effect a Change of Control, and such Change of Control subsequently does occur then this Award will be converted into the right to receive cash in an amount equal to the Target Award multiplied by the average of the daily closing price of the Company’s common stock on the New York Stock Exchange over the last ten trading days preceding the CoC Effective Date, and such cash will be paid to you (net of tax withholdings) within 30 days after the CoC Effective Date.
(iii) In the event of a Change of Control this subsection 2(b) shall control all distributions of shares and compensation under this Award. However, in such event, the following additional terms will apply to the Award:
(I) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section 2(b), in the event a certified public accounting firm designated by the Committee (the “Accounting Firm”) determines that any payment (whether paid or payable pursuant to the terms of this Award or otherwise and each such payment hereinafter defined as a “Payment” and all Payments in the aggregate hereinafter defined as the “Aggregate Payment”), would subject you to tax under Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (“Code”) then such Accounting Firm shall determine whether some amount of payments would meet the definition of a “Reduced Amount”. If the Accounting Firm determines that there is a Reduced Amount, payments shall be reduced so that the Aggregate Payments shall equal such Reduced Amount. For purposes of this clause 2(d)(I), the “Reduced Amount” shall be the largest Aggregate Payment which (A) is less than the sum of all Payments and (B) results in aggregate Net After Tax Receipts which are equal to or greater than the Net After Tax Receipts which would result if Payments were made without regard to this clause 2(c)(I). “Net After Tax Receipt” means the Present Value (defined under Section 280G(d)(4) of the Code) of a Payment net of all taxes imposed on you under Section 1 and 4999 of the Code by applying the highest marginal rate under Section 1 of the Code.
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Samples: Performance Share Unit Award Agreement (Esco Technologies Inc)
Payout Terms. (a) The Award and the any receipt of Shares Company Stock is subject to your continued employment at compliance with this Agreement and the Plan (including the provisions of Section 11 of the Plan). If you are continuously employed by the Company or a subsidiary, limited liability company, or other entity wholly owned directly or indirectly wholly owned by the Company (“SubsidiaryCompany Owned Entity”) from the Award Date through the close of business on the Vesting Date set forth on Exhibit A. In such eventas defined in Section 2(b), on the Vesting Date each PSU earned RSU will be converted into the right to receive a number of shares one share of Company Stock determined according to Exhibit AStock, and such shares of Company Stock (after deducting sufficient shares to satisfy the Company’s tax withholding obligations) will be issued to you or your brokerage account as promptly as practical after of the Vesting Datefirst trading day of 2024.
(b) The “Vesting Date” is December 31, 2023; subject to Section 2(d). The “Vesting Period” begins on the Award Date and ends December 31, 2023.
(c) Notwithstanding paragraph 2(a), if there is a Change of Control Control, as defined in Section 3(b), before the Shares shares of Company Stock have been issued to you under this Award and eitherthen:
(i) If the Change of Control results in the Company’s common stock no longer being publicly held and traded on the New York Stock Exchange before all Shares have been issued to you under this Award and you are and have been continuously employed by the Company or a Subsidiary through and on On the effective date of the Change of Control (the “CoC Effective Date”), then (A) below shall apply, or if the conditions in (A) cannot be met then (B) shall apply:
(A) This Award Agreement shall be replaced by an equity award agreement of the Acquirer, provided all of the following conditions are met:
(I) Acquirer’s common stock is publicly held and widely traded on an established U.S. stock exchange, either NYSE or NASDAQ; and
(II) The PSUs constituting the Target Award are converted to units of the Acquirer’s common stock at a total value equal to the total value of the Target Award (“Replacement Units”) under an equity award agreement (“Replacement Agreement”) with terms at least as favorable as the terms of this Award Agreement. For the purposes of conversion, the value of the Target Award shall be calculated based on the average closing price of the Company shares for the ten days prior to the Change of Control and the value of the Replacement Units shall be calculated based on the average closing price of common stock of the Acquirer for the ten days prior to the Change of Control. The Replacement Agreement shall provide that each Replacement Unit when vested shall equal one share of Acquirer’s common stock and unless earlier distributed such Acquirer common stock (net of tax withholdings) will be distributed to you three years after the original date of the award of the Target Award (“Replacement Award”). Such Replacement Agreement shall not include the ownership requirements of section 3. The Replacement Agreement shall also provide that (a) Replacement Units shall vest and Acquirer common stock will be issued to you equivalent to such Replacement Units (net of tax withholdings) on the termination of your employment Without Cause or your termination with Good Reason (as defined in the Severance or Executive Severance Agreement), and (b) if you retire with at least 5 years of total employment with the Company and/or the Acquirer (“Retirement”) then you shall receive the number of shares equal to the undistributed shares under this Award multiplied by the percentage which is the number of months elapsed during the Award Term as of the retirement date compared to the total number of months in the Award Term. If prior to the vesting of such Replacement Units your employment ends, other than for Retirement, Without Cause, or with Good Reason (as defined in the Severance or Executive Severance Agreement), Replacement Units shall not vest and the Replacement Award shall be cancelled.
(B) This Award Agreement shall not be replaced if the Successor Entity determines it will not or cannot replace the Award granted pursuant to this Agreement. In such event, the Award will be converted into the right to receive cash in an amount equal to the Target Award number of unconverted RSUs multiplied by the average of the daily closing price of the Company’s common stock on the New York Stock Exchange over the last ten trading days preceding the CoC Effective Date, and such cash will be paid to you (net of tax withholdings) within 30 days after the CoC Effective Date.
(ii) If before a Change of Control, the PSUs under this Award have not been distributed to you in shares of Company Stock and you have been continuously employed by the Company or a Subsidiary and not more than ninety (90) days prior to the CoC Effective Date your employment with the Company or Subsidiary was terminated not because of your death, Disability, or for Cause, and such termination was done at the request of a third party who, at such time, had taken steps reasonably calculated to effect a Change of Control, and such Change of Control subsequently does occur then this Award will be converted into the right to receive cash in an amount equal to the Target Award multiplied by the average of the daily closing price of the Company’s common stock on the New York Stock Exchange over the last ten trading days preceding the CoC Effective Date, and such cash will be paid to you (net of tax withholdings) within 30 days after the CoC Effective Date.
(iii) In the event of a Change of Control this subsection 2(b2(c) shall control all distributions of shares and compensation under this Award. However, in such event, the following additional terms will apply to the Award:
(IA) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section 2(bSection 2(c), in the event a certified public accounting firm designated by the Committee (the “Accounting Firm”) determines that any payment (whether paid or payable pursuant to the terms of this Award or otherwise and each such payment hereinafter defined as a “Payment” and all Payments in the aggregate hereinafter defined as the “Aggregate Payment”), would subject you to tax under Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (“Code”) then such Accounting Firm shall determine whether some amount of payments would meet the definition of a “Reduced Amount”. If the Accounting Firm determines that there is a Reduced Amount, payments shall be reduced so that the Aggregate Payments shall equal such Reduced Amount. For purposes of this clause 2(d)(I2(c)(I), the “Reduced Amount” shall be the largest Aggregate Payment which (A) is less than the sum of all Payments and (B) results in aggregate Net After Tax Receipts which are equal to or greater than the Net After Tax Receipts which would result if Payments were made without regard to this clause 2(c)(I). “Net After Tax Receipt” means the Present Value (defined under Section 280G(d)(4) of the Code) of a Payment net of all taxes imposed on you under Section 1 and 4999 of the Code by applying the highest marginal rate under Section 1 of the Code.
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Payout Terms. (a) The Award and the any receipt of Shares is subject to your continued employment at the Company or other entity wholly owned directly or indirectly by the Company (“Subsidiary”) from the Award Date through the close of business on the “Vesting Date set forth on Exhibit A. In such eventDate” as specified in Section 2(b), on the Vesting Date each PSU earned RSU will be converted into the right to receive a number of shares one share of Company Stock determined according to Exhibit AStock, and such shares of Company Stock (after deducting sufficient shares to satisfy the Company’s tax withholding obligations) will be issued to you or your brokerage account as promptly as practical of the next trading day after the Vesting DateDate defined in Section 2(b).
(b) The “Vesting Date” is November 5, 2025; subject to Section 2(d).
(c) Notwithstanding paragraph 2(a), if there is a Change of Control Control, as defined in Section 4(b), before the Shares shares of Company Stock have been issued to you under this Award and either:
(i) If the Change of Control results in the Company’s common stock no longer being publicly held and traded on the New York Stock Exchange before all Shares shares of Company Stock under this Award have been issued to you under this Award and you are and have been continuously employed by the Company or a Subsidiary through and on the effective date of the Change of Control (the “CoC Effective Date”), then (A) below shall apply, or if the conditions in (A) cannot be met then (B) shall apply:
(A) This The RSUs granted to you pursuant to this Award Agreement shall be replaced by an equity award agreement of the AcquirerAcquiror or the Successor Entity, provided whichever meets all of the following conditions are met:(the “Assuming Company”):
(I) AcquirerThe Assuming Company’s common stock is publicly held and widely traded on an established U.S. stock exchange, either NYSE or NASDAQ; and
(II) The PSUs constituting the Target Award Such RSUs are converted to units of the AcquirerAssuming Company’s common stock at a total value equal to the total value of the Target Award RSUs (“Replacement Units”) under an equity award agreement (“Replacement Agreement”) with terms at least as favorable as the terms of this Award Agreement. For the purposes of conversion, the value of the Target Award RSUs shall be calculated based on the average closing price of the Company shares for the ten days prior to the Change of Control and the value of the Replacement Units shall be calculated based on the average closing price of common stock of the Acquirer Assuming Company for the ten days prior to the Change of Control. The Replacement Agreement shall provide that each Replacement Unit when vested shall equal one share of Acquirerthe Assuming Company’s common stock and unless earlier distributed such Acquirer Assuming Company’s common stock (net of tax withholdings) will be distributed to you three years after the original date of the award of the Target Award RSUs (“Replacement Award”). Such Replacement Agreement shall not include the ownership requirements of section Section 3. The Replacement Agreement shall also provide that (a) Replacement Units shall vest and Acquirer the Assuming Company’s common stock will be issued to you equivalent to such Replacement Units (net of tax withholdings) on the termination of your employment Without Cause or your termination with Good Reason (as defined in the Severance or Executive Severance Agreement), and (b) if you retire with at least 5 years of total employment with the Company Company, the Acquiror and/or the Acquirer Successor Entity (“Retirement”) then you shall receive the number of shares equal to the undistributed shares under this Award multiplied by the percentage which is the number of months elapsed during the Award Term as of the retirement date compared to the total number of months in the Award Term. If prior to the vesting of such Replacement Units your employment ends, other than for Retirement, Without Cause, or with Good Reason (as defined in the Severance or Executive Severance Agreement), Replacement Units shall not vest and the Replacement Award shall be cancelled.
(B) This The RSUs granted to you pursuant to this Award Agreement shall not be replaced if the Acquiror determines that neither it nor the Successor Entity determines it will not or cannot can replace the Award granted pursuant to this Agreement. In such event, the Award will be converted into the right to receive cash in an amount equal to the Target Award number of unconverted RSUs multiplied by the average of the daily closing price of the Company’s common stock on the New York Stock Exchange over the last ten trading days preceding the CoC Effective Date, and such cash will be paid to you (net of tax withholdings) within 30 days after the CoC Effective Date.
(ii) If before a Change of Control, the PSUs RSUs under this Award have not been distributed to you in shares of Company Stock and you have been continuously employed by the Company or a Subsidiary and not more than ninety (90) days prior to the CoC Effective Date your employment with the Company or Subsidiary was terminated not because of your death, Disability, or for Cause, and such termination was done at the request of a third party who, at such time, had taken steps reasonably calculated to effect a Change of Control, and such Change of Control subsequently does occur then this the Award will be converted into the right to receive cash in an amount equal to the Target Award number of RSUs multiplied by the average of the daily closing price of the Company’s common stock on the New York Stock Exchange over the last ten trading days preceding the CoC Effective Date, and such cash will be paid to you (net of tax withholdings) within 30 days after the CoC Effective Date.
(iii) In the event of a Change of Control this subsection 2(b2(c) shall control all distributions of shares and compensation under this Award. However, in such event, the following additional terms will apply to the Award:
(IA) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section 2(bSection 2(c), in the event a certified public accounting firm designated by the Committee (the “Accounting Firm”) determines that any payment (whether paid or payable pursuant to the terms of this Award or otherwise and each such payment hereinafter defined as a “Payment” and all Payments in the aggregate hereinafter defined as the “Aggregate Payment”), would subject you to tax under Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (“Code”) then such Accounting Firm shall determine whether some amount of payments would meet the definition of a “Reduced Amount”. If the Accounting Firm determines that there is a Reduced Amount, payments shall be reduced so that the Aggregate Payments shall equal such Reduced Amount. For purposes of this clause 2(d)(I2(c)(I), the “Reduced Amount” shall be the largest Aggregate Payment which (A) is less than the sum of all Payments and (B) results in aggregate Net After Tax Receipts which are equal to or greater than the Net After Tax Receipts which would result if Payments were made without regard to this clause 2(c)(I). “Net After Tax Receipt” means the Present Value (defined under Section 280G(d)(4) of the Code) of a Payment net of all taxes imposed on you under Section 1 and 4999 of the Code by applying the highest marginal rate under Section 1 of the Code.
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Samples: Restricted Share Unit Award Agreement (Esco Technologies Inc)
Payout Terms. (a) The Award and the any receipt of Shares is subject to your continued employment at the Company or other entity wholly owned directly or indirectly by the Company (“Subsidiary”) from the Award Date through the close of business on the Vesting Date set forth on Exhibit A. In such event, on the Vesting Date each PSU earned will be converted into the right to receive a number of shares of Company Stock determined according to Exhibit A, and such shares of Company Stock (after deducting sufficient shares to satisfy the Company’s tax withholding obligations) will be issued to you or your brokerage account as promptly as practical after the Vesting Date.
(b) Notwithstanding paragraph 2(a), if there is a Change of Control before the Shares have been issued to you under this Award and either:
(i) If the Change of Control results in the Company’s common stock no longer being publicly held and traded on the New York Stock Exchange before all Shares have been issued to you under this Award and you are and have been continuously employed by the Company or a Subsidiary through and on the effective date of the Change of Control (the “CoC Effective Date”), then (A) below shall apply, or if the conditions in (A) cannot be met then (B) shall apply:
(A) This Award Agreement shall be replaced by an equity award agreement of the Acquirer, provided all of the following conditions are met:
(I) Acquirer’s common stock is publicly held and widely traded on an established U.S. stock exchange, either NYSE or NASDAQ; and
(II) The PSUs constituting the Target Award are converted to units of the Acquirer’s common stock at a total value equal to the total value of the Target Award (“Replacement Units”) under an equity award agreement (“Replacement Agreement”) with terms at least as favorable as the terms of this Award Agreement. For the purposes of conversion, the value of the Target Award shall be calculated based on the average closing price of the Company shares for the ten days prior to the Change of Control and the value of the Replacement Units shall be calculated based on the average closing price of common stock of the Acquirer for the ten days prior to the Change of Control. The Replacement Agreement shall provide that each Replacement Unit when vested shall equal one share of Acquirer’s common stock and unless earlier distributed such Acquirer common stock (net of tax withholdings) will be distributed to you three years after the original date of the award of the Target Award (“Replacement Award”). Such Replacement Agreement shall not include the ownership requirements of section 3. The Replacement Agreement shall also provide that (a) Replacement Units shall vest and Acquirer common stock will be issued to you equivalent to such Replacement Units (net of tax withholdings) on the termination of your employment Without Cause or your termination with Good Reason (as defined in the Severance or Executive Severance Agreement), and (b) if you retire with at least 5 years of total employment with the Company and/or the Acquirer (“Retirement”) then you shall receive the number of shares equal to the undistributed shares under this Award multiplied by the percentage which is the number of months elapsed during the Award Term as of the retirement date compared to the total number of months in the Award Term. If prior to the vesting of such Replacement Units your employment ends, other than for Retirement, Without Cause, or with Good Reason (as defined in the Severance or Executive Severance Agreement), Replacement Units shall not vest and the Replacement Award shall be cancelled.
(B) This Award Agreement shall not be replaced if the Successor Entity determines it will not or cannot replace the Award granted pursuant to this Agreement. In such event, the Award will be converted into the right to receive cash in an amount equal to the Target Award multiplied by the average of the daily closing price of the Company’s common stock on the New York Stock Exchange over the last ten trading days preceding the CoC Effective Date, and such cash will be paid to you (net of tax withholdings) within 30 days after the CoC Effective Date.
(ii) If before a Change of Control, the PSUs under this Award have not been distributed to you in shares of Company Stock and you have been continuously employed by the Company or a Subsidiary and not more than ninety (90) days prior to the CoC Effective Date your employment with the Company or Subsidiary was terminated not because of your death, Disability, or for Cause, and such termination was done at the request of a third party who, at such time, had taken steps reasonably calculated to effect a Change of Control, and such Change of Control subsequently does occur then this Award will be converted into the right to receive cash in an amount equal to the Target Award multiplied by the average of the daily closing price of the Company’s common stock on the New York Stock Exchange over the last ten trading days preceding the CoC Effective Date, and such cash will be paid to you (net of tax withholdings) within 30 days after the CoC Effective Date.
(iii) In the event of a Change of Control this subsection 2(b) shall control all distributions of shares and compensation under this Award. However, in such event, the following additional terms will apply to the Award:
(I) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section 2(b), in the event a certified public accounting firm designated by the Committee (the “Accounting Firm”) determines that any payment (whether paid or payable pursuant to the terms of this Award or otherwise and each such payment hereinafter defined as a “Payment” and all Payments in the aggregate hereinafter defined as the “Aggregate Payment”), would subject you to tax under Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (“Code”) then such Accounting Firm shall determine whether some amount of payments would meet the definition of a “Reduced Amount”. If the Accounting Firm determines that there is a Reduced Amount, payments shall be reduced so that the Aggregate Payments shall equal such Reduced Amount. For purposes of this clause 2(d)(I), the “Reduced Amount” shall be the largest Aggregate Payment which (A) is less than the sum of all Payments and (B) results in aggregate Net After Tax Receipts which are equal to or greater than the Net After Tax Receipts which would result if Payments were made without regard to this clause 2(c)(I). “Net After Tax Receipt” means the Present Value (defined under Section 280G(d)(4) of the Code) of a Payment net of all taxes imposed on you under Section 1 and 4999 of the Code by applying the highest marginal rate under Section 1 of the Code.
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Samples: Performance Share Unit Award Agreement (Esco Technologies Inc)
Payout Terms. (a) The Award and the any receipt of Shares is shall become vested in equal one-third increments on each Vesting Date as defined in section 2(b), subject to your continued employment at the Company or other entity wholly owned directly or indirectly by the Company (“Subsidiary”) from the Award Date through the close of business on such Vesting Date. If the number of RSUs determined as of a Vesting Date set forth on Exhibit A. In such eventis a fractional share, on the Vesting Date each PSU earned number vesting shall be rounded to the nearest whole number with any fractional portion carried forward to the extent that the total RSUs vesting shall not exceed the total number of RSUs awarded to you in section 1. Each RSU will be converted into the right to receive a number of shares of Company Stock determined according to Exhibit Aone Share, and such shares of Company Stock Shares (after deducting sufficient shares whole Shares to satisfy the Company’s tax withholding obligations) will be issued to you or your brokerage account as promptly as practical of the next trading day after the Vesting Date.
(b) Each incremental portion of the Award shall become vested on the last trading day of the New York Stock Exchange in November 20__, 20__ and 20__ (each, a “Vesting Date”), subject to section 2(d).
(c) Notwithstanding paragraph 2(a), if there is a Change of Control Control, as defined in section 4(b), before the Shares have been issued to you under this Award and either:
(i) If the Change of Control results in the Company’s common stock no longer being publicly held and traded on the New York Stock Exchange before all Shares under this Award have been issued to you under this Award and you are and have been continuously employed by the Company or a Subsidiary through and on the effective date of the Change of Control (the “CoC Effective Date”), then (A) below shall apply, or if the conditions in (A) cannot be met then (B) shall apply:
(A) This Any unvested RSUs granted to you pursuant to this Award Agreement shall be replaced by an equity award agreement of the Acquirer, provided all of the following conditions are met:
(I) The Acquirer’s common stock is publicly held and widely traded on an established U.S. stock exchange, either NYSE or NASDAQ; and
(II) The PSUs constituting the Target Award Such RSUs are converted to units of the Acquirer’s common stock at a total value equal to the total value of the Target Award RSUs (“Replacement Units”) under an equity award agreement (“Replacement Agreement”) with terms at least as favorable as the terms of this Award Agreement. For the purposes of conversion, the value of the Target Award RSUs shall be calculated based on the average closing price of the Company shares for the ten days prior to the Change of Control and the value of the Replacement Units shall be calculated based on the average closing price of common stock of the Acquirer for the ten days prior to the Change of Control. The Replacement Agreement shall provide that each Replacement Unit when vested shall equal one share of the Acquirer’s common stock and unless earlier distributed such Acquirer Acquirer’s common stock (net of tax withholdings) will be distributed to you three years after the original date of the award of the Target Award RSUs (“Replacement Award”). Such Replacement Agreement shall not include the ownership requirements of section 3. The Replacement Agreement shall also provide that (a) Replacement Units shall vest and Acquirer the Acquirer’s common stock will be issued to you equivalent to such Replacement Units (net of tax withholdings) on the termination of your employment Without Cause or your termination with Good Reason (as defined in the Severance or Executive Severance Agreement), and (b) if you retire with at least 5 years of total employment with the Company and/or the Acquirer (“Retirement”) then you shall receive the number of shares equal to the undistributed shares under this Award multiplied by the percentage which is the number of months elapsed during the Award Term as of the retirement date compared to the total number of months in the Award Term. If prior to the vesting of such Replacement Units your employment ends, other than for Retirement, Without Cause, or with Good Reason (as defined in the Severance or Executive Severance Agreement), Replacement Units shall not vest and the Replacement Award shall be cancelled.
(B) This Any unvested RSUs granted to you pursuant to this Award Agreement shall not be replaced if the Successor Entity Acquirer determines that it will not or cannot replace the Award granted pursuant to this Agreement. In such event, the Award will be converted into the right to receive cash in an amount equal to the Target Award number of unconverted RSUs multiplied by the average of the daily closing price of the Company’s common stock on the New York Stock Exchange over the last ten trading days preceding the CoC Effective Date, and such cash will be paid to you (net of tax withholdings) within 30 days after the CoC Effective Date.
(ii) If before a Change of Control, the PSUs any unvested RSUs under this Award have not been distributed to you in shares of Company Stock and you have been continuously employed by the Company or a Subsidiary and not more than ninety (90) days prior to the CoC Effective Date your employment with the Company or Subsidiary was terminated not because of your death, Disability, or for Cause, and such termination was done at the request of a third party who, at such time, had taken steps reasonably calculated to effect a Change of Control, and such Change of Control subsequently does occur then this Award the unvested RSUs will be converted into the right to receive cash in an amount equal to the Target Award number of unvested RSUs multiplied by the average of the daily closing price of the Company’s common stock on the New York Stock Exchange over the last ten trading days preceding the CoC Effective Date, and such cash will be paid to you (net of tax withholdings) within 30 days after the CoC Effective Date.
(iii) In the event of a Change of Control this subsection 2(b2(c) shall control all distributions of shares and compensation under this Award. However, in such event, the following additional terms will apply to the Award:
(IA) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section 2(b2(c), in the event a certified public accounting firm designated by the Committee (the “Accounting Firm”) determines that any payment (whether paid or payable pursuant to the terms of this Award or otherwise and each such payment hereinafter defined as a “Payment” and all Payments in the aggregate hereinafter defined as the “Aggregate Payment”), would subject you to tax under Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (“Code”) then such Accounting Firm shall determine whether some amount of payments would meet the definition of a “Reduced Amount”. If the Accounting Firm determines that there is a Reduced Amount, payments shall be reduced so that the Aggregate Payments shall equal such Reduced Amount. For purposes of this clause 2(d)(I2(c)(I), the “Reduced Amount” shall be the largest Aggregate Payment which (A) is less than the sum of all Payments and (B) results in aggregate Net After Tax Receipts which are equal to or greater than the Net After Tax Receipts which would result if Payments were made without regard to this clause 2(c)(I). “Net After Tax Receipt” means the Present Value (defined under Section 280G(d)(4) of the Code) of a Payment net of all taxes imposed on you under Section 1 and 4999 of the Code by applying the highest marginal rate under Section 1 of the Code.
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Samples: Restricted Share Unit Award Agreement (Esco Technologies Inc)