Performance Stock Units. As used herein, a “Performance Stock Unit” is a non-voting unit of measurement which is deemed for bookkeeping purposes to be equivalent in value to one outstanding share of Common Stock of the Corporation. The Performance Stock Units shall be used solely as a device for the determination of any payment to eventually be made to the Grantee if and when such Performance Stock Units vest pursuant to Section 2. The Performance Stock Units create no fiduciary duty to the Grantee and shall create only a contractual obligation on the part of the Corporation to make payments, subject to vesting and the other terms and conditions hereof, as provided in Section 6 below. The Performance Stock Units shall not be treated as property or as a trust fund of any kind. No assets have been secured or set aside by the Corporation with respect to the Award and, if amounts become payable to the Grantee pursuant to this Award Agreement, the Grantee’s rights with respect to such amounts shall be no greater than the rights of any general unsecured creditor of the Corporation.
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Samples: Performance Stock Unit Award Agreement (MSC Software Corp), Performance Stock Unit Award Agreement (MSC Software Corp), Performance Stock Unit Award Agreement (MSC Software Corp)
Performance Stock Units. As used herein, a “Performance Stock Unit” is a non-voting unit of measurement which is deemed for bookkeeping purposes to be equivalent in value to one outstanding share of Common Stock the common stock of the CorporationCorporation (the “Common Stock”). The Performance Stock Units shall be used solely as a device for the determination of any payment to eventually be made to the Grantee if and when such Performance Stock Units vest pursuant to Section 2. The Performance Stock Units create no fiduciary duty to the Grantee and shall create only a contractual obligation on the part of the Corporation to make payments, subject to vesting and the other terms and conditions hereof, as provided in Section 6 below. The Performance Stock Units shall not be treated as property or as a trust fund of any kind. No assets have been secured or set aside by the Corporation with respect to the Award and, if amounts become payable to the Grantee pursuant to this Award Agreement, the Grantee’s rights with respect to such amounts shall be no greater than the rights of any general unsecured creditor of the Corporation.
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Samples: Performance Stock Unit Award Agreement (MSC Software Corp)