Common use of Rights of Eligible Persons Clause in Contracts

Rights of Eligible Persons. Participants and Beneficiaries. (a) Status as an Eligible Person shall not be construed as a commitment that any Award will be made under this Plan to an Eligible Person or to Eligible Persons generally. (b) Nothing contained in this Plan (or in Award Agreements or in any other documents related to this Plan or to Awards) shall confer upon any Eligible Person or Participant any right to continue in the employ of the Company or constitute any contract or agreement of employment, or interfere in any way with the right of the Company to reduce such person's compensation or to terminate the employment of such Eligible Person or Participant, with or without cause, but nothing contained in this Plan or any document related thereto shall affect any other contractual right of any Eligible Person or Participant. (c) Amounts payable pursuant to an Award shall be paid only to the Participant or, in the event of the Participant's death, to the Participant's Beneficiary or, in the event of the Participant's Total Disability, to the Participant's Personal Representative or, if there is none, to the Participant. Other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution, or pursuant to a "qualified domestic relations order" as defined by the Code, no benefit payable under, or interest in, the Plan or in any Award shall be subject in any manner to anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance or charge and any such attempted action shall be void and no such benefit or interest shall be, in any manner, liable for or subject to, debts, contracts, liabilities, engagements or torts of any Eligible Person, Participant or Beneficiary. The Committee shall disregard any attempted transfer, assignment or other alienation prohibited by the preceding sentence and shall pay or deliver such cash or shares of Common Stock in accordance with the provisions of the Plan. (d) No Participant, Beneficiary or other person shall have any right, title or interest in any fund or in any specific asset (including shares of Common Stock) of the Company by reason of any Award granted hereunder. Neither the provisions of the Plan (or of any documents related hereto), nor the creation or adoption of the Plan, nor any action taken pursuant to the provisions of the Plan shall create, or be construed to create, a trust of any kind or a fiduciary relationship between the Company and any Participant, Beneficiary or other person. To the extent that a Participant, Beneficiary or other person acquires a right to receive an Award hereunder, such right shall be no greater than the right of any unsecured general creditor of the Company.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: 1998 Stock Incentive Plan (Windswept Environmental Group Inc), Stock Incentive Plan (Alcohol Sensors International LTD)

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Rights of Eligible Persons. Participants and Beneficiaries.. ---------------------------------------------------------- (a) Status as an Eligible Person shall not be construed as a commitment that any Award will be made under this Plan to an Eligible Person or to Eligible Persons generally. (b) Nothing contained in this Plan (or in Award Agreements or in any other documents related to this Plan or to AwardsOptions) shall confer upon any Eligible Person or Participant any right to continue in the employ of any business relationship with the Company or constitute any contract or agreement of employmentengagement (as an employee, consultant or otherwise), or interfere in any way with the right of the Company to reduce such person's compensation or to terminate the employment engagement of such Eligible Person or Participant, with or without cause, but nothing contained in this Plan or any document related thereto shall affect any other contractual right of any Eligible Person or Participant. (c) Amounts payable pursuant to an Award shall be paid only to the Participant or, in the event of the Participant's death, to the Participant's Beneficiary or, in the event of the Participant's Total Disability, to the Participant's Personal Representative or, if there is none, to the Participant. Other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution, or pursuant to a "qualified domestic relations order" as defined by the Code, no benefit payable under, or interest in, the in this Plan or in any Award Option shall be subject in any manner to anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance or charge and any such attempted action shall be void and no such benefit or interest shall be, in any manner, liable for for, or subject to, debts, contracts, liabilities, engagements or torts of any Eligible Person, Participant or Beneficiary. The Committee shall disregard any attempted transfer, assignment or other alienation prohibited by the preceding sentence and shall pay or deliver such cash or shares of Class B Common Stock in accordance with the provisions of the this Plan. (d) No Participant. Further, Beneficiary or other person shall have any right, title or interest in any fund or in any specific asset (including shares of Class B Common Stock) Stock purchased upon the exercise of any Option shall be subject to the Second Amended and Restated Stockholders' Agreement of the Company by reason of any Award granted hereunder. Neither dated December 17, 1997, as the provisions of the Plan (or of any documents related hereto), nor the creation or adoption of the Plan, nor any action taken pursuant same may be amended from time to the provisions of the Plan shall create, or be construed to create, a trust of any kind or a fiduciary relationship between the Company and any Participant, Beneficiary or other person. To the extent that a Participant, Beneficiary or other person acquires a right to receive an Award hereunder, such right shall be no greater than the right of any unsecured general creditor of the Companytime.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Stock Option Plan (Ixl Enterprises Inc)

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Rights of Eligible Persons. Participants and Beneficiaries. (a) Status as an Eligible Person shall not be construed as a commitment that any Award will be made under this Plan to an Eligible Person or to Eligible Persons generally. (b) Nothing contained in this Plan (or in Award Agreements or in any other documents related to this Plan or to AwardsOptions) shall confer upon any Eligible Person or Participant any right to continue in the employ of any business relationship with the Company or constitute any contract or agreement of employmentengagement (as an employee, consultant or otherwise), or interfere in any way with the right of the Company to reduce such person's compensation or to terminate the employment engagement of such Eligible Person or Participant, with or without cause, but nothing contained in this Plan or any document related thereto shall affect any other contractual right of any Eligible Person or Participant. (c) Amounts payable pursuant to an Award shall be paid only to the Participant or, in the event of the Participant's death, to the Participant's Beneficiary or, in the event of the Participant's Total Disability, to the Participant's Personal Representative or, if there is none, to the Participant. Other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution, or pursuant to a "qualified domestic relations order" as defined by the Code, no benefit payable under, or interest in, the in this Plan or in any Award Option shall be subject in any manner to anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance or charge and any such attempted action shall be void and no such benefit or interest shall be, in any manner, liable for for, or subject to, debts, contracts, liabilities, engagements or torts of any Eligible Person, Participant or Beneficiary. The Committee shall disregard any attempted transfer, assignment or other alienation prohibited by the preceding sentence and shall pay or deliver such cash or shares of Common Stock in accordance with the provisions of the this Plan. (d) No Participant, Beneficiary or other person shall have any right, title or interest in any fund or in any specific asset (including shares of Common Stock) of the Company by reason of any Award Option granted hereunder. Neither the provisions of the this Plan (or of any documents related hereto), nor the creation or adoption of the this Plan, nor any action taken pursuant to the provisions of the this Plan shall create, or be construed to create, a trust of any kind or a fiduciary relationship between the Company and any Participant, Beneficiary or other person. To the extent that a Participant, Beneficiary or other person acquires a right to receive an Award Option hereunder, such right shall be no greater than the right of any unsecured general creditor of the Company.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: 2000 Non Employee Stock Option Plan (Unico Inc)

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