Settlement of Vested PSUs. Following the date on which the Committee certifies the Company's achievement of the Performance Metrics and determines the actual number of PSUs that vest pursuant to the achievement of the Performance Metrics, the Company shall, as soon as practicable (but in no event later than 60 days following the PSU Vesting Date), settle the vested PSUs by registering Shares in the Participant's name and delivering such Shares to the Participant's electronic stock plan account maintained by the Stock Plan Administrator. At the discretion of the Committee, and subject to such policies and procedures as it may adopt from time to time, the Participant's PSU may be settled in the form of: (i) cash, to the extent settlement in Shares (a) is prohibited under applicable Laws, (b) would require the Participant, the Company or the Employer to obtain the approval of any governmental and/or regulatory body in the Participant's country of residence (and country of employment, if different), or (c) is administratively burdensome or (ii) Shares, but the Company may require the Participant to immediately sell such Shares if necessary to comply with applicable Laws (in which case, the Participant hereby expressly authorizes the Company to issue sales instructions in relation to such Shares on the Participant's behalf).
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Samples: Performance Stock Unit Award Agreement (W.W. Grainger, Inc.), Performance Stock Unit Award Agreement (W.W. Grainger, Inc.), Performance Stock Unit Award Agreement (W.W. Grainger, Inc.)
Settlement of Vested PSUs. Following the date on which the Committee certifies the Company's ’s achievement of the Performance Metrics and determines the actual number of PSUs that vest pursuant to the achievement of the Performance Metrics, the Company shall, as soon as practicable (but in no event later than 60 days following the PSU Vesting Date), settle the vested PSUs by registering Shares in the Participant's Executive’s name and delivering such Shares to the Participant's Executive’s electronic stock plan account maintained by the Stock Plan Administrator. At the discretion of the Committee, and subject to such policies and procedures as it may adopt from time to time, the Participant's Executive’s PSU may be settled in the form of: (i) cash, to the extent settlement in Shares (a) is prohibited under applicable Laws, (b) would require the ParticipantExecutive, the Company or the Employer to obtain the approval of any governmental and/or regulatory body in the Participant's Executive’s country of residence (and country of employment, if different), or (c) is administratively burdensome or (ii) Shares, but the Company may require the Participant Executive to immediately sell such Shares if necessary to comply with applicable Laws (in which case, the Participant Executive hereby expressly authorizes the Company to issue sales instructions in relation to such Shares on the Participant's Executive’s behalf).
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Samples: Performance Stock Unit Agreement (W.W. Grainger, Inc.), Performance Stock Unit Agreement (W.W. Grainger, Inc.)