Treatment of Company PSU Awards. (a) No outstanding Company PSU Award (whether vested or unvested) shall be assumed by or continued in effect by the Acquirer pursuant to or in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Upon the Effective Date, pursuant to the terms of the Company Share Plans and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each Company PSU Award that is outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Date shall be (by virtue of the Acquisition and without any action on the part of any person) cancelled and extinguished without payment of consideration therefor, except as otherwise provided in accordance with Clause 1.3(c) of this Schedule 1. Prior to the Effective Date, the Company shall take all actions required to enable the cancellation of each Company PSU Award in accordance with the preceding sentence. (b) Prior to the Effective Date, the Company shall, with respect to each Company PSU Award that is outstanding and unvested in accordance with the terms of the Company PSU Grant Notice and award agreement evidencing such Company PSU Award (together, the “Applicable PSU Agreement”): (i) determine the number of units (each a “PSU”) subject to such Company PSU Award that would be earned in accordance with the terms of the Applicable PSU Agreement upon the completion of the “Performance Period” (as defined in the Applicable PSU Agreement) if the Company PSU Award then remained outstanding and the holder thereof remained in a continuous employment or other service relationship with the Company or an Affiliate thereof through completion of such Performance Period, assuming for this purpose that the number of earned PSUs would be the greater of (x) the “Target Number of PSUs” set forth in the Applicable PSU Agreement as of immediately prior to the Effective Date or (y) the number of PSUs that would have been earned based on actual performance through the earlier of December 31, 2021 or the Effective Date with respect to any EBITDA-based performance goals for calendar year 2021, and assuming the target level of performance for any EBITDA-based performance goals for calendar years 2022 and 2023 and assuming the target level performance for any total shareholder return-based goals as described in the Applicable PSU Agreement for the Performance Period described in the Applicable PSU Agreement; and (ii) take all actions required to cause a number of PSUs equal to one-third (1/3) of the number of PSUs determined in accordance with Clause 1.3(b)(i) to become vested in full (each an “Accelerated PSU”) immediately prior to the Effective Date if, and only if, the Effective Date occurs on or before December 31, 2021 and the continuous employment or other service relationship of the holder of such Company PSU Award with the Company or an Affiliate thereof has not terminated prior to the Effective Date. (c) If the Effective Date occurs on or before December 31, 2021, the Company shall not settle the Accelerated PSUs subject to a Company PSU Award by issuing Company Shares to the holder thereof. Rather, provided that the Effective Date occurs on or before December 31, 2021, upon the Effective Date and cancellation of such Company PSU Award in accordance with Clause 1.3(a) of this Schedule 1, each Accelerated PSU shall be converted automatically and entirely into the right of the former holder thereof to receive an amount of consideration (the “Accelerated PSU Consideration”) in cash equal to the product obtained by multiplying (i) the number of Accelerated PSUs subject to such cancelled Company PSU Award by (ii) the Per Share Consideration Cash Value, in each case to be paid in accordance with Clause 1.3(d) of this Schedule 1. (d) The Acquirer shall cause the applicable Accelerated PSU Consideration to be paid to each former holder of an Accelerated PSU on or prior to the first payroll date of the Company or applicable Affiliate thereof occurring at least 10 business days after the Effective Date. Such payment of Accelerated PSU Consideration (reduced by applicable Tax withholding) shall be made either (i) through the payroll systems of the Company or applicable Affiliate thereof to each former holder entitled to Accelerated PSU Consideration (other than any such holder with respect to which the Company and its Affiliates have no Tax withholding obligations), or (ii) in cash by the Company or applicable Affiliate thereof to each former holder entitled to Accelerated PSU Consideration with respect to which the Company and its Affiliates have no Tax withholding obligations. Conversion from United States Dollars to the currency used for the Company or applicable Affiliate shall follow established Company policy or practice. (e) As soon as practicable following the Effective Date, the Acquirer shall grant to each former holder of a cancelled Company PSU Award who is an Acquirer Stock Plan Eligible Participant an Acquirer RSU Award with respect to a number of whole Acquirer Shares (rounded down to the nearest whole number) equal to the product obtained by multiplying (i) the number of PSUs determined with respect to such cancelled Company PSU Award in accordance with Clause 1.3(b)(i) of this Schedule 1 that remained unvested in accordance with the terms of the Applicable PSU Agreement as of immediately prior to the Effective Date after deducting the number of Accelerated PSUs, if any, that were subject to such Company PSU Award by (ii) the Award Exchange Ratio. Each Acquirer RSU Award granted pursuant to this Clause 1.3(e) shall vest based upon the holder’s continued employment or other service relationship in three (3) substantially equal annual installments (or two (2) substantially equal installments if a portion of the PSUs subject to the corresponding Company PSU Award became Accelerated PSUs in accordance with Clause 1.3(b)(ii) of this Schedule 1) upon the 1st day of January immediately following the last day of each calendar year contained in the Performance Period described in the applicable Company PSU Grant Notice (or the final two calendar years of such Performance Period if a portion of the PSUs subject to the corresponding Company PSU Award became Accelerated PSUs in accordance with Clause 1.3(b)(ii) of this Schedule 1), but without regard to the performance goals to which the Company PSU Award was subject prior to the Effective Date. For the purposes of such vesting schedule, the holder of an Acquirer RSU Award granted pursuant to this Clause 1.3(e) will be credited with the period of employment or other service relationship of such holder with the Company or an Affiliate thereof during the Performance Period of the corresponding cancelled Company PSU Award through the Effective Date, in addition to such holder’s continued employment or other personal service relationship with the Acquirer, the Company or an Affiliate thereof following the Effective Date. (f) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if either (i) a cancelled Company PSU Award was subject to the Law of a non-U.S. jurisdiction and the Acquirer reasonably determines that the cancelled Company PSU Award may not be replaced with an Acquirer RSU Award under the Law of such non-U.S. jurisdiction, or (ii) the former holder of a cancelled Company PSU Award is not an Acquirer Stock Plan Eligible Participant, then the Acquirer shall cause the grant to such former holder of a cash-based incentive award having such terms as the Acquirer reasonably determines will provide value substantially equivalent to the Acquirer RSU Award that would otherwise have been granted to such former holder.
Appears in 3 contracts
Sources: Letter Agreement (MKS Instruments Inc), Letter Agreement (Atotech LTD), Letter Agreement (MKS Instruments Inc)
Treatment of Company PSU Awards. At the Effective Time, each outstanding award of performance share units or other similar rights or awards with respect to shares of Company Common Stock subject, in whole or in part, to performance-based vesting, granted pursuant to a Company Equity Plan (a) No outstanding each, a “Company PSU Award”), other than a Company MVP PSU Award (whether vested as defined below), shall (i) be measured as to performance as of the Closing Date (or unvesteda date reasonably proximate thereto for administrative practicability) shall be assumed by or continued as determined in effect good faith by the Acquirer pursuant to Company Board or in connection with the Compensation Committee of the Company Board, without adjustment on account of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Upon the Effective Date, pursuant to the terms of the Company Share Plans Agreement and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each Company PSU Award that is outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Date shall be (by virtue of the Acquisition and without any action on the part of any person) cancelled and extinguished without payment of consideration therefor, except as otherwise provided in accordance with Clause 1.3(c) of this Schedule 1. Prior to the Effective Date, the Company shall take all actions required to enable the cancellation of each Company PSU Award in accordance with the preceding sentence.
(b) Prior to the Effective Date, the Company shall, with respect to each Company PSU Award that is outstanding and unvested in accordance with the terms of the Company PSU Grant Notice and award agreement evidencing such Company PSU Award (together, the “Applicable PSU Agreement”):
(i) determine the shall be considered earned with respect to a number of units (each a “PSU”) subject to such shares of Company PSU Award Common Stock that would be earned in accordance with the terms of the Applicable PSU Agreement upon the completion of the “Performance Period” (as defined in the Applicable PSU Agreement) if the Company PSU Award then remained outstanding and the holder thereof remained in a continuous employment or other service relationship with the Company or an Affiliate thereof through completion of such Performance Period, assuming for this purpose that the number of earned PSUs would be is based on the greater of (x) the “Target Number of PSUs” set forth in the Applicable PSU Agreement actual performance determined as of immediately prior to the Effective Closing Date (or a date reasonably proximate thereto for administrative practicability) and (y) the number of PSUs that would have been earned based on actual performance through the earlier of December 31, 2021 or the Effective Date with respect to any EBITDA-based performance goals for calendar year 2021, and assuming the target level of performance for (the “Earned PSUs”); provided, that with respect to any EBITDA-based performance goals for calendar years 2022 and 2023 and assuming the target level performance for any total shareholder return-based goals as described in the Applicable PSU Agreement for the Performance Period described in the Applicable PSU Agreement; and
(ii) take all actions required to cause a number of PSUs equal to one-third (1/3) of the number of PSUs determined in accordance with Clause 1.3(b)(i) to become vested in full (each an “Accelerated PSU”) immediately prior to the Effective Date if, and only if, the Effective Date occurs on or before December 31, 2021 and the continuous employment or other service relationship of the holder of such Company PSU Award with the Company or an Affiliate thereof has not terminated prior to the Effective Date.
(c) If the Effective Date occurs on or before December 31, 2021, the Company shall not settle the Accelerated PSUs subject to a Company PSU Award by issuing Company Shares to the holder thereof. Rather, provided that the Effective Date occurs on or before December 31, 2021, upon the Effective Date and cancellation of such Company PSU Award in accordance with Clause 1.3(a) of this Schedule 1, each Accelerated PSU shall be converted automatically and entirely into the right of the former holder thereof to receive an amount of consideration (the “Accelerated PSU Consideration”) in cash equal to the product obtained by multiplying (i) the number of Accelerated PSUs subject to such cancelled Company PSU Award by (ii) the Per Share Consideration Cash Value, in each case to be paid in accordance with Clause 1.3(d) of this Schedule 1.
(d) The Acquirer shall cause the applicable Accelerated PSU Consideration to be paid to each former holder of an Accelerated PSU sub-performance period which has not commenced on or prior to the first payroll date Effective Time, the number of the Company or applicable Affiliate thereof occurring at least 10 business days after the Effective Date. Such payment of Accelerated PSU Consideration (reduced by applicable Tax withholding) Earned PSUs shall be made either (i) through based on the payroll systems target level of the Company or applicable Affiliate thereof to each former holder entitled to Accelerated PSU Consideration (other than any performance in respect of such holder with respect to which the Company sub-performance period, and its Affiliates have no Tax withholding obligations), or (ii) in cash automatically, by virtue of the Company or applicable Affiliate thereof occurrence of the Closing, be assumed by Parent and converted into the right to each former holder entitled to Accelerated PSU Consideration with respect to which the Company and its Affiliates have no Tax withholding obligations. Conversion from United States Dollars to the currency used for the Company or applicable Affiliate shall follow established Company policy or practice.
(e) As soon as practicable following the Effective Date, the Acquirer shall grant to each former holder of receive a cancelled Company PSU Award who is an Acquirer Stock Plan Eligible Participant an Acquirer Parent RSU Award with respect to a number of whole Acquirer shares of Parent Shares (rounded down up to the nearest next whole numberParent Share) equal to the product obtained by multiplying (ix) the Exchange Ratio by (y) the total number of PSUs determined Earned PSUs. Except as otherwise provided in this Section 2.3(d), each Company PSU Award assumed and converted into a Parent RSU Award pursuant to this Section 2.3(d) shall continue to have, and shall be subject to, the same terms and conditions (including with respect to such cancelled vesting) as applied to the corresponding Company PSU Award in accordance with Clause 1.3(b)(i) of this Schedule 1 that remained unvested in accordance with the terms of the Applicable PSU Agreement as of immediately prior to the Effective Date after deducting Time, except that (A) each Parent RSU Award shall be eligible to vest solely based on continued service through the number end of Accelerated PSUsthe performance period that was originally applicable thereto; provided, that, solely with respect to those Parent RSU Awards issued in conversion of Company PSU Awards outstanding as of the date hereof, in the event the applicable Parent RSU Award holder’s employment or service is terminated by Parent or one of its Subsidiaries without Cause or by the holder for Good Reason, the Parent RSU Award will become fully vested and non-forfeitable as of the date of such termination, (B) any amounts relating to dividend equivalents, if any, that were subject granted with respect to such Company PSU Award by (ii) the Award Exchange Ratio. Each Acquirer RSU Award granted pursuant to this Clause 1.3(e) shall vest based upon the holder’s continued employment or other service relationship in three (3) substantially equal annual installments (or two (2) substantially equal installments if a portion that are accrued but unvested and unpaid as of the PSUs subject Effective Time will carry over and will be paid if required by and in accordance with the terms and conditions applicable to the corresponding Company PSU Award became Accelerated PSUs in accordance with Clause 1.3(b)(ii) of this Schedule 1) upon the 1st day of January immediately following the last day of each calendar year contained in the Performance Period described in the applicable Company PSU Grant Notice (or the final two calendar years of such Performance Period if a portion of the PSUs subject to the corresponding Company PSU Award became Accelerated PSUs in accordance with Clause 1.3(b)(ii) of this Schedule 1), but without regard to the performance goals to which the Company PSU Award was subject prior to the Effective Date. For Time (as modified by this Section in the purposes event of such vesting schedule, the holder a termination of an Acquirer employment) and (C) any dividend equivalents that are payable with respect to any unvested Parent RSU Award granted pursuant to this Clause 1.3(e) following the Closing Date will be credited with the period of employment or other service relationship of such holder with the Company or an Affiliate thereof during the Performance Period of the corresponding cancelled Company PSU Award through the Effective Date, in addition to such holder’s continued employment or other personal service relationship with the Acquirer, the Company or an Affiliate thereof paid within 30 days following the Effective Datevesting.
(f) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if either (i) a cancelled Company PSU Award was subject to the Law of a non-U.S. jurisdiction and the Acquirer reasonably determines that the cancelled Company PSU Award may not be replaced with an Acquirer RSU Award under the Law of such non-U.S. jurisdiction, or (ii) the former holder of a cancelled Company PSU Award is not an Acquirer Stock Plan Eligible Participant, then the Acquirer shall cause the grant to such former holder of a cash-based incentive award having such terms as the Acquirer reasonably determines will provide value substantially equivalent to the Acquirer RSU Award that would otherwise have been granted to such former holder.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Merger Agreement (EQT Corp), Merger Agreement (Equitrans Midstream Corp)
Treatment of Company PSU Awards. (a) No outstanding Company PSU Award (whether vested or unvested) shall be assumed by or continued in effect by the Acquirer pursuant to or in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Upon the Effective Date, pursuant to the terms of the Company Share Plans and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each Company PSU Award that is outstanding immediately prior to upon the Effective Date shall be (by virtue of the Acquisition and without any action on the part of any person) cancelled and extinguished without payment of consideration therefor, except as otherwise provided in accordance with Clause 1.3(c) of this Schedule 1. Prior to the Effective Date, the Company shall take all actions required to enable the cancellation of each Company PSU Award in accordance with the preceding sentence.
(b) Prior to the Effective Date, the Company shall, with respect to each Company PSU Award that is outstanding and unvested in accordance with the terms of the Company PSU Grant Notice and award agreement evidencing such Company PSU Award (together, the “Applicable PSU Agreement”):
(i) determine the number of units (each a “PSU”) subject to such Company PSU Award that would be earned in accordance with the terms of the Applicable PSU Agreement upon the completion of the “Performance Period” (as defined in the Applicable PSU Agreement) if the Company PSU Award then remained outstanding and the holder thereof remained in a continuous employment or other service relationship with the Company or an Affiliate thereof through completion of such Performance Period, assuming for this purpose that the number of earned PSUs would be the greater of (x) the “Target Number of PSUs” set forth in the Applicable PSU Agreement as of immediately prior to the Effective Date or (y) the number of PSUs that would have been earned based on actual performance through the earlier of December 31, 2021 or the Effective Date with respect to any EBITDA-based performance goals for calendar year 2021, and assuming the target level of performance for any EBITDA-based performance goals for calendar years 2022 and 2023 and assuming the target level performance for any total shareholder return-based goals as described in the Applicable PSU Agreement for the Performance Period described in the Applicable PSU Agreement; and
(ii) take all actions required to cause a number of PSUs equal to one-third (1/3) of the number of PSUs determined in accordance with Clause 1.3(b)(i) to become vested in full (each an “Accelerated PSU”) immediately prior to the Effective Date if, and only if, the Effective Date occurs on or before December 31, 2021 and the continuous employment or other service relationship of the holder of such Company PSU Award with the Company or an Affiliate thereof has not terminated prior to the Effective Date.
(c) If the Effective Date occurs on or before December 31, 2021, the Company shall not settle the Accelerated PSUs subject to a Company PSU Award by issuing Company Shares to the holder thereof. Rather, provided that the Effective Date occurs on or before December 31, 2021, upon the Effective Date and cancellation of such Company PSU Award in accordance with Clause 1.3(a) of this Schedule 1, each Accelerated PSU shall be converted automatically and entirely into the right of the former holder thereof to receive an amount of consideration (the “Accelerated PSU Consideration”) in cash equal to the product obtained by multiplying (i) the number of Accelerated PSUs subject to such cancelled Company PSU Award by (ii) the Per Share Consideration Cash Value, in each case to be paid in accordance with Clause 1.3(d) of this Schedule 1.
(d) The Acquirer shall cause the applicable Accelerated PSU Consideration to be paid to each former holder of an Accelerated PSU on or prior to the first payroll date of the Company or applicable Affiliate thereof occurring at least 10 business days after the Effective Date. Such payment of Accelerated PSU Consideration (reduced by applicable Tax withholding) shall be made either (i) through the payroll systems of the Company or applicable Affiliate thereof to each former holder entitled to Accelerated PSU Consideration (other than any such holder with respect to which the Company and its Affiliates have no Tax withholding obligations), or (ii) in cash by the Company or applicable Affiliate thereof to each former holder entitled to Accelerated PSU Consideration with respect to which the Company and its Affiliates have no Tax withholding obligations. Conversion from United States Dollars to the currency used for the Company or applicable Affiliate shall follow established Company policy or practice.
(e) As soon as practicable following the Effective Date, the Acquirer shall grant to each former holder of a cancelled Company PSU Award who is an Acquirer Stock Plan Eligible Participant an Acquirer RSU Award with respect to a number of whole Acquirer Shares (rounded down to the nearest whole number) equal to the product obtained by multiplying (i) the number “Target Number of PSUs determined with respect to such cancelled PSUs” set forth in the applicable Company PSU Award in accordance with Clause 1.3(b)(i) of this Schedule 1 that remained unvested in accordance with the terms of the Applicable PSU Agreement Grant Notice as of immediately prior to the Effective Date after deducting (or if greater, the number of Accelerated PSUsPSUs that would have been earned based on actual performance through the earlier of 31 December 2021 or the Effective Date with respect to any EBITDA based performance goals for calendar year 2021, if any, that were subject to such and assuming target level of performance for any EBITDA-based performance goals for calendar years 2022 and 2023 and assuming target level performance for any total shareholder return-based goals as described in the applicable Company PSU Award Grant Notice for the Performance Period described in the applicable Company PSU Grant Notice) by (ii) the Award Exchange Ratio. Each Acquirer RSU Award granted pursuant to this Clause 1.3(e) 1.3 shall vest based upon the holder’s continued employment or other service relationship in three (3) substantially equal annual installments (or two (2) substantially equal installments if a portion of the PSUs subject to the corresponding Company PSU Award became Accelerated PSUs in accordance with Clause 1.3(b)(ii) of this Schedule 1) upon the 1st day of January immediately following the last day of each calendar year contained in the Performance Period described in the applicable Company PSU Grant Notice (or the final two calendar years of such Performance Period if a portion of the PSUs subject to the corresponding Company PSU Award became Accelerated PSUs in accordance with Clause 1.3(b)(ii) of this Schedule 1)Notice, but without regard to the performance goals to which the Company PSU Award was subject prior to the Effective Date. For the purposes of such vesting schedule, the holder of an Acquirer RSU Award granted pursuant to this Clause 1.3(e) 1.3 will be credited with the period of employment or other service relationship of such holder with the Company or an Affiliate thereof during the Performance Period of the corresponding cancelled Company PSU Award through the Effective Date, in addition to such holder’s continued employment or other personal service relationship with the Acquirer, the Company or an Affiliate thereof following the Effective Date.
(fc) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if either (i) a cancelled Company PSU Award was subject to the Law of a non-U.S. jurisdiction and the Acquirer reasonably determines that the cancelled Company PSU Award may not be replaced with an Acquirer RSU Award under the Law of such non-U.S. jurisdiction, or (ii) the former holder of a cancelled Company PSU Award is not an Acquirer Stock Plan Eligible Participant, then the Acquirer shall cause the grant to such former holder of a cash-based incentive award having such terms as the Acquirer reasonably determines will provide value substantially equivalent to the Acquirer RSU Award that would otherwise have been granted to such former holder.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Implementation Agreement (MKS Instruments Inc), Implementation Agreement (Atotech LTD)
Treatment of Company PSU Awards. As of the Effective Time, each performance-based restricted stock unit relating to shares of Company Common Stock (a) No outstanding each, a “Company PSU Award (whether vested or unvestedAward”) shall be assumed by or continued in effect by the Acquirer pursuant to or in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Upon the Effective Date, pursuant to the terms of the Company Share Plans and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each Company PSU Award that is remains outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Date shall be (by virtue of the Acquisition and Time shall, without any action on the part of any person) cancelled the holder thereof, be assumed by Parent and extinguished without payment of consideration therefor, except as otherwise provided in accordance with Clause 1.3(c) of this Schedule 1. Prior to the Effective Date, the Company shall take all actions required to enable the cancellation of each Company PSU Award in accordance with the preceding sentence.
(b) Prior to the Effective Date, the Company shall, with respect to each Company PSU Award that is outstanding and unvested in accordance with the terms of the Company PSU Grant Notice and award agreement evidencing such Company PSU Award (together, the “Applicable PSU Agreement”):
converted into (i) determine an Adjusted RSU with the number of units (each a “PSU”) subject same terms and conditions as were applicable to such Company PSU Award that would be earned in accordance with the terms of the Applicable PSU Agreement upon the completion of the “Performance Period” (as defined in the Applicable PSU Agreement) if the Company PSU Award then remained outstanding and the holder thereof remained in a continuous employment or other service relationship with the Company or an Affiliate thereof through completion of such Performance Period, assuming for this purpose that the number of earned PSUs would be the greater of (x) the “Target Number of PSUs” set forth in the Applicable PSU Agreement as of immediately prior to the Effective Date or Time (y) except that the number of PSUs that would have been earned based on actual performance through the earlier of December 31, 2021 or the Effective Date with respect to any EBITDAperformance-based performance goals for calendar year 2021, and assuming the target level of performance for any EBITDA-based performance goals for calendar years 2022 and 2023 and assuming the target level performance for any total shareholder return-based goals as described in the Applicable vesting conditions applicable to such Company PSU Agreement for the Performance Period described in the Applicable PSU Agreement; and
(ii) take all actions required to cause a number of PSUs equal to one-third (1/3) of the number of PSUs determined in accordance with Clause 1.3(b)(i) to become vested in full (each an “Accelerated PSU”) Award immediately prior to the Effective Date if, Time shall not apply from and only if, after the Effective Date occurs on or before December 31, 2021 and the continuous employment or other service relationship of the holder of such Company PSU Award with the Company or an Affiliate thereof has not terminated prior Time) relating to the Effective Date.
(c) If the Effective Date occurs on or before December 31, 2021, the Company shall not settle the Accelerated PSUs subject to a Company PSU Award by issuing Company Shares to the holder thereof. Rather, provided that the Effective Date occurs on or before December 31, 2021, upon the Effective Date and cancellation of such Company PSU Award in accordance with Clause 1.3(a) of this Schedule 1, each Accelerated PSU shall be converted automatically and entirely into the right of the former holder thereof to receive an amount of consideration (the “Accelerated PSU Consideration”) in cash equal to the product obtained by multiplying (i) the number of Accelerated PSUs subject to such cancelled Company PSU Award by (ii) the Per Share Consideration Cash Value, in each case to be paid in accordance with Clause 1.3(d) of this Schedule 1.
(d) The Acquirer shall cause the applicable Accelerated PSU Consideration to be paid to each former holder of an Accelerated PSU on or prior to the first payroll date of the Company or applicable Affiliate thereof occurring at least 10 business days after the Effective Date. Such payment of Accelerated PSU Consideration (reduced by applicable Tax withholding) shall be made either (i) through the payroll systems of the Company or applicable Affiliate thereof to each former holder entitled to Accelerated PSU Consideration (other than any such holder with respect to which the Company and its Affiliates have no Tax withholding obligations), or (ii) in cash by the Company or applicable Affiliate thereof to each former holder entitled to Accelerated PSU Consideration with respect to which the Company and its Affiliates have no Tax withholding obligations. Conversion from United States Dollars to the currency used for the Company or applicable Affiliate shall follow established Company policy or practice.
(e) As soon as practicable following the Effective Date, the Acquirer shall grant to each former holder of a cancelled Company PSU Award who is an Acquirer Stock Plan Eligible Participant an Acquirer RSU Award with respect to a number of whole Acquirer Parent Shares (rounded down to the nearest whole numbernumber of shares) equal to the product obtained by multiplying (ix) the number of PSUs determined with respect shares of Company Common Stock subject to such cancelled the Company PSU Award in accordance with Clause 1.3(b)(i) of this Schedule 1 that remained unvested in accordance with the terms of the Applicable PSU Agreement as of immediately prior to the Effective Date after deducting Time by (y) the number of Accelerated PSUs, if any, that Exchange Ratio and (ii) a Cash Award with the same vesting terms and conditions as were subject applicable to such Company PSU Award immediately prior to the Effective Time (except that (I) the performance-based vesting conditions applicable to such Company PSU Award immediately prior to the Effective Time shall not apply from and after the Effective Time, and (II) following the Effective Time the award will be cash-denominated rather than share-denominated), having a value equal to the product obtained by multiplying (x) the number of shares of Company Common Stock subject to the Company PSU Award immediately prior to the Effective Time by (iiy) the Cash Consideration, and all dividend equivalents, if any, accrued but unpaid as of the Effective Time with respect to each such Company PSU Award Exchange Ratioshall be assumed and become an obligation in connection with the applicable Adjusted RSU. Each Acquirer RSU For purposes of clauses (i)(x) and (ii)(x) of this Section 2.3(b), “the number of shares of Company Common Stock subject to the Company PSU Award” shall be based on:
(A) for any Company PSU Award granted pursuant to this Clause 1.3(ehaving a three (3)-year, cumulative performance period ending September 30, 2025, Actual Performance;
(B) shall vest based upon the holder’s continued employment or other service relationship in for any Company PSU Award having three (3) substantially equal annual installments one (1)-year performance periods ending September 30, 2024, 2025 and 2026:
1. for the one (1)-year performance period ended September 30, 2024, 184.19% of target,
2. for the one (1)-year performance period ending September 30, 2025, Actual Performance, and
3. for the one (1)-year performance period ending September 30, 2026, (a) if Closing occurs on or two prior to March 31, 2026, target performance, and (2b) substantially equal installments if a portion Closing occurs on or after April 1, 2026, the greater of the PSUs subject to the corresponding (x) target performance and (y) Actual Performance;
(C) for any Company PSU Award became Accelerated PSUs in accordance with Clause 1.3(b)(iihaving three (3) of this Schedule one (1)-year performance periods ending September 30, 2025, 2026 and 2027:
1. for the one (1)-year performance period ending September 30, 2025, Actual Performance,
2. for the one (1)-year performance period ending September 30, 2026, (a) upon the 1st day of January immediately following the last day of each calendar year contained in the Performance Period described in the applicable Company PSU Grant Notice (if Closing occurs on or the final two calendar years of such Performance Period if a portion of the PSUs subject to the corresponding Company PSU Award became Accelerated PSUs in accordance with Clause 1.3(b)(ii) of this Schedule 1), but without regard to the performance goals to which the Company PSU Award was subject prior to the Effective Date. For the purposes of such vesting scheduleMarch 31, 2026, target performance, and (b) if Closing occurs on or after April 1, 2026, the holder greater of an Acquirer RSU Award granted pursuant to this Clause 1.3(e(x) will be credited with target performance and (y) Actual Performance, and
3. for the one (1)-year performance period of employment or other service relationship of such holder with the Company or an Affiliate thereof during the Performance Period of the corresponding cancelled Company PSU Award through the Effective Dateending September 30, in addition to such holder’s continued employment or other personal service relationship with the Acquirer2027, the Company or an Affiliate thereof following the Effective Datetarget performance.
(f) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if either (i) a cancelled Company PSU Award was subject to the Law of a non-U.S. jurisdiction and the Acquirer reasonably determines that the cancelled Company PSU Award may not be replaced with an Acquirer RSU Award under the Law of such non-U.S. jurisdiction, or (ii) the former holder of a cancelled Company PSU Award is not an Acquirer Stock Plan Eligible Participant, then the Acquirer shall cause the grant to such former holder of a cash-based incentive award having such terms as the Acquirer reasonably determines will provide value substantially equivalent to the Acquirer RSU Award that would otherwise have been granted to such former holder.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Merger Agreement (AZEK Co Inc.), Merger Agreement (James Hardie Industries PLC)
Treatment of Company PSU Awards. (ai) No outstanding Company PSU Award (whether vested or unvested) shall be assumed by or continued in effect by the Acquirer pursuant to or in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Upon As of the Effective DateTime, pursuant to the terms by virtue of the Company Share Plans Merger and subject to without any action on the terms and conditions part of this Agreementthe Company, Parent, Merger Sub or holders thereof, each Company PSU Award for which the performance periods have not yet ended as of the Effective Time that is outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Date Time shall be assumed by Parent and shall be converted into a restricted stock unit award to receive shares of Parent Common Stock or the cash equivalent thereof (an “Assumed PSU Award”) in accordance with this Section 2.7(c). Each such Assumed PSU Award shall continue to have, and shall be subject to, the same terms and conditions as applied to the Company PSU Award immediately prior to the Effective Time (which, for the avoidance of doubt, includes any accelerated vesting protections, forfeiture terms and settlement terms (including cash settlement) and terms relating to dividend equivalent rights applicable to such Company PSU Award, but does not include any performance based vesting conditions, which shall be deemed achieved as of the Effective Time at maximum performance levels) except that, as of the Effective Time, (A) each such Assumed PSU Award for which the performance periods have not yet ended as of the Effective Time shall constitute the right to receive that number of whole shares of Parent Common Stock (rounded up or down to the nearest whole share) equal to the product of (I) 200% of the target number of shares of Company Common Stock subject to such Company PSU Award immediately prior to the Effective Time multiplied by (II) the Exchange Ratio and (B) with respect to an Assumed PSU Award held by an individual who is not employed by or in service with the Company or a Company Subsidiary immediately prior to the Effective Time, such Assumed PSU Award shall be settled solely in cash (rather than shares of Parent Common Stock), in an amount calculated based on the closing price of the shares of Parent Common Stock that would otherwise be issued on the applicable settlement date).
(ii) As of the Effective Time, by virtue of the Acquisition Merger and without any action on the part of any person) cancelled and extinguished without payment of consideration thereforthe Company, except as otherwise provided in accordance with Clause 1.3(c) of this Schedule 1. Prior to the Effective DateParent, the Company shall take all actions required to enable the cancellation of Merger Sub or holders thereof, each Company PSU Award in accordance with for which the preceding sentence.
(b) Prior performance periods have ended as of the Effective Time that is outstanding immediately prior to the Effective DateTime, shall constitute the right to receive (subject to any applicable withholding or other Taxes, or other amounts required by applicable Law to be withheld, which shall be remitted by the Company) that number of whole shares of Parent Common Stock (rounded up or down to the nearest whole share) equal to the product of (i) the number of shares of Company Common Stock subject to such Company PSU Award immediately prior to the Effective Time calculated based on actual performance multiplied by (ii) the Exchange Ratio. The Company shall, acting in good faith, determine the level of actual performance achieved with respect to each Company PSU Award that is outstanding and unvested in accordance with for which the terms applicable performance period has ended as of the Company PSU Grant Notice and award agreement evidencing such Company PSU Award (together, the “Applicable PSU Agreement”):
(i) determine the number of units (each a “PSU”) subject to such Company PSU Award that would be earned in accordance with the terms of the Applicable PSU Agreement upon the completion of the “Performance Period” (as defined in the Applicable PSU Agreement) if the Company PSU Award then remained outstanding and the holder thereof remained in a continuous employment or other service relationship with the Company or an Affiliate thereof through completion of such Performance Period, assuming for this purpose that the number of earned PSUs would be the greater of (x) the “Target Number of PSUs” set forth in the Applicable PSU Agreement as of immediately prior to the Effective Date or (y) the number of PSUs that would have been earned based on actual performance through the earlier of December 31, 2021 or the Effective Date with respect to any EBITDA-based performance goals for calendar year 2021, and assuming the target level of performance for any EBITDA-based performance goals for calendar years 2022 and 2023 and assuming the target level performance for any total shareholder return-based goals as described in the Applicable PSU Agreement for the Performance Period described in the Applicable PSU Agreement; and
(ii) take all actions required to cause a number of PSUs equal to one-third (1/3) of the number of PSUs determined in accordance with Clause 1.3(b)(i) to become vested in full (each an “Accelerated PSU”) immediately prior to the Effective Date if, and only if, the Effective Date occurs on or before December 31, 2021 and the continuous employment or other service relationship of the holder of such Company PSU Award with the Company or an Affiliate thereof has not terminated prior to the Effective DateTime.
(c) If the Effective Date occurs on or before December 31, 2021, the Company shall not settle the Accelerated PSUs subject to a Company PSU Award by issuing Company Shares to the holder thereof. Rather, provided that the Effective Date occurs on or before December 31, 2021, upon the Effective Date and cancellation of such Company PSU Award in accordance with Clause 1.3(a) of this Schedule 1, each Accelerated PSU shall be converted automatically and entirely into the right of the former holder thereof to receive an amount of consideration (the “Accelerated PSU Consideration”) in cash equal to the product obtained by multiplying (i) the number of Accelerated PSUs subject to such cancelled Company PSU Award by (ii) the Per Share Consideration Cash Value, in each case to be paid in accordance with Clause 1.3(d) of this Schedule 1.
(d) The Acquirer shall cause the applicable Accelerated PSU Consideration to be paid to each former holder of an Accelerated PSU on or prior to the first payroll date of the Company or applicable Affiliate thereof occurring at least 10 business days after the Effective Date. Such payment of Accelerated PSU Consideration (reduced by applicable Tax withholding) shall be made either (i) through the payroll systems of the Company or applicable Affiliate thereof to each former holder entitled to Accelerated PSU Consideration (other than any such holder with respect to which the Company and its Affiliates have no Tax withholding obligations), or (ii) in cash by the Company or applicable Affiliate thereof to each former holder entitled to Accelerated PSU Consideration with respect to which the Company and its Affiliates have no Tax withholding obligations. Conversion from United States Dollars to the currency used for the Company or applicable Affiliate shall follow established Company policy or practice.
(e) As soon as practicable following the Effective Date, the Acquirer shall grant to each former holder of a cancelled Company PSU Award who is an Acquirer Stock Plan Eligible Participant an Acquirer RSU Award with respect to a number of whole Acquirer Shares (rounded down to the nearest whole number) equal to the product obtained by multiplying (i) the number of PSUs determined with respect to such cancelled Company PSU Award in accordance with Clause 1.3(b)(i) of this Schedule 1 that remained unvested in accordance with the terms of the Applicable PSU Agreement as of immediately prior to the Effective Date after deducting the number of Accelerated PSUs, if any, that were subject to such Company PSU Award by (ii) the Award Exchange Ratio. Each Acquirer RSU Award granted pursuant to this Clause 1.3(e) shall vest based upon the holder’s continued employment or other service relationship in three (3) substantially equal annual installments (or two (2) substantially equal installments if a portion of the PSUs subject to the corresponding Company PSU Award became Accelerated PSUs in accordance with Clause 1.3(b)(ii) of this Schedule 1) upon the 1st day of January immediately following the last day of each calendar year contained in the Performance Period described in the applicable Company PSU Grant Notice (or the final two calendar years of such Performance Period if a portion of the PSUs subject to the corresponding Company PSU Award became Accelerated PSUs in accordance with Clause 1.3(b)(ii) of this Schedule 1), but without regard to the performance goals to which the Company PSU Award was subject prior to the Effective Date. For the purposes of such vesting schedule, the holder of an Acquirer RSU Award granted pursuant to this Clause 1.3(e) will be credited with the period of employment or other service relationship of such holder with the Company or an Affiliate thereof during the Performance Period of the corresponding cancelled Company PSU Award through the Effective Date, in addition to such holder’s continued employment or other personal service relationship with the Acquirer, the Company or an Affiliate thereof following the Effective Date.
(f) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if either (i) a cancelled Company PSU Award was subject to the Law of a non-U.S. jurisdiction and the Acquirer reasonably determines that the cancelled Company PSU Award may not be replaced with an Acquirer RSU Award under the Law of such non-U.S. jurisdiction, or (ii) the former holder of a cancelled Company PSU Award is not an Acquirer Stock Plan Eligible Participant, then the Acquirer shall cause the grant to such former holder of a cash-based incentive award having such terms as the Acquirer reasonably determines will provide value substantially equivalent to the Acquirer RSU Award that would otherwise have been granted to such former holder.
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Sources: Merger Agreement (Leggett & Platt Inc), Merger Agreement (Somnigroup International Inc.)
Treatment of Company PSU Awards. (a) No outstanding Company PSU Award (whether vested or unvested) shall be assumed by or continued in effect by the Acquirer pursuant to or in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Upon the Effective Date, pursuant to the terms As of the Company Share Plans and subject to the terms and conditions of this AgreementFirst Effective Time, each Company PSU Award that is outstanding immediately prior to the First Effective Date shall be Time, to the extent not an Outstanding Company RSU Award (by virtue of the Acquisition and each, an “Outstanding Company PSU Award”), without any action on the part of any person) cancelled and extinguished without payment of consideration thereforParent, except as otherwise provided in accordance with Clause 1.3(c) of this Schedule 1. Prior to the Effective DateMerger Sub, the Company or the holder thereof, shall take all actions required to enable the cancellation of be treated as follows:
(i) each Outstanding Company PSU Award that is held by any person who, as of immediately prior to the First Effective Time, is not an employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (each, a “Terminating Company PSU Award”) shall be canceled and converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration in accordance respect of the number of shares of Company Common Stock subject to the Outstanding Company PSU Award immediately prior to the First Effective Time, with such number determined based on the preceding sentence.Deemed Performance Level;
(bii) Prior to the Effective Date, the Company shall, with respect to each Outstanding Company PSU Award that is outstanding and unvested in accordance with the terms of the Company PSU Grant Notice and award agreement evidencing such Company PSU Award (together, the “Applicable PSU Agreement”):
(i) determine the number of units (each a “PSU”) subject to such Company PSU Award that would be earned in accordance with the terms of the Applicable PSU Agreement upon the completion of the “Performance Period” (as defined in the Applicable PSU Agreement) if the Company PSU Award then remained outstanding and the holder thereof remained in a continuous employment or other service relationship with the Company or an Affiliate thereof through completion of such Performance Period, assuming for this purpose that the number of earned PSUs would be the greater of (x) the “Target Number of PSUs” set forth in the Applicable PSU Agreement as of immediately prior to the First Effective Date or Time that is not a Terminating Company PSU Award (yeach, a “Continuing Company PSU Award”) the number shall be assumed by Parent and converted into an award of PSUs that would have been earned based on actual performance through the earlier of December 31, 2021 or the Effective Date Converted RSUs with respect to any EBITDA-based performance goals for calendar year 2021, and assuming the target level of performance for any EBITDA-based performance goals for calendar years 2022 and 2023 and assuming the target level performance for any total shareholder return-based goals as described in the Applicable PSU Agreement for the Performance Period described in the Applicable PSU Agreement; and
(ii) take all actions required to cause a number of PSUs equal to one-third (1/3) shares of the number of PSUs determined in accordance with Clause 1.3(b)(i) to become vested in full (each an “Accelerated PSU”) immediately prior to the Effective Date if, and only if, the Effective Date occurs on or before December 31, 2021 and the continuous employment or other service relationship of the holder of such Company PSU Award with the Company or an Affiliate thereof has not terminated prior to the Effective Date.
(c) If the Effective Date occurs on or before December 31, 2021, the Company shall not settle the Accelerated PSUs subject to a Company PSU Award by issuing Company Shares to the holder thereof. Rather, provided that the Effective Date occurs on or before December 31, 2021, upon the Effective Date and cancellation of such Company PSU Award in accordance with Clause 1.3(a) of this Schedule 1, each Accelerated PSU shall be converted automatically and entirely into the right of the former holder thereof to receive an amount of consideration (the “Accelerated PSU Consideration”) in cash Parent Common Stock equal to the product product, rounded down to the nearest whole share, obtained by multiplying (i) the number of Accelerated PSUs shares of Company Common Stock subject to such cancelled the Continuing Company PSU Award immediately prior to the First Effective Time (with such number determined based on the Deemed Performance Level) by (ii) the Per Share Consideration Cash ValueEquity Award Conversion Ratio. Except as otherwise provided in this Section 2.3(c)(ii), in each case Converted RSU assumed and converted pursuant to this Section 2.3(c)(ii) shall continue to have, and shall be paid in accordance with Clause 1.3(dsubject to, the same terms and conditions (including time-based vesting conditions, but excluding any performance-based vesting conditions) of this Schedule 1.
(d) The Acquirer shall cause the applicable Accelerated PSU Consideration to be paid to each former holder of an Accelerated PSU on or prior that applied to the first payroll date of the Company or applicable Affiliate thereof occurring at least 10 business days after the Effective Date. Such payment of Accelerated PSU Consideration (reduced by applicable Tax withholding) shall be made either (i) through the payroll systems of the Company or applicable Affiliate thereof to each former holder entitled to Accelerated PSU Consideration (other than any such holder with respect to which the Company and its Affiliates have no Tax withholding obligations), or (ii) in cash by the Company or applicable Affiliate thereof to each former holder entitled to Accelerated PSU Consideration with respect to which the Company and its Affiliates have no Tax withholding obligations. Conversion from United States Dollars to the currency used for the Company or applicable Affiliate shall follow established Company policy or practice.
(e) As soon as practicable following the Effective Date, the Acquirer shall grant to each former holder of a cancelled corresponding Continuing Company PSU Award who is an Acquirer Stock Plan Eligible Participant an Acquirer RSU Award with respect to a number of whole Acquirer Shares (rounded down to the nearest whole number) equal to the product obtained by multiplying (i) the number of PSUs determined with respect to such cancelled Company PSU Award in accordance with Clause 1.3(b)(i) of this Schedule 1 that remained unvested in accordance with the terms of the Applicable PSU Agreement as of immediately prior to the First Effective Date after deducting the number of Accelerated PSUs, if any, that were subject to such Company PSU Award by (ii) the Award Exchange Ratio. Each Acquirer RSU Award granted pursuant to this Clause 1.3(e) shall vest based upon the holder’s continued employment or other service relationship in three (3) substantially equal annual installments (or two (2) substantially equal installments if a portion of the PSUs subject to the corresponding Company PSU Award became Accelerated PSUs in accordance with Clause 1.3(b)(ii) of this Schedule 1) upon the 1st day of January immediately following the last day of each calendar year contained in the Performance Period described in the applicable Company PSU Grant Notice (or the final two calendar years of such Performance Period if a portion of the PSUs subject to the corresponding Company PSU Award became Accelerated PSUs in accordance with Clause 1.3(b)(ii) of this Schedule 1), but without regard to the performance goals to which the Company PSU Award was subject prior to the Effective Date. For the purposes of such vesting schedule, the holder of an Acquirer RSU Award granted pursuant to this Clause 1.3(e) will be credited with the period of employment or other service relationship of such holder with the Company or an Affiliate thereof during the Performance Period of the corresponding cancelled Company PSU Award through the Effective Date, in addition to such holder’s continued employment or other personal service relationship with the Acquirer, the Company or an Affiliate thereof following the Effective DateTime.
(f) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if either (i) a cancelled Company PSU Award was subject to the Law of a non-U.S. jurisdiction and the Acquirer reasonably determines that the cancelled Company PSU Award may not be replaced with an Acquirer RSU Award under the Law of such non-U.S. jurisdiction, or (ii) the former holder of a cancelled Company PSU Award is not an Acquirer Stock Plan Eligible Participant, then the Acquirer shall cause the grant to such former holder of a cash-based incentive award having such terms as the Acquirer reasonably determines will provide value substantially equivalent to the Acquirer RSU Award that would otherwise have been granted to such former holder.
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Sources: Merger Agreement (Unifirst Corp), Merger Agreement (Cintas Corp)
Treatment of Company PSU Awards. (ai) No outstanding Company PSU Award (whether vested or unvested) shall be assumed by or continued in effect by the Acquirer pursuant to or in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Upon As of the Effective DateTime, pursuant to the terms by virtue of the Company Share Plans Merger and subject to without any action on the terms and conditions part of this Agreementthe Company, Parent, Merger Sub or holders thereof, each Company PSU Award that is subject to vesting based on the achievement of one or more stock price hurdles that is outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Date shall Time (each, a “Stock Price Hurdle PSU Award”) and that vests upon the occurrence of the Effective Time based on actual performance through the Effective Time (each, an “Earned PSU Award”) will be cancelled as of the Effective Time and converted into the right to receive, without interest, a number of validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable shares of Parent Common Stock equal to (i) the number of shares of Company Common Stock underlying such Earned PSU Award immediately prior to the Effective Time, multiplied by (ii) the Exchange Ratio, plus any Fractional Shares Cash Amount in accordance with Section 2.5 (the “Company Earned PSU Consideration”).
(ii) As of the Effective Time, by virtue of the Acquisition Merger and without any action on the part of any person) cancelled the Company, Parent, Merger Sub or holders thereof, each Stock Price Hurdle PSU Award that has not vested as of the Effective Time based on actual performance through the Effective Time will automatically terminate and extinguished be canceled without payment of any consideration therefor, except as otherwise provided in accordance with Clause 1.3(c) of this Schedule 1. Prior to the holder thereof.
(iii) As of the Effective DateTime, by virtue of the Company shall take all actions required to enable Merger and without any action on the cancellation part of the Company, Parent, Merger Sub or holders thereof, each Company PSU Award in accordance with the preceding sentence.
(bother than a Stock Price Hurdle PSU Award) Prior that is outstanding immediately prior to the Effective DateTime, the whether vested or unvested, will be assumed by Parent. Each such assumed Company shallPSU Award (each, an "Assumed PSU Award") will be converted into an award of performance-based restricted stock units with respect to each Company PSU Award that is outstanding shares of Parent Common Stock on the same terms and unvested in accordance with the terms of the Company PSU Grant Notice and award agreement evidencing conditions as were applicable to such Company PSU Award (togetherimmediately prior to the Effective Time, except that each Assumed PSU Award will relate to the “Applicable PSU Agreement”):
number of shares of Parent Common Stock equal to the product of (i) determine the a number of units (each a “PSU”) shares of Company Common Stock subject to such Company PSU Award that would be earned in accordance with the terms of the Applicable PSU Agreement upon the completion of the “Performance Period” (as defined in the Applicable PSU Agreement) if the Company PSU Award then remained outstanding and the holder thereof remained in a continuous employment or other service relationship with the Company or an Affiliate thereof through completion of such Performance Period, assuming for this purpose that the number of earned PSUs would be the greater of (x) the “Target Number of PSUs” set forth in the Applicable PSU Agreement as of immediately prior to the Effective Date or (y) the number of PSUs that would have been earned based on actual performance through the earlier of December 31Time, 2021 or the Effective Date with respect to any EBITDA-based performance goals for calendar year 2021, and assuming the target level of performance for any EBITDA-based performance goals for calendar years 2022 and 2023 and assuming the target level performance for any total shareholder return-based goals as described in the Applicable PSU Agreement for the Performance Period described in the Applicable PSU Agreement; and
(ii) take all actions required to cause a number of PSUs equal to one-third (1/3) of the number of PSUs determined in accordance with Clause 1.3(b)(i) to become vested in full (each an “Accelerated PSU”) immediately prior to the Effective Date if, and only if, the Effective Date occurs on or before December 31, 2021 and the continuous employment or other service relationship of the holder of such Company PSU Award with the Company or an Affiliate thereof has not terminated prior to the Effective Date.
(c) If the Effective Date occurs on or before December 31, 2021, the Company shall not settle the Accelerated PSUs subject to a Company PSU Award by issuing Company Shares to the holder thereof. Rather, provided that the Effective Date occurs on or before December 31, 2021, upon the Effective Date and cancellation of such Company PSU Award in accordance with Clause 1.3(a) of this Schedule 1, each Accelerated PSU shall be converted automatically and entirely into the right of the former holder thereof to receive an amount of consideration (the “Accelerated PSU Consideration”) in cash equal to the product obtained by multiplying (i) the number of Accelerated PSUs subject to such cancelled Company PSU Award multiplied by (ii) the Per Share Consideration Cash ValueExchange Ratio, in each case to be paid in accordance with Clause 1.3(d) of this Schedule 1.
(d) The Acquirer shall cause the applicable Accelerated PSU Consideration to be paid to each former holder of an Accelerated PSU on or prior to the first payroll date of the Company or applicable Affiliate thereof occurring at least 10 business days after the Effective Date. Such payment of Accelerated PSU Consideration (reduced by applicable Tax withholding) shall be made either (i) through the payroll systems of the Company or applicable Affiliate thereof to each former holder entitled to Accelerated PSU Consideration (other than any such holder with respect to which the Company and its Affiliates have no Tax withholding obligations), or (ii) in cash by the Company or applicable Affiliate thereof to each former holder entitled to Accelerated PSU Consideration with respect to which the Company and its Affiliates have no Tax withholding obligations. Conversion from United States Dollars to the currency used for the Company or applicable Affiliate shall follow established Company policy or practice.
(e) As soon as practicable following the Effective Date, the Acquirer shall grant to each former holder of a cancelled Company PSU Award who is an Acquirer Stock Plan Eligible Participant an Acquirer RSU Award with respect to a number of whole Acquirer Shares (rounded down to the nearest whole number) equal to the product obtained by multiplying (i) the number of PSUs determined with respect to such cancelled Company PSU Award in accordance with Clause 1.3(b)(i) of this Schedule 1 that remained unvested in accordance with the terms of the Applicable PSU Agreement as of immediately prior to the Effective Date after deducting the number of Accelerated PSUs, if any, that were subject to such Company PSU Award by (ii) the Award Exchange Ratioshare. Each Acquirer Assumed Restricted Stock Award, Assumed RSU Award granted pursuant to this Clause 1.3(e) shall vest based upon the holder’s continued employment or other service relationship in three (3) substantially equal annual installments (or two (2) substantially equal installments if a portion of the PSUs subject to the corresponding Company PSU Award became Accelerated PSUs in accordance with Clause 1.3(b)(ii) of this Schedule 1) upon the 1st day of January immediately following the last day of each calendar year contained in the Performance Period described in the applicable Company PSU Grant Notice (or the final two calendar years of such Performance Period if a portion of the PSUs subject to the corresponding Company PSU Award became Accelerated PSUs in accordance with Clause 1.3(b)(ii) of this Schedule 1), but without regard to the performance goals to which the Company PSU Award was subject prior to the Effective Date. For the purposes of such vesting schedule, the holder of an Acquirer RSU Award granted pursuant to this Clause 1.3(e) will be credited with the period of employment or other service relationship of such holder with the Company or an Affiliate thereof during the Performance Period of the corresponding cancelled Company PSU Award through the Effective Date, in addition to such holder’s continued employment or other personal service relationship with the Acquirer, the Company or an Affiliate thereof following the Effective Date.
(f) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if either (i) a cancelled Company PSU Award was subject to the Law of a non-U.S. jurisdiction and the Acquirer reasonably determines that the cancelled Company PSU Award may not be replaced with an Acquirer RSU Award under the Law of such non-U.S. jurisdiction, or (ii) the former holder of a cancelled Company Assumed PSU Award is not referred to herein as an Acquirer Stock Plan Eligible Participant, then the Acquirer shall cause the grant to such former holder of a cash-based incentive award having such terms as the Acquirer reasonably determines will provide value substantially equivalent to the Acquirer RSU Award that would otherwise have been granted to such former holder"Assumed Equity Award."
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Treatment of Company PSU Awards. (ai) No outstanding Company PSU Award (whether vested or unvested) shall be assumed by or continued in effect by the Acquirer pursuant to or in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Upon As of the Effective DateTime, pursuant to the terms by virtue of the Company Share Plans Merger and subject to without any action on the terms and conditions part of this Agreementthe Company, Parent, Merger Sub or holders thereof, each Company PSU Award that is subject to vesting based on the achievement of one or more stock price hurdles that is outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Date shall Time (each, a “Stock Price Hurdle PSU Award”) and that vests upon the occurrence of the Effective Time based on actual performance through the Effective Time (each, an “Earned PSU Award”) will be cancelled as of the Effective Time and converted into the right to receive, without interest, a number of validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable shares of Parent Common Stock equal to (i) the number of shares of Company Common Stock underlying such Earned PSU Award immediately prior to the Effective Time, multiplied by (ii) the Exchange Ratio, plus any Fractional Shares Cash Amount in accordance with Section 2.5 (the “Company Earned PSU Consideration”).
(ii) As of the Effective Time, by virtue of the Acquisition Merger and without any action on the part of any person) cancelled the Company, Parent, Merger Sub or holders thereof, each Stock Price Hurdle PSU Award that has not vested as of the Effective Time based on actual performance through the Effective Time will automatically terminate and extinguished be canceled without payment of any consideration therefor, except as otherwise provided in accordance with Clause 1.3(c) of this Schedule 1. Prior to the holder thereof.
(iii) As of the Effective DateTime, by virtue of the Company shall take all actions required to enable Merger and without any action on the cancellation part of the Company, Parent, Merger Sub or holders thereof, each Company PSU Award in accordance with the preceding sentence.
(bother than a Stock Price Hurdle PSU Award) Prior that is outstanding immediately prior to the Effective DateTime, the whether vested or unvested, will be assumed by Parent. Each such assumed Company shallPSU Award (each, an “Assumed PSU Award”) will be converted into an award of performance-based restricted stock units with respect to each Company PSU Award that is outstanding shares of Parent Common Stock on the same terms and unvested in accordance with the terms of the Company PSU Grant Notice and award agreement evidencing conditions as were applicable to such Company PSU Award (togetherimmediately prior to the Effective Time, except that each Assumed PSU Award will relate to the “Applicable PSU Agreement”):
number of shares of Parent Common Stock equal to the product of (i) determine the a number of units (each a “PSU”) shares of Company Common Stock subject to such Company PSU Award that would be earned in accordance with the terms of the Applicable PSU Agreement upon the completion of the “Performance Period” (as defined in the Applicable PSU Agreement) if the Company PSU Award then remained outstanding and the holder thereof remained in a continuous employment or other service relationship with the Company or an Affiliate thereof through completion of such Performance Period, assuming for this purpose that the number of earned PSUs would be the greater of (x) the “Target Number of PSUs” set forth in the Applicable PSU Agreement as of immediately prior to the Effective Date or (y) the number of PSUs that would have been earned based on actual performance through the earlier of December 31Time, 2021 or the Effective Date with respect to any EBITDA-based performance goals for calendar year 2021, and assuming the target level of performance for any EBITDA-based performance goals for calendar years 2022 and 2023 and assuming the target level performance for any total shareholder return-based goals as described in the Applicable PSU Agreement for the Performance Period described in the Applicable PSU Agreement; and
(ii) take all actions required to cause a number of PSUs equal to one-third (1/3) of the number of PSUs determined in accordance with Clause 1.3(b)(i) to become vested in full (each an “Accelerated PSU”) immediately prior to the Effective Date if, and only if, the Effective Date occurs on or before December 31, 2021 and the continuous employment or other service relationship of the holder of such Company PSU Award with the Company or an Affiliate thereof has not terminated prior to the Effective Date.
(c) If the Effective Date occurs on or before December 31, 2021, the Company shall not settle the Accelerated PSUs subject to a Company PSU Award by issuing Company Shares to the holder thereof. Rather, provided that the Effective Date occurs on or before December 31, 2021, upon the Effective Date and cancellation of such Company PSU Award in accordance with Clause 1.3(a) of this Schedule 1, each Accelerated PSU shall be converted automatically and entirely into the right of the former holder thereof to receive an amount of consideration (the “Accelerated PSU Consideration”) in cash equal to the product obtained by multiplying (i) the number of Accelerated PSUs subject to such cancelled Company PSU Award multiplied by (ii) the Per Share Consideration Cash ValueExchange Ratio, in each case to be paid in accordance with Clause 1.3(d) of this Schedule 1.
(d) The Acquirer shall cause the applicable Accelerated PSU Consideration to be paid to each former holder of an Accelerated PSU on or prior to the first payroll date of the Company or applicable Affiliate thereof occurring at least 10 business days after the Effective Date. Such payment of Accelerated PSU Consideration (reduced by applicable Tax withholding) shall be made either (i) through the payroll systems of the Company or applicable Affiliate thereof to each former holder entitled to Accelerated PSU Consideration (other than any such holder with respect to which the Company and its Affiliates have no Tax withholding obligations), or (ii) in cash by the Company or applicable Affiliate thereof to each former holder entitled to Accelerated PSU Consideration with respect to which the Company and its Affiliates have no Tax withholding obligations. Conversion from United States Dollars to the currency used for the Company or applicable Affiliate shall follow established Company policy or practice.
(e) As soon as practicable following the Effective Date, the Acquirer shall grant to each former holder of a cancelled Company PSU Award who is an Acquirer Stock Plan Eligible Participant an Acquirer RSU Award with respect to a number of whole Acquirer Shares (rounded down to the nearest whole number) equal to the product obtained by multiplying (i) the number of PSUs determined with respect to such cancelled Company PSU Award in accordance with Clause 1.3(b)(i) of this Schedule 1 that remained unvested in accordance with the terms of the Applicable PSU Agreement as of immediately prior to the Effective Date after deducting the number of Accelerated PSUs, if any, that were subject to such Company PSU Award by (ii) the Award Exchange Ratioshare. Each Acquirer Assumed Restricted Stock Award, Assumed RSU Award granted pursuant to this Clause 1.3(e) shall vest based upon the holder’s continued employment or other service relationship in three (3) substantially equal annual installments (or two (2) substantially equal installments if a portion of the PSUs subject to the corresponding Company PSU Award became Accelerated PSUs in accordance with Clause 1.3(b)(ii) of this Schedule 1) upon the 1st day of January immediately following the last day of each calendar year contained in the Performance Period described in the applicable Company PSU Grant Notice (or the final two calendar years of such Performance Period if a portion of the PSUs subject to the corresponding Company PSU Award became Accelerated PSUs in accordance with Clause 1.3(b)(ii) of this Schedule 1), but without regard to the performance goals to which the Company PSU Award was subject prior to the Effective Date. For the purposes of such vesting schedule, the holder of an Acquirer RSU Award granted pursuant to this Clause 1.3(e) will be credited with the period of employment or other service relationship of such holder with the Company or an Affiliate thereof during the Performance Period of the corresponding cancelled Company PSU Award through the Effective Date, in addition to such holder’s continued employment or other personal service relationship with the Acquirer, the Company or an Affiliate thereof following the Effective Date.
(f) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if either (i) a cancelled Company PSU Award was subject to the Law of a non-U.S. jurisdiction and the Acquirer reasonably determines that the cancelled Company PSU Award may not be replaced with an Acquirer RSU Award under the Law of such non-U.S. jurisdiction, or (ii) the former holder of a cancelled Company Assumed PSU Award is not referred to herein as an Acquirer Stock Plan Eligible Participant, then the Acquirer shall cause the grant to such former holder of a cash-based incentive award having such terms as the Acquirer reasonably determines will provide value substantially equivalent to the Acquirer RSU Award that would otherwise have been granted to such former holder“Assumed Equity Award.”
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Treatment of Company PSU Awards. (ai) No At the Effective Time, each then outstanding performance-based share unit award (a “Company PSU Award Award”) (whether vested A) granted during the 2020 calendar year (each award granted during the 2020 calendar year, a “2020 Company PSU Award”) or unvested(B) shall be assumed by or continued in effect by granted during the Acquirer pursuant to or in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Upon the Effective Date, pursuant 2021 calendar year to the terms of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer or such Chief Executive Officer’s direct reports (each, a “2021 Company Share Plans and subject to the terms and conditions of this AgreementExecutive PSU Award”) shall, each Company PSU Award that is outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Date shall be (by virtue of the Acquisition automatically and without any required action on the part of any person) Parent, the Company or the holder thereof, be cancelled and extinguished without converted into the contractual right to receive a payment of consideration therefor, except in an amount in cash from the Surviving Corporation equal to (A) the Earned PSUs applicable to such Company PSU Award multiplied by (B) the Merger Consideration. Except as otherwise provided in accordance this Section 4.3(c)(i)), the cash-based award provided for by this Section 4.3(c)(i) shall be subject to the same terms and conditions as are applicable to the corresponding 2020 Company PSU Award or 2021 Company Executive PSU Award (including time-based vesting conditions and EBITDA-based vesting conditions, but excluding any vesting conditions based on total shareholder return).
(ii) At the Effective Time, each then outstanding Company PSU Award granted during the 2021 calendar year that is not a 2021 Company Executive PSU Award (each, a “2021 Company Non-Executive PSU Award”) shall, automatically and without any required action on the part of Parent, the Company or the holder thereof, vest with Clause 1.3(crespect to the number of performance-based share units as set forth in clause (A) of this Schedule 1. Prior Section 4.3(c)(ii), below, and be cancelled and converted into the right to receive (without interest), within 60 days following the Effective Time (or at such later time as would not result in the imposition of a penalty under Section 409A of the Code), an amount in cash from the Surviving Corporation, less applicable Tax withholdings, equal to (A) the number of performance-based share units earned under the terms of the applicable award agreement, but with the applicable total shareholder return determined using a per share price equal to the Effective DateMerger Consideration and the EBITDA-based metric in the applicable award agreement deemed achieved at target performance and determined without proration for any portion of the performance period that has not yet been completed, multiplied by (B) the Company shall take all actions required to enable the cancellation of each Company PSU Award in accordance with the preceding sentenceMerger Consideration.
(biii) Prior to the Effective DateFor purposes of this Agreement, the Company shall, “Earned PSUs” means: with respect to each Company PSU Award that is outstanding and unvested in accordance with Award, the number of performance share units earned under the terms of the Company PSU Grant Notice applicable award agreement, but with the applicable total shareholder return metric determined using a per share price equal to the Merger Consideration and award agreement evidencing such Company PSU Award (together, the “Applicable PSU Agreement”):
(i) determine EBITDA-based metric determined based on actual performance as of the number end of units (each a “PSU”) subject the performance period applicable to such Company PSU Award that would be earned in accordance with the terms of the Applicable PSU Agreement upon the completion of the “Performance Period” (as defined in the Applicable PSU Agreement) if the Company PSU Award then remained outstanding and the holder thereof remained in a continuous employment or other service relationship with the Company or an Affiliate thereof through completion of such Performance Period, assuming for this purpose that the number of earned PSUs would be the greater of (x) the “Target Number of PSUs” set forth in the Applicable PSU Agreement as of immediately prior to the Effective Date or (y) the number of PSUs that would have been earned based on actual performance through the earlier of December 31, 2021 or the Effective Date with respect to any EBITDA-based performance goals for calendar year 2021, and assuming the target level of performance for any EBITDA-based performance goals for calendar years 2022 and 2023 and assuming the target level performance for any total shareholder return-based goals as described in the Applicable PSU Agreement for the Performance Period described in the Applicable PSU Agreement; and
(ii) take all actions required to cause a number of PSUs equal to one-third (1/3) of the number of PSUs determined in accordance with Clause 1.3(b)(i) to become vested in full (each an “Accelerated PSU”) immediately prior to the Effective Date if, and only if, the Effective Date occurs on or before December 31, 2021 and the continuous employment or other service relationship of the holder of such Company PSU Award with the Company or an Affiliate thereof has not terminated prior to the Effective DateAward.
(c) If the Effective Date occurs on or before December 31, 2021, the Company shall not settle the Accelerated PSUs subject to a Company PSU Award by issuing Company Shares to the holder thereof. Rather, provided that the Effective Date occurs on or before December 31, 2021, upon the Effective Date and cancellation of such Company PSU Award in accordance with Clause 1.3(a) of this Schedule 1, each Accelerated PSU shall be converted automatically and entirely into the right of the former holder thereof to receive an amount of consideration (the “Accelerated PSU Consideration”) in cash equal to the product obtained by multiplying (i) the number of Accelerated PSUs subject to such cancelled Company PSU Award by (ii) the Per Share Consideration Cash Value, in each case to be paid in accordance with Clause 1.3(d) of this Schedule 1.
(d) The Acquirer shall cause the applicable Accelerated PSU Consideration to be paid to each former holder of an Accelerated PSU on or prior to the first payroll date of the Company or applicable Affiliate thereof occurring at least 10 business days after the Effective Date. Such payment of Accelerated PSU Consideration (reduced by applicable Tax withholding) shall be made either (i) through the payroll systems of the Company or applicable Affiliate thereof to each former holder entitled to Accelerated PSU Consideration (other than any such holder with respect to which the Company and its Affiliates have no Tax withholding obligations), or (ii) in cash by the Company or applicable Affiliate thereof to each former holder entitled to Accelerated PSU Consideration with respect to which the Company and its Affiliates have no Tax withholding obligations. Conversion from United States Dollars to the currency used for the Company or applicable Affiliate shall follow established Company policy or practice.
(e) As soon as practicable following the Effective Date, the Acquirer shall grant to each former holder of a cancelled Company PSU Award who is an Acquirer Stock Plan Eligible Participant an Acquirer RSU Award with respect to a number of whole Acquirer Shares (rounded down to the nearest whole number) equal to the product obtained by multiplying (i) the number of PSUs determined with respect to such cancelled Company PSU Award in accordance with Clause 1.3(b)(i) of this Schedule 1 that remained unvested in accordance with the terms of the Applicable PSU Agreement as of immediately prior to the Effective Date after deducting the number of Accelerated PSUs, if any, that were subject to such Company PSU Award by (ii) the Award Exchange Ratio. Each Acquirer RSU Award granted pursuant to this Clause 1.3(e) shall vest based upon the holder’s continued employment or other service relationship in three (3) substantially equal annual installments (or two (2) substantially equal installments if a portion of the PSUs subject to the corresponding Company PSU Award became Accelerated PSUs in accordance with Clause 1.3(b)(ii) of this Schedule 1) upon the 1st day of January immediately following the last day of each calendar year contained in the Performance Period described in the applicable Company PSU Grant Notice (or the final two calendar years of such Performance Period if a portion of the PSUs subject to the corresponding Company PSU Award became Accelerated PSUs in accordance with Clause 1.3(b)(ii) of this Schedule 1), but without regard to the performance goals to which the Company PSU Award was subject prior to the Effective Date. For the purposes of such vesting schedule, the holder of an Acquirer RSU Award granted pursuant to this Clause 1.3(e) will be credited with the period of employment or other service relationship of such holder with the Company or an Affiliate thereof during the Performance Period of the corresponding cancelled Company PSU Award through the Effective Date, in addition to such holder’s continued employment or other personal service relationship with the Acquirer, the Company or an Affiliate thereof following the Effective Date.
(f) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if either (i) a cancelled Company PSU Award was subject to the Law of a non-U.S. jurisdiction and the Acquirer reasonably determines that the cancelled Company PSU Award may not be replaced with an Acquirer RSU Award under the Law of such non-U.S. jurisdiction, or (ii) the former holder of a cancelled Company PSU Award is not an Acquirer Stock Plan Eligible Participant, then the Acquirer shall cause the grant to such former holder of a cash-based incentive award having such terms as the Acquirer reasonably determines will provide value substantially equivalent to the Acquirer RSU Award that would otherwise have been granted to such former holder.
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Treatment of Company PSU Awards. (ai) No At the Effective Time, each then outstanding performance-based share unit award (a “Company PSU Award Award”) (whether vested A) granted during the 2020 calendar year (each award granted during the 2020 calendar year, a “2020 Company PSU Award”) or unvested(B) shall be assumed by or continued in effect by granted during the Acquirer pursuant to or in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Upon the Effective Date, pursuant 2021 calendar year to the terms of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer or such Chief Executive Officer’s direct reports (each, a “2021 Company Share Plans and subject to the terms and conditions of this AgreementExecutive PSU Award”) shall, each Company PSU Award that is outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Date shall be (by virtue of the Acquisition automatically and without any required action on the part of any person) Parent, the Company or the holder thereof, be cancelled and extinguished without converted into the contractual right to receive a payment of consideration therefor, except in an amount in cash from the Surviving Corporation equal to (A) the Earned PSUs applicable to such Company PSU Award multiplied by (B) the Merger Consideration. Except as otherwise provided in accordance this Section 4.3(c)(i), the cash-based award provided for by this Section 4.3(c)(i) shall be subject to the same terms and conditions as are applicable to the corresponding 2020 Company PSU Award or 2021 Company Executive PSU Award (including time-based vesting conditions and EBITDA-based vesting conditions, but excluding any vesting conditions based on total shareholder return).
(ii) At the Effective Time, each then outstanding Company PSU Award granted during the 2021 calendar year that is not a 2021 Company Executive PSU Award (each, a “2021 Company Non-Executive PSU Award”) shall, automatically and without any required action on the part of Parent, the Company or the holder thereof, vest with Clause 1.3(crespect to the number of performance-based share units as set forth in clause (A) of this Schedule 1. Prior Section 4.3(c)(ii), below, and be cancelled and converted into the right to receive (without interest), within 60 days following the Effective Time (or at such later time as would not result in the imposition of a penalty under Section 409A of the Code), an amount in cash from the Surviving Corporation, less applicable Tax withholdings, equal to (A) the number of performance-based share units earned under the terms of the applicable award agreement, but with the applicable total shareholder return determined using a per share price equal to the Effective DateMerger Consideration and the EBITDA-based metric in the applicable award agreement deemed achieved at target performance and determined without proration for any portion of the performance period that has not yet been completed, multiplied by (B) the Company shall take all actions required to enable the cancellation of each Company PSU Award in accordance with the preceding sentenceMerger Consideration.
(biii) Prior to the Effective DateFor purposes of this Agreement, the Company shall, “Earned PSUs” means: with respect to each Company PSU Award that is outstanding and unvested in accordance with Award, the number of performance share units earned under the terms of the Company PSU Grant Notice applicable award agreement, but with the applicable total shareholder return metric determined using a per share price equal to the Merger Consideration and award agreement evidencing such Company PSU Award (together, the “Applicable PSU Agreement”):
(i) determine EBITDA-based metric determined based on actual performance as of the number end of units (each a “PSU”) subject the performance period applicable to such Company PSU Award that would be earned in accordance with the terms of the Applicable PSU Agreement upon the completion of the “Performance Period” (as defined in the Applicable PSU Agreement) if the Company PSU Award then remained outstanding and the holder thereof remained in a continuous employment or other service relationship with the Company or an Affiliate thereof through completion of such Performance Period, assuming for this purpose that the number of earned PSUs would be the greater of (x) the “Target Number of PSUs” set forth in the Applicable PSU Agreement as of immediately prior to the Effective Date or (y) the number of PSUs that would have been earned based on actual performance through the earlier of December 31, 2021 or the Effective Date with respect to any EBITDA-based performance goals for calendar year 2021, and assuming the target level of performance for any EBITDA-based performance goals for calendar years 2022 and 2023 and assuming the target level performance for any total shareholder return-based goals as described in the Applicable PSU Agreement for the Performance Period described in the Applicable PSU Agreement; and
(ii) take all actions required to cause a number of PSUs equal to one-third (1/3) of the number of PSUs determined in accordance with Clause 1.3(b)(i) to become vested in full (each an “Accelerated PSU”) immediately prior to the Effective Date if, and only if, the Effective Date occurs on or before December 31, 2021 and the continuous employment or other service relationship of the holder of such Company PSU Award with the Company or an Affiliate thereof has not terminated prior to the Effective DateAward.
(c) If the Effective Date occurs on or before December 31, 2021, the Company shall not settle the Accelerated PSUs subject to a Company PSU Award by issuing Company Shares to the holder thereof. Rather, provided that the Effective Date occurs on or before December 31, 2021, upon the Effective Date and cancellation of such Company PSU Award in accordance with Clause 1.3(a) of this Schedule 1, each Accelerated PSU shall be converted automatically and entirely into the right of the former holder thereof to receive an amount of consideration (the “Accelerated PSU Consideration”) in cash equal to the product obtained by multiplying (i) the number of Accelerated PSUs subject to such cancelled Company PSU Award by (ii) the Per Share Consideration Cash Value, in each case to be paid in accordance with Clause 1.3(d) of this Schedule 1.
(d) The Acquirer shall cause the applicable Accelerated PSU Consideration to be paid to each former holder of an Accelerated PSU on or prior to the first payroll date of the Company or applicable Affiliate thereof occurring at least 10 business days after the Effective Date. Such payment of Accelerated PSU Consideration (reduced by applicable Tax withholding) shall be made either (i) through the payroll systems of the Company or applicable Affiliate thereof to each former holder entitled to Accelerated PSU Consideration (other than any such holder with respect to which the Company and its Affiliates have no Tax withholding obligations), or (ii) in cash by the Company or applicable Affiliate thereof to each former holder entitled to Accelerated PSU Consideration with respect to which the Company and its Affiliates have no Tax withholding obligations. Conversion from United States Dollars to the currency used for the Company or applicable Affiliate shall follow established Company policy or practice.
(e) As soon as practicable following the Effective Date, the Acquirer shall grant to each former holder of a cancelled Company PSU Award who is an Acquirer Stock Plan Eligible Participant an Acquirer RSU Award with respect to a number of whole Acquirer Shares (rounded down to the nearest whole number) equal to the product obtained by multiplying (i) the number of PSUs determined with respect to such cancelled Company PSU Award in accordance with Clause 1.3(b)(i) of this Schedule 1 that remained unvested in accordance with the terms of the Applicable PSU Agreement as of immediately prior to the Effective Date after deducting the number of Accelerated PSUs, if any, that were subject to such Company PSU Award by (ii) the Award Exchange Ratio. Each Acquirer RSU Award granted pursuant to this Clause 1.3(e) shall vest based upon the holder’s continued employment or other service relationship in three (3) substantially equal annual installments (or two (2) substantially equal installments if a portion of the PSUs subject to the corresponding Company PSU Award became Accelerated PSUs in accordance with Clause 1.3(b)(ii) of this Schedule 1) upon the 1st day of January immediately following the last day of each calendar year contained in the Performance Period described in the applicable Company PSU Grant Notice (or the final two calendar years of such Performance Period if a portion of the PSUs subject to the corresponding Company PSU Award became Accelerated PSUs in accordance with Clause 1.3(b)(ii) of this Schedule 1), but without regard to the performance goals to which the Company PSU Award was subject prior to the Effective Date. For the purposes of such vesting schedule, the holder of an Acquirer RSU Award granted pursuant to this Clause 1.3(e) will be credited with the period of employment or other service relationship of such holder with the Company or an Affiliate thereof during the Performance Period of the corresponding cancelled Company PSU Award through the Effective Date, in addition to such holder’s continued employment or other personal service relationship with the Acquirer, the Company or an Affiliate thereof following the Effective Date.
(f) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if either (i) a cancelled Company PSU Award was subject to the Law of a non-U.S. jurisdiction and the Acquirer reasonably determines that the cancelled Company PSU Award may not be replaced with an Acquirer RSU Award under the Law of such non-U.S. jurisdiction, or (ii) the former holder of a cancelled Company PSU Award is not an Acquirer Stock Plan Eligible Participant, then the Acquirer shall cause the grant to such former holder of a cash-based incentive award having such terms as the Acquirer reasonably determines will provide value substantially equivalent to the Acquirer RSU Award that would otherwise have been granted to such former holder.
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