Your Rights in the DSUs. Subject to the Company’s xxxxxxx xxxxxxx policies and applicable laws and regulations, after any underlying Shares are delivered to you in respect of vested DSUs, you shall be free to deal with and dispose of such underlying Shares. You have no rights in the Shares underlying unvested DSUs. You shall have none of the rights of a shareholder (including, without limitation, the right to vote or receive dividends) with respect to any Shares underlying these DSUs until such time as you become the record holder of such Shares. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for each DSU granted under this Agreement you have been granted one Dividend Equivalent Right. Each Dividend Equivalent Right represents the right to receive the equivalent of all of the cash dividends that would be payable with respect to the Shares underlying the DSUs to which the Dividend Equivalent Rights relate. Such cash dividends shall accrue without interest and shall vest and be paid in cash when the DSUs vest, or shall be forfeited if the DSUs and underlying Shares are forfeited.
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Samples: Deferred Stock Unit Award Agreement (Big Lots Inc), Deferred Stock Unit Award Agreement (Big Lots Inc), Deferred Stock Unit Award Agreement (Big Lots Inc)
Your Rights in the DSUs. Subject to the Company’s xxxxxxx xxxxxxx policies and applicable laws and regulations, after any underlying Shares are delivered to you in respect of vested DSUs, you shall be free to deal with and dispose of such underlying Shares. 2 You have no rights in the Shares underlying unvested DSUs. You shall have none of the rights of a shareholder (including, without limitation, the right to vote or receive dividends) with respect to any Shares underlying these DSUs until such time as you become the record holder of such Shares. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for each DSU granted under this Agreement you have been granted one Dividend Equivalent Right. Each Dividend Equivalent Right represents the right to receive the equivalent of all of the cash dividends that would be payable with respect to the Shares underlying the DSUs to which the Dividend Equivalent Rights relate. Such cash dividends shall accrue without interest and shall vest and be paid in cash when the DSUs vest, or shall be forfeited if the DSUs and underlying Shares are forfeited.
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Samples: Stock Unit Award Agreement