Examples of BHP Units in a sentence
Any shares of Common Stock (or, if applicable, BHP Units) issued to a Participant hereunder will be held in an account administered by the Firm’s equity plan administrator or such other account as the Plan Administrator may determine in its discretion.
The issuance of any shares of Common Stock (or, if applicable, BHP Units) to a Participant pursuant to the Plan shall be effectuated by recording the Participant’s ownership of such shares of Common Stock (or, if applicable, BHP Units) in a book-entry or similar system utilized by the Firm as soon as practicable following the Delivery Date applicable thereto.
No Participant shall have any rights as an owner with respect to any shares of Common Stock (or, if applicable, BHP Units) under the Plan prior to the date on which the Participant becomes entitled to delivery of such shares of Common Stock (or, if applicable, BHP Units) in accordance with Section 5.01.
The Plan Administrator may, in its sole discretion, cause the Firm to defer the delivery of any shares of Common Stock (or, if applicable, BHP Units, cash or other securities) pursuant to this Plan as the Plan Administrator deems necessary to ensure compliance under federal or state securities laws or to avoid adverse tax or other consequences to the Firm or the Participant.
In the discretion of the Firm, the Firm may deduct or withhold such sum from such payment or distribution (including by deduction or withholding of shares of Common Stock (or, if applicable, BHP Units or other securities), provided that the amount the Firm deducts or withholds shall not (unless otherwise determined by the Plan Administrator) exceed the Firm’s minimum statutory withholding obligations.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Plan Administrator determines, in its sole discretion, that the issuance of shares of Common Stock may raise tax, securities law or administrative concerns to the Firm or the Participant, then distributions to such Participant hereunder shall not be made in shares of Common Stock but instead (in the Plan Administrator’s sole discretion, which will likely be only in rare occasions), may be made in BHP Units or other securities, as determined by the Plan Administrator.
The shares of Common Stock (or, if applicable, BHP Units, cash or other securities) underlying the Deferral Shares shall generally be delivered to Participants on a date intended to coincide with a date upon which the underlying shares of Common Stock (or, if applicable, BHP Units or other securities) may next be traded or converted by the Participant (subject to further restrictions due to Firm policies in place at such time) as set forth below: (a) Window Period for Delivery of Deferral Shares .