Equity-Based Compensation definition

Equity-Based Compensation means (i) November 24, 2003, awards granted under the Stock Award Plan and (ii) Restricted Stock Units, Performance Units, and Other Stock-Based Awards granted under Sections 7, 8, and 9 of the Equity-Based Compensation Plan, and does not include any such awards that qualify as vested stock, restricted stock, stock option awards, or stock appreciation rights.

Equity-Based Compensation means (i) November 24, 2003, awards granted under the Stock Award Plan and (ii) Restricted Stock Units, Performance Units, and Other Stock-Based Awards granted under Sections 7, 8, and 9 of the Equity-

Equity-Based Compensation means equity-based compensation income derived from rendering services, including, but not limited to, stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units, phantom stock awards and other equity-based awards, provided such Equity-Based Compensation is granted in the ordinary course of business and not in lieu of any salary, bonus or other compensation or for the purpose of avoiding or circumventing Mitigation.

Examples of Equity-Based Compensation in a sentence

• The purpose of the Becton, Dickinson and Company 2004 Employee and Director Equity-Based Compensation Plan is to provide an incentive to employees of the Company and its subsidiaries to achieve long-range goals, to aid in attracting and retaining employees and directors of outstanding ability and to closely align their interests with those of shareholders.

• In the case of an employee who first becomes an Eligible Employee under this Plan (and is not eligible for any other plan with which this Plan is aggregated for purposes of Code Section 409A) during a Plan Year, such Deferral Election within the first thirty (30) days of eligibility may also be made with respect to any Equity-Based Compensation awarded or granted at the time of hire and to be earned after the date of the Deferral Election.

• At all times a Participant shall be fully vested in his Deferred Salary, Deferred Bonus, Deferred Equity-Based Compensation, and Deferred Restoration Distribution Accounts hereunder (including any earnings or losses and Dividend Reinvestment Return thereon).

• Once made, a Deferred Equity-Based Compensation Election cannot be changed or revoked after the final deadline established by the Committee for making the election, except as provided herein.

• Such Deferred Equity-Based Compensation shall be credited to the Participant’s Deferred Equity-Based Compensation Account as soon as practicable after the Equity-Based Compensation otherwise would vest and be paid, and will be credited for investment tracking purposes to the Participant’s Deferred Stock Account under Section 5.3(b).

More Definitions of Equity-Based Compensation

Equity-Based Compensation means (i) November 24, 2003, awards granted under the Stock Award Plan and

Equity-Based Compensation means awards which may be, or are, received by a Non-Employee Director pursuant to the Valmont 2008 Stock Plan, or any successor or similar plan thereto.

Equity-Based Compensation means stock that is substantially nonvested as defined in Section 1.83-3(b) of the Treasury Regulations, an option to acquire common stock, or other equity-based incentive that may produce income to an employee and a corresponding deduction to his or her employer after the date of this Agreement. Such term shall include restricted stock, non-qualified stock options, discounted non-qualified stock options, cliff options to the extent stock is issued or issuable (as opposed to cash compensation), and tandem stock options to the extent stock is issued or issuable (as opposed to cash compensation).

Equity-Based Compensation. In addition, Section 2.3 of the Employment Agreement shall be renumbered to include a subsection “(a)” and a subsection “(b),” and the current language of Section 2.3 shall be added to subsection (a). Finally, Section 2.3 of the Employment Agreement is hereby amended to add the following provision to subsection 2.3(b):

Equity-Based Compensation. The Executive shall be granted incentive options for shares in the company based on the discretion of the Board at such times and in such quantities as the Board deems appropriate.

Equity-Based Compensation means (i) November 24, 2003, awards granted under the Stock Award Plan and (ii) Restricted Stock Units, Performance Units, and Other Stock-Based Awards granted under Sections 7, 8, and 9 of the Equity- Based Compensation Plan, and does not include any such awards that qualify as vested stock, restricted stock, stock option awards, or stock appreciation rights.

Equity-Based Compensation means equity-based Compensation, including, but not limited to, stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units, phantom stock awards and other equity-based awards, provided such equity-based Compensation is granted in the ordinary course of business and not in lieu of any salary, bonus or other Compensation or for the purpose of avoiding or circumventing Mitigation. During the Mitigation Period, Employee is required to report to the Company in writing the amount of any Compensation earned by, promised to, or owed to Employee on account of Employee’s Employment. Employee agrees to submit to the Company a Mitigation Certification in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A upon commencement of the Mitigation Period, every three months thereafter and, in any event, promptly upon becoming engaged in Employment. Each Installment Payment shall be a separately identified amount under Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-2(b)(2), and each Installment Payment required to be paid on or before the 15th day of the third month following Employee’s taxable year in which the right to such payment is no longer subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture shall qualify as a “short-term deferral” under Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(4) and exempt from Section 409A. Each Installment Payment, or portion thereof, payable following the 15th day of the third month following Employee’s taxable year in which the right to such payment is no longer subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture up to an aggregate of $460,000 shall qualify as “separation pay due to involuntary separation from service” pursuant to a “separation pay plan” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(9)(iii) and as such shall be exempt from Section 409A. Each Installment Payment, or portion thereof, payable following the 15th day of the third month following Employee’s taxable year in which the right to such payment is no longer subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture in excess of $460,000 shall qualify as being made in compliance with Section 409A.