Examples of Qualified Change in Control in a sentence
Payment in respect of the Performance Shares shall be made in a lump sum in cash to the Participant on the date of the Qualified Change in Control in an amount determined based upon the extent to which the performance goals described in Paragraph 3(c) during the Performance Period have been met up to the date of the Qualified Change-in-Control, or at Target Vesting, whichever is higher, as provided in Paragraph 3(f).
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, this Award shall be deemed automatically exercised in full, without any further action on the part of Grantee or the Company, effective as of immediately prior to, and contingent upon, a Qualified Change in Control; provided that Grantee has remained continuously employed with (or has provided continued service to) the Company from the Grant Date through immediately prior to the effectiveness of such Qualified Change in Control (an “Automatic Exercise”).
For the sake of clarity, this accelerated vesting (other than in the case of a Qualified Change in Control as described in Section 5(b) below) shall not change the Settlement Date as set forth in Section 5(b) below.
The termination by such Board must occur within the 30 days preceding, or within the 12-month period following, the Qualified Change in Control Event.
Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, upon the occurrence of a Qualified Change in Control Event involving the Company or other Relevant Employer (as defined in Section 6.6(a) below), the Board as constituted immediately prior to the event may in its discretion terminate the Plan, or the portion of the Plan pertaining to the Relevant Employer, and cause to be distributed to each affected Participant the entire balance of all of the Participant’s DSU Accounts.