Severe Financial Hardship definition
Examples of Severe Financial Hardship in a sentence
A Severe Financial Hardship will be considered a hardship to the Participant resulting from an illness or accident of the Participant, the Participant's spouse or a dependent (as defined in Internal Revenue Code Section 152(a)) of the Participant, loss of the Participant's property due to casualty, or other similar extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising as a result of the events beyond the control of the Participant, all as determined in the sole discretion of the Committee.
Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, the Employee shall, after petitioning the Committee, receive a distribution of his or her Restricted Stock Units (in the manner provided in Section 6(i)) in a lump sum within 60 days after the occurrence of a severe financial hardship that is considered an unforeseeable emergency under Section 409A (a "Severe Financial Hardship").
The Restricted Stock Units distributed as result of a Severe Financial Hardship will be limited to the extent the Committee deems necessary to satisfy the Employee's Severe Financial Hardship plus any taxes reasonably anticipated because of the distribution.
For purposes of this section, Severe Financial Hardship will result if the distribution is necessary in light of immediate and heavy financial needs of the Participant, where such Participant lacks other available resources.