Vesting Acceleration definition

Vesting Acceleration means the vesting of the Shares subject to any Equity Awards held by you on the date of your termination shall be accelerated such that the then unvested Equity Awards shall vest and become exercisable as to the number of shares subject to such equity award that would have vested if the Participant had completed an additional 12 months of employment following the termination date.

Vesting Acceleration means one of the following events, where there is no Cause for Trustmark to terminate your employment:

Vesting Acceleration means the service-based vesting (but not performance-based) of the shares subject to any Equity Awards held by a Participant on the date of termination of a Participant’s employment will be accelerated either in full or as to a number of months as provided in the table above. In the case of Equity Awards that are options or stock appreciation rights, such awards will also remain exercisable for the applicable post-termination exercise period contained in the award documents for options were granted prior to the Effective Date and qualify as incentive stock options. For clarity, the Vesting Acceleration severance benefit provided in the Policy does not waive the satisfaction of any Performance Condition contained in an Equity Award, and the requirements to satisfy any Performance Condition or calculate the number of shares eligible to vest tied to a Performance Condition will remain subject to the terms and conditions of the award agreement evidencing the particular Equity Award. Participant’s Equity Awards shall otherwise remain subject to the terms of the applicable plan and award documents under which such Equity Award was granted (including but not limited to any provisions with respect to forfeiture on a termination for Cause) and, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Policy, no Equity Award shall remain outstanding later than the last day of its original full term.

Examples of Vesting Acceleration in a sentence

• To the extent shares of Restricted Stock are forfeited, any share certificates issued to the Participant evidencing such shares shall be returned to the Company, and all rights of the Participant to such shares and as a stockholder with respect thereto shall terminate without further obligation on the part of the Company.(c) Vesting; Acceleration of Lapse of Restrictions.

• Vesting Acceleration Price shall be a price established by the Compensation Committee at the time of grant.

• The receipt of the Severance, CIC Severance, COBRA Premiums, CIC COBRA Premiums, Special Cash Payments, CIC Special Cash Payments, CIC Bonus Payment, and Vesting Acceleration (collectively, the “Severance Benefits”) will be subject to Executive signing and not revoking a separation agreement and release of claims in a form satisfactory to the Company (the “Separation Agreement”) within a time period specified by the Company, in its sole discretion.

• Any balance of the Pro-Rata Portion that does not vest upon the Vesting Acceleration Event shall be forfeited as of the date of such event.

• If the price per share of Common Stock does not reach the Vesting Acceleration Price and the optionee dies while in the employ of the Company or any subsidiary or is retired in good standing from the employ of the Company or any subsidiary after attaining age 60 or as a result of disability under the then established rules of the Company or the subsidiary, to the extent of 10% of the number of shares covered by the option for each year that the optionee was employed by the Company or any subsidiary.

• If a Sale of the Company occurs prior to a Termination of Employment (the first such event or sale, a “Vesting Acceleration Event”), the then Unvested Shares shall become Vested Shares upon the occurrence of such Vesting Acceleration Event.

• Except as otherwise provided in Section 5, in the event of the Participant’s Termination of Service for any reason, prior to the date on which the Award otherwise becomes vested, the unvested portion of the Award shall immediately be forfeited by the Participant and become the property of the Company, without any payment or consideration being due to the Participant.5. Vesting Acceleration Upon Termination Due to Death or Retirement.

• If the Participant is determined by such insurance carrier to be entitled to receive such long-term disability benefits, (A) all Options which would have become vested on or before the First Anniversary shall become vested on the Vesting Acceleration Date, and (B) the remaining unvested Options shall, except as provided in the second following sentence, be deemed canceled and forfeited without further consideration to the Participant on the Vesting Acceleration Date.

• A lump-sum payment of cash severance equal to the amount set forth in the Participant’s Participation Agreement;5.2Equity Award Vesting Acceleration Benefit.

• The Vesting Acceleration Price shall be the higher of 100% of the book value per common share as of the most recent year-end, or 150% of the market value at date of grant.

More Definitions of Vesting Acceleration

Vesting Acceleration means the vesting of the Shares subject to any Equity Awards held by you on the date of your termination shall be accelerated such that the then unvested Equity Awards shall vest and become exercisable as to the number of shares subject to such equity award that would have vested if (i) in the case of the CEO and VP of Technology R&D, such executive had completed an additional 12 months of employment following the termination date or (ii) in the case of all other Participants, such Participant had completed an additional 6 months of employment following the termination date.

Vesting Acceleration has the meaning specified in Section 2.3(f) of this Agreement.

Vesting Acceleration. If the service of the Participant is terminated by the Company without Cause, Participant resigns for Good Reason, or Participant’s Continuous Service Status terminates due to Participant’s death or Disability, then shares will remain outstanding and eligible to vest for up to two (2) years, subject to the achievement of price stock milestones, upon the termination of Employee’s employment with the Company. In addition, shares will vest at the closing price per share of the common stock on the termination date upon the termination of employment due to disability.