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Award of Deferred Stock Units for Non-Employee Directors
Award of Deferred Stock Units for Non-Employee Directors contract clause examples

In lieu of taking delivery of shares of Common Stock on an Award Date, a Non-Employee Director may elect to defer the receipt of such Quarterly Stock Award to a subsequent calendar year provided that he or she files an irrevocable written deferral election with the Board no later than the 31st day of December of the calendar year immediately preceding the calendar year in which the Non-Employee Director commence the services to which the Award Date relates. Accordingly, for those Quarterly Stock Awards granted with respect to the quarters ending on the last day of May, August and November, such deferral election must be filed by December 31 of the calendar year immediately preceding such Award Dates and, for those Quarterly Stock Awards granted with respect to quarters ending on the last day of February, such deferral election must be filed by December 31 of the second calendar year immediately preceding such Award Dates. Quarterly Stock Awards deferred pursuant to this [Section 6] shall be deferred as equity units, each of which shall have the value, as of the Award Date, of one (1) share of Common Stock. Equity units do not represent actual shares of Common Stock and no shares of Common Stock will be purchased or acquired for the payout of any Quarterly Stock Award deferred under this Amended 2015 Stock Program. On each Award Date, the deferred equity units shall be credited to each Non-Employee’s bookkeeping account maintained by Entergy with respect to such Non-Employee Director’s deferrals.

In lieu of taking delivery of shares of Common Stock on an Award Date, a Non-Employee Director may elect to defer the receipt of such Quarterly Stock Award to a subsequent calendar year provided that he or she files an irrevocable written deferral election with the Board no later than the 31st day of December of the calendar year immediately preceding the calendar year in which the Non-Employee Director commence the services to which the Award Date relates. Accordingly, for those Quarterly Stock Awards granted with respect to the quarters ending on the last day of May, August and November, such deferral election must be filed by December 31 of the calendar year immediately preceding such Award Dates and, for those Quarterly Stock Awards granted with respect to quarters ending on the last day of February, such deferral election must be filed by December 31 of the second calendar year immediately preceding such Award Dates. Quarterly Stock Awards deferred pursuant to this [Section 6] shall be deferred as equity units, each of which shall have the value, as of the Award Date, of one (1) share of Common Stock. Equity units do not represent actual shares of Common Stock and no shares of Common Stock will be purchased or acquired for the payout of any Quarterly Stock Award deferred under this Second Amended 2015 Stock Program. On each Award Date, the deferred equity units shall be credited to each Non-Employee’s bookkeeping account maintained by Entergy with respect to such Non-Employee Director’s deferrals.

In lieu of taking delivery of shares of Common Stock on an Award Date, a Non-Employee Director may elect to defer the receipt of such Quarterly Stock Award to a subsequent calendar year provided that he or she files an irrevocable written deferral election with the Board no later than the 31st day of December of the calendar year immediately preceding the calendar year in which the Non-Employee Director commence the services to which the Award Date relates. Accordingly, for those Quarterly Stock Awards granted with respect to the quarters ending on the last day of May, August and November, such deferral election must be filed by December 31 of the calendar year immediately preceding such Award Dates and, for those Quarterly Stock Awards granted with respect to quarters ending on the last day of February, such deferral election must be filed by December 31 of the second calendar year immediately preceding such Award Dates. Quarterly Stock Awards deferred pursuant to this [Section 6] shall be deferred as equity units, each of which shall have the value, as of the Award Date, of one (1) share of Common Stock. Equity units do not represent actual shares of Common Stock and no shares of Common Stock will be purchased or acquired for the payout of any Quarterly Stock Award deferred under this Program. On each Award Date, the deferred equity units shall be credited to each Non-Employee’s bookkeeping account maintained by Entergy with respect to such Non-Employee Director’s deferrals.

In lieu of taking delivery of shares of Common Stock on an Award Date, a Non-Employee Director may elect to defer the receipt of such Quarterly Stock Award to a subsequent calendar year provided that he or she files an irrevocable written deferral election with the Board no later than the 31st day of December of the calendar year immediately preceding the calendar year in which the Non-Employee Director commences the services to which the Award Date relates. Accordingly, for those Quarterly Stock Awards granted with respect to the quarters ending on the last day of May, August and November, such deferral election must be filed by December 31 of the calendar year immediately preceding such Award Dates and, for those Quarterly Stock Awards granted with respect to quarters ending on the last day of February, such deferral election must be filed by December 31 of the second calendar year immediately preceding such Award Dates. Quarterly Stock Awards deferred pursuant to this [Section 6] shall be deferred as equity units, each of which shall have the value, as of the Award Date, of one (1) share of Common Stock. Equity units do not represent actual shares of Common Stock and no shares of Common Stock will be purchased or acquired for the payout of any Quarterly Stock Award deferred under this 2019 Stock Program. On each Award Date, the deferred equity units shall be credited to each Non-Employee Director’s bookkeeping account maintained by the Company with respect to such Non-Employee Director’s deferrals.

In lieu of taking delivery of shares of Common Stock on an Award Date, a Non-Employee Director may elect to defer the receipt of such Quarterly Stock Award to a subsequent calendar year provided that he or she files an irrevocable written deferral election with the Board no later than the 31st day of December of the calendar year immediately preceding the calendar year in which the Non-Employee Director commences the services to which the Award Date relates. Accordingly, for those Quarterly Stock Awards granted with respect to the quarters ending on the last day of May, August and November, such deferral election must be filed by December 31 of the calendar year immediately preceding such Award Dates and, for those Quarterly Stock Awards granted with respect to quarters ending on the last day of February, such deferral election must be filed by December 31 of the second calendar year immediately preceding such Award Dates. Any person who shall become a Non-Employee Director during any calendar year, and who was not a Non-Employee Director of the Company before the beginning of such calendar year, may elect, within 30 days after the Non-Employee Director’s term begins, to defer the receipt of the Quarterly Stock Awards earned during the remainder of such calendar year and the calendar quarter ending the last day of February of the succeeding calendar year from and after the date of such election Quarterly Stock Awards deferred pursuant to this [Section 6] shall be deferred as equity units, each of which shall have the value, as of the Award Date, of one (1) share of Common Stock. Equity units do not represent actual shares of Common Stock and no shares of Common Stock will be purchased or acquired for the payout of any Quarterly Stock Award deferred under this Amended 2019 Stock Program. On each Award Date, the deferred equity units shall be credited to each Non-Employee Director’s bookkeeping account maintained by the Company with respect to such Non-Employee Director’s deferrals.

The Non-Employee Director’s written deferral election must specify the date on which the deferred equity units will be paid (“Payment Date”), which Payment Date must be no earlier than January 2nd of the third calendar year immediately following the calendar year in which the applicable Award Date occurs. Quarterly Stock Awards deferred pursuant to this Section shall accrue dividend equivalents, which dividend equivalents will be paid on the Payment Date together with interest calculated at an annual rate based upon the 52-week U.S. Treasury Bill Rate as in effect on the first business day of each year. On each Payment Date, equity units deferred and elected to be paid out on such date shall be paid in cash in an amount equal to (a) the number of equity units outstanding on the Payment Date multiplied by the closing price of a share of Common Stock on the NYSE as of the close of business on the Payment Date or, if such Payment Date is a day on which the NYSE is not open for trading, the closing price of Common Stock on the next succeeding NYSE trading day, plus (b) the amount of all accrued dividend equivalents with respect to such equity units and (c) interest on the dividend equivalents.

The Non-Employee Director’s written deferral election must specify the date on which the deferred equity units will be paid (“Payment Date”), which Payment Date must be no earlier than January 2nd of the third calendar year immediately following the calendar year in which the applicable Award Date occurs. Quarterly Stock Awards deferred pursuant to this Section shall accrue dividend equivalents, which dividend equivalents will be paid on the Payment Date together with interest calculated at an annual rate based upon the 52-week U.S. Treasury Bill Rate as in effect on the first business day of each year. On each Payment Date, equity units deferred and elected to be paid out on such date shall be paid in cash in an amount equal to # the number of equity units outstanding on the Payment Date multiplied by the closing price of a share of Common Stock on the NYSE as of the close of business on the Payment Date or, if such Payment Date is a day on which the NYSE is not open for trading, the closing price of Common Stock on the next succeeding NYSE trading day, plus # the amount of all accrued dividend equivalents with respect to such equity units and # interest on the dividend equivalents through such Payment Date.

The Non-Employee Director’s written deferral election must specify the date on which the deferred equity units will be paid (“Payment Date”), which Payment Date must be no earlier than January 2nd of the third calendar year immediately following the calendar year in which the applicable Award Date occurs. Quarterly Stock Awards deferred pursuant to this Section shall accrue dividend equivalents, which Dividend Equivalents will be paid on the Payment Date together with interest calculated at an annual rate based upon the 52-week U.S. Treasury Bill Rate as in effect on the first business day of each year. On each Payment Date, equity units deferred and elected to be paid out on such date shall be paid in cash in an amount equal to (a) the number of equity units outstanding on the Payment Date multiplied by the closing price of a share of Common Stock on the NYSE as of the close of business on the Payment Date or, if such Payment Date is a day on which the NYSE is not open for trading, the closing price of Common Stock on the next succeeding NYSE trading day, plus (b) the amount of all accrued Dividend Equivalents with respect to such equity units and (c) interest on the Dividend Equivalents.

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