Deferred Stock Unit Award. In consideration of the Director's services to the Company and for other good and valuable consideration, the Company shall, effective on the date set forth set forth above, grant to the Director a number of shares of deferred stock units (the “Units”) equal to the value of [$150,000] divided by the closing price of the Company’s common stock, par value $.01 per share (the “Common Stock”) on the New York Stock Exchange on April 25, 2024. Each Unit represents the right to receive one Share of the Company’s Common Stock. The Units granted to the Director will be credited to an account in the Director’s name maintained by the Company (the “Account”). This Account shall be unfunded and maintained for book-keeping purposes only. The number of Units subject to this Agreement shall be subject to adjustment as set forth in [Section 4.6] of the Plan.
Deferred Stock Unit Award. The Company hereby grants to Holder an aggregate of Deferred Stock Units (“Award DSUs”) on the terms and conditions set forth in the Plan and supplemented in this Award, including, without limitation, the restrictions more specifically set forth in Sections 2 and 5 below. Such Award DSUs shall be credited to Holder’s account. The Award DSUs shall be adjusted from time to time as provided in the Plan.
Executive Deferred Compensation Plan. If Participant is eligible, and has made the appropriate election, to defer the Award into Executive Deferred Compensation Plan (the “Deferral Plan”), and the Award is eligible for deferral under the Deferral Plan, then at the time of vesting, the Restricted Stock Units that would otherwise vest under this Agreement (but not any Dividend Equivalents, which shall be delivered to Participant in accordance with Paragraph 10), instead of being delivered to Participant shall be credited to Participant’s account under the Deferral Plan, subject to and in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Deferral Plan and any related deferral agreement.
The parties acknowledge and agree that, to the extent applicable, this Agreement shall be interpreted in accordance with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) and Department of Treasury regulations and other interpretive guidance issued thereunder, including without limitation any such regulations or other guidance that may be issued after the date hereof. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, in the event that the Employer determines that any amounts payable hereunder will be immediately taxable to the Employee under Section 409A of the Code and related Department of Treasury guidance, the Employer may # adopt such amendments to this Agreement and appropriate policies and procedures, including amendments and policies with retroactive effect, that the Employer determines necessary or appropriate to preserve the intended tax treatment of the benefits provided by this Agreement and/or # take such other actions as the Employer determines necessary or appropriate to comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code and related Department of Treasury guidance, including such Department of Treasury guidance and other interpretive materials as may be issued after the date hereof.
Maintenance of Deferred Accounts. A recordkeeping account shall be established and maintained in the name of each Non-Employee Director. Amounts which are deferred hereunder shall be converted into units (“Units”) based on the Fair Market Value of the Company’s common stock, and such Units (including any fractional Units) shall be credited to the Non-Employee Director’s account. The conversion and crediting of deferrals shall occur as of the date that such deferred amounts would otherwise have been payable to the Non-Employee Director. Dividend equivalents earned on the basis of whole Units previously credited to a Non-Employee Director’s account shall be credited to the Non-Employee Director’s account as Units, including fractional Units, on the date any such dividend has been declared to be payable on Shares. Units, excluding fractional Units, shall earn dividend equivalents from the date such Units are credited to a Non-Employee Director’s account until the date such Units are converted into Shares and distributed. Dividend equivalents shall be computed by multiplying the dividend paid per Share during the period Units are credited to a Non-Employee Director’s account times the number of whole Units so credited, but Units shall earn such dividend equivalents only as, if, and when dividends are declared and paid on Shares.
Upon receipt of a duly filed deferral election, the Company shall establish a Deferred Compensation Account to which shall be credited an amount equal to that portion of the Director’s Fees which would have been payable currently to the participating Director but for the terms of the deferral election and which is not converted into Stock Units. If the deferral election includes an election to convert a percentage of the Director’s Fees deferred pursuant to the election into Stock Units, the number of full and fractional Stock Units shall be determined by dividing the amount subject to such an election by the Value of the Company’s common stock on the Valuation Date. For the avoidance of doubt, a Director may not elect a transfer of credits between the Director’s Deferred Compensation Account and Stock Units.
Investment of Deferred Amounts. All amounts credited to an Account shall be credited annually, as of the end of each calendar year, with interest at an annual rate designated from time to time by the Committee. This crediting rate initially shall be equal to 120% of the Applicable Federal Rate (the “AFR”) - either the fixed mid-term or long-term AFR, as appropriate for the Participant's selected deferral period. The Committee may, in its sole discretion, modify the crediting rate(s)prospectively at any time, with respect to either amounts already credited to an Account or amounts to be credited in the future pursuant to an existing or future election to defer compensation. Interest shall continue to be credited until the Account has been fully distributed to a Participant or to his beneficiary or beneficiaries designated pursuant to Section 10(d) below.
“Stock Units” means, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the deferred portion of Director’s Fees converted into units denominated in shares of the Company’s common stock, and Deferred Equity-Based Awards credited as units denominated in shares of the Company’s common stock.
During the Deferral Period, the Participant shall not have any rights of ownership in the Deferred Shares and shall not have any right to vote such Shares, but the Committee may on or after the Grant Date authorize the payment of Dividend Equivalents on such Shares in cash or additional Shares. Any Dividend Equivalents granted with respect to Deferred Shares shall be subject to the same restrictions that apply to the underlying Shares.
Upon grant, the deferred shares will not be issued in your name, but will be held by the Company, either in book-entry form or by the Company’s Benefits Trust (the “Trust”), until they become transferable to you in accordance with this letter and your Election Form. You should note that the deferred shares held in the Trust are considered an unsecured obligation of the Company and any and all assets held in the Trust are subject to claims of the general creditors of the Company. Until the issuance of common stock in settlement of your deferred shares, you will not have rights as a stockholder of the Company. Although you will not have beneficial ownership of the deferred shares until they are actually transferred to you, you will have the opportunity to direct the voting of your deferred shares (which voting instructions the Trustee of the Trust may not follow, in its sole discretion) and such deferred shares will be counted toward your stock ownership requirements. You will also receive a cash payment with respect to each deferred share equal to the cash dividends that are paid on a share of the Company’s common stock each quarter, with such cash amount to be paid within 30 days after the date that such dividends are paid to the Company’s regular stockholders. Your deferred shares are subject to the terms of the Plan (including the restrictions on transfer, assignment and pledge), your Election Form and this letter.
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