Dividends and Dividend Equivalents. A Participant will have no voting rights or dividend rights with respect to the Performance Shares or any shares of Stock underlying the Performance Shares during the Performance Period. No Participant will be entitled to receive any cash dividends or dividend equivalents with respect to Performance Shares during the Performance Period. However, at the same time that shares of Stock are issued under [Section 5] or [Section 6], the Participant (or the Participant’s beneficiary determined in accordance with [Section 10]) will also receive a lump sum cash payment equal to the amount of cash dividends paid by the Company that were declared during the Performance Period on the number of shares of Stock issued to the Participant (or the Participant’s beneficiary).
10.4Voting Rights; Dividend Equivalent Rights and Dividend Equivalents. A Participant willDistributions. Participants shall have no voting rights with respect to shares of Stock represented by Performance Shares until the date of the issuance of such shares, if any (as evidenced by the appropriate entry on the books of the Company or dividend rightsof a duly authorized transfer agent of the Company). However, the Committee, in its discretion, may provide in the Award Agreement evidencing any Performance Shares that the Participant shall be entitled to accrue Dividend Equivalents with respect to the payment of cash dividends on Stock during the period beginning on the date the Award is granted and ending, with respect to the particular shares subject to the Award, on the earlier of the date on which the Performance Shares are settled or the date on which they are forfeited. Such Dividend Equivalents, if any, may, as determined by the Committee, accrue in the form of additional Performance Shares or any shares of Stockin a notional account. Accrued Dividend Equivalents, if any, will only be paid to the extent that the Performance Goals underlying the original Performance Shares have been attained and the Performance Shares duringto which such Dividend Equivalents relate become vested or are otherwise to be settled, as determined by the Performance Period. No Participant willCommittee. Settlement of Dividend Equivalents may be entitled to receive any cash dividendsmade in cash, shares of Stock, or dividend equivalents with respect to Performance Shares duringa combination thereof as determined by the Performance Period. However, atCommittee, and may be paid on the same time that sharesbasis as settlement of Stock are issued under [Section 5] or [Section 6], the Participant (or the Participant’s beneficiary determined in accordance with [Section 10]) will also receive a lump sum cash payment equal to the amount of cash dividends paid by the Company that were declared during therelated Performance Period on the number of shares of Stock issued to the Participant (or the Participant’s beneficiary).Share.
Voting and Dividend Equivalents.Rights. A Participant willshall have no voting rights or dividend rights with respect to any Performance Stock Units granted hereunder or the Shares corresponding to any Performance Stock Units granted hereunder prior to such Shares or any shares of Stock underlying the Performance Shares during the Performance Period. No Participant will be entitled to receive any cash dividends or dividend equivalents with respect to Performance Shares during the Performance Period. However, at the same time that shares of Stock are issued under [Section 5] or [Section 6], the Participant (or the Participant’s beneficiary determined in accordance with [Section 10]) will also receive a lump sum cash payment equalbeing delivered to the amountParticipant. A Participant may have a right to Dividend Equivalents based upon the terms of cash dividends paid by the Company that were declared during the Performance Period on the number of shares of Stock issuedAward pursuant to the Participant (or the Participant’s beneficiary)[Article 14].
Dividends and Dividend Equivalents. A Participant will have no voting rights or dividend rights with respect toOther Distributions. At the discretion of the Compensation Committee, Participants holding Performance Shares or any shares of Stock underlying the Performance Shares during the Performance Period. No Participant willmay be entitled to receive any cash dividends or dividend equivalents with respect to dividends declared with respect to the Shares. Such dividend equivalents may be in the form of cash, Shares, Restricted Stock, or Restricted Stock Units and may be subject to such accrual, forfeiture, or payout restrictions as determined by the Compensation Committee in its sole discretion and as evidenced in the Award Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to Performance Awards granted after , Participants holding Performance Shares during the Performance Period. However, at the same time that shares of Stock are issued under [Section 5] or [Section 6], the Participant (or the Participant’s beneficiary determined in accordancemay only be entitled to receive dividend equivalents with [Section 10]) will also receive a lump sum cash payment equalrespect to the amountvested portions of cash dividends paid by the Company that were declared during the Performance Period on the number of shares of Stock issued to the Participant (or the Participant’s beneficiary).Awards.
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