Rights to Purchase Restricted Stock Clause Samples

The 'Rights to Purchase Restricted Stock' clause grants certain individuals or entities the ability to acquire shares of company stock that are subject to specific restrictions, such as vesting schedules or transfer limitations. Typically, this right is extended to employees, founders, or investors, allowing them to buy stock at a predetermined price, often as part of an incentive or compensation plan. The core function of this clause is to align the interests of key stakeholders with the long-term success of the company while controlling when and how the stock can be fully owned or sold, thereby protecting the company from premature share transfers and ensuring commitment.
Rights to Purchase Restricted Stock. The Participant may elect to reduce the annual retainer and meeting fees otherwise payable to him in respect of his services as a member of the Board of the Company ("Director Compensation") by a specified percentage (up to 100 percent) and, in lieu of receiving such specified percentage of Director Compensation, receive a number of Shares of the Company, subject to the terms, conditions and restrictions set forth herein ("Restricted Stock"), equal to the amount of such reduction divided by a dollar amount equal to the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date on which such Restricted Stock is received. In the first year of the Participant's eligibility to participate in the Plan, an election in respect of Director Compensation otherwise payable for the period of that initial year of eligibility subsequent to the election must be made within 30 days after the date that the Participant becomes eligible so to participate (the "Initial Election Deadline"). An election so made during the initial year of eligibility shall become irrevocable on the Initial Election Deadline and shall be effective beginning with the date that Director Compensation is otherwise payable (each such date, a "Director Payment Date") that first occurs after the Initial Election Deadline. Any election to reduce Director Compensation otherwise payable in a calendar year after the Participant's initial year of eligibility shall be effective beginning with the first Director Payment Date occurring on or after January 1 of the calendar year next following the calendar year in which such election is made (and shall become irrevocable on December 31 of the calendar year in which such election is made with respect to the next calendar year). Any cancellation of, or other change in, any such Director Compensation reduction election shall become effective as of the first Director Payment Date occurring on or after January 1 of the calendar year next following the calendar year in which notice of such cancellation or change is filed (and any such notice shall become irrevocable on December 31 of the calendar year in which it is filed with respect to the next calendar year). Any Director Compensation reduction hereunder shall apply ratably to the Participant's Director Compensation otherwise payable on each Director Payment Date covered by such election. Restricted Stock shall be issued or purchased by the Company for the account of the Participant in respect of such Director Compensation reduction...
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  • Stock Options; Restricted Stock (a) Each holder of a stock option (a "Company Option") to purchase shares of Company Common Stock pursuant to any of the Company's 1993 Long Term Incentive Plan (the "1993 Plan"), the Company's 1996 Long Term Incentive Plan (the "1996 Plan") or the Company's 1996 Non-Employee Directors Compensation Program (the "1996 Directors Plan" and together with the 1993 Plan and the 1996 Plan, the "Company Stock Option Plans"), which Company Option is outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (whether or not then presently exercisable), shall be entitled to receive, and shall receive, in settlement and cancellation thereof, an amount in cash equal to the product of (i) the excess, if any, of the average of the highest and lowest market prices of a Share, as reported on the NYSE on the last trading day immediately prior to the Effective Time (the "Per Share Amount"), over the exercise price of each such Company Option, and (ii) the number of shares of Company Common Stock covered by such Company Option. (b) Each unvested share of restricted Company Common Stock (a "Restricted Share") granted pursuant to the 1993 Plan or the 1996 Plan, which Restricted Share is outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, shall be canceled and the holder thereof shall be entitled to receive in settlement an amount in cash equal to the Merger Consideration. (c) Each holder of an unvested restricted share unit granted pursuant to the 1996 Directors Plan (a "Restricted Share Unit") which Restricted Share Unit is outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, shall be entitled to receive, and shall receive, in settlement and cancellation thereof, an amount in cash equal to the Merger Consideration. (d) All payments in respect of Company Options, Restricted Share Units and Restricted Shares shall be made as soon as practicable following the Effective Time, but not later than ten days after the Effective Time (the "Payment Time") and no person shall be entitled to receive any of such payments until the Payment Time. The Company Stock Option Plans shall terminate as of the Effective Time. Prior to the Effective Time, the Company shall, to the extent necessary, cause each holder of an outstanding Company Option, Restricted Share or Restricted Share Unit to consent to the cancellation of such Company Option, Restricted Share or Restricted Share Unit in consideration for the payment provided herein, and shall take such other action as may be necessary to carry out the terms of this Section 2.05.

  • Grant of Restricted Stock Pursuant to, and subject to, the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Plan, the Board of Directors hereby grants to the Participant 2,500 restricted shares (the “Restricted Stock”) of common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share (“Common Stock”).

  • Grant of Restricted Stock Units The Corporation hereby awards to the Participant, as of the Award Date, Restricted Stock Units under the Plan. Each Restricted Stock Unit represents the right to receive one share of Common Stock on the date that unit vests in accordance with the express provisions of this Agreement. The number of shares of Common Stock subject to the awarded Restricted Stock Units, the applicable vesting schedule for those shares, the dates on which those vested shares shall become issuable to Participant and the remaining terms and conditions governing the award (the “Award”) shall be as set forth in this Agreement.

  • Grant of Restricted Stock Award The Restricted Stock Award will be in the form of issued and outstanding shares of Stock that will be either registered in the name of the Participant and held by the Company, together with a stock power executed by the Participant in favor of the Company, pending the vesting or forfeiture of the Restricted Stock, or registered in the name of, and delivered to, the Participant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may in its sole discretion, issue Restricted Stock in any other format (e.g., electronically) in order to facilitate the paperless transfer of such Awards. If certificated, the certificates evidencing the Restricted Stock Award will bear a legend restricting the transferability of the Restricted Stock. The Restricted Stock awarded to the Participant will not be sold, encumbered hypothecated or otherwise transferred except in accordance with the terms of the Plan and this Agreement.

  • Restricted Stock Grant As a member of Employer’s senior management team, Employee will be eligible for annual Restricted Stock Grants pursuant to Anaren’s 2004 Comprehensive Long Term Incentive Plan, as amended (“2004 Plan”) equal in value to 22% of his Base Salary for the respective year. Restrictive Stock Grants will be made annually at the same time other Restricted Stock Grants are made by Anaren to its senior management team, provided Employee is employed with Employer on that date. All Restricted Stock grants issued pursuant to this provision will be subject to the terms of the 2004 Plan, including, but not limited to, a thirty-six (36) month forfeiture provision. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, in the event Employee’s employment concludes on or after the expiration of the Period of Employment, Employee shall be entitled if the forfeiture period has not otherwise lapsed only to a pro rata portion of each unvested Restricted Stock Grant based on the number of months employed by Employer from the date of grant to the expiration of the Period of Employment date. In the way of example, if Employee has been employed for 18 months of the 36 month forfeiture period at the end of his Period of Employment, he will receive 50% of the Restricted Shares granted. If Employee remains employed by Employer on a full time basis (30 hours or more per week) after the Period of Employment as an at-will Employee, all previously issued restricted stock shall continue to vest in accordance with the terms of the 2004 Plan.