“Participant’s Account” means an account maintained for each Participant’s participation in DSUs and/or RSUs under the Plan;
“Performance Criteria” means criteria established by the Board which, without limitation, may include criteria based on the Participant’s personal performance and/or the financial performance of the Corporation and/or of its Affiliates, and that may be used to determine the vesting of the Awards, when applicable;
“Performance Period” means the period determined by the Board pursuant to Section 6.3 hereof;
“Person” means an individual, corporation, company, cooperative, partnership, trust, unincorporated association, entity with juridical personality or governmental authority or body, and pronouns which refer to a Person shall have a similarly extended meaning;
“Plan” means this Omnibus Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended and restated from time to time;
“Restricted Share” means a Share granted to a Participant with such restrictions and conditions upon the Participant’s disposition of such Shares as may be determined by the Board at the time of the grant and granted in accordance with Article 3 hereof, subject to the provisions of this Plan;
“Restricted Share Agreement” means a written letter agreement between the Corporation and a Participant evidencing the grant of Restricted Shares and the terms and conditions thereof;
“RestrictionPeriod” means the period determined by the Board pursuant to Section 6.4(1) hereof;
“Retention Award” means any payment to a Participant that is not payable periodically for services provided by the Participant, as determined by the Board from time to time, as provided in Article 8 hereof.
“Retention Award Agreement” means a written letter agreement between the Corporation and a Participant evidencing the grant of Retention Awards and the terms and conditions thereof;
“Retention Payment” means the retention payment specified in the Retention Agreement or Employment Agreement;
“RSU” means a right awarded by the Corporation to a Participant to receive a payment in the form of Shares as provided in Article 3 hereof, subject to the provisions of this Plan;
“RSU Agreement” means a written letter agreement between the Corporation and a Participant evidencing the grant of RSUs and the terms and conditions thereof;
“RSU Settlement Date” has the meaning determined in Section 6.6(1)(a);
“RSU Settlement Notice” means a notice by a Participant to the Corporation electing the desired form of settlement of vested RSUs.
“RSU Vesting Determination Date” has the meaning described thereto in Section 6.5 hereof;
“SAR” means a right granted to a Participant as provided in Article 7 hereof to receive, upon exercise by the Participant, the excess of (i) the Market Value of one Share on the date of exercise over (ii) the grant price of the right on the date of grant, or if granted in connection with an outstanding Option on the date of grant of the related Option, as specified by the Board in its sole discretion, which, except in the case of Substitute Awards, shall not be less than the Market Value of one Share on such date of grant of the right or the related Option, as the case may be, subject to the provisions of this Plan;
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