Limited Stock Appreciation Right

Example Definitions of "Limited Stock Appreciation Right"
Limited Stock Appreciation Right. The term "Limited Stock Appreciation Right" or "Limited SAR" shall mean an Award granted to an Employee with respect to all or any part of any Option, that entitles the holder thereof to receive from the Corporation, upon exercise of the Limited SAR and surrender of the related Option, or any portion of the Limited SAR and the related Option, an amount equal to (unless the Committee specifies a lesser amount at the time of the grant of the Award): (a) in the case of a Limited SAR granted with... respect to an Incentive Stock Option, 100% of the excess, if any, measured at the time of the exercise of the Limited SAR, of (i) the Fair Market Value of the Common Shares subject to the Incentive Stock Option with respect to which the Limited SAR is exercised over (ii) the Exercise Price of those Common Shares under the Incentive Stock Option, or (b) in the case of a Limited SAR granted with respect to a Nonqualified Option, 100% of the highest of: (i) the excess, measured at the time of the exercise of the Limited SAR, of (A) the Fair Market Value of the Common Shares subject to the Nonqualified Option with respect to which the Limited SAR is exercised over (B) the Exercise Price of those Common Shares under the Nonqualified Option, (ii) the excess of (A) the highest gross price (before brokerage commissions and soliciting dealers' fees) paid or to be paid for a Common Share (whether in cash or in property and whether by way of exchange, conversion, distribution upon liquidation, or otherwise) in connection with any Change of Control multiplied by the number of Common Shares subject to the Nonqualified Option with respect to which the Limited SAR is exercised over (B) the Exercise Price of those Common Shares under the Nonqualified Option, or (iii) the excess of (A) the highest Fair Market Value of the Common Shares subject to the Nonqualified Option with respect to which the Limited SAR is exercised on any one day during the period beginning on the sixtieth day prior to the date on which the Limited SAR is exercised multiplied by the number of Common Shares subject to the Nonqualified Option with respect to which the Limited SAR is exercised over (B) the Exercise Price of those Common Shares under the Nonqualified Option. View More
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