Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement under the Amended and Restated 2021 Equity Incentive Plan
Exhibit 10.45
Name: | [_________] |
Number of Restricted Stock Units: | [_________] |
Date of Grant: | [_________] |
Vesting Commencement Date: | [_________] |
VERASTEM, INC.
2021 Equity Incentive Plan
Restricted Stock Unit Agreement
This agreement (this “Agreement”) evidences a grant (the “Award”) of Restricted Stock Units (“RSUs”) by Verastem, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), to the individual named above (the “Participant”), pursuant to and subject to the terms of Verastem, Inc. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (as from time to time amended and in effect, the “Plan”). Except as otherwise defined herein, all capitalized terms used herein have the same meaning as in the Plan.
The RSUs are granted to the Participant in connection with the Participant’s Employment.
(a) | The Participant expressly acknowledges that the vesting and/or settlement of the RSUs acquired hereunder may give rise to “wages” subject to withholding. The number of shares of Stock necessary to satisfy the minimum statutory withholding tax obligations on the vesting date or settlement date, as applicable, will automatically be released by the Participant from the Shares otherwise deliverable to the Participant hereunder on such date to a broker or other third-party intermediary acceptable to the Company (the “Broker”) and sold in order to satisfy such withholding tax obligations (“Sell to Cover”). The Participant hereby authorizes the Company to instruct the Broker to sell such Shares. The Participant will be responsible for all third-party administration processing fees in connection with such Sell to Cover. In addition, the Participant may be subject to and taxed in respect of short-term capital gains or losses that reflect the difference in the withholding tax liability determined on the date that the Award vests and/or settles hereunder and the sales price actually achieved. |
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(b) | Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Participant acknowledges and agrees that the Sell to Cover provision may not cover the Participant’s full tax liability as it relates to the vesting and settlement of the Award and that the Participant shall remain fully responsible for his or her tax obligations in respect of the Award in all cases. |
(c) | The Participant further acknowledges and agrees as follows: |
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(d) | No Shares will be delivered pursuant to the Award unless and until the Participant has remitted to the Company in cash or by check (or by such other means as may be acceptable to the Administrator) an amount sufficient to satisfy all taxes required to be withheld in connection with such vesting or settlement, whether through the Sell to Cover (to the extent available) or otherwise. The Participant authorizes the Company and its subsidiaries to withhold any amounts due in respect of any required tax withholdings or payments from any amounts otherwise owed to the Participant, but nothing in this sentence may be construed as relieving the Participant of any liability for satisfying his or her obligation under the preceding provisions of this Section 8. |
(e) | The Award is intended to be exempt from Section 409A of the Code as a short-term deferral thereunder and shall be construed and administered in accordance with that intent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event will the Company have any liability relating to the failure or alleged failure of any payment or benefit under this Agreement to comply with, or be exempt from, the requirements of Section 409A. |
[Signature page follows.]
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The Company, by its duly authorized officer, and the Participant have executed this Agreement.
VERASTEM, INC.
By: | |
Name: | |
Title: | |
Agreed and Accepted:
By_______________________________
[Participant’s Name]
Signature Page to Restricted Stock Unit Agreement