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dividend equivalent right

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dividend equivalent right
In incentive stock options, the right to a credit for additional shares for the value of dividends a firm pays on its shares.

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Dividends or dividend equivalent rights may be paid, and award holders may have voting rights, during the restricted period.
In connection with the declaration of the special dividend, the Board of Directors approved certain dividend equivalent rights, allowing holders of other Schiff equity awards, including stock options and restricted stock units, to receive dividend equivalents in the form of cash on each share underlying the stock options and restricted stock units.
Additionally, as a result, of a new accounting pronouncement, dividends of $169,000 paid on unvested restricted stock were expensed in 2006 whereas similar dividends of $228,000 paid in 2005 were not expensed, and dividend equivalent rights of $363,000 paid in the 2006 first quarter were not expensed whereas $363,000 of dividend equivalent rights paid in the 2005 first quarter were expensed.
 
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