Acceleration of Equity Awards All: (i) outstanding and unvested options to purchase Common Stock granted to Executive under any equity plan of the Company, (ii) unvested shares of restricted Common Stock awarded to the Executive under any equity plan of the Company, and (iii) other equity and equity equivalent awards then held by the Executive, shall be accelerated in full, and thereafter all such options, shares of restricted Common Stock and other equity awards shall be immediately vested and exercisable for such period of time as provided for by the specific agreements governing each such award, upon Executive’s termination pursuant to Sections 11(b), (c), (e) or (f) hereof.
Acceleration of Options One hundred (100%) percent of the Executive’s outstanding, unvested options, restricted stock and/or equity awards (“Equity Awards”) shall, immediately prior to the consummation of the Change in Control, become fully and immediately vested to the extent not already so provided under the terms of such Equity Awards; provided, however, that if the acquirer in a Change in Control grants Equity Awards having (in the reasonable opinion of the Board) a value at least equal to the value of Executive’s then-unvested Company Equity Awards, then 50% of the Executive’s outstanding, unvested Company Equity Awards shall become fully and immediately vested immediately prior to the consummation of the Change in Control (and the remaining 50% shall terminate upon the consummation of the Change in Control). Notwithstanding any provisions of the stock option plan or stock option agreement pursuant to which any stock options subject to the preceding sentence were granted, the Executive shall be entitled to exercise such Equity Awards until three years from the date of termination of employment or the expiration of the stated period of the Equity Award, whichever period is the shorter.
Special Acceleration of Option (a) In the event of a Change in Control, this option, to the extent outstanding at that time but not otherwise fully exercisable, shall automatically accelerate so that this option shall, immediately prior to the effective date of the Change in Control, become exercisable for all of the Option Shares at the time subject to this option and may be exercised for any or all of those Option Shares as fully-vested shares of Common Stock. No such acceleration of this option, however, shall occur if and to the extent: (i) this option is, in connection with the Change in Control, assumed or otherwise continued in full force and effect by the successor corporation (or parent thereof) pursuant to the terms of the Change in Control or (ii) this option is replaced with a cash incentive program of the successor corporation which preserves the spread existing at the time of the Change in Control on the Option Shares for which this option is not otherwise at that time exercisable (the excess of the Fair Market Value of those Option Shares over the aggregate Exercise Price payable for such shares) and provides for subsequent pay-out in accordance with the same option exercise schedule set forth in the Grant Notice.
(b) Immediately following the consummation of the Change in Control, this option shall terminate and cease to be outstanding, except to the extent assumed by the successor corporation (or parent thereof) or otherwise expressly continued in full force and effect pursuant to the terms of the Change in Control.
(c) If this option is assumed in connection with a Change in Control, then this option shall be appropriately adjusted, immediately after such Change in Control, to apply to the number and class of securities which would have been issuable to Optionee in consummation of such Change in Control had the option been exercised immediately prior to such Change in Control, and appropriate adjustments shall also be made to the Exercise Price, provided the aggregate Exercise Price shall remain the same.
(d) This Agreement shall not in any way affect the right of the Corporation to adjust, reclassify, reorganize or otherwise change its capital or business structure or to merge, consolidate, dissolve, liquidate or sell or transfer all or any part of its business or assets.
Vesting Acceleration Effective on such termination, the Executive shall receive accelerated vesting equivalent to six (6) months of service beyond the date of Executive’s termination with respect to the shares subject to any grant of restricted stock or stock options (each, an “Equity Grant”) granted to the Executive, regardless of whether granted prior to, coincident with, or after, the Effective Date; provided, however, that in the event such termination occurs within one (1) year following a Change of Control, then one hundred percent (100%) of the remaining shares subject to each such Equity Grant shall become vested in full and the period during which the Executive is permitted to exercise (if applicable) any such Equity Grant shall be extended until the earlier of (i) ten (10) years from the date of grant, or (ii) the expiration date of such Equity Grant (as of the date of grant).
Events of Default Acceleration Etc (i) If any of the following events (“Events of Default” or, if the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both is required, then, prior to such notice or lapse of time, “Defaults”) shall occur:
(a) The Organization shall fail to pay any principal on the Loan when the same shall become due and payable, whether at the stated date of maturity or any accelerated date of maturity or at any other date fixed for payment, and does not remedy such failure within ten (10) calendar days of its occurrence, unless otherwise forgiven by the Lender as provided in this Agreement;
(b) The Organization shall fail to pay any interest on the Loan, any fees, or other sums due hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents, whether at the stated date of maturity or any accelerated date of maturity or at any other date fixed for payment, and does not remedy such failure within ten (10) calendar days of its occurrence, unless otherwise forgiven by the Lender as provided in this Agreement;
(c) The Organization shall fail to comply in any material respect with any of its covenants contained in Section 4(ii), Section 4(iii), Section 4(vi) or Section 4(vii) and such failure shall not be cured to the reasonable satisfaction of the Lender within ten (10) calendar days after receipt of notice from the Lender demanding such cure or the Organization shall fail to comply in any material respect with any of its covenants contained in Section 4(iv), Section 4(v), Section 4(viii), Section 4(ix), Section 4(x) or Section 5 hereof, or any of the covenants contained in any of the other Loan Documents;
(d) Any representation or warranty of the Organization contained in Section 3(i), (ii) and (iii) is deemed to have been false in any material respect upon the date when made;
(e) The Organization shall fail to pay at maturity, or within any applicable period of grace, any obligation for borrowed money or credit received or in respect of any capitalized leases, or fail to observe or perform any material term, covenant or agreement contained in any agreement by which it is bound, evidencing or securing borrowed money or credit received or in respect of any capitalized leases for such period of time as would permit (assuming the giving of appropriate notice if required) the holder or holders thereof or of any obligations issued thereunder to accelerate the maturity thereof;
(f) The Organization or any of its Subsidiary Broker-Dealers shall make an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or admit in writing its inability to pay or generally fail to pay its debts as they mature or become due, or shall petition or apply for the appointment of a trustee or other custodian, liquidator or receiver of the Organization or any of its Subsidiary Broker-Dealers or of any substantial part of the assets of the Organization or any of its Subsidiary Broker-Dealers, or shall commence any case or other proceeding relating to the Organization or any of its Subsidiary Broker-Dealers under any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency, readjustment of debt, dissolution or liquidation or similar law of any jurisdiction, now or hereafter in effect, or shall take any action to authorize or in furtherance of any of the foregoing, or if any such petition or application shall be filed or any such case or other proceeding shall be commenced against the Organization or any of its Subsidiary Broker-Dealers and the Organization or any of its Subsidiary Broker-Dealers shall indicate its approval thereof, consent thereto or acquiescence therein or such petition or application shall not have been dismissed within ninety (90) days following the filing thereof;
(g) A decree or order is entered appointing any such trustee, custodian, liquidator or receiver or adjudicating the Organization or any of its subsidiaries bankrupt or insolvent, or approving a petition in any such case or other proceeding, or a decree or order for relief is entered in respect of the Organization or any of its subsidiaries in an involuntary case under federal bankruptcy laws as now or hereafter constituted; provided, however, that in the event such order or decree is entered solely against a subsidiary of the Organization and such order or decree does not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Organization, then such an order or decree shall not be considered an Event of Default under this Section 6(i)(g);
(h) There shall remain in force, undischarged, unsatisfied and unstayed, for more than thirty (30) days, whether or not consecutive, any final judgment against the Organization that, with other outstanding final judgments, undischarged, against the Organization exceeds in the aggregate $37,500,000;
(i) The Organization fails to maintain Consolidated Adjusted Shareholders’ Equity of at least $40,000,000, as determined as of the date of any of the financial statements delivered by the Organization pursuant to Section 4(iii), subject to any cure period contained in this Agreement;
(j) The Frost Gamma Line of Credit is in default or is terminated prior to its final term date;
(k) The SEC, The New York Stock Exchange, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority or any other regulatory authority, including state securities administrators, to which any of the Subsidiary Broker-Dealers is subject, suspends (and does not reinstate within ten (10) days) or places material restrictions on (and such restrictions are not removed within fifteen (15) business days) the Subsidiary Broker-Dealers or revokes membership of any of the Subsidiary Broker-Dealers as a member organization of any such organization that is a self-regulatory organization and such action results in a Material Adverse Effect;
(l) Any of the 2009 Clearing Agreements or the SAI Clearing Agreement, and, in addition, any of the future clearing agreements between the Lender and any future Affiliated B-D’s, ceases to be in full force and effect or is otherwise terminated (other than termination by the Lender in circumstances not requiring a default by a Subsidiary Broker-Dealer party thereto) or if any of the other Transaction Documents shall be cancelled, terminated, revoked or rescinded otherwise than in accordance with the terms thereof or with the express prior written agreement, consent or approval of the Lender, or any action at law, suit or in equity or other legal proceeding to cancel, revoke or rescind any of the Transaction Documents shall be commenced by or on behalf of the Organization or any of its equity holders, or any court or any other governmental or regulatory authority or agency of competent jurisdiction shall make a determination that, or issue a judgment, order, decree or ruling to the effect that, any one or more of the Transaction Documents is illegal, invalid or unenforceable in accordance with the terms thereof; or
(m) The Organization fails to remain the sole owner of any of the Subsidiary Broker-Dealers, or begins proceedings for the sale or divestiture of any of the Subsidiary Broker-Dealers; then, and in any such event, so long as the same may be continuing, the Lender may by notice in writing to the Organization declare all amounts owing with respect to this Agreement and the Note to be, and they shall thereupon forthwith become, immediately due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Organization; provided that in the event of any Event of Default specified in Section 6(i)(f) or 6(i)(g), all such amounts shall become immediately due and payable automatically and without any requirement of notice from the Lender. Further, in the Event of Default under Sections 6(i)(c), 6(i)(d), 6(i)(f), 6(i)(g), 6(i)(i), 6(i)(k), 6(i)(l), and 6(i)(m), then, in addition to any other rights Lender may have under this Agreement, Lender shall have the right of election to terminate this Agreement.
(ii) In case any one or more of the Events of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, and whether or not the Lender shall have accelerated the maturity of the Note pursuant to this Section 6, the Lender may proceed to protect and enforce its rights by suit in equity, action at law or other appropriate proceeding, whether for the specific performance of any covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or any instrument pursuant to which the obligations to the Lender are evidenced, including as permitted by applicable law the obtaining of the ex parte appointment of a receiver, and, if such amount shall have become due, by declaration or otherwise, proceed to enforce the payment thereof or any other legal or equitable right of the Lender. No remedy herein conferred upon the Lender or the holder of the Note is intended to be exclusive of any other remedy and each and every remedy shall be cumulative and shall be in addition to every other remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or by statute or any other provision of law.
Acceleration of Exercisability In the event of the merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another corporation, the exchange of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company for the securities of another corporation, the acquisition by another corporation or person of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets or eighty percent (80%) or more of the Company’s then outstanding voting stock, or the liquidation or dissolution of the Company, the Committee may, in its absolute discretion and upon such terms and conditions as it deems appropriate, provide by resolution, adopted prior to such event and incorporated in the notice referred to in Section 3(c)(vii), that at some time prior to the effective date of such event this Option shall be exercisable as to all the shares covered hereby, notwithstanding that this Option may not yet have become fully exercisable under Section 3(a)(i); provided, however, that this acceleration of exercisability shall not take place if:
(i) This Option becomes unexercisable under Section 3(c) prior to said effective date; or
(ii) In connection with such an event, provision is made for an assumption of this Option or a substitution therefor of a new option by an employer corporation, or a parent or subsidiary of such corporation, so that such assumption or substitution complies with the provisions of Section 424(a) of the Code; and provided, further, that nothing in this Section 3(d) shall make this Option exercisable if it is otherwise unexercisable by reason of Section 3(e). The Committee may make such determinations and adopt such rules and conditions as it, in its absolute discretion, deems appropriate in connection with such acceleration of exercisability, including, but not by way of limitation, provisions to ensure that any such acceleration and resulting exercise shall be conditioned upon the consummation of the contemplated corporate transaction, and determinations regarding whether provisions for assumption or substitution have been made as defined in subsection (ii) above.
Events of Default; Acceleration If any of the following events (each an "EVENT OF DEFAULT") shall occur with respect to any Borrower:
(a) Such Borrower (i) shall default in the payment of principal of any Loan, interest accrued thereon or fee due hereunder after the same becomes due and payable, whether at maturity or by acceleration or otherwise, or (ii) shall default in the payment of any other amount due hereunder after the same becomes due and payable; or
(b) Such Borrower shall default in the performance of or compliance with any term contained in Sections 9.01(a) or 9.01(b) and such default shall have continued for more than three (3) Banking Days, or such Borrower shall default in the performance of or compliance with any term contained in Sections 8.02(d), 8.02(e), 8.02(g), 8.05, 9.02, 9.03 or 9.04; or
(c) Such Borrower shall default in the performance of or compliance with any term contained herein other than those expressly referred to in this Section 10.01, and such default shall not have been remedied within five (5) Banking Days after written notice thereof shall have been given to such Borrower by the Operations Agent; or
(d) Such Borrower shall default in the performance of, or compliance with, any material term contained in any other written agreement with the Operations Agent or any Bank pertaining to this Agreement or such Borrower's Loans, and such default shall continue for more than the period of grace, if any, specified therein and shall not have been waived pursuant thereto; or
(e) Any representation, warranty certification or statement made or deemed made by such Borrower in this Agreement or in any certificate, financial statement or other document delivered pursuant hereto shall prove to have been false or incorrect in any material respect when made; or
(f) Except as otherwise provided in this Section 10.01, such Borrower shall default in any payment due on Indebtedness for borrowed money or the deferred purchase price of property, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of which is in excess of five percent (5%) of such Borrower's Total Assets, and such default shall continue for more than the period of grace, if any, applicable thereto and shall not have been waived pursuant thereto and shall permit the holder of such Indebtedness to declare such Indebtedness due and payable before its stated maturity, or in the performance of or compliance with any term of any evidence of such Indebtedness or of any mortgage, indenture or other agreement relating thereto, and any such default shall continue for more than the period of grace, if any, specified therein and shall not have been waived pursuant thereto and shall permit the holder of such Indebtedness to declare such Indebtedness due and payable before its stated maturity, unless such Borrower shall be contesting such payment or obligation in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly initiated and diligently conducted and such Borrower shall have set aside on its books such reserves, if any, with respect thereto as are required by GAAP and deemed appropriate by such Borrower and its independent public accountants, PROVIDED, that no Event of Default pursuant to paragraphs (b) or (i) of this Section 10.01 shall have occurred and be continuing as a result of such claim having been asserted in respect of such Indebtedness; or
(g) Such Borrower shall discontinue its business (other than in connection with a permitted merger or consolidation of such Borrower) or shall make an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or shall fail generally to pay its debts as such debts become due, or shall apply for or consent to the appointment of or taking possession by a trustee, receiver or liquidator (or other similar official) of such Borrower or any substantial part of the property or assets of such Borrower or shall commence a case or have an order for relief entered against it under the federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or any other applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, or if any action shall be taken to dissolve or liquidate such Borrower (other than in connection with a permitted merger or consolidation of such Borrower); or
(h) If, within sixty (60) days after the commencement against such Borrower of a case under the federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or any other applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, such case shall have been consented to or shall not have been dismissed or all orders or proceedings thereunder affecting the operations or the business of such Borrower stayed, or if the stay of any such order or proceeding shall thereafter be set aside, or if within sixty (60) days after the entry of a decree appointing a trustee, receiver or liquidator (or other similar official) of such Borrower or any substantial part of the property of such Borrower such appointment shall not have been vacated; or
(i) A final judgment which, together with other outstanding final judgments against such Borrower, exceeds an amount in the aggregate equal to five percent (5%) of such Borrower's Total Assets (exclusive of amounts covered by available insurance) shall be rendered against such Borrower and if, within thirty (30) days after entry thereof, such judgment shall not have been discharged or execution thereof stayed pending appeal, or if, within thirty (30) days after the expiration of any such stay, such judgment shall not have been discharged; or
(j) Such Borrower or any member of the Controlled Group shall fail to pay when due an amount or amounts aggregating in excess of $500,000 which it is obligated to pay to the PBGC or to a Plan under Title IV of ERISA; or a notice of intent to terminate a Plan or Plans having aggregate Unfunded Liabilities in excess of $500,000 shall be filed under Title IV of ERISA by such Borrower or any member of the Controlled Group, any plan administrator or any combination of the foregoing; or the PBGC shall institute proceedings under Title IV of ERISA to terminate or to cause a trustee to be appointed to administer any such Plan or Plans or a proceeding shall be instituted by a fiduciary of any such Plan or Plans against such Borrower or any member of the Controlled Group to enforce Sections 515 or 4219(c)(5) of ERISA; or a condition shall exist by reason of which the PBGC would be entitled to obtain a decree adjudicating that any such Plan or Plans must be terminated; or there shall occur a complete or partial withdrawal from, or a default, within the meaning of Section 4219(c)(5) of ERISA, with respect to, one or more Multiemployer Plans which could cause such Borrower or one or more members of the Controlled Group to incur a current payment obligation in excess of $500,000; or
(k) Such Borrower shall cease to be an investment management company (or a Portfolio thereof) registered under the Investment Company Act, or such Borrower's registration under the Investment Company Act, or that of any Borrower Agent of such Borrower, shall lapse or be suspended; then, and in any such event, and at any time thereafter, if any Event of Default shall then be continuing with respect to such defaulting Borrower, (i) in the case of any Event of Default specified in paragraphs (g) and (h) above, the Commitments as to such defaulting Borrower shall thereupon automatically be terminated and the principal of and accrued interest on the Loans shall automatically become due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or other notice or formality of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived, and (ii) in the case of any other Event of Default specified above, either or both of the following actions may be taken: the Operations Agent may, and upon the written or telephonic (confirmed in writing) request of the Majority Banks shall, by written notice to such defaulting Borrower (A) declare the principal of and accrued interest in respect of such defaulting Borrower's Loans to be forthwith due and payable, whereupon the principal of and accrued interest in respect of such Loans shall become forthwith due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by such Borrower, and/or (B) terminate the Commitments as to such defaulting Borrower, whereupon the Commitments of the Banks to make Committed Credit Loans hereunder to such defaulting Borrower shall forthwith terminate without any other notice of any kind and the percentages of the Commitment Fee and other fees and expenses otherwise payable by such defaulting Borrower hereunder accruing from and after the date of termination shall be reallocated among the remaining Borrowers PRO RATA on the basis of the percentages set forth opposite such remaining Borrowers' names on SCHEDULE 1, as in effect at the time of such termination.
Termination of Award In the event that the Employee shall forfeit all or a portion of the restricted stock units subject to the Award, the Employee shall promptly return this Agreement to the Company for cancellation. Such cancellation shall be effective regardless of whether the Employee returns this Agreement.
No Acceleration The timing of payments and benefits under the Agreement may not be accelerated to occur before the time specified for payment hereunder, except to the extent permitted under Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-3(j)(4) or as otherwise permitted under Code Section 409A without Employee incurring a tax penalty.
Payment of Awards The payment of the Award shall be made in shares of Common Stock. The payment of an Award shall be made within 70 days following the end of the Restricted Period.
