LEXINGTON STRATEGIC ASSET CORPORATION Restricted Share Award Agreement Award No.
Exhibit 10.3
2005 EQUITY INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN
Award No.
You are hereby awarded Restricted Shares subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this
Restricted Share Award Agreement (“Award Agreement”), and in the Lexington Strategic Asset
Corporation 2005 Equity Incentive Compensation Plan (the “Plan”), which is attached hereto
as Exhibit A. You should carefully review the Plan, and consult with your personal
financial advisor, in order to fully understand the implications of this Award, including your tax
alternatives and their consequences.
By executing this Award Agreement, you agree to be bound by all of the Plan’s terms and
conditions as if they had been set out verbatim in this Award Agreement. In addition, you
recognize and agree that all determinations, interpretations, or other actions respecting the Plan
and this Award Agreement will be made by the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Lexington
Strategic Asset Corporation (the “Company”) or the Committee pursuant to Section 4(c) of
the Plan, and that such determinations, interpretations or other actions are (in the absence of
manifest bad faith or fraud) final, conclusive and binding upon all parties, including you, your
heirs, and representatives. Capitalized terms are defined in the Plan or in this Award Agreement.
1. Specific Terms. Your Restricted Shares are being awarded pursuant to Section 7 of the
Plan and have the following terms:
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Subject to Section 2, 1/13th of your Restricted Shares shall vest on ___, 20___ and thereafter 1/13th of your Restricted Shares shall vest on the last day of each following consecutive calendar quarter, provided that you are then in Continuous Service on the applicable vesting date. If your Continuous Service ends, the Company may repurchase your unvested Restricted Shares pursuant to Section 3 of this Award Agreement. |
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Lifetime
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Allowed.
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Deferral
Elections |
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Allowed in accordance with Section 7(g) of the Plan.
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2. Accelerated Vesting; Change in Corporate Control. To the extent you have not previously
vested in your rights with respect to this Award, your Award will become 100% vested if your
Continuous Service ends due to (i) your death or “disability” within the meaning of Section
22(e)(3) of the Code or (ii) an Involuntary Termination that occurs within the one year period
following a Change in Control.
3. Call Right. If your Continuous Service ends, the Company will have the irrevocable
option, exercisable for a period of ninety (90) days following the cessation of your Continuous
Service, to repurchase from you all or any portion of your unvested Restricted Shares at a purchase
price per Share equal to the lower of (i) the then Fair Market Value of one Share, or (ii) the
Purchase Price per Share set forth in Section 1 of this Award Agreement.
4. Dividends. Any dividends on your Restricted Shares will be payable to you to the same
extent as if your Shares were not subject to any restrictions.
5. Investment Purposes. You acknowledge that you are acquiring your Restricted Shares for
investment purposes only and without any present intention of selling or distributing them.
6. Issuance of Restricted Shares. Until all vesting restrictions lapse, any certificates
that you receive for Restricted Shares will include a legend stating that they are subject to the
restrictions set forth in the Plan and this Award Agreement. The Company may, in its discretion,
hold such Restricted Shares in escrow until vesting occurs.
7. Lapse of Vesting Restrictions. As vesting restrictions lapse, the Company shall cause
certificates for Shares to be issued and delivered to you, with such legends and restrictions that
the Committee determines to be appropriate. Certificates shall not be delivered to you unless you
have made arrangements satisfactory to the Committee to satisfy tax-withholding obligations.
8. Section 83(b) Election Notice. If you make an election under Section 83(b) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, with respect to the Shares underlying your Restricted
Shares (a “Section 83(b) election”), you agree to provide a copy of such election to the
Company within 10 days after filing that election with the Internal Revenue Service. Exhibit
B contains a suggested form of Section 83(b) election.
9. Restrictions on Transfer. This Award Agreement may not be sold, pledged, or otherwise
transferred without the prior written consent of the Committee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Participant may transfer this Award (i) by instrument to an inter vivos or testamentary trust (or
other entity) in which each beneficiary is a permissible gift recipient, as such is set forth in
subsection (ii) of this Section, or (ii) by gift to charitable institutions or by gift or transfer
for consideration to any
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of the following relatives of the Participant (or to an inter vivos trust, testamentary trust or
other entity primarily for the benefit of the following relatives of the Participant): any child,
stepchild, grandchild, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, former spouse, domestic partner,
xxxxxxx, niece, nephew, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law,
or sister-in-law, and shall include adoptive relationships. Any transferee of the Participant’s
rights shall succeed and be subject to all of the terms of this Award Agreement and the Plan.
10. Taxes. By signing this Award Agreement, you acknowledge that you shall be solely
responsible for the satisfaction of any taxes that may arise (including taxes arising under
Sections 409A or 4999 of the Code), and that neither the Company nor the Administrator shall have
any obligation whatsoever to pay such taxes.
11. Designation of Beneficiary. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein
or in the Plan, following the execution of this Award Agreement, you may expressly designate a
beneficiary (the “Beneficiary”) to your interest, if any, in the Restricted Shares awarded
hereby. You shall designate the Beneficiary by completing and executing a designation of
beneficiary agreement substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C (the
“Designation of Beneficiary”) and delivering an executed copy of the Designation of
Beneficiary to the Company.
12. Notices. Any notice or communication required or permitted by any provision of this
Award Agreement to be given to you shall be in writing and shall be delivered personally or sent by
certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to you at the last address that the Company had
for you on its records. Each party may, from time to time, by notice to the other party hereto,
specify a new address for delivery of notices relating to this Award Agreement. Any such notice
shall be deemed to be given as of the date such notice is personally delivered or properly mailed.
13. Binding Effect. Except as otherwise provided in this Award Agreement or in the Plan,
every covenant, term, and provision of this Award Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the
benefit of the parties hereto and their respective heirs, legatees, legal representatives,
successors, transferees, and assigns.
14. Modifications. This Award Agreement may be modified or amended at any time by the
Committee, provided that your consent must be obtained for any modification that adversely alters
or impairs any rights or obligations under this Award Agreement, unless there is an express Plan
provision permitting the Committee to act unilaterally to make the modification.
14. Headings. Headings shall be ignored in interpreting this Award Agreement.
15. Severability. Every provision of this Award Agreement and the Plan is intended to be
severable, and any illegal or invalid term shall not affect the validity or legality of the
remaining terms.
16. Counterparts. This Award Agreement may be executed by the parties hereto in separate
counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all such
counterparts shall together constitute the same instrument.
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17. Governing Law. This Award Agreement shall be interpreted, administered and otherwise
subject to the laws of the State of Delaware (disregarding any choice-of-law provisions).
18. Not a Contract of Employment. By executing this Award, you acknowledge and agree that
(i) any person who is terminated before full vesting of an award, such as the one granted to you by
this Award, could claim that he or she was terminated to preclude vesting; (ii) you promise never
to make such a claim; (iii) nothing in this Award or the Plan confers on you any right to continue
an employment, service or consulting relationship with the Company, nor shall it affect in any way
your right or the Company’s right to terminate your employment, service, or consulting relationship
at any time, with or without Cause; and (iv) the Company would not have granted this Award to you
but for these acknowledgements and agreements.
BY YOUR SIGNATURE BELOW, along with the signature of the Company’s representative, you and the
Company agree that the Restricted Shares are awarded under and governed by the terms and conditions
of this Award Agreement and the Plan.
LEXINGTON STRATEGIC
ASSET CORPORATION |
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The undersigned Participant hereby accepts the terms of this Award Agreement and the Plan. | ||||||
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LEXINGTON STRATEGIC ASSET CORPORATION
2005 Equity Incentive Compensation Plan
2005 Equity Incentive Compensation Plan
Exhibit A
Plan Document
LEXINGTON STRATEGIC ASSET CORPORATION
2005 Equity Incentive Compensation Plan
2005 Equity Incentive Compensation Plan
Exhibit B
Section 83(b) Election Form
Attached is an Internal Revenue Code Section 83(b) Election Form. IF YOU WISH TO MAKE A SECTION
83(B) ELECTION, YOU MUST DO SO WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE THE RESTRICTED SHARES COVERED BY THE
ELECTION WERE TRANSFERRED TO YOU. In order to make the election, you must completely fill out the
attached form and file one copy with the Internal Revenue Service office where you file your tax
return. In addition, one copy of the statement also must be submitted with your income tax return
for the taxable year in which you make this election. Finally, you also must submit a copy of the
election form to the Company within 10 days after filing that election with the Internal Revenue
Service. A Section 83(b) election normally cannot be revoked.
LEXINGTON STRATEGIC ASSET CORPORATION
2005 Equity Incentive Compensation Plan
2005 Equity Incentive Compensation Plan
Election to Include Value of Restricted Shares in Gross Income
in Year of Transfer Under Internal Revenue Code Section 83(b)
in Year of Transfer Under Internal Revenue Code Section 83(b)
Pursuant to Section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, I hereby elect within 30 days after
receiving the property described herein to be taxed immediately on its value specified in item 5
below.
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2. | Description of the property with respect to which I am making this election: |
shares of
stock of Lexington Strategic Asset
Corporation (the “Restricted Shares”).
3. | The Restricted Shares were transferred to me on ___, 20___. This election relates to the 20___ calendar taxable year. | |
4. | The Restricted Shares are subject to the following restrictions: |
The Restricted Shares are forfeitable until they is are earned in accordance with
Section 8 of the Lexington Strategic Asset Corporation 2005 Equity Incentive
Compensation Plan (“Plan”) Restricted Shares Award Agreement (“Award
Agreement”) or other Award Agreement or Plan provisions. The Restricted Shares
generally are not transferable until my interest becomes vested and nonforfeitable,
pursuant to the Award Agreement and the Plan.
5. | Fair market value: |
The fair market value at the time of transfer (determined without regard to any
restrictions other than restrictions which by their terms never will lapse) of the
Restricted Shares with respect to which I am making this election is $ per
share.
6. | Amount paid for Restricted Shares: |
The amount I paid for the Restricted Shares is $ per share.
7. | Furnishing statement to employer: |
A copy of this statement has been furnished to my employer, . If the
transferor of the Restricted Shares is not my employer, that entity also has been
furnished with a copy of this statement.
8. | Award Agreement or Plan not affected: |
Nothing contained herein shall be held to change any of the terms or conditions of
the Award Agreement or the Plan.
Dated: __, 200_.
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LEXINGTON STRATEGIC ASSET CORPORATION
2005 Equity Incentive Compensation Plan
2005 Equity Incentive Compensation Plan
Exhibit C
Designation of Beneficiary
In connection with the RESTRICTED SHARE AWARD AGREEMENT (the “Award Agreement”)
entered into on
, 200___ between Lexington Strategic
Asset Corporation (the
“Company”) and
, an individual residing at
(the
“Recipient”), the Recipient hereby designates the person specified below as the
beneficiary
of the Recipient’s interest in Restricted Shares (as defined in the 2005 Equity Incentive
Compensation Plan of the Company awarded pursuant to the Award Agreement. This designation shall
remain in effect until revoked in writing by the Recipient.
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The Recipient understands that this designation operates to entitle the above-named
beneficiary to the rights conferred by the Award Agreement from the date this form is delivered to
the Company until such date as this designation is revoked in writing by the Recipient, including
by delivery to the Company of a written designation of beneficiary executed by the Recipient on a
later date.
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Sworn to before me this
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