LOJACK CORPORATION RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT COVER SHEET
Exhibit
10.3
LOJACK
CORPORATION
COVER
SHEET
This
Restricted Stock Agreement (the “Agreement”) consists of this Cover Sheet and
the LoJack Corporation Restricted Stock Agreement attached hereto.
Date
of grant and effective date of this Agreement (“Grant Date”):
Class
of stock: common stock, $0.01 par value
Number
of shares of Common Stock:
Grantee:
Grantee’s
address:
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement on
the date and year first above written.
LOJACK
CORPORATION
By:
Name:
Title:
GRANTEE
LOJACK
CORPORATION
W
I T N E S S E T H:
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WHEREAS,
Grantee is an officer or key employee of LoJack Corporation or its successor, as
applicable (the “Company”), or a subsidiary thereof; and
WHEREAS,
the Company, pursuant to the LoJack Corporation 2008 Stock Incentive Plan, the
terms and provisions of which are incorporated herein by this reference (the
“Plan”), desires to issue and grant to the Grantee, and the Grantee desires to
accept, shares of the Company’s common stock, $0.01 par value (“Common Stock”),
upon the terms and subject to the conditions herein set forth;
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants herein
contained, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as
follows:
1. Grant of Restricted
Stock. In recognition of the Grantee’s commitment to the
continued growth and financial success of the Company and its Subsidiaries
(within the meaning of Section 1 of the Plan), the Company hereby grants to the
Grantee the number of shares of Common Stock set forth on the Cover Sheet, which
shares shall be subject to the restrictions, terms and conditions set forth in
this Agreement (“Restricted Stock”). Simultaneously with the
execution and delivery of this Agreement by the parties hereto, the Company
shall deliver to the Grantee a stock certificate (or certificates) representing
the Restricted Stock, which stock certificate(s) shall (a) be registered on the
Company’s stock transfer books in the name of the Grantee and (b) bear (in
addition to any other legends required by applicable law) the following legend
(or a legend substantially similar thereto):
“This
certificate and the shares represented hereby are issued pursuant to, subject
to, and shall be transferable only in accordance with, the provisions of the
LoJack Corporation 2008 Stock Incentive Plan and a certain Restricted Stock
Agreement dated ___________ between __________ and LoJack
Corporation.”
2. Removal of Restricted Stock
Legend. After the Restricted Stock has vested in accordance
with the provisions of Section 3, the Company, upon request of the Grantee,
shall cause the transfer agent for the Common Stock to issue a stock
certificate(s) representing the shares of Common Stock that are free of
restrictions and without the legend referred to in Section 1.
3. Vesting.
(a) In
general. All shares of Restricted Stock shall be subject to
forfeiture until the third anniversary of the Grant Date, at which time the
Grantee’s rights to the
Restricted
Stock shall become nonforfeitable (“vested”). Prior to such date, the
Restricted Stock shall be forfeitable (“unvested”).
(b) Accelerated
Vesting. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Restricted Stock shall
vest without any action on the part of the Company or the Grantee in accordance
with the following schedule in the event of the Grantee’s death, Retirement or
Disability or a termination of employment by the Company (or a Subsidiary
thereof) of the Grantee, other than a termination for cause:
If event occurs
after
First
anniversary of Grant Date
Second
anniversary of Grant Date
Third
anniversary of Grant Date
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Vested
Shares
1/3rd
of the Restricted Stock
2/3 rds
of the Restricted Stock
All
of the Restricted Stock
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In
the event of a Change of Control, all shares of Restricted Stock shall vest
without any further action on the part of the Company or the Grantee as of the
date of the Change of Control.
In
no event shall a Grantee be deemed to have terminated employment by reason of a
transfer to or from the Company or any Subsidiary thereof or to or from one
Company Subsidiary to another Company Subsidiary.
(c) Definitions. For
all purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following
respective meanings.
(i)
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“Change
of Control” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11 of the
Plan.
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(ii)
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“Disability”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(g) of the
Plan.
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(iii)
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“Retirement”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(g) of the
Plan.
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4. Non-Transferability of
Restricted Stock. Unvested shares of Restricted Stock may not
be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged, hypothecated or otherwise disposed of,
such shares shall not be assignable by operation of law and such shares shall
not be subject to execution, attachment or similar process. Any
attempted sale, assignment, transfer, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition
of any unvested shares of Restricted Stock contrary to the provisions hereof
shall be null and void and without effect.
5. Forfeiture.
(a) If
at such time as the Grantee no longer is an employee of or consultant to the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries the Grantee is not vested in all shares of
Restricted Stock governed by this Agreement, beneficial ownership of the
unvested shares shall revert to the Company and the Grantee shall be deemed to
have forfeited such unvested shares (a “Forfeiture”) without any consideration
therefor.
(b) Upon
the occurrence of a Forfeiture, the Grantee shall, within ten business days
thereafter, transfer and deliver to the Company all stock certificates
representing all unvested shares of Restricted Stock, together with stock powers
duly executed in blank by the Grantee. From and after the occurrence
of a Forfeiture, the Grantee shall have no rights to or interests in any shares
of the unvested Restricted Stock or under this Agreement (other than the
obligation to transfer and deliver all stock certificates representing all
shares of the Restricted Stock pursuant to this Section 5(b)).
6. Representations and
Warranties of Grantee. The Grantee hereby represents and
warrants to the Company as follows:
(a) The
Grantee has the legal right and capacity to enter into this Agreement and fully
understands the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
(b) The
Grantee is acquiring the Restricted Stock for investment purposes only and not
with a view to, or in connection with, the public distribution thereof in
violation of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
7. Notices. Any
notice required or permitted hereunder shall be deemed given only when delivered
personally or when deposited in a United States Post Office as certified mail,
postage prepaid, addressed, as appropriate, if to the Grantee, at his address
set forth on the Cover Sheet or such other address as the Grantee may designate
in writing to the Company, and, if to the Company, at 000 Xxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx,
Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000 or such other address as the Company may
designate in writing to the Grantee.
8. Section 83(b)
Election. The Grantee shall promptly furnish the Company with
a copy of any election filed pursuant to Section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended.
9. Failure to Enforce Not a
Waiver. The failure of the Company to enforce at any time any
provision of this Agreement shall in no way be construed to be a waiver of such
provision or of any other provision hereof.
10. Amendment:
Termination. This Agreement may not be amended or terminated
unless such amendment or termination is in writing and duly executed by each of
the parties hereto.
11. Counterparts. This
Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be
an original, but all of which together shall constitute but one and the same
instrument.
12. Benefit and Binding
Effect. This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure
to the benefit of the Company, its successors and assigns, and the Grantee, his
executors, administrators, personal representatives and heirs. In the
event that any part of this Agreement shall be held to be invalid or
unenforceable, the remaining parts hereof shall nevertheless continue to be
valid and enforceable as though the invalid portions were not a part
hereof.
13. Entire
Agreement. This Agreement contains the entire understanding of
the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all
prior agreements, discussions and understandings with respect to such subject
matter.
14. Governing
Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed and
enforced in accordance with, the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
without giving effect to principles and provisions thereof relating to conflict
or choice of laws.
[End
of Agreement – Signatures on Cover Sheet]