WALGREEN CO. LONG-TERM PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE PLAN RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT 10.15
LONG-TERM
PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE PLAN
EMPLOYEE:
AWARD
DATE:
TOTAL
NUMBER OF SHARES:
VESTING
DATES:
Date Number of
Shares
This document (referred to below as the
“Agreement” or the “Award Agreement”) spells out the terms and conditions of the
Restricted Stock Award provided by Walgreen Co., an
Illinois corporation (the “Company”), to the individual employee designated
above (the “Employee”) pursuant to the Walgreen Co. Long-Term Performance
Incentive Plan and related plan documents (the “Plan”) on and as of the Award
Date designated above. Except as otherwise defined herein,
capitalized terms used in this Agreement have the respective meanings set forth
in the Plan.
The
parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Grant of Restricted
Stock. Pursuant to the approval and direction of the
Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Committee”)
under Sections 3.2, 5 and 6 of the Plan, the Company hereby grants to the
Employee, the number of shares of Company common stock (the “Common Stock”)
specified above (the “Restricted Stock”), subject to the terms and conditions of
the Plan and this Agreement.
2. Restrictions. The
Restricted Stock may not be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned or otherwise
alienated or hypothecated, whether voluntarily or involuntarily or by operation
of law, until the termination of the applicable Period of Restriction (as
defined in Section 4 below) or as otherwise provided in the Plan or this
Agreement. Except as set forth in Section 9 below, the Employee will
be treated as the owner of the shares of Restricted Stock and shall have all of
the rights of a shareholder, including, but not limited to, the right to vote
such shares.
3. Restricted Stock
Certificates. The stock certificate(s) representing the
Restricted Stock shall be issued or held in book entry form promptly following
the Award Date. If a stock certificate is issued, it shall be
delivered to the Secretary of the Company or such other custodian as may be
designated by the Company, to be held until the end of the Period of Restriction
or until the Restricted Stock is forfeited. The certificates
representing shares of Restricted Stock granted pursuant to this Agreement shall
bear a legend in substantially the form set forth below:
The
transferability of this certificate and the shares of stock represented hereby
are subject to the terms and conditions (including, without limitation,
forfeiture events) contained in the Walgreen Co. Long-Term Performance Incentive
Plan and an underlying Award Agreement applicable to the registered owner
hereof. Copies of such Plan and Award Agreement are on file in the
office of the Secretary of Walgreen Co., 000 Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000. Walgreen Co. will furnish to the recordholder of
the certificate, without charge and upon written request at its principal place
of business, a copy of such Plan and Award Agreement. Walgreen Co.
reserves the right to refuse to record the transfer of this certificate until
all such restrictions are satisfied, all such terms are complied with and all
such conditions are satisfied.
4. Period of
Restriction. Subject to the provisions of the Plan and this
Agreement, unless vested or forfeited earlier as described in Section 5, 6, or 7
of this Agreement, as applicable, the Restricted Stock awarded hereunder shall
become vested and freely transferable as of the vesting date or dates indicated
in the introduction to this Agreement. The period prior to the
vesting date with respect to a share of Restricted Stock is referred to as the
“Period of Restriction.”
5. Vesting upon Termination due
to Retirement, Disability or Death. If, while the Restricted
Stock is subject to a Period of Restriction, the Employee terminates employment
with the Company (or a Subsidiary of the Company if the Employee is then in the
employ of such Subsidiary) by reason of Retirement (as defined in the Plan),
Disability (as defined in the Plan) or death, then the portion of the Restricted
Stock subject to a Period of Restriction shall become fully vested as of the
date of employment termination without regard to the Period of Restriction set
forth in Section 4 of this Agreement. The term “Subsidiary” is
defined in the Plan and means a corporation with respect to which the Company
directly or indirectly owns 50% or more of the voting power.
6. Forfeiture upon Termination
due to Reason other than Retirement, Disability or Death. If,
while the Restricted Stock is subject to a Period of Restriction, the Employee’s
employment with the Company (or a Subsidiary of the Company if the Employee is
then in the employ of such Subsidiary) terminates for a reason other than the
Employee’s Retirement, Disability or death, then the Employee shall forfeit any
portion of the Restricted Stock that is subject to a Period of Restriction on
the date of such employment termination.
7. Vesting upon Change of
Control. In the event of a “Change of Control” of the Company
as defined in Section 11.2 of the Plan, pursuant to Section 11.1 of the Plan the
Restricted Stock shall cease to be subject to the Period of Restriction set
forth in Section 4 of this Agreement.
8. Settlement Following Change
of Control. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to
the contrary, in connection with or after the occurrence of a Change of Control
as defined in Section 11.2 of the Plan, the Company may, in its sole discretion,
fulfill its obligation with respect to all or any portion of the Restricted
Stock that ceases to be subject to a Period of Restriction in conjunction with
the Change of Control by:
(a) delivery
of (i) the number of shares of Common Stock that have ceased to be subject to a
Period of Restriction or (ii) such other ownership interest as such shares of
Common Stock may be converted into by virtue of the Change of Control
transaction;
(b) payment
of cash in an amount equal to the fair market value of the Common Stock at that
time; or
(c) delivery
of any combination of shares of Common Stock (or other converted ownership
interest) and cash having an aggregate fair market value equal to the fair
market value of the Common Stock at that time.
9. Dividends. If
any dividends are paid in shares of Common Stock, the dividend shares shall be
subject to the same restrictions as the shares of Restricted Stock with respect
to which they were paid. Cash dividends shall also be subject to the
same restrictions as the corresponding shares of Restricted Stock, such that the
dividends will become vested and be paid if and when the corresponding shares of
Restricted Stock cease to be subject to a Period of Restriction in accordance
with Section 4, 5, or 7 of this Agreement; provided, however that cash dividends
will not be subject to this restriction for any portion of the shares of
Restricted Stock with respect to which the Employee has filed an election under
Section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code to be taxed on the shares as of the
Award Date.
10. Adjustment in
Capitalization. In the event of any change in the Common Stock
of the Company, the provisions of Section 10.2 of the Plan shall govern such
that the number of shares of Restricted Stock subject to this Agreement shall be
equitably adjusted by the Committee.
11. Delivery of Stock
Certificates. Subject to the requirements of Sections 12 and
13 below, as promptly as practicable after shares of Restricted Stock cease to
be subject to a Period of Restriction in accordance with Section 4, 5, or 7 of
this Agreement, the Company shall cause to be issued and delivered to the
Employee, the Employee’s legal representative, or a brokerage account for the
benefit of the Employee, as the case may be, certificates for the vested shares
of Common Stock.
12. Tax
Withholding. Whenever a Period of Restriction applicable to
the Employee’s rights to some or all of the Restricted Stock lapses as provided
in Section 4, 5, or 7 of this Agreement, the Company or its agent shall notify
the Employee of the related amount of tax that must be withheld under applicable
tax laws. Regardless of any action the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company,
or the Employee’s employer takes with respect to any or all income tax, social
security, payroll tax, payment on account or other tax-related withholding
(“Tax”) that the Employee is required to bear pursuant to all applicable laws,
the Employee hereby acknowledges and agrees that the ultimate liability for all
Tax is and remains the responsibility of the Employee.
Prior to receipt of any shares that
correspond to Restricted Stock that vests in accordance with this Agreement, the
Employee shall pay or make adequate arrangements satisfactory to the Company
and/or any Subsidiary of the Company to satisfy all withholding and payment on
account obligations of the Company and/or any Subsidiary of the
Company. In this regard, the Employee authorizes the Company and/or
any Subsidiary of the Company to withhold all applicable Tax legally payable by
the Employee from the Employee’s wages or other cash compensation paid to the
Employee by the Company and/or any Subsidiary of the Company or from the
proceeds of the sale of shares. Alternatively, or in addition, the
Company may sell or arrange for the sale of Common Stock that the Employee is
due to acquire to satisfy the withholding obligation for Tax and/or withhold any
Common Stock, provided that the Company sells or withholds only the amount of
Common Stock necessary to satisfy the minimum withholding
amount. Finally, the Employee agrees to pay the Company or any
Subsidiary of the Company any amount of any Tax that the Company or any
Subsidiary of the Company may be required to withhold as a result of the
Employee’s participation in the Plan that cannot be satisfied by the means
previously described. The Company may refuse to deliver Common Stock
if the Employee fails to comply with its obligations in connection with the tax
as described in this section.
The Company advises the Employee to
consult his or her legal and/or tax advisors with respect to the tax
consequences for the Employee under the Plan.
13. Securities
Laws. This award is a private offer that may be accepted only
by an individual who is an employee of the Company or a Subsidiary of the
Company and who satisfies the eligibility requirements outlined in the Plan and
the Committee’s administrative procedures. If a Registration
Statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, is not in effect with
respect to the shares of Common Stock to be issued pursuant to this Agreement,
the Employee hereby represents that he or she is acquiring the shares of Common
Stock for investment and with no present intention of selling or transferring
them and that he or she will not sell or otherwise transfer the shares except in
compliance with all applicable securities laws and requirements of any stock
exchange on which the shares of Common Stock may then be listed.
14. No Employment or
Compensation Rights. Participation in the Plan is subject to
all of the terms and conditions of the Plan and this Agreement. This
Agreement shall not confer upon the Employee any right to continuation of
employment by the Company or its Subsidiaries, nor shall this Agreement
interfere in any way with the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ right to terminate
Employee’s employment at any time. Neither the Plan nor this
Agreement forms any part of any contract of employment between the Company or
any Subsidiary and the Employee, and neither the Plan nor this Agreement confers
on the Employee any legal or equitable rights (other than those related to the
Restricted Stock award) against the Company or any Subsidiary or directly or
indirectly gives rise to any cause of action in law or in equity against the
Company or any Subsidiary.
15. Plan Terms and Committee
Authority. This Agreement and the rights of the Employee
hereunder are subject to all of the terms and conditions of the Plan, as it may
be amended from time to time, as well as to such rules and regulations as the
Committee may adopt for administration of the Plan. It is expressly
understood that the Committee is authorized to administer, construe and make all
determinations necessary or appropriate for the administration of the Plan and
this Agreement, all of which shall be binding upon Employee. Any
inconsistency between this Agreement and the Plan shall be resolved in favor of
the Plan. The Employee hereby acknowledges receipt of a copy of the
Plan and this Agreement.
16. Non-Competion,
Non-Solicitation and Confidentiality. As a condition to the
receipt of this Restricted Stock award, the Employee must agree to the terms and
conditions set forth in the Non-Competition, Non-Solicitation and
Confidentiality Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit A by executing that
Agreement.
17. Amendment or Modification,
Waiver. Except as set forth in the Plan, no provision of this
Agreement may be amended or waived unless such amendment or waiver is agreed to
in writing, signed by the Employee and by a duly authorized officer of the
Company. No waiver of any condition or provision of this Agreement shall be
deemed a waiver of a similar or dissimilar condition or provision at the same
time, any prior time or any subsequent time.
18. Governing Law and
Jurisdiction. This Agreement is governed by the substantive
and procedural laws of the state of Illinois. The Employee and the
Company shall submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of, and venue in, the courts
in Illinois in any dispute relating to this Agreement.
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Please
sign the attached Exhibit A to confirm your agreement to be bound by the terms
and conditions set forth in Exhibit A, and to acknowledge your receipt of the
Plan and this Award Agreement and your acceptance of the Restricted Stock award
issued hereunder.
Date Very
truly yours,
_____________________________________________
EXHIBIT
A
WALGREEN
CO. NON- COMPETITION, NON- SOLICITATIONAND CONFIDENTIALITY
AGREEMENT
This
Exhibit forms a part of the Restricted Stock Award Agreement covering Restricted
Stock awarded to an employee of Walgreen Co. or one of its subsidiary companies
(hereinafter referred to as “Employee’’ and the “Company”).
WHEREAS,
the Company develops and/or uses valuable business, technical, proprietary,
customer and patient information it protects by limiting its disclosure and by
keeping it secret or confidential;
WHEREAS,
Employee acknowledges that during the course of employment, he or she has or
will receive, contribute, or develop such confidential information;
and
WHEREAS,
the Company desires to protect from its competitors such confidential
information and also desires to protect its legitimate business interests and
goodwill in maintaining its employee and customer relationships.
NOW
THEREFORE, in consideration of the Restricted Stock award issued to Employee
pursuant the Award Agreement to which this is attached as Exhibit A, Employee
agrees to the following:
1. Non-Disclosure
And Non-Use. Employee agrees
not to disclose any Confidential Information, as defined below, to any person or
entity other than the Company, either during or after Employee’s employment,
without the Company’s prior written consent. Employee further agrees
not to use any Confidential Information, either during or at any time after his
or her employment, without the Company’s prior written consent, except as may be
necessary to perform his or her job duties during employment with the
Company.
Confidential
Information means information not generally known by the public about processes,
systems, products, services, including proposed products and services, business
information, know-how, or trade secrets of the Company. Confidential
Information includes, but is not limited to, the following:
(a) Customer
records, identity of vendors, suppliers, or landlords, profit and performance
reports, prices, selling and pricing procedures and techniques, and financing
methods of the Company;
(b) Customer
lists and information pertaining to identities of the customers, their special
demands, and their past, current and anticipated requirements for the products
or services of the Company;
(c) Specifications,
procedures, policies, techniques, manuals, databases and all other information
pertaining to products or services of the Company, or of others for which the
Company has assumed an obligation of confidentiality;
(d) Business
or marketing plans, accounting records, financial statements and information,
and projections of the Company;
(e) Software
developed or used by the Company;
(f) Information
related to the Company’s retailing, distribution or administrative facilities;
and
(g) Any
other information identified or defined as confidential information by Company
policy.
2. Non-Competition
and Non-Solicitation. In order to
protect the legitimate business interests and goodwill of the Company, and to
protect Confidential Information, Employee covenants and agrees that for the
entire period of his or her employment with the Company, and for one year after
the termination of such employment by either party for any reason, Employee will
not:
(a) contact
any Customer of the Company for the benefit of a Competing Business or interfere
with, or attempt to disrupt the relationship, contractual, or otherwise, between
the Company and any of its Customers.
(b) hire
employees of the Company. This restriction includes without
limitation a prohibition on directly or indirectly employing, or knowingly
permitting any Person or business directly or indirectly controlled by Employee,
regardless of whether such Person or business is a Competing Business, from
employing, any person who is employed by the Company. For the period
following the termination of Employee's employment with the Company, the term
"employee" means an individual employed by the Company as of the date of, or
within 90 days of, Employee's last day worked for the Company.
(c) solicit
employees of the Company. This restriction includes without
limitation a prohibition on directly or indirectly (i) interfering with, or
attempting to disrupt the relationship, contractual, or otherwise, between the
Company and any of its employees, and (ii) soliciting, inducing, or attempting
to induce employees of the Company to terminate employment with the
Company.
(d) compete
with the Company. This restriction includes without limitation a
prohibition on directly or indirectly engaging or investing in, owning,
managing, operating, financing, controlling, participating in the ownership,
management, operation, financing or control of, or being associated or in any
manner connected with, any Competing Business, whether as a consultant,
independent contractor, agent, employee, officer, partner, director, shareholder
(except (i) limited partnership investments in private equity funds which may
invest in venture capital-backed companies (where Employee's investment
represents less than 1% percent ownership interest of any such company) or (ii)
investments of less than 1% ownership interest of the outstanding securities of
a corporation or other entity whose securities are listed on a stock exchange or
quotation system and such entity files periodic reports with the Securities and
Exchange Commission), distributor, representative, or otherwise, alone or in
association with any other Person(s). Notwithstanding the foregoing,
Employee may render services for a Competing Business if: such
service does not conflict with any other restrictions noted in this Paragraph 2;
the Competing Business is diversified, and Employee becomes employed in a part
of the business that is not in direct or indirect competition with Company; and,
prior to the Employee beginning employment with the Competing Business, the
Company receives written assurances satisfactory to the Company, from both the
Competing Business and Employee, that Employee will not render services directly
or indirectly in connection with any product, system, service, or process of any
person or organization which is the same as, comparable to, or competes directly
or indirectly with a product, system, service, or process of the
Company
Employee
agrees that the restrictions contained in paragraphs 2(a), 2(b), and 2(c) have
no geographic limitation. Employee agrees that the restrictions
contained in Paragraph 2(d) are geographically limited to (a) the entirety of
the United States and (b) any other country if the Company conducts business
within such country at any time during Employee's employment with the
Company.
Employee
acknowledges that (i) the Company's business is and following the date hereof
will be national in scope, (ii) the Company's products and services are and
following the date hereof will be marketed throughout the United States and
(iii) the Company has competed and following the date hereof will compete with
other businesses that are or could be located in any part of the United
States. Employee further covenants and agrees that restrictive
covenants contained in this Agreement are reasonable and necessary to protect
the legitimate business interests of the Company because of the nature and scope
of the Company's business.
If a
court or arbitrator of competent jurisdiction determines that one or more of the
provisions of this Paragraph 2 are invalid, illegal, or unenforceable for
any reason, then such provision or provisions shall be deemed to be reduced in
scope or length, as the case may be, to the extent required to make this
Paragraph enforceable. If Employee violates the provisions of this
Paragraph 2, the periods described therein shall be extended by that number
of days which equals the aggregate of all days during which at any time any such
violations occurred.
For
purposes of this Paragraph 2, the following definitions shall
apply:
(1) “Competing
Business” means any business engaged in by any Person that is in competition
with any business engaged in by the Company (“Company Business”) during the term
of Employee’s employment with the Company; provided that the foregoing shall
only apply to any Company Business with respect to which Employee possesses
Confidential Information and is substantially engaged or provides substantial
support during Employee’s employment with the Company.
(2) “Customer”
means any patient or other customer or prospective customer of any Company
business unit with respect to which Employee is substantially engaged or
provides substantial support during Employee’s employment with the
Company.
(3) “Person”
means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company or
other entity.
For
purpose of this Agreement, Employee’s effective date of termination of
employment with the Company shall mean the later of: the Employee’s last day
worked for the Company, or the last date for which Employee receives
compensation for his or her services with the Company.
3. Non-Inducement. Employee agrees
that during the term of his or her employment and for one year following the
Employee’s termination of employment, Employee will not directly or indirectly
assist or encourage any Person or entity in carrying out any activity that would
be prohibited by the provisions of this Agreement if such activity were carried
out by Employee.
4. Property. Employee agrees
that upon leaving the employment of the Company, he or she will not take with
him or her any of the Company’s property, including Confidential Information and
trade secrets, regardless of the form in which it was held or acquired by
Employee, and will immediately return to the Company any and all documents,
notes, records, notebooks, mobile telephones, cellular telephones, computers,
PDAs (personal digital assistants), portable digital storage devices, and
similar repositories of or containing or relating to Confidential Information
and Company trade secrets, and including, but not limited to, all copies, notes
or abstracts thereof.
5. Consideration
and Acknowledgments. Employee
acknowledges and agrees that the covenants described in Paragraphs 1 through 4
of this Agreement are essential terms, and the underlying restricted stock award
would not be provided by the Company in the absence of these
covenants. Employee further acknowledges that these covenants are
supported by adequate consideration as set forth in this Agreement, that full
compliance with these covenants will not prevent Employee from earning a
livelihood following the termination of his or her employment, and that these
covenants do not place undue restraint on Employee and are not in conflict with
any public interest. Employee further acknowledges and agrees that
Employee fully understands these covenants, has had full and complete
opportunity to discuss and resolve any ambiguities or uncertainties regarding
these covenants before signing this Agreement, that these covenants are
reasonable and enforceable in every respect, and has voluntarily agreed to
comply with these covenants for their stated term. Employee agrees
that in the event he or she is offered employment with a Competing Business at
any time in the future, Employee shall immediately notify the Competing Business
of the existence of the covenants set forth in Paragraphs 1 through 4
above.
6. Enforcement
of This Agreement. Employee
acknowledges that compliance with the covenants set forth in Paragraphs 1
through 4 of this Agreement is necessary to enable the Company to maintain its
competitive position, and that any actual or threatened breach of these
covenants will result in irreparable and continuing damage to the Company for
which there will be no adequate remedy at law. In the event of any
actual or threatened breach of these covenants, the Company shall be entitled to
injunctive relief, including the right to a temporary restraining order, and
other relief, including damages, as may be proper along with the Company’s
attorneys’ fees and court costs. The foregoing stipulated damages and
remedies of the Company are in addition to, and not to the exclusion of, any
other damages the Company may be able to prove. In addition, if any
court shall at any time hold these covenants to be unenforceable or unreasonable
in scope, territory or period of time, then the scope, territory or period of
time of the covenants shall be that determined by the court to be
reasonable. Employee consents to the jurisdiction of the Circuit
Court of Lake or Xxxx County, Illinois for purposes of the enforcement of this
agreement.
7. Severability. If any phrase or
provision of this Agreement is declared invalid or unenforceable by a court of
competent jurisdiction, such phrase, clause or provision shall be deemed severed
from this Agreement, but will not affect the enforceability of any other
provisions of this Agreement, which shall otherwise remain in full force and
effect. If any restriction or limitation in this Agreement is deemed
to be unreasonable, unenforceable or unduly restrictive by a court of competent
jurisdiction, it shall not be stricken in its entirety and held totally void and
unenforceable, but shall remain effective to the maximum extent permissible as
determined by said court.
8. Entire
Agreement. This Agreement
represents the entire agreement between the parties and supersedes and renders
null and void all prior agreements, arrangements or communications between the
parties covering the same or similar subject matter, whether oral or
written. In particular, to the extent Employee has signed more than
one version of this Agreement in connection with restricted stock and/or
restricted stock unit awards for multiple years, the latest of such executed
Agreements shall apply. The terms of this Agreement may not be
altered or modified except by written agreement of Employee and the
Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that, pursuant
to an employment contract or otherwise, Employee is currently or in the future
becomes subject to any similar obligations that are more restrictive in any
respects than Employee’s obligations under this Agreement, then the more
restrictive terms shall govern.
9. Notification. Employee further
agrees that the Company may notify anyone later employing him or her of the
existence and provisions of this Agreement.
10. Successors
and Assigns. This Agreement
shall be enforceable by the Company and its successors and permitted
assigns.
11. General. Employee agrees
that:
(a) Waiver
of any of the provisions of this Agreement by the Company in any particular
instance shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any provision in any other
instance and/or of the Company’s other rights at law or under this
Agreement;
(b) The
provisions of this Agreement shall be considered severable;
(c) This
Agreement shall accrue to and be binding upon the Company and Employee;
and
(d) The
captions in this Agreement shall be for reference purposes only and shall not
affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
12. Governing
Law. The law of the
State of Illinois shall govern this Agreement without regard to its choice of
law provisions.
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By my
signature below, I acknowledge receipt of the Restricted Stock Agreement to
which this Agreement is attached as Exhibit A, and I and agree to the terms and
conditions expressed in this Non-Competition, Non-Solicitation and
Confidentiality Agreement.
Employee
Name (Please
Print): Employee
Signature:
________________________ _______________________
Date: ____________________
