EXHIBIT 10(iii)A(4)
AMENDMENT #1
TO
RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT
UNDER THE
NATIONAL SERVICE INDUSTRIES, INC.
LONG-TERM ACHIEVEMENT INCENTIVE PLAN
THIS AMENDMENT made and entered into as of the 26th day of June, 2002,
by and between NATIONAL SERVICE INDUSTRIES, INC., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company") and __________________________________ ("Grantee").
WHEREAS, the Company has previously adopted the National Service
Industries, Inc. Long-Term Achievement Incentive Plan (the "Plan") to provide
additional incentives to certain officers and key employees of the Company and
its Subsidiaries; and
WHEREAS, the Grantee was granted a Restricted Stock Award under the
Plan on January 7, 2002, and the terms and conditions of such grant are
reflected in a Restricted Stock Award Agreement (the "Agreement") between the
Company and Grantee dated January 7, 2002; and
WHEREAS, the Company and the Grantee desire to amend the Agreement in
the manner hereinafter provided;
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:
1.
The Agreement is hereby amended to delete the existing Section 2.2 in
its entirety and to substitute the following therefor:
"2.2(a) In the event, prior to the Final Vesting
Date, (i) Grantee dies while actively employed by the
Company, or (ii) Grantee's employment is terminated by
reason of Disability, the Restricted Stock shall become
fully vested and nonforfeitable as of the date of Grantee's
death or Disability. The Company shall deliver
certificate(s) for the Restricted Stock, free and clear of
any restrictions imposed by this Agreement (except for
Section 3.4) to Grantee (or, in the event of death,
Grantee's surviving spouse or, if none, to Grantee's estate)
as soon as practical after Grantee's date of death or
termination for Disability.
(b) If Grantee retires from the Company on or
after attaining (i) age 65, or (ii) age 55 with 5 years of
service, the vesting of the Restricted Stock shall continue
as if Grantee were an active employee, unless within two (2)
years of Grantee's date of termination of employment,
Grantee
violates the Restrictive Covenant (Non-Competition
Agreement) attached as Exhibit "A" hereto, at which time all
unvested Shares of Restricted Stock shall immediately be
forfeited. If Grantee dies after retiring under this Section
2.4, but prior to the Final Vesting Date for any Shares of
Restricted Stock, the Restricted Stock shall become fully
vested and nonforfeitable as of the date of Grantee's death.
(c) Except as provided in Section 2.3, if
Grantee terminates Grantee's employment or if the Company
terminates Grantee's employment for any reason other than
death or Disability or retirement (as provided in subsection
(b) above) prior to the Final Vesting Date, the Restricted
Stock shall cease to vest further and Grantee shall only be
entitled to the Restricted Stock that is vested as of
Grantee's date of termination of employment."
2.
The Agreement is hereby amended by adding Exhibit "A" attached hereto
as Exhibit "A" to the Agreement.
3.
This Amendment shall be effective as of June 26, 2002. Except as
hereby modified, the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Amendment as of
the day and year first written above.
NATIONAL SERVICE INDUSTRIES, INC.
By:
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Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx,
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial
Officer and Treasurer
GRANTEE:
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Name:
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EXHIBIT "A"
RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS
1. DEFINITIONS
The following terms used in this Exhibit "A" shall have the following
meanings:
(A) "Trade Secrets" means information, without regard to
form, relating to the Company's business which is not commonly known
by or available to the public and which derives economic value, actual
or potential, from not being generally known to other persons and is
the subject of efforts that are reasonable under the circumstances to
maintain its secrecy or confidentiality, including, but not limited
to, technical or nontechnical data, formulae, patterns, compilations,
programs, devices, methods, techniques, drawings, processes, financial
data, financial plans, product plans, or lists of actual or potential
customers or suppliers.
(B) "Confidential Information" means information of the
Company which is non-public, proprietary, and confidential in nature
but is not a Trade Secret.
(C) "Person" means any individual, firm, partnership,
association, corporation, limited liability entity, trust, venture, or
other business organization, entity, or enterprise;
(D) "Restricted Business" means the business of
manufacturing and selling envelopes and items incidental to such
products and/or the business of renting and/or processing textile
products and providing related services for customers;
(E) "Restricted Period" means the two (2) year period
following the date of the Grantee's retirement under Section 2.2 of
the Restricted Stock Award Agreement, as set forth in this Amendment;
and
(F) "Territory" means the United States.
2. NON-COMPETITION COVENANT
During the Restricted Period, the Grantee will not, directly or
indirectly, for the Grantee or on behalf of any other Person (except the
Company), within the Territory, engage in, provide, or perform sales,
marketing, operational, financial, accounting, or administrative services in or
for any business engaged in the Restricted Business.
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3. NON-DISCLOSURE COVENANT
The Grantee will not, directly or indirectly, for the Grantee or on
behalf of any other Person, use for the Grantee's own benefit or disclose to
any other party, any Trade Secrets or Confidential Information of the Company.
The foregoing confidentiality obligations shall continue (A) with respect to
all Trade Secrets, at all times so long as such Trade Secrets constitute trade
secrets under applicable law, and (B) with respect to all Confidential
Information, at all times during the Restricted Period.
4. NON-RECRUITMENT COVENANT
During the Restricted Period, the Grantee will not, directly or
indirectly, for the Grantee or on behalf of any other Person, solicit, induce,
persuade, or encourage, or attempt to solicit, induce, persuade, or encourage,
any management-level employee of the Company or the Company's business unit in
which the Grantee was employed (if applicable) to terminate such employee's
position with the Company, whether or not such employee is a full-time or
temporary employee of the Company and whether or not such employment is
pursuant to a written agreement, for a determined period, or at will.
5. SEPARABILITY
The Grantee acknowledges that each of the foregoing restrictive
covenants is a separate and distinct obligation of the Grantee and is deemed to
be separable from the remaining restrictive covenants. If any of the provisions
of the foregoing restrictive covenants should ever be deemed to exceed the
time, geographic, product, or other limitations permitted by applicable law in
any jurisdiction, then such provisions shall be deemed reformed in such
jurisdiction to the maximum time, geographic, product, or other limitations
permitted by applicable law.
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