HOLLY CORPORATION EMPLOYEE RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT 10.10
XXXXX CORPORATION
EMPLOYEE
RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT
EMPLOYEE
RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT
This Restricted Stock Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made and entered into by and between
XXXXX CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”),
and (the “Employee”). If the Employee
presently is or subsequently becomes employed by a subsidiary of the Company, the term “Company”
shall be deemed to refer collectively to the Company and the subsidiary or subsidiaries which
employ the Employee. This Agreement is effective as of the
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day of , 20_____
(the
“Date of Grant”).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Company has adopted the XXXXX CORPORATION LONG-TERM INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN
(the “Plan”) to attract, retain and motivate employees, directors and consultants; and
WHEREAS, the Company believes that entering into this Agreement with the Employee is
consistent with the stated purposes for which the Plan was adopted.
NOW, THEREFORE, it is agreed by and between the Company and the Employee, in consideration of
services rendered by the Employee, as follows:
1. Grant. The Company hereby grants to the Employee as of the Date of Grant an
award of Shares (as defined in the Plan), subject to the terms and conditions set
forth in this Agreement, including, without limitation, those described in Section 5 (the
“Restricted Shares”).
2. Restricted Shares. The Company shall issue in the Employee’s name the
Restricted Shares and such Restricted Shares shall be held for the Employee in book entry
form by the Company’s transfer agent with a notation that the shares are subject to
restrictions. The Employee hereby agrees that the Restricted Shares shall be held subject
to restrictions as provided in the Agreement until such time as the Restricted Shares become
Vested Shares (as defined in Section 4 below). The Employee hereby agrees that if part or
all of the Restricted Shares are forfeited pursuant to this Agreement, the Company shall
have the right to direct the Company’s transfer agent to cancel such forfeited Restricted
Shares or, at the Company’s election, transfer such Restricted Shares to the Company or to
any designee of the Company.
3. Rights of Employee. Effective as of the Date of Grant, the Employee is a
stockholder with respect to all of the Restricted Shares granted to him/her pursuant to
Section 1 and has all of the rights of a stockholder with respect to all such Restricted
Shares, including the right to vote such Restricted Shares and the right to receive all
dividends and other distributions paid with respect to such Restricted Shares; provided,
however, that such Restricted Shares shall be subject to the restrictions hereinafter
described, including, without limitation, those described in Section 5.
4. Forfeiture and Expiration of Restrictions.
(a) The Employee shall forfeit to the Company (i) all of the Restricted Shares
immediately and without any payment to the Employee whatsoever if the Employee’s
employment with the Company or a subsidiary of the Company is terminated before
[INSERT DATE] for any reason other than death, total and permanent disability, or
retirement, as provided in Section 4(b) below, and (ii)two-thirds
(2/3) of the
Restricted Shares if the Employee’s employment with the Company or a subsidiary of
the Company is so terminated after [INSERT DATE] and before [INSERT DATE], and (iii)
one-third
(1/3) of the Restricted Shares if the Employee’s employment with the Company
or a subsidiary of the Company is so terminated after [INSERT DATE] and before
[INSERT DATE]. After [INSERT DATE], one-third
(1/3) of the Restricted Shares will be
fully vested and nonforfeitable, and after [INSERT DATE], two-thirds (2/3) of the
Restricted Shares shall be fully vested and nonforfeitable, and after [INSERT DATE]
all Restricted Shares shall be fully vested and nonforfeitable (“Vested Shares”).
[THE FOREGOING PROVISIONS TO BE REVISED TO REFLECT ANY APPLICABLE VESTING PERIOD
GREATER OR LESS THAN THREE YEARS]
(b) In the event of the Employee’s (i) death, (ii) total and permanent
disability as determined by the Compensation Committee (the “Committee”) in its sole
discretion, or (iii) retirement after attaining the normal retirement age of 62 or
retirement after attaining an earlier retirement age approved by the Committee, in
its sole discretion, before lapse of all restrictions pursuant to Section 4(a)
above, the Employee shall forfeit a number of Restricted Shares equal to the number
of Restricted Shares specified in Section 1 times the percentage that the period of
full months beginning on the first day of the calendar month following the date of
death, disability or retirement and ending on [INSERT DATE] bears to [INSERT NUMBER
OF MONTHS IN VESTING PERIOD] and any remaining Restricted Shares that are not vested
shall become Vested Shares; provided, however, that any fractional shares will be
forfeited to the Company. In its sole discretion, the Committee may decide to vest
all of the Restricted Shares in lieu of the prorated number of Restricted Shares as
provided in this Section 4(b). Unless the Committee determines otherwise, in its
sole discretion, the Employee or the Employee’s beneficiary or estate will have no
right to any Restricted Shares that remain subject to restrictions, and those
Restricted Shares will be forfeited.
(c) In the event of a “Special Involuntary Termination” as defined in Section
4(d)(vi) before lapse of all restrictions pursuant to Section 4(a) above, all
restrictions described in Section 5 shall lapse and the Restricted Shares will
become Vested Shares and the Company shall deliver the Vested Shares to the Employee
as soon as practicable thereafter.
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(d) Definitions. For purposes of Section 4(c) above,
(i) “Change in Control” shall mean:
A. Any “Person” (as defined in Section 4(d)(ii) below), other
than (1) the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (2) a trustee or
other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of
the Company or any of its “Affiliates” (as defined in Section 4(d)(v)
below), (3) an underwriter temporarily holding securities pursuant to
an offering of such securities, or (4) a corporation owned, directly
or indirectly, by the stockholders of the Company in substantially
the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company, is
or becomes the “Beneficial Owner” (as defined in Section 4(d)(iii)
below), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company (not
including in the securities beneficially owned by such person any
securities acquired directly from the Company or its Affiliates)
representing more than forty percent (40%) of the combined voting
power of the Company’s then outstanding securities, or more than
forty percent (40%) of the then outstanding common stock of the
Company, excluding any Person who becomes such a Beneficial Owner in
connection with a transaction described in Section 4(d)(i)(C)(I)
below.
B. The individuals who as of the Date of Grant constitute the
Board of Directors of the Company and any “New Director” (as defined
in Section 4(d)(iv) below) cease for any reason to constitute a
majority of the Board of Directors.
C. There is consummated a merger or consolidation of the Company
or any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company with any other
corporation, except if:
(I) the merger or consolidation results in the voting
securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior
thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining
outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of
the surviving entity or any parent thereof) at least sixty
percent (60%) of the combined voting power of the voting
securities of the Company or such surviving entity or any
parent thereof outstanding immediately after such merger or
consolidation; or
(II) the merger or consolidation is effected to
implement a recapitalization of the Company (or similar
transaction) in which no Person is or becomes the Beneficial
Owner, directly, or indirectly, of securities of the Company
(not including in the securities beneficially owned by such
Person any securities acquired directly from the Company or
its Affiliates other than in connection with the acquisition
by the Company or its Affiliates of a
business) representing more than forty percent (40%) of
the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding
securities.
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D. The stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete
liquidation or dissolution of the Company or an agreement for the
sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the
Company’s assets, other than a sale or disposition by the Company of
all or substantially all of the Company’s assets to an entity at
least sixty percent (60%) of the combined voting power of the voting
securities of which is owned by the stockholders of the Company in
substantially the same proportions as their ownership of the Company
immediately prior to such sale.
(ii) “Person” shall have the meaning given in section 3(a)(9) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “1934 Act”) as modified and used in
sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the 1934 Act.
(iii) “Beneficial Owner” shall have the meaning provided in Rule 13d-3
under the 1934 Act.
(iv) “New Director” shall mean an individual whose election by the
Company’s Board of Directors or nomination for election by the Company’s
stockholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the
directors then still in office who either were directors at the Date of
Grant or whose election or nomination for election was previously so
approved or recommended. However, “New Director” shall not include a
director whose initial assumption of office is in connection with an actual
or threatened election contest, including but not limited to a consent
solicitation relating to the election of directors of the Company.
(v) “Affiliate” shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 12b-2
promulgated under section 12 of the 1934 Act.
(vi) “Special Involuntary Termination” shall mean the occurrence of (1)
or (2) below within sixty (60) days prior to, or at any time after, a
“Change in Control” (as defined in Section 4(d)(i)), where (1) is
termination of the Employee’s employment with the Company (including
subsidiaries of the Company) by the Company for any reason other than
“Cause” (as defined in Section 4(d)(vii)) and (2) is a resignation by the
Employee from employment with the Company (including subsidiaries of the
Company) within ninety (90) days after an “Adverse Change” (as defined in
Section 4(d)(viii)) by the Company (including subsidiaries of the Company)
in the terms of the Employee’s employment.
(vii) “Cause” shall mean:
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A. An act or acts of dishonesty on the part of the Employee
constituting a felony or serious misdemeanor and resulting or
intended to result directly in gain or personal enrichment at the
expense of the Company;
X. Xxxxx or willful and wanton negligence in the performance of
the Employee’s material and substantial duties of employment with the
Company; or
C. Conviction of a felony involving moral turpitude.
The existence of Cause shall be determined by the Committee, in its
sole and absolute discretion.
(viii) “Adverse Change” shall mean (A) a change in the city in which
the Employee is required to work regularly, (B) a substantial increase in
travel requirements of employment, (C) a substantial reduction in duties of
the type previously performed by the Employee, or (D) a significant
reduction in compensation or benefits (other than bonuses and other
discretionary items of compensation) that does not apply generally to
executives of the Company or its successor.
5. Limitations on Transfer. The Employee agrees that he shall not dispose of
(meaning, without limitation, sell, transfer, pledge, exchange, hypothecate or otherwise
dispose of) any Restricted Shares hereby acquired prior to the expiration of the relevant
restrictions imposed by this Section 5 which expiration shall be determined pursuant to
Section 4 of this Agreement. Any attempted disposition of the Restricted Shares in
violation of the preceding sentence shall be null and void, and the Company shall not
recognize or give effect to such transfer on its books and records or recognize the person
or persons to whom such proposed transfer has been made as the legal or beneficial holder
thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, part or all of the Restricted Shares or rights
under this Agreement may be transferred to a spouse pursuant to a domestic relations order
issued by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided, however, such Restricted Shares shall
continue to be held pursuant to Section 2 of this Agreement, and the transferee under the
domestic relations order shall agree that the Restricted Shares so transferred shall
continue to be subject to the terms of this Agreement, including forfeiture in accordance
with Section 4(a) of this Agreement and pro rata forfeiture in accordance with Sections 4(a)
and (b) of this Agreement.
6. Nontransferability of Agreement. This Agreement and all rights under this
Agreement shall not be transferable by the Employee during his life other than by will or
pursuant to applicable laws of descent and distribution. Any rights and privileges of the
Employee in connection herewith shall not be transferred, assigned, pledged or hypothecated
by the Employee or by any other person or persons, in any way, whether by operation of law,
or otherwise, and shall not be subject to execution, attachment, garnishment or similar
process. In the event of any such occurrence, this Agreement shall automatically be
terminated and shall thereafter be null and void. Notwithstanding the foregoing, all or some
of the Restricted Shares or rights under this Agreement may be
transferred to a spouse pursuant to a domestic relations order issued by a court of
competent jurisdiction, subject to the limitations on such transfer described in Section 5.
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7. Adjustment of Restricted Shares. The number of Restricted Shares granted to
the Employee pursuant to this Agreement shall be adjusted to reflect stock dividends, stock
splits or other changes in the capital structure of the Company, all in accordance with the
Plan. All provisions of this Agreement shall be applicable to such new or additional or
different shares or securities distributed or issued pursuant to the Plan to the same extent
that such provisions are applicable to the shares with respect to which they were
distributed or issued. In the event that the outstanding Shares (as defined in the Plan) of
the Company are exchanged for a different number or kind of shares or other securities, or
if additional, new or different shares are distributed with respect to the Shares (as
defined in the Plan) through merger, consolidation, or sale of all or substantially all of
the assets of the Company, each remaining share subject to this Agreement shall have
substituted for it a like number and kind of shares of new or replacement securities as
determined in the sole discretion of the Committee, subject to the terms and provisions of
the Plan.
8. Delivery of Vested Shares. No Vested Shares shall be delivered pursuant to
this Agreement until the approval of any governmental authority required in connection with
this Agreement, or the issuance of Vested Shares hereunder, has been received by the
Company. The Committee will delay delivery of Vested Shares until the restrictions of
Section 5 lapse.
9. Securities Act. The Company shall have the right, but not the obligation,
to cause the Restricted Shares to be registered under the appropriate rules and regulations
of the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company shall not be required to deliver any
Vested Shares of stock hereunder if, in the opinion of counsel for the Company, such
delivery would violate the Securities Act of 1933 or any other applicable federal or state
securities laws or regulations.
10. Federal and State Taxes. The Employee may incur certain liabilities for
Federal, state or local taxes and the Company may be required by law to withhold such taxes
for payment to taxing authorities. If the Employee makes the election permitted by section
83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, the taxes shall be due and payable for the year in which
this Agreement is executed. If the Employee does not make such election, the taxes shall be
payable for the year in which the restrictions lapse pursuant to Section 4. Upon
determination of the year in which such taxes are due and the determination by the Company
of the amount of taxes required to be withheld, if any, the Employee shall either pay to the
Company, in cash or by certified or cashier’s check, an amount equal to the taxes required
to be paid on such transaction, or the Employee shall authorize the Company to withhold from
monies owing by the Company to the Employee an amount equal to the amount of federal, state
or local taxes required to be withheld. Authorization of the Employee to the Company to
withhold taxes pursuant to this Section 10 shall be in form and content acceptable to the
Committee. An authorization to withhold taxes pursuant to this provision shall be
irrevocable unless and until the tax liability of the Employee has been fully paid. In the
event that the Employee fails to make arrangements
that are acceptable to the Committee for providing to the Company, at the time or times
required, the amounts of federal, state and local taxes required to be withheld with respect
to the Restricted Shares granted to the Employee under this Agreement, the Company shall
have the right to purchase at current market price as determined by the Committee and/or to
sell to one or more third parties in either market or private transactions sufficient Vested
Shares to provide the funds needed for the Company to make the required tax payment or
payments.
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11. Definitions; Copy of Plan. To the extent not specifically provided herein,
all terms used in this Agreement shall have the same meanings ascribed to them in the Plan.
By the execution of this Agreement, the Employee acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Plan.
If any provision of this Agreement is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable under
any applicable law, then such provision will be deemed to be modified to the minimum extent
necessary to render it legal, valid and enforceable; and if such provision cannot be so
modified, then this Agreement will be construed as if not containing the provision held to
be invalid, and the rights and obligations of the parties will be construed and enforced
accordingly.
12. Administration. This Agreement shall at all times be subject to the terms
and conditions of the Plan. The Committee shall have sole and complete discretion with
respect to all matters reserved to it by the Plan and decisions of a majority of the
Committee with respect thereto and this Agreement shall be final and binding upon the
Employee and the Company. In the event of any conflict between the terms and conditions of
this Agreement and the Plan, the provisions of the Plan shall control.
13. No Right to Continued Employment. This Agreement shall not be construed to
confer upon the Employee any right to continue as an Employee of the Company and shall not
limit the right of the Company, in its sole discretion, to terminate the service of the
Employee at any time.
14. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be interpreted and administered under
the laws of the State of Texas, without giving effect to any conflict of laws provisions.
15. Amendments. This Agreement may be amended only by a written agreement
executed by the Company and the Employee. Any such amendment shall be made only upon the
mutual consent of the parties, which consent (of either party) may be withheld for any
reason.
16. No Liability for Good Faith Determinations. The Company and the members of
the Committee and the Board shall not be liable for any act, omission or determination taken
or made in good faith with respect to this Agreement or the Restricted Shares granted
hereunder.
17. No Guarantee of Interests. The Board and the Company do not guarantee the
Shares (as defined in the Plan) from loss or depreciation.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Agreement to be executed by its officers
thereunto duly authorized, and the Employee has set his hand effective as of the date and year
first above written.
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