Assisted Living Concepts, Inc. DIRECTOR TANDEM STOCK OPTION/STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS AWARD AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.2
Assisted Living Concepts, Inc.
Director:
Number of Stock Options/SARs:
Grant Date:
Exercise Price:
Number of Stock Options/SARs:
Grant Date:
Exercise Price:
This Tandem Stock Option/Stock Appreciation Rights Award Agreement (the “Award Agreement”) is
entered into as of , between Assisted Living Concepts, Inc. (“ALC”) and Director. In
consideration of the mutual promises and covenants made in this Award Agreement and the mutual
benefits to be derived from this Award Agreement, ALC and the Director agree as follows:
THIS AWARD IS SUBJECT TO ALL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE PLAN AND THIS AWARD AGREEMENT,
INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROVISIONS SET FORTH IN SECTION 17 OF THIS
AWARD AGREEMENT. BY SIGNING YOUR NAME BELOW, YOU WILL HAVE CONFIRMED YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THE TERMS
AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AWARD AGREEMENT.
1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used in this Award Agreement that are not defined in
this Award Agreement have the meanings as used or defined in the Assisted Living Concepts, Inc.
2006 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan (the “Plan”). As used in this Award Agreement, the
following terms have the meanings set forth below:
“Business Day” means a day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking
institutions are legally permitted to be closed in the City of New York.
“Committee” means the Compensation/Nominating/Governance Committee of the Board, or such other
committee of the Board as may be designated by the Board from time to time to administer the Plan.
“Common Stock” means Class A common stock of ALC, par value $0.01 per share.
“Fair Market Value” means the closing market price per Share as reported on the New York Stock
Exchange (or other relevant exchange) on the applicable date or, in the event there shall be no
public market for the Shares on the applicable date, the fair market value of the Shares as
determined in good faith by the Committee.
“Share” means a share of Common Stock.
2. Grant of Award. This Award Agreement sets forth the terms and conditions of an award
(the “Award”) under the Plan to the Director as of the Grant Date of:
a. Stock Options. The right and option (the “Stock Options”) to purchase up to
Shares at the Exercise Price per Share. Each Stock Option is a Nonqualified Stock
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Option. Unless earlier terminated pursuant to the terms of this Award Agreement, the Stock Options
shall expire on the fifth anniversary of the Grant Date.
b. Stock Appreciation Rights. Each Stock Option includes a stock appreciation right
(“SAR”) at the price per Share equal to the Exercise Price. The SAR constitutes an unfunded and
unsecured promise of ALC to deliver (or cause to be delivered) to Director a whole number of
Shares, cash or a combination of Shares and cash at the time such SAR vests and is exercised, as
provided herein, equal in value to the excess, if any, of the Fair Market Value per Share over the
Exercise Price per Share of the SAR. Fractional shares will not be delivered and the number of
Shares to be delivered upon any exercise by you of SARs subject to this Award shall be rounded down
to the nearest whole Share. The Committee has sole discretion to deliver such value in Shares,
cash, or a combination of Shares and cash. Until such delivery, Director has only the rights of a
general unsecured creditor and no rights as a stockholder of ALC. Unless earlier terminated
pursuant to the terms of this Award Agreement, the SARs shall expire on the fifth anniversary of
the Grant Date.
c. Tandem Stock Option/Stock Appreciation Rights. An SAR with respect to a Share
shall vest, become exercisable, and terminate at the same times and under the same terms as the
Stock Option such Share is subject to. The exercise of a Stock Option with respect to any Share
shall cause the related SAR to automatically terminate and the exercise of an SAR with respect to
any Share shall cause the related Stock Option to automatically terminate. Only one Stock Option
or one SAR, and not both, may be exercised with respect to any Share that is subject to a Stock
Option under this Award Agreement. The tandem Stock Option and SAR rights with respect to a Share
are referred to in this Award Agreement as the “Stock Option/SAR.”
d. Exercisability Subject to Time Vesting. Unless earlier terminated, the Stock
Options/SARs shall become exercisable as follows: one-third of the Shares covered thereby (rounded
up to the next whole Share) on , an additional one-third of such Shares (rounded up to
the next whole Share) on , and the remainder of such Shares on , subject in
each case to the prior termination of the Stock Option/SAR.
e. Exercisability Upon Death, Disability or Change of Control. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Stock Options/SARs, to the extent outstanding, shall become immediately vested and
fully exercisable upon (a) a Change of Control or (b) a Termination of Service due to death or
Disability. For purposes of this Award Agreement, Disability means permanent and total disability
as determined under ALC’s long-term disability plan applicable to ALC’s Executive Officers. For
purposes of this Award Agreement, Termination of Service means the Director’s ceasing to be a
member of the Board and ceasing to be employed with, or to perform services for, ALC or any of its
Subsidiaries or Affiliates. A participant who has ceased being a member of the Board but who
continues to be employed by, or to perform services for, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate shall also be
deemed to incur a Termination of Service if (i) the participant’s employment with, or performance
of services for, ALC and any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates terminates or (ii), if the
participant is employed by a Subsidiary or Affiliate, the Subsidiary or Affiliate ceases to be such
a Subsidiary or an Affiliate, as the case may be, and the participant does not immediately
thereafter become an employee of, or service-provider for, ALC or another Subsidiary or Affiliate.
Temporary absences from employment because of illness, vacation or leave of absence and transfers
among ALC and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates shall not be considered Terminations of Service.
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f. Suspension or Termination of Stock Options/SARs. If at any time (including after a
notice of exercise has been delivered) the Committee, including any administrator authorized
pursuant to Section 3(e) of the Plan (any such person, an “Authorized Officer”), reasonably
believes that Director has committed an act of misconduct as described in this Section, the
Committee or Authorized Officer may suspend the Director’s right to exercise any Stock Option/SAR
pending a determination of whether an act of misconduct has been committed. If the Committee or an
Authorized Officer determines Director has committed an act of embezzlement, fraud, dishonesty,
nonpayment of any obligation owed to ALC, breach of fiduciary duty or deliberate disregard of ALC
rules resulting in loss, damage or injury to ALC, or if Director makes an unauthorized disclosure
of any ALC trade secret or confidential information, engages in any conduct constituting unfair
competition, or induces a customer to breach a contract with ALC, neither Director nor his or her
estate shall be entitled to exercise any Stock Option/SAR whatsoever. In addition, if Director is
designated an “executive officer” by the Board and if the Committee determines that Director
engaged in an act of embezzlement, fraud or breach of fiduciary duty during Director’s employment
that contributed to an obligation to restate ALC’s financial statements (“Contributing
Misconduct”), Director shall be required to repay ALC, in cash and upon demand, the Option Proceeds
(as defined below) resulting from the sale or other disposition (including to ALC) of Shares issued
or issuable upon exercise of a Stock Option or SAR if the sale or disposition was effected during
the twelve-month period following the first public issuance or filing with the Securities and
Exchange Commission of the financial statements required to be restated. The term “Option
Proceeds” means, with respect to any sale or other disposition (including to ALC) of Shares issued
or issuable upon exercise of a Stock Option or SAR, an amount determined appropriate by the
Committee to reflect the effect of the restatement on ALC’s stock price, up to the amount equal to
the number of Shares sold or disposed of multiplied by the difference between the market value per
Share at the time of such sale or disposition and the exercise price. The return of Option
Proceeds is in addition to and separate from any other relief available to ALC due to the executive
officer’s Contributing Misconduct. Any determination by the Committee with respect to the
foregoing shall be final, conclusive and binding on all interested parties.
3. The Plan. This Award is made pursuant to the Plan, all the terms of which are hereby
incorporated in this Award Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Plan
and the terms of this Award Agreement, the terms of this Award Agreement shall govern;
provided, however, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, it is understood that the
provisions of Section 6(i)(vi)(D) of the Plan, including but not limited to the concept of
“negative discretion,” shall not be applicable to the Stock Options/SARs.
4. Exercise of the Stock Options.
a. Stock Options as to which the Director is vested, which have become exercisable, and which
have not terminated may be exercised by delivery to the Secretary of ALC of a written or electronic
notice, complying with the applicable procedures established by the Committee or ALC, stating the
number of whole Shares to be purchased pursuant to this Award Agreement and the date on which the
Director wants to exercise the Stock Option and accompanied by payment of the full purchase price
of the Shares to be purchased.
b. The full purchase price of the Stock Option (the Exercise Price multiplied by the number of
Stock Options exercised) shall be paid in cash, by wire transfer, or by certified check or bank
draft payable to the order of ALC, by exchange of Shares of unrestricted Common Stock of ALC
already owned by the Director and having an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to the
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full purchase price, or by any other procedure approved by the Committee, or by a combination
of the foregoing.
5. Exercise of Stock Appreciation Rights. SARs as to which the Director is vested, which
have become exercisable, and which have not terminated may be exercised by delivery to the
Secretary of ALC of a written or electronic notice, complying with the applicable procedures
established by the Committee or ALC, stating the whole number of SARs that are thereby exercised.
Upon exercise, ALC shall deliver to Director or Director’s legal representative, at the absolute
discretion of the Committee, either (i) the number of Shares (rounded down to the nearest whole
Share) (the “Number of Equivalent Shares”) equal to (x) (A) the excess, if any, of the Fair Market
Value per Share on the exercise date over the Exercise Price per Share of the SAR, multiplied by
(B) the number of SARs being exercised pursuant to such notice, divided by (y) the Fair Market
Value per Share on the exercise date, (ii) cash equal to the Fair Market Value per Share on the
exercise date multiplied by the Number of Equivalent Shares, or (iii) any combination of cash and
Shares with an aggregate value equal to the Fair Market Value per Share on the exercise date
multiplied by the Number of Equivalent Shares.
6. Expiration of Stock Options/SARs. Unless the Committee determines otherwise and except
as otherwise provided in Section 7, unexercised Options/SARs expire (i) automatically on the date
of your Termination of Service for Cause (as determined according to Section 7(e) hereof) or (ii)
90 days after the effective date of your Termination of Service for any reason other than Cause;
provided that any portion of the Stock Options/SARs that is not vested as of such effective
date ceases vesting and terminates immediately; and provided further that all Options/SARs
will automatically expire on the fifth anniversary of this Award Agreement.
7. Termination of Service.
a. If the Director incurs a Termination of Service due to Disability, the Stock Options/SARs,
to the extent outstanding at the time of such Termination of Service, shall become immediately
vested and fully exercisable and may be exercised by the Director at any time prior to the first to
occur of (i) one year after such Termination of Service or (ii) the expiration date of the Stock
Options/SARs, and shall thereafter expire.
b. If the Director incurs a Termination of Service due to death, the Stock Options/SARs, to
the extent outstanding at the time of such Termination of Service, shall become immediately vested
and fully exercisable and may be exercised by the Director’s estate or by a person who acquired the
right to exercise such Stock Options/SARs by bequest or inheritance or otherwise by reason of the
death of the Director at any time prior to the first to occur of (i) one year after such
Termination of Service or (ii) the expiration date of the Stock Options/SARs, and shall thereafter
expire.
c. If the Director incurs a Termination of Service due to retirement at or after age 65, the
portion of the Stock Options/SARs, if any, which is exercisable at the time of such Termination of
Service may be exercised at any time prior to the first to occur of (i) three years after such
Termination of Service or (ii) the expiration date of the Stock Options/SARs, and shall thereafter
expire. Any portion of the Stock Options/SARs that is not exercisable at the time of such
Termination of Service due to retirement at or after age 65 shall expire as of such Termination of
Service.
d. If the Director incurs a voluntary Termination of Service by the Director (other than
retirement at or after age 65), the portion of the Stock Options/SARs, if any, which is
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exercisable at the time of such Termination of Service may be exercised at any time prior to
the first to occur of (i) 30 days after such Termination of Service or (ii) the expiration date of
the Stock Options/SARs, and shall thereafter expire. Any portion of the Stock Option/SAR that is
not exercisable at the time of such Termination of Service shall expire as of such Termination of
Service.
e. If the Director incurs a Termination of Service without Cause by ALC shareholders or by
ALC, the portion of the Stock Options/SARs, if any, which is exercisable at the time of such
Termination of Service may be exercised at any time prior to the first to occur of (i) 90 days
after such Termination of Service or (ii) the expiration date of the Stock Option/SAR, and shall
thereafter expire. Any portion of the Stock Options/SARs that is not exercisable at the time of
such Termination of Service shall expire as of such Termination of Service. For purposes of this
Award Agreement, Cause means, unless otherwise provided by the Committee, (A) conviction of
Director for committing a felony under federal law or the law of the state in which such action
occurred, (B) dishonesty in the course of fulfilling Director’s employment duties, (C) willful and
deliberate failure on the part of Director to perform his or her employment duties in any material
respect, or (D) prior to a Change in Control, such other events as shall be determined by the
Committee. The Committee shall have the sole discretion to determine whether “Cause” exists, and
its determination shall be final.
8. Voting Rights; Dividend Equivalents. Prior to the date on which your rights with
respect to Options/SARs have become vested and you exercise such Options/SARs, you shall not be
entitled to exercise any voting rights with respect to such Options/SARs or any Shares with respect
thereto, and shall not be entitled to receive dividends or other distributions with respect
thereto.
9. Non-Transferability of Options/SARs. Unless otherwise provided by the Committee in its
discretion, Options/SARs may not be sold, assigned, alienated, transferred, pledged, attached or
otherwise encumbered except as provided in Section 9(a) of the Plan. Any purported sale,
assignment, alienation, transfer, pledge, attachment or other encumbrance of Options/SARs in
violation of the provisions of this Section 9 and Section 9(a) of the Plan shall be void.
10. Adjustment in the Event of Change in Stock. In the event of any change in corporate
capitalization (including, but not limited to, a change in the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding), such as a stock split or a corporate transaction, such as any merger, consolidation,
separation, including a spin-off, or other distribution of stock or property of ALC, any
reorganization (whether or not such reorganization comes within the definition of such term in
Section 368 of the Code), or any partial or complete liquidation of ALC, the number and kind of
shares subject to the Stock Option/SAR and/or the exercise price per share shall be adjusted by the
Board or Committee as the Board or Committee may determine to be appropriate in its sole
discretion; provided, however, that the number of shares subject to the Stock Options/SARs shall
always be a whole number. The determination of the Board or Committee regarding any adjustment
will be final and conclusive.
11. Payment of Transfer Taxes, Fees and Other Expenses. ALC agrees to pay any and all
original issue taxes and stock transfer taxes that may be imposed on the issuance of Shares
acquired pursuant to exercise of the Stock Options/SARs, together with any and all other fees and
expenses necessarily incurred by ALC in connection therewith.
12. Other Restrictions on Exercisability. The exercise of the Stock Options/SARs and the
delivery of share certificates upon such exercise shall be subject to the requirement that, if at
any
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time the Committee shall determine that (a) the listing, registration or qualification of the
shares of Common Stock subject or related thereto upon any securities exchange or under any state
or federal law or (b) the consent or approval of any government regulatory body is, in the case or
(a) or (b), necessary or desirable as a condition of, or in connection with, such exercise or the
delivery or purchase of shares pursuant thereto, then in any such event such exercise shall not be
effective unless such listing, registration, qualification, consent, or approval shall have been
effected or obtained free of any conditions not acceptable to the Committee.
13. Taxes and Withholdings. No later than the date of exercise of the Stock Options/SARs
granted hereunder, the Director shall pay to ALC or make arrangements satisfactory to the Committee
regarding payment of any federal, state and local taxes, and any non-U.S. taxes applicable to the
Director, of any kind required by law to be withheld upon the exercise of such Stock Options/SARs.
In the event that there is withholding tax liability in connection with the exercise of
Options/SARs, you may satisfy, in whole or in part, any withholding tax liability by having ALC
withhold from the number of Shares you would be entitled to receive pursuant to the exercise of the
Options/SARs, a number of Shares having a Fair Market Value equal to such withholding tax
liability. ALC shall, to the extent permitted or required by law, have the right to deduct from
any payment of any kind otherwise due to the Director federal, state, local and applicable non-U.S.
taxes of any kind required by law to be withheld upon the exercise of such Stock Options/SARs.
14. Consents and Legends.
a. Consents. Your rights in respect of the Options/SARs that are subject to this
Award are conditioned on the receipt to the full satisfaction of the Committee of any required
consents that the Committee may reasonably determine to be necessary or advisable (including,
without limitation, your consenting to ALC’s supplying to any third-party record keeper of the Plan
such personal information as ALC or the Committee deems advisable to administer the Plan).
b. Legends. ALC may affix to certificates for Shares issued pursuant to this Award
Agreement any legend that ALC or the Committee determines to be necessary or advisable (including
to reflect any restrictions to which you may be subject under any applicable securities laws). ALC
may advise the transfer agent to place a stop order against any legended Shares.
15. Successors and Assigns of ALC. The terms and conditions of this Award Agreement shall
be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of ALC and its successors and assigns.
16. Committee Discretion. The Committee shall have full and plenary discretion with
respect to any actions to be taken or determinations to be made in connection with this Award
Agreement, and its determinations shall be final, binding and conclusive.
17. Dispute Resolution.
a. Jurisdiction and Venue. You and ALC irrevocably submit to the exclusive
jurisdiction of (i) the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin and (ii)
the courts of the State of Wisconsin for the purposes of any suit, action or other proceeding
arising out of this Award Agreement or the Plan. You and ALC agree to commence any such action,
suit or proceeding either in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
or, if such suit, action or other proceeding may not be brought in such court for jurisdictional
reasons, in the courts of the State of Wisconsin. You and ALC further agree that service of any
process,
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summons, notice or document by U.S. registered mail to the other party’s address set forth below
shall be effective service of process for any action, suit or proceeding in Wisconsin with respect
to any matters to which you have submitted to jurisdiction in this Section 17(a). You and ALC
irrevocably and unconditionally waive any objection to the laying of venue of any action, suit or
proceeding arising out of this Award Agreement or the Plan in (A) the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Wisconsin or (B) the courts of the State of Wisconsin, and hereby and
thereby further irrevocably and unconditionally waive and agree not to plead or claim in any such
court that any such action, suit or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an
inconvenient forum.
b. Waiver of Jury Trial. You and ALC hereby waive, to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law, any right either of you may have to a trial by jury in respect to any litigation
directly or indirectly arising out of, under or in connection with this Award Agreement or the
Plan.
c. Confidentiality. You hereby agree to keep confidential the existence of, and any
information concerning, a dispute described in this Section 17, except that you may disclose
information concerning such dispute to the court that is considering such dispute or to your legal
counsel or other advisors (provided that such counsel or other advisors agree not to disclose any
such information other than as necessary to the prosecution or defense of the dispute).
18. Notice. All notices, requests, demands and other communications required or permitted
to be given under the terms of this Award Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have
been duly given when delivered by hand or overnight courier or three Business Days after they have
been mailed by U.S. registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed to the
other party as set forth below:
| If to ALC: | Assisted Living Concepts, Inc. | |||
| X000 X0000 Xxxxx Xxxx | ||||
| Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, XX 00000 | ||||
| Attention: Corporate Secretary | ||||
| If to Director: |
The parties may change the address to which notices under this Award Agreement shall be sent
by providing written notice to the other in the manner specified above.
19. Headings. Headings are given to the Sections and subsections of this Award Agreement
solely as a convenience to facilitate reference. Such headings shall not be deemed in any way
material or relevant to the construction or interpretation of this Award Agreement or any provision
thereof.
20. Amendment of this Award Agreement. The Committee may waive any conditions or rights
under, amend any terms of, or alter, suspend, discontinue, cancel or terminate this Award Agreement
prospectively or retroactively; provided, however, that any such waiver, amendment,
alteration, suspension, discontinuance, cancellation or termination that would materially and
adversely impair your rights under this Award Agreement shall not to that extent be effective
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without your consent (it being understood, notwithstanding the foregoing proviso, that this Award
Agreement and the Options/SARs shall be subject to the provisions of Section 7(c) of the Plan).
21. Counterparts. This Award Agreement may be signed in counterparts, each of which shall
be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same
instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have duly executed this Award Agreement as of the date first
written above.
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