Exhibit 10.55
PANAMERICAN BEVERAGES, INC.
RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT is made as of November 10, 2000 (the "Grant Date")
between Panamerican Beverages, Inc., a Panamanian corporation (together with
its successors and assigns, the "Company") and Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx (the
"Executive").
RECITALS
A. The Executive and the Company (together, the "Parties") have
entered into an employment agreement dated as of October 6, 2000 (the
"Employment Agreement").
B. In order to give the Executive an opportunity to acquire an
equity interest in the Company, and an incentive to provide services to the
Company, the Company has agreed to grant to the Executive shares of the
Company's Class A Common Stock par value $0.01 (the "Common Stock") according
to the terms and conditions hereof.
In consideration of the mutual covenants and representations herein
set forth, the Parties agree as follows:
1. GRANT OF STOCK.
(a) Restricted Stock. The Company hereby grants to the
Executive, as of the Grant Date and in consideration of his agreement to
provide services to the Company, an aggregate of 300,000 shares of the Common
Stock that are fully registered or qualified, for sale and resale, under all
applicable Federal and state securities laws and that are listed for trading
on the New York Stock Exchange (the "Shares"). The Executive shall be the
record and beneficial owner of all of such Shares from and following the Grant
Date, subject only to the provisions of Section 2 and 3 (relating to vesting
and forfeiture), Sections 4 and 5 (relating to transfers and releases) and
Section 6 (relating to tax withholding).
(b) Employment Agreement and Defined Terms. This grant of
restricted stock is made pursuant to the Employment Agreement. Capitalized
terms not otherwise defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings ascribed
to them in the Employment Agreement. In the event of any inconsistency between
the terms of this Agreement and the terms of the Employment Agreement, the
terms of this Agreement shall control.
2. VESTING OF RESTRICTED SHARES.
(a) In the event that the Share Price (as defined in Section
2(c)) equals or exceeds a target price of $19.25 ($5.00 above the Grant Date
price of $14.25) on or before November 10, 2002, then 100,000 of the Shares
shall immediately become "Vested" (that is, no longer subject to any risk of
forfeiture whatsoever). If the Share Price equals or exceeds a target price of
$24.25 ($10.00 above the Grant Date price of $14.25) on or before November 10,
2003, then 200,000 of the Shares shall immediately become Vested, provided
that such number of Shares shall be reduced to 100,000 if (and only if)
100,000 of the Shares have already become Vested pursuant to the preceding
sentence. In the event that the Share Price equals or exceeds a target price
of $29.25 ($15.00 above the Grant Date price of $14.25) on or before November
10, 2004, then all of the Shares that are not yet Vested shall immediately
become Vested.
(b) Any Shares that do not become Vested on or before November
10, 2004, shall be forfeited to the Company on such date.
(c) For purposes of this Agreement, "Share Price" shall mean
the average closing price (i.e., price at the close of regular trading) of the
Common Stock, over the 15 trading days immediately proceeding the date in
question, on the national securities exchange or national market system on
which the Common Stock is then principally traded, provided that "Share
Price", on a Change in Control, shall mean the price, immediately prior to
such Change in Control, of the Common Stock on the national securities
exchange or national market system on which the Common Stock is then
principally traded and provided, further, that, in either case, if the Common
Stock is not then listed or traded on any national securities exchange or
national market system, "Share Price" shall mean the fair market value of the
Common Stock as of the date in question determined without discount for lack
of liquidity, lack of control, minority status, contractual restrictions, or
similar factors.
(d) Upon the occurrence of any Change in Control after the
Grant Date, a pro rata portion (based on the Share Price attained) of the
Shares that would become Vested upon timely attainment of the next higher
price target (as set forth in Section 2(a)) not then previously attained shall
become Vested. (Accordingly, if a Change in Control occurs on or before
November 10, 2002 at a Share Price of $21.75, and no Shares have become Vested
prior to such Change in Control, then 100,000 of the Shares shall become
Vested because the Share Price exceeded $19.25 and an additional 50,000 of the
Shares (one half of 100,000 Shares) shall become Vested because the Share
Price was midway between $19.25 and $24.25. Similarly, if a Change in Control
occurs after November 10, 2002 and on or before November 10, 2003 at a Share
Price of $21.75 and no Shares have become Vested prior to such Change in
Control, then 150,000 of the Shares (three quarters of 200,000 Shares) shall
become Vested because the Share Price is three quarters of the way from $14.25
to $24.25.)
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3. Forfeiture of Unvested Shares Upon Certain Terminations of
Employment. Upon the occurance of (i) any termination of the Executive's
employment under the Employment Agreement for Cause (as defined in, and
determined in accordance with, the Employment Agreement) prior to the first
Change in Control that occurs after the Grant Date or (ii) any Voluntary
Termination prior to the earliest to occur of (x) the first Change in Control
that occurs after the Grant Date, (y) November 10, 2001 and (z) the
appointment of a new full-time Chief Executive Officer for the Company, any
Shares that have not become Vested on or before the Termination Date shall be
forfeited by the Executive. The Vesting of the Shares shall not otherwise be
affected by any termination of the Executive's employment under the Employment
Agreement and, in the event of any other termination of such employment, any
Shares that are not then Vested ("Unvested Shares") shall accordingly continue
to become Vested in accordance with Section 2 above.
4. Restrictions on Transfer.
(a) General Limitations. Except as otherwise provided in
Section 4(b), no interest in any Unvested Share may be sold, transferred,
assigned, encumbered, pledged or otherwise disposed of (whether by operation
of law or otherwise), and any attempt to do so shall be null and void. Any
Share that has become Vested may be freely transferred without contractual
restriction.
(b) Exempt Transfers. The first sentence of Section 4(a) shall
not apply to a transfer of an Unvested Share: gratuitously to any "family
member" of the Executive as the term "family member" is defined as of the
Grant Date in Section A(1)(a)(5) of the General Instructions to SEC Form S-8;
in any transfer described in clause (ii) of such Section; by will; or by the
laws of descent and distribution (any recipient of such a transfer being, upon
notice to the Company, a "Permitted Transferee"). Any Permitted Transferee
shall succeed to all of the rights and obligations of the Executive under this
Agreement with respect to the transferred Shares.
(c) No Transfer Except in Compliance with the Restrictions
Herein. The Company shall not be required (i) to transfer on its books any
Unvested Shares that shall have been sold or transferred in violation of any
of the provisions set forth in this Agreement, or (ii) to treat any person to
whom any Unvested Shares have been so transferred as the owner of such
Unvested Shares for any purpose, including the right to vote or to receive
dividends or other distributions.
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5. RELEASE OF SHARES.
(a) Certificates representing the Shares shall be held by the
Company, along with one or more stock powers executed by the Executive in
blank (which stock powers shall be used by the Company solely to effect the
forfeiture provisions of Section 2(b) and 3), until such Shares have become
Vested as set forth above. Upon any Shares becoming Vested (and subject to the
provisions of Section 6), one or more certificates representing the securities
that then constitute such Shares (less any securities that then constitute
such Shares that are used to satisfy Tax Obligations pursuant to Section 6),
together with any cash or property (other than securities) received in respect
of such Shares as provided in Section 5(b), and any associated stock powers,
shall promptly be delivered to the Executive (or Permitted Transferee, if
applicable). All securities delivered by the Company upon any Vesting of
Shares shall be (i) duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable, (ii) registered and qualified for sale, and for resale, under
all applicable state and Federal securities laws (e.g., on SEC Form S-3) to
the extent that other securities of the same class issued by the Company are
then so registered and qualified and (iii) listed or otherwise qualified for
trading on any nationally recognized securities exchange or securities market
on which securities of the same class issued by the Company are then listed or
qualified.
(b) Subject to the terms of this Agreement and beginning as of
the Grant Date, the Executive shall have all the rights of a stockholder of
the Company with respect to all of the Shares, including, without limitation,
the right to vote all such Shares and to receive dividends and other
distributions thereon (including, without limitation, any securities, cash or
other property issued or delivered in respect of, in exchange for, or on
conversion of, any such Shares in connection with any merger, consolidation,
combination, reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off, split-up, exchange of
securities, liquidation, dissolution, share split, share dividend, cash
dividend, or other transaction or event), provided, however, that any dividend
or other distribution made in respect of such Shares (x) shall be deemed to be
Shares received in substitution for, or in addition to and as part of, the
Shares in respect of which such dividend or other distribution is made and (y)
shall accordingly be subject to the same restrictions hereunder with respect
to Vesting, transfer, forfeiture, and delivery upon Vesting as such Shares are
subject.
6. TAX WITHHOLDING.
(a) The Company's obligation to deliver Vested Shares to the
Executive or any Permitted Transferee shall be subject to the satisfaction of
all applicable Federal, state and local income, excise and employment tax
withholding requirements (the "Tax Obligations"). The Executive may satisfy
any Tax Obligation (i) by delivery to the Company of cash, a wire transfer of
funds, or a check payable to the order of the Company in an amount equal to
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the tax obligations, (ii) by delivery to the Company of securities issued by
the Company and then owned by the Executive for at least six months having an
aggregate "Fair Market Value" (as defined in Section 6(c)) on the date of
delivery equal to the Tax Obligations, (iii) solely with respect to minimum
statutory tax withholding requirements, by authorizing the Company to withhold
securities issued by the Company that would otherwise be delivered to the
Executive, with such securities valued at their Fair Market Value on the date
of Vesting, (iv) through a full-recourse, interest-bearing promissory note in
favor of the Company on such terms and conditions as the Company may
reasonably establish or (v) in any other fashion that is reasonably acceptable
to the Company such as by any combination of (i) through (iv).
(b) Payment of any Tax Obligation by delivery of securities
issued by the Company may be effected by delivering one or more stock
certificates or by otherwise delivering securities to the Company's reasonable
satisfaction (including, without limitation, through an "attestation"
procedure that is reasonably acceptable to the Company), in each case
accompanied by such endorsements, stock powers, signature guarantees or other
documents or assurances as may reasonably be required by the Company. If a
certificate or certificates or other documentation representing securities in
excess of the amount required are delivered, a certificate (or other
satisfactory evidence of ownership) representing the excess number of
securities shall be returned by the Company.
(c) For purposes of this Agreement, "Fair Market Value",
when used in respect of a security as of a specified date, shall mean the
closing price of such security on the principal national securities exchange
or national market system on which such security is then traded, at the
conclusion of regular trading on the first trading day immediately preceding
the date in question, or, if there shall be no reported transaction on such
day, at the conclusion of regular trading on the next preceding trading day
for which a transaction was reported; provided that if such security is not
then listed or traded on any national securities exchange or national market
system, Fair Market Value of such security shall mean fair market value as of
the date in question determined without discount for lack of liquidity, lack
of control, minority status, contractual restrictions, and similar factors.
7. ADJUSTMENTS. In the event of the occurrence, on or after the
Grant Date, of any merger, consolidation, combination, reorganization,
recapitalization, spin-off, split-up, exchange of securities, liquidation,
dissolution, share split, share dividend, other distribution of securities or
other property in respect of Shares or other securities (other than ordinary
recurring cash dividends), or other change in corporate structure or
capitalization affecting the rights or value of the securities that then
constitute the Shares, appropriate adjustment(s) shall promptly be made in the
target prices set forth in Section 2(a), the definition of "Share Price" set
forth in Section 2(c), and other terms and conditions set forth in Section 2
and elsewhere in the Agreement, so as to
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avoid dilution or enlargement of the rights of the Executive or of the
economic opportunity and value represented by the Shares. If any transaction
or event occurs that may require an adjustment pursuant to this Section 7, the
Company shall promptly deliver to the Executive a notice that (a) describes in
reasonable detail (x) the substance of such transaction or event and (y) the
method by which the required adjustment (if any) was calculated or otherwise
determined (or the reasons why no adjustment was required) and (b) specifies
the adjustment (if any) made.
8. THE EXECUTIVE'S REPRESENTATIONS. In connection with the grant of
the Shares, the Executive represents and warrants to the Company the
following:
(a) The Executive is aware of the Company's business affairs
and financial condition and has acquired sufficient information about the
Company to reach an informed and knowledgeable decision to acquire the Shares.
(b) The Executive has been furnished with, and has had access
to, such information as he considers necessary or appropriate for deciding
whether to acquire the Shares, and has had an opportunity to ask questions and
receive answers from the Company regarding the terms and conditions of the
issuance of the Shares.
(c) The Executive has not relied on any statements or
representations of the Company or any of its agents concerning the Federal,
state, local or foreign tax consequences of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement (including, without limitation, the grant, Vesting and delivery
of the Shares) and acknowledges that the Company has not undertaken to
structure any aspect of such transactions so as to assure reduction or
elimination of the Executive's tax liabilities.
9. GENERAL PROVISIONS.
(a) Any claim or dispute arising out of or relating to this
Agreement shall be resolved by binding arbitration in accordance with Section
13 of the Employment Agreement.
(b) All notices and other communications relating to this
Agreement shall be given as provided in Section 14 of the Employment
Agreement.
(c) Each Party shall, subject to the satisfaction of such
reasonable conditions as such Party may reasonably establish, promptly take
any action that the other Party reasonably requests and that is necessary to
accomplish the purposes of this Agreement.
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(d) When a specified consequence (e.g., Vesting or forfeiture)
is required under this Agreement to occur on a specified day or date, the
Parties agree that such consequence shall be deemed to occur at 11:59 p.m.
(Miami time) on such day or date.
(e) Sections 9, 11(b), 12(a), 15(a), 15(b), 15(c), 15(d)
(second sentence only), 15(e), 15(g) and 15(h) of the Employment Agreement
shall be deemed incorporated herein in full, with references therein to the
"Agreement" being deemed to be references to this Agreement and references
therein to the "Executive" being deemed to be references to the Executive
(and/or Permitted Transferees, if applicable).
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have duly executed this Agreement as
of the day and year first set forth above.
PANAMERICAN BEVERAGES, INC. XXXXX X. XXXXXXXXX
By: _______________________________ _______________________________
(Signature)
Name:
Title:
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