WILLBROS GROUP, INC. LONG-TERM INCENTIVE AWARD AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.2
WILLBROS GROUP, INC.
LONG-TERM INCENTIVE AWARD AGREEMENT
_________ _______________ 201___
Dear
_____:
1. Long-Term Incentive Award.
(a) Willbros Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), hereby grants to you
a long-term incentive award, hereinafter referred to as the “Award.” The minimum Award is
zero and the target award is $_____
(the “Target Award”). The amount that will be paid
in respect of this Award shall be calculated in accordance with the performance criteria set
forth below.
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percent (_____%) of the Target Award ($_____) (the “TSR Target
Award”), will become payable based on the Company’s achievement of the Target Performance
Goal (as defined below) with respect to the TSR component of the performance measures, as
otherwise set forth herein and more fully described below.
_____
percent (_____%) of the
Target Award ($_____) (the “HSE Target Award”), will become payable based on the
Company’s achievement of the Target Performance Goal (as defined below) with respect to the
HSE component of the performance measures, as otherwise set forth herein and more fully
described below.
_____
percent (_____%) of the Target Award ($_____) (the “Personal
Target Award”) will become payable based on your achievement of the Target Performance Goal
(as defined below) with respect to each of the three Personal components of the performance
measures, as otherwise set forth herein and more fully described below. Subject to
potential reduction as set forth in Section 5(a) below, this Award entitles you to receive
up to $_____ in cash (the “Maximum Award”), or the equivalent thereof in shares of
Common Stock, par value $.05 per share, of the Company (“Shares”), or any combination of
cash and Shares as determined by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the
Company (the “Committee”), at such time as the restrictions described in Section 4(b) lapse
as described in Section 5 if the Maximum Performance Goal (as defined below) established by
the Committee for each of the respective TSR, HSE and Personal performance measures are
achieved. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, except as provided in Section 5(c)
below, your Award shall be forfeited (whether vested or unvested) and no Shares shall be
issued or cash paid under this Award Agreement (as defined below), if the Committee does not
certify in writing that the Company has achieved a performance goal pursuant to Section 5
below. Restrictions on the Award shall lapse and become non-forfeitable in accordance with
Sections 4 and 5 below.
(b) This Award is subject to your acceptance of and agreement to all of the applicable
terms, conditions, and restrictions described in the Company’s 2010 Stock and Incentive
Compensation Plan (the “Plan”), a copy of which, along with
the Prospectus for the Plan, are attached hereto, and to your acceptance of and
agreement to the further terms, conditions, and restrictions described in this Long-Term
Incentive Award Agreement (this “Award Agreement”). To the extent that any provision of
this Award Agreement conflicts with the expressly applicable terms of the Plan, it is hereby
acknowledged and agreed that those terms of the Plan shall control and, if necessary, the
applicable provisions of this Award Agreement shall be hereby deemed amended so as to carry
out the purpose and intent of the Plan; provided, however, no provision of the Plan shall
control or amend this Award Agreement in any manner which would cause this Award Agreement
to fail to satisfy the short-term deferral exception under Code Section 409A. This Award
Agreement is further subject to the Employment Agreement dated September 20, 2010 between
you and Willbros United States Holdings, Inc. (the “Employment Agreement”). To the extent
that any provision of this Award Agreement or the Plan conflicts with the expressly
applicable terms of your Employment Agreement, it is hereby acknowledged and agreed that
those terms of your Employment Agreement shall control and, if necessary, the applicable
provisions of this Award Agreement shall be hereby deemed amended so as to carry out the
purpose and intent of your Employment Agreement; provided, however, no provision of your
Employment Agreement shall control or amend this Award Agreement in any manner which would
cause this Award Agreement to fail to satisfy the short-term deferral exception under Code
Section 409A.
2. Delivery of Shares and/or Cash. The Company shall pay any cash you become
entitled to receive hereunder and, to the extent that any portion of the Award is payable in
Shares, the Company shall register and issue a certificate(s) for the Shares you become entitled to
receive hereunder in your name or deliver evidence of book entry Shares on the date on which the
restrictions described in Section 4(b) lapse as described in Section 5. Any certificates for
Shares delivered to you pursuant to this Award Agreement shall be subject to such stop transfer
orders and other restrictions as the Committee may deem necessary or advisable under the Plan and
the rules, regulations and other requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, any stock
exchange upon which such Shares are then listed, and any applicable foreign, federal or state
securities laws.
3. Stockholder Rights Prior to Issuance of Shares. Neither you nor any of your
beneficiaries shall be deemed to have any voting rights, rights to receive any dividends, dividend
equivalents or other rights as a stockholder of the Company with respect to any Shares which may be
covered by this Award until the date of issuance by the Company of a certificate to you for such
Shares or the date of delivery of evidence of book entry Shares.
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4. Restrictions.
(a) Your right to receive the Award shall be subject to the restrictions set forth in
subsections (b) and (c) of this Section until such restrictions lapse pursuant to the terms
of Section 5, and your Award shall be redeemed for the applicable cash and/or Shares or
otherwise forfeited to the Company.
(b) In the event of your “Termination” (as defined in your Employment Agreement) prior
to January 1, 20_____, other than a Termination that occurs as a result of an event described
in subsections (1) through (5) of Section 5(c), all of your Award shall be forfeited to the
Company and all of your rights to receive any cash or Shares in the future pursuant to the
Award shall automatically terminate without any payment of consideration by the Company.
(c) You may not sell, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of the Award or any rights
under this Award Agreement. You may not pledge, alienate, attach or otherwise encumber this
Award or any rights under this Award Agreement, and any purported pledge, alienation,
attachment or encumbrance thereof shall be void and unenforceable against the Company.
5. Achievement of Performance Goals; Lapse of Restrictions.
(a) The Committee shall (i) determine whether the Company has achieved any of the
performance goals for the period beginning January 1, 20_____ and ending December 31, 20_____
(the
“Performance Period”), which determination shall be made on an objective and
non-discretionary basis by the Committee based on the Company’s audited financial statements
and (ii) certify in writing as to whether and at what level each performance goal has been
attained on or before March 10, 20_____
(the “Certification Date”). If you remain employed by
the Company on the Certification Date and the Committee determines and certifies in writing
that the Company has achieved a performance goal for the Performance Period as described in
Section 6, that portion of the Award determined under Section 6 hereof will be deemed to
have been earned (“Earned Award”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the actual amount of the
Award that is determined to be the Earned Award based on the Committee’s certification of
the achievement of performance goals for the Performance Period may be reduced by the
Committee in its sole and absolute discretion if the Committee determines that the funding
pool for this and any other performance-based long-term incentive awards should not be fully
funded in light of any failure by the Company to achieve any targets for operating income
for the Performance Period that the Committee may establish, in its discretion.
(b) The restrictions described in Section 4(b) shall lapse with respect to one-third of
the Earned Award on March 15, 20_____, another one-third of the Earned Award on March 15, 20_____,
and the remainder of the Earned Award on March 15, 20_. Upon the lapse of such restrictions
with respect to any portion of the Earned Award, the Company will pay you cash and/or issue
you a certificate or provide evidence of book entry Shares as set forth in Section 2 in
redemption of such Award.
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(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (b) of this Section 5, the
restrictions described in Section 4(b) shall lapse as described below at the time of the
occurrence of any of the following events or as otherwise set forth in this Section 5(c):
(1) The restrictions described in Section 4(b) shall lapse with respect to the
Earned Award at the time of the occurrence of your death;
(2) The restrictions described in Section 4(b) shall lapse with respect to the
Earned Award at the time of your Termination as a result of your “Disability” (as
defined in your Employment Agreement). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the
Certification Date has not occurred prior to the time of your Termination as a
result of your Disability, the restrictions described in Section 4(b) shall lapse
with respect to the Earned Award on the Certification Date. If your Termination as
a result of your Disability occurs on a date which is prior to the end of the
Performance Period, the restrictions described in Section 4(b) shall lapse on the
Certification Date with respect to an amount equal to the Earned Award multiplied by
a fraction, the numerator of which shall equal the number of fully and partially
completed months of service during the Performance Period and the denominator of
which shall equal 12;
(3) The restrictions described in Section 4(b) shall lapse with respect to the
Earned Award at the time of your Termination, but only if such Termination is the
result of a dismissal or other action by the Company or any of its Affiliates and
does not constitute a Termination for “Cause” (as defined in your Employment
Agreement). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Certification Date has not
occurred prior to the time of your Termination that does not constitute a
Termination for Cause, the restrictions described in Section 4(b) shall lapse with
respect to the Earned Award on the Certification Date. If your Termination as a
result of a dismissal or other action by the Company that does not constitute a
Termination for Cause occurs on a date which is prior to the end of the Performance
Period, the restrictions described in Section 4(b) shall lapse on the Certification
Date with respect to an amount equal to the Earned Award multiplied by a fraction,
the numerator of which shall equal the number of fully and partially completed
months of service during the Performance Period and the denominator of which shall
equal 12;
(4) The restrictions described in Section 4(b) shall lapse with respect to the
Earned Award at the time of your Termination, but only if such Termination is the
result of your resignation for “Good Reason” (as defined in your Employment
Agreement). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Certification Date has not
occurred prior to the time of your resignation for Good Reason, the restrictions
described in Section 4(b) shall lapse with respect to the Earned Award on the
Certification Date. If you resign for Good Reason on a date which is prior to the
end of the Performance Period, the restrictions described in Section 4(b) shall
lapse on the Certification Date with respect to an amount equal to the Earned Award
multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which shall equal the number of fully and
partially completed months of service during the Performance Period and the
denominator of which shall equal 12; or
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(5) The restrictions described in Section 4(b) shall lapse with respect to the
Earned Award at the time of your “Change-in-Control-Related-Termination” (as defined
in your Employment Agreement). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Certification
Date has not occurred prior to the time of your
Change-in-Control-Related-Termination, the restrictions described in Section 4(b)
shall lapse with respect to the Earned Award on the Certification Date. If your
Change-in-Control-Related-Termination occurs on a date which is prior to the end of
the Performance Period, the restrictions described in Section 4(b) shall lapse on
the Certification Date with respect to an amount equal to the Earned Award
multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which shall equal the number of fully and
partially completed months of service during the Performance Period and the
denominator of which shall equal 12.
Upon the lapse of the restrictions described in Section 4(b), the Company will issue you a
certificate or provide evidence of book entry Shares as provided in Section 2 in redemption of that
portion of the Award which is payable in Shares.
6. Performance Metrics and Goals.
(a)
_____
percent (_____%) of the Target Award shall be subject to achievement by the
Company as of the last trading day prior to the end of the Performance Period of the TSR
Target Performance Goal, as defined and calculated in accordance with Section 13 hereof,
according to the following table:
| Percentage of | ||||||||
| Payout for TSR Performance | TSR Target | |||||||
| Peer Group Ranking | Goal | Earned | ||||||
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The Company’s ranking relative to members of the Peer Group (as defined below) will be
determined by listing the Company and members of the Peer Group from highest to lowest TSR
achieved by the respective company and counting down from the company with the highest TSR
to the Company’s position within such list.
(b)
_____
percent (_____%) of the Target Award shall be subject to achievement by the
Company, as of the end of the Performance Period, of the HSE Target Performance Goal,
according to the following table:
| Payout for HSE | Percentage of | |||||||||||
| HSE Performance | Performance | HSE Target | ||||||||||
| Goal | TRIR | Goal | Award Earned | |||||||||
Threshold Goal |
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Target Goal |
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Maximum Goal |
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If the Committee determines and certifies the Company’s achievement of an HSE performance
level between performance goals, the portion of the Award that will be the Earned Award will
be determined by linear interpolation.
(c) Vesting and payment of
_____
percent (_____%) of the Target Award shall be subject to
achievement by the Company, as of the end of the Performance Period, of the following
Personal Target Performance Goal, according to the following table:
| Payout for | Percentage of | |||||||||||
| Personal | Personal | Personal | ||||||||||
| Performance Goal | Adjusted Operating | Performance | Target Award | |||||||||
| (A) | Margin | Goal A | Vesting | |||||||||
Threshold Goal |
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Target Goal |
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Maximum Goal |
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If the Committee determines and certifies the Company’s achievement of Personal Performance
Goal (A) at a performance level between performance goals, the portion of the Award that
will be the Earned Award will be determined by linear interpolation.
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(d) Vesting and payment of
_____
percent (_____%) of the Target Award shall be subject to
achievement by the Company, as of the end of the Performance
Period, of the following Personal Target Performance Goal, according to the following
table:
| Payout for | Percentage of | |||||||||||
| Personal | Personal | Personal | ||||||||||
| Performance Goal | Performance | Target Award | ||||||||||
| (B) | Total Leverage Ratio | Goal B | Earned | |||||||||
Threshold Goal |
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Target Goal |
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Maximum Goal |
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If the Committee determines and certifies the Company’s achievement of Personal Performance
Goal (B) at a performance level between performance goals, the portion of the Award that
will be the Earned Award will be determined by linear interpolation.
(e) Vesting and payment of the remaining
_____
percent (_____%) of the Target Award shall
be subject to your achievement, as of the end of the Performance Period, of the Personal
leadership measures established for you by the Committee. The Committee has approved and
provided you with a set of Personal leadership measures for the Performance Period. On or
before the Certification Date, the Committee will evaluate your performance in relation to
the Personal leadership measures, certify your performance in relation to these measures and
determine the amount you have earned with respect to the Personal leadership measures, which
amount may range from $0 to $_____, and for which $_____ will be deemed to constitute
the threshold award, $_____
will be deemed to constitute the Target Award and $_____
will be deemed to constitute the Maximum Award.
7. Method of Payment of Earned Award.
In connection with its determination as to which portion of the Award constitutes the Earned
Award, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, determine that all or a portion of such Earned
Award will be paid in the form of Shares rather than Cash (“Share Settled Award”). No later than
March 12, 20_____, the Committee shall provide you with a letter specifying the total amount of the
Earned Award and the portion of Earned Award that will be paid in the form of Shares. The number
of Shares payable to you hereunder shall be equal to the dollar amount of the Award designated as
the Share Settled Award divided by the closing price of the Shares on the New York Stock Exchange
on the Certification Date.
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8. Agreement With Respect to Taxes; Share Withholding.
(a) You agree that (1) you will pay to the Company or an Affiliate, as the case may be,
or make arrangements satisfactory to the Company or such Affiliate regarding the payment of,
any foreign, federal, state, or local taxes of any kind required by law to be withheld by
the Company or any of its Affiliates with respect to the Award or the payment of cash or
issuance of any Shares to you, and (2) the Company or any of its Affiliates shall, to the
extent permitted by law, have the right to deduct from any payments of any kind otherwise
due to you any foreign, federal, state, or local taxes of any kind required by law to be
withheld with respect to the granting of the Award, cash paid or Shares issued.
(b) With respect to withholding required upon the lapse of restrictions or upon any
other taxable event arising as a result of the granting of the Award, the delivery of cash
or the issuance of Shares to you, you may elect, subject to the approval of the Committee,
to satisfy the withholding requirement, in whole or in part, by having the Company withhold
Shares having a Fair Market Value (as defined in the Plan) on the date the tax is to be
determined equal to the minimum statutory total tax which could be withheld on the
transaction. All such elections shall be irrevocable, made in writing, signed by you, and
shall be subject to any restrictions or limitations that such Committee, in its sole
discretion, deems appropriate.
9. Adjustment of Shares. The number of Shares which comprise any Share Settled Award
under this Award Agreement shall be adjusted as provided in Section 4.2 of the Plan.
10. Agreement With Respect to Securities Matters. You agree that you will not sell
or otherwise transfer any Shares received pursuant to this Award Agreement except pursuant to an
effective registration statement under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or pursuant to
an applicable exemption from such registration. Unless a registration statement relating to the
Shares issuable upon the lapse of the restrictions on the Award pursuant to this Award Agreement is
in effect at the time of issuance of such Shares, any certificate(s) representing the Shares shall
contain the following legend:
The securities evidenced by this certificate have not been registered under
the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 or any other securities laws. These
securities have been acquired for investment and may not be sold or
transferred for value in the absence of an effective registration of them
under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 and any other applicable securities
laws, or receipt by the Company of an opinion of counsel or other evidence
acceptable to the Company that such sale or transfer is exempt from
registration under such acts and laws.
11. Transfer Taxes. The Company shall pay all original issue and transfer taxes with
respect to the issue and transfer of any Shares issued to you pursuant to this Award Agreement and
all other fees and expenses necessarily incurred by it in connection therewith.
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12. Forfeiture and Clawback.
(a) You agree that in the event you materially breach the non-competition covenants set
forth in Section 5.2 of your Employment Agreement, all of your Earned Award for which the
restrictions have not previously lapsed in accordance with Section 5 and your rights with
respect to such Earned Award may be forfeited in accordance with Section 5.3 of your
Employment Agreement.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, your Employment Agreement or this
Award Agreement to the contrary, you acknowledge that any incentive-based compensation paid
to you hereunder may be subject to recovery by the Company under any clawback policy which
the Company may adopt from time to time, including without limitation any policy which the
Company may be required to adopt under Section 954 of the Xxxx-Xxxxx Xxxx Street Reform and
Consumer Protection Act and the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission thereunder or the requirements of any national securities exchange on which the
Company’s Common Stock may be listed. You agree to promptly return any such incentive-based
compensation which the Company determines it is required to recover from you under any such
clawback policy.
13. Certain Definitions. As used in this Award Agreement, the following terms shall
have the respective meanings indicated:
(a) “Adjusted Operating Income” means the Company’s Operating Income from consolidated
continuing operations, increased or decreased by the removal of the financial effects of the
following:
| • | undetermined non-cash items excluded from the 20_____
base case budget; |
| • | settlements of disputes or claims that result in a charge or gain to the
20_____
base case budget; |
| • | non-recurring charges; and |
| • | long-term incentive and annual cash bonus expenses associated with your
employment contract and certain InfrastruX legacy employment contracts with
bonus computations differing from the Company’s 20_____
Management Incentive
Compensation Plan. |
(b) “Adjusted Operating Income Margin” means Adjusted Operating Income divided by
consolidated revenue and expressed as a percentage.
(c) “Beginning Stock Value” means $100, invested in common stock at the average of the
closing prices on the principal stock exchange on which such
shares are traded for each of the last 20 trading days immediately prior to the first
day of the Performance Period.
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(d) “Change in Stock Value” means, the Ending Stock Value minus the Beginning Stock
Value.
(e) “Ending Stock Value” means the average of the closing prices on the principal stock
exchange on which such shares are traded, of one share of common stock for each of the last
20 trading days of the Performance Period, multiplied by the sum of the number of shares
represented by the Beginning Stock Value initial $100 investment plus such additional shares
resulting from all dividends paid on common stock during the Performance Period being
treated as though they are reinvested on the applicable ex-dividend dates at the applicable
closing prices on such dates.
(f) “Maximum Performance Goal” means, with respect to any performance goal, the
performance level that the Company must achieve in order for two hundred percent (200%) of
the Target Award to be earned.
(g) “Operating Income” means the Company’s consolidated earnings before deduction of
interest expense (including non-cash amortization of original issue discount and financing
costs), income taxes and any unusual or non-operating items, including interest income and
gains or losses on disposition of assets.
(h) “Peer Group” means
_____. A
company that ceases to be publicly traded at any time prior to the end of the Performance
Period shall cease to qualify as a member of the Peer Group.
(i) “Target Performance Goal” means, with respect to any performance goal, the
performance level that the Company must achieve in order for one hundred percent (100%) of
the Target Award to be earned.
(j) “Threshold Performance Goal” means, with respect to any performance goal, the
minimum performance level that the Company must achieve in order for any portion of the
Target Award to be earned.
(k) “Total Leverage Ratio” means the Company’s “Total Leverage Ratio,” as such term is
defined in the Credit Agreement dated June 30, 2010 among Willbros United States Holdings,
Inc., as borrower, the Company and certain subsidiaries thereof, as guarantors, the lenders
from time to time party thereto and Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, as
administrative agent, collateral agent and issuing bank.
(l) “TRIR” means the Total Recordable Incidents per 200,000 man hours worked (as
defined by the United States Department of Labor’s Occupational Health and Safety
Administration) during the Performance Period.
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(m) “TSR” for the Company or any member of the Peer Group for the Performance Period
means the percentage (to the third decimal place) derived from a fraction the numerator of
which is the Change in Stock Value, and the denominator of which is the Beginning Stock
Value. Shares used in determining TSR shall be appropriately adjusted for stock splits and
stock dividends during the Performance Period.
14. Short-term Deferral Exception. The parties intend that this Award Agreement and
each payment upon the lapse of restrictions on the Earned Award will meet all requirements of the
short-term deferral exception to Code Section 409A. To the fullest extent possible, therefore, the
Plan shall be construed and administered so that each payment under the Plan is made in a time,
form and manner that results in the payment being excepted from Section 409A. The short-term
deferral exception shall be applied separately to each payment required under this Award Agreement.
15. Designation of Beneficiary. Your beneficiary for receipt of any payment made
under this Award Agreement in the event of your death shall be the person(s) designated as your
beneficiary(ies) for life insurance benefits under the Company’s life insurance benefits plan
unless you designate a different beneficiary on a form prescribed by the Company. If no
beneficiary is designated, upon your death, payment shall be made to your estate.
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If you accept this Award and agree to the foregoing terms and conditions, please so confirm by
signing and returning the duplicate copy of this Award Agreement enclosed for that purpose.
| WILLBROS GROUP, INC. | ||||||||
| By: | ||||||||
| Name: | ||||||||
| Title: | ||||||||
The foregoing Award is accepted by me as of the
_____
day of
_____, 201_____, and I
hereby agree to the terms, conditions, and restrictions set forth above and in the Plan.
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