EXHIBIT 10.21
AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Restricted Stock Agreement Under
Second Amended and Restated 1998 Stock Incentive Plan
This RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") is entered into as of
November 14, 2002 (the "Grant Date"), between Akamai Technologies, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and XXXXX XXXXXXXXX (the "Grantee").
RECITALS
1. The Company has adopted the Second Amended and Restated 1998
Stock Incentive Plan (the "Plan") that provides for the grant under certain
circumstances of shares (the "Shares") of common stock, par value $0.01, of the
Company (the "Common Stock").
2. In consideration of the grant of the Awarded Shares (as
defined below) and other benefits, Grantee is willing to tender for cancellation
certain previously-granted options to purchase Common Stock of the Company (the
"Tendered Options") and to abide by the obligations imposed on Grantee under
this Agreement.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual benefits hereinafter
provided, and each intending to be legally bound, the Company and Grantee hereby
agree as follows:
1. EFFECT OF THE PLAN. Grantee will abide by, and the Awarded
Shares granted to Grantee will be subject to, all of the provisions of the Plan
and of this Agreement, together with all rules and determinations from time to
time issued by the Company's Compensation Committee (the "Committee") and by the
Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board") pursuant to the Plan. The
Company hereby reserves the right to amend, modify, restate, supplement or
terminate the Plan without the consent of Grantee, so long as such amendment,
modification, restatement or supplement shall not materially reduce the rights
and benefits available to Grantee hereunder, and this Agreement shall be
subject, without further action by the Company or Grantee, to such amendment,
modification, restatement or supplement.
2. GRANT. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan and
this Agreement, the Company hereby grants and issues to Grantee 100,000 Shares
(the "Awarded Shares") in exchange for the Tendered Options. This Agreement
shall evidence Grantee's ownership of the Awarded Shares, and Grantee
acknowledges that he/she will not receive a stock certificate representing the
Awarded Shares. The Company or Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx & Co., Inc. (or such other broker
with which the Company has established a relationship) ("Schwab") shall retain
custody of the Awarded Shares until the Awarded Shares have vested in accordance
with Section 3 of this Agreement. Upon vesting of the Awarded Shares, the
Company shall instruct its transfer agent to deposit that portion of the Awarded
Shares which has vested (the "Vested Shares") into Grantee's existing stock
option account at Schwab (the "Account"), subject to payment (through sale of a
portion of the Vested Shares) of any applicable withholding taxes. The Awarded
Shares are being granted in consideration for cancellation of the Tendered
Options. No additional consideration is required to be paid by Grantee; however,
Grantee agrees that the Shares shall be subject to all of the terms and
conditions set forth in this Agreement and the Plan, including, but not limited
to, the forfeiture conditions set forth in Section 3.2 of this Agreement, the
restrictions on transfer
set forth in Section 3.4 of this Agreement and the payment of withholding taxes
as set forth in Section 5 of this Agreement.
3. AWARDED SHARES.
3.1 VESTING SCHEDULE; SERVICE REQUIREMENT. The Awarded
Shares shall vest if Grantee has been employed continuously from the Grant Date
to the applicable date that such portion of the Awarded Shares vests (each, the
"Vesting Date"). One hundred percent (100%) of the Awarded Shares will fully
vest two years after the Grant Date (November 14, 2004). Shares that have not
yet vested pursuant to this Agreement are referred to herein as "Unvested
Shares."
3.2 CONDITIONS OF FORFEITURE.
(a) If Grantee's employment with the Company is terminated for
gross misconduct or if Grantee voluntarily resigns from the Company, all
Unvested Shares shall, without further action of any kind by the Company, be
forfeited. If Grantee's employment with the Company is terminated for any reason
other than termination for gross misconduct or voluntary resignation, all of the
Unvested Shares shall, without further action of any kind by the Company, vest
and become Vested Shares effective upon termination from employment. For
purposes of this Agreement, termination from employment shall be deemed to occur
on the last day actually worked by Grantee, rather than the last day that
Grantee is on the payroll of the Company. The Committee, in its sole discretion,
shall determine whether a leave of absence shall constitute a termination of
employment. For purposes of this Agreement, "gross misconduct" includes any
criminal act; fraudulent representations and actions; intent to defraud;
misappropriation of Company assets; or flagrant abuse of supervisory authority,
signature authority, or fiduciary trust.
(b) Unvested Shares that are forfeited shall be immediately
transferred to the Company without any payment by the Company, and the Company
shall have the full right to cancel any evidence of Grantee's ownership of such
forfeited Shares or take any other action necessary to demonstrate that Grantee
no longer owns such forfeited Shares automatically upon such forfeiture.
Following such forfeiture, Grantee shall have no further rights with respect to
such forfeited Shares.
3.3 CHANGE IN CONTROL EVENT. Upon a Change in Control
Event (as defined in the Plan), all of the Unvested Shares shall vest effective
upon the closing of the Change in Control Event.
3.4 NON-TRANSFERABILITY. This Agreement may not be
transferred, assigned, pledged or otherwise encumbered by Grantee in any manner
whatsoever, except that it may be transferred by will or the laws of descent and
distribution. References to Grantee, to the extent relevant in the context,
shall include references to authorized transferees. Except as otherwise
determined by the Committee, Grantee shall not sell, transfer, assign, pledge or
otherwise encumber or dispose of, by operation of law or otherwise, any Unvested
Shares (each, a "transfer"). Any such transfer by Grantee in violation of this
Section 3.4 shall be void and of no force or effect, and shall result in the
immediate forfeiture of all Unvested Shares.
4. DIVIDEND AND VOTING RIGHTS. Subject to the restrictions
contained in this Agreement, Grantee shall have the rights of a shareholder with
respect to the Awarded Shares, including the right to vote all such Shares,
including Unvested Shares, and to receive all dividends, cash or stock, paid or
delivered thereon, from and after the earlier of the date hereof. In the event
of forfeiture of Unvested Shares, Grantee shall have no further rights with
respect to such Unvested Shares. However, the forfeiture of Unvested Shares
pursuant to Section 3.2 hereof shall not create any obligation to repay
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dividends received as to such Unvested Shares, nor shall such forfeiture
invalidate any votes given by Grantee with respect to such Shares prior to
forfeiture.
5. WITHHOLDING OF TAXES.
5.1 The Company's obligation to deliver Shares to Grantee
upon the vesting of such shares shall be subject to the satisfaction of all
applicable federal, state and local income and employment tax withholding
requirements ("Withholding Taxes"). In order to satisfy all Withholding Taxes
due upon vesting of Grantee's Shares, Grantee agrees to the following:
(a) As a condition of receiving any Vested Shares, unless
Grantee has satisfied such Withholding Taxes by filing an 83(b) election and
making any necessary payments in connection therewith, on the date of this
Agreement, Grantee must execute the Irrevocable Standing Order to Sell Shares
attached hereto, which authorizes Akamai and Schwab to take the actions
described in this subsection 5.1(a) (the "Standing Order"). Grantee authorizes
Schwab to sell, at the market price and on the Vesting Date (or the first
business day thereafter if Vesting Date falls on a day when the market is
closed), the number of Vested Shares that Akamai has instructed Schwab is
necessary to obtain proceeds sufficient to satisfy the Withholding Taxes.
Grantee understands and agrees that the number of shares that Schwab will sell
will be based on the closing price of the Common Stock on the last trading day
before the Vesting Date.
(b) Grantee agrees that the proceeds received from the
sale of Vested Shares pursuant to Section 5.1(a) will be used to satisfy the
Withholding Taxes and, accordingly, Grantee hereby authorizes Schwab to pay such
proceeds to the Company for such purpose. Grantee understands that to the extent
that the proceeds obtained by such sale exceed the amount necessary to satisfy
the Withholding Taxes, such excess proceeds shall be deposited into the Account.
Grantee further understands that any remaining Vested Shares shall be deposited
into the Account.
(c) Grantee acknowledges and agrees that, in the event
that there is not a market in the Common Stock, Akamai will have the right to
make other arrangements to satisfy the Withholding Taxes due upon vesting of
Grantee's Shares.
5.2 GRANTEE ACKNOWLEDGES THAT HE OR SHE HAS BEEN INFORMED
OF THE AVAILABILITY OF MAKING AN ELECTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 83(B) OF
THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED; THAT SUCH ELECTION MUST BE FILED
WITH THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE TRANSFER OF SHARES TO
GRANTEE; AND THAT GRANTEE IS SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING SUCH ELECTION.
6. NOTICES. All notices required or permitted hereunder shall be
in writing and deemed effectively given upon personal delivery or five days
after deposit in the United States Post Office, postage prepaid, addressed to
the other party hereto at the address shown beneath his, her or its respective
signature to this Agreement, or at such other address or addresses as either
party shall designate to the other in accordance with this Section 6.
7. GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be construed, interpreted
and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Delaware
without regard to any applicable conflicts of laws.
8. PROVISIONS OF THE PLAN. This Agreement is subject to the
provisions of the Plan, a copy of which is furnished to Grantee with this
Agreement.
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9. NO RIGHT TO EMPLOYMENT OR OTHER STATUS. This Agreement shall
not be construed as giving Grantee the right to continued employment or any
other relationship with the Company. The Company expressly reserves the right at
any time to dismiss or otherwise terminate its relationship with Grantee free
from any liability or claim under this Agreement or the Plan, except as
expressly provided in this Agreement.
10. NATURE OF PAYMENTS. Any and all grants or deliveries of Shares
hereunder shall constitute special incentive payments to Grantee and shall not
be taken into account in computing the amount of salary or compensation of
Grantee for the purpose of determining any retirement, death or other benefits
under (a) any retirement, bonus, life insurance or other employee benefit plan
of the Company, or (b) any agreement between the Company on the one hand, and
Grantee on the other hand, except as such plan or agreement shall otherwise
expressly provide.
11. BINDING EFFECT. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure
to the benefit of the Company and Grantee and their respective heirs, executors,
administrators, legal representatives, successors and assigns, subject to the
restrictions on transfer set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement.
12. SEVERABILITY. The invalidity or unenforceability of any
provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of
any other provision of this Agreement, and each other provision of this
Agreement shall be severable and enforceable to the extent permitted by law.
13. AMENDMENT; WAIVER; MISCELLANEOUS.
(a) This Agreement may be amended or modified only by a
written instrument executed by both the Company and Grantee. Any provision for
the benefit of the Company contained in this Agreement may be waived, either
generally or in any particular instance, by the Board. A waiver on one occasion
shall not be deemed to be a waiver of the same or any other breach on a future
occasion.
(b) If there is any inconsistency between the provisions
of this Agreement and of the Plan, the provisions of the Plan shall govern.
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned
to them in the Plan.
(c) With the intention of making Schwab a third-party
beneficiary to this Agreement, Akamai hereby agrees to indemnify and hold Schwab
harmless from and against all losses, liabilities, damages, claims and expenses,
including reasonable attorneys' fees and court costs, arising out of: (i)
Akamai's non-compliance with the terms of this Agreement; (ii) Grantee's
non-compliance with the terms of this Agreement; (iii) any negligent act,
omission or willful misconduct by Akamai or Grantee in connection with the
subject matter of this Agreement; or (iv) any action taken or omitted by Schwab
in good faith reliance upon instructions or information transmitted to Schwab by
Akamai in connection with the subject matter of this Agreement. The terms of
this paragraph shall not apply to any losses, liabilities, damages, claims and
expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees and court costs, arising out of
Xxxxxx'x negligence or willful misconduct in connection with the subject matter
of this Agreement.
14. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement and the Plan embody the
entire agreement of the parties hereto with respect to the Awarded Shares, the
consideration for the Awarded Shares, and all other matters contained herein.
This Agreement and the Plan supersede and replace any and all prior oral or
written agreements with respect to the subject matter hereof. To the extent that
the previously-granted stock options tendered by Grantee pursuant to this
Agreement were subject to special vesting arrangements, including but not
limited to accelerated vesting of those options under certain
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circumstances described in Grantee's employment offer letter or elsewhere, such
special vesting arrangements are hereby null and void.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and Grantee have caused this Agreement
to be duly executed as of the date first above written.
AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx,
Chief Executive Officer
/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
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Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
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