WEATHERFORD INTERNATIONAL PLC 2010 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN (as amended and restated on June 17, 2014) PERFORMANCE UNITS AWARD AGREEMENT (Shareholder Return)
Exhibit 10.6
XXXXXXXXXXX INTERNATIONAL PLC
2010 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN
2010 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN
(as amended and restated on June 17, 2014)
(Shareholder Return)
THIS PERFORMANCE UNITS AWARD AGREEMENT, including any country-specific terms set forth to an appendix attached hereto (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into by and between Xxxxxxxxxxx International plc, an Irish public limited company (the “Company”), and the individual who has signed or electronically accepted this Agreement (the “Holder”) effective as of __________ ___, 20___, pursuant to the Xxxxxxxxxxx International plc 2010 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as amended and restated on June 17, 2014, and further amended on June 16, 2015 (the “Plan”), which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
WHEREAS, the Company desires to grant to the Holder Performance Unit Awards (the “Units”) under the Plan, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Plan; and
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, mutual covenants and agreements contained herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound hereby, agree as follows:
2. | Grant of Units. Effective as of the date of this Agreement and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Plan, the Company hereby grants to the Holder __________ Units. Each Unit shall, upon vesting pursuant to Section 4 and subject to the Performance Goal set out in Annex A to this Agreement, be convertible into between 0.0 and 2.0 Shares (as defined in Section 5) (such amount being the “Performance Multiplier”), depending on the level of achievement of the Performance Goal on the Performance Measurement Date. The Company and the Holder agree that this Agreement, (including any country-specific appendix thereto) shall complete the terms of the Units. As used herein, “Performance Measurement Date” means the last trading day in each of the years ending _____, _____ and _____, provided, however, that if any Vesting Date (as defined in Section 4(a) below) occurs pursuant to Section 4(b), then the Performance Measurement Date shall be the 30 NYSE trading days ending on the date immediately preceding the Vesting Date and the Performance Goal and Performance Multiplier shall be calculated using the average closing stock price of the Shares during such period (except where the Vesting Date occurs as a result of a Change of Control pursuant to Section 4(b)(ii), in which case the Performance Multiplier shall be equal to 2.0). |
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(a) | Except as specified otherwise in this Section 4, the Units shall be subject to Forfeiture Restrictions. The Forfeiture Restrictions shall lapse as to the Units that are granted hereby in accordance with the following schedule (each such date being a “Vesting Date”), provided that the Units have not been forfeited to the Company prior to such date pursuant to Section 4(c). |
Vesting Date | Number of Units Subject to Forfeiture Restrictions |
(b) | Notwithstanding Section 4(a), if (i) the Holder’s Employment with the Company and its Affiliates is terminated prior to one or more Vesting Dates due to the death or Disability of the Holder then, in either such event, all remaining Forfeiture Restrictions shall immediately lapse and the Vesting Date shall be deemed to be the date of the termination of the Holder’s Employment by reason of death or Disability or (ii) there is a Change of Control prior to one or more Vesting Dates, then all remaining Forfeiture Restrictions shall immediately lapse and the Vesting Date shall deemed to be the date immediately preceding such Change of Control. For purposes of this Agreement, “Change of Control” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Plan, except that if the Holder is party to or covered by any change of control agreement or arrangement with the Employer (as defined in Section 8), then “Change of Control” shall have the meaning set forth in such agreement or arrangement to the extent permitted by and otherwise consistent with the Plan. |
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5. | No Dividend Equivalents. If during the period the Holder holds any Units awarded hereby the Company pays a dividend in cash, securities or otherwise with respect to the Company’s outstanding ordinary shares, nominal value $0.001 per share (the “Shares”), the Holder shall receive no dividend equivalent payment with respect to the Holder’s Units. |
6. | Delivery of Shares. Upon the lapse of any Forfeiture Restrictions on each applicable Vesting Date under Section 4, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered a number of Shares equal to the number of Units with respect to which the Forfeiture Restrictions have lapsed multiplied by the applicable Performance Multiplier (subject to the satisfaction by the Holder of any Tax-Related Items arising under Section 8 of this Agreement); provided that if the Performance Multiplier is 0.0, then the Units shall be deemed forfeited on the applicable Vesting Date. |
7. | Capital Adjustments and Reorganizations. The existence of the Units shall not affect in any way the right or power of the Company or its shareholders to make or authorize any or all adjustments, recapitalizations, reorganizations or other changes in the Company’s capital structure or its business, or any acquisition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation of the Company, or any issue of bonds, debentures, preferred or prior preference shares ahead of or affecting the Shares or the rights thereof, or the winding up, dissolution or liquidation of the Company, or any sale or transfer of all or any part of its assets or business, or any other corporate act or proceeding, whether of a similar character or otherwise, including a Change of Control (as defined in the Plan). An adjustment under this provision may have the effect of reducing the price at which Shares may be acquired to less than their nominal value (the “Shortfall”), but only if and to the extent that the Committee shall be authorized to capitalize from the reserves of the Company a sum equal to the Shortfall and to apply that sum in paying up that amount on the Shares. |
8. | Responsibility for Taxes & Withholding. The Holder acknowledges that, regardless of any action taken by the Company or any Affiliate of the Company, as applicable, to the extent the Holder is employed by or seconded to any such Affiliate (the “Employer”), the ultimate liability for all income tax, social insurance, payroll tax, fringe benefits tax, payment on account or other tax-related items related to the Holder’s participation in the Plan and legally applicable to the Holder or deemed by the Company or the Employer in its discretion to be an appropriate charge to the Holder even if legally applicable to the Company or the Employer (“Tax-Related Items”), is and remains the Holder’s responsibility and may exceed the amount actually withheld by the Company or the Employer. The Holder further acknowledges that the Company and/or the Employer (i) make no representations or undertakings regarding the treatment of any Tax-Related Items in connection with any aspect of the Units, including, but not limited to, the grant, vesting or settlement of the Units, the subsequent sale of Shares acquired pursuant to such settlement and the receipt of any dividends and/or any dividend equivalents; and (ii) do not commit to and are under no obligation to structure the terms of the grant or any aspect of the Units to reduce or eliminate the Holder’s liability for Tax-Related Items or achieve any particular tax result. Further, if the Holder is subject to Tax-Related Items in more than one jurisdiction between the date of grant and the date of any relevant taxable or tax withholding event, as applicable, the Holder acknowledges that the Company and/or the Employer (or former Employer, as applicable) may be required to withhold or account for Tax-Related Items in more than one jurisdiction. |
Prior to any relevant taxable or tax withholding event, as applicable, the Holder agrees to make adequate arrangements satisfactory to the Company and/or the Employer to satisfy all Tax-Related Items. In this regard, the Holder authorizes the Company and/or its Affiliates, or their respective agents, at their discretion, to satisfy the obligations with regard to all Tax-Related Items by one or a combination of the following:
(a) | withholding from the Holder’s wages or other cash compensation paid to the Holder by the Company and/or its Affiliates; or |
(b) | withholding from proceeds of the Shares acquired following the lapse of the Forfeiture Restrictions either through a voluntary sale or through a mandatory sale arranged by the Company (on the Holder’s behalf pursuant to this authorization without further consent); or |
(c) | withholding in Shares to be delivered upon the lapse of the Forfeiture Restrictions unless the Committee, in its sole discretion, indicates that this method of withholding is not available prior to the applicable taxable or tax withholding event and further provided, that if the |
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Holder is a Section 16 officer of the Company under the U.S. Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, then the Committee (as constituted in accordance with Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act) shall establish the method of withholding from alternatives (a)-(c) herein and, if the Committee does not exercise its discretion prior to the Tax-Related Items withholding event, then the Holder shall be entitled to elect the method of withholding from the alternatives above.
Depending on the withholding method, the Company may withhold or account for Tax-Related Items by considering applicable minimum statutory withholding rates or other applicable withholding rates, including maximum applicable rates, in which case the Holder will receive a refund of any over-withheld amount in cash and will have no entitlement to the Share equivalent. If the obligation for Tax-Related Items is satisfied by withholding in Shares, for tax purposes, the Holder is deemed to have been issued the full number of Shares subject to the vested Units, notwithstanding that a number of the Shares are held back solely for the purpose of paying the Tax-Related Items.
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11. | Data Privacy. The Holder hereby explicitly and unambiguously consents to the collection, use and transfer, in electronic or other form, of the Holder’s personal data as described in this Agreement and any other grant materials (“Data”) by and among, as applicable, the Employer, the Company and its Affiliates for the exclusive purpose of implementing, administering and managing the Holder’s participation in the Plan. The Holder understands that the Company and the Employer may hold certain personal information about the Holder, including, but not limited to, the Holder’s name, home address and telephone number, date of birth, social insurance number or other identification number, salary, nationality, job title, any Shares or directorships held in the Company, details of all Units or any other entitlement to Shares awarded, canceled, exercised, vested, unvested or outstanding in the Holder’s favor, for the exclusive purpose of implementing, administering and managing the Plan. The Holder understands that Data will be transferred to Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, or such other stock plan service provider as may be selected by the Company in the future, which is assisting the Company with the implementation, administration and management of the Plan. The Holder understands that the recipients of the Data may be located in Ireland, the United States or elsewhere, |
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14. | Governing Law and Severability. The validity, construction and effect of the Plan and any rules and regulations relating to the Plan shall be determined in accordance with applicable United States |
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federal law and the laws of the State of Texas, without regard to any conflict of laws principles, except to the extent that the laws of Ireland mandatorily apply. The invalidity of any provision of this Agreement shall not affect any other provision of this Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect
17. | Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be an original for all purposes but all of which taken together shall constitute but one and the same instrument. |
18. Acknowledgements. The Holder acknowledges and agrees to the following:
a. | The Plan is established voluntarily by the Company, it is discretionary in nature and it may be modified, amended, suspended or terminated by the Company at any time, to the extent permitted by the Plan; |
b. | the grant of the Units is voluntary and occasional and does not create any contractual or other right to receive future grants of Units, or benefits in lieu of Units, even if Units have been granted in the past; |
c. | all decisions with respect to future Unit or other grants, if any, will be at the sole discretion of the Company; |
d. | the Holder is voluntarily participating in the Plan; |
e. | the Units and the Shares subject to the Units are not intended to replace any pension rights or compensation; |
f. | the Units and the Shares subject to the Units, and the income and value of same, are not part of normal or expected compensation for purposes of calculating any severance, resignation, |
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termination, redundancy, dismissal, end-of-service payments, bonuses, long-service awards, pension or retirement or welfare benefits or similar payments;
g. | the future value of the Shares underlying the Units is unknown, indeterminable and cannot be predicted with certainty; |
h. | no claim or entitlement to compensation or damages shall arise from forfeiture of the Units resulting from the termination of the Holder’s Employment (for any reason whatsoever whether or not later found to be invalid or in breach of employment laws in the jurisdiction where the Holder is employed or the terms of any employment agreement or arrangement in such jurisdiction, if any), and in consideration of the grant of the Units to which the Holder is otherwise not entitled, the Holder irrevocably agrees never to institute any claim against the Company, any of its Affiliates or the Employer, waives his or her ability, if any, to bring any such claim, and releases the Company, its Affiliates and the Employer from any such claim; if, notwithstanding the foregoing, any such claim is allowed by a court of competent jurisdiction, then, by participating in the Plan, the Holder shall be deemed irrevocably to have agreed not to pursue such claim and agrees to execute any and all documents necessary to request dismissal or withdrawal of such claim; |
i. | for purposes of Units and unless otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement or determined by the Company, the Holder’s right to vest in the Units under the Plan, if any, will terminate as of such termination date as determined by the Committee pursuant to Section 9 of this Agreement and will not be extended by any notice period (e.g., Holder’s period of service would not include any contractual notice period or any period of “garden leave” or similar period mandated under employment laws in the jurisdiction where the Holder is employed or the terms of the Holder’s employment agreement or arrangement in such jurisdiction, if any); the Committee shall have the exclusive discretion to determine when the Holder is no longer actively providing services for purposes of the Unit grant (including whether Holder may still be considered to be providing services while on a leave of absence); |
j. | unless otherwise provided in the Plan or by the Company in its discretion, the Units and the benefits evidenced by this Agreement do not create any entitlement to have the Units or any such benefits transferred to, or assumed by, another company nor be exchanged, cashed out or substituted for, in connection with any corporate transaction affecting Shares; |
k. | the Company is not providing any tax, legal or financial advice, nor is the Company making any recommendations regarding the Holder’s participation in the Plan, or the Holder’s acquisition or sale of the underlying Shares. The Holder is hereby advised to consult with his or her own personal tax, legal and financial advisors regarding his or her participation in the Plan before taking any action related to the Plan; and |
l. | the following provisions apply only if the Holder is providing services outside the United States: |
(i) the Units and the Shares subject to the Units are not part of normal or expected compensation or salary for any purpose;
(ii) The Holder acknowledges and agrees that neither the Company, the Employer nor any Affiliate shall be liable for any foreign exchange rate fluctuation between Holder’s local currency and the United States Dollar that may affect the value of the Units or of any amounts
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due to the Holder pursuant to the settlement of the Units or the subsequent sale of any Shares acquired upon settlement.
(a) | The delivery of the Holder’s Shares as described in Section 6 shall be made in accordance with such Section, provided that with respect to delivery due to termination of Employment for reasons other than death, the delivery at such time can be characterized as a “short-term deferral” for purposes of Section 409A or as otherwise exempt from the provisions of Section 409A, or if any portion of the delivery cannot be so characterized, and the Holder is a “specified employee” under Section 409A, such portion of the delivery shall be delayed until the earlier to occur of the Holder’s death or the date that is six months and one day following the Holder’s termination of Employment. For purposes of this Agreement, the terms “terminates,” “terminated,” “termination,” “termination of employment,” and variations thereof, as used in this Agreement to refer to the Holder’s termination of Employment, are intended to mean a termination of employment that constitutes a “separation from service” under Section 409A. |
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23. | Waiver. The Holder acknowledges that a waiver by the Company of a breach of any provision of this Agreement shall not operate or be construed as a waiver of any other provision of this Agreement, or of any subsequent breach by the Holder or any other Plan participants. |
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By the Holder’s execution or electronic acceptance of this Agreement (including the country-specific appendix attached hereto) in the manner specified in the Holder’s online account with the Company’s designated broker/stock plan administrator, the Holder and the Company have agreed that the Units are granted under and governed by the terms and conditions of this Agreement (including any country-specific appendix attached hereto) and the Plan.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Agreement to be duly executed by an officer thereunto duly authorized, and the Holder has executed this Agreement, all as of the date first above written.
XXXXXXXXXXX INTERNATIONAL PLC | |
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Title: | |
ADDRESS: | |
Xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 0 | |
Xxxx 0000, Xxxxxxxxxxx | |
Attn: Corporate Secretary | |
HOLDER: | |
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The Performance Goal used to determine the extent of conversion of the Units into Shares will be Xxxxxxxxxxx’x closing stock price of the Shares (“Stock Price”) averaged for all trading days in the last month of each calendar year ending _____, _____ and _____ as set forth below:
Performance Goal | Conversion Percentage* | Average Xxxxxxxxxxx International plc closing Stock Price ($ per share) on each trading day in December in the calendar year ending: | ||
*Will be interpolated for intermediate results within the stock price range shown.