Form of Agreement for grant of Restricted Stock Units (Performance Based Vesting)
Exhibit 10.80
Form of Agreement for grant of Restricted Stock Units (Performance Based Vesting)
RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT GRANT NOTICE
(PERFORMANCE-BASED VESTING)
INDUS Realty Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”) pursuant to the INDUS Realty Trust, Inc. and INDUS Realty Trust LLC 2020 Incentive Award Plan (as may be amended from time to time, the “Plan”), hereby grants to the individual listed below (the “Participant”), an award of Restricted Stock Units subject to performance-based vesting (“PSUs”). Each PSU represents the right to receive, in accordance with this Grant Notice and the Restricted Stock Unit Agreement attached hereto as Appendix A (together, the “Agreement”), share(s) of Common Stock upon vesting. This award of PSUs is subject to all of the terms and conditions set forth herein, in the Agreement, and the Plan, each of which is incorporated herein by reference. Unless otherwise defined herein, the terms defined in the Plan shall have the same defined meanings in this Agreement.
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Vesting Schedule | Except as otherwise provided in the Agreement, the PSUs are subject to performance- and time-based vesting requirements. The performance-based vesting requirements are set forth on Appendix B hereto, and to the extent such performance- and time-based vesting requirements are satisfied, the PSUs shall vest on the Determination Date (as defined in Appendix B). |
By his or her signature below, the Participant agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of the Plan and this Agreement. The Participant has reviewed this Agreement and the Plan in their entirety, has had an opportunity to obtain the advice of counsel prior to executing this Agreement and fully understands all provisions of this Agreement and the Plan. The Participant hereby agrees to accept as binding, conclusive and final all decisions or interpretations of the Administrator upon any questions arising under the Plan and this Agreement.
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APPENDIX A
TO RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT GRANT NOTICE
RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AGREEMENT
In the event that the Company delays a distribution or payment in settlement of PSUs because it reasonably determines that the issuance of Shares of Common Stock in settlement of PSUs will violate federal securities laws or other applicable law, such distribution or payment shall be made at the earliest date at which the Company reasonably determines that the making of such distribution or payment will not cause such violation, as required by Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-2(b)(7)(ii). The Company shall not delay any payment if such delay will result in a violation of Section 409A.
APPENDIX B
TO RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT GRANT NOTICE
1. | Vesting. Subject to Sections 2 and 3: |
a. | : |
Performance Level | Target Percentile | Vesting Percentage |
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b. | If the Company’s rTSR as compared to an Index is determined to be below the ____percentile, no PSUs will vest with respect to performance against such Index. In the event that the Company rTSR as compared to an Index falls between the Threshold level and the Target level or between the Target level and the Maximum level, the Vesting Percentage shall be determined using straight line linear interpolation between the applicable levels. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the Company’s TSR during the Performance Period is less than or equal to 0%, the Vesting Percentage with respect to any Index shall be capped at 100%. |
c. | The number of PSUs that vest (if any) based on the Company’s rTSR during the Performance Period shall be determined by the Administrator within thirty (30) days following the end of the Performance Period (the “Determination Date”), subject to the Participant’s continued Service with the Company through the Determination Date (except as set forth in Section 2). |
d. | The Administrator may in its discretion use rTSR data for the Company and the Indices available from one or more third party sources and/or retain the services of a consultant to analyze relevant data or perform necessary calculations for purpose of the Award. Without limiting Section 11.4 of the Plan, if the Administrator retains a valuation or other expert or consultant to calculate rTSR, including matters such as the determination of Dividend Reinvestment Factor and the inclusion or exclusion of persons or entities in each Index, the Administrator is entitled to rely on the advice, opinions, valuations, reports and other information furnished by such valuation or other expert or consultant. All actions taken and all interpretations and determinations made by the Administrator in good faith shall be final and binding upon the Participant and all other interested persons. No member of the Administrator shall be personally liable for any action, determination or interpretation made in good faith with respect to this Agreement or the PSUs. |
2. | Qualifying Termination. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything contained in the Agreement, and subject to the execution and non-revocation of a general release and waiver of claims on the Company’s standard form within sixty (60) days following the date of Termination of Service, in the event of a Qualifying Termination during the Performance Period, a portion of PSUs equal to the product of (a) the aggregate number of PSUs granted hereunder and (b) a fraction, the numerator |
of which is the number of days in the Performance Period occurring prior to the date of Termination of Service and the denominator of which is 1,095, shall remain outstanding and eligible to vest based on actual achievement of the Company’s rTSR through end of the Performance Period as if a Termination of Service had not occurred. Any PSUs that do not become vested in accordance with the preceding sentence shall automatically be cancelled and forfeited as of the Determination Date without payment of any consideration therefor, and the Participant shall have no further right to or interest in such PSUs. |
3. | Change in Control. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything contained in the Agreement, in the event that the Performance Period ends upon a Change in Control and the Participant continues his or her Service with the Company until immediately prior to such Change in Control, then the number of PSUs that vest with respect to each Index shall equal the greater of (x) the number of PSUs that would have vested pursuant to the Vesting Percentage described above, based on the Company’s achievement of rTSR at the “Target” level (i.e., 100%) and (y) the number of PSUs that would have vested pursuant to the Vesting Percentage described above, based on actual achievement of the Company’s rTSR through the Change in Control. Any PSUs that do not become fully vested in accordance with the preceding sentence shall automatically be cancelled and forfeited as of the date of the Change in Control without payment of any consideration therefor, and the Participant shall have no further right to or interest in such Performance Units. |
4. | Defined Terms. |
a. | “Disability” means the Participant’s inability to perform, with or without reasonable accommodation, the essential functions of the Participant’s positions hereunder for a total of at least one hundred eighty (180) consecutive days during any rolling twelve (12)-month period as a result of incapacity due to mental or physical illness. |
b. | “Dividend Reinvestment Factor” on any date shall mean, with respect to the Company or any company in an Index, the number of shares of Common Stock (or comparable equity interest of the applicable company in an Index) that would have been acquired from the reinvestment of cash dividends, if any, which have been declared to all or substantially all holders of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (or comparable equity interest of the applicable company in an Index) with a record date following commencement of the Performance Period and ending on such date, with respect to one share of Common Stock (or comparable equity interest of the applicable company in an Index) outstanding on the first day of the Performance Period. Such number of shares shall be determined cumulatively, for each cash dividend declared with a record date during the period following commencement of the Performance Period and ending on such date (beginning with the first such cash dividend with a record date during such period and continuing chronologically with each such subsequent cash dividend declared with a record date during such period (and in each case other than the first such cash dividend, taking into account any increase in shares resulting from the application of this formula to the chronologically immediately preceding cash dividend)), by multiplying (i) the applicable number of shares of Common Stock (or comparable equity interest of the applicable company in an Index) immediately prior to the record date of such cash dividend (which in the case of the first such cash dividend declared with a record date during such period shall be one) by (ii) the per share amount of such cash dividend and dividing the product by the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock (or fair market value per share of comparable equity interest of the applicable company in an Index) on the record date with respect to such dividend. |
c. | “Index” means each of the NAREIT Index and the MSCI Index. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, if a company included any Index ceases to be actively traded or included in the MSCI REIT US Equity Index or Nareit FTSE Industrial Index, as applicable, for any reason (whether due to bankruptcy, merger, consolidation, spin off or other corporate transaction or event or otherwise), then the Administrator may remove such company from an Index for purposes of this Agreement and may (but is not obligated to) select a comparable company to be added to the Index for purposes of making the rTSR determination herein more meaningful and consistent across the Performance Period. |
d. | “Initial Per Share Price” means, with respect to the Company or any company in an Index, the Per Share Price, as of the first day of the Performance Period, which is set forth on Schedule I hereto under the heading “Initial Per Share Price.” |
e. | “MSCI Index” means the companies comprising the MSCI REIT US Equity Index, as of the Grant Date (or, in the event such index no longer exists, any successors or replacement indices thereto) or, in the event such index is discontinued or its methodology is significantly changed (and there is no successor or replacement index), a comparable index as determined by the Administrator in its discretion. |
f. | “Nareit Index” means the companies comprising the Nareit FTSE Industrial Index, as of the Grant Date (adjusted to exclude those companies principally focused on highly specialized end uses such as cold storage or the cannabis industry, as determined by the Administrator in its discretion), (or, in the event such index no longer exists, any successors or replacement indices thereto) or, in the event such index is discontinued or its methodology is significantly changed (and there is no successor or replacement index), a comparable index as determined by the Administrator in its discretion |
g. | “Per Share Price” means, as of any date, with respect to the Company and each company in an Index, each closing price of the Common Stock (or comparable equity interest of the applicable company in an Index) during the thirty (30) consecutive trading days ending on such date; provided, however, that for purposes of calculating the Company’s Per Share Price in the event of a Change in Control, the Per Share Price shall be the price per share of Common Stock paid in connection with such Change in Control or, to the extent that the consideration in the Change in Control transaction is paid in stock of the acquiror or one of its Affiliate, then, unless otherwise determined by the Administrator (including in connection with valuing any shares that are not publicly traded), Per Share Price shall mean the value of the consideration paid per share of Common Stock based on the average of the closing trading prices of a share of such stock of the acquirer or applicable Affiliate thereof on the principal exchange on which such shares are then traded for each trading day during the five (5) consecutive trading days ending on and including the date on which a Change in Control occurs. |
h. | “Performance Period” means the period beginning on the Date of Grant and ending on the third anniversary of the Date of Grant (or, if earlier, the date of consummation of a Change in Control). |
i. | “Qualifying Termination” means a Termination of Service due to the Participant’s Retirement, death or Disability, provided that the Participant has completed at least 270 days of Service in the Performance Period prior to such Termination of Service. |
j. | “Retirement” means the Participant’s voluntary retirement from his or her Service as an |
Employee or non-Employee Director at a time when the Participant has (i) attained at least sixty two (62) years of age, and (ii) completed at least ten (10) years of full-time, active service with the Company. |
k. | “rTSR” means, with respect to the Performance Period and an applicable Index, the Company’s TSR, as a percentile with respect to the TSR of companies in such Index, calculated using the equation below, where and will equal Indus’s percentile rank and TSR, respectively; and will equal the percentile rank and TSR, respectively, for the peer company whose TSR ranks immediately above Indus; and and will equal the percentile rank and TSR, respectively, for the peer company whose TSR ranks immediately below Indus. |
If Indus’s TSR is greater than the TSR of the peer company that ranked 1st within the peer group, Indus’s TSR will be positioned at the 100th percentile. Similarly, if Indus’s TSR is less than the TSR of the peer company that ranked last within the peer group Indus’s TSR will be positioned at the 0th percentile.
l. | “Service” means the Participant’s service as an Employee, Director, Non-Employee Director or Consultant. |
m. | “TSR” means, for the Performance Period, with respect to the Company or any company included in an Index, its cumulative total shareholder return (rounded to the nearest hundredth), expressed as a percentage, determined as the quotient obtained by dividing: (A) the average of the sum of (x) its Per Share Price and (y) the Per Share Price multiplied by its Dividend Reinvestment Factor for each day during the thirty (30) consecutive trading days ending on the Valuation Date, and (B) its Initial Per Share Price. |
n. | “Valuation Date” means the last day of the Performance Period; provided, however, that in the event of a Change in Control that occurs prior to the last day of the Performance Period, the Valuation Date shall mean the date of the Change in Control. |
SCHEDULE I
INITIAL PER SHARE PRICE
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