Contract
Exhibit
(d)(13)
RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”),
dated as of [insert date], between Xxxxxxx International Limited, a
Bahamian corporation (the “Company”), and [insert grantee’s name]
(the “Grantee”).
WHEREAS the Grantee has been granted, effective as of the date of this Agreement, an award of
restricted stock units of the Company (the “RSUs”) pursuant to the Company’s 2003 Stock
Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this
Agreement and the RSUs are Other Stock-Based Awards under the Plan.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual agreements contained in
this Agreement, the parties hereto agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Agreement have
the meanings given such terms in the Plan. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the
meanings set forth below:
“Award” has the meaning given such term in Section 2 of this Agreement.
“Cause” means:
(i) the Grantee’s willful and continued failure, following notice from the Company,
substantially to perform the Grantee’s duties as a director of the Company or its
Subsidiaries (other than as a result of incapacity due to physical or mental illness);
(ii) the Grantee’s negligence or misconduct (including making a negative statement,
written or oral, regarding the Company or its business) in the course of the Grantee’s
service as a director of the Company or its Subsidiaries that the Committee in its sole
discretion determines is detrimental to the best interests of the Company;
(iii) the Grantee’s indictment of, conviction of, or plea of nolo
contendere to (A) a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude or (B) a felony (or the
equivalent of such a misdemeanor or felony in a jurisdiction other than the United States);
(iv) the Grantee’s material breach of this Agreement, including without limitation the
provisions of Section 7;
(v) the Grantee’s violation of Company policies that the Committee in its sole
discretion determines is detrimental to the best interests of the Company;
(vi) the Grantee’s misappropriation, embezzlement or material misuse of funds or
property belonging to the Company; or
(vii) the Grantee’s use of alcohol or drugs that either interferes with the
performance of the Grantee’s duties to the Company or adversely affects the
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integrity or reputation of the Company, its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, their
employees or their products, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion.
Any voluntary termination of service as a director of the Company or its Subsidiaries by the
Grantee in anticipation of an involuntary termination of the Grantee’s service for Cause shall be
deemed to be a termination for Cause.
“Confidential Information” has the meaning given such term in Section 7(a) of this
Agreement.
“Retained RSU Distributions” has the meaning given such term in Section 8 of this
Agreement.
“RSU Date” means May 12, 2004.
“Vesting Date” has the meaning given such term in Section 2 of this Agreement.
SECTION 2. Grant. In consideration of the Grantee’s services to Company, on the terms
and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, the Grantee is hereby awarded (the
“Award”) [insert number of RSUs]; provided, however, that the Award shall
expire if this Agreement is not signed by the Grantee and returned to the Company within 60 days
from the date of receipt by the Grantee of this Agreement. An RSU constitutes an unfunded and
unsecured promise of the Company to deliver (or cause to be delivered) to the Grantee, subject to
the terms of this Agreement, an amount in cash that is equal to the Fair Market Value of a share of
Common Stock not later than ten business days following the date that the Grantee’s rights with
respect to the RSU become vested (such date, the “Vesting Date”). Until such delivery, the
Grantee has only the rights of a general unsecured creditor of the Company and no rights as a
holder of Common Stock.
SECTION 3. Vesting; Lapse of Restrictions. (a) Unless accelerated as otherwise
provided in Section 3(b) of this Agreement, the Grantee’s rights with respect to the RSUs shall
vest in accordance with the following schedule:
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Vesting Dates | Aggregate Percentage of | ||||
(Anniversaries of RSU Date) | RSUs Vested | ||||
Second | 33% | ||||
Third | 66% | ||||
Fourth | 100% | ||||
(b) If the Grantee is a director of the Company or its Subsidiaries immediately prior to a
Change of Control, then the Grantee’s rights with respect to the RSUs shall immediately vest in
full and become free of all restrictions upon the first to occur of (i) the expiration of the
18-month period immediately following a Change of Control or (ii) a Qualifying Termination,
provided that the RSUs have not been forfeited prior to the relevant time.
SECTION 4. Restriction on Transfer. Neither the RSUs nor any of the Grantee’s rights
with respect thereto, may be transferred, pledged, assigned, hypothecated or otherwise disposed of
in any way by the Grantee. The RSUs shall not be subject to execution, attachment or similar
process. Any attempted assignment, transfer, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition of the
RSUs, and the levy of any execution, attachment or similar process upon the RSUs, shall be null and
void and without effect.
SECTION 5. Withholding Taxes. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries shall have the
right and are hereby authorized to withhold from delivery of cash in settlement of the RSUs an
amount in cash equal to any applicable withholding taxes in respect of the vesting of the Grantee’s
rights with respect to the RSUs and to take such other action as may be necessary in the discretion
of the Committee to satisfy all obligations for the payment of such taxes.
SECTION 6. Termination of Service as a Director of the Company or its Subsidiaries.
Except as provided in Section 3(b) of this Agreement, the provisions of Section 11 of the Plan
shall apply in the event of the Grantee’s termination of service as a director of the Company or
its Subsidiaries.
SECTION 7. Confidential Information. (a) The Grantee agrees that all Confidential
Information is a valuable, special and unique asset of the Company and the Grantee agrees that he
will not, directly or indirectly, except with the prior written consent of the Company, divulge or
disclose or communicate, or cause any other person or entity to divulge, disclose or communicate,
to any person, firm, corporation or entity, in any manner whatsoever, any Confidential Information.
The foregoing covenants shall apply to each bit of information for so long as it remains
Confidential Information. For purposes of this Agreement, “Confidential Information” means all
trade secrets, proprietary information and other confidential information of the Company,
including, without limitation, its methods, techniques, and processes, its development, costs and
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pricing of its products and services, its business and marketing strategies and plans, the
identity and needs of its clients and potential clients, its survey analyses and reports prepared
for its clients, and any and all non-public information furnished to the Company pursuant to its
contracts with clients, financial data, personnel data, and all the other know-how, materials and
things pertaining in any respect to the Company or its clients and deemed to be a “trade secret”
pursuant to applicable law.
(b) The Grantee acknowledges and agrees that any violation of the provisions of Section 7(a)
would cause the Company irreparable damage and that if the Grantee breaches or threatens to breach
such provisions, (i) as of such time the Award shall terminate, and (ii) the Company shall be
entitled, in addition to any other rights and remedies the Company and its Subsidiaries may have at
law or in equity, to obtain specific performance of such covenants through injunction or other
equitable relief from a court of competent jurisdiction, without proof of actual damages and
without being required to post bond.
SECTION 8. Rights as a Stockholder. The Grantee shall have no rights or privileges of
a stockholder with respect to the RSUs; provided, however, that when the Grantee’s
rights with respect to an RSU become vested and the Company or any of its Subsidiaries delivers to
the Grantee an amount in cash in settlement of the Company’s obligations with respect to such RSU,
as described in Section 2 of this Agreement, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall also
deliver to the Grantee an amount in cash equal to the value of all distributions, including regular
cash dividends (“Retained RSU Distributions”), made or declared with respect to a share of
Common Stock that have a record date on or after the RSU Date and prior to the Vesting Date. Such
Retained RSU Distributions shall not bear interest or be segregated in a separate account.
SECTION 9. Compliance with Law. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Agreement, the Committee may revoke this Agreement if it is contrary to law or modify this
Agreement to bring it into compliance with any valid and mandatory government laws or regulations.
SECTION 10. No Right to Serve as a Director. Nothing in the Award shall confer upon
the Grantee any right to continue as a director of the Company or any of its Affiliates or
interfere in any way with the right of the Company or its Affiliates or shareholders, as the case
may be, to terminate the Grantee’s service as a director or to increase or decrease the Grantee’s
compensation at any time. The Award shall not be treated as compensation for purposes of
calculating the Grantee’s rights under any employee benefit plan, except to the extent expressly
provided in any such plan.
SECTION 11. Plan Controls. The Award hereby granted is subject to, and the Company
and the Grantee agree to be bound by, all of the terms and conditions of the Plan, as the same may
be amended from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, but no such amendment shall be
effective as to the Award without the Grantee’s consent insofar as it may adversely affect the
Grantee’s rights under this Agreement. The Committee shall have sole discretion to determine
whether the events or conditions described in this Agreement have been satisfied and to make all
other interpretations,
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constructions and determinations required under this Agreement and all such determinations by
the Committee shall be final, binding and conclusive. In the event of any conflict between any
term or provision contained in this Agreement and a term or provision of the Plan, the applicable
terms and provisions of the Plan shall govern and prevail.
SECTION 12. Notices. All notices, claims, certificates, requests, demands and other
communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given and
delivered if personally delivered or if sent by nationally recognized overnight courier, by
telecopy or by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested and postage prepaid,
addressed as follows:
(a) | if to the Company: | |||
Xxxxxxx International Limited | ||||
Stock Award Administration | ||||
0000 Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx | ||||
Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000 | ||||
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000 | ||||
Attention: Human Resources |
(b) if to the Grantee, to such Grantee’s address as most recently supplied to the Company and
set forth in the Company’s records;
or to such other address as the party to whom notice is to be given may have furnished to the other
party in writing in accordance herewith. Any such notice or communication shall be deemed to have
been received (i) in the case of personal delivery, on the date of such delivery (or if such date
is not a business day, on the next business day after the date sent), (ii) in the case of
nationally-recognized overnight courier, on the next business day after the date sent, (iii) in the
case of telecopy transmission, when received (or if not sent on a business day, on the next
business day after the date sent) and (iv) in the case of mailing, on the third business day
following the date on which the piece of mail containing such communication is posted.
SECTION 13. Waiver of Breach. The waiver by either party of a breach of any provision
of this Agreement must be in writing and shall not operate or be construed as a waiver of any other
or subsequent breach.
SECTION 14. Grantee’s Undertaking. The Grantee hereby agrees to take whatever
additional actions and execute whatever additional documents the Company may in its reasonable
judgment deem necessary or advisable in order to carry out or effect one or more of the obligations
or restrictions imposed on the Grantee pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement.
SECTION 15. Amendment. This Agreement may not be amended, terminated, suspended or
otherwise modified except in a written instrument, duly executed by both parties.
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SECTION 16. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in
accordance with, the laws of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas (without giving effect to principles
of conflicts of laws).
SECTION 17. Exclusive Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial. (a) Except as otherwise
specifically provided herein, the Grantee and the Company each hereby irrevocably submit to the
exclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the Bahamas with respect to any disputes or
controversies arising out of or relating to this Agreement. The parties undertake not to commence
any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement in a forum other than a
forum described in this Section 17(a); provided, however, that nothing herein shall
preclude the Company from bringing any suit, action or proceeding in any other court for the
purposes of enforcing any judgment obtained by the Company and, in such event, the Grantee hereby
irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of such other court.
(b) The agreement of the parties to the forum described in Section 17(a) is independent of the
law that may be applied in any suit, action, or proceeding and the parties agree to such forum even
if such forum may under applicable law choose to apply non-forum law. The parties hereby waive, to
the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any objection which they now or hereafter have to
personal jurisdiction or to the laying of venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in
an applicable court described in Section 17(a), and each party agrees that it shall not attempt to
deny or defeat such personal jurisdiction by motion or other request for leave from any such court.
The parties agree that, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, a final and
non-appealable judgment in any suit, action or proceeding brought in any applicable court described
in Section 17(a) shall be conclusive and binding upon the parties and may be enforced in any other
jurisdiction.
(c) Each party hereto irrevocably consents to the service of any and all process in any suit,
action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement by the mailing of copies of such
process to such party at such party’s address specified in Section 12.
(d) Each party hereto hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any
right it may have to a trial by jury in respect of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or
relating to this Agreement. Each party hereto (i) certifies that no representative, agent or
attorney of any other party has represented, expressly or otherwise, that such party would not, in
the event of any action, suit or proceeding, seek to enforce the foregoing waiver and (ii)
acknowledges that it and the other party hereto have been induced to enter into this Agreement by,
among other things, the mutual waiver and certifications in this Section 17(d).
SECTION 18. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts,
and each such counterpart shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts together
shall constitute but one agreement.
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SECTION 19. Entire Agreement. This Agreement (and the other writings incorporated by
reference herein) constitute the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject
matter hereof and supersede all prior written or oral negotiations, commitments, representations
and agreements with respect thereto.
SECTION 20. Severability. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provisions of
this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provisions of this
Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect to the fullest extent permitted by law. The
Grantee agrees that in the event that any court of competent jurisdiction shall finally hold that
any provision of this Agreement (whether in whole or in part) is void or constitutes an
unreasonable restriction against the Grantee, such provision shall not be rendered void but shall
be deemed to be modified to the minimum extent necessary to make such provision enforceable for the
longest duration and the greatest scope as such court may determine constitutes a reasonable
restriction under the circumstances.
SECTION 21. Non-Uniformity of Treatment. There is no obligation for uniformity of
treatment of the Grantee and any other holders or beneficiaries of RSUs, and the terms and
conditions of this Agreement and such other awards of RSUs, and the Committee determinations and
interpretations with respect to this Agreement and such other awards of RSUs need not be the same
with respect to the Grantee and such other grantees (whether or not they are similarly situated) or
with respect to each award held by the Grantee and any such other grantees.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first
written above.
XXXXXXX INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, |
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by | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
GRANTEE, |
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by | ||||
[insert name of Grantee] | ||||