Contract
EXHIBIT
4.1
RESTRICTED
STOCK AGREEMENT
(this
“Agreement”)
dated
as of August 4, 2005 (the “Grant
Date”),
between Xxxxxxx International Limited, a Bahamian corporation (the “Company”),
and
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx (the “Grantee”).
WHEREAS
the Grantee has been granted, effective as of the date of this Agreement, an
award of restricted shares of common stock, $.001 par value per share, of the
Company (the “Common
Stock”)
pursuant to the Company’s 2003 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”)
on the
terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement.
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.
SECTION
2. Grant.
(a)
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 500,000 shares
of Common Stock (the “Restricted
Shares”).
The
Grantee shall have the right, in his sole discretion, to make the election
pursuant to Section 83(b) of the Code in respect of the Restricted
Shares.
(b) Reasonably
promptly after the date hereof (but not later than 15 days after the date
hereof), the Company shall cause to be issued a certificate, registered in
the
name of the Grantee, evidencing the Restricted Shares, provided that the Company
shall not cause such a certificate to be issued unless it has received a power
of attorney duly endorsed in blank with respect to such Restricted Shares.
Each
such certificate shall bear the following legend:
THE
TRANSFERABILITY OF THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE COMMON STOCK REPRESENTED HEREBY
ARE
SUBJECT TO THE RESTRICTIONS, TERMS AND CONDITIONS (INCLUDING FORFEITURE
PROVISIONS AND RESTRICTIONS AGAINST TRANSFER) CONTAINED IN THE RESTRICTED STOCK
AGREEMENT ENTERED INTO BETWEEN THE REGISTERED OWNER OF SUCH STOCK AND XXXXXXX
INTERNATIONAL LIMITED. A COPY OF THE RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT IS ON FILE
WITH
THE SECRETARY OF XXXXXXX INTERNATIONAL LIMITED.
Such
legend shall not be removed as to any of the Restricted Shares until such
Restricted Shares vest pursuant to the terms hereof. Each certificate issued
pursuant to this Agreement, together with the powers relating to the Restricted
Shares evidenced by such certificate, shall be held by the Company unless the
Committee determines otherwise. Upon the vesting of any Restricted Shares
pursuant to the terms hereof, the restrictions of Section 4 of this Agreement
shall lapse with respect to such Restricted Shares. Reasonably promptly after
any Restricted Shares vest, the Company shall cause to be delivered to the
Grantee (in no event later than 15 days after such Restricted Shares vest)
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a
separate certificate evidencing such Vested Shares (as defined in Section 3(g)
below), free of any restrictive legends (including, without limitation, the
legend set forth above). The Company represents, warrants and covenants that
all
shares of Common Stock issued under the Plan, including, without limitation,
the
Restricted Shares, have been, and will continue to be at the time that they
vest, registered on Form S-8 (or any equivalent or successor form), provided
that, at such time, the Company is eligible to register shares of Common Stock
on Form S-8 (or such equivalent or successor form).
SECTION
3. Vesting;
Lapse of Restrictions.
Subject
to the Grantee’s continued employment with the Company and other than as set
forth in Sections 6 and 7,
(a) 100,000
Restricted Shares (the “First
Tranche Shares”)
shall
vest and become nonforfeitable if, on or after February 15, 2009 but before
the
earlier of (1) the Grantee’s termination of employment with the Company for any
reason or (2) February 15, 2015 (such earlier date, the “Expiration
Date”),
the
average closing price per share of the Common Stock on the primary market on
which it is traded for any period of thirty consecutive days on which such
market is generally open for trading (each a “Trading
Day”)
equals
or exceeds $75 (the “First
Target Price”).
The
date on which the First Tranche Shares vest shall be referred to as the
“First
Vesting Date.”
(b) 100,000
Restricted Shares (the “Second
Tranche Shares”)
shall
vest and become nonforfeitable if, on or after February 15, 2009 but before
the
Expiration Date, the average closing price per share of the Common Stock equals
or exceeds $80 (the “Second
Target Price”)
for
any period of thirty consecutive Trading Days that ends after the 75th
day
following the First Vesting Date; provided,
however,
that
the Second Tranche Shares shall not vest until the First Tranche Shares have
vested. The date on which the Second Tranche Shares vest shall be referred
to as
the “Second
Vesting Date.”
(c) 100,000
Restricted Shares (the “Third
Tranche Shares”)
shall
vest and become nonforfeitable if, on or after February 15, 2010 but before
the
Expiration Date, the average closing price per share of the Common Stock equals
or exceeds $85 (the “Third
Target Price”)
for
any period of thirty consecutive Trading Days that ends after the 75th
day
following the Second Vesting Date; provided,
however,
that
the Third Tranche Shares shall not vest until the Second Tranche Shares have
vested. The date on which the Third Tranche Shares vest shall be referred to
as
the “Third
Vesting Date.”
(d) 100,000
Restricted Shares (the “Fourth
Tranche Shares”)
shall
vest and become nonforfeitable if, on or after February 15, 2010 but before
the
Expiration Date, the average closing price per share of the Common Stock equals
or exceeds $90 (the “Fourth
Target Price”)
for
any period of thirty consecutive Trading Days that ends after the 75th
day
following the Third Vesting Date; provided,
however,
that
the Fourth Tranche Shares shall not vest until the Third Tranche Shares have
vested. The date on which the Fourth Tranche Shares vest shall be referred
to as
the “Fourth
Vesting Date.”
(e) 100,000
Restricted Shares (the “Fifth
Tranche Shares”)
shall
vest and become nonforfeitable if, on or after February 15, 2011 but before
the
Expiration Date, the average closing price per share of the Common Stock equals
or exceeds $95 (the
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“Fifth
Target Price”)
for
any period of thirty consecutive Trading Days that ends after the 75th
day
following the Fourth Vesting Date; provided,
however,
that
the Fifth Tranche Shares shall not vest until the Fourth Tranche Shares have
vested. The date on which the Fourth Tranche Shares vest shall be referred
to as
the “Fifth
Vesting Date.”
(f) Any
Restricted Shares that do not vest prior to the Expiration Date will be
forfeited upon the Expiration Date without any consideration
therefor.
(g) Each
of
the First Vesting Date, Second Vesting Date, Third Vesting Date, Fourth Vesting
Date and Fifth Vesting Date may be referred to herein as a “Vesting
Date.”
Each
of the First Tranche Shares, Second Tranche Shares, Third Tranche Shares, Fourth
Tranche Shares and Fifth Tranche Shares may be referred to herein as a
“Tranche.”
Each
of the First Target Price, Second Target Price, Third Target Price, Fourth
Target Price and Fifth Target Price may be referred to herein as a “Target
Price.”
Restricted Shares which have become vested and nonforfeitable may be referred
to
herein as “Vested
Shares.”
SECTION
4. Restriction
on Transfer.
Prior
to the vesting of Restricted Shares, (i) neither the unvested Restricted Shares
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, and (ii) the unvested Restricted Shares shall not be subject to
execution, attachment or similar process. Any attempted assignment, transfer,
pledge, hypothecation or other disposition of unvested Restricted Shares
contrary to the provisions hereof, and the levy of any execution, attachment
or
similar process upon any unvested Restricted Shares, shall be null and void
and
without effect.
SECTION
5. Withholding
Taxes.
The
Company shall be entitled to require, as a condition of delivery of the Vested
Shares, that the Grantee remit an amount in cash sufficient to satisfy all
federal, state and local withholding and employment taxes relating thereto,
and
the Company and each of its Subsidiaries shall have the right and are hereby
authorized to withhold from delivery of the Vested Shares, or from any
compensation or other amount owing to the Grantee, the amount (in cash or,
in
the discretion of the Committee, Vested Shares, other securities, or other
property) of any applicable withholding taxes in respect of the vesting of
the
Restricted Shares 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. Notwithstanding the foregoing, subject to the approval of the Committee,
the Grantee may elect to satisfy the obligation to pay any withholding tax,
in
whole or in part, by having the Company retain Vested Shares or accept upon
delivery thereof Common Stock (other than Restricted Shares) held by the Grantee
for at least six months and one day sufficient in value to cover the amount
of
such withholding tax.
SECTION
6. Termination
of Employment.
(a) Termination
on Death or Disability, without Cause, or for Good Reason.
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(i) Subject
to Section 6(a)(ii) below, if the Grantee’s employment
with the Company terminates on account of a
termination by the Company without “Cause” (as defined in Section 6(b) below),
or upon the Grantee’s death, Disability or resignation with “Good Reason” (as
defined in Section 6(a)(ii) below), each Tranche, if it has not already vested,
shall vest and become nonforfeitable provided that the average closing price
of
the Common Stock for the period of the thirty consecutive Trading Days ending
on
the date of the Grantee’s termination of employment (the “Termination
Date”)
equals
or exceeds the Target Price related to such Tranche. The total number of
Restricted Shares that have previously vested in accordance with Section 3
plus
those that become vested pursuant to this Section 6(a)(i) shall be known as
the
“Baseline
Shares.”
(ii) If
the
Grantee’s employment with the Company terminates on account of a termination by
the Company without Cause, or upon the Grantee’s death, Disability or
resignation with Good Reason, in each case before February 15, 2011, and
the number of Baseline Shares is less than the number of “Pro-Rata Shares” (as
defined below), then, in addition to the Baseline Shares, a number of Restricted
Shares may become vested as follows: (1) the excess of the number of Pro-Rata
Shares over the number of Baseline Shares shall be divided by the number of
Tranches that have not yet vested pursuant to Section 3 or
Section 6(a)(i) (the resulting amount, the “New
Tranche Amount”),
and
(2) the number of Restricted Shares in each Tranche that have not yet vested
shall be replaced with the New Tranche Amount and shall continue to be eligible
to vest and become nonforfeitable in accordance with the applicable provisions
of Sections 3(a) through 3(e); provided,
however,
that
any fractional shares that would be allocated to each Tranche in accordance
with
the foregoing clauses (1) and (2) shall instead be aggregated and added to
the unvested Tranche with the lowest corresponding Target Price; and
provided,
further,
that
for purposes of the vesting of the Restricted Shares that constitute the New
Tranche Amount, the applicable Target Prices must be achieved following the
Termination Date but before February 15, 2011. For purposes of this
Agreement, “Pro-Rata
Shares”
shall
mean the number of shares of Common Stock that results from multiplying the
number 500,000 by a fraction (rounded to the nearest two decimal places), the
numerator of which is the number of whole months from February 15, 2005 to
the
Termination Date (the “Service
Period”),
increased, solely in the case of a termination of the Grantee’s employment by
the Company without Cause, by the “Accretion Amount,” as defined below, and the
denominator of which is 72; “Good
Reason”
shall
mean (A) any reduction in the Grantee’s salary or bonus opportunity as in effect
on the Grant Date or (B) any change in the title, duties, responsibilities
(including reporting responsibilities), or authority of the Grantee that is
inconsistent in any material and adverse respect with the Grantee’s title,
positions, duties, responsibilities or authority with the Company (including
any
material diminution of such duties, responsibilities or authority), in either
case of (A) or (B) after written notice by the Grantee to the Company of such
event and the Company’s failure to cure such event within 14 days
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following
its receipt of such notice and provided that no act taken by the Board pursuant
to a vote that Grantee did not oppose shall be the basis for Good Reason; and
the “Accretion
Amount”
shall
mean the amount that results from the following formula (rounded to the nearest
two decimal places):
12
x
(72 - the number of whole months in the Service Period)
72
An
example illustrating the operation of this Section 6(a)(ii) is set forth on
Exhibit
A
hereto.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Service Period shall end more than fifteen
(15) days after the commencement of a month, such partial month shall be deemed
to be a whole month for purposes of this Agreement.
(iii) That
number of Restricted Shares in excess of (A) the number of Baseline Shares,
if
the number of Baseline Shares is greater than or equal to the number of Pro-Rata
Shares or (B) the number of Pro-Rata Shares, if the number of Baseline Shares
is
less than the number of Pro-Rata Shares, shall be forfeited upon the Termination
Date if the Grantee’s employment with the Company terminates on account of a
termination by the Company without Cause, or upon the Grantee’s death,
Disability or resignation with Good Reason. Any Restricted Shares that, pursuant
to Section 6(a)(ii), may vest after the Termination Date and that do not
vest prior to February 15, 2011, will be forfeited on February 15,
2011, without any consideration therefor.
(b) Termination
with Cause. If
the
Grantee’s employment
with the Company terminates on account of a
termination by the Company with “Cause” (as defined below), all Restricted
Shares subject to this Agreement that have not otherwise vested shall be
forfeited on the Termination Date without further consideration therefor. For
purposes of this Agreement, “Cause”
means:
(1) the Grantee’s willful and continued failure, following notice from the
Company, substantially to perform the Grantee’s duties as an employee of the
Company (other than as a result of incapacity due to physical or mental
illness); (2) 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 employment with the Company that the Committee in
its sole discretion determines is detrimental to the best interests of the
Company; (3) the Grantee’s indictment of, conviction of, or plea of nolo contendere
to (x) a
misdemeanor involving moral turpitude or (y) a felony (or the equivalent of
such
a misdemeanor or felony in a jurisdiction other than the United States); (4)
the
Grantee’s material breach of this Agreement, including without limitation the
provisions of Section 8; (5) the Grantee’s violation of Company policies that
the Committee in its sole discretion determines is detrimental to the best
interests of the Company; (6) the Grantee’s misappropriation, embezzlement or
material misuse of funds or property belonging to the Company; or (7) 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 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 employment by the
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Grantee
in anticipation of an involuntary termination of the Grantee’s employment with
Cause shall be deemed to be a termination with Cause.
SECTION
7. Effect
of Change of Control.
Upon a
“Change of Control” (as defined below), each Tranche, if it has not already
vested, shall vest and become nonforfeitable as to some, all or none of the
Restricted Shares in each such Tranche (but only as to Restricted Shares that
have not previously been forfeited), as follows. The number of Restricted Shares
that shall vest with respect to each such Tranche shall be determined by
multiplying the number of Restricted Shares in each such Tranche by a fraction
(rounded to the nearest two decimal places, and not greater than one), the
numerator of which is equal to the excess of the Deal Price (as defined below)
over $45 (such $45 amount being hereinafter referred to as the “Change
in Control Threshold”),
and
the denominator of which is the excess of the Target Price with respect to
each
such Tranche over the Change in Control Threshold. Any Restricted Shares that
do
not vest in accordance with the foregoing sentence shall be forfeited upon
the
date on which the Change of Control occurs without any consideration therefor.
In the case of a Change of Control that occurs prior to February 15, 2007,
the
Deal Price of which is less than $70 (the “Pre-2007
Threshold”),
the
foregoing provisions shall not apply and all Restricted Shares subject to this
Award shall be forfeited upon the date on which the Change of Control occurs
without any consideration therefor. For purposes of the foregoing, (i)
“Change
of Control”
means
a
Change of Control, as defined in the Plan, provided,
that,
(A)
notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, the internal laws of
the
State of New York shall be applied for purposes of interpreting the
definition of Change of Control set forth in the Plan and for purposes of
interpreting the types of transactions that constitute a Change of Control
pursuant to the Plan (including, without limitation, a sale or other disposition
of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company) and (B) a sale of
2/3
or more of the Company’s assets by value shall constitute a Change of Control,
and (ii) “Deal
Price”
means
the price per share at which Common Stock is sold or otherwise transferred
in
connection with the Change of Control, or if Common Stock is not sold or
otherwise transferred in connection with the Change of Control (e.g., in the
case of an asset sale or change in Board membership), the Fair Market Value
per
share of the Common Stock at the time of the Change of Control. An example
illustrating the operation of this Section 7 is set forth on Exhibit
A
hereto.
SECTION
8. Restrictive
Covenants. (a)
Confidential
Information. The
Grantee agrees that all “Confidential Information” (as defined below) 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 or in furtherance of the Company’s interests, 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
all such 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 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
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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; provided,
however,
that
“Confidential Information” shall not include information which is (i) generally
known in the industry or to the public, or (ii) required to be disclosed by
law
or by governmental process.
(b) Noncompetition/Nonsolicitation.
The
Grantee acknowledges and recognizes the highly competitive nature of the
businesses of the Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates and accordingly
agrees as follows:
(i) During
the period of Grantee’s employment with the Company and, if applicable, the
“Noncompete Period” (as defined in Section 8(c) below), the Grantee will not
directly or indirectly, (1) engage
in any “Competitive Business” (as defined in Section 8(c) below) for the
Grantee’s own account, (2) enter the employ of, or render any services to,
any person or entity engaged in any Competitive Business, (3) acquire a
financial interest in, or otherwise become actively involved with, any person
or
entity engaged in any Competitive Business, directly or indirectly, as an
individual, partner, shareholder, officer, director, principal, agent, trustee
or consultant, or (4) interfere with business relationships (whether formed
before or after the Grant Date) between the Company and customers or suppliers
of, or consultants to, the Company. For purposes of this Section 8, the
Company shall be construed to include the Company and its Subsidiaries and
controlled Affiliates.
(ii) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in the Agreement, the Grantee may, directly or
indirectly own, solely as an investment: (A) securities of any person engaged
in
the business of the Company which are publicly traded on a national or regional
stock exchange or on the over-the-counter market if the Grantee (1) is not
a controlling person of, or a member of a group which controls, such person
and
(2) does not, directly or indirectly, own 3% or more of any class of
securities of such person; (B) certain passive investments in real estate
opportunity funds that have been separately disclosed to the Board in writing
as
of the date hereof; and (C) passive investments in investment funds, the primary
investment purpose of which is other than investing in gaming facilities or
“Destination Resorts” (as defined below).
(iii) During
the “Nonsolicitation Period” (as defined in Section 8(c) below), the Grantee
will not, directly or indirectly, solicit, or directly or indirectly hire,
any
person who is an employee of or exclusive consultant then under contract with
the Company or who was an employee of or exclusive consultant under contract
with the Company within the six month period immediately preceding such
employee’s or consultant’s termination without the Company’s written consent.
Furthermore, during the Nonsolicitation Period the Grantee will not, directly
or
indirectly, encourage to cease to work with the
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Company
any person who is an employee of or consultant under contract with the Company
(whether or not exclusive) without the Company’s written consent.
(c) For
purposes of this Section 8, the term “Noncompete
Period”
shall
mean (1) six months, if the Grantee’s employment with the Company ceases on
account of a termination by the Company without Cause before February 15, 2011,
(2) twelve months, if the Grantee’s employment with the Company ceases on
account of his Disability before February 15, 2011, resignation for any reason
before February 15, 2011, termination by the Company with Cause before February
15, 2011 or resignation for any reason on or after February 15, 2011 if the
Grantee has not given the Company at least 180 days’ advance notice of such
resignation, or (3) zero in the case of any other cessation of employment.
For
purposes of this Section 8, the term “Nonsolicitation
Period”
shall
mean (x) twenty-four months, if the Grantee’s employment with the Company ceases
for any reason before February 15, 2011, or (y) twelve months, if the Grantee’s
employment with the Company ceases for any reason after February 14, 2011.
For
purposes of this Section 8, the term “Competitive
Business”
shall
mean any business, in any form, which owns, operates or manages any “Destination
Resort” (as defined below) or gaming facility (A) within 50 miles of any
Destination Resort or gaming facility owned or operated or managed, in whole
or
in part, by the Company or (B) within 50 miles of any proposed Destination
Resort or proposed gaming facility with respect to which the Grantee has actual
knowledge that the Company is actively engaging in significant activities
intended to result in owning or operating or managing such a facility, which
in
each case during the Noncompete Period shall be determined as of the Termination
Date. For purposes of this Section 8, a “Destination
Resort”
is
a
self-contained luxury resort having more than 1,500 hotel rooms with superior
restaurant, sports, entertainment and shopping facilities.
(d) It
is
expressly understood and agreed that although the Grantee and the Company
consider the restrictions contained in this Section 8 to be reasonable, if
a
judicial determination is made by a court of competent jurisdiction that the
time or territory or any other restriction contained in the Agreement is an
unenforceable restriction against Grantee, the provisions of the Agreement
shall
not be rendered void but shall be deemed amended to apply as to such maximum
time and territory and to such maximum extent as such court may judicially
determine or indicate to be enforceable. Alternatively, if any court of
competent jurisdiction finds that any restriction contained in this Agreement
is
unenforceable, and such restriction cannot be amended so as to make it
enforceable, such finding shall not affect the enforceability of any of the
other restrictions contained herein.
(e) The
Grantee acknowledges and agrees that any violation of the provisions of this
Section 8 would cause the Company irreparable damage and that if the Grantee
breaches or threatens to breach such provisions, (i) as of such time any
Restricted Shares remaining unvested at such time shall be forfeited, and (ii)
the Company shall be entitled, in addition to any other rights and remedies
the
Company and its Affiliates may have at law or in equity, to seek specific
performance of such covenants through injunction or other equitable relief
from
a court of competent jurisdiction.
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SECTION
9. Rights
as a Shareholder.
Subject
to the provisions of the Plan and Section 4 of this Agreement, from and after
the date that any of the Restricted Shares become vested pursuant to this
Agreement, the Grantee shall have all rights and privileges of a stockholder
with respect to such Restricted Shares, including the right to vote such
Restricted Shares and receive any distributions or dividends with respect
thereto. Notwithstanding any provision of the preceding sentence or
Section 9(b) of the Plan, with respect to any of the Restricted Shares
which have not become vested pursuant to this Agreement, (i) such Restricted
Shares shall be voted by the Grantee (x) in accordance with the recommendation
of the Board with respect to any matter regarding which the Board has made
such
a recommendation or (y) in the same proportion as all other holders of Common
Stock have voted with respect to any matter regarding which the Board has
not
made any such recommendation, and (ii) the Company will retain custody of
all
distributions, including cash dividends (“Retained
Distributions”),
made
or declared with respect to such Restricted Shares (and such Retained
Distributions will be subject to the same restrictions, terms and vesting
and
other conditions as are applicable to the Restricted Shares), until such
time,
if ever, as such Restricted Shares with respect to which such Retained
Distributions shall have been made, paid or declared shall have become vested,
in which case such Retained Distributions shall be paid to the Grantee (such
Retained Distributions shall not bear interest or be segregated in a separate
account).
SECTION
10. Effect
of Certain Changes.
Without
limiting the powers granted to the Committee under Section 14 of the Plan,
in
the event that any dividend or other distribution (whether in the form of cash,
shares of Common Stock, other securities or other property), recapitalization,
stock split, reverse stock split, reorganization, merger, consolidation,
split-up, spin-off, combination, repurchase or exchange of shares of Common
Stock or other securities of the Company, issuance of warrants or other rights
to purchase shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company, other
similar corporate transaction or event (including, without limitation, a Change
of Control), change in applicable rule, ruling, regulation or other requirement
of any governmental body or securities exchange, accounting principles or law,
or other unusual or non-recurring event affects the Company, any of its
Subsidiaries, the financial statements of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, or shares of Common Stock, then the Committee shall make
appropriate and equitable adjustments to the number of shares of Common Stock
subject to this Agreement, the Target Prices, the Change in Control Threshold,
the Pre-2007 Threshold and/or the other numerical formulas set forth herein,
to
the extent necessary to maintain (but neither to increase nor diminish) the
rights of the Grantee under this Agreement.
SECTION
11. Compliance
with Securities Laws.
No
Common Stock (whether or not restricted) shall be delivered unless and until
the
Company and/or the Grantee shall have complied with all applicable federal
or
state registration, listing and/or qualification requirements and all other
requirements of law or of any regulatory agencies having jurisdiction, and
the
Company will take reasonable steps (at Company expense) to fulfill such
requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the
Committee may revoke this Agreement if it is contrary to law or modify this
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Agreement
to bring it into compliance with any valid and mandatory government laws or
regulations.
SECTION
12. No
Right to Employment.
Nothing
in the Award shall confer upon the Grantee any right to continue as an employee
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 employment or to increase or decrease the Grantee’s
compensation at any time. The Restricted Shares 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
13. Agreement
Controls.
The
award of Restricted Shares 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 of Restricted Shares 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, 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 this Agreement shall govern and
prevail.
SECTION
14. 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
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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
15. 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
16. 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
17. Amendment.
This
Agreement may not be amended, terminated, suspended or otherwise modified except
in a written instrument, duly executed by both parties.
SECTION
18. Governing
Law.
This
Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws
of
the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, without regard to its principles of conflicts
of law.
SECTION
19. 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 state and federal courts
in New York City, New York with respect to any disputes or controversies arising
out of or relating to this Agreement; provided,
however,
that if
the foregoing selection of venue is unenforceable for any reason, 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 those described in this Section 19(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 19(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 19(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
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non-appealable
judgment in any suit, action or proceeding brought in any applicable court
described in Section 19(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 14.
(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 19(d).
SECTION
20. 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.
SECTION
21. 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
22. 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.
SECTION
23. Non-Uniformity
of Treatment.
There
is no obligation for uniformity of treatment of the Grantee and any other
holders or beneficiaries of restricted Common Stock, and the terms and
conditions of this Agreement and such other awards of restricted Common Stock,
and the Committee determinations and interpretations with respect to this
Agreement and such other awards of restricted Common Stock 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.
SECTION
24. Successors.
This
Agreement shall inure to the benefit of the Company and its successors, and
of
the Grantee and, following his death, his beneficiaries, executors,
administrators, heirs and successors.
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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
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/s/
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Title:
Authorized
Signatory
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GRANTEE,
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By
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/s/
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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EXHIBIT
A
Example
Section 6(a)(ii)
First
Example
Assume
that the Grantee’s employment terminates on February 15, 2008 as a result of his
resignation with Good Reason. On that date, the average closing price of the
Common Stock for the past 30 days has been $80. The First Tranche Shares and
Second Tranche Shares will vest because the First Target Price and Second Target
Price ($75 and $80) have been achieved, for a total of 200,000 vested Restricted
Shares (the “Baseline Shares”). The number of Pro-Rata Shares would be 250,000
[500,000 x (361
/
72)].
The
excess of the number of Pro-Rata Shares over the Baseline Shares would be 50,000
shares (250,000-200,000). These 50,000 shares would be divided by the number
of
Tranches that have not yet vested—in this case, three, resulting in 16,666⅔
shares as the “New Tranche Amount.” Because the New Tranche Amount includes
fractional shares, these shares would be aggregated and added to the Third
Tranche (the Tranche with the lowest corresponding Target Price). Thus, the
number of shares in the Third Tranche would become 16,668 and the number of
shares in the Fourth and Fifth Tranches would become 16,666. These Tranches
would continue to be eligible to become vested in accordance with Section 3
of
the Agreement (after taking into account the modifications set forth in the
second proviso to the first sentence of Section 6(a)(ii)) upon achievement
of
the Third, Fourth and Fifth Target Prices.
The
other
250,000 unvested Restricted Shares would be forfeited upon
termination.
Second
Example
Assume
the same facts as the First Example above; however, assume that the Grantee’s
employment is terminated by the Company without Cause instead of on account
of a
Good Reason resignation. In this case, the number of Pro-Rata Shares would
be
calculated as follows: [500,000 x ((362
+ the
Accretion Amount) / 72)]. Here the Accretion Amount would be 6, calculated
as
follows: [(12 x (72 - 363 ))/72].
Thus, the number of Pro-Rata Shares would be 290,000 [500,000 x (42 /
72)].
The
excess of the number of Pro-Rata Shares over the Baseline Shares would be 90,000
shares (290,000-200,000). These 90,000 shares would be divided by the number
of
Tranches that have not yet vested—in this case, three. Thus, the number of
shares in the
1 The
number of whole months in the service period of February 15, 2005 - February
15,
2008.
2 The
number of whole months in the service period of February 15, 2005 - February
15,
2008.
3 The
number of whole months in the service period of February 15, 2005 - February
15,
2008.
2
Third,
Fourth and Fifth Tranches would become 30,000 (90,000/3) and would be eligible
to become vested in accordance with Section 3 of the Agreement (after taking
into account the modifications set forth in the second proviso to the first
sentence of Section 6(a)(ii)) upon achievement of the Third, Fourth and
Fifth Target Prices.
The
other
210,000 unvested Restricted Shares would be forfeited upon
termination.
Example
Section 7
Assume
a
Change of Control occurs after February 15, 2007 at a Deal Price of $80 and
that
none of the Restricted Shares have previously vested or been forfeited. The
number of Restricted Shares that would vest would be as follows.
First
Tranche Shares: 100,000 X [($80 - $45)/($75 - $45)4 ]
=
100,000.
Second
Tranche Shares: 100,000 X [($80 - $45)/($80 - $45)] = 100,000.
Third
Tranche Shares: 100,000 X [($80 - $45)/($85 - $45)] = 88,000.
Fourth
Tranche Shares: 100,000 X [($80 - $45)/($90 - $45)] = 78,000.
Fifth
Tranche Shares: 100,000 X [($80 - $45)/($95 - $45)] = 70,000.
Thus,
a
total
of 436,000 Restricted Shares would vest. The remaining 64,000 unvested
Restricted Shares would be forfeited.
4 Note that the fraction is reduced to 1.