PRIDE INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Exhibit 10.4
Form Restricted Stock Award for Directors
PRIDE INTERNATIONAL, INC.
This Restricted Stock Agreement (“Agreement”) between PRIDE INTERNATIONAL, INC. (the “Company”) and ___ (the “Grantee”), a nonemployee Director of the Company or one of its Subsidiaries, regarding an award (“Award”) of ___ shares of Common Stock (as defined in the Pride International, Inc. 2004 Directors’ Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), such Common Stock comprising this Award referred to herein as “Restricted Stock”) awarded to the Grantee on ___ (the “Award Date”), such number of shares subject to adjustment as provided in the Plan, and further subject to the following terms and conditions:
1. Relationship to Plan
This Award is subject to all of the terms, conditions and provisions of the Plan and administrative interpretations thereunder, if any, which have been adopted by the Committee thereunder and are in effect on the date hereof. Except as defined herein, capitalized terms shall have the same meanings ascribed to them under the Plan. For purposes of this Agreement:
(a) “Disability” means a permanent or total disability as defined in Section 22(e)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
(b) “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
(c) “Mandatory Resignation” means a Grantee’s resignation in compliance with the terms of the Company’s Corporate Governance Guidelines, as determined by the Committee.
(d) “Retirement” means the Grantee’s termination of his or her position after attaining age 75.
Vesting Schedule
(a) This Award shall vest in installments in accordance with the following schedule:
| Additional Percentage of | ||||
| Date Vested | Award Vested | |||
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25 | % | ||
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25 | % | ||
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25 | % | ||
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25 | % | ||
| 100 | % | |||
(b) All shares of Restricted Stock subject to this Award shall vest, irrespective of the limitations set forth in subparagraph (a) above, provided that the Grantee has been in continuous service as a Director since the Award Date, upon the occurrence of:
(i) a Change in Control or
(ii) the Grantee’s termination of his or her position by reason of death, Disability, Retirement or Mandatory Resignation.
3. Forfeiture of Award
Except as provided in any other agreement between the Grantee and the Company, if the Grantee’s service as a Director is terminated by the Company for Cause, all unvested Restricted Stock as of the termination date shall be forfeited. Except as provided in any other agreement between the Grantee and the Company or as otherwise determined by the Committee, if the Grantee’s service as a Director terminates other than for Cause or for any reason identified in Section 2(b), all unvested Restricted Stock as of the termination date shall be forfeited.
4. Escrow of Shares
During the period of time between the Award Date and the earlier of the date the Restricted Stock vests or is forfeited (the “Restriction Period”), the Restricted Stock shall be registered in the name of the Grantee and held in escrow by the Company, and the Grantee agrees, upon the Company’s written request, to provide a stock power endorsed by the Grantee in blank. Any certificate shall bear a legend as provided by the Company, conspicuously referring to the terms, conditions and restrictions described in this Agreement. Upon termination of the Restriction Period, a certificate representing such shares shall be delivered upon written request to the Grantee as promptly as is reasonably practicable following such termination.
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5. Code Section 83(b) Election
The Grantee shall be permitted to make an election under Code Section 83(b), to include an amount in income in respect of the Award of Restricted Stock in accordance with the requirements of Code Section 83(b).
6. Dividends and Voting Rights
The Grantee is entitled to receive all dividends and other distributions made with respect to Restricted Stock registered in his name and is entitled to vote or execute proxies with respect to such registered Restricted Stock, unless and until the Restricted Stock is forfeited.
7. Delivery of Shares
The Company shall not be obligated to deliver any shares of Common Stock if counsel to the Company determines that such sale or delivery would violate any applicable law or any rule or regulation of any governmental authority or any rule or regulation of, or agreement of the Company with, any securities exchange or association upon which the Common Stock is listed or quoted. The Company shall in no event be obligated to take any affirmative action in order to cause the delivery of shares of Common Stock to comply with any such law, rule, regulation or agreement.
8. Notices
Unless the Company notifies the Grantee in writing of a different procedure, any notice or other communication to the Company with respect to this Award shall be in writing and shall be:
(a) by registered or certified United States mail, postage prepaid, to Pride International, Inc., Attn: Corporate Secretary, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇; or
(b) by hand delivery or otherwise to Pride International, Inc., Attn: Corporate Secretary, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇.
Any notices provided for in this Agreement or in the Plan shall be given in writing and shall be deemed effectively delivered or given upon receipt or, in the case of notices delivered by the Company to the Grantee, five days after deposit in the United States mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the Grantee at the address specified at the end of this Agreement or at such other address as the Grantee hereafter designates by written notice to the Company.
9. Assignment of Award
Except as otherwise permitted by the Committee, the Grantee’s rights under the Plan and this Agreement are personal; no assignment or transfer of the Grantee’s rights under and interest in this Award may be made by the Grantee other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, subject to the approval of the Committee, in its sole discretion, the Award may be transferred by the Grantee to (i) the children or grandchildren of the Grantee (“Immediate Family Members”), (ii) a trust or trusts for the exclusive benefit of such Immediate Family Members (“Immediate Family Member Trusts”) or (iii) a partnership or partnerships in which such Immediate Family Members have at least 99% of the equity, profit and loss interests (“Immediate Family Member Partnerships”). Subsequent transfers of a transferred Award shall be prohibited except by will or the laws of descent and distribution, unless such transfers are made to the original Grantee or a person to whom the original Grantee could have made a transfer in the manner described herein. No transfer shall be effective unless and until written notice of such transfer is provided to the Committee, in the form and manner prescribed by the Committee. Following transfer, the Award shall continue to be subject to the same terms and conditions as were applicable immediately prior to transfer, and except as otherwise provided herein, the term “Grantee” shall be deemed to refer to the transferee. The consequences of termination of service shall continue to be applied with respect to the original Grantee, following which the Awards shall vest only to the extent specified in the Plan and this Agreement.
10. Withholding
At the time of delivery or vesting of Restricted Stock, the amount of all federal, state and other governmental withholding tax requirements imposed upon the Company with respect to the delivery or vesting of such shares of Restricted Stock shall be remitted to the Company or provisions to pay such withholding requirements shall have been made to the satisfaction of the Committee. The Committee may make such provisions as it may deem appropriate for the withholding of any taxes, if any, which it determines is required in connection with this Award. The Grantee may pay all or any portion of the taxes required to be withheld by the Company or paid by the Grantee in connection with the all or any portion of this Award by delivering cash, or, with the Committee’s approval, by electing to have the Company withhold shares of Common Stock, or by delivering previously owned shares of Common Stock, having a Fair Market Value equal to the amount required to be withheld or paid. The Grantee may only request withholding Restricted Stock having a Fair Market Value equal to the statutory minimum withholding amount. The Grantee must make the foregoing election on or before the date that the amount of tax to be withheld is determined. If the Grantee is subject to the short-swing profits recapture provisions of Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, any such election shall be subject to such other restrictions as may be established by the Committee in order that satisfaction of withholding tax obligations with shares of Common Stock might be exempt from the operation of Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act in whole or in part.
11. Stock Certificates
Certificates representing the Common Stock issued pursuant to the Award will bear all legends required by law and necessary or advisable to effectuate the provisions of the Plan and this Award. The Company may place a “stop transfer” order against shares of the Common Stock issued pursuant to this Award until all restrictions and conditions set forth in the Plan or this Agreement and in the legends referred to in this paragraph 11 have been complied with.
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12. Successors and Assigns
This Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Grantee, the Company and their respective permitted successors and assigns (including personal representatives, heirs and legatees), except that the Grantee may not assign any rights or obligations under this Agreement except to the extent and in the manner expressly permitted herein.
13. No Continued Service Guaranteed
No provision of this Agreement, and no action of the Company or the Committee with respect hereto, shall confer or be construed to confer any right upon the Grantee to continue as a Director the Company or any Subsidiary.
14. Governing Law
This Agreement shall be governed by, construed, and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware.
15. Amendment
This Agreement cannot be modified, altered or amended except by an agreement, in writing, signed by both the Company and the Grantee.
| PRIDE INTERNATIONAL, INC. | ||||
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The Grantee hereby accepts the foregoing Restricted Stock Agreement, subject to the terms and provisions of the Plan and administrative interpretations thereof referred to above.
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