SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED POZEN INC. 2000 EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AGREEMENT [For Non-Employee Directors]
EXHIBIT
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SECOND
AMENDED AND RESTATED
POZEN
INC. 2000 EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN
[For
Non-Employee Directors]
This
RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), dated as of _________, 20__
(the “Date of Grant”), is delivered by POZEN Inc. (“POZEN” or the “Company”), to
_________________ (the “Grantee”).
RECITALS
The
Second Amended and Restated POZEN Inc. 2000 Equity Compensation Plan (the
“Plan”) provides for the grant of stock-based awards with respect to shares of
common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of POZEN (the “Common Stock”), in
accordance with the terms and conditions of the Plan. The
Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of POZEN (the “Committee”) has
decided to make a stock-based award in the form of a grant of restricted stock
units, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and
the
Plan, as an inducement for the Grantee to promote the best interests of POZEN
and its stockholders. The Grantee may receive a copy of the Plan by
contacting the Department of Finance and Administration at POZEN.
NOW,
THEREFORE, the parties to this Agreement, intending to be legally bound hereby,
agree as follows:
1. Grant
of Restricted Units. Subject to the terms and conditions set
forth in this Agreement and the Plan, POZEN hereby grants to the Grantee
____________________ restricted stock units (the “Restricted Units”) under the
Plan. The Grantee accepts the Restricted Units and agrees to be bound
by the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Plan with respect to
the
Restricted Units.
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2. Restricted
Unit Account. Restricted Units represent hypothetical shares of
Common Stock, and not actual shares of stock. POZEN shall establish
and maintain a Restricted Unit account, as a bookkeeping account on its records,
for the Grantee and shall record in such account the number of Restricted Units
granted to the Grantee. No shares of stock shall be issued to the
Grantee at the time the grant is made, and the Grantee shall not be, nor have
any of the rights or privileges of, a stockholder of POZEN with respect to
any
Restricted Units recorded in the account. The Grantee shall not have
the right to receive any dividends or other distributions with respect to
hypothetical shares of stock recorded in the Restricted Unit account; provided,
however, that the Committee shall appropriately adjust the number and kind
of
Restricted Units in the event of a stock split, stock dividend or other change
in capitalization of POZEN as described in the Plan. The Grantee
shall not have any interest in any fund or specific assets of POZEN by reason
of
this award or the Restricted Unit account established for the
Grantee.
3. Lapse
of Restrictions.
(a) The
Restricted Units shall be subject to forfeiture until the restrictions on the
Restricted Units lapse. The restrictions on the Restricted Units
shall lapse, and the Restricted Units shall become vested, on the earlier of:
(i) the date of the first anniversary of the Date of Grant, and (ii) the date
of
the Company’s next Annual Meeting of Stockholders subsequent to the Date of
Grant, provided in each case that the Grantee continues to be employed by,
or
provide service to, the Company (as defined in the Plan) at such
date.
(b) When
the
restrictions on the Restricted Units lapse as described above, such Restricted
Units shall be vested and shall no longer be subject to
forfeiture. The Company shall pay to the Grantee whole shares of
Common Stock equal to the number of vested whole Restricted Units as described
in Paragraph 5 below.
4. Termination
of Restricted Units. If the Grantee ceases to be employed by, or
provide service to, the Company for any reason before the restrictions on all
the Restricted Units lapse, any Restricted Units for which the restrictions
have
not lapsed according to the vesting schedule above shall automatically terminate
and shall be forfeited as of the date of the Grantee’s termination of employment
or service unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors of POZEN or
the
Committee at the time of termination of Grantee’s service to the
Company. No payment shall be made with respect to any Restricted
Units that terminate as described in this Paragraph 4.
5. Payment
of Restricted Units.
(a) On
July
15, 20__ [the year following the Grant Date] , provided that the
Restricted Units have vested in accordance with Section 3(a) of this Agreement,
POZEN will issue to the Grantee one share of Common Stock for each whole vested
Restricted Unit. Any vested amounts representing partial shares shall
be paid in cash.
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(b) The
obligation of POZEN to deliver shares hereunder shall be subject to the
condition that if at any time the Committee shall determine in its discretion
that the listing, registration or qualification of the shares of Common Stock
upon any securities exchange or under any state or federal law, or the consent
or approval of any governmental regulatory body is necessary or desirable as
a
condition of, or in connection with, the issue of shares, the shares may not
be
issued in whole or in part unless such listing, registration, qualification,
consent or approval shall have been effected or obtained free of any conditions
not acceptable to the Committee. The issuance of shares of Common
Stock to the Grantee pursuant to this Agreement is subject to any applicable
taxes and other laws or regulations of the United States or of any state having
jurisdiction thereof.
(c) The
Grantee agrees to be bound by the Company’s policies regarding transfer of
shares of Common Stock and understands that there may be certain times during
the year in which the Grantee will be prohibited from selling, transferring,
pledging, donating, assigning, mortgaging, hypothetically or encumbering
shares.
6. Change
of Control. The provisions of the Plan applicable to a Change of
Control shall apply to the Restricted Units; provided, however, that for
purposes of this Agreement, a “Change of Control” shall be deemed to have
occurred:
(i) if
any “person” (as such term is used in sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange
Act) (other than the Company or any trustee or fiduciary holding securities
under an employee benefit plan of the Company) becomes a “beneficial owner” (as
defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of
securities of the Company representing more than 50% of the voting power of
the
then outstanding securities of the Company; provided that a Change of Control
shall not be deemed to occur as a result of a transaction in which the Company
becomes a subsidiary of another corporation and in which the stockholders of
the
Company, immediately prior to the transaction, will beneficially own,
immediately after the transaction, shares entitling such stockholders to more
than 50% of all votes to which all stockholders of the parent corporation would
be entitled in the election of directors (without consideration of the rights
of
any class of stock to elect directors by a separate class vote); or
(ii) upon
the consummation of (A) a merger or consolidation of the Company with another
corporation where the stockholders of the Company, immediately prior to the
merger or consolidation, will beneficially own, immediately after the merger
or
consolidation, shares entitling such stockholders to less than 50% of all votes
to which all stockholders of the surviving corporation would be entitled in
the
election of directors (without consideration of the rights of any class of
stock
to elect directors by a separate class vote) or (B) a sale or other disposition
of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company.
In
the
event of a Change of Control, the Committee may take such actions as it deems
appropriate pursuant to the Plan, provided that all payments in settlement
of
the Restricted Units pursuant to the Plan shall be made on or within 30 days
of
the occurrence of the Change of Control, notwithstanding anything to the
contrary set forth in Section 15(c) of the Plan.
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7. Grant
Subject to Plan Provisions. This grant is made pursuant to the
Plan, the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference, and in all
respects shall be interpreted in accordance with the Plan. The grant
and payment of the Restricted Units are subject to interpretations, regulations
and determinations concerning the Plan established from time to time by the
Committee in accordance with the provisions of the Plan, including, but not
limited to, provisions pertaining to (i) rights and obligations with respect
to
any applicable withholding taxes, (ii) the registration, qualification or
listing of the shares issued under the Plan, (iii) changes in capitalization
of
POZEN and (iv) other requirements of applicable law. The Committee
shall have the authority to interpret and construe the Restricted Units pursuant
to the terms of the Plan, and its decisions shall be conclusive as to any
questions arising hereunder.
8. No
Rights. The grant of the Restricted Units shall not confer upon
the Grantee any right to be retained by or in the service of the Company and
shall not interfere in any way with the right of the Company to terminate the
Grantee’s service at any time. The right of the Company to terminate
at will the Grantee’s service at any time for any reason is specifically
reserved.
9. No
Stockholder Rights. Neither the Grantee, nor any person entitled
to receive payment in the event of the Grantee’s death, shall have any of the
rights and privileges of a stockholder with respect to shares of Common Stock,
until certificates for shares have been issued upon payment of Restricted
Units.
10. Assignment
and Transfers. Except as the Committee may otherwise permit
pursuant to the Plan, the rights and interests of the Grantee under this
Agreement may not be sold, assigned, encumbered or otherwise transferred except,
in the event of the death of the Grantee, by will or by the laws of descent
and
distribution. In the event of any attempt by the Grantee to alienate,
assign, pledge, hypothecate, or otherwise dispose of the Restricted Units or
any
right hereunder, except as provided for in this Agreement, or in the event
of
the levy or any attachment, execution or similar process upon the rights or
interests hereby conferred, POZEN may terminate the Restricted Units by notice
to the Grantee, and the Restricted Units and all rights hereunder shall
thereupon become null and void. The rights and protections of POZEN
hereunder shall extend to any successors or assigns of POZEN and to POZEN’s
parents, subsidiaries, and affiliates. This Agreement may be assigned
by POZEN without the Grantee’s consent.
11. Unfunded
Arrangement. The Grantee’s right to receive payments under
this Agreement shall be no greater than the right of an unsecured general
creditor of the Company. All payments shall be made from the general
assets of the Company, and no special or separate fund shall be established
and
no segregation of assets shall be made to assure payment.
12. Applicable
Law. The validity, construction, interpretation and effect of
this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws
of
the State of Delaware, without giving effect to the conflicts of laws provisions
thereof.
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13. Notice. Any
notice to POZEN provided for in this Agreement shall be addressed to POZEN
in
care of the Vice President, Finance and Administration, at the corporate
headquarters of POZEN, and any notice to the Grantee shall be addressed to
such
Grantee at the current address shown on the payroll of POZEN, or to such other
address as the Grantee may designate to POZEN in writing. Any notice
shall be delivered by hand, sent by telecopy or enclosed in a properly sealed
envelope addressed as stated above, registered and deposited, postage prepaid,
in a post office regularly maintained by the United States Postal
Service.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, POZEN has caused its duly authorized officer to execute this
Restricted Stock Unit Agreement, and the Grantee has placed his or her signature
hereon, effective as of the Date of Grant.
POZEN
INC.
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By:
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Its:
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hereby
accept the award of Restricted Units described in this Agreement, and I agree
to
be bound by the terms of the Plan and this Agreement. I hereby agree
that all of the decisions and determinations of the Committee with respect
to
the Restricted Units shall be final and binding.
Grantee
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