EXHIBIT 10.2
STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
TERM SHEET
Under the Pulte Homes, Inc. 2004 Stock Incentive Plan @Plan_Name (the "Plan"),
__________("Employee") has been granted ________ non-qualified stock options to
purchase the Option Shares listed below. Certain terms and conditions of the
Option are set forth immediately below in this "Term Sheet". Other terms and
conditions are set forth in the "Attachment" which is appended to this Term
Sheet. The Term Sheet and the Attachment are together the "Agreement" which is
made and entered into between Pulte Homes Corporation (formerly known as Pulte
Corporation), a Michigan corporation ("Corporation"), and Employee as of the
Grant Date. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Term Sheet are
defined in the Plan or the Attachment, as the case may be.
Grant Date:
Number of Option Shares:
Stock Option Price:
Expiration Date: This Option shall expire on, and in no event
may any portion of this Option be exercised
after, _________ (i.e. the tenth anniversary
of the Grant Date), except as otherwise
provided in the Plan and the Attachment.
Vesting and Exercise Schedule: This Option shall become vested and exercisable
with respect to the Option Shares according to
the following vesting and exercise schedule,
except as otherwise provided in the Plan and
the Attachment:
- 50% of the Option Shares vest and become
exercisable on the second anniversary of the
grant date
- 25% of the Option Shares vest and become
exercisable on the third anniversary of the
grant date
- 25% of the Option Shares vest and become
exercisable on the fourth anniversary of the
grant date
Employee acknowledges receipt of copies of the Attachment and the Plan (which
are incorporated by reference and made a part hereof) and this Term Sheet and
agrees to abide by all of the terms and conditions of the Plan and the
Agreement.
In witness whereof, the parties have executed the Agreement as of ____________ .
PULTE HOMES, INC.,
a Michigan corporation
By:
-----------------------------------
Agreed and Accepted:
Signature:
----------------------------------------
STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
ATTACHMENT
THIS ATTACHMENT, together with the Term Sheet, constitute the Stock
Option Agreement which is made and entered into as of the Grant Date between
Pulte Homes, Inc. (formerly known as Pulte Corporation), a Michigan corporation
("CORPORATION"), and the employee listed in the Term Sheet ("EMPLOYEE").
Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in Section 17 below or the Term Sheet
shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the Plan.
RECITALS
A. The Corporation previously established the Plan for certain
key employees of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries selected by the Committee
in its Discretion to be Participants in the Plan.
B. The Plan provides that the Committee may in its Discretion
grant one or more Options to Participants.
C. The Committee has granted to the Employee an Option to acquire
a certain number of Shares from the Corporation pursuant to the Plan and the
Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:
1. THE PLAN. The Plan is hereby incorporated by reference and
made part of the Agreement and the parties shall be bound by the terms and
conditions of the Plan. The Employee hereby acknowledges receipt of a copy of
the Plan.
2. GRANT. The Agreement hereby confirms that the Committee has
granted the Employee an Option to purchase the Shares listed in the Term Sheet
(each an "OPTION SHARE") in accordance with the Plan.
3. STOCK OPTION PRICE. The Stock Option Price for each Option
Share is listed in the Term Sheet.
4. VESTING.
(a) GENERALLY. Except as otherwise provided in the Plan or
the Agreement, this Option shall automatically become vested and exercisable
with respect to the Option Shares as set forth in the Term Sheet until the
termination of this Option.
2
(b) CHANGE IN CONTROL. In the event of a Change in Control,
this Option shall immediately vest and become exercisable on the date of such
Change in Control with respect to all Option Shares until the termination of
this Option.
(c) AGE AND YEARS OF SERVICE EQUAL OR EXCEED SEVENTY YEARS.
If the employment of the Employee with the Corporation or a Subsidiary, as
applicable, terminates (other than for Cause) and the Seventy Year Rule is
satisfied on or before the date of such termination, the employment of such
Employee with the Corporation or such Subsidiary shall be treated as if it
continued on a full-time basis for purposes of determining the vesting of this
Option under this Section 4.
(d) OTHER EMPLOYMENT TERMINATION. Except as provided by
Section 4(b) and (c) above, in the event that the Employee shall cease being
employed by the Corporation or a Subsidiary, as applicable, for any reason
(including, but not limited to death, Permanent Disability or Cause) before the
date on which any portion of this Option shall vest and become exercisable, such
portion of this Option shall immediately terminate and never become exercisable
with respect to any Option Shares.
5. EXERCISE PERIOD.
(a) TEN YEAR PERIOD. Notwithstanding anything in the
Agreement to the contrary, this Option shall terminate on, and in no event may
this Option be exercised in whole or in part after the Expiration Date.
(b) DEATH; PERMANENT DISABILITY. In the event that the
Employee's employment with the Corporation or a Subsidiary, as applicable,
terminates because of the death or Permanent Disability of the Employee, this
Option, to the extent vested and exercisable under the Agreement, shall remain
fully exercisable until the Expiration Date.
(c) FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE. In the event that the Employee
has rendered at least five (5) Years of Service on or before the date on which
the Employee's employment with the Corporation or a Subsidiary, as applicable,
terminates (other than for Cause), this Option, to the extent vested and
exercisable under the Agreement, shall remain exercisable until the Expiration
Date.
(d) AGE AND YEARS OF SERVICE EQUAL OR EXCEED SEVENTY YEARS.
If the employment of the Employee with the Corporation or a Subsidiary, as
applicable, terminates (other than for Cause) and the Seventy Year Rule is
satisfied on or before the date of such termination, the employment of such
Employee with the Corporation or such Subsidiary shall be treated as if it
continued on a full-time basis for purposes of determining the exercise of this
Option under the Agreement.
(e) OTHER EMPLOYMENT TERMINATION. In the event that the
Employee's employment with the Corporation or a Subsidiary, as applicable,
terminates for any reason other than (i) for death, (ii) for Permanent
Disability, (iii) after rendering five (5) Years of Service, (iv) after
satisfying the Seventy Year Rule, or (v) for Cause, to the extent that this
Option is vested
3
and exercisable under the Agreement on the date of such termination, this Option
shall remain exercisable until the close of the three (3) month period beginning
on the date of such event or until the Expiration Date, whichever is the shorter
period.
(f) TERMINATION FOR CAUSE. In the event that the Employee's
employment with the Corporation or a Subsidiary, as applicable, terminates for
Cause before, on or after this Option becomes vested and exercisable under the
Agreement, this Option shall automatically terminate and cease to be exercisable
effective as of the close of the day before such event.
6. METHOD OF EXERCISE.
(a) Subject to the limitations set forth in the Agreement,
this Option may be exercised by the Employee:
(i) by paying the Stock Option Price as follows:
(A) in cash; (B) in previously owned whole Shares (for which the Employee has
good title, free and clear of all liens and encumbrances) with an aggregate Fair
Market Value equal to such Stock Option Price; (C) by authorizing the
Corporation to retain whole Shares which would otherwise be issuable upon
exercise of this Option having a Fair Market Value equal to such Stock Option
Price; (D) in cash by a broker-dealer acceptable to the Corporation to whom the
Employee has submitted an irrevocable notice of exercise; (E) in such other
manner as the Committee in its Discretion shall determine; or (F) a combination
of the methods described in clauses (A), (B), (C) and (D) above, and
(ii) by executing such documents as the Corporation
may reasonably request.
(b) No Shares shall be issued upon exercise of this Option
until the full Stock Option Price has been paid.
7. NONTRANSFERABILITY OF OPTION. This Option may not be
transferred by the Employee other than by will or the laws of descent and
distribution. During the Employee's lifetime, this Option is exercisable only by
the Employee or his guardian or legal representative, provided that, if so
determined by the Committee in its Discretion, the Employee may, in a manner
designated by the Committee, designate a beneficiary to exercise the rights of
the Employee under this Option upon the death of the Employee. Absent such a
designation, in case of death, such Option shall be exercisable by the executor,
administrator or legal representative of the deceased Employee. Except as
permitted by the foregoing, this Option may not be sold, transferred, assigned,
pledged, hypothecated or otherwise disposed of (whether by operation of law or
otherwise) or subject to execution, attachment or similar process. Any attempted
sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, hypothecation or encumbrance, or other
disposition of this Option shall be null and void.
8. INVESTMENT REPRESENTATION. The Employee hereby represents and
covenants that, (a) any Option Shares purchased upon exercise of this Option
will be purchased for investment and not with a view to the distribution thereof
within the meaning of the Securities Act, unless such Option Shares have been
registered under the Securities Act and any applicable
4
state securities laws; (b) any subsequent sale of any such Option Shares, unless
the issuance thereof has been registered under the Securities Act and any
applicable state securities laws, shall be made either pursuant to an effective
registration statement under the Securities Act and any applicable state
securities laws, or pursuant to an exemption from registration under the
Securities Act and such state securities laws; and (c) if requested by the
Corporation, the Employee shall submit a written statement in form satisfactory
to the Corporation, to the effect that such representation (i) is true and
correct as of the date of purchase of any Option Shares hereunder or (ii) is
true and correct as of the date of any sale of any such Option Shares, as
applicable. As a further condition precedent to any exercise of this Option, the
Employee shall comply with all regulations and requirements of any regulatory
authority having control of, or supervision over, the issuance of the Option
Shares and, in connection therewith, shall execute any documents which the Board
of Directors or the Committee shall in its Discretion, deem necessary or
advisable.
9. WITHHOLDING TAXES.
(a) As a condition precedent to any exercise of this Option,
the Employee shall, upon request by the Corporation, pay to the Corporation in
addition to the purchase price of the Option Shares being purchased, such amount
as the Corporation may be required, under all applicable federal, state, local
or other laws or regulations, to withhold and pay over as income or other
withholding taxes (the "REQUIRED TAX PAYMENTS") with respect to such exercise of
this Option and any related exercise by the Employee of his rights under this
Section 9. If the Employee shall fail to pay to the Corporation the Required Tax
Payments after request by the Corporation, the Corporation or a Subsidiary, as
applicable, through any of their respective officers may deduct any Required Tax
Payments from any amount then or thereafter payable by the Corporation or such
Subsidiary, as applicable, to the Employee.
(b) The Employee may, at his or her election, satisfy his or
her obligation to make the Required Tax Payments by any of the following means:
(i) a cash payment to the Corporation in an amount equal to the Required Tax
Payments; (ii) by surrendering to the Corporation previously owned whole Shares
(for which the Employee has good title, free and clear of all liens and
encumbrances) with an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to the Required Tax
Payments; (iii) by authorizing the Corporation to retain from the Option Shares
otherwise issuable to the Employee pursuant to the Employee's exercise of this
Option a number of whole Option Shares with an aggregate Fair Market Value (less
the aggregate Stock Option Price for such retained Shares) equal to the Required
Tax Payments; (iv) a cash payment by a broker-dealer acceptable to the
Corporation to whom the Employee has submitted an irrevocable notice of
exercise; (v) by such other arrangements as the Committee in its Discretion
shall determine; or (vi) any combination of the methods described in clauses
(i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) above. Any fraction of a Share that would be required
to satisfy such an obligation shall be disregarded and the remaining amount due
shall be paid in cash by the Employee.
10. ADJUSTMENT. In the event of a stock split, stock dividend,
combination of Shares or any other change in the Corporation's common stock, a
dividend or other distribution payable in cash or property, or an exchange of
Shares for other securities, reclassification, reorganization, liquidation or
other similar event, the Committee shall make appropriate adjustments to either
or both of (a) the number of Shares then remaining available to be issued under
this Option or (b)
5
the Stock Option Price that will apply to such Option Shares so as to maintain
the intended value of this Option. If any such adjustment would result in a
fractional Share being available for purchase under this Option, such fractional
Share shall be disregarded. The decision of the Committee regarding the amount
and timing of any adjustment under this Section 10 shall be conclusive.
11. CHANGE IN CONTROL. In order to maintain the Employee's rights
in the event of any Change in Control of the Corporation, the Committee, as
constituted before such Change in Control, may in its Discretion take any one or
more of the following actions: (a) provide for the acceleration of the vesting
of this Option so that this Option may be exercised in full on or before a date
fixed by the Committee; (b) provide for the repurchase of any such Option, in
whole or in part, upon the Employee's request, for an amount of cash equal to
the Fair Market Value (less the Stock Option Price) of the Option Shares that
could have been purchased by the Employee upon the exercise of such Option had
such Option been currently exercisable; (c) make such adjustment to any such
Option as the Committee deems appropriate to reflect such Change in Control; or
(d) cause any such Option to be assumed, or new rights substituted therefor, by
the acquiring or surviving corporation after such Change in Control. The
foregoing provisions shall be in addition to and shall not limit in any way the
accelerated vesting provisions of Section 4(b) above in the event of such a
Change in Control.
12. COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAW. This Option is subject to the
condition that if the listing, registration or qualification of the Shares
subject to this Option upon any securities exchange or under any law, or the
consent or approval of any governmental body, or the taking of any other action
is necessary or desirable as a condition of, or in connection with, the purchase
or delivery of Shares hereunder, the Option may not be exercised, in whole or in
part, unless such listing, registration, qualification, consent or approval
shall have been effected or obtained. The Corporation agrees to make every
reasonable effort to effect or obtain any such listing, registration,
qualification, consent or approval.
13. NO RIGHTS AS COMMON STOCKHOLDER. The Employee shall not be
entitled to any privileges of ownership with respect to the Option Shares unless
and until purchased and delivered upon the exercise of this Option, in whole or
in part, and the Employee becomes a stockholder of record with respect to such
delivered Shares; and the Employee shall not be considered a stockholder of the
Corporation with respect to any such Shares not so purchased and delivered.
14. NO RIGHTS TO CONTINUED EMPLOYMENT. Nothing in the Plan or in
the Agreement shall confer upon any individual any right to continue in the
employ of the Corporation or a Subsidiary for a specified period of time or
interfere with the right of such Corporation or Subsidiary, as applicable, to
terminate such employment at any time.
15. DECISIONS OF COMMITTEE. The Committee shall have the right to
resolve all questions that may arise in connection with this Option or its
exercise. Any interpretation, determination or other action made or taken by the
Committee regarding the Plan or the Agreement shall be final, binding and
conclusive.
6
16. CORPORATION TO RESERVE SHARES. The Corporation shall at all
times prior to the expiration or termination of this Option reserve and keep
available, either in its treasury or out of its authorized but unissued Shares,
the full number of Shares subject to this Option from time to time.
17. DEFINITIONS. The following words and phrases, wherever
capitalized, shall have the following respective meanings, unless the context
otherwise requires:
"AGREEMENT" shall have the meaning set forth in the Term
Sheet.
"ATTACHMENT" shall mean this Attachment.
"ATTAINED AGE" shall mean the Employee's chronological age
(not the Employee's age on the nearest birthday).
"CAUSE" shall mean intentional or willful misconduct, gross
neglect of duties or other material acts or omissions detrimental to the best
interest of the Corporation or a Subsidiary.
"CHANGE IN CONTROL" shall mean the occurrence of any of the
following events:
(a) a change in control of a nature that would be
required to be reported in response to Item 6(e) of Schedule 14A of Regulation
14A under the Exchange Act or any successor provisions, regardless of whether
the Corporation is then subject to such reporting requirement; or
(b) any "person" (as such term is used in Sections
13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), other than Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, is or becomes
the "beneficial owner" (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act),
directly or indirectly, of securities of the Corporation representing 40% or
more of the combined voting power of the Corporation's then outstanding
securities; or
(c) any change in the composition of the Corporation's
Board of Directors resulting in a majority of the present directors not
constituting a majority, provided that in making such determination, directors
who were elected, or nominated for election, to the Corporation's Board of
Directors with the affirmative votes of at least a majority of such present
directors will be excluded; or
(d) there shall be consummated:
(i) any consolidation, reorganization or
merger of the Corporation in which the Corporation is not the continuing or
surviving corporation or pursuant to which Shares would be converted into cash,
securities, or other property, other than a merger of the Corporation in which
the holders of the Shares immediately prior to the merger have the same
proportionate ownership of common stock of the surviving corporation immediately
after the merger, or
7
(ii) any sale, lease, exchange, or other
transfer (in one transaction or a series of related transactions) of all, or
substantially all, of the assets of the Corporation, or
(iii) an approval by the shareholders of the
Corporation of a plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the
Corporation.
"CODE" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended, or any successor thereof.
"CORPORATION" shall mean Pulte Homes, Inc. (formerly known as
Pulte Corporation), a Michigan corporation, or any successor thereof.
"DISCRETION" shall mean, in the sole discretion of the
Committee with no requirement whatsoever that the Committee follow past
practices, act in a manner consistent with past practices, or treat a key
employee in a manner consistent with the treatment afforded other key employees
with respect to the Plan.
"EMPLOYEE" shall have the meaning set forth in the
introductory paragraph of this Attachment.
"EXPIRATION DATE" shall have the meaning set forth in the Term
Sheet.
"FAIR MARKET VALUE" as of a specified date shall be determined
by the Committee and may be determined by taking the mean between the highest
and lowest quoted selling prices of the Shares on any exchange or other market
on which the Shares shall be traded on such date, or if there are no sales on
such date, on the next following day on which there are sales.
"GRANT DATE" shall mean the date listed in the Term Sheet.
"OPTION" or "OPTIONS" shall mean the right to purchase the
Option Shares.
"OPTION SHARE" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2
of this Attachment.
"PERMANENT DISABILITY" means sickness or disability extending
for more than three consecutive months as a result of which the Employee is
unable to perform his or her duties for the Corporation or a Subsidiary, as
applicable, in the required and customary manner and a determination by the
Corporation that such sickness or disability will continue for not less than an
additional three months. The date of Permanent Disability shall be the date that
the Corporation sends written notice to the Employee of such determination and
of the termination of employment.
"PLAN" shall mean the Plan listed in the Term Sheet.
"REQUIRED TAX PAYMENT" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 9(a) of this Attachment.
8
"SECURITIES ACT" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
"SEVENTY YEAR RULE" shall mean that the sum of (a) the
Attained Age of the Employee (excluding fractional periods) and (b) the total
number of Years of Service of the Employee (excluding fractional periods) equals
or exceeds seventy (70) years.
"SHARES" shall mean shares of the common stock of the
Corporation.
"STOCK OPTION PRICE" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 3 of this Attachment.
"TERM SHEET" shall mean the term sheet which is appended to
this Attachment and which has been executed by the Corporation and the Employee.
"YEAR OF SERVICE" shall mean each twelve (12) month period
(beginning with the date on which the Employee's employment with the Corporation
or any Subsidiary commenced) during which the Employee was employed by the
Corporation and/or any Subsidiary on a full-time basis; provided, however, that
the Employee's employment with any corporation or other entity for periods
before such corporation or other entity was acquired in whole or in part by the
Corporation and/or any Subsidiary for acquisitions that occur after December 31,
2000 shall not be counted.
18. MISCELLANEOUS.
(a) DESIGNATION AS NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION. The Option
is hereby designated as not constituting an "incentive stock option" within the
meaning of Code Section 422. The Agreement shall be interpreted and treated
consistently with such designation.
(b) SUCCESSORS. The Agreement shall bind and inure to the
benefit of any successor or successors of the Corporation and any person or
persons who shall, upon the death of the Employee, acquire any rights hereunder.
(c) ENTIRE UNDERSTANDING. The Agreement contains the
entire understanding of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter of
the Agreement and supersedes all prior agreements, written or oral, with respect
thereto. The Agreement shall not be amended without the consent of each of the
parties hereto.
(d) GOVERNING LAW. The validity, interpretation and
performance of the Agreement shall be controlled and constructed under the laws
of the State of Michigan (without regard to the conflict of law principles).
(e) JURISDICTION; SERVICE OF PROCESS. Any action or
proceeding seeking to enforce any provision of, or based on any right arising
out of, the Agreement shall be brought against the parties, as the sole and
exclusive forum, in the courts of the State of Michigan in the County of
Oakland, or in the United States District court for the Eastern District of
Michigan, Southern Division, and each party consents to the jurisdiction of such
courts (and of the
9
appropriate appellate courts) in any such action or proceeding and waives any
objection to venue laid therein.
(f) NOTICES. Any notice or other communication required
or permitted under the Agreement shall be in writing and shall be delivered (i)
by hand, (ii) by facsimile transmission (with confirmation of receipt from the
sender's machine), (iii) by reputable overnight courier such as Federal Express,
or (iv) by certified or registered mail, postage prepaid and shall be deemed
given when so delivered by hand, delivered by facsimile transmission during
normal business hours of the recipient party or reputable overnight courier or,
if mailed, three days after the date mailed, as follows:
(i) If to the Corporation, at: Pulte Homes, Inc.
00 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, XX 00000-0000
Attention: Vice President, General
Counsel and Secretary
With a copy to the Treasurer of the
Corporation at the same address.
(ii) If to the Employee, at the address contained in the Corporation's
records.
Either party may from time to time change its address for purposes of the
Agreement by giving notice specifying such change to the other party.
(g) COUNTERPARTS. The Agreement may be executed in two
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and both of which, when
taken together, shall constitute one and the same instrument.
(h) FURTHER ASSURANCES. Each party agrees to execute
such further instruments and documents and to do such further acts as may be
reasonably requested by the other party to carry out the matters contemplated by
the Agreement.
(i) HEADINGS. Captions and headings used herein are for
convenience only and are not a part of the Agreement and shall not be used in
construing it.
10