CORNERSTONE THERAPEUTICS INC. Restricted Stock Agreement
Exhibit 10.75
Name of Recipient:
Number of shares of restricted common
stock awarded:
Grant Date:
Cornerstone Therapeutics Inc. (the “Company”) has selected you to receive the restricted stock
award described above, which is subject to the provisions of the Company’s 2004 Stock Incentive
Plan (the “Plan”), and the terms and conditions contained in this Restricted Stock Agreement (the
“Agreement”). Please confirm your acceptance of this restricted stock award and of the terms and
conditions of this Agreement by signing a copy of this Agreement where indicated below.
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The terms and conditions of the award of shares of restricted common stock of the Company (the
“Restricted Shares”) made to the Recipient, as set forth on the cover page of this Agreement, are
as follows:
1. Issuance of Restricted Shares.
(a) The Restricted Shares are issued to the Recipient, effective as of the Grant Date (as set
forth on the cover page of this Agreement), in consideration of employment services rendered and to
be rendered by the Recipient to the Company.
(b) As promptly as practicable following the Grant Date, the Company shall issue one or more
certificates in the name of the Recipient for the Restricted Shares. Such certificate(s) shall
initially be held on behalf of the Recipient by the [Secretary/Treasurer]1 of the
Company. Following the vesting of any Restricted Shares pursuant to Section 2 below, the
[Secretary/Treasurer] shall, if requested by the Recipient, deliver to the Recipient a certificate
representing the vested Restricted Shares.
(c) In lieu of the procedure in Section 1(b), at the Company’s option, the Restricted Shares
may be transferred electronically by the Treasurer of the Company to the Company’s transfer agent
to hold as custodian on behalf of Recipient in the transfer agent’s restricted stock ledger.
Following the vesting of any Restricted Shares pursuant to Section 2 below, the Treasurer shall
notify the transfer agent to transfer such vested shares from its restricted stock ledger to its
general stock ledger.
(d) The Recipient agrees that the Restricted Shares shall be subject to the forfeiture
provisions set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement and the restrictions on transfer set forth in
Section 4 of this Agreement.
2. Vesting.
(a) Vesting Schedule. Unless otherwise provided in this Agreement or the Plan, the
Restricted Shares shall vest in accordance with the following vesting schedule:
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(b) Acceleration of Vesting. Any acceleration of vesting with respect to the
Restricted Shares shall be subject to the vesting provisions in the [Executive Employment
Agreement]3 between the Recipient and the Company dated as of [ ]4, as such agreement
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may be amended, restated, or superseded (the
“Executive Employment Agreement”), and otherwise subject to the provisions of the Plan. In the
event of any conflict between the Plan and the Executive Employment Agreement, the provisions of
the Executive Employment Agreement shall control.
3. Forfeiture of Unvested Restricted Shares Upon Employment Termination.
In the event that the Recipient ceases to be employed by the Company for any reason or no
reason, with or without cause, except as provided in Section 2(b) above, all of the Restricted
Shares that are unvested as of the time of such employment termination shall be forfeited
immediately and automatically to the Company, without the payment of any consideration to the
Recipient, effective as of such termination of employment. The Recipient hereby authorizes the
Company to take any actions necessary or appropriate to cancel any certificate(s) representing
forfeited Restricted Shares and transfer ownership of such forfeited Restricted Shares to the
Company; and if the Company or its transfer agent requires an executed stock power or similar
confirmatory instrument in connection with such cancellation and transfer, the Recipient shall
promptly execute and deliver the same to the Company. The Recipient shall have no further rights
with respect to any Restricted Shares that are so forfeited. If the Recipient is employed by a
subsidiary of the Company, any references in this Agreement to employment with the Company shall
instead be deemed to refer to employment with such subsidiary.
4. Restrictions on Transfer.
The Recipient shall not sell, assign, transfer, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of,
by operation of law or otherwise (collectively “transfer”) any Restricted Shares, or any interest
therein, until such Restricted Shares have vested, except that the Recipient may transfer such
Restricted Shares: (a) to or for the benefit of any spouse, children, parents, uncles, aunts,
siblings, grandchildren and any other relatives approved by the Board (as defined below)
(collectively, “Approved Relatives”) or to a trust established solely for the benefit of the
Recipient and/or Approved Relatives, provided that such Restricted Shares shall remain
subject to this Agreement (including without limitation the forfeiture provisions set forth in
Section 3 and the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Section 4) and such permitted
transferee shall, as a condition to such transfer, deliver to the Company a written instrument
confirming that such transferee shall be bound by all of the terms and conditions of this
Agreement; or (b) as part of the sale of all or substantially all of the shares of capital stock of
the Company (including pursuant to a merger or consolidation). The Company shall not be required
(i) to transfer on its books any of the Restricted Shares which have been transferred in violation
of any of the provisions of this Agreement or (ii) to treat as owner of such Restricted Shares or
to pay dividends to any transferee to whom such Restricted Shares have been transferred in
violation of any of the provisions of this Agreement.
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5. Restrictive Legends.
All certificates representing Restricted Shares shall have affixed thereto a legend in
substantially the following form, in addition to any other legends that may be required under
applicable law:
“These shares of stock are subject to forfeiture provisions and
restrictions on transfer set forth in a certain Restricted Stock Agreement
between Cornerstone Therapeutics Inc. (the “Corporation”) and the
registered owner of these shares (or his or her predecessor in interest),
and such Agreement is available for inspection without charge at the
office of the Secretary of the Corporation.”
6. Rights as a Shareholder.
Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, for so long as the Recipient is the registered
owner of the Restricted Shares, the Recipient shall have all rights as a shareholder with respect
to the Restricted Shares, whether vested or unvested, including, without limitation, any rights to
vote the Restricted Shares and act in respect of the Restricted Shares at any meeting of
shareholders and to receive dividends and distributions with respect to such Restricted Shares;
provided, however, that if any such dividends or distributions are paid in shares, or consist of a
dividend or distribution to holders of Common Stock other than an ordinary cash dividend, the
shares, cash or other property will be subject to the same restrictions on transferability and
forfeitability as the shares of Restricted Stock with respect to which they were paid. Each
dividend payment will be made no later than the end of the calendar year in which the dividends are
paid to shareholders of that class of stock or, if later, the 15th day of the third
month following the date the dividends are paid to shareholders of that class of stock.
7. Provisions of the Plan.
This Agreement is subject to the provisions of the Plan, a copy of which is furnished to the
Recipient with this Agreement.
8. Tax Matters.
(a) Acknowledgments; Section 83(b) Election. The Recipient acknowledges that he or
she is responsible obtaining the advice of the Recipient’s own tax advisors with respect to the
acquisition of the Restricted Shares and the Recipient is relying solely on such advisors and not
on any statements or representations of the Company or any of its agents with respect to the tax
consequences relating to the Restricted Shares. The Recipient understands that the Recipient (and
not the Company) shall be responsible for the Recipient’s tax liability that may arise in
connection with the acquisition, vesting and/or disposition of the Restricted Shares. The
Recipient acknowledges that he or she has been informed of the availability of making an election
under Section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended, with respect to the issuance of the
Restricted Shares and that the Recipient has decided not to file a Section 83(b) election.
(b) Withholding. The Recipient acknowledges and agrees that the Company has the right
to deduct from payments of any kind otherwise due to the Recipient any federal, state, local or
other taxes of any kind required by law to be withheld with respect to the vesting
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of the Restricted Shares. On each date on which Restricted Shares vest, the Company shall deliver written
notice to the Recipient of the amount of withholding taxes due with respect to the vesting of the
Restricted Shares that vest on such date; provided, however, that the total tax withholding cannot
exceed the Company’s minimum statutory withholding obligations (based on minimum statutory
withholding rates for federal and state tax purposes, including payroll taxes, that are applicable
to such supplemental taxable income). The Recipient shall satisfy such tax withholding obligations
by making a cash payment to the Company on the date of vesting of the Restricted Shares, in the
amount of the Company’s withholding obligation in connection with the vesting of such Restricted
Shares. The Recipient may, if the Board, in its sole discretion, so approves in writing in advance
of the applicable vesting date, satisfy such tax withholding obligations by transferring to the
Company, on each date on which Restricted Shares vest under this Agreement, such number of
Restricted Shares that vest on such date as have a fair market value (calculated using the last
reported sale price of the common stock of the Company on the NASDAQ Capital Market on the trading
date immediately prior to such vesting date) equal to the amount of the Company’s tax withholding
obligation in connection with the vesting of such Restricted Shares. In the event that the Board
approves such method of satisfying the tax withholding, to effect such delivery of Restricted
Shares, the Recipient shall be required to authorize the Company to take any actions necessary or
appropriate to cancel any certificate(s) representing such Restricted Shares and transfer ownership
of such Restricted Shares to the Company; and if the Company or its transfer agent requires an
executed stock power or similar confirmatory instrument in connection with such cancellation and
transfer, the Recipient shall promptly execute and deliver the same to the Company.
9. Miscellaneous.
(a) Authority of the Board. In making any decisions or taking any actions with
respect to the matters covered by this Agreement, the Board of Directors of the Company or a
designated committee of the Board, including, but not limited to, the Compensation Committee of the
Board (collectively, the “Board”) shall have all of the authority and discretion, and shall be
subject to all of the protections, provided for in the Plan. All decisions and actions by the
Board with respect to this Agreement shall be made in the Board’s discretion and shall be final and
binding on the Recipient.
(b) No Right to Continued Employment. The Recipient acknowledges and agrees that,
notwithstanding the fact that the vesting of the Restricted Shares is contingent upon his or her
continued employment by the Company, this Agreement does not constitute an express or implied
promise of continued employment or confer upon the Recipient any rights with respect to continued
employment by the Company.
(c) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed, interpreted and enforced in
accordance with the internal laws of the State of Delaware without regard to any applicable
conflicts of laws provisions.
(d) Recipient’s Acknowledgments. The Recipient acknowledges that he or she has read
this Agreement, has received and read the Plan, and understands the terms and conditions of this
Agreement and the Plan.
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