GATX CORPORATION 2012 INCENTIVE AWARD PLAN OPTION AGREEMENT In partial consideration of the provision of services by the Participant, an employee of GATX Corporation (the "Company"), or a subsidiary thereof (such subsidiary and the Company hereinafter...
GATX CORPORATION
2012 INCENTIVE AWARD PLAN
OPTION AGREEMENT
In partial consideration of the provision of services by the Participant, an employee of
GATX Corporation (the "Company"), or a subsidiary thereof (such subsidiary and the
Company hereinafter collectively "GATX"), and as further incentive to the Participant to
advance the interests of the Company, the Company hereby grants to the Participant, on
the Grant Date, an option (the "Option") to purchase the number of Shares set forth on
the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx StockPlan Connect website (xxxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx) at
the exercise price per Share set forth on the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx StockPlan Connect website
(the “Exercise Price”) pursuant to the GATX Corporation 2012 Incentive Award Plan (the
“Plan”). Such grant is expressly subject to the terms and conditions of this Option
Agreement (the “Agreement”) as hereinafter set forth and further subject to the terms and
conditions of the Plan, both of which are incorporated herein by reference.
1. Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used in this Agreement are defined in paragraph
14 or elsewhere herein. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have
the meanings ascribed thereto in the Plan.
2. Vesting and Exercise Schedule. Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, the Option shall vest and become exercisable in installments
according to the following schedule, provided the Participant has not had a
Termination of Service prior thereto:
INSTALLMENT VESTING DATE
33.33% of the Option One-year anniversary of the Grant Date
33.33% of the Option Two-year anniversary of the Grant Date
33.34% of the Option Three-year anniversary of the Grant Date
3. Accelerated Vesting. Notwithstanding paragraph 2 of this Agreement, the
Participant shall vest in the Option granted hereunder and such Option shall be
exercisable as follows:
(a) The Option shall become fully vested if a Participant’s Date of Termination
occurs by reason of the Participant's death, Disability or Retirement at or
beyond age 65.
(b) Only Options that are vested and exercisable on or immediately prior to the
Participant’s Date of Termination may be exercised on or after the
Participant’s Date of Termination. However, if the Participant is terminated
for Cause, all unexercised Options (whether or not previously vested) will
be cancelled as of the date immediately prior to the Participant’s Date of
Termination.
(c) Subject to the provisions of Section 14.2 of the Plan (relating to the
adjustment of shares), if a Change in Control occurs prior to a Participant's
Date of Termination, and within two years after the occurrence of the
Change in Control the Participant's Date of Termination occurs by reason
of discharge by the employer without Cause or the Participant resigns from
employment with the employer for Good Reason, the Participant shall,
except as provided in subparagraph 3(d) below, become vested in all
unvested, outstanding Options that were granted prior to the Change in
Control and that are held by the Participant as of the Date of Termination.
(d) If a Date of Termination occurs as described in subparagraph 3(c) above in
connection with a Change in Control described in Subsection 2.7(e) of the
Plan with respect to a Participant as described therein (relating to certain
transactions involving a Subsidiary or Business Segment), (A) the Options,
if any, scheduled to become vested and exercisable during the calendar
year in which such Date of Termination occurs shall vest and become
exercisable in full beginning on the date on which the Date of Termination
occurs and (B) all vested and exercisable Options will remain exercisable
until the earlier of the Expiration Date or the last business day of the
calendar year following the calendar year in which the Change in Control
occurs.
(e) For purposes of this paragraph 3, if, as a result of a Change in Control
described in Subsection 2.7(e) of the Plan, the Participant’s employer
ceases to be a Subsidiary or the Participant’s employer is or becomes an
entity that is separate from the Company, and the Participant is not,
immediately following the Change in Control, employed by the Company or
an entity that is then a Subsidiary, then the occurrence of the Change in
Control shall be treated as a Termination of Service without Cause for such
Participant.
4. Expiration. The Option shall not be exercisable after the Company's close of
business on the last business day that occurs immediately prior to the Expiration
Date. The "Expiration Date" shall be the earliest to occur of:
(a) the seven-year anniversary of the Grant Date;
(b) if the Date of Termination occurs by reason of death or Disability, the one-
year anniversary of such Date of Termination;
(c) if the Date of Termination occurs for Cause, the date immediately preceding
Date of Termination;
(d) if the Date of Termination occurs by reason of Retirement, the five-year
anniversary of such Date of Termination; and
(e) if the Date of Termination occurs for any reason other than those listed in
subparagraph (b), (c), or (d) of this paragraph 3, the three-month
anniversary of such Date of Termination.
5. Method of Option Exercise. The Option subject to this grant may be exercised,
once vested, in whole or in part according to such procedures as the Administrator
may establish in its sole discretion from time to time. However, the Option may not
be exercised with respect to fractional Shares. The Option covered by this
Agreement shall be settled in Shares upon its exercise.
The Option will be deemed exercised upon the Participant’s payment of the
Exercise Price per Share and any applicable tax withholding to the Company.
Payment of the Exercise Price may be made (a) in cash or check, (b) Shares
issuable pursuant to the exercise of the Option or Shares held for such period of
time as may be required by the Administrator in order to avoid adverse accounting
consequences, in each case, having a Fair Market Value on the Exercise Date
equal to the aggregate payments required, (c) delivery of a written or electronic
notice that the Participant has placed a market sell order with a broker with respect
to Shares then issuable upon exercise of the Option, and that the broker has been
directed to pay a sufficient portion of the net proceeds of the sale to the Company
in satisfaction of the aggregate payments required; provided that payment of such
proceeds is then made to the Company upon settlement of such sale, or (d) such
other form of legal consideration acceptable to the Committee.
6. Dividend Equivalents. The Participant shall be entitled to accrue dividend
equivalents beginning on the Grant Date and ending upon the earlier to occur of
(i) the Exercise Date of the Option and (ii) the Expiration Date. An account will be
established for the Participant that will accrue dividend equivalents with respect to
their Options that have not vested. The Participant’s account shall be credited with
dividend equivalents equal to the product of (a) the number of Shares underlying
the Option granted to the Participant and that has not vested, subject to any
adjustment made by the Committee as referred to in Section 14.2 of the Plan, and
(b) the dividend declared on a single Share with respect to the immediately
preceding dividend record date. So long as the Option has not been cancelled,
accrued dividends will be paid as soon as practical after the vesting date of the
Option to which such dividend equivalents related as reflected in paragraph 2 of
this Agreement. Dividend equivalents with respect to vested, unexercised Options
will be calculated as described above, and will be paid within 30 days of each
quarterly dividend payment date. Dividend equivalents will be prorated through
the Expiration Date for the quarter in which the Expiration Date occurs on vested
and unexercised Options.
7. Withholding. All deliveries and distributions under this Agreement are subject to
withholding of all applicable taxes. At the election of the Participant, and subject
to such rules and limitations as may be established by the Administrator from time
to time, such withholding obligations may be satisfied through the surrender of
Shares which the Participant already owns, or to which the Participant is otherwise
entitled under the Plan; provided, however, that, except as otherwise provided by
the Committee, such Shares may be used to satisfy not more than the Company's
minimum statutory withholding obligation (based on minimum statutory withholding
rates for Federal and state tax purposes, including payroll taxes, that are
applicable to such supplemental taxable income). In the event that the withholding
obligation arises during a period in which the Participant is prohibited from trading
in the Shares pursuant to the Company’s xxxxxxx xxxxxxx policy, or otherwise by
applicable law, then unless otherwise elected by the Participant during a period
when he/she was not so restricted from trading, the Company shall automatically
satisfy the Participant’s withholding obligation by withholding from Shares
otherwise deliverable under this Agreement.
8. Transferability. Except as provided in a domestic relations order, the Option is not
transferable other than as designated by the Participant by will or by the laws of
descent and distribution, and during the Participant's life, may be exercised only
by the Participant or, in the case of his or her incapacity, by his or her legal
representative.
9. Heirs and Successors. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the
benefit of the Company and its successors and assigns, and upon any person
acquiring, whether by merger, consolidation, purchase of assets or otherwise, all
or substantially all of the Company's assets and business. If any rights exercisable
by the Participant or benefits deliverable to the Participant under this Agreement
have not been exercised or delivered, respectively, at the time of the Participant's
death, such rights shall be exercisable by the Designated Beneficiary, and such
benefits shall be delivered to the Designated Beneficiary, in accordance with the
provisions of this Agreement and the Plan. If a deceased Participant fails to
designate a beneficiary, or if the Designated Beneficiary does not survive the
Participant, any rights that would have been exercisable by the Participant and any
benefits distributable to the Participant shall be exercised by or distributed to the
legal representative of the estate of the Participant. If a deceased Participant
designates a beneficiary and the Designated Beneficiary survives the Participant
but dies before the Designated Beneficiary's exercise of all rights under this
Agreement or before the complete distribution of benefits to the Designated
Beneficiary under this Agreement, then any rights that would have been
exercisable by the Designated Beneficiary shall be exercised by the legal
representative of the estate of the Designated Beneficiary, and any benefits
distributable to the Designated Beneficiary shall be distributed to the legal
representative of the estate of the Designated Beneficiary.
10. Plan Governs. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the
terms of this Agreement shall be subject to the terms of the Plan, a copy of which
may be obtained by the Participant from the Director, Compensation of the
Company. This Agreement is subject to all interpretations, amendments, rules and
regulations promulgated by the Administrator from time to time pursuant to the
Plan.
11. Not an Employment Contract. The grant of the Option will not confer on the
Participant any right with respect to continuance of employment or other service
with the Company or any subsidiary, nor will the Option interfere in any way with
any right the Company or any subsidiary would otherwise have to terminate or
modify the terms of such Participant's employment or other service at any time.
12. Notices. Any written notices required to be provided to the Company, shall be
addressed as follows:
GATX Corporation
000 Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000
(a) Any notice provided to the Company pursuant to the definition of Good
Reason must be delivered by hand or by registered or certified mail, return
receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed to the Senior Vice
President, Human Resources and shall only be effective when actually
received.
(b) All other notices shall be in writing and shall be deemed sufficiently given if
hand delivered, posted electronically on the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx StockPlan
Connect website, or if sent by fax, e-mail, overnight courier, or by postage
paid first class mail. Any such notice sent by mail shall be deemed received
three days after mailing, but in no event later than the date of actual receipt
and shall be directed, if to the Participant, at the Participant's address
indicated by the Company's records, or if to the Company, to the attention
of the Director, Compensation.
13. No Rights as Shareholder. The Participant shall not have any rights of a
shareholder with respect to the Shares subject to the granted Option, unless and
until the Option has been exercised and a stock certificate has been duly issued
as provided herein.
14. Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement, the terms used in this Agreement
shall be subject to the following:
“Cause” means (i) the willful and continued failure of the Participant to perform the
Participant's duties for GATX (other than any such failure resulting from incapacity
due to physical or mental illness), or (ii) the willful engaging by the Participant in
illegal conduct or gross misconduct which is materially and demonstrably injurious
to GATX. For purposes of this provision, no act or failure to act, on the part of the
Participant, shall be considered "willful" unless it is done, or omitted to be done, by
the Participant in bad faith or without reasonable belief, that the Participant's action
or omission was in the best interests of GATX.
“Date of Termination” means the date on which the Participant incurs a
Termination of Service.
Designated Beneficiary means the beneficiary or beneficiaries designated by the
Participant in a writing filed with the Committee in such form and at such time as
the Committee shall require.
“Disability” means, except as otherwise provided by the Committee, that the
Participant is considered to have a "Disability" for such period of time that the
Participant is considered to be "disabled" (as such term is defined in the
Company's long term disability plan).
“Exercise Date” means the date the Option is exercised by the Participant by
logging into the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx StockPlan Connect website
(xxxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx) or contacting a Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx customer
service representative before 3:00 p.m. eastern time and indicating the number of
underlying Shares with respect to which the Option is to be so exercised.
“Good Reason” means the occurrence of one or more of the following conditions
without the consent of the Participant:
(i) a material diminution in the Participant's base compensation, compared
with the Participant's base compensation in effect immediately prior to the
consummation of a Change in Control;
(ii) a material diminution in the Participant's authority, duties, or responsibilities,
compared with the authority, duties, and responsibilities of the Participant
immediately prior to the consummation of a Change in Control; or
(iii) a material change in the geographic location at which the Participant must
perform services.
The Participant must provide written notice to the Company of the occurrence of
Good Reason within 90 days after the event constituting Good Reason, which
notice specifically identifies the circumstances which the Participant believes
constitute Good Reason. The Company will have 30 days after it receives the
notice to correct the circumstances or give notice to the Participant that it does not
intend to correct. The Participant may resign within a reasonable time after
receiving the Company's response or after the Company fails to correct such
circumstances (provided that in no event may such termination occur more than
one year after the initial existence of the condition constituting Good Reason).
“Grant Date” means the later of either the date the grant was approved by the
Committee or the last trading day of the month following the month in which the
Participant was hired.
“Retirement” means the retirement of the Participant on a "Retirement Date" (as
such term is defined in the GATX Corporation Non-Contributory Pension Plan for
Salaried Employees).