EXHIBIT 10.16
CHARMING SHOPPES, INC.
2004 STOCK AWARD AND INCENTIVE PLAN
RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT - SECTION 16 OFFICERS
Agreement dated as of ______ __, 200__, between CHARMING SHOPPES, INC. (the
"Company") and __________________ (the "Employee").
It is agreed as follows:
1. Grant of Restricted Stock; Consideration; Employee Acknowledgments.
The Company hereby confirms the grant, under the Company's 2004 Stock Award
and Incentive Plan (the "Plan"), to Employee on the date of this Restricted
Stock Agreement (the "Date of Grant") of __________ shares of the Company's
common stock, par value $0.10 per share ("Shares"), pursuant to Section 6(d) of
the Plan, and subject to restrictions as set forth herein and in the Plan
("Restricted Stock"). Employee shall be required to pay no cash consideration
for the grant of the Restricted Stock, but Employee's prior services to the
Company, performance of services to the Company from the date of grant to the
date of issuance of the Shares and performance of further services prior to the
expiration of applicable restrictions relating to the Restricted Stock and
otherwise during the term of his or her employment, and his or her agreement to
abide by the terms set forth in the Plan, this Restricted Stock Agreement (the
"Agreement"), and any Rules and Regulations under the Plan, shall be deemed to
be consideration for this grant of Restricted Stock. Employee acknowledges and
agrees that (i) the Restricted Stock is nontransferable as provided in Section
3(a) hereof and Sections 6(d) and 10(b) of the Plan, (ii) the Restricted Stock
is subject to forfeiture in the event of Employee's termination of employment in
certain circumstances, as specified in Section 3(b) hereof, and (iii) sales of
Shares following the lapse of restrictions will be subject to the Company's
policies regulating trading by employees, including any applicable "blackout" or
other designated periods in which sales of Shares are not permitted.
2. Incorporation of Plan by Reference.
The Restricted Stock has been granted to Employee under the Plan, a copy of
which is attached hereto. All of the terms, conditions and other provisions of
the Plan are hereby incorporated by reference into this Agreement. Capitalized
terms used in this Agreement but not defined herein shall have the same meanings
as in the Plan. If there is any conflict between the provisions of this
Agreement and the provisions of the Plan, the provisions of the Plan shall
govern. Employee hereby accepts the grant of Restricted Stock, acknowledges
receipt of the attached copy of the Plan, and agrees to be bound by all the
terms and provisions hereof and thereof (as presently in effect or hereafter
amended), and by all decisions and determinations of the Board or Committee
under the Plan.
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THE DATE OF GRANT OF THIS RESTRICTED STOCK IS: _____________
GRANT NUMBER: _______________
3. Restrictions on Restricted Stock.
(a) Restrictions Generally. Until they lapse in accordance with Section
3(b), 3(c), or 5(a), the following restrictions (the "Restrictions") shall apply
to the Restricted Stock: (1) Employee shall have no right to sell, transfer,
assign, pledge, or otherwise encumber or dispose of the Restricted Stock (except
for transfers and forfeitures to the Company); and (2) the Restricted Stock
shall be subject to the risk of forfeiture as set forth in Section 3(b).
Employee shall be entitled to receive dividends and distributions on the
Restricted Stock in accordance with Section 4. Employee shall be entitled to
vote Restricted Stock on any matter submitted to a vote of holders of Common
Stock, to the extent permitted by law; and Employee shall have all other rights
of a shareholder of the Company except as otherwise expressly limited or
provided under this Agreement.
(b) Forfeiture. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, if Employee's
employment terminates and he or she thereafter is not an employee of the Company
or any of its subsidiaries (a "Termination"), and such Termination is for any
reason other than due to death, permanent disability, Retirement or involuntary
termination by the Company for reasons other than "Cause," the Restricted Stock
as to which Restrictions have not lapsed at or before such Termination shall be
forfeited at the time of such Termination. Accordingly, Employee's voluntary
Termination (other than due to Retirement) or Termination by the Company for
Cause will result in all shares of Restricted Stock which remain subject to
Restrictions being immediately forfeited. Vesting and forfeiture terms
applicable to other terminations are as follows:
(i) Death or Disability. In the event of Employee's Termination due to
death or permanent disability, all Restrictions on the Restricted Stock
shall lapse at the time of such Termination (i.e., none of the Restricted
Stock will be forfeited). For purposes of this Agreement, the existence of
a "permanent disability" shall be determined by, or in accordance with
criteria and standards adopted by, the Committee.
(ii) Termination Not for Cause. In the event of Employee's Termination
due to involuntary termination by the Company for reasons other than
"Cause," the Restrictions on those shares of Restricted Stock as to which
Restrictions would have lapsed at the next anniversary of the Date of Grant
in the absence of a Termination (but disregarding any other event occurring
prior to that next anniversary date) will lapse on an accelerated basis at
the time of such Termination (i.e., if Termination is more than ______
(___) years after the Date of Grant, one additional tranche of the
Restricted Stock will become non-forfeitable), so those shares of
Restricted Stock will not be forfeited, and the other shares of Restricted
Stock as to which Restrictions have not lapsed at or before such
Termination (i.e., any tranche as to which Restrictions would have lapsed
at an anniversary of the Date of Grant after the next anniversary date)
shall be forfeited at the time of such Termination.
(iii) Definition of "Cause." For purposes of this Agreement, "Cause"
shall mean Employee's chronic neglect, refusal or failure to fulfill his or
her employment duties and responsibilities, other than for reasons of
sickness, accident or other similar causes beyond Employee's control. Such
neglect, refusal or failure shall be determined in the sole and reasonable
judgment of the Committee.
(iv) Retirement. In the event of Employee's Termination due to
Retirement, Employee's Restricted Stock will not be forfeited upon such
Retirement, but instead the Restrictions on Employee's Restricted Stock
shall remain in effect until the earlier of the time such Restrictions
lapse under Section 3(c) or 5(a) or Employee's death. During such
post-Retirement period in which the Restrictions remain in effect, the
Restricted Stock shall be immediately forfeited if Employee: (A) directly
or indirectly owns any equity or proprietary interest in (except for
ownership of shares in a publicly traded company not exceeding five percent
of any class of outstanding securities), or is an employee, agent,
director, advisor, or consultant to or for, any Competitor (as defined
below) of the Company in the United States, whether on his or her own
behalf or on behalf of any person, in the procuring, sale, marketing,
promotion, or distribution of any product or product lines competitive with
any product or product lines of the Company at the time of Employee's
Retirement, or if Employee assists in, manages, or supervises any of the
foregoing activities, or (B) undertakes any action to induce or cause any
supplier to discontinue any part of its business with the Company, or (C)
attempts to induce any merchant, buyer, or manager or higher level employee
of the Company to terminate his or her employment with the Company, or (D)
discloses confidential or
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proprietary information of the Company to any person, firm, corporation,
association, or other entity for any reason or purpose whatsoever, or make
use of any such information for his or her own purposes, so long as such
information has not otherwise been disclosed to the public or is not
otherwise in the public domain except as required by law or pursuant to
administrative or legal process. For purposes of this Agreement,
"Retirement" shall mean a retirement at or after Employee has attained age
62, and "Competitor" shall mean at any time only a chain of retail stores
with 50 or more store locations; provided, however, that the average square
footage of the chain's stores is less than 15,000 square feet.
(c) Expiration of Restrictions. Unless the Restrictions on Restricted Stock
lapse earlier under Section 3(b) or 5(a), the Restrictions shall lapse as to
_______________ (_____%) percent of the total number of shares of Restricted
Stock on the _____________ anniversary of the Date of Grant, an additional
___________ (___%) percent of the total number of shares of Restricted Stock on
the __________ anniversary of the Date of Grant and the remaining _____________
(___%) percent of the total number of shares of Restricted Stock on the
__________ anniversary of the Date of Grant. [to be completed in accordance with
each individual grant] Upon expiration of the Restrictions on any Restricted
Stock, the Company shall promptly deliver to Employee one or more certificates
representing such Shares (which shall no longer be deemed to be Restricted
Stock), with any legend referring to the Restrictions removed from such
certificate(s), or shall cause such Shares to be delivered to a broker or bank
which maintains an account for Employee or Employee's designee, for deposit to
such account, or shall make delivery of such Shares by other reasonable means
determined by the Committee.
(d) Certificates Representing Restricted Stock. Restricted Stock shall be
evidenced by issuance of one or more certificates in the name of Employee,
bearing an appropriate legend referring to the terms, conditions, and
Restrictions applicable hereunder. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee,
such certificates shall remain in the physical custody of the General Counsel of
the Company or his designee until such time as the Restrictions on such shares
have lapsed. In addition, Restricted Stock shall be subject to such
stop-transfer orders and other restrictive measures as the General Counsel of
the Company shall deem advisable under federal or state securities laws, rules
and regulations thereunder, and the rules of the Nasdaq National Market System
or any national securities exchange on which Common Stock is then quoted or
listed, or to implement the Restrictions, and the General Counsel may cause a
legend or legends to be placed on any such certificates to make appropriate
reference to the Restrictions.
(e) Stock Powers. Employee agrees to execute and deliver to the Company one
or more stock powers, in such form as may be specified by the General Counsel,
authorizing the transfer of the Restricted Stock to the Company, at the Date of
Grant of the Restricted Stock or upon request at any time thereafter.
4. Dividends and Distributions.
Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, payment of all dividends and
distributions on the Restricted Stock which would otherwise be payable to the
Employee when, as, and if declared and paid on Shares, shall be deferred until
and payable to the Employee when, as and if the Restrictions on the Restricted
Stock lapse under Sections 3(a), 3(b), 3(c) or 5(a) in the same proportion that
the number of shares of Restricted Stock as to which the Restrictions have
lapsed bears to the total number of shares of Restricted Stock. Unless otherwise
determined by the Committee, all dividends and distributions referred to in the
immediately preceding sentence, other than regular quarterly cash dividends (if
any), shall be deemed reinvested in additional Restricted Stock at the Fair
Market Value of Shares on the date when such dividends and distributions would
be paid on Shares and such additional Restricted Stock shall be subject to the
same Restrictions as apply to the original Restricted Stock. No interest will be
credited on any cash amount (if any) of such dividends payable at the time of
lapse of the Restrictions. Such Restrictions shall lapse as to the shares of
additional Restricted Stock in the same proportion that the number of shares of
original Restricted Stock as to which the Restrictions have lapsed bears to the
total number of shares of original Restricted Stock.
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5. Change of Control Provisions.
(a) Acceleration of Expiration of Restrictions. In the event of a Change of
Control at a time that Employee is employed by the Company or any of its
subsidiaries (or simultaneously with Employee's Termination) and after the date
of grant of the Restricted Stock, the Restrictions on the Restricted Stock shall
lapse immediately prior to the Change of Control.
(b) Definitions of Certain Terms. For purposes of this Agreement, the
following definitions shall apply:
(1) "Beneficial Owner," "Beneficially Owns," and "Beneficial
Ownership" shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms for purposes of
Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules thereunder, except that,
for purposes of this Section 5, "Beneficial Ownership" (and the related
terms) shall include Voting Securities that a Person has the right to
acquire pursuant to any agreement, or upon exercise of conversion rights,
warrants, options, or otherwise, regardless of whether any such right is
exercisable within 60 days of the date as of which Beneficial Ownership is
to be determined.
(2) "Change of Control" means and shall be deemed to have occurred if
(i) any Person, other than the Company or a Related Party,
acquires directly or indirectly the Beneficial Ownership of any Voting
Security of the Company and immediately after such acquisition such
Person has, directly or indirectly, the Beneficial Ownership of Voting
Securities representing 20 percent or more of the total voting power
of all the then-outstanding Voting Securities; or
(ii) those individuals who as of the Date of Grant constitute the
Board or who thereafter are elected to the Board and whose election,
or nomination for election, to the Board was approved by a vote of at
least two-thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in office who
either were directors as of the Date of Grant or whose election or
nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any
reason to constitute a majority of the members of the Board; or
(iii) there is consummated a merger, consolidation,
recapitalization, or reorganization of the Company, a reverse stock
split of outstanding Voting Securities, or an acquisition of
securities or assets by the Company (a "Transaction"), other than a
Transaction which would result in the holders of Voting Securities
having at least 80 percent of the total voting power represented by
the Voting Securities outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing
to hold Voting Securities or voting securities of the surviving entity
having at least 60 percent of the total voting power represented by
the Voting Securities or the voting securities of such surviving
entity outstanding immediately after such Transaction and in or as a
result of which the voting rights of each Voting Security relative to
the voting rights of all other Voting Securities are not altered; or
(iv) there is implemented or consummated a plan of complete
liquidation of the Company or sale or disposition by the Company of
all or substantially all of the Company's assets other than any such
transaction which would result in Related Parties owning or acquiring
more than 50 percent of the assets owned by the Company immediately
prior to the transaction.
(3) "Person" shall have the meaning ascribed for purposes of Section
13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules thereunder.
(4) "Related Party" means (i) a majority-owned subsidiary of the
Company; or (ii) a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an
employee benefit plan of the Company or any majority-owned subsidiary of
the Company; or (iii) a corporation owned directly or indirectly by the
shareholders of the Company in substantially the same proportion as their
ownership of Voting Securities; or (iv) if, prior to any acquisition of a
Voting Security which would result in any Person Beneficially
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Owning more than ten percent of any outstanding class of Voting Security
and which would be required to be reported on a Schedule 13D or an
amendment thereto, the Board approved the initial transaction giving rise
to an increase in Beneficial Ownership in excess of ten percent and any
subsequent transaction giving rise to any further increase in Beneficial
Ownership; provided, however, that such Person has not, prior to obtaining
Board approval of any such transaction, publicly announced an intention to
take actions which, if consummated or successful (at a time such Person has
not been deemed a "Related Party"), would constitute a Change of Control.
(5) "Voting Securities" means any securities of the Company which
carry the right to vote generally in the election of directors.
6. Tax Withholding.
Employee agrees to remit to the Company and any subsidiary, and authorizes
the Company and any subsidiary to deduct from any payment to be made to Employee
hereunder if such remittance has not been made, any amount that federal, state,
local, or foreign tax law requires to be withheld with respect to the Restricted
Stock or lapse of restrictions thereon. Unless otherwise determined by the Board
or Committee, unless the Employee has made other arrangements satisfactory to
the Company to provide for payment of mandatory withholding taxes in advance of
the applicable date on which the risk of forfeiture is to lapse (by such
deadline as the Company may specify), the Company will withhold from the number
of Shares as to which the risk of forfeiture is then to lapse a number of whole
shares up to but not exceeding that number which has a Fair Market Value nearest
to but not exceeding the amount of federal, state and local taxes required to be
withheld as a result of the lapse of such risks of forfeiture. The Employee may
elect such other methods of satisfying such withholding obligation as may be
permitted under rules and regulations adopted by the Committee and in effect at
the time of the lapse of such risks of forfeiture, which may include the
surrender of shares of the Company's common stock owned separately by Employee.
In the case of the withholding or surrender of Shares to pay withholding taxes,
the Shares withheld or the shares surrendered will be valued at the Fair Market
Value determined in accordance with procedures for valuing shares as set forth
in rules and regulations adopted by the Committee and otherwise in effect at the
time of lapse of such risks of forfeiture.
7. Miscellaneous.
This Agreement shall be binding upon the heirs, executors, administrators,
and successors of the parties. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement
between the parties with respect to the Restricted Stock granted hereby, and
supersedes any prior agreements or documents with respect to such Restricted
Stock. No amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuation, or termination of
this Agreement which may impose any additional obligation upon the Company or
materially and adversely affect the rights of Employee with respect to the
Restricted Stock shall be valid unless in each instance such amendment,
alteration, suspension, discontinuation, or termination is expressed in a
written instrument duly executed in the name and on behalf of the Company (if
subject to such an additional obligation) and by Employee (if Employee's rights
are materially and adversely affected).
CHARMING SHOPPES, INC.
BY:________________________________
(Authorized Officer)
EMPLOYEE:
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Attachments: 2004 Stock Award and Incentive Plan
Form of Stock Power
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STOCK POWER
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers
unto Charming Shoppes, Inc. __________ shares of Common Stock, $0.10 par value
per share, of Charming Shoppes, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (the
"Corporation"), registered in the name of the undersigned on the books and
records of the Corporation, and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint
Xxxxx X. Xxxxx and Xxxxxxx X. XxXxxxxx, and each of them, attorneys, to transfer
the Common Stock on the books of the Corporation, with full power of
substitution in the premises.
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Date:___________________________
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