F O R M O F R E S T R I C T E D S T O C K A W A R D A G R E E M E N T
Exhibit
10.1
F
O R M O
F
R
E S T R
I C T E D S T O C K A W A R D A G R E E M E N T
Non-transferable
G
R A N T
T O
_________________
(“Grantee”)
by
Xxxx’x
Companies, Inc. (the “Company”)
of
________________________
shares
of
its common stock, $0.50 par value (the “Shares”)
pursuant
to and subject to the provisions of the Xxxx’x Companies, Inc. 2001 Incentive
Plan, as amended (the “Plan”),
and
to the terms and conditions set forth on the following pages (the “Terms
and Conditions”).
Except
as
otherwise provided in Section 2 of the Terms and Conditions, the Shares shall
vest and no longer be subject to forfeiture as to the following percentage
of
the Shares awarded hereunder, on the following date:
Percentage
of Shares
|
Date
of Vesting
|
100%
|
Anniversary
of Date of Grant
|
Notwithstanding
the vesting of the Shares on the Date of Vesting set forth above or as otherwise
provided in Section 2 of the Terms and Conditions, the Shares shall be
Non-transferable Shares until the expiration of the transfer restrictions set
forth in Section 3 of the Terms and Conditions.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, Xxxx’x Companies, Inc., acting by and through its duly
authorized officer, has caused this Agreement to be executed as of the Date
of
Grant.
XXXX’X
COMPANIES, INC.
By:
________________________________________
Its:
Authorized Officer
Date
of
Grant:
Accepted
by Grantee: __________________________
TERMS
AND CONDITIONS
1. Grant
of Shares.
The
Company hereby grants to Grantee, subject to the restrictions and the other
terms and conditions set forth in the Plan, and in this Restricted Stock Award
Agreement (this “Agreement”),
the
Shares indicated on Page 1. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise
defined shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Plan.
2. Vesting
of Shares.
As of
the Date of Grant, the Shares shall be “Unvested
Shares”
and
fully forfeitable. The Unvested Shares shall become “Vested
Shares”
as of
the earliest to occur of the following (the period prior to such vesting being
referred to herein as the “Vesting
Period”):
(a) As
of the
Date of Vesting specified on Page 1;
(b) On
the
date of termination of Grantee’s employment with the Company and its Affiliates
by reason of Grantee’s death, Disability or Retirement; or
(c) On
the
date of termination of Grantee’s employment with the Company and its Affiliates
by the Company without Cause or by Grantee’s resignation for Good Reason, in
either case within twelve (12) months after the occurrence of a Change in
Control.
If
Grantee’s employment with the Company and its Affiliates terminates for any
reason prior to the Unvested Shares becoming Vested Shares in accordance with
this Section 2, Grantee shall forfeit all of Grantee’s right, title and interest
in and to the Unvested Shares as of the date of Grantee’s termination of
employment, and such Unvested Shares shall revert to the Company immediately
following the event of forfeiture.
The
definition of “Retirement” for purposes of this Agreement shall have the
following meaning and not the meaning assigned to such term in the Plan: The
voluntary termination of employment with the approval of the Committee at least
twelve (12) months after the Date of Grant and after the date the Grantee has
attained age sixty (60) and completed five (5) years of service with the
Company; provided that, Grantee has given the Committee at least ninety (90)
days advance notice of such Retirement.
3. Share
Transfer Restrictions.
“Non-transferable
Shares”
means
those Shares that are subject to the transfer restrictions imposed under this
Section 3 which restrictions have not expired or terminated. Non-transferable
Shares may not be sold, transferred, exchanged, assigned, pledged, hypothecated
or otherwise encumbered.
The
restrictions imposed under this Section shall apply to all shares of the
Company’s common stock or other securities issued with respect to
Non-transferable Shares hereunder in connection with any merger, reorganization,
consolidation, recapitalization, stock dividend or other change in corporate
structure affecting the common stock of the Company.
The
transfer restrictions imposed under this Section 3 will expire as to all of
the
Shares indicated on Page 1 on the earliest to occur of the following (the period
prior to such expiration being referred to herein as the “Non-transferable
Period”):
(a) On
the
Date of Vesting specified on Page 1;
(b) On
the
date of termination of Grantee’s employment with the Company and its Affiliates
by reason of Grantee’s death or Disability; or
(c) On
the
date of termination of Grantee’s employment with the Company and its Affiliates
by the Company without Cause or by Grantee’s resignation for Good Reason, in
either case within twelve (12) months after the occurrence of a Change in
Control.
4. Delivery
of Shares.
The
Shares will be registered in the name of Grantee as of the Date of Grant and
will be held by the Company during the Non-transferable Period in certificated
or uncertificated form. If a certificate for Non-transferable Shares is issued
during the Non-transferable Period, such certificate shall be registered in
the
name of Grantee and shall bear a legend in substantially the following form
(in
addition to any legend required under applicable state securities
laws):
“This
certificate and the shares of stock represented hereby are subject to the terms
and conditions (including forfeiture and restrictions against transfer)
contained in a Restricted Stock Award Agreement between the registered owner
of
the shares represented hereby and Xxxx’x Companies, Inc. Release from such terms
and conditions shall be made only in accordance with the provisions of such
Agreement, copies of which are on file in the offices of Xxxx’x Companies,
Inc.”
Stock
certificates for the Shares, without the above legend, shall be delivered to
Grantee or Grantee’s designee upon request of Grantee after the expiration of
the Non-transferable Period, but delivery may be postponed for such period
as
may be required for the Company with reasonable diligence to comply if deemed
advisable by the Company, with registration requirements under the Securities
Act of 1933, listing requirements under the rules of any stock exchange, and
requirements under any other law or regulation applicable to the issuance or
transfer of the Shares.
5. Voting
and Dividend Rights.
Grantee, as beneficial owner of the Shares, shall have full voting and dividend
rights with respect to the Shares during and after the Vesting Period and
Non-transferable Period. If Grantee forfeits any rights Grantee may have under
this Agreement in accordance with Section 2, Grantee shall no longer have any
rights as a shareholder with respect to the Shares or any interest therein
and
Grantee shall no longer be entitled to receive dividends on such Shares. In
the
event that for any reason Grantee shall have received dividends upon such Shares
after such forfeiture, Grantee shall repay to the Company an amount equal to
such dividends.
6. Competing
Activity.
If
Grantee engages in any Competing Activity during Grantee’s employment with the
Company or an Affiliate or within one year after the termination of Grantee’s
employment with the Company and its Affiliates for any reason, (a)
Grantee
shall forfeit all of Grantee’s right, title and interest in and to any Unvested
Shares or Non-transferable Shares as of the time of the Grantee’s engaging in
such Competing Activity and such Shares shall revert to the Company immediately
following such event of forfeiture, and (b)
Grantee
shall remit, upon demand by the Company, the “Repayment Amount” (as defined in
the following sentence), with respect to any Shares that were delivered to
Grantee during the six (6) month period prior to the date Grantee engaged in
the
Competing Activity. The “Repayment
Amount”
is the
aggregate Fair Market Value of the Shares at the time of delivery to Grantee.
The Repayment Amount shall be payable in cash (which shall include a certified
check or bank check), by the tender of shares of Common Stock or by a
combination of cash and Common Stock; provided that, regardless of the Fair
Market Value of such shares at the time of tender, the tender of the shares
shall satisfy the obligation to pay the Repayment Amount for the same number
of
shares of Common Stock delivered to the Company. For purposes of this Agreement,
Participant will be deemed to be engaged in a Competing Activity if Participant,
directly
or indirectly, owns, manages, operates, controls, is employed by, or
participates in as a 5% or greater shareholder, partner, member or joint
venturer, any company which engages in the business activities of the Company
or
its Affiliates (the “Business
Activities”),
or
engages
in, as an independent contractor or otherwise, the Business Activities for
himself or on behalf of another person or entity.
Nothing
contained in this Section 6 shall be interpreted as or deemed to constitute
a
waiver of, or diminish or be in lieu of, any other rights that the Company
or an
Affiliate may possess as a result of Grantee’s misconduct or direct or indirect
involvement with a business competing with the business of the Company or an
Affiliate.
7. No
Right of Continued Employment.
Nothing
in this Agreement shall interfere with or limit in any way the right of the
Company or any Affiliate to terminate Grantee’s employment at any time, nor
confer upon Grantee any right to continue in the employ of the Company or any
Affiliate.
8. Payment
of Taxes.
(a) Upon
issuance of the Shares hereunder, Grantee may make an election to be taxed
upon
such award under Section 83(b) of the Code. To effect such election, Grantee
may
file an appropriate election with Internal Revenue Service within thirty (30)
days after award of the Shares and otherwise in accordance with applicable
Treasury Regulations.
(b) At
the
end of the Vesting Period, the Company will automatically withhold a number
of
Shares having a fair market value equal to the minimum amount of any federal,
state and local taxes of any kind (including Grantee’s FICA obligation) required
by law to be withheld, unless
Grantee
notifies the Company thirty (30) days prior to the expiration and termination
of
the Vesting Period that he or she will satisfy his or her tax withholding
obligations in cash.
(c) In
the
event Grantee chooses to satisfy Grantee’s tax withholding obligations in cash
and
complies
with the above notification requirement, Grantee will, no later than the date
as
of which any amount related to the Shares first becomes includable in Grantee’s
gross taxable income for federal income tax purposes, pay to the Company, or
make other arrangements satisfactory to the Committee regarding payment of,
any
federal, state and local taxes of any kind (including Grantee’s FICA obligation)
required by law to be withheld with respect to such amount.
The
obligations of the Company under this Agreement will be conditional on such
payment or arrangements, and the Company, and, where applicable, its Affiliates
will, to the extent permitted by law, have the right to deduct any such taxes
from any payment of any kind otherwise due to Grantee.
9. Amendment.
The
Committee may amend or terminate this Agreement without the consent of Grantee;
provided, however, that such amendment or termination shall not, without
Grantee’s consent, reduce or diminish the value of this award determined as if
it had been fully vested (i.e., as if all restrictions on the Shares hereunder
had expired) on the date of such amendment or termination.
10. Plan
Controls.
The
terms contained in the Plan, including without limitation the antidilution
adjustment provisions, are incorporated into and made a part of this Agreement,
and this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
Plan. In the event of any actual or alleged conflict between the provisions
of
the Plan and the provisions of this Agreement, the provisions of the Plan shall
be controlling and determinative.
11. Successors.
This
Agreement shall be binding upon any successor of the Company, in accordance
with
the terms of this Agreement and the Plan.
12. Severability.
If any
one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement are invalid, illegal
or unenforceable, the other provisions of this Agreement will be construed
and
enforced as if the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision had never been
included.
13. Notice.
Notices
and communications under this Agreement must be in writing and either personally
delivered or sent by registered or certified United States mail, return receipt
requested, postage prepaid. Notices to the Company must be addressed
to:
Xxxx’x
Companies, Inc.
0000
Xxxx’x Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attn: Vice
President of Compensation and Benefits
or
any
other address designated by the Company in a written notice to Grantee. Notices
to Grantee will be directed to the address of Grantee then currently on file
with the Company, or at any other address given by Grantee in a written notice
to the Company.