JOS. A. BANK CLOTHIERS, INC. 2010 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN CEO PERFORMANCE RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.1
XXX. A. BANK CLOTHIERS, INC.
2010 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
2010 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
THIS CEO PERFORMANCE RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT (this “Award Agreement”) is made
this 17th day of June, 2010 (the “Vesting Commencement Date”), by and between XXX. A. BANK
CLOTHIERS, INC. (the “Company”) and X. XXXX BLACK (“you” or the “Participant”).
Pursuant to the Xxx. A. Bank Clothiers, Inc. 2010 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), the
Company hereby grants to you the conditional award of 32,309 Restricted Stock Units (“RSUs”) (the
“Award”), upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth. The Award is conditioned upon and
subject to attainment of those certain Performance Goals established by the Compensation Committee
of the Board of Directors of the Company at its meeting held on March 30, 2010 and subject further
to the retention of negative discretion by the Compensation Committee to reduce the number of RSUs
to be earned under this Award Agreement. The Performance Goals and the Compensation Committee’s
retention of negative discretion have been communicated to the Participant and are incorporated
herein by reference. Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms shall have the meanings set
forth in the Plan.
The details of your Award are as follows.
1. ENTITLEMENT TO SHARES.
(a) Determination of Earned Award. Provided that (i) the applicable Performance
Goals are achieved during the Company’s fiscal year ending January 29, 2011 (the “Performance
Period”), and (ii) you continue to be employed by the Company through the Certification Date (as
defined below) (unless vesting is accelerated in accordance with the terms of this Award Agreement
or the Plan) then, subject to the limitations contained herein and to the provisions of the Plan,
you shall be credited with a finally determined number of RSUs on the Certification Date equal to
all or a portion of the Award so certified by the Committee to have been earned based on the
attainment of such Performance Goals, subject to the vesting provisions contained in Section 1 and
the other provisions of this Award Agreement, and subject, on and after the grant date, to
adjustment as provided under the terms of the Plan including, without limitation, the last
paragraph of Section 5 of the Plan (the “Earned Award”). For purposes of this Award Agreement, the
Certification Date is the date after the end of the Performance Period on which the Committee
certifies (x) the extent to which Performance Goals have been achieved based upon the Company’s
audited financial statements and (y) the number of shares of Stock subject to the Earned Award. If
the Committee determines that none of the Performance Goals shall have been achieved during the
Performance Period, this RSU shall terminate and all shares of Stock subject to the Award shall be
forfeited upon such determination.
(b) Vesting Schedule. On the date that is the later to occur of (i) the Certification
Date and (ii) the first anniversary of the Vesting Commencement Date (the “First Vesting Date”),
the number of RSUs determined to be the Earned Award based on achievement of Performance Goals that
shall vest on such date shall be equal to the lesser of (x) the number of RSUs determined to be the
Earned Award and (y) the quotient obtained by dividing 775,000 by $59.58, which is the closing
price of Stock on the date of the Award Agreement (rounded up to the nearest share). In the event
that not all of the RSUs determined to be the Earned Award shall have vested on the First Vesting
Date, then one-half of the remainder of the Earned Award (rounded up to the nearest share) shall
vest on the second anniversary of the Vesting Commencement Date and the balance of such Earned
Award shall vest on the third anniversary of the Vesting Commencement Date. Except as otherwise
provided in Sections 1(c), (d) or (e) of this Award Agreement, you must continue to be employed by
the Company or any other participating subsidiary through the applicable Vesting Date in order to
be entitled to the RSUs vesting on such Vesting Date. Such vesting will be subject to acceleration
as provided in Sections 1(c), (d) or (e) of this Award Agreement, as applicable.
(c) Disability or Death.
(i) If your employment terminates after the end of the Performance Period but prior to the
Certification Date by reason of death or Disability, you (or your heirs in the case of death) will
be credited, on the Certification Date, with such Earned Award and shall be deemed to have fully
vested in such Earned Award on the First Vesting Date.
(ii) If your employment terminates on or after the Certification Date due to your death or
Disability, you (or your heirs in the case of death) will be deemed to have fully vested in your
Earned Award upon the occurrence of your death or Disability, as applicable.
(iii) If your employment terminates due to your death or Disability prior to the end of the
Performance Period, then to the extent that the Committee certifies that the Performance Goals have
been achieved at a particular level, you (or your heirs in the case of death) will be entitled upon
such Certification Date to a pro-rated portion of the Award, determined by multiplying the Earned
Award that you would have been credited to you had you been employed on the Certification Date
(based on such certified performance) by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days
in the Performance Period through the date of your termination of employment, and the denominator
of which is 365, and you will be deemed vested in such Award on the First Vesting Date.
(iv) The shares of Stock subject to an Earned Award that vest pursuant to this Section 1(c)
shall be issued and delivered to you (or your heirs in the case of death) pursuant to Section 3
below.
(v) “Disability” shall mean that you are unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity,
by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to
result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than twelve months.
The Committee shall determine the existence of any
Disability; however, you will be deemed to have a Disability if you have been determined to be
totally disabled by the Social Security Administration.
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(d) Involuntary Separation from Service Without Cause or from Service for Good Reason
after the end of the Performance Period.
(i) If the Company terminates your employment without Cause, or you terminate your employment
for Good Reason, and in either case such termination occurs after the end of the Performance Period
but prior to the Certification Date, then, upon certification by the Committee of the Earned Award
on the Certification Date, you will be credited with such Earned Award and shall be deemed to have
fully vested in such Earned Award on the First Vesting Date.
(ii) If the Company terminates your employment without Cause, or you terminate your employment
for Good Reason on or after the Certification Date, then you will be deemed to have fully vested in
such Earned Award, and all vesting restrictions will lapse upon your termination.
For purposes of this Award Agreement, “Good Reason” means the occurrence of any of the
following without your consent: (i) a material reduction in your base salary; (ii) a material
diminution in your authority, job duties or responsibilities; or (iii) a material breach of your
Employment Agreement with the Company. A condition will not constitute Good Reason unless you give
the Company written notice of the existence of Good Reason within 90 days of its first occurrence,
the Company does not cure such condition within a period of 30 days and then you separate from
employment within 60 days thereafter.
For purpose of this Award Agreement, “Cause” shall mean “Cause” as defined under the terms of
your Employment Agreement.
This Section 1(d) is intended to comply, and shall be construed in accordance, with Treasury
Regulation Section 1.409A-1(h) and (n). References to ‘termination of employment’ shall mean
“Separation from Service” as defined in Section 409A and regulations issued thereunder.
(iii) The shares of Stock subject to an Earned Award that vest pursuant to this Section 1(d)
shall be issued and delivered to you pursuant to Section 3 below.
(iv) You shall forfeit the Award in its entirety if you terminate service for reasons other
than death, Disability or a Change in Control prior to the end of the Performance Period.
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(e) Change in Control.
In the event a Change in Control (as defined in the Plan) occurs during the term of this Award
Agreement and you are employed by the Company immediately prior to the
consummation of such Change in Control, then you will be deemed fully vested in the Earned
Award calculated as follows:
(i) If the Change in Control occurs prior to the end of the Performance Period, then such
Award will be calculated assuming the maximum level of performance had been achieved with respect
to all Performance Goal(s) and the maximum number of shares underlying the Award shall be pro-rated
by multiplying that number by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of days elapsed in
the performance period and the denominator of which is 365.
(ii) If the Change in Control occurs after the completion of the Performance Period, but prior
to the Certification Date, then to the extent that actual performance can be determined and
certified by the Committee prior to the Change in Control, you will be credited with the number of
shares so determined to have been earned based on the level of achievement of the Performance
Goal(s); and to the extent the Committee is unable in good faith to make such determination and
certification, then such Award shall be calculated based on the assumption that the maximum level
of performance with respect to all Performance Goal(s) had been achieved; and
(iii) If the Change in Control occurs on or after the Certification Date, then you will be
deemed to have fully vested in the Earned Award.
The Company shall credit you in book form with the number of shares that are deemed vested
under this Section 1(e). Such shares (net of applicable tax withholdings) shall be deemed issued
immediately prior to the consummation of the Change in Control and your deemed shares will be
treated in the same manner and paid at the same time as other shares in the transaction.
Alternatively, the Committee in its discretion may settle your vested RSUs in cash, in an amount
equal to the product of (x) the total number of such vested RSUs, and (y) the price per share paid
for one share of Stock in the Change in Control transaction, in which case such amount, net of
applicable tax withholding, shall be paid in cash, upon the consummation of the Change in Control.
2. DIVIDEND EQUIVALENTS. With respect to each cash dividend or other distribution (if any)
paid with respect to the Stock of the Company to holders of record on and after the date hereof, a
number a shares of Stock shall be accrued on the records of the Company, in an amount equal to the
product of (i) the amount of such dividend or distribution paid with respect to one share of Stock,
multiplied by (ii) the number of RSUs granted hereunder, and (iii) divided by the Fair Market Value
of one share of Stock on the applicable dividend or distribution payment date for the dividend or
other distribution, which amount shall be credited in the form of additional RSUs on such date. No
Dividend Equivalents shall be paid to you prior to the settlement of the Award. Rather, such
Dividend Equivalent payments will accrue and be notionally credited to your Award and paid out in
the form of additional shares of Stock upon settlement of the Award. At such time(s) thereafter as
you receive a distribution of shares of Stock in respect to your vested RSUs, the Company shall
also distribute to you such number of shares of Stock accrued under this Section 2. In no event
shall this Section 2 be applied in a manner that duplicates an adjustment in the number of shares
of Stock subject to this Award that
is made under another provision of the Plan including, without limitation, under the last paragraph
of Section 5 thereof.
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3. DISTRIBUTIONS; DELIVERY OF SHARES. You will be entitled to a distribution with respect to
the shares of Stock underlying the RSUs that have vested under the terms of this Award Agreement
(for which no deferral election is in effect) on the earliest to occur of the following (each, a
“Payment Date”): (i) the occurrence of a time-based Vesting Date; (ii) your involuntary Separation
from Service (as provided in Section 1(d) of this Award Agreement and as defined in Section 409A of
the Internal Revenue Code and regulations issued thereunder); (iii) your death; (iv) your
Disability (as defined in Section 409A of the Code and under this Award Agreement); and (v) upon a
Change in Control (as defined in the Plan). Subject to the remainder of this Section 3, Sections 4
and 11 of this Award Agreement and except as otherwise provided in Section 1(e) (with respect to a
Change in Control), the Company shall issue and deliver to you (or your heirs in the case of death)
certificates or book-entry shares representing that number of shares of Stock within thirty (30)
days following the applicable Payment Date. The certificates or book-entry shares to be delivered
hereunder shall be in such form as is determined by the Company. No shares of Stock shall be issued
prior to vesting.
4. DEFERRAL ELECTION. If permitted by the Company, you may elect to defer receipt of the
shares of Stock that would otherwise be issued pursuant to the vesting of your Award, which
deferral shall be made in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Company’s 2010 Deferred
Compensation Plan. The Board (or an appropriate committee thereof) will, in its sole discretion,
establish the rules and procedures for such deferrals. If you make such election, then any
Dividend Equivalents credited with respect to your RSUs will be deferred under the same terms.
Distribution of the shares of Stock subject to such deferral election (including accumulated
Dividend Equivalents) will be governed by the terms of the Company’s 2010 Deferred Compensation
Plan and your deferral election.
5. NUMBER OF SHARES. The number of shares of Stock subject to your Award will be adjusted
from time to time for stock dividends and other capitalization adjustments, as provided in the
Plan.
6. SECURITIES LAW COMPLIANCE. The grant of your Award and the issuance of any shares of Stock
pursuant to this Award shall be subject to compliance with all applicable requirements of federal,
state or foreign law with respect to such securities. You may not be issued any shares of Stock
pursuant to this Award if the issuance of shares of Stock would constitute a violation of any
applicable federal, state or foreign securities laws or other law or regulations or the
requirements of any stock exchange or market system upon which the Stock may then be listed. In
addition, you may not be issued any shares of Stock pursuant to this Award unless (i) a
registration statement under the Securities Act shall at the time of issuance be in effect with
respect to the shares of Stock or (ii) in the opinion of legal counsel to the Company, the shares
of Stock may be issued in accordance with the terms of an applicable exemption from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act. As a condition to the issuance of any shares of
Stock pursuant to this Award, the Company may require you to satisfy any qualifications that may be
necessary or appropriate, to evidence compliance with any
applicable law or regulation and to make any representation or warranty with respect thereto
as may be requested by the Company.
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7. RESTRICTIVE LEGENDS. The shares of Stock issued pursuant to this Award shall be endorsed
with appropriate legends, if any, determined by the Company.
8. TRANSFERABILITY. Neither the RSUs nor any shares of Stock subject to this Award may be
subject to alienation, garnishment, execution or levy of any kind, and any attempt to do so will
not be recognized. Notwithstanding the foregoing, by delivering written notice to the Company, in
a form satisfactory to the Company, you may designate a third party who, in the event of your
death, shall thereafter be entitled to receive any distribution of shares of Stock pursuant to
Section 3 of this Award Agreement.
9. AWARD NOT AN EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT. Your Award is not an employment or service contract, and
nothing in your Award shall be deemed to create in any way whatsoever any obligation on your part
to continue in the employment or service of the Company. In addition, nothing in your Award shall
obligate the Company, its stockholders, board of directors, officers or employees to continue any
relationship that you might have as an employee, director or consultant for the Company.
10. UNSECURED OBLIGATION. Your Award is unfunded, and you shall be considered an unsecured
creditor of the Company with respect to the Company’s obligation, if any, to issue shares of Stock
pursuant to an Earned Award under this Award Agreement. You shall not have voting or any other
rights as a stockholder of the Company with respect to the Stock acquired pursuant to this Award
Agreement until such Stock is issued to you pursuant to this Award Agreement. Upon such issuance,
you will obtain full voting and other rights as a stockholder of the Company with respect to the
Stock so issued. Nothing contained in this Award Agreement, and no action taken pursuant to its
provisions, shall create or be construed to create a trust of any kind or a fiduciary relationship
between you and the Company or any other person.
11. WITHHOLDING OBLIGATIONS. Regardless of any action taken by the Company, with respect to
any or all income, employment, social insurance, or payroll taxes, payment on account or other
tax-related withholding (“Tax-Related Items”), you acknowledge that the ultimate liability for all
Tax-Related Items legally due by you is, and remains, your responsibility and that the Company (i)
makes no representations or undertakings regarding the treatment of any Tax-Related Items in
connection with any aspect of your Award, the subsequent sale of shares of Stock acquired pursuant
to this Award, or the receipt of any dividends and (ii) does not commit to structure the terms of
the grant or any other aspect of your Award to reduce or eliminate your liability for Tax-Related
Items. At the time any Earned Award is determined, at the time you vest in such Award, at the time
you receive a distribution of shares of Stock pursuant to such Award, or at any other time
reasonably as requested by the Company, you shall pay or make adequate arrangements satisfactory to
the Company to satisfy all withholding obligations. In this regard, at the time you receive a
distribution of shares of Stock, or at any other time as reasonably requested by the Company, you
hereby authorize the withholding of that number of whole vested shares of Stock otherwise
deliverable to you pursuant to this Award
Agreement having a fair market value not in excess of the amount of the Tax-Related Items
determined by the applicable minimum statutory rates. Finally, you shall pay to the Company any
amount of the Tax-Related Items that the Company may be required to withhold as a result of your
participation in the Plan that cannot be satisfied by the means previously described. The Company
shall have no obligation to deliver shares of Stock until you have satisfied the obligations in
connection with the Tax-Related Items as described in this section.
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12. DELIVERY OF DOCUMENTS AND NOTICES. Any document relating to participating in the Plan
and/or notice required or permitted hereunder shall be given in writing and shall be deemed
effectively given (except to the extent that this Award Agreement provides for effectiveness only
upon actual receipt of such notice) upon personal delivery, deposit with UPS or other
nationally-recognized overnight delivery service (fees prepaid), electronic delivery, or upon
deposit in the U.S. Post Office or foreign postal service, by registered or certified mail (postage
and fees prepaid). Notices to the Company shall be addressed to Xxx. A. Bank Clothiers, Inc., 000
Xxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: General Counsel. Notices to you shall be
addressed to your regular mail address or e-mail address as contained in the records of the
Company. Either party may, at any time, in the manner set forth for giving notices to the other,
set forth a different address to which notices to it shall be sent. Notices shall be deemed to
have been given when received or refused by the party to which it was sent or delivered.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any writing actually received by the
party to whom it is addressed shall be sufficient notice hereunder.
(a) Description of Electronic Delivery. The Plan document, Plan prospectus, Award Agreement
and proxy statements and financial reports of the Company (including any filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission), may be delivered to you electronically. Such means of delivery
may include but do not necessarily include the delivery of a link to a Company intranet or the
internet site of a third party involved in administering the Plan, the delivery of the document via
e-mail or such other delivery determined at the Committee’s discretion.
(b) Consent to Electronic Delivery. You acknowledge that you have read Section 12 of this
Award Agreement and consent to the electronic delivery of the documents identified in Section 12 of
this Award Agreement. You acknowledge that you may receive from the Company a paper copy of any
documents delivered electronically at no cost if you contact the Company by telephone, through a
postal service or electronic mail.
13. APPLICATION OF SECTION 409A. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Award Agreement,
to the extent that (i) one or more of the payments or benefits received or to be received by you
pursuant to this Award Agreement would constitute deferred compensation subject to the requirements
of Section 409A of the Code, and (ii) you are a “specified employee” within the meaning of Section
409A of the Code, then such payment or benefit (or portion thereof) will be delayed until the
earliest date following your “separation from service” with Company within the meaning of Section
409A of the Code on which the Company can provide such payment or benefit to you without your
incurrence of any additional tax or interest pursuant to Section 409A of the Code, with all
payments or benefits due thereafter occurring in accordance with the original schedule. In
addition, this Award and the payments and benefits to
be provided hereunder are intended to comply in all respects with the applicable provisions of
Section 409A of the Code. Any reference to ‘termination of employment’ in this Agreement shall
mean ‘separation from service’ as defined under the default rules of Treasury regulations issued
under Code Section 409A.
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14. DATA PRIVACY CONSENT. You hereby explicitly and unambiguously consent to the collection,
use and transfer, in electronic or other form, of your personal data as described in this document
by the Company for the exclusive purpose of implementing, administering and managing your
participation in the Plan. You understand that the Company holds certain personal information
about you, including, but not limited to, your name, home address and telephone number, date of
birth, social insurance number or other identification number, salary, nationality, job title, any
shares of Stock or directorships held in the Company, details of all Awards or any other
entitlement to shares of Stock awarded, canceled, exercised, vested, unvested or outstanding in
your favor, for the purpose of implementing, administering and managing the Plan (“Data”). You
understand that Data may be transferred to any third parties assisting in the implementation,
administration and management of the Plan, that these recipients may be located in your country or
elsewhere, and that the recipient’s country may have different data privacy laws and protections
than your country. You authorize the recipients to receive, possess, use, retain and transfer the
Data, in electronic or other form, for the purposes of implementing, administering and managing
your participation in the Plan, including any requisite transfer of such Data as may be required to
a broker or other third party with whom you may elect to deposit any shares of Stock pursuant to an
Actual Award. You understand that you may, at any time, view such Data and request any necessary
correction to such Data.
15. HEADINGS. The headings of the Sections in this Award Agreement are inserted for
convenience only and shall not be deemed to constitute a part of this Award Agreement or to affect
the meaning of this Award Agreement.
16. AMENDMENT. The Committee may, without notice, amend, suspend or terminate the Plan;
provided, however, that no such action may adversely affect any then outstanding Award unless (i)
expressly provided by the Committee and (ii) with the consent of you, unless such action is
necessary to comply with any applicable law, regulation or rule.
17. MISCELLANEOUS.
(a) The rights and obligations of the Company under your Award shall be transferable to any
one or more persons or entities, and all covenants and agreements hereunder shall inure to the
benefit of, and be enforceable by the Company’s successors and assigns.
(b) You agree upon request to execute any further documents or instruments necessary or
desirable in the sole determination of the Company to carry out the purposes or intent of your
Award.
(c) You acknowledge and agree that you have reviewed your Award in its entirety, have had an
opportunity to obtain the advice of counsel prior to executing and accepting your Award and fully
understand all provisions of your Award.
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(d) You acknowledge receipt of, and understand and agree to this Award Agreement and the Plan.
You further acknowledge that this Award Agreement and the Plan set forth the entire understanding
between the Company and you regarding the Award and supersede all prior oral and written agreements
on that subject.
18. GOVERNING PLAN DOCUMENT. Your Award is subject to all the provisions of the Plan, the
provisions of which are hereby made a part of your Award, and is further subject to all
interpretations, amendments, rules and regulations which may from time to time be promulgated and
adopted pursuant to the Plan. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Award
Agreement and those of the Plan, the provisions of the Plan shall control.
19. APPLICABLE LAW. This Award Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of
Delaware to the extent not preempted by federal law.
20. REPAYMENT OBLIGATION. In the event that (a) the Company issues a restatement of financial
results to correct a material error and (b) the Committee determines, in good faith, that your
fraud or willful misconduct was a significant contributing factor to the need to issue such
restatement and (c) some or all of the RSUs that were granted and/or earned prior to such
restatement would not have been granted and/or earned, as applicable, based upon the restated
financial results, you shall immediately return to the Company any shares of Stock or the pre-tax
income derived from any disposition of the Stock previously received in settlement of this Award
that would not have been granted and/or earned based upon the restated financial results (the
“Repayment Obligation”). The Company shall be able to enforce the Repayment Obligation by all
legal means available, including, without limitation, by withholding such amount from other sums
owed by the Company to you.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Award Agreement as of the date first
set forth above.
COMPANY: XXX. A. BANK CLOTHIERS, INC. |
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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/s/ X. Xxxx Black
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Senior Vice President and General Counsel |
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