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2007 INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN

Equity Incentive Plan Agreement

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Title: 2007 INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN
Date: 6/22/2009
Industry: Investment Services     Sector: Financial

2007 INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN, Parties: broadpoint gleacher securities group  inc.
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                                                                                                                                                           Exhibit 10.2

 

 

 

BROADPOINT GLEACHER SECURITIES GROUP, INC.

 

2007 INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN

(As Amended and Restated Through June 16, 2009)

 

 

1.  

Purpose of the Plan

 

The purpose of this 2007 Incentive Compensation Plan (the “Plan”) is to advance the interests of the Broadpoint Gleacher Securities Group, Inc., a New York corporation (the “Company”), and its shareholders by providing a means (a) to attract, retain, and reward officers, other employees, and persons who provide services to the Company and its subsidiaries, (b) to link compensation to measures of the Company’s performance in order to provide additional incentives, including stock-based incentives and cash-based annual incentives, to such persons for the creation of shareholder value, and (c) to enable such persons to acquire or increase a proprietary interest in the Company in order to promote a closer identity of interests between such persons and the Company’s shareholders.  The Plan is intended to qualify certain compensation awarded under the Plan as “performance-based” compensation under Code Section 162(m) to the extent deemed appropriate by the Committee which administers the Plan.

 

2.  

Definitions

 

The definitions of awards under the Plan, including Options, SARs, Restricted Stock, Deferred Stock, Stock granted as a bonus or in lieu of other awards, and Other Stock-Based Awards, are set forth in Section 6, and the definition of Performance Awards, including Annual Incentive Awards, is set forth in Section 8.  Such awards, together with any other right or interest granted to a Participant under the Plan, are termed “Awards.” In addition to such terms and the terms defined in Section 1, the following terms shall be defined as set forth below:

 

2.1      “Annual Incentive Award” means a conditional right granted to a Participant under Section 8.3 to receive a cash payment, Shares or other Awards based on performance during all or part of a specified fiscal year.

 

2.2      “Beneficiary” means the person(s) or trust(s) which have been designated by a Participant in his or her most recent written beneficiary designation filed with the Committee to receive the benefits specified under the Plan upon such Participant’s death.  If, upon a Participant’s death, there is no designated Beneficiary or surviving designated Beneficiary, then the term Beneficiary means the person(s) or trust(s) entitled by will or the laws of descent and distribution to receive such benefits.

 

2.3      “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

2.4      “Cause,” unless defined otherwise in the terms and conditions of a Participant’s Award, means (i) the Participant’s conviction of, or plea of guilty or “no contest” to, any felony; (ii) Participant’s conviction of, or plea of guilty or “no contest” to, a violation of criminal law involving the Company and its business; (iii) the Participant’s commission of an act of fraud or theft, or material dishonesty in connection with his performance of duties to Company and its affiliates; or (iv) the Participant’s willful refusal or gross neglect by the Participant to perform the duties reasonably assigned to him and consistent with his position with Company and its affiliates or otherwise to comply with the material terms of any employment agreement between the Company or any of its affiliates and the Participant, which refusal or gross neglect continues for more than fifteen (15) days after the Participant receives written notice thereof from the Company providing reasonable detail of the asserted refusal or gross neglect (and which is not due to a physical or mental impairment).

 

 

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2.5      “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, including regulations thereunder and successor provisions and regulations thereto.

 

2.6      “Committee” means the Compensation Committee of the Board, and the term “Committee” shall refer to the full Board in any case in which it is performing any function of the Committee under the Plan.  A member of the Committee is not required by the terms of the Plan to be a Qualified Member at the time of appointment or during his or her term of service on the Committee.

 

2.7      “Company” has the meaning set forth in Section 1 above.

 

2.8      “Covered Employee” has the meaning as defined in Section 8.5 of the Plan.

 

2.9      “Effective Date” means the date on which the Plan takes effect, as set forth in Section 9.14 of the Plan.

 

2.10      “Fair Market Value,” means, with respect to Shares, Awards, or other property, the fair market value of such Shares, Awards, or other property determined by such reasonable methods or procedures as shall be established from time to time by the Committee in compliance with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code.  At any time while Shares are traded on the NASDAQ Global Market, the Fair Market Value of a Share as of any given date means the closing sales price of a Share in composite trading of NASDAQ Global Market-listed securities for that date or, if no sale occurred on that date, on the latest preceding day on which a sale occurred, as reported by a reliable reporting service.

 

2.11      “Participant” means an individual who has been granted an Award under the Plan, for so long as the Company has any obligation under the Plan with respect to such Award or such Award remains subject to any restriction under the Plan.

 

2.12      “Plan” has the meaning set forth in Section 1 above.

 

2.13      “Preexisting Plans” mean the Company’s 1989 Stock Incentive Plan, 1999 Long-Term Incentive Plan, 2001 Long-Term Incentive Plan and Restricted Stock Inducement Plan for Descap Employees, each as amended.

 

2.14      “Qualified Member” means a member of the Committee who is a “Non-Employee Director” within the meaning of Rule 16b-3(b)(3) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and an “outside director” within the meaning of Regulation 1.162-27 under Code Section 162(m).

 

2.15      “Retirement,” unless defined otherwise in the terms and conditions of a Participant’s Award, means a Participant’s termination of employment with the Company and all of its affiliates for reasons other than Cause on or after (i) having completed at least five years of service and (ii) reaching any age, that, when added to service with the Company and its affiliates (in each case, expressed as completed years and completed months), equals at least 60.

 

2.16      “Shares” means shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company and such other securities as may be substituted or resubstituted for Shares pursuant to Section 5.3.

 

                3.  

Administration

 

3.1       Authority of the Committee .  The Plan shall be administered by the Committee.  The Committee shall have full and final authority to take the following actions, in each case subject to and consistent with the provisions of the Plan:

 

 

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(a)      to select persons to whom Awards may be granted;

 

(b)      to determine the type or types of Awards to be granted to each Participant;

 

(c)      to determine the number of Awards to be granted, the number of Shares to which an Award will relate, the cash amount payable in settlement of an Annual Incentive Award and the performance conditions applicable thereto, all other terms and conditions of any Award granted under the Plan (including, but not limited to, any exercise price, grant price, or purchase price, any restriction or condition, any schedule or performance conditions for the lapse of restrictions or conditions relating to transferability, forfeiture, exercisability, or settlement of an Award, and accelerations or modifications thereof, based in each case on such considerations as the Committee shall determine), and all other matters to be determined in connection with an Award;

 

(d)      to determine whether, to what extent, and under what circumstances an Award may be settled, or the exercise price of an Award may be paid, in cash, Shares, other Awards, or other property, or an Award may be canceled, forfeited, or surrendered;

 

(e)      to determine whether, to what extent, and under what circumstances cash, Shares, other Awards, or other property payable with respect to an Award will be deferred either automatically, at the election of the Committee, or at the election of the Participant;

 

(f)      to prescribe the form of each Award agreement, which need not be identical for each Participant;

 

(g)     to adopt, amend, suspend, and rescind such rules and regulations and appoint such agents as the Committee may deem necessary or advisable to administer the Plan;

 

(h)     to correct any defect or supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan and to construe and interpret the Plan and any Award, rules and regulations, Award agreement, or other instrument hereunder; and

 

(i)      to make all other decisions and determinations as may be required under the terms of the Plan or as the Committee may deem necessary or advisable for the administration of the Plan.

 

3.2       Manner of Exercise of Committee Authority .  Any action of the Committee with respect to the Plan shall be final, conclusive, and binding on all persons, including the Company, subsidiaries of the Company, Participants, any person claiming any rights under the Plan from or through any Participant, and shareholders.  The express grant of any specific power to the Committee, and the taking of any action by the Committee, shall not be construed as limiting any power or authority of the Committee.  At any time that a member of the Committee is not a Qualified Member, (i) any action of the Committee relating to an Award intended by the Committee to qualify as “performance-based compensation” within the meaning of Code Section 162(m) and regulations thereunder may be taken by a subcommittee, designated by the Committee or the Board, composed solely of two or more Qualified Members, and (ii) any action relating to an Award granted or to be granted to a Participant who is then subject to Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 in respect of the Company may be taken either by such a subcommittee or by the Committee but with each such member who is not a Qualified Member abstaining or recusing himself or herself from such action, provided that, upon such abstention or recusal, the Committee remains composed of two or more Qualified Members.  Such action, authorized by such a subcommittee or by the Committee upon the abstention or recusal of such non-Qualified Member(s), shall be the action of the Committee for purposes of the Plan.  The Committee may delegate to officers or managers of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company the authority, subject to such terms as the Committee shall determine, to perform functions designated by the Committee, to the extent that such delegation is permitted under applicable laws.  Other provisions of the Plan notwithstanding, the Board may perform any function of the Committee under the Plan, in order to ensure that transactions under the Plan are exempt under Rule 16b-3 or for any other reason; provided , however , that authority specifically reserved to the Board under the terms of the Plan, the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws, or applicable law shall be exercised by the Board and not by the Committee.

 

 

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3.3       Limitation of Liability .  Each member of the Committee shall be entitled to, in good faith, rely or act upon any report or other information furnished to him by any officer or other employee of the Company or any subsidiary, the Company’s independent certified public accountants, or any executive compensation consultant, legal counsel, or other professional retained by the Company to assist in the administration of the Plan.  No member of the Committee, nor any officer or employee of the Company acting on behalf of the Committee, shall be personally liable for any action, determination, or interpretation taken or made in good faith with respect to the Plan, and all members of the Committee and any officer or employee of the Company acting on behalf of the Committee or members thereof shall, to the extent permitted by law, be fully indemnified and protected by the Company with respect to any such action, determination, or interpretation.

 

4.  

Eligibility

 

Persons who are eligible to be granted Awards under the Plan include (i) any executive officer and other officer or employee of the Company or any subsidiary, including any such person who may also be a director of the Company, (ii) any other person who provides substantial personal services to the Company or any subsidiary not solely in the capacity as a director, and (iii) any person who has agreed to become an employee of the Company or a subsidiary provided that no such person may receive any payment or exercise any right relating to an Award until such person has commenced employment.

 

5.  

Limitation on Shares Available for Awards; Per-Person Limitations; Adjustments

 

5.1       Aggregate Number of Shares Available for Awards .

 

(a)       Evergreen Share Reservation .  Awards relating to Shares may be granted if, at the time of grant of each Award, the aggregate number of Shares subject to outstanding Awards and outstanding awards under the Preexisting Plans plus the number of Shares subject to the Award being granted do not exceed the sum of (x) 15,675,000 Shares (subject to adjustment as provided in Section 5.3) plus (y) 25% of the number of Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the grant of such Award.  For purposes of this Section 5.1(a), an Option or SAR is “outstanding” until it is exercised and any other Award is “outstanding” in the calendar year in which it is granted and for so long thereafter as it remains subject to any vesting condition requiring continued employment, and options and other awards under each of the Preexisting Plans are treated as “outstanding” in accordance with the terms of each such Preexisting Plan.  The foregoing notwithstanding, the maximum number of shares that may be subject to ISOs granted under the Plan shall be 2.5 million, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 5.3.

 

(b)       Type of Shares Deliverable .  The Shares delivered in connection with Awards may consist, in whole or in part, of authorized and unissued Shares, treasury Shares or Shares acquired in the market for the account of a Participant.

 

5.2       Annual Per-Person Limitations .  In each calendar year during any part of which the Plan is in effect, a Participant may be granted Awards under Section 6 (including Performance Awards under Section 8 based on Awards authorized under Section 6) relating to up to his or her Annual Limit, which consists of an Annual Share Award Limit and an Annual Performance Award Limit.  A Participant’s Annual Share Award Limit, in any year during any part of which the Participant is then eligible under the Plan, shall equal two million Shares plus the amount of the Participant’s unused Annual Share Award Limit relating to the same type of Award as of the close of the previous year, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 5.3.  With respect to Annual Incentive Awards pursuant to Section 8, a Participant’s Annual Incentive Award limit relating to a given fiscal year shall be (i), in the case of the Chief Executive Officer or any other executive officer principally having Company-wide responsibilities, the greater of 25% of Company profits after taxes but before payment of bonuses to all employees or 10% of Company revenue, and (ii), in the case of an executive officer or other person principally having responsibilities for one or more specific business units, the greatest of 30% of the net income of such business unit(s), 10% of the revenues of such business unit(s), or 25% of the economic value created (“EVC”, as defined in Section 8.2(b) below) of such business unit(s).  With respect to Performance Awards pursuant to Section 8, other than Annual Incentive Awards, which Performance Awards are payable solely in cash, a Participant may not be granted Awards authorizing the earning during any calendar year of an amount that exceeds the Participant’s Annual Performance Award Limit, which for this purpose shall equal $3.0 million plus the amount of the Participant’s unused cash Annual Performance Award Limit as of the close of the previous year.  For this purpose, (i) “earning” means satisfying performance conditions so that an amount becomes payable, without regard to whether it is to be paid currently or on a deferred basis or continues to be subject to any service requirement or other non-performance condition, and (ii) a Participant’s Annual Performance Award Limit is used to the extent a cash amount or number of shares may be potentially earned or paid under an Award, regardless of whether such amount or shares are in fact earned or paid.  The per-person limitations on Awards under Section 6, Annual Incentive Awards, and other Performance Awards are each separate from one another.

 

 

 

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5.3       Adjustments .  In the event of any change in the outstanding Shares after the Effective Date by reason of any Share dividend or split, reorganization, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, spin-off, combination or exchange of Shares, repurchase, liquidation, dissolution or other corporate exchange, any large, special and non-recurring dividend or distribution to shareholders, or other similar corporate transaction, the Committee may make such substitution or adjustment, if any, as it deems to be equitable and in order to preserve, without enlarging, the rights of Participants, as to (i) the number and kind of Shares which may be delivered in connection with Awards granted thereafter, including the number of shares reserved for incentive stock options under Section 5.1(a), (ii) the number and kind of Shares by which annual per-person Award limitations are measured under Section 5.2, (iii) the number and kind of Shares subject to or deliverable in respect of outstanding Awards, and (iv) the exercise price, grant price or purchase price relating to any Award and/or make provision for payment of cash, other Awards or other property in respect of any outstanding Award.  In addition, the Committee is authorized to make adjustments in the terms and conditions of, and the criteria included in, Awards (including Performance Awards, Annual Incentive Awards, and the performance goals relating thereto) in recognition of unusual or nonrecurring events (including events described in the preceding sentence, as well as acquisitions and dispositions of businesses and assets) affecting the Company, any subsidiary or any business unit, or the financial statements of the Company or any subsidiary, or in response to changes in applicable laws, regulations, accounting principles, tax rates and regulations or business conditions or in view of the Committee’s assessment of the business strategy of the Company, any subsidiary or business unit thereof, performance of comparable organizations, economic and business conditions, personal performance of a Participant, and any other circumstances deemed relevant; provided that no such adjustment shall be authorized or made if and to the extent that such authority or the making of such adjustment would cause Options, SARs, Performance Awards granted under Section 8.2 hereof, or Annual Incentive Awards granted under Section 8.3 hereof to Participants designated by the Committee as Covered Employees and intended to qualify as “performance-based compensation” under Code Section 162(m) and regulations thereunder otherwise to fail to qualify as “performance-based compensation” under Code Section 162(m) and regulations thereunder.

 

 

 

 

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6.  

Specific Terms of Awards

 

6.1       General .  Awards may be granted on the terms and conditions set forth in this Section 6.  In addition, the Committee may impose on any Award, at the date of grant or thereafter (subject to Section 9.5), such additional terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan, as the Committee shall determine, including terms requiring forfeiture of Awards in the event of termination of employment or service by the Participant or upon the occurrence of other events (including, without limitation, the existence of Cause).  The Committee may require payment of consideration in connection with any Award, including for purposes of complying with requirements of applicable state corporation law.

 

6.2       Options .  The Committee is authorized to grant options to purchase Shares (“Options”) to Participants on the following terms and conditions:

 

(a)       Exercise Price .  The exercise price per Share purchasable under an Option shall be determined by the Committee; provided , however , that such exercise price shall be not less than the Fair Market Value of a share on the date of grant of such Option.

 

(b)       Time and Method of Exercise .  The Committee shall determine the time or times at which an Option may be exercised in whole or in part, the methods by which such exercise price may be paid or deemed to be paid, the form of such payment, including cash, Shares, other Awards or awards granted under other Company plans, or other property (including notes or other contractual obligations of Participants to make payment on a deferred basis, or through broker-assisted “cashless exercise” arrangements, to the extent permitted by applicable law), and the methods by which Shares will be delivered or deemed to be delivered to Participants.

 

(c)       Incentive Stock Options .  The terms of any incentive stock option (“ISO”) granted under the Plan shall comply in all respects with the provisions of Section 422 of the Code, including but not limited to the requirement that no ISO shall be granted more than ten years after the Effective Date.  Anything in the Plan to the contrary notwithstanding, no term of the Plan relating to ISOs shall be interpreted, amended, or altered, nor shall any discretion or authority granted under the Plan be exercised, so as to disqualify either the Plan or any ISO under Section 422 of the Code, unless the Participant has first requested such disqualification.

 

6.3       Stock Appreciation Rights .  The Committee is authorized to grant stock appreciation rights (“SARs”) to Participants on the following terms and conditions:

 

(a)       Right to Payment .  An SAR shall confer on the Participant to whom it is granted a right to receive, upon exercise thereof, the excess of (a) the Fair Market Value of one Share on the date of exercise, over (B) the grant price of the SAR as determined by the Committee as of the date of grant of the SAR, which shall be not less than the Fair Market Value of one Share on the date of grant.

 

(b)       Other Terms .  The Committee shall determine the time or times at which an SAR may be exercised in whole or in part, the method of exercise, method of settlement, whether cash or Shares shall be payable to the Participant upon exercise, the method by which Shares will be delivered or deemed to be delivered to Participants, whether or not an SAR shall be in tandem with any other Award, and any other terms and conditions of an SAR.

 

6.4       Restricted Stock .  The Committee is authorized to grant Awards, in the form of Shares issued at or shortly after grant of the Award subject to restrictions (“Restricted Stock”), to Participants on the following terms and conditions:

 

 

 

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(a)       Grant and Restrictions .  Restricted Stock shall be subject to such restrictions on transferability and other restrictions, if any, as the Committee may impose, which restrictions may lapse separately or in combination at such times, under such circumstances, in such installments, or otherwise as the Committee may determine.  Except to the extent restricted under the terms of the Plan and any Award agreement relating to the Restricted Stock, a Participant granted Restricted Stock shall have all of the rights of a shareholder including the right to vote Restricted Stock or the right to receive dividends thereon.

 

(b)       Forfeiture .  Except as otherwise determined by the Committee, upon termination of employment or service during the applicable restriction period, Restricted Stock that is at that time subject to restrictions shall be forfeited and reacquired by the Company; provided , however , that the Committee may provide, by rule or regulation or in any Award agreement, or may determine in any individual case, that restrictions or forfeiture conditions relating to Restricted Stock will lapse in whole or in part in the event of terminations resulting from


 
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