BROADPOINT GLEACHER SECURITIES
GROUP, INC.
2007 INCENTIVE COMPENSATION
PLAN
(As Amended and Restated Through
June 16, 2009)
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.
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).
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.
3.1
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:
(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.
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.
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.
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5.
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Limitation
on Shares Available for Awards; Per-Person Limitations;
Adjustments
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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.
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.
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:
(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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