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2007 OMNIBUS EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN

Equity Incentive Plan Agreement

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Title: 2007 OMNIBUS EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN
Date: 5/15/2009
Industry: Investment Services     Sector: Financial

2007 OMNIBUS EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN, Parties: investment technology group inc
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Exhibit 4.1

 

INVESTMENT TECHNOLOGY GROUP, INC.

 

2007 OMNIBUS EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN

 

Amended and Restated Effective May 12, 2009

 



 

INVESTMENT TECHNOLOGY GROUP, INC.

 

2007 OMNIBUS EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN

 

1.                                       Purpose

 

The purpose of the Investment Technology Group, Inc. 2007 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan (the “Plan”) is to provide (i) designated employees of Investment Technology Group, Inc. (the “Company”) and its subsidiaries, and (ii) non-employee members of the board of directors of the Company with the opportunity to receive grants of stock options, stock units, stock awards, dividend equivalents and other stock-based awards.  The Company believes that the Plan will encourage the participants to contribute materially to the growth of the Company, thereby benefiting the Company’s stockholders, and will align the economic interests of the participants with those of the stockholders.  The Plan was originally effective on May 8, 2007 upon approval by the stockholders of the Company.  This amendment and restatement will be effective May 12, 2009 if approved by the Company’s stockholders as of such date.

 

The Investment Technology Group, Inc. Non-Employee Directors Stock Option Plan (the “Director Plan”), the Investment Technology Group, Inc. Amended and Restated 1994 Stock Option and Long-term Incentive Plan (the “1994 Plan”), the Amended and Restated Investment Technology Group, Inc. Stock Unit Award Program Subplan (the “SUA Subplan”), the Amended and Restated Investment Technology Group, Inc. Directors’ Retainer Fee Subplan (the “Directors’ Retainer Fee Subplan”), and the Amended and Restated Investment Technology Group, Inc. Directors’ Equity Subplan (the “Directors’ Equity Subplan”, and collectively with the SUA Subplan and the Directors’ Retainer Fee Subplan, the “Subplans”) were merged with and into this Plan as of May 8, 2007.  No additional grants will be made thereafter under the Director Plan and the 1994 Plan.  Outstanding grants under the Director Plan, the 1994 Plan and the Subplans as of May 8, 2007 will continue in effect according to their terms as in effect on May 8, 2007 (subject to such amendments as the Committee (as defined below) determines appropriate, consistent with the terms of the Director Plan, the 1994 Plan or the Subplans, as applicable), and the shares with respect to such outstanding grants will be issued or transferred under this Plan.  After May 8, 2007, the Subplans shall continue in effect as subplans of the Plan and grants and/or deferrals may continue to be made under the Subplans with shares associated with such grants and/or deferrals being issued under this Plan.

 

2.                                       Definitions

 

Whenever used in this Plan, the following terms will have the respective meanings set forth below:

 

(a)           “Board” means the Company’s Board of Directors.

 

(b)           “Change in Control” means and shall be deemed to have occurred:

 

(i)            if any person (within the meaning of the Exchange Act), other than the Company or a Related Party, is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3

 



 

under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of Voting Securities representing 35% percent or more of the total voting power of all the then-outstanding Voting Securities; or

 

(ii)           if the individuals who, as of the date hereof, constitute the Board, together with those who first become directors subsequent to such date and whose recommendation, election or nomination for election to the Board was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then still in office who either were directors as of the date hereof or whose recommendation, election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the members of the Board; or

 

(iii)          upon consummation of a merger, consolidation, recapitalization or reorganization of the Company, reverse split of any class of Voting Securities, or an acquisition of securities or assets by the Company other than (i) any such transaction in which the holders of outstanding Voting Securities immediately prior to the transaction receive (or retain), with respect to such Voting Securities, voting securities of the surviving or transferee entity representing more than 50 percent of the total voting power outstanding immediately after such transaction, with the voting power of each such continuing holder relative to other such continuing holders not substantially altered in the transaction, or (ii) any such transaction which would result in a Related Party beneficially owning more than 50 percent of the voting securities of the surviving or transferee entity outstanding immediately after such transaction; or

 

(iv)          upon consummation of the sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, other than any such transaction which would result in a Related Party owning or acquiring more than 50 percent of the assets owned by the Company immediately prior to the transaction; or

 

(v)           if the stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the Company.

 

(c)           “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

(d)           “Committee” means (i) with respect to Grants to Employees, the Compensation Committee of the Board or another committee appointed by the Board to administer the Plan, (ii) with respect to Grants made to Non-Employee Directors, the Board, and (iii) with respects to Grants that are intended to be “qualified performance-based compensation” under section 162(m) of the Code, a committee that consists of two or more persons appointed by the Board, all of whom shall be “outside directors” as defined under section 162(m) of the Code and related Treasury regulations.

 

(e)           “Company” means Investment Technology Group, Inc. and any successor corporation.

 

(f)            “Company Stock” means the common stock of the Company.

 

(g)           “Dividend Equivalent” means an amount determined by multiplying the number of shares of Company Stock subject to a Grant by the per-share cash dividend, or the per-share

 

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fair market value (as determined by the Committee) of any dividend in consideration other than cash, paid by the Company on its Company Stock.

 

(h)           “Employee” means an employee of the Employer (including an officer or director who is also an employee).

 

(i)            “Employer” means the Company and its subsidiaries.

 

(j)            “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

(k)           “Exercise Price” means the per share price at which shares of Company Stock may be purchased under an Option, as designated by the Committee.

 

(l)            “Fair Market Value,” unless otherwise required by an applicable provision of the Code, as of any date, means the closing sales price of the Common Stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on the date of grant; provided, however, that at any time that the Common Stock is not quoted on the New York Stock Exchange on such trading days, Fair Market Value shall be determined by the Committee in its discretion.

 

(m)          “Grant” means an Option, Stock Unit, Stock Award, SAR, Dividend Equivalent or Other Stock-Based Award granted under the Plan.

 

(n)           “Grant Agreement” means the written instrument that sets forth the terms and conditions of a Grant, including all amendments thereto.

 

(o)           “Incentive Stock Option” means an Option that is intended to meet the requirements of an incentive stock option under section 422 of the Code.

 

(p)           “Non-Employee Director” means a member of the Board who is not an employee of the Employer.

 

(q)           “Nonqualified Stock Option” means an Option that is not intended to be taxed as an incentive stock option under section 422 of the Code.

 

(r)            “Option” means an option to purchase shares of Company Stock, as described in Section 7.

 

(s)           “Other Stock-Based Award” means any Grant based on, measured by or payable in, Company Stock (other than a Grant described in Sections 7, 8, 9 or 10(a) of the Plan), as described in Section 10(b).

 

(t)            “Participant” means an Employee or Non-Employee Director designated by the Committee to participate in the Plan.

 

(u)           “Person” means an individual, a partnership, a corporation, a limited liability company, an association, a joint stock company, an estate, a trust, a joint venture, an

 

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unincorporated organization or a governmental entity or any department, agency or political subdivision thereof.

 

(v)           “Plan” means this Investment Technology Group, Inc. 2007 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan, as in effect from time to time.

 

(w)          “Related Party” means (a) a Subsidiary of the Company; (b) an employee or group of employees of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (c) a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or any majority-owned Subsidiary of the Company; or (d) a corporation owned directly or indirectly by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportion as their ownership of Voting Securities.

 

(x)            “SAR” means a stock appreciation right as described in Section 10(a).

 

(y)           “Stock Award” means an award of Company Stock as described in Section 9.

 

(z)            “Stock Unit” means an award of a phantom unit representing a share of Company Stock, as described in Section 8.

 

(aa)         “Subsidiary” or “Subsidiaries” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association or other business entity of which (a) if a corporation, fifty (50) percent or more of the total voting power of shares of stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or combination thereof; or (b) if a partnership, limited liability company, association or other business entity, fifty (50) percent or more of the partnership or other similar ownership interest thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by any Person or one or more Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof.  For purposes of this definition, a Person or Persons will be deemed to have a fifty (50) percent or more ownership interest in a partnership, limited liability company, association or other business entity if such Person or Persons are allocated fifty (50) percent or more of partnership, limited liability company, association or other business entity gains or losses or control the managing director or member or general partner of such partnership, limited liability company, association or other business entity.

 

(bb)         “Voting Securities or Security” means any securities of the Company which carry the right to vote generally in the election of directors.

 

3.                                       Administration

 

(a)           Committee .  The Plan shall be administered and interpreted by the Compensation Committee of the Board or another committee appointed by the Board to administer the Plan with respect to grants to Employees.  The Plan shall be administered and interpreted by the Board with respect to grants to Non-Employee Directors.  The Board or committee, as applicable, that has authority with respect to a specific Grant shall be referred to as the

 

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“Committee” with respect to that Grant.  Ministerial functions may be performed by an administrative committee comprised of Company employees appointed by the Committee.

 

(b)           Committee Authority .  The Committee shall have the sole authority to (i) determine the Participants to whom Grants shall be made under the Plan, (ii) determine the type, size and terms and conditions of the Grants to be made to each such Participant, (iii) determine the time when the grants will be made and the duration of any applicable exercise or restriction period, including the criteria for exercisability and the acceleration of exercisability, (iv) amend the terms and conditions of any previously issued Grant, subject to the provisions of Section 18 below, and (v) deal with any other matters arising under the Plan.

 

(c)           Committee Determinations .  The Committee shall have full power and express discretionary authority to administer and interpret the Plan, to make factual determinations and to adopt or amend such rules, regulations, agreements and instruments for implementing the Plan and for the conduct of its business as it deems necessary or advisable, in its sole discretion.  The Committee’s interpretations of the Plan and all determinations made by the Committee pursuant to the powers vested in it hereunder shall be conclusive and binding on all persons having any interest in the Plan or in any awards granted hereunder.  All powers of the Committee shall be executed in its sole discretion, in the best interest of the Company, not as a fiduciary, and in keeping with the objectives of the Plan and need not be uniform as to similarly situated Participants.

 

4.                                       Grants

 

(a)           Grants under the Plan may consist of Options as described in Section 7, Stock Units as described in Section 8, Stock Awards as described in Section 9, and SARs or Other Stock-Based Awards as described in Section 10.  All Grants shall be subject to such terms and conditions as the Committee deems appropriate and as are specified in writing by the Committee to the Participant in the Grant Agreement.

 

(b)           All Grants shall be made conditional upon the Participant’s acknowledgement, in writing or by acceptance of the Grant, that all decisions and determinations of the Committee shall be final and binding on the Participant, his or her beneficiaries and any other person having or claiming an interest under such Grant.  Grants under a particular Section of the Plan need not be uniform as among the Participants.

 

5.                                       Shares Subject to the Plan

 

(a)           Shares Authorized .  The total aggregate number of shares of Company Stock that may be issued under the Plan is the sum of the following (i) 1,300,000 new shares of Company Stock plus (ii) that number of shares of Company Stock subject to outstanding grants under the Plan as of May 12, 2009 plus (iii) that number of shares remaining available for issuance under the Plan but not subject to previously exercised, vested or paid grants as of May 12, 2009; provided that of the total number of shares of Company Stock described in (i), 50,000 shares shall be used solely to grant Options.

 

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(b)           Source of Shares; Share Counting .  Shares issued under the Plan may be authorized but unissued shares of Company Stock or reacquired shares of Company Stock, including shares purchased by the Company on the open market for purposes of the Plan.  If and to the extent Options or SARs granted under the Plan (including options granted under the Director Plan, the 1994 Plan and the Subplans) terminate, expire, or are canceled, forfeited, exchanged or surrendered without having been exercised, and if and to the extent that any Stock Awards, Stock Units, or Other Stock-Based Awards (including any stock awards, stock units or other-stock based awards granted under the Director Plan, the 1994 Plan and the Subplans) are forfeited or terminated, or otherwise are not paid in full, the shares reserved for such Grants shall again be available for purposes of the Plan.  Shares of Company Stock surrendered in payment of the Exercise Price of an Option shall again be available for purposes of the Plan.  To the extent any Grants are paid in cash, and not in shares of Company Stock, any shares previously subject to such Grants shall again be available for issuance or transfer under the Plan.

 

(c)           Individual Limits .  All Grants under the Plan shall be expressed in shares of Company Stock.  The maximum aggregate number of shares of Company Stock with respect to which all Grants may be made under the Plan to any individual during any calendar year shall be 1,000,000 shares, subject to adjustment as described in subsection (d) below.  A Participant may not accrue Dividend Equivalents during any calendar year in excess of $1,000,000.  The individual limits of this subsection (c) shall apply without regard to whether the Grants are to be paid in Company Stock or cash.  All cash payments (other than with respect to Dividend Equivalents) shall equal the Fair Market Value of the shares of Company Stock to which the cash payments relate.

 

(d)           Adjustments .  If there is any change in the number or kind of shares of Company Stock outstanding by reason of a stock dividend, spinoff, stock split or reverse stock split, or by reason of a combination, reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification affecting the outstanding Company Stock as a class without the Company’s receipt of consideration, the maximum number of shares of Company Stock available for Grants, the maximum number of shares of Company Stock that any individual participating in the Plan may be granted in any year, the number of shares covered by outstanding Grants, the kind of shares issued under the Plan and outstanding Grants, and the price per share of outstanding Grants shall be equitably adjusted by the Committee, as the Committee deems appropriate, to reflect any increase or decrease in the number of, or change in the kind or value of, issued shares of Company Stock to preclude, to the extent practicable, the enlargement or dilution of rights and benefits under Grants; provided, however, that any fractional shares resulting from such adjustment shall be eliminated.  In addition, the Committee shall have discretion to make the foregoing equitable adjustments in any circumstances in which an adjustment is not mandated by this subsection (d) or applicable law, including in the event of a Change in Control.  Any adjustments to outstanding Grants shall be consistent with section 409A or 422 of the Code, to the extent applicable.  Any adjustments determined by the Committee shall be final, binding and conclusive.

 

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6.                                       Eligibility for Participation

 

(a)           Eligible Persons .  All Employees, including Employees who are officers or members of the Board, and all Non-Employee Directors shall be eligible to participate in the Plan.

 

(b)           Selection of Participants .  The Committee shall select the Employees and Non-Employee Directors to receive Grants and shall determine the number of shares of Company Stock subject to each Grant.

 

7.                                       Options

 

(a)           General Requirements . The Committee may grant Options to an Employee or Non-Employee Director upon such terms and conditions as the Committee deems appropriate under this Section 7.  The Committee shall determine the number of shares of Company Stock that will be subject to each Grant of Options to Employees and Non-Employee Directors.

 

(b)           Type of Option, Price and Term .

 

(i)            The Committee may grant Incentive Stock Options or Nonqualified Stock Options or any combination of the two, all in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth herein.  Incentive Stock Options may be granted only to Employees of the Company or its parents or subsidiaries, as defined in section 424 of the Code.  Nonqualified Stock Options may be granted to Employees or Non-Employee Directors.

 

(ii)           The Exercise Price of Company Stock subject to an Option shall be determined by the Committee and may be equal to or greater than the Fair Market Value of a share of Company Stock on the date the Option is granted.  However, an Incentive Stock Option may not be granted to an Employee who, at the time of grant, owns stock possessing more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any parent or subsidiary, as defined in section 424 of the Code, un


 
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