AMENDED AND RESTATED 2000 STOCK INCENTIVE PLANEquity Incentive Plan Agreement |
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The Award will vest in full on the third anniversary of the Vesting Commencement Date (the “ Vest Date ”).
(a) Vesting of Units . Except as provided in Section 2.2 below, if your employment terminates during the Units' vesting period for any reason other than Cause, the Unvested Units will vest pro-rata, based on the number of calendar days of employment with the Company or a Related Corporation during the vesting period (rounded down to the nearest whole number); provided, however, that your termination of employment must constitute a “separation from service” under Section 409A of the Code and the regulations thereunder (“ Section 409A ”) 1 ; and, provided further, that the Units that become Vested Units as a result of such pro-rata vesting will not be settled in shares of Common Stock until the date that is six months after such separation from service. In the event that your termination of employment does not satisfy the definition of "separation from service" under Section 409A, then Unvested Units will still vest pro-rata, based on the number of calendar days of employment with the Company or a Related Corporation during the vesting period (rounded down to the nearest whole number), but the Units that become Vested Units as a result of such pro-rata vesting will not be settled in shares of Common Stock until the Vest Date. If your employment terminates for Cause, any Unvested Units will be forfeited immediately to the Company.
(b) Settlement of Vested Units . For purposes of determining the settlement date under Section 2.1(a) for issuing shares of Common Stock, if your employment terminates by reason of (a) death or (b) Disability that also satisfies the definition of “disability” under Section 409A, the settlement date shall be (i) if you are a “specified employee,” the date six months after the date of death or Disability or (ii) if you are not a “specified employee,” the date of death or Disability, and shares of Common Stock shall be issued within 90 days of the settlement date. If your employment terminates by reason of a Disability that does not satisfy the definition of “disability” under Section 409A, the settlement date shall be the Vest Date set forth in the Award Notice and the Vest Date shall be the “payment date” for purposes of Section 409A.
3.1 You represent and warrant that you (a) have been furnished with a copy of the prospectus for the Plan and all information which you deem necessary to evaluate the merits and risks of receipt of the Award, (b) have had the opportunity to ask questions and receive answers concerning the information received about the Award and the Company, and (c) have been given the opportunity to obtain any additional information you deem necessary to verify the accuracy of any information obtained concerning the Award and the Company.
3.2 You hereby agree that you will in no event sell or distribute all or any part of the shares of Common Stock that you receive pursuant to settlement of this Award (the “ Shares ”) unless (a) there is an effective registration statement under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”) and any applicable state and foreign securities laws covering any such transaction involving the Shares or (b) the Company receives an opinion of your legal counsel (concurred in by legal counsel for the Company) stating that such transaction is exempt from registration or the Company otherwise satisfies itself that such transaction is exempt from registration. You understand that the Company has no obligation to you to register the Shares with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission or any foreign securities regulator and has not represented to you that it will so register the Shares.
3.3 You confirm that you have been advised, prior to your receipt of the Shares, that neither the offering of the Shares nor any offering materials have been reviewed by any administrator under the Securities Act or any other applicable securities act (the “ Acts ”) and that the Shares cannot be resold unless they are registered under the Acts or unless an exemption from such registration is available.
3.4 You hereby agree to indemnify the Company and hold it harmless from and against any loss, claim or liability, including attorneys’ fees or legal expenses, incurred by the Company as a result of any breach by you of, or any inaccuracy in, any representation, warranty or statement made by you in this Agreement or the breach by you of any terms or conditions of this Agreement.
7.1 Regardless of any action the Company or your employer (the “ Employer ”) takes with respect to any or all income tax, social insurance, payroll tax, payment on account or other tax-related items related to your participation in the Plan and legally applicable to you (“ Tax-Related Items ”), you acknowledge that the ultimate liability for all Tax-Related Items is and remains your responsibility and may exceed the amount actually withheld by the Company and/or the Employer. You further acknowledge that the Company and the Employer (a) make no representations or undertakings regarding the treatment of any Tax-Related Items in connection with any aspect of the Award, including, but not limited to, the granting or vesting of the Award, the settlement of Vested Units, the issuance of Shares upon settlement of the Vested Units, the subsequent sale of Shares acquired upon settlement of the Vested Units and the receipt of any dividends; and (b) do not commit to and are under no obligation to structure the terms of the grant or any aspect of the Award to reduce or eliminate your liability for Tax-Related Items or achieve any particular tax result. Further, if you have become subject to tax in more than one jurisdiction between the Award Date and the date of any relevant taxable event, you acknowledge that the Company and/or the Employer (or former employer, as applicable) may be required to withhold or account for Tax-Related Items in more than one jurisdiction.
7.2 Prior to any relevant taxable or tax withholding event, as applicable, you will pay or make adequate arrangements satisfactory to the Company and or the Employer to satisfy all Tax-Related Items.
(a) In this regard, you hereby irrevocably appoint Fidelity or any brokerage firm designated by the Company for such purpose (the " Agent ") as your Agent, and authorize the Agent, to:
(b) Alternatively, or in addition to or in combination with the withholding mechanism described in Section 7.2(a), you authorize the Company and/or the Employer at their discretion, to satisfy the obligations with regard to all Tax-Related Items by:
(c) To avoid negative accounting treatment, the Company may withhold or account for Tax-Related Items by considering applicable minimum statutory withholding amounts or other applicable withholding rates. If the obligation for Tax-Related Items is satisfied by withholding in Shares, for tax purposes, you will be deemed to have been issued the full number of Shares subject to the Vested Units notwithstanding that a number of the Shares are held back solely for the purpose of paying the Tax-Related Items due as a result of any aspect of your participation in the Plan. The Company may refuse to issue or deliver Shares to you if you fail to comply with your obligations in connection with the Tax-Related Items.
7.3 You represent and warrant that you are not aware of any material, nonpublic information with respect to the Company or any securities of the Company; you are not subject to any legal, regulatory or contractual restriction which would prevent the Agent from conducting sales as provided herein; you do not have, and will not attempt to exercise, authority, influence or control over any sales of Shares effected pursuant to Section 7.2(a); and you are entering into this Agreement in good faith and not as part of a plan or scheme to evade the prohibitions of Rule 10b5-1 (regarding trading of the Company’s securities on the basis of material nonpublic information) under the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”). It is the intent of the parties that this Agreement comply with the requirements of Rule 10b5-1(c)(1)(i)(B) under the Exchange Act and this Agreement will be interpreted to comply with the requirements of Rule 10b5-1(c) of the Exchange Act.
You acknowledge that regardless of any other term or condition of this Agreement, the Agent will not be liable to you for (a) special, indirect, punitive, exemplary, or consequential damages, or incidental losses or damages of any kind, or (b) any failure to perform or for any delay in performance that results from a cause or circumstance that is beyond its reasonable control.
You hereby agree to execute and deliver to the Agent any other agreements or documents as the Agent reasonably deems necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes and intent of Section 7.2(a) and this Section 7.3. The Agent is a third party beneficiary of Section 7.2(a) and this Section 7.3.
In accepting the grant, you acknowledge that:
(a) the Plan is established voluntarily by the Company, it is discretionary in nature and it may be modified, amended, suspended or terminated by the Company at any time;
(b) the grant of the Award is voluntary and occasional and does not create any contractual or other right to receive future grants of restricted stock units, or benefits in lieu of restricted stock units, even if restricted stock units have been granted repeatedly in the past;
(c) all decisions with respect to future grants of restricted stock units, if any, will be at the sole discretion of the Company;
(d) your participation in the Plan shall not |
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