FIRST HORIZON NATIONAL
CORPORATION
2003 EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN
(As Restated for Amendments through
December 15, 2008)
This plan shall
be known as the “First Horizon National Corporation 2003
Equity Compensation Plan” (the “Plan”). The
purpose of the Plan is to promote the interests of First Horizon
National Corporation, a Tennessee corporation (the
“Company”), and its shareholders by (i) attracting
and retaining officers, employees, and non-employee directors of
the Company and its Subsidiaries, (ii) motivating such individuals
by means of performance-related incentives to achieve long-range
performance goals, (iii) enabling such individuals to
participate in the long-term growth and financial success of the
Company, (iv) encouraging ownership of stock in the Company by
such individuals, and (v) linking compensation to the
long-term interests of shareholders. With respect to any awards
granted under the Plan that are intended to comply with the
requirements of “performance-based compensation” under
Section 162(m) of the Code (as defined below), the Plan shall be
interpreted in a manner consistent with such requirements
.
As used in the
Plan, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth
below:
“
Award ” shall mean any Option, Stock Appreciation
Right, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Unit or Performance Award
granted under the Plan, whether singly or in combination, to a
Participant pursuant to such terms, conditions, restrictions and/or
limitations, if any, as may be established from time to
time.
“
Award Agreement ” shall mean any written or electronic
agreement, contract, notice or other instrument or document
evidencing any Award, which may, but need not, be executed or
acknowledged by a Participant.
“
Board ” shall mean the Board of Directors of the
Company.
“
Cause ” shall mean (i) a Participant’s
conviction of, or plea of guilty or nolo contendere (or
similar plea) to, (A) a misdemeanor charge involving fraud,
false statements or misleading omissions, wrongful taking,
embezzlement, bribery, forgery, counterfeiting or extortion,
(B) a felony charge or (C) an equivalent charge to those
in clauses (A) and (B) in jurisdictions which do not use
those designations; (ii) the engaging by a Participant in any
conduct which constitutes an employment disqualification under
applicable law (including statutory disqualification as defined
under the Exchange Act); (iii) a Participant’s failure
to perform his or her duties to the Company or its Subsidiaries;
(iv) a Participant’s violation of any securities or
commodities laws, any rules or regulations issued pursuant to such
laws, or the rules and regulations of any securities or commodities
exchange or association of which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or affiliates is a member; (v) a
Participant’s violation of any policy of the Company or its
Subsidiaries concerning hedging or confidential or proprietary
information, or a Participant’s material violation of any
other policy of the Company or its Subsidiaries as in effect from
time to time; (vi) the engaging by a Participant in any act or
making any statement which impairs, impugns, denigrates, disparages
or negatively reflects upon the name, reputation or business
interests of the Company or its Subsidiaries; or (vii) the
engaging by the Participant in any conduct detrimental to the
Company or its Subsidiaries. The determination as to whether Cause
has occurred shall be made by the Committee in its sole discretion.
The Committee shall also have the authority in its sole discretion
to waive the consequences under the Plan or any Award Agreement of
the existence or occurrence of any of the events, acts or omissions
constituting Cause.
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“
Change in Control ” shall mean, unless otherwise
defined in the applicable Award Agreement, the occurrence of any
one of (and shall be deemed to have occurred on the date of the
earliest to occur of) the following events:
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(i)
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individuals who, on January 21,
1997, constitute the Board (the “Incumbent Directors”)
cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the
Board, provided that any person becoming a director subsequent to
January 21, 1997, whose election or nomination for election
was approved by a vote of at least three-fourths (3/4) of the
Incumbent Directors then on the Board (either by a specific vote or
by approval of the proxy statement of the Company in which such
person is named as a nominee for director, without written
objection to such nomination) shall be an Incumbent Director;
provided, however, that no individual elected or nominated as a
director of the Company initially as a result of an actual or
threatened election contest with respect to directors or as a
result of any other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or
consents by or on behalf of any person other than the Board shall
be deemed to be an Incumbent Director;
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(ii)
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any
“Person” (for purposes of this definition only, as
defined under Section 3(a)(9) of the Exchange Act as used in
Section 13(d) or Section 14(d) of the Exchange Act) is or becomes a
“beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under
the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the
Company representing 20% or more of the combined voting power of
the Company’s then outstanding securities eligible to vote
for the election of the Board (the “Company Voting
Securities”); provided, however, that the event described in
this paragraph (ii) shall not be deemed to be a Change in
Control by virtue of any of the following acquisitions: (A) by
the Company or any Subsidiary, (B) by an employee stock
ownership or employee benefit plan or trust sponsored or maintained
by the Company or any Subsidiary, (C) by any underwriter
temporarily holding securities pursuant to an offering of such
securities, or (D) pursuant to a Non-Qualifying Transaction
(as defined in paragraph (iii) hereof);
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(iii)
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the
shareholders of the Company approve a merger, consolidation, share
exchange or similar form of corporate transaction involving the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries that requires the approval of
the Company’s shareholders, whether for such transaction or
the issuance of securities in the transaction (a “Business
Combination”), unless immediately following such Business
Combination: (A) more than 50% of the total voting power of
(x) the corporation resulting from such Business Combination (the
“Surviving Corporation”), or (y) if applicable,
the ultimate parent corporation that directly or indirectly has
beneficial ownership of 100% of the voting securities eligible to
elect directors of the Surviving Corporation (the “Parent
Corporation”), is represented by Company Voting Securities
that were outstanding immediately prior to the consummation of such
Business Combination (or, if applicable, is represented by shares
into which such Company Voting Securities were converted pursuant
to such Business Combination), and such voting power among the
holders thereof is in substantially the same proportion as the
voting power of such Company Voting Securities among the holders
thereof immediately prior to the Business Combination, (B) no
Person (other than any employee benefit plan sponsored or
maintained by the Surviving Corporation or the Parent Corporation),
is or becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of 20%
or more of the total voting power of the outstanding voting
securities eligible to elect directors of the Parent Corporation
(or, if there is no Parent Corporation, the Surviving Corporation)
and (C) at least a majority of the members of the board of
directors of the Parent Corporation (or, if there is no Parent
Corporation, the Surviving Corporation) were Incumbent Directors at
the time of the Board’s approval of the execution of the
initial agreement providing for such Business Combination (any
Business Combination which satisfies all of the criteria specified
in (A), (B) and (C) above shall be deemed to be a
“Non-Qualifying Transaction”); or
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(iv)
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the
shareholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation
or dissolution of the Company or a sale of all or substantially all
of the Company’s assets.
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Computations
required by paragraph (iii) shall be made on and as of the
date of shareholder approval and shall be based on reasonable
assumptions that will result in the lowest percentage obtainable.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Change in Control of the Company
shall not be deemed to have occurred solely because any Person
acquires beneficial ownership of more than twenty percent (20%) of
the Company Voting Securities as a result of the acquisition of
Company Voting Securities by the Company which reduces the number
of Company Voting Securities outstanding; provided, that if after
such acquisition by the Company such Person becomes the beneficial
owner of additional Company Voting Securities that increases the
percentage of outstanding Company Voting Securities beneficially
owned by such Person, a Change in Control of the Company shall then
occur.
“
Code ” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended from time to time.
“
Committee ” shall mean a committee of the Board
composed solely of not less than two Non-Employee Directors, all of
whom shall (i) satisfy the requirements of
Rule 16b-3(b)(3) of the Exchange Act, (ii) be
“outside directors” within the meaning of Section
162(m) and (iii) otherwise meet any “independence”
requirements promulgated by any stock exchange on which the shares
are listed. The members of the Committee shall be appointed by and
serve at the pleasure of the Board.
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Company ” shall mean First Horizon National
Corporation, a Tennessee corporation, and its successors and
assigns.
“
Compensation Plans ” shall mean any compensation plan
such as an incentive, stock option, restricted stock, pension
restoration or deferred compensation plan or any employee benefit
plan such as a thrift, pension, profit sharing, medical,
disability, accident, life insurance plan or a relocation plan or
policy or any other plan, program or policy of the Company intended
to benefit employees, including, without limitation, any
Compensation Plans established after the date hereof.
“
Covered Officer ” shall mean at any date (i) any
individual who, with respect to the previous taxable year of the
Company, was a “covered employee” of the Company within
the meaning of Section 162(m); provided, however, that the term
“Covered Officer” shall not include any such individual
who is designated by the Committee, in its discretion, at the time
of any Award or at any subsequent time, as reasonably expected not
to be such a “covered employee” with respect to the
current taxable year of the Company, and (ii) any individual
who is designated by the Committee, in its discretion, at the time
of any Award or at any subsequent time, as reasonably expected to
be such a “covered employee” with respect to the
current taxable year of the Company or with respect to the taxable
year of the Company in which any applicable Award will be
paid.
“
Deferred Compensation Award ” means any Award that is
not an Exempt Award.
“
Disability ” shall mean, unless otherwise defined in
the applicable Award Agreement, a disability that would qualify as
a total and permanent disability under the long-term disability
plan then in effect at the Employer employing the Participant at
the onset of such total and permanent disability.
“
Employee ” shall mean an employee of any
Employer.
“Employer” shall mean the Company or any
Subsidiary.
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Exchange Act ” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended from time to time.
“
Exempt Award ” means any Award that does not
constitute deferred compensation subject to Section 409A of the
Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”) under any relevant
exception by statute, regulation or
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rule,
specifically including, but not limited to, Treas. Reg.
§§1.409A-1(b)(4) (short-term deferrals), 1.409A-1(b)(5)
(certain stock options and stock appreciation rights) and
1.409A-1(b)(6) (restricted stock).
“ Fair
Market Value ” with respect to the Shares, shall mean, as
of any date, (i) the mean between the high and low sales
prices at which Shares were sold on the New York Stock Exchange,
or, if the shares are not listed on the New York Stock Exchange, on
any other such exchange on which the Shares are traded, on such
date, or, in the absence of reported sales on such date, the mean
between the high and low sales prices on the immediately preceding
date on which sales were reported, or (ii) in the event there
is no public market for the Shares on such date, the fair market
value as determined in good faith by the Committee in its sole
discretion.
“ Good
Reason ” shall mean, following notice given by the
Participant to the Company:
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(i)
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an
adverse change in the Participant’s status, title or position
with the Company as in effect immediately prior to the Change in
Control, including, without limitation, any adverse change in the
Participant’s status, title or position as a result of a
diminution in the Participant’s duties or responsibilities,
or the assignment to the Participant of any duties or
responsibilities which are inconsistent with such status, title, or
position as in effect immediately prior to the Change in Control,
or any removal of the Participant from, or any failure to reappoint
or reelect the Participant to, such position (except in connection
with the termination of the Participant’s employment for
Cause, Disability or Retirement or as a result of the
Participant’s death and except by the Participant other than
for Good Reason);
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(ii)
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a
reduction by the Company in the Participant’s base salary or
annual target bonus opportunity (including any adverse change in
the formula for such annual bonus target) as in effect immediately
prior to the Change in Control or as the same may be increased from
time to time thereafter;
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(iii)
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the
failure by the Company to provide the Participant with Compensation
Plans that provide the Participant with substantially equivalent
benefits in the aggregate to the Compensation Plans as in effect
immediately prior to the Change in Control (at substantially
equivalent cost with respect to welfare benefit plans);
and
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(iv)
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the
Company’s requiring the Participant to be based at an office
that is greater than 25 miles from where the Participant’s
office is located immediately prior to the Change in
Control;
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provided,
however, (a) that an isolated and inadvertent action taken in
good faith and which is remedied by the Company within ten
(10) days after receipt of notice thereof given by the
Participant shall not constitute Good Reason, and (b) no
action shall constitute a Good Reason if the Participant has
acknowledged to the Company in writing that a Good Reason will not
arise from that action.
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Non-Employee Director ” shall mean a member of the
Board who is not an Employee.
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Option ” shall mean an option to purchase Shares from
the Company that is granted under Section 6 or 9 of the Plan
and is not intended to meet the requirements of Section 422 of
the Code or any successor provision thereto.
“Option Price”
shall mean the purchase price
payable to purchase one Share upon the exercise of an
Option.
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Participant ” shall mean any Employee, Non-Employee
Director or Regional Board Member who receives an Award under the
Plan.
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Performance Award ” shall mean any right granted under
Section 8 of the Plan.
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Person ” shall mean any individual, corporation,
partnership, association, joint-stock company, limited liability
company, trust, unincorporated organization, government or
political subdivision thereof or other entity.
“
Plan ” shall mean this First Horizon National
Corporation 2003 Equity Compensation Plan.
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Qualifying Termination ” shall mean a termination of
the employment of a Participant with the Company resulting from any
of the following:
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(i)
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a
termination of the employment or engagement of a Participant by the
Company and its Subsidiaries within thirty-six (36) months
following a Change in Control, other than a termination for Cause,
Disability or Retirement or as a result of the Participant’s
death; or
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(ii)
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a
termination of employment by a Participant for Good Reason within
thirty-six (36) months following a Change in Control.
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Regional Board Member ” shall mean any First Tennessee
Bank National Association regional board member and any member of
the board of directors of any bank subsidiary of the Company, other
than First Tennessee Bank National Association, in each case
excluding any Employee.
“
Restricted Stock ” shall mean any Share granted under
Section 7 or 9 of the Plan.
“
Restricted Stock Unit ” shall mean any unit granted
under Section 7 or 9 of the Plan.
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Retirement ” shall mean, unless otherwise defined in
the applicable Award Agreement, the Termination of Employment of a
Participant after the Participant has fulfilled all age and service
requirements for retirement under the terms of the First Horizon
National Corporation Pension Plan, as amended from time to
time.
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SEC ” shall mean the Securities and Exchange
Commission or any successor thereto.
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Section 16 ” shall mean Section 16 of the
Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder and any successor
provision thereto as in effect from time to time.
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Section 162(m) ” shall mean Section 162(m) of the
Code and the rules promulgated thereunder or any successor
provision thereto as in effect from time to time.
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Shares ” shall mean shares of the common stock, $0.625
par value, as adjusted from time to time for stock splits or
reverse stock splits, of the Company.
“
Specified Employee ” means a Participant who, as of
the date of his separation from service, is a “key
employee” of the Company or any Affiliate, any stock of which
is actively traded on an established securities market or
otherwise. A Participant is a key employee if he or she meets the
requirements of Section 416(i)(1)(A)(i), (ii) or
(iii) of the Code, (applied in accordance with applicable
regulations thereunder and without regard to
Section 416(i)(5)) at any time during the 12-month period
ending on the Specified Employee Identification Date. Such
Participant shall be treated as a key employee for the entire
12-month period beginning on the Specified Employee Effective
Date.
For purposes of
determining whether a Participant is a Specified Employee, the
compensation of the Participant shall be determined in accordance
with the definition of compensation provided under Treas. Reg.
Section 1.415(c)-2(d)(3) (wages within the meaning of Section
3401(a) of the Code for purposes of income tax withholding at the
source, plus amounts excludible from gross income under
Section 125(a), 132(f)(4), 402(e)(3), 402(h)(1)(B), 402(k) or
457(b), without regard to rules that limit the remuneration
included in wages based on the nature or location of the employment
or the services performed);
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provided,
however, that, with respect to a nonresident alien who is not a
Participant in the Plan, compensation shall not include
compensation that is not includible in the gross income of such
person under Sections 872, 893, 894, 911, 931 and 933,
provided such compensation is not effectively connected with the
conduct of a trade or business within the United States.
Notwithstanding
anything in this paragraph to the contrary, (i) if a different
definition of compensation has been designated by the Company with
respect to another nonqualified deferred compensation plan in which
a key employee participates, the definition of compensation shall
be the definition provided in Treas. Reg.
Section 1.409A-1(i)(2), and (ii) the Company may through
action that is legally binding with respect to all nonqualified
deferred compensation plans maintained by the Company, elect to use
a different definition of compensation.
In the event of
corporate transactions described in Treas. Reg.
Section 1.409A-1(i)(6), the identification of Specified
Employees shall be determined in accordance with the default rules
described therein, unless the Company elects to utilize the
available alternative methodology through designations made within
the timeframes specified therein.
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Specified Employee Identification Date ” means
September 30, unless the Company has elected a different date
through action that is legally binding with respect to all
nonqualified deferred compensation plans maintained by the
Company.
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Specified Employee Effective Date ” means the first
day of the fourth month following the Specified Employee
Identification Date, or such earlier date as is selected by the
Committee.
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Stock Appreciation Right or SAR ” shall mean a right
granted under Section 6 or 9 of the Plan that entitles the
holder to receive, with respect to each Share encompassed by the
exercise of such SAR, the amount determined by the Committee, or in
the case of an Award granted under Section 9 hereof, by the
Board, and specified in an Award Agreement. In the absence of such
a determination, the holder shall be entitled to receive, with
respect to each Share encompassed by the exercise of such SAR, the
excess of the Fair Market Value on the date of exercise over the
Fair Market Value on the date of grant.
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Subsidiary ” shall mean any Person of which a majority
of its voting power or its equity securities or equity interest is
owned directly or indirectly by the Company.
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Substitute Awards ” shall mean Awards granted solely
in assumption of, or in substitution for, outstanding awards
previously granted by a Person acquired by the Company or with
which the Company or one of its Subsidiaries combines.
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Termination of Employment ” shall mean the termination
of the employee-employer relationship between a Participant and the
Employer for any reason, with or without Cause, including, but not
by way of limitation, a termination by resignation, discharge,
death, Disability, Workforce Reduction or Retirement, but excluding
(i) terminations where there is a simultaneous reemployment or
continuing employment of the Participant by another Employer;
(ii) at the discretion of the Committee, terminations which
result in a temporary severance of the employee-employer
relationship; and (iii) at the discretion of the Committee,
terminations which are followed by the simultaneous establishment
of a consulting relationship by an Employer with the Participant.
The Committee, in its absolute discretion, shall determine the
effect of all matters and questions relating to Termination of
Employment, including, but not by way of limitation, the question
of whether a Termination of Employment resulted from a discharge
for Cause, and all questions of whether particular leaves of
absence constitute Terminations of Employment. However,
notwithstanding any provision of this Plan, an Employer has an
absolute and unrestricted right to terminate an Employee’s
employment at any time for any reason whatsoever, with or without
Cause.
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Workforce Reduction ” shall mean any termination of
the employee-employer relationship between a Participant and the
Employer as a result of the discontinuation by the Company of a
business or line of business or a realignment of the Company, or a
part thereof, or any other similar type of event, provided that the
Committee or the Board has designated such discontinuation,
realignment or other event as a “Workforce Reduction”
for purposes of this Plan.
SECTION 3
— Administration
(A)
Authority of Committee . Except as provided by
Section 9 hereof, the Plan shall be administered by the
Committee, it being understood that the Board retains the right to
make Awards under the Plan. Subject to the terms of the Plan and
applicable law, and in addition to other express powers and
authorizations conferred on the Committee by the Plan, the
Committee shall have full power and authority in its discretion to:
(i) designate Participants; (ii) determine the type or
types of Awards to be granted to a Participant;
(iii) determine the number of Shares to be covered by, or with
respect to which payments, rights, or other matters are to be
calculated in connection with, Awards; (iv) determine the
timing, terms, and conditions of any Award; (v) accelerate the time
at which all or any part of an Award may be settled or exercised;
(vi) determine whether, to what extent, and under what
circumstances Awards may be settled or exercised in cash, Shares,
other securities, other Awards or other property, or canceled,
forfeited, or suspended, and the method or methods by which Awards
may be settled, exercised, canceled, forfeited, or suspended;
(vii) determine whether, to what extent, and under what
circumstances cash, Shares, other securities, other Awards, other
property, and other amounts payable with respect to an Award shall
be deferred either automatically or at the election of the holder
thereof or of the Committee; (viii) interpret and administer
the Plan and any instrument or agreement relating to, or Award made
under, the Plan; (ix) amend or modify the terms of any Award
after grant; (x) establish, amend, suspend, or waive such
rules and regulations and appoint such agents as it shall deem
appropriate for the proper administration of the Plan; and
(xi) make any other determination and take any other action
that the Committee deems necessary or desirable for the
administration of the Plan subject to the exclusive authority of
the Board under Section 14 hereunder to amend, suspend or
terminate the Plan.
(B)
Committee Discretion Binding . Unless otherwise expressly
provided in the Plan, all designations, determinations,
interpretations, and other decisions under or with respect to the
Plan or any Award shall be within the sole discretion of the
Committee, may be made at any time and shall be final, conclusive,
and binding upon all Persons, including any Employer, any
Participant, any holder or beneficiary of any Award, any Employee,
any Non-Employee Director and any Regional Board Member.
(C) Action
by the Committee . Except as otherwise provided by the Board,
the provisions of this Section 3(C) shall apply to the
Committee. The Committee shall select one of its members as its
chairperson and shall hold its meetings at such times and places
and in such manner as it may determine. A majority of its members
shall constitute a quorum. Any decision or determination reduced to
writing and signed by all of the members of the Committee shall be
fully effective as if it had been made by a majority vote at a
meeting duly called and held. The Committee may appoint a secretary
and may make such rules and regulations for the conduct of its
business, as it shall deem advisable.
(D)
Delegation . Subject to the terms of the Plan, the Board or
the Committee may, to the extent permitted by law, delegate to
(i) a subcommittee of the Committee, (ii) one or more
officers or managers of an Employer or (iii) a committee of
such officers or managers, the authority, subject to such terms and
limitations as the Board or the Committee shall determine, to grant
Awards to, or to cancel, modify or waive rights with respect to or
to alter, discontinue, suspend, or terminate Awards held by,
Participants who are not officers or directors of the Company for
purposes of Section 16 or who are otherwise not subject to
Section 16, and who are not Covered Officers.
(E)
Indemnification . No member of the Board or the Committee or
any Employee (each such person a “Covered Person”)
shall have any liability to any person (including any grantee) for
any action taken or
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omitted to be
taken or any determination made in good faith with respect to the
Plan or any Award. Each Covered Person shall be indemnified and
held harmless by the Company against and from any loss, cost,
liability, or expense (including attorneys’ fees) that may be
imposed upon or incurred by such Covered Person in connection with
or resulting from any action, suit or proceeding to which such
Covered Person may be a party or in which such Covered Person may
be involved by reason of any action taken or omitted to be taken
under the Plan or any Award Agreement and against and from any and
all amounts paid by such Covered Person, with the Company’s
approval, in settlement thereof, or paid by such Covered Person in
satisfaction of any judgment in any such action, suit or proceeding
against such Covered Person, provided that the Company shall have
the right, at its own expense, to assume and defend any such
action, suit or proceeding and, once the Company gives notice of
its intent to assume the defense, the Company shall have sole
control over such defense with counsel of the Company’s
choice. The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be
available to a Covered Person to the extent that a court of
competent jurisdiction in a final judgment or other final
adjudication, in either case, not subject to further appeal,
determines that the acts or omissions of such Covered Person giving
rise to the indemnification claim resulted from such Covered
Person’s bad faith, fraud or willful misconduct. The
foregoing right of indemnification shall not be exclusive of any
other rights of indemnification to which Covered Persons may be
entitled under the Company’s Restated Charter or Bylaws, as a
matter of law, or otherwise, or any other power that the Company
may have to indemnify such persons or hold them
harmless.
SECTION 4
— Shares Available for Awards
(A) Shares
Available . Subject to the provisions of Section 4(B)
hereof, the stock to be subject to Awards under the Plan shall be
Shares and the maximum number of Shares which may be issued with
respect to Awards shall be 8,500,000, of which no more than
4,800,000 shall be issued with respect to Awards other than
Options. If, after the effective date of the Plan, any Shares
covered by an Award granted under this Plan, or to which such an
Award relates, are forfeited, or if such an Award is settled for
cash or otherwise terminates, expires unexercised, or is canceled
without the delivery of Shares, then the Shares covered by such
Award, or to which such Award relates, or the number of Shares
otherwise counted against the aggregate number of Shares which may
be issued with respect to Awards, to the extent of any such
settlement, forfeiture, termination, expiration, or cancellation,
shall again become Shares which may be issued with respect to
Awards. In the event that any Option or other Award granted
hereunder is exercised through the delivery of Shares by the
Participant or in the event that withholding tax liabilities
arising from such Award are satisfied by the withholding of Shares
by the Company from the total number of Shares that otherwise would
have been delivered to the Participant, the number of Shares which
may be issued with respect to Awards shall be increased by the
number of Shares so surrendered or withheld. Notwithstanding the
foregoing and subject to adjustment as provided in
Section 4(B) hereof, the number of Shares with respect to
which Options and SARs may be granted to any one Participant in any
one calendar year shall be no more than 500,000 Shares.
(B)
Adjustments . The number of Shares covered by each
outstanding Award, the number of Shares available for Awards, the
number of Shares that may be subject to Awards to any one
Participant, and the price per Share covered by each such
outstanding Award shall be proportionately adjusted for any
increase or decrease in the number of issued Shares resulting from
a stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend,
recapitalization, combination or reclassification of the Shares,
and may be proportionately adjusted, as determined in the sole
discretion of the Board, for any other increase or decrease in the
number of issued Shares effected without receipt of consideration
by the Company or to reflect any distributions to holders of Shares
other than regular cash dividends. Except as expressly provided
herein, no issuance by the Company of shares of stock of any class,
or securities convertible into shares of stock of any class, shall
affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with
respect to, the number or price of Shares subject to an Award.
After any adjustment made pursuant to this paragraph, the number of
Shares subject to each outstanding Award may be rounded down to the
nearest whole number of shares
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or to the
nearest fraction of a whole share specified by the Committee, all
as the Committee may determine from time to time. The Committee may
approve different rounding methods for different Award types and
for different Award tranches or sizes within any single type.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this paragraph, in the case
of any stock dividend paid or payable at a rate of 10% or
less:
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The
Company may implement any required adjustment of an Award by either
of the following alternative methods applicable to that Award, in
lieu of the method provided above.
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(a) The
Company may defer making any formal adjustment to individual Awards
until such time as it is deemed administratively practicable and
convenient. If the Company expects a series of quarterly or other
periodic stock dividends to occur, the Company may make a single
adjustment that would have the same cumulative effect as having
made adjustments for all such stock dividends, except that the
Company may make a single final rounding down adjustment for any
fractional shares rather than having to account for rounding at the
time of each such stock dividend.
(b) In the
case of an Option or SAR Award, prior to making any such formal
adjustment(s) to such individual Award or in lieu of making any
such formal adjustment(s), the Company may make one or more
informal adjustments to such individual Award at the time that the
holder exercises such Award (in whole or in part) in accordance
with its original terms as if no adjustment had been made for any
such stock dividends. In that case, as soon as administratively
practicable thereafter, the Company shall issue to the Award holder
for no additional consideration such whole number of additional
Shares to which the Award holder would have been entitled if formal
adjustments to the holder’s Award had been made for each such
stock dividend (except for a single final rounding down adjustment
for any fractional shares). In any case under this alternative:
(1) the Company may impose such limitations on the issuance of
such additional Shares, including the forfeiture of such additional
Shares, if it is not administratively practicable for the Company
to issue such additional Shares after any exercise of a stock
option Award within such period of time as may, in the discretion
of the Company, be appropriate to best preserve the status of such
Awards under Section 409A as Grandfathered Options or Excepted
Options, as hereinafter defined; and (2) if approved by the
Committee, the Company may withhold the issuance of additional
Shares in such amount as may be appropriate to defray applicable
withholding and other taxes with respect to the additional Shares
or may make other arrangements to defray applicable withholding and
other taxes from other sources.
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The
Committee may delegate to the executive officer of the Company in
charge of human resources the task of establishing and implementing
appropriate policies, procedures, and methods to implement any such
alternative adjustment methods within parameters approved by the
Committee.
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