Exhibit 10.33
FedEx Corporation
INCENTIVE STOCK PLAN
(AS AMENDED)
1.
Purpose
The purpose of
the FedEx Corporation Incentive Stock Plan (the “Plan”)
is to aid the Company and its subsidiaries in securing and
retaining key employees and directors of outstanding ability and to
motivate them to exert their best efforts to achieve the long-term
goals of the Company and its subsidiaries. The Company believes
that the ownership or increased ownership of the Company’s
Common Stock by employees and directors will further align their
interests with those of the Company’s other stockholders and
will promote the long-term success of the Company.
2.
Definitions
Unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise, for purposes of the Plan, the
following terms shall have the respective meanings indicated
below:
“Award” means an award granted under the Plan,
which may be in the form of Restricted Shares or a Stock
Option.
“Board of Directors” means the Board of
Directors of the Company.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended. A reference to any provision of the Code shall include
reference to any successor provision of the Code.
“Common Stock” means the common stock, par value
$0.10 per share, of the Company.
“Company” means FedEx Corporation, a Delaware
corporation.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended. A reference to any provision of the Exchange
Act or rule promulgated under the Exchange Act shall include
reference to any successor provision or rule.
“Incentive Stock Option” means a Stock Option or
portion thereof that is intended to be an “incentive stock
option” within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code
and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Non-Management Director” means a member of the
Board of Directors who is not an employee of the Company or any of
its subsidiaries.
“Non-Qualified Option” means a Stock Option or
portion thereof that is not an Incentive Stock Option.
“Participant” means any individual who receives
an Award.
“Restricted Shares” means shares of Common Stock
granted under the Plan that are subject to certain restrictions as
provided in Section 8 .
“Restricted Stock Award” means a grant of
Restricted Shares under the Plan.
“Stock Option” is a right granted under the Plan
to purchase a specified number of shares of Common Stock at a
specified price. A Stock Option may be an Incentive Stock Option or
a Non-Qualified Option.
3.
Term of the Plan
The Plan shall
be effective as of the date on which it is approved by the
Company’s stockholders. Unless the Plan is earlier terminated
in accordance with the provisions hereof, no Award shall be granted
under the Plan after May 31, 2013, but outstanding Stock
Options and restrictions on Restricted Shares may extend beyond
such date.
4.
Administration of the Plan
(a)
The Committee . The Plan shall be administered by those
members, not less than two, of the Compensation Committee of the
Board of Directors, each of whom qualifies as both an
“outside director” within the meaning of Section 162(m)
of the Code and a “non-employee director” as defined in
Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act (the
“Committee”).
(b)
Authority of the Committee .
(1) Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee shall
have sole and complete authority and discretion to: (i) select
Participants and make Awards; (ii) determine the types of
Awards and the number of shares of Common Stock covered by Awards;
(iii) establish the terms, conditions, restrictions and other
provisions of Awards; and (iv) amend, modify, cancel or
suspend Awards.
(2) The
Committee shall have sole and complete authority and discretion to
interpret the Plan and all agreements and other documents and
instruments relating to Awards, to adopt, amend and rescind rules
for the administration of the Plan and to make such other
determinations and take such other actions that it deems necessary
or advisable for the effective administration of the Plan.
(3) All
decisions of the Committee relating to the Plan or any Award shall
be final, conclusive and binding on all persons. Committee
decisions shall be made by a majority of its members present at any
meeting at which a quorum is present. Any decision reduced to
writing and signed by all of the members of the Committee shall be
as fully effective as if it had been made at a meeting duly
held.
(c)
Limitation of Liability . Neither the Board of Directors nor
the Committee, nor any member of either, shall be liable for any
act, omission, interpretation, construction or determination made
in good faith in connection with the Plan or any Award.
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5.
Types of Awards
The Committee
may grant Stock Options and Restricted Shares under and subject to
the provisions of the Plan.
6.
Stock Subject to the Plan
(a)
Restricted Shares . The maximum number of shares of Common
Stock available to be issued under the Plan pursuant to Restricted
Stock Awards is 1,250,000 shares (subject to adjustment as provided
in Section 14 ).
(b)
Stock Options . The maximum number of shares of Common Stock
that may be optioned and sold under the Plan pursuant to Stock
Options is 12,500,000 shares (subject to adjustment as provided in
Section 14 ).
(c)
Restoration of Shares . To the extent any shares of Common
Stock covered by an Award are forfeited, not issued or cease to be
issuable for any reason, including, without limitation, because the
Award is terminated, canceled or expires unexercised, then the
shares of Common Stock subject to such Award may again be used for
further Awards under the Plan.
(d)
Source of Stock . Shares of Common Stock issued under the
Plan may consist, in whole or in part, of authorized but unissued
shares or treasury shares. No fractional shares of Common Stock
shall be issued under the Plan.
7.
Eligibility and Participation in the Plan
(a)
Eligible Recipients . Unless otherwise determined by the
Committee,
(1) key
employees, including officers, of the Company and its subsidiaries
who are from time to time responsible for the management, growth
and protection of the business of the Company and its subsidiaries
are eligible to receive Restricted Shares and Stock Options;
and
(2) Non-Management Directors are eligible to receive Stock
Options, but not Restricted Shares.
(b)
Grant of Awards . The Committee shall, in its sole and
complete discretion and subject to the provisions of the Plan,
(1) select from time to time the employees, from among those
eligible, who shall receive Awards, (2) determine the type of
Award to be granted and (3) determine and establish the terms,
provisions, conditions and restrictions of each Award, including
the number of shares of Common Stock subject to the Award. Subject
to the provisions of the Plan, Awards may be granted singly or in
combination with other Awards or in combination with, in
replacement of, as alternatives to or as the payment form for
grants or rights under any other compensation plan, contract or
agreement of the Company or any subsidiary. Non-Management
Directors may be granted Stock Options as provided in
Section 9(d) .
(c)
No Right to Receive Award . No employee or Non-Management
Director shall have any right to receive an Award or, having
received an Award, to receive a future Award.
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(d)
Rights of Employees and Others .
(1) Neither the Plan nor any Award shall (i) confer upon
any employee or Non-Management Director any right to remain
employed by, or to continue to provide services to, the Company or
any subsidiary, (ii) limit in any way the right of the Company
or any subsidiary to terminate any individual’s employment by
or service on behalf of the Company or any subsidiary, whether or
not such individual is a Participant, or (iii) require the
Board of Directors to nominate any director for reelection by the
Company’s stockholders.
(2) No
person shall have any rights or claims under or pursuant to the
Plan except in accordance with the provisions of the Plan.
8.
Provisions Applicable to Restricted Stock Awards
(a)
Terms, Conditions and Restrictions . The Committee shall
establish the terms, conditions, restrictions and other provisions
of each Restricted Stock Award. Unless otherwise specified by the
Committee, shares subject to a Restricted Stock Award shall be
restricted for a period of at least one year and not more than ten
years (the “Restriction Period”). Except as provided in
Section 8(g) below, the Participant must remain
employed by the Company or a subsidiary during the Restriction
Period or otherwise forfeit all right, title and interest in and to
the Restricted Shares. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a
Participant retires at or after the age of 55, but before the age
of 60, the Restriction Period shall continue after the
Participant’s retirement in accordance with the terms of the
Restricted Stock Award or until the earlier to occur of the events
described in Sections 8(g)(3) and (4)
below.
(b)
Agreements; Certificates; Stock Legend . Each Restricted
Stock Award will be evidenced by a written agreement, in such form
as may be specified by the Committee, issued by the Company and
setting forth the terms, conditions, restrictions and other
provisions of such Award. As a condition to receiving a Restricted
Stock Award, each proposed recipient must execute and deliver such
agreement to the Company. Restricted Shares may be represented by
certificates or be uncertificated. Any certificates for Restricted
Shares may, if the Committee so determines, bear a legend referring
to the restrictions and the instruments to which such shares are
subject.
(c)
Rights with Respect to Shares . A Participant who receives a
Restricted Stock Award shall have all rights of ownership with
respect to such underlying shares of Common Stock, including the
right to vote such shares and to receive any dividends paid
thereon, subject, however, to the provisions of the Plan, the
agreement relating to the Restricted Stock Award and, if such
shares are represented by a certificate, any legend on the
certificate for such shares. Until such time as any restrictions
imposed pursuant to Section 8(a) on any Restricted
Shares shall terminate, the Company or its designee will hold such
Restricted Shares in escrow on such Participant’s
behalf.
(d)
Transferability Restriction . Shares of Common Stock subject
to a Restricted Stock Award may not be sold, pledged, assigned,
exchanged, encumbered, hypothecated, transferred or disposed of in
any manner during the Restriction Period applicable thereto.
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(e)
Additional Shares Received With Respect to Restricted Shares
. Any shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company
received by a Participant as a stock dividend on, or in connection
with a stock split or combination, share exchange, reorganization,
recapitalization, merger, consolidation or otherwise with respect
to, shares of Common Stock received as a Restricted Stock Award
shall have the same status, be subject to the same restrictions
and, if such shares are represented by a certificate, bear the same
legend, if any, as the shares received pursuant to the Restricted
Stock Award.
(f)
Tax Reimbursement . In the sole discretion of the Committee,
any agreement relating to a Restricted Stock Award may provide for
a tax reimbursement cash payment to be made by the Company in favor
of any Participant in connection with the tax consequences
resulting from a Restricted Stock Award, the lapse of restrictions
on any Restricted Shares or the payment by a Participant of any
taxes related thereto, subject to such conditions as the Committee
may specify.
(g)
Lapse of Restrictions . Unless otherwise determined by the
Committee, any restrictions imposed pursuant to
Section 8(a) on Restricted Shares shall terminate with
respect to such shares on the earliest to occur of the following,
provided , that no restrictions shall lapse less than six
months from the date of award in the event of (2) and (3)
below, unless otherwise specified by the Committee:
(1) the
expiration of the Restriction Period (including pursuant to
Section 15(b)(1) below);
(2) the
Participant’s retirement at or after the age of 60;
(3) the
Participant’s permanent disability; or
(4) the
Participant’s death.
Upon
the termination of such restrictions, the shares of Common Stock
shall be released from escrow and delivered to the Participant or,
in the event of the Participant’s death, the
Participant’s personal representative and, if such shares are
represented by a certificate, any legend on such certificates shall
be removed.
9.
Provisions Applicable to Stock Options
(a)
Limit on Awards . No Participant shall receive Stock Options
for more than 600,000 shares of Common Stock during any fiscal year
of the Company.
(b)
Agreements . Each Stock Option will be evidenced by a
written agreement, in such form as may be specified by the
Committee, issued by the Company and setting forth the terms,
conditions and other provisions of the Stock Option, including the
number of shares of Common Stock covered by the Stock Option, the
exercise price per share, the term of the Stock Option and the
vesting schedule. A Participant may not exercise a Stock Option
until he or she executes and delivers such agreement to the
Company.
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(c)
Terms and Conditions . All Stock Options shall be subject to
the following terms and conditions and to such other terms and
conditions consistent with the terms of the Plan as the Committee
shall determine:
(1)
Option Price. The exercise price per share shall be
determined by the Committee, but shall not be less than 100% of the
Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the date of grant. The
“Fair Market Value” of the Common Stock on a particular
date shall mean, for all purposes under the Plan, the average of
the high and low sales prices of the Common Stock as reported on
the New York Stock Exchange composite tape on that date. In the
event that such method for determining Fair Market Value is not
practicable, then the Committee shall determine the Fair Market
Value of the Common Stock in such manner as it deems
appropriate.
(2)
Time of Exercise of Option. Unless otherwise determined by
the Committee, each Stock Option shall be exercisable during and
over such period ending not later than ten years from the grant
date. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, no Stock Option
shall be exercisable prior to the first anniversary of the grant
date, except as provided in Sections 9(c)(4) and
15(b)(2) below.
(3)
Method of Exercise and Payment. Each Stock Option may be
exercised by giving written notice to the Company specifying the
number of shares to be purchased and accompanied by payment in full
(including applicable taxes, if any) in cash therefor. No
Participant shall have any rights to dividends or other rights of a
stockholder with respect to shares subject to his or her Stock
Option until he or she has given written notice of exercise, paid
in full for such shares and, if requested, given the representation
described in Section 10 below.
(4)
Rights After Termination of Employment.
(i)
Retirement . Unless otherwise determined by
the Committee, if a Participant’s employment or directorship
terminates by reason of his or her retirement, the
Participant’s Stock Option will continue to vest in
accordance with its terms and may be exercised until the expiration
of the stated period of the Stock Option; provided ,
however , that if the Participant dies after such
termination of employment or directorship, any unexercised Stock
Option, to the extent to which it was exercisable at the time of
the Participant’s death, may thereafter be exercised by the
legal representative of the estate or by the legatee of the Stock
Option under the last will for a period of twelve months from the
date of the Participant’s death or the expiration of the
stated period of the Stock Option, whichever period is the
shorter.
(ii)
Disability . Unless otherwise determined by
the Committee, if a Participant’s employment or directorship
terminates by reason of permanent disability, the
Participant’s Stock Option may thereafter be exercised in
full (except that no Stock Option may be exercised less than six
months from the grant date) for a period of twenty-four months from
the date of such termination of employment or directorship or the
stated period of the Stock Option, whichever period is the shorter;
provided , however , that if the Participant
dies within a period of twenty-four months after such termination
of employment or directorship, any outstanding Stock Option may
thereafter be exercised by the legal representative of the estate
or by the legatee of the Stock Option under the last will for a
period of twelve months from the date of the Participant’s
death or the expiration of the stated period of the Stock Option,
whichever period is the shorter.
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(iii)
Death . Unless otherwise determined by the
Committee, if a Participant’s employment or directorship
terminates by reason of the Participant’s death, the
Participant’s Stock Option may thereafter be exercised in
full by the legal representative of the estate or by the legatee of
the Stock Option under the last will for a period of twelve months
from the date of the Participant’s death or the expiration of
the stated period of the Stock Option, whichever period is the
shorter.
(iv)
Other . Unless otherwise determined by the
Committee, if a Participant’s employment or directorship
terminates for any reason other than death, retirement or permanent
disability, the Participant’s Stock Option shall thereupon
terminate.
(d)
Grant of Stock Options to Non-Management Directors .
Non-Management Directors shall not be eligible to receive any
Awards other than Stock Options as specified in this
Section 9(d) .
(1)
Discretionary Awards. The Committee may grant a
Non-Qualified Option to any Non-Management Director for such number
of shares of Common Stock as the Committee shall determine;
provided , however , that such grants of
Non-Qualified Options only may be made (i) immediately following an
annual meeting of the Company’s stockholders to any of the
Non-Management Directors who are then incumbent after such meeting
and (ii) in connection with a Non-Management Director’s
election or appointment to the Board of Directors if other than at
an annual meeting.
(2)
Terms and Conditions of Stock Options. The Committee shall
establish the terms and conditions of Non-Qualified Options granted
to Non-Management Directors, provided , that any
Non-Qualified Option granted to a Non-Management Director
(i) shall have an exercise price per share not less than 100%
of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the date of grant
and (ii) shall not be exercisable earlier than one year from the
date of grant, except as provided in Sections 9(c)(4)
and 15(b)(2) . Unless otherwise provided in the Plan, all
provisions of the Plan with respect to the terms of Non-Qualified
Options granted to employees shall be applicable to Non-Qualified
Options granted to Non-Management Directors.
(e)
Designation of Certain Options as Incentive Stock Options .
Stock Options, or portions thereof, granted to employees may in the
discretion of the Committee be designated as Incentive Stock
Options. In addition to the other applicable terms and conditions
contained in this Section 9 , the aggregate Fair Market
Value of the shares of Common Stock covered by an Incentive Stock
Option (determined at the time the Stock Option is granted) with
respect to which an Incentive Stock Option is exercisable for the
first time by any individual Participant during any calendar year
(under the Plan and all other similar plans of the Company and its
subsidiaries) shall not exceed $100,000 (or such other amount as
may be specified by Section 422(d) of the Code).
(f)
Transferability Restriction . Unless otherwise determined by
the Committee, a Stock Option by its terms shall be personal and
may not be sold, pledged, assigned, exchanged, encumbered,
hypothecated, transferred or disposed of in any manner by the
Participant other than by will or by the laws of descent and
distribution. During a Participant’s lifetime, only the
Participant or a duly appointed legal representative may exercise
the Stock Option, unless otherwise determined by the
Committee.
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(g)
Repricing Prohibited . Neither the Committee nor the Company
shall “reprice” outstanding Stock Options for any
reason. For purposes of the Plan, a “repricing” means
lowering the exercise price per share of an outstanding Stock
Option or any other action that has the same effect or is treated
as a repricing under generally accepted accounting principles and
includes, without limitation, a tandem cancellation of a Stock
Option at a time when its exercise price per share exceeds the fair
market value of the underlying Common Stock and exchange for
another option or other equity security (unless such cancellation
and exchange occurs in connection with a merger, acquisition,
spin-off or other similar corporate transaction).
(h)
Use of Proceeds . Proceeds received by the Company pursuant
to the exercise of Stock Options shall constitute general funds of
the Company.
10.
Compliance with Applicable Laws; Investment
Representation
Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan or any agreement
relating to a particular Award, the Company shall have no
obligation to issue any shares of Common Stock under the Plan
unless such issuance would comply with all applicable laws and the
applicable requirements of any securities exchange or similar
entity. Prior to the issuance of any shares of Common Stock under
the Plan, the Company may require a written statement that the
Participant is acquiring such shares for his or her own account for
investment and not for the purpose or with the intention of
distributing the shares or any part thereof. Certificates
representing shares of Common Stock issued under the Plan may bear
such legend or legends as the Committee deems appropriate in order
to assure compliance with applicable securities laws and
regulations and to reflect any restrictions on transfers.
11.
Transfer, Leave of Absence, Etc.
For purposes
of the Plan, (a) a transfer of an employee from the Company to
a subsidiary, or vice versa, or from one subsidiary to another, and
(b) a leave of absence, duly authorized in writing by the
Company or a subsidiary, shall not be deemed a termination of
employment.
12.
Tax Withholding
All
distributions under the Plan (including, without limitation, the
grant of Awards and the issuance of Common Stock pursuant to an
Award) are subject to withholding of all applicable taxes, and the
Committee may condition the delivery of any Award or the issuance
of any Common Stock pursuant to an Award on the satisfaction of
applicable withholding obligations (including, without limitation,
by requiring a Participant to relinquish a portion of any proceeds
received by the Participant in connection with the sale of shares
acquired upon exercise of a Stock Option).
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13.
Prohibition on Loans
The Company
shall not loan funds to any Participant for the purpose of paying
the exercise p
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