Exhibit 10.1
Marriott International,
Inc.
Stock And Cash Incentive
Plan
As Amended and Restated Effective
January 1, 2008
As Amended Effective May 1, 2009
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Establishment,
Objectives, and Duration
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Definitions
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Administration
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Article
4.
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Shares Subject
to the Plan and Maximum Awards
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Article
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Eligibility and
Participation
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Article
6.
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SARs and Stock
Options
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Restricted
Stock
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Deferred
Stock
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Article
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Special
Recognition Stock Awards
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Article
9A.
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MI
Shares
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Article
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Other
Awards
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Performance
Measures for Awards
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Directors’ Share Awards, Fee Deferral
Elections, and Director SARs and Options
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Article
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1998 Conversion
Awards
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Beneficiary
Designation
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Change in
Control
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Rights of
Participants
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Amendment,
Modification, and Termination
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Withholding
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Indemnification
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Successors
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Legal
Construction
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MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL,
INC.
STOCK AND CASH INCENTIVE
PLAN
Article 1. Establishment,
Objectives, and Duration
1.1 Establishment of the
Plan . Marriott
International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
“Company”), hereby establishes an incentive
compensation plan to be known as the Marriott International,
Inc. Stock and Cash Incentive Plan (hereinafter referred to as the
“Plan”), as set forth in this document.
The Plan shall become effective as
of the Effective Date, as defined below, and shall remain in effect
as provided in Article 1.3 hereof.
1.2 Purpose of the
Plan . The purpose of the
Plan is to promote and enhance the long-term growth of the Company
by aligning the personal interests of Employees and Non-Employee
Directors to those of Company shareholders and allowing such
Employees and Non-Employee Directors to participate in the growth,
development and financial success of the Company.
The Plan is further intended to
provide flexibility to the Company in its ability to motivate,
attract, and retain the services of key individuals.
1.3 Duration of the
Plan . The Plan shall
commence on the Effective Date, as described in Article 1.1
hereof, and shall remain in effect, subject to the right of the
Board of Directors to amend or terminate the Plan at any time
pursuant to Article 17 hereof, until all Shares subject to it
shall have been purchased or acquired according to the Plan’s
provisions.
Article 2.
Definitions
Whenever used in the Plan, the
following terms shall have the meanings set forth below, and when
the meaning is intended, the initial letter of the word shall be
capitalized:
2.1 “Allocation
Agreement” means
the Employee Benefits and Other Employment Matters Allocation
Agreement by and between Marriott International, Inc. (To Be
Renamed Sodexho Marriott Services, Inc.) and New Marriott MI, Inc.
(To Be Renamed Marriott International, Inc.) dated as of
September 30, 1997.
2.2 “Annual
Meeting” means the
annual meeting of the stockholders of the Company at which
Directors are elected.
2.3
“Award” means, individually or collectively, a grant
under this Plan of MI Shares, SARs, Nonqualified Stock Options,
Incentive Stock Options, Restricted Stock, Deferred Stock Bonus
Awards, Deferred Stock Agreements, Special Recognition Stock
Awards, 1998 Conversion Awards, Other Share-Based Awards, Other
Cash Performance-Based Awards, Non-Employee Director Share Awards,
Stock Units, and Director SARs and Options.
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2.4 “Award
Agreement” means an
agreement entered into by the Company and each Participant setting
forth the terms and provisions applicable to an Award granted under
this Plan.
2.5 “Beneficial
Owner” or
“Beneficial Ownership” shall have the meaning
ascribed to such term in Rule 13d-3 of the General Rules and
Regulations under the Exchange Act.
2.6
“Beneficiary” means the person or persons designated pursuant
to Article 14 hereof.
2.7
“Board” or
“Board of Directors” means the Board of
Directors of the Company.
2.8 “Code”
means the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended from time to time.
2.9
“Committee” means the Compensation Policy Committee of the
Board, as specified in Article 3 herein, or such other
Committee appointed by the Board to administer the Plan with
respect to grants of Awards.
2.10
“Company” means Marriott International, Inc., together
with any and all Subsidiaries, and any successor thereto as
provided in Article 20 herein.
2.11 “Current
Award” means a
Deferred Stock Bonus Award granted under the terms and conditions
described in Article 8.2(c) hereof.
2.12 “Covered
Employee” means a
Participant who, as of the date of grant, vesting and/or payout of
an Award, as applicable, is one of the group of “covered
employees,” as defined in the regulations promulgated under
Code Section 162(m), or any successor statute.
2.13 “Deferred
Award” means a
Deferred Stock Bonus Award granted under the terms and conditions
described in Article 8.2(b) hereof.
2.14 “Deferred
Stock” means an
Award granted to a Participant as described in Article 8
herein.
2.15 “Deferred Stock Bonus
Award” means a
grant of a right to receive Shares on a deferred basis, pursuant to
Article 8.2 hereof.
2.16 “Deferred Stock
Agreement” means an
Award granted to a Participant as described in Article 8.3
herein.
2.17
“Director” means any member of the Board.
2.18 “Director
SAR” and
“Director Option” mean, respectively, a SAR and
a Nonqualified Stock Option as described in Article 12
herein.
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2.19
“Disability” means a permanent and total disability, within
the meaning of Code Section 22(e)(3), as determined by the
Committee in good faith, upon receipt of sufficient competent
medical advice from one or more individuals, selected by or
satisfactory to the Committee, who are qualified to give
professional medical advice.
2.20
“Distribution” means the distribution of all the outstanding
shares of capital stock of the Company as provided in the
Distribution Agreement.
2.21 “Distribution
Agreement” means
the Distribution Agreement between Marriott International, Inc. (To
Be Renamed Sodexho Marriott Services, Inc.) and the Company dated
as of September 30, 1997.
2.22 “Distribution
Date” means the
date on which the Distribution shall be effected pursuant to the
Distribution Agreement.
2.23 “Effective
Date” means
January 1, 2008, except as otherwise indicated
herein.
2.24
“Employee” means any individual who is, or will become, a
full-time, active, non-union employee of the Company. Any Employee
who, at the request of the Company, and on the written assignment
of the Company specifically referencing this provision of the Plan,
becomes an employee of another employer shall continue to be
treated as an Employee for all purposes hereunder during the period
of such assignment. Directors who are not employed by the Company
shall not be considered Employees under this Plan.
2.25 “Engaging in
Competition” means
(i) engaging, individually or as an employee, consultant,
owner (more than five percent (5%)) or agent of any entity, in
or on behalf of any business engaged in significant competition (or
that transacts or cooperates with another business in activities of
significant competition) with any business operated by the Company
or with interests adverse to those of the Company;
(ii) soliciting and hiring a key employee of the Company in
another business, whether or not in significant competition with
any business operated by the Company; or (iii) using or
disclosing confidential or proprietary information, in each case,
without the approval of the Company.
2.26 “Exchange
Act” means the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, or
any successor act thereto.
2.27 “Exercise
Price” means the
price at which a Share may be purchased by a Participant pursuant
to an Option or the base price from which appreciation in Shares is
measured under a SAR.
2.28 “Fair Market
Value” means the
average of the highest and lowest quoted selling prices for the
Shares on the relevant date, or (if there were no sales on such
date) the average so computed on the nearest day before or the
nearest day after the relevant date, as reported in The Wall
Street Journal or a similar publication selected by the
Committee.
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2.29 “Fee Deferral
Election” means an
election made by a Non-Employee Director to defer the receipt of
Fees, as described in Article 12.3 hereof.
2.30
“Fees” means
all or part of any retainer and/or fees payable to a Non-Employee
Director in his or her capacity as such.
2.31 “Incentive Stock
Option” or
“ISO” means an option to purchase Shares granted
under Article 6 herein, which is designated as an Incentive Stock
Option and which is intended to meet the requirements of Code
Section 422.
2.32
“Insider” shall mean an individual who is, on the relevant
date, an officer, Director or more than ten percent
(10%) beneficial owner of any class of the Company’s
equity securities that is registered pursuant to Section 12 of
the Exchange Act, all as defined under Section 16 of the
Exchange Act.
2.33 “MI
Share” means an
Award granted to a Participant pursuant to Article 9A
herein.
2.34 “1998 Conversion
Award” means an
Award made pursuant to Article 13 to reflect the effect of the
Distribution on outstanding awards which were made under the
Predecessor Plans and which were held by the grantee immediately
before the Distribution.
2.35 “Non-Employee
Director” means a
Director who is not an Employee of the Company.
2.36 “Non-Employee Director
Share Award” shall
mean an award of Shares to a Non-Employee Director, as described in
Article 12.2 herein.
2.37 “Nonqualified Stock
Option” or
“NQSO” means an option to purchase Shares
granted under Article 6 herein and which is not intended to
meet the requirements of Code Section 422.
2.38
“Option” means an Incentive Stock Option or a
Nonqualified Stock Option, as described in Article 6
herein, or a Director Option as described in Article 12
herein.
2.39 “Other Cash
Performance-Based Awards” means an Other Cash Performance-Based Award, as
described in Article 10 herein.
2.40 “Other Share-Based
Award” means an
Other Share-Based Award, as described in Article 10
herein.
2.41
“Participant” means an individual who has an outstanding Award
granted under the Plan.
2.42 “Performance-Based
Exception” means
the performance-based exception from the tax deductibility
limitations of Code Section 162(m).
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2.43 “Period of
Restriction” means
the period during which the transfer of Shares of Restricted Stock
is limited in some way (based on the passage of time, the
achievement of performance objectives, or upon the occurrence of
other events as determined by the Committee, in its discretion),
and the Shares are subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture, as
provided in Article 7 herein.
2.44
“Person” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 3(a)(9) of the Exchange Act and used in
Sections 13(d) and 14(d) thereof, including a
“group” as defined in Section 13(d)
thereof.
2.45 “Predecessor
Plans” means the
Marriott International, Inc. 1993 Comprehensive Stock Incentive
Plan, the Marriott International, Inc. 1996 Comprehensive Stock
Incentive Plan and the Marriott International, Inc. 1995
Non-Employee Directors’ Deferred Stock Compensation
Plan.
2.46 “Restricted
Stock” means an
Award granted to a Participant pursuant to Article 7
herein.
2.47
“Shares” means shares of Class A Common Stock of the
Company or of any successor company adopting this Plan.
2.48 “Special Recognition
Stock Award” means
an Award granted to a Participant pursuant to Article 9
herein.
2.49 “SAR”
means a stock appreciation right
Award granted to a Participant pursuant to Article 6 herein which
shall be settled in Shares.
2.50 “Stock
Units” means the
credits to a Non-Employee Director’s Stock Unit Account, each
of which represents the right to receive one Share upon settlement
of the Stock Unit Account.
2.51 “Stock Unit
Account” means the
bookkeeping account established by the Company pursuant to
Article 12.3.
2.52
“Subsidiary” means any corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust or other entity in which the Company has a
controlling interest as defined in Treasury Regulation
Section 1.414(c)-2(b)(2), except that the threshold interest
shall be “more than fifty percent (50%)” instead of
“at least eighty percent (80%).”
2.53 “Termination of
Service” means
termination of service as a Non-Employee Director in any of the
following circumstances:
(a) Where the Non-Employee Director
voluntarily resigns or retires;
(b) Where the Non-Employee Director
is not re-elected (or elected in the case of an appointed
Non-Employee Director) to the Board by the shareholders;
or
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(c) Where the Non-Employee Director
dies.
With respect to any Awards that are
or become subject to Section 409A of the Code, Termination of
Service shall not include any event that is not within the meaning
of “separation from service” as set forth in Treasury
Regulation Section 1.409A-1(h).
2.54 “Year of
Service” means a
period of twelve (12) consecutive calendar months during which
an Employee was paid for twelve hundred (1200) or more hours
of work for the Company.
Article 3.
Administration
3.1 The Committee
. The Plan shall be administered by
the Compensation Policy Committee of the Board, or by any other
committee appointed by the Board, the members of which shall be
“Non-Employee Directors” within the meaning of Rule
16b-3 under the Exchange Act, or any successor provision. The
members of the Committee shall be appointed from time to time by,
and shall serve at the discretion of, the Board of
Directors.
3.2 Authority of the
Committee . Except as
limited by law or by the Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws of the
Company, and subject to the provisions herein, the Committee shall
have full power to select Employees and Directors who shall
participate in the Plan; determine the sizes and types of Awards;
determine the terms and conditions of Awards in a manner consistent
with the Plan; construe and interpret the Plan and any agreement or
instrument entered into under the Plan; establish, amend, or waive
rules and regulations for the Plan’s administration; and
(subject to the provisions of Article 17 herein) amend the
terms and conditions of any outstanding Award to the extent such
terms and conditions are within the discretion of the Committee as
provided in the Plan. Further, the Committee shall make all other
determinations that may be necessary or advisable for the
administration of the Plan. The Committee’s determinations
under the Plan (including without limitation, determinations of the
persons to receive Awards, the form, amount and timing of such
Awards, the terms and provisions of such Awards and the Award
Agreements evidencing such Awards) need not be uniform and may be
made by the Committee selectively among persons who receive, or are
eligible to receive, Awards under the Plan, whether or not such
persons are similarly situated. As permitted by law, the Committee
may delegate its authority under the Plan to a Director or
Employee.
3.3 Decisions Binding
. All determinations and decisions
made by the Committee or its designee pursuant to the provisions of
the Plan and all related orders and resolutions of the Board shall
be final, conclusive and binding on all parties.
3.4 Unanimous Consent in Lieu of
Meeting . A memorandum
signed by all members of the Committee shall constitute the act of
the Committee without the necessity in such event to hold a
meeting.
3.5 Serious Misconduct
. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary in the Plan or any Award Agreement, if a Participant
terminates employment for serious misconduct, the
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Committee may, in its sole discretion, refuse or
revoke Approved Retiree status or other retirement approval for
such Participant, or otherwise determine that such Participant may
not receive, vest in or exercise any Awards or otherwise receive
Shares thereunder to the extent the Awards are not granted, vested
or fully exercised, or Shares are not received, as of such
determination.
Article 4. Shares Subject to the
Plan and Maximum Awards
4.1 Number of Shares
. Subject to Articles 4.2 and
4.3 herein, (a) no more than 185,000,000 shares of
Class A Common Stock of the Company may be issued pursuant to
Awards granted under the Plan, and (b) the maximum aggregate
number of Shares that may be subject to any Awards (other than 1998
Conversion Awards) granted in any one fiscal year to any single
Employee shall be 1,500,000.
4.2 Lapsed Awards
. If any Award granted under the
Plan is canceled, terminates, expires, or lapses for any reason,
any Shares subject to such Award shall again be available for the
grant of an Award under the Plan.
4.3 Adjustments in Authorized
Shares and Awards . In
the event of any change in corporate capitalization, such as a
stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend, share
combination, recapitalization, or similar event affecting the
equity capital structure of the Company, or in the event the Shares
shall be changed into or exchanged for a different number or class
of shares of stock or securities of the Company or of another
corporation and/or for cash as a result of a corporate transaction,
such as any merger, consolidation, separation, acquisition of
property or shares, stock rights offering, spin-off, or other
distribution of stock or property of the Company, any
reorganization (whether or not such reorganization comes within the
definition of such term in Code Section 368) or any partial or
complete liquidation of the Company, or similar event affecting the
Company, such adjustment shall be made in (a) the number and
class of Shares which thereafter may be delivered under
Article 4.1, (b) the Award limits set forth in
Article 4.1, (c) the number and class of Shares subject
to outstanding Awards, (d) the Exercise Price relating to any
Award, and (e) the performance goals which may be applicable
to any outstanding Awards, and such other equitable substitutions
or adjustments may be made, as may be determined to be appropriate
and equitable by the Committee, in its sole discretion, to prevent
dilution or enlargement of rights. Without limiting the preceding
sentence, in the case of any such transaction described in the
preceding sentence, the adjustments made by the Committee or the
board of directors, compensation committee or similar body of any
other legal entity assuming the obligations of the Company
hereunder, may consist of either (i) making appropriate
provision for the protection of outstanding Awards by the
substitution on an equitable basis of appropriate equity interests
or awards similar to the Awards (or, in the event no such similar
equity interests may be identified, a nonqualified deferred
compensation account allocation of equivalent value), provided that
the substitution neither enlarges nor diminishes the value and
rights under the Awards; or (ii) upon written notice to the
Participants, providing that Awards will be exercised, distributed,
cashed out or exchange for value pursuant to such terms and
conditions (including the waiver of any existing terms or
conditions including but not limited to vesting restrictions or
exercise waiting periods) as shall be specified in the notice,
provided
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that any Awards that are subject to Code
Section 409A must not be exercised, distributed, cashed out or
exchanged for value unless the transaction qualifies as a
“change in control event” as described under Code
Section 409A(2)(A)(v) and the regulations thereunder. Any
adjustment of an ISO under clause (i) of the preceding
sentence in this paragraph shall be made in such a manner so as not
to constitute a “modification” within the meaning of
Section 424(h)(3) of the Code.
Article 5. Eligibility and
Participation
5.1 Eligibility
. Employees shall be eligible to
participate in this Plan with respect to Awards specified in
Articles 6 through 10. Non-Employee Directors shall be eligible to
participate in the Plan with respect to Awards specified in
Article 12. Persons eligible to receive 1998 Conversion Awards
under the Allocation Agreement shall be eligible to participate in
the Plan with respect to Awards specified in
Article 13.
5.2 Actual Participation by
Employees . Subject to
the provisions of the Plan, the Committee may, from time to time,
select from all eligible Employees, those to whom Awards shall be
granted and shall determine the nature and amount of each
Award.
Article 6. SARs and Stock
Options
6.1 Grant of SARs and
Options . Subject to the
terms and provisions of the Plan, SARs and/or Options may be
granted to Employees in such number, and upon such terms, and
at any time and from time to time as shall be determined by
the Committee. SARs and Options may include provisions for reload
of SARs and Options, respectively, exercised (in the case of
Options) by the tender of Shares or the withholding of Shares with
respect to the exercise of the SARs and Options. A SAR or an
Option, once granted, may not thereafter be amended to change the
Exercise Price.
6.2 Award Agreement
. Each SAR and Option grant shall be
evidenced by an Award Agreement that shall specify the Exercise
Price, the duration of the Award, the number of Shares to which the
Award pertains, and such other provisions as the Committee shall
determine. The Award Agreement, if pertaining to an Option, also
shall specify whether the Option is intended to be an ISO within
the meaning of Code Section 422, or an NQSO whose grant is
intended not to fall under the provisions of Code
Section 422.
6.3 Exercise Price
. The Exercise Price for each grant
of a SAR or an Option under this Article 6 shall be at least
equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market
Value of a Share on the date the SAR or Option is
granted.
6.4 Duration of
SARs and Options . Each SAR and Option granted
under this Article 6 shall expire at such time as the
Committee shall determine at the time of grant; provided, however,
that no SAR or Option shall be exercisable later than the fifteenth
(15 th ) anniversary date of
its grant.
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6.5 Exercise of SARs and
Options . SARS and
Options granted under this Article 6 shall be exercisable at
such times and be subject to such restrictions and conditions as
the Committee shall in each instance approve, which need not be the
same for each grant or for each Participant.
The ability of a Participant to
exercise a SAR or an Option is conditioned upon the Participant not
committing any criminal offense or malicious tort relating to or
against the Company, or, as determined by the Committee in its sole
discretion, engaging in willful acts or omissions or acts or
omissions of gross negligence that are or potentially are injurious
to the Company’s operations, financial condition or business
reputation.
6.6 Notice and Payment
. SARs and Options granted under
this Article 6 shall be exercised by the delivery of notice of
exercise to the Company by such means as the Committee shall
approve from time to time, setting forth the number of Shares with
respect to which the SAR or Option is to be exercised, accompanied,
in the case of Options, by full payment for the Shares.
The Exercise Price upon exercise of
any Option shall be payable to the Company in full either:
(a) in cash or its equivalent, or (b) if permitted in the
governing Award Agreement, by tendering previously acquired Shares
having an aggregate Fair Market Value at the time of exercise equal
to the total Exercise Price (provided that the Shares which are
tendered must have been held by the Participant for at least six
(6) months prior to their tender to satisfy the Exercise
Price), or (c) if permitted in the governing Award Agreement,
by a combination of (a) and (b).
The Committee also may allow
cashless exercise as permitted under the Federal Reserve
Board’s Regulation T, subject to applicable securities
law restrictions, or by any other means which the Committee
determines to be consistent with the Plan’s purpose and
applicable law.
6.8 Restrictions on Share
Transferability . The
Committee may impose such restrictions on any Shares acquired
pursuant to the exercise of a SAR or an Option granted under this
Article 6 as it may deem advisable, including, without limitation,
restrictions under applicable Federal securities laws, under the
requirements of any stock exchange or market upon which such Shares
are then listed or traded, and under any blue sky or state
securities laws applicable to such Shares.
6.9 Termination of Employment or
Leave of Absence . In
the event that a Participant who is an Employee, during his or her
lifetime has been on leave of absence for a period of greater than
twelve (12) months (except a leave of absence approved by the
Board or the Committee, as the case may be), or ceases to be an
Employee of the Company or of any Subsidiary for any reason,
including retirement, the portion of any SAR or Option which is not
exercisable on the date on which the Participant ceased to be an
Employee or has been on leave for over twelve (12) months
(except a leave of absence approved by the Board or the Committee,
as the case may be) shall expire on such date and any unexercised
portion thereof which was otherwise exercisable on such date shall
expire unless exercised within a period of three (3) months
from such date, but in no event after the expiration of the term
for which the SAR or Option was granted; provided, however, that in
the case of an awardee of a SAR or a NQSO who
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is an “Approved Retiree” (as
hereinafter defined), the SAR or NQSO shall continue to vest for up
to five years from the date of retirement and said awardee may
exercise such SAR or NQSO, as applicable, until the soonest to
occur of (i) the expiration of such SAR or NQSO in accordance
with its original term; (ii) the expiration of five
(5) years from the date of retirement; or (iii) with
respect to SARs or Options granted after 2005 and less than one
year before the date the Approved Retiree retires, expiration of
the SAR or Option on such retirement date, except not with respect
to that portion of the SARs or Options equal to such number of
shares multiplied by the ratio of (I) the number of days
between the grant date and the retirement date inclusive, over (II)
the number of days in the twelve (12) month period following
the grant date. For purposes of the proviso to the preceding
sentence:
(a) An “Approved
Retiree” is any awardee of a SAR or an Option who
(i) terminates employment by reason of a Disability, or
(ii) (A) retires from employment with the Company with
the specific approval of the Committee on or after such date on
which the awardee has attained age fifty-five (55) and
completed ten (10) Years of Service or, with respect to
Options granted prior to 2006, has completed twenty (20) Years
of Service, and (B) has entered into and has not breached an
agreement to refrain from Engaging in Competition in form and
substance satisfactory to the Committee; and
(b) If the Committee subsequently
determines, in its sole discretion, that an Approved Retiree has
violated the provisions of the agreement to refrain from Engaging
in Competition referred to in clause (a)(ii)(B) of this Article, or
has engaged in willful acts or omissions or acts or omissions of
gross negligence that are or potentially are injurious to the
Company’s operations, financial condition or business
reputation, such Approved Retiree shall have ninety (90) days
from the date of such finding within which to exercise any SARs or
Options or portions thereof which are exercisable on such date, and
any Options or portions thereof which are not exercised within such
ninety- (90-) day period shall expire, and any SARs or Options or
portion thereof which are not exercisable on such date shall be
cancelled on such date.
In the event of the death of an
awardee during the three (3)-month period described above for
exercise of a SAR or an Option by a terminated awardee or one on
leave for over twelve (12) months (except a leave of absence
approved by the Board or the Committee, as the case may be), the
Option shall be exercisable by the awardee’s personal
representatives, heirs or legatees to the same extent and during
the same period that the awardee could have exercised the SAR or
Option if the awardee had not died.
Notwithstanding anything in
Article 6.5 to the contrary, in the event of the death of an
awardee while an Employee or Approved Retiree of the Company or any
Subsidiary, an outstanding SAR or Option held by such awardee upon
death shall become fully vested upon death and shall be exercisable
by the awardee’s personal representatives, heirs or legatees
at any time prior to the expiration of one (1) year from the
date of death of the awardee, but in no event after the expiration
of the term for which the SAR or Option was granted.
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6.10 Nontransferability of SARs
and Options.
(a) Incentive Stock Options .
No ISO granted under the Plan may be sold, transferred, pledged,
assigned, or otherwise alienated or hypothecated, other than by
will or by the laws of descent and distribution. Further, all ISOs
granted to a Participant under the Plan shall be exercisable during
his or her lifetime only by such Participant.
(b) SARs and Nonqualified Stock
Options . Except as otherwise provided in a Participant’s
Award Agreement or pursuant to policies adopted by the Committee,
no SAR or NQSO granted under this Article 6 may be sold,
transferred, pledged, assigned, or otherwise alienated or
hypothecated, other than by will or by the laws of