Exhibit 4.1
REDDY ICE HOLDINGS, INC. 2005
LONG TERM
INCENTIVE AND SHARE AWARD PLAN
(as
Amended)
1.
Purposes.
The purposes of the 2005 Long Term
Incentive and Share Award Plan are to advance the interests of
Reddy Ice Holdings, Inc. and its shareholders by providing a
means to attract, retain, and motivate employees, consultants and
directors of the Company, its subsidiaries and affiliates, to
provide for competitive compensation opportunities, to encourage
long term service, to recognize individual contributions and reward
achievement of performance goals, and to promote the creation of
long term value for stockholders by aligning the interests of such
persons with those of stockholders.
2.
Definitions.
For purposes of the Plan, the
following terms shall be defined as set forth below:
(a)
“Affiliate” means any entity other than the Company and
its Subsidiaries that is designated by the Board or the Committee
as a participating employer under the Plan; provided,
however , that the Company directly or indirectly owns at least
20% of the combined voting power of all classes of stock of such
entity or at least 20% of the ownership interests in such
entity.
(b)
“Award” means any Option, SAR, Restricted Share,
Restricted Share Unit, Performance Share, Performance Unit,
Dividend Equivalent, or Other Share-Based Award granted to an
Eligible Person under the Plan.
(c) “Award
Agreement” means any written agreement, contract, or other
instrument or document evidencing an Award.
(d)
“Beneficiary” means the person, persons, trust or
trusts which have been designated by an Eligible Person in his or
her most recent written beneficiary designation filed with the
Company to receive the benefits specified under this Plan upon the
death of the Eligible Person, or, if there is no designated
Beneficiary or surviving designated Beneficiary, then the person,
persons, trust or trusts entitled by will or the laws of descent
and distribution to receive such benefits.
(e)
“Board” means the Board of Directors of the
Company.
(f)
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended from time to time. References to any provision of the Code
shall be deemed to include successor provisions thereto and
regulations thereunder.
(g)
“Committee” means the Compensation Committee of the
Board, or such other Board committee (which may include the entire
Board) as may be designated by the Board to administer the Plan;
provided, however , that, unless otherwise determined by the
Board, the Committee shall consist of two or more directors of the
Company, each of whom is a “non-employee director”
within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act, to
the extent applicable, and each of whom is an “outside
director” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of
the Code, to the extent applicable; provided, further , that
the mere fact that the Committee shall fail to qualify under either
of the foregoing requirements shall not invalidate any Award made
by the Committee which Award is otherwise validly made under the
Plan.
(h) “Company”
means Reddy Ice Holdings, Inc., a corporation organized under
the laws of Delaware, or any successor corporation.
(i)
“Director” means a member of the Board who is not an
employee of the Company, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate.
(j) “Dividend
Equivalent” means a right, granted under Section 5(g),
to receive cash, Shares, or other property equal in value to
dividends paid with respect to a specified number of Shares.
Dividend Equivalents may be awarded on a free-standing basis or in
connection with another Award, and may be paid currently or on a
deferred basis.
(k) “Eligible
Person” means (i) an employee or consultant of the
Company, a Subsidiary or an
Affiliate, including any director
who is an employee, or (ii) a Director. Notwithstanding any
provisions of this Plan to the contrary, an Award may be granted to
an employee, consultant or Director, in connection with his or her
hiring or retention prior to the date the employee, consultant or
Director first performs services for the Company, a Subsidiary or
an Affiliate; provided, however , that any such Award shall
not become vested or exercisable prior to the date the employee,
consultant or Director first performs such services.
(l) “Exchange
Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
from time to time. References to any provision of the Exchange Act
shall be deemed to include successor provisions thereto and
regulations thereunder.
(m) “Fair Market
Value” means, with respect to Shares or other property, the
fair market value of such Shares or other property determined by
such methods or procedures as shall be established from time to
time by the Committee. If the Shares are listed on any established
stock exchange or a national market system, unless otherwise
determined by the Committee in good faith, the Fair Market Value of
Shares shall mean the mean between the high and low selling prices
per Share on the immediately preceding date (or, if the Shares were
not traded on that day, the next preceding day that the Shares were
traded) on the principal exchange or market system on which the
Shares are traded, as such prices are officially quoted on such
exchange.
(n) “ISO” means any
Option intended to be and designated as an incentive stock option
within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code.
(o) “NQSO” means
any Option that is not an ISO.
(p) “Option” means
a right, granted under Section 5(b), to purchase
Shares.
(q) “Other Share-Based
Award” means a right, granted under Section 5(h), that
relates to or is valued by reference to Shares.
(r)
“Participant” means an Eligible Person who has been
granted an Award under the Plan.
(s) “Performance
Share” means a performance share granted under
Section 5(f).
(t) “Performance
Unit” means a performance unit granted under
Section 5(f).
(u) “Plan” means
this 2005 Long Term Incentive and Share Award Plan.
(v) “Restricted
Shares” means an Award of Shares under
Section 5(d) that may be subject to certain restrictions
and to a risk of forfeiture.
(w) “Restricted Share
Unit” means a right, granted under Section 5(e), to
receive Shares or cash at the end of a specified deferral
period.
(x)
“Rule 16b-3” means Rule 16b-3, as from time
to time in effect and applicable to the Plan and Participants,
promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission under
Section 16 of the Exchange Act.
(y) “SAR” or
“Share Appreciation Right” means the right, granted
under Section 5(c), to be paid an amount measured by the
difference between the exercise price of the right and the Fair
Market Value of Shares on the date of exercise of the right, with
payment to be made in cash, Shares, or property as specified in the
Award or determined by the Committee.
(z) “Shares”
means common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of the Company, and
such other securities as may be substituted for Shares pursuant to
Section 4(c) hereof.
(aa) “Subsidiary” means
any corporation (other than the Company) in an unbroken chain of
corporations beginning with the Company if each of the corporations
(other than the last corporation in the unbroken chain) owns shares
possessing 50% or more of the total combined voting power of all
classes of stock in one of the other corporations in the
chain.
(bb) “Termination of
Service” means the termination of the Participant’s
employment, consulting services or directorship with the Company,
its Subsidiaries and its Affiliates, as the case may be. A
Participant employed by a Subsidiary of the Company or one of its
Affiliates shall also be deemed to incur a Termination of Service
if the Subsidiary of the Company or Affiliate ceases to be such a
Subsidiary or an
Affiliate, as the case may be, and
the Participant does not immediately thereafter become an employee
or director of, or a consultant to, the Company, another Subsidiary
of the Company or an Affiliate. Temporary absences from employment
because of illness, vacation or leave of absence and transfers
among the Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates shall not be
considered a Termination of Service.
3.
Administration.
(a)
Authority of the Committee. The Plan shall be
administered by the Committee, and the Committee shall have full
and final authority to take the following actions, in each case
subject to and consistent with the provisions of the
Plan:
(i) to select Eligible
Persons to whom Awards may be granted;
(ii) to designate
Affiliates;
(iii) to determine the type or
types of Awards to be granted to each Eligible Person;
(iv) to determine the type and
number of Awards to be granted, the number of Shares to which an
Award may relate, the terms and conditions of any Award granted
under the Plan (including, but not limited to, any exercise price,
grant price, or purchase price, any restriction or condition, any
schedule for lapse of restrictions or conditions relating to
transferability or forfeiture, exercisability, or settlement of an
Award, and waiver or accelerations thereof, and waivers of
performance conditions relating to an Award, based in each case on
such considerations as the Committee shall determine), and all
other matters to be determined in connection with an
Award;
(v) to determine whether, to
what extent, and under what circumstances an Award may be settled,
or the exercise price of an Award may be paid, in cash, Shares,
other Awards, or other property, or an Award may be canceled,
forfeited, exchanged, or surrendered;
(vi) to determine whether, to
what extent, and under what circumstances cash, Shares, other
Awards, or other property payable with respect to an Award will be
deferred either automatically, at the election of the Committee, or
at the election of the Eligible Person;
(vii) to prescribe the form of
each Award Agreement, which need not be identical for each Eligible
Person;
(viii) to adopt,
amend, suspend, waive, and rescind such rules and regulations
and appoint such agents as the Committee may deem necessary or
advisable to administer the Plan;
(ix) to correct any defect or
supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan and
to construe and interpret the Plan and any Award, rules and
regulations, Award Agreement, or other instrument
hereunder;
(x) to accelerate the
exercisability or vesting of all or any portion of any Award or to
extend the period during which an Award is exercisable;
(xi) to determine whether
uncertificated Shares may be used in satisfying Awards and
otherwise in connection with the Plan; and
(xii) to make all other decisions
and determinations as may be required under the terms of the Plan
or as the Committee may deem necessary or advisable for the
administration of the Plan.
(b)
Manner of Exercise of Committee Authority. The
Committee shall have sole discretion in exercising its authority
under the Plan. Any action of the Committee with respect to the
Plan shall be final, conclusive, and binding on all persons,
including the Company, Subsidiaries, Affiliates, Eligible Persons,
any person claiming any rights under the Plan from or through any
Eligible Person, and shareholders. The express grant of any
specific power to the Committee, and the taking of any action by
the Committee, shall not be construed as limiting any power or
authority of the Committee. The Committee may delegate to other
members of the Board or officers or managers of the Company or any
Subsidiary or Affiliate the authority, subject to such terms as the
Committee shall determine, to perform administrative functions and,
with respect to Awards granted to persons not subject to
Section 16 of the Exchange Act, to perform such other
functions as the Committee may determine, to the extent permitted
under Rule 16b-3 (if applicable) and applicable
law.
(c) Limitation of
Liability . Each member of the Committee shall be entitled to,
in good faith, rely or act upon any report or other information
furnished to him or her by any officer or other employee of the
Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate, the Company’s
independent certified public accountants, or other professional
retained by the Company to assist in the administration of the
Plan. No member of the Committee, and no officer or employee of the
Company acting on behalf of the Committee, shall be personally
liable for any action, determination, or interpretation taken or
made in good faith with respect to the Plan, and all members of the
Committee and any officer or employee of the Company acting on
their behalf shall, to the extent permitted by law, be fully
indemnified and protected by the Company with respect to any such
action, determination, or interpretation.
(d) Limitation on
Committee’s Discretion . Anything in this Plan to the
contrary notwithstanding, in the case of any Award which is
intended to qualify as “performance-based compensation”
within the meaning of Section 162(m)(4)(C) of the Code,
if the Award Agreement so provides, the Committee shall have no
discretion to increase the amount of compensation payable under the
Award to the extent such an increase would cause the Award to lose
its qualification as such performance-based
compensation.
(e) No Option or SAR
Repricing Without Shareholder Approval . Except as provided in
the first sentence of Section 4(c) hereof relating to
certain antidilution adjustments, unless the approval of
shareholders of the Company is obtained, Options and SARs issued
under the Plan shall not be amended to lower their exercise price
and Options and SARs issued under the Plan will not be exchanged
for other Options or SARs with lower exercise prices.
4. Shares Subject to
the Plan.
(a) Subject to adjustment as
provided in Section 4(c) hereof, the total number of the
Shares reserved for issuance in connection with Awards under the
Plan shall not exceed an aggregate of 2,750,000; provided, however,
that with respect to grants on or after April 14, 2009, no
more than 1,000,000 Shares may be issued in a form of an Award
other than an Option or SAR. No Award may be granted if the
number of Shares to which such Award relates, when added to the
number of Shares previously issued under the Plan, exceeds the
number of Shares reserved under the applicable provisions of the
preceding sentence. If any Awards are forfeited, canceled,
terminated, exchanged or surrendered or such Award is settled or
otherwise terminates without a distribution of Shares to the
Participant, any Shares counted against the number of Shares
reserved and available under the Plan with respect to such Award
shall, to the extent of any such forfeiture, settlement,
termination, cancellation, exchange or surrender, be again
available for Awards under the Plan; provided, however, that any
Shares surrendered or withheld as payment of either the exercise
price of an Award and/or withholding taxes with respect to an Award
shall not again be made available for Awards under the Plan.
The Company may not make available for future Awards Shares that
are purchased using the proceeds from the exercise of
Options. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
herein, all Shares covered by an SAR, to the extent that it is
exercised and settled in Shares, shall be considered issued or
transferred pursuant to the Plan. Upon the exercise of any
Award granted in tandem with any other Awards, such related Awards
shall be cancelled to the extent the number of Shares as to which
the Award is exercised.
(b) Subject to adjustment as
provided in Section 4(c) hereof, the maximum number of
Shares (i) with respect to which Options or SARs may be
granted during a calendar year to any Eligible Person under this
Plan shall be 500,000 Shares, and (ii) with respect to
Performance Shares, Performance Units, Restricted Shares or
Restricted Share Units intended to qualify as performance-based
compensation within the meaning of
Section 162(m)(4)(C) of the Code shall be the equivalent
of 500,000 Shares during a calendar year to any Eligible Person
under this Plan.
(c) In the event that the
Committee shall determine that any dividend in Shares,
recapitalization, Share split, reverse split, reorganization,
merger, consolidation, spin-off, combination, repurchase, or share
exchange, or other similar corporate transaction or event, affects
the Shares such that an adjustment is appropriate in order to
prevent dilution or enlargement of the rights of Eligible Persons
under the Plan, then the Committee shall make such equitable
changes or adjustments as it deems appropriate and, in such manner
as it may deem equitable, adjust any or all of (i) the number
and kind of shares which may thereafter be issued under the Plan,
(ii) the number and kind of shares, other securities or other
consideration issued or issuable in respect of outstanding Awards,
and (iii) the exercise price, grant price,
or purchase price relating to any
Award; provided, however , in each case that, with respect
to ISOs, such adjustment shall be made in accordance with
Section 424(a) of the Code, unless the Committee
determines otherwise. In addition, the Committee is authorized to
make adjustments in the terms and conditions of, and the criteria
and performance objectives, if any, included in, Awards in
recognition of unusual or non-recurring events (including, without
limitation, events described in the preceding sentence) affecting
the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate or the financial
statements of the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate, or in
response to changes in applicable laws, regulations, or accounting
principles; provided, however , that, if an Award Agreement
specifically so provides, the Committee shall not have discretion
to increase the amount of compensation payable under the Award to
the extent such an increase would cause the Award to lose its
qualification as performance-based compensation for purposes of
Section 162(m)(4)(C) of the Code and the regulations
thereunder.
(d) Any Shares distributed
pursuant to an Award may consist, in whole or in part, of
authorized and unissued Shares or treasury Shares including Shares
acquired by purchase in the open market or in private
transactions.
5. Specific Terms of
Awards.
(a) General . Awards
may be granted on the terms and conditions set forth in this
Section 5. In addition, the Committee may impose on any Award
or the exercise thereof, at the date of grant or thereafter
(subject to Section 9(d)), such additional terms and
conditions, not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan, as
the Committee shall determine, including terms regarding forfeiture
of Awards or continued exercisability of Awards in the event of
Termination of Service by the Eligible Person.
(b) Options . The
Committee is authorized to grant Options, which may be NQSOs or
ISOs, to Eligible Persons on the following terms and
conditions:
(i)
Exercise Price . The exercise price per Share purchasable
under an Option shall be determined by the Committee; provided,
however , that the exercise price per Share of an Option shall
not be less than the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of
grant of the Option. The Committee may, without limitation, set an
exercise price that is based upon achievement of performance
criteria if deemed appropriate by the Committee.
(ii)
Option Term . The term of each Option shall be determined by
the Committee; provided, however , that such term shall not
be longer than ten years from the date of grant of the
Option.
(iii)
Time and Method of Exercise . The Committee shall determine
at the date of grant or thereafter the time or times at which an
Option may be exercised in whole or in part (including, without
limitation, upon achievement of performance criteria if deemed
appropriate by the Committee), the methods by which such exercise
price may be paid or deemed to be paid (including, without
limitation, broker-assisted exercise arrangements), the form of
such payment (including, without limitation, cash, Shares, notes or
other property), and the methods by which Shares will be delivered
or deemed to be delivered to Eligible Persons; provided,
however , that in no event may any portion of the exercise
price be paid with Shares acquired either under an Award granted
pursuant to this Plan, upon exercise of a stock option granted
under another Company plan or as a stock bonus or other stock award
granted under another Company plan unless, in any such case, the
Shares were acquired and vested more than six months in advance of
the date of exercise.
(iv)
Early Exercise . The Committee may provide at the time of
grant or any time thereafter, in its sole discretion, that any
Option shall be exercisable with respect to Shares that otherwise
would not then be exercisable, provided that, in connection with
such exercise, the Participant enters into a form of Restricted
Share agreement approved by the Committee.
(v)
ISOs . The terms of any ISO granted under the Plan shall
comply in all respects with the provisions of Section 422 of
the Code, including but not limited to the requirement that the ISO
shall be granted within ten years from the earlier of the date of
adoption or shareholder approval of the Plan. ISOs may only be
granted to employees of the Company or a Subsidiary.
(c) SARs . The
Committee is authorized to grant SARs (Share Appreciation Rights)
to Eligible Persons on the following terms and
conditions:
(i)
Right to Payment . A SAR shall confer on the Eligible Person
to whom it is granted a right to receive with respect to each Share
subject thereto, upon exercise thereof, the excess of (1) the
Fair Market Value of one Share on the date of exercise (or, if the
Committee shall so determine in the case of any such right, the
Fair Market Value of one Share at any time during a specified
period before or after the date of exercise) over (2) the
exercise price per Share of the SAR as determined by the Committee
as of the date of grant of the SAR (which shall not be less than
the Fair Market Value per Share on the date of grant of the SAR
and, in the case of a SAR granted in tandem with an Option, shall
be equal to the exercise price of the underlying
Option).
(ii)
Other Terms . The Committee shall determine, at the time of
grant or thereafter, the time or times at which a