Exhibit 10(k)
WAL-MART STORES,
INC.
STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN OF
1998
As amended January 15, 2004.
1.1 Purpose. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (“Wal-Mart”)
believes it is important to provide incentives to Wal-Mart’s
Associates and its Non-Associate Directors through participation in
the ownership of Wal-Mart and otherwise. This Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Stock Incentive Plan of 1998 (the “Plan”) is
established to provide incentives to certain Associates and the
Non-Associate Directors to enhance their job performance, to
motivate them to remain or become associated with Wal-Mart and its
Affiliates, and to increase the success of Wal-Mart. The Plan is
not limited to executive officers or directors of Wal-Mart, but
will be available to provide incentives to any Associate that the
Committee believes has made or may make a significant contribution
to Wal-Mart or an Affiliate of Wal-Mart.
DEFINITIONS
2.1 “Affiliate”
means any corporation, company
limited by shares, partnership, limited liability company, business
trust, other entity or other business association that is now or
hereafter controlled by Wal-Mart.
2.2 “Associate”
means any person employed by
Wal-Mart or any Affiliate.
2.3 “Board” means the Board of Directors of
Wal-Mart.
2.4 “Cause” means, in the context of termination of an
Associate’s employment, the Associate’s commission of
any act deemed inimical to the best interest of Wal-Mart or any
Affiliate or failure to perform satisfactorily his or her assigned
duties, each as determined in the sole discretion of the
Committee.
2.5 “Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended.
2.6 “Committee ” means (1) as to Associates who are
Section 16 Persons and as to Performance Based Awards, the
Compensation and Nominating Committee of the Board and (2) as to
all other Associates, the committee appointed by the Board to
administer the Plan or a particular feature of the Plan.
2.7 “Continuous Status as an
Associate” means
the absence of any interruption or termination of the employment
relationship between an Associate and Wal-Mart or an Affiliate.
Continuous Status as an Associate shall not be considered
interrupted in the case of: (i) sick leave; (ii) military leave; or
(iii) any other leave of absence approved by Wal-Mart, provided
that leave does not exceed one year, unless re-employment upon the
expiration of that leave is guaranteed by contract or law or unless
provided otherwise by a policy of Wal-Mart.
2.8 “Delaware Law”
means the Delaware General
Corporation Law, as amended.
2.9 “Exchange Act”
means the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations adopted
thereunder.
2.10 “Fair Market Value”
means, as of any date, the composite
closing sales price for a Share (a) as noted in the Wall Street
Journal (or if no trading in Shares occurred on that date, on the
last day on which Shares were traded) or (b) if the Shares are not
listed for trading, the value of a Share as determined in good
faith by Committee.
2.11 “Incentive Stock
Option” means an
Option intended to qualify as an incentive stock option within the
meaning of Code Section 422.
2.12 “Non-Associate
Director” means a
director of Wal-Mart who is not an Associate.
2.13 “Nonqualified
Option” means an
Option not intended to qualify as an Incentive Stock
Option.
2.14 Notice of Plan Award”
means the agreement or other
document governing any grant of Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock
Rights or Stock Appreciation Rights.
2.15 “NYSE” means the New York Stock Exchange or any
successor organization thereto.
2.16 “Option”
means a stock option to acquire a
certain number of the Subject Shares granted pursuant to the
Plan.
2.17 “Option
Notification” means
the agreement or other document governing any Incentive Stock
Option or Nonqualified Option granted under the Plan.
2.18 “Optioned Stock”
means the Shares subject to an
Option.
2.19 “Optionee”
means an Associate or other person
who receives an Option.
2.20 “Parent/Subsidiary
Corporation” means
a “parent corporation” (within the meaning of Code
Section 424(e)) or a “subsidiary corporation” (within
the meaning of Code Section 424(f)) of Wal-Mart.
2.21 “Performance Based
Award” means a Plan
Award that the Committee designates as a “Performance Based
Award” and that is granted to a “covered
employee” (as defined in Code Section 162(m)(3)) or to an
Associate that the Committee determines might become a
“covered employee.”
2.22 “Plan” means this Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Stock Incentive
Plan of 1998, as amended from time to time.
2.23 “Plan Award”
means any Option, Restricted Stock
Award, Restricted Stock Right Award or Stock Appreciation
Right.
2.24 “Recipient”
means an Associate or Non-Associate
Director who has received a Plan Award.
2.25 “Restricted Stock”
means Shares awarded to a Recipient
pursuant to a Restricted Stock Award that are subject to a
Restriction and all non-cash proceeds of those Shares that are
subject to a Restriction.
2.26 “Restricted Stock
Award” means the
award of Shares subject to one or more Restrictions under the
Restricted Stock feature of the Plan and the terms and conditions
of that award.
2.27 “Restricted Stock
Right” means a
right awarded to an Associate that, subject to Section 8.2, may
result in Associate’s ownership of Shares upon the completion
of, but not before, the Vesting Period.
2.28 “Restricted Stock Right
Award” means the
award of Restricted Stock Rights in accordance with the terms of
the Plan and such other terms and conditions described in the
Notice of Plan Award.
2.29 “Restriction”
means the contractual condition(s)
contained in a Restricted Stock Award, Restricted Stock Right Award
or the Plan that if not met will result in the forfeiture to
Wal-Mart of some or all of the Shares issued to the Recipient
pursuant to that Restricted Stock Award and the non-cash proceeds
of those Shares or in the forfeiture of that Restricted Stock Right
awarded to and held by an Associate.
2.30 “Section 16 Person”
means any Associate who is required
to file reports under Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the
Non-Associate Directors.
2.31 “Securities Act”
means the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended and the rules and regulations adopted
thereunder.
2.32 “Shares”
means shares of the Common Stock,
$.10 par value per share, of Wal-Mart.
2.33 “Stock Appreciation
Right” means a
right granted to a Recipient pursuant to the Stock Appreciation
Rights feature of the Plan.
2.34 “Subject Shares”
means the 80,000,000 Shares reserved
for issuance under the Plan.
2.35 “Vesting Period”
means the period described in the
Notice of Plan Award during which an Associate must remain
continuously employed in order to qualify for Shares or Subject
Shares, as the case may be, under the terms of the Plan and any
Restricted Stock Right Award.
SHARES SUBJECT TO THE
PLAN
3.1 The Subject Shares may be authorized, but
unissued Shares or treasury Shares held by Wal-Mart or an
Affiliate. Shares reserved for issuance pursuant to an Option that
expire, are forfeited or otherwise are no longer exercisable or
that are reacquired by Wal-Mart pursuant to the terms of the Plan
or a Plan Award, may be the subject of a new Plan Award. No
fractional shares may be issued under the Plan. If a stock split,
reverse stock split, stock dividend or other combination occurs as
to the Shares, the number of Shares reserved for issuance pursuant
to the Plan shall be proportionally increased or decreased, as the
case may be.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, (1)
Shares withheld from Restricted Stock Awards in order to satisfy
tax withholding requirements, (2) shares already owned
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by an Optionee and used pay all or a portion of
the exercise price of Shares subject to an Option, and (3) any
other shares reacquired by Wal-Mart after such Shares have been
issued (or, in the case of Open Market Shares, have been
delivered), other than Restricted Stock that is forfeited or
reacquired by Wal-Mart without lapse of the Restrictions, shall not
become Subject Shares to the extent such Shares are withheld,
tendered, or reacquired by Wal-Mart after June 5, 2008.
ADMINISTRATION
4.1 The Committee will administer the Plan and will
grant all Plan Awards. The Plan and Plan Awards to Section 16
Persons shall be administered by the Committee in compliance with
Rule 16b-3 adopted under the Exchange Act (“Rule
16b-3”). With respect to Performance Based Awards, the Plan
shall be administered by a committee of the Board comprised solely
of two or more outside directors, as defined in Code Section
162(m)(4)(C).
4.2 The Committee shall have these duties as to the
Plan:
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(a)
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to establish
rules, procedures, and forms governing the Plan;
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(b)
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to interpret
and apply the provisions of the Plan and any Plan Award;
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(c)
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to recommend
amendments of the Plan to the Board;
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(d)
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to determine
those Associates and Non-Associate Directors who will be Recipients
and what Plan Awards will be made to them;
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(e)
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to set the
terms and conditions of any Plan Award;
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(f)
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to determine
the Fair Market Value of the Shares; and
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(g)
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to amend the
terms of any Plan Award or to waive any conditions or obligations
of a Recipient under or with respect to any Plan Award.
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4.3 Except for the administration of Performance
Based Awards and matters under the Plan affected by Section 16 of
the Exchange Act and the rules adopted thereunder, the Committee
may delegate its duties under the Plan to one or more
administrators, who may be Associates of Wal-Mart.
4.4 If
the Committee intends that a Plan Award qualify for the
performance-based compensation exception under Code Section
162(m)(4)(C), the Committee will exercise its discretion to qualify
the Plan Award for that exception. All actions taken or
determinations made by the Committee, in good faith, with respect
to the Plan, a Plan Award or any Notification shall not be subject
to review by anyone, but shall be final, binding and conclusive
upon all persons interested in the Plan or any Plan
Award.
PARTICIPATION
5.1 All Associates whom the Committee determines
have the potential to contribute significantly to the success of
the Company, as well as Non-Associate Directors, may participate in
the Plan, although Non-Associate Directors may not receive
Incentive Stock Options. An Associate or Non-Associate Director may
be granted one or more Plan Awards, unless prohibited by applicable
law and subject to the limitations under Code Section 422 with
respect to Incentive Stock Options.
STOCK OPTIONS
6.1 Term of Options . Wal-Mart may grant Options covering the Subject
Shares to Associates or Non-Associate Directors. The term of each
Option shall be the term stated in the Option Notification;
provided, however, that in the case of an Incentive Stock Option,
the term shall be no more than 10 years from the date of grant
unless the Incentive Stock Option is granted to an Optionee who, at
the time of the grant, owns stock representing more than 10% of the
voting power of all classes of stock of Wal-Mart or any
Parent/Subsidiary Corporation, in which case the term may not
exceed 5 years from the date of grant.
Each Option shall be a Nonqualified Option
unless designated otherwise in the Option Notification.
Notwithstanding the designation of an Option, if the aggregate Fair
Market Value of Shares subject to Incentive Stock Options that are
exercisable for the first time by an Optionee during a calendar
year exceeds $100,000 (whether due to acceleration of
exercisability, miscalculation or error), the excess Options shall
be treated as Nonqualified Options.
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6.2 Option Exercise Price and
Consideration. The per
Share exercise price of an Option shall be determined by the
Committee in its discretion, except that the per Share exercise
price for an Incentive Stock Option shall be 100% of the Fair
Market Value of a Share on the date of grant unless the Associate
to whom the Incentive Stock Option is granted owns stock
representing more than 10% of the voting power of all classes of
stock of Wal-Mart or any Parent/Subsidiary Corporation at the time
of the grant, in which case the per Share exercise price shall be
no less than 110% of the Fair Market Value per Share on the date of
grant. The type of consideration in which the exercise price of an
Option is to be paid shall be determined by the Committee in its
discretion, and, in the case of an Incentive Stock Option, shall be
determined at the time of grant.
6.3 Exercise of Options. An Option shall be deemed to be exercised when
the person entitled to exercise the Option gives notice of exercise
to Wal-Mart in accordance with the Option’s terms and
Wal-Mart receives full payment for the Shares as to which the
Option is exercised or other provision for such payment is made in
accordance with procedures established by the Committee from time
to time.
6.4 Termination of Employment.
If an Optionee’s Continuous
Status as an Associate is terminated, the Optionee may, subject to
Wal-Mart’s right to terminate the Associate for Cause,
exercise Options vested as of the termination date to the extent
set out in Optionee’s Option Notification. Incentive Stock
Options may be exercised only within 60 days (or other period of
time determined by the Committee at the time of grant of the Option
and not exceeding 3 months) after the date of the termination (but
in no event later than the expiration date of the term of that
Option as set forth in the Option Notification), and only to the
extent that Optionee was entitled to exercise the Incentive Stock
Option at the date of that termination. To the extent the Optionee
is not entitled to or does not exercise an Option at the date of
that termination or within the time specified herein or in the
Option Notification, the Option shall terminate. During a period
for which the Optionee is subject to administrative suspension from
employment, the Optionee’s right to exercise Options will be
suspended.
6.5 Disability of Optionee.
Notwithstanding the provisions of
the immediately preceding paragraph, in the case of an
Optionee’s Incentive Stock Option, if the Optionee’s
Continuous Status as an Associate is terminated as a result of his
or her total and permanent disability (as defined in Code Section
22(e)(3)), Optionee may, but only within 12 months from the date of
that termination (but in no event later than the expiration date of
the term of that Option as set forth in the Option Notification),
exercise an Incentive Stock Option to the extent otherwise entitled
to exercise it at the date of that termination.