Exhibit 10.1
2005 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
2005 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE
PLAN
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Purpose
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3.
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Administration
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4.
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Stock Subject
to Plan
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5.
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Eligibility;
Per-Person Award Limitations
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6.
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Specific Terms
of Awards
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7.
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Performance-Based Compensation
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8.
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Certain
Provisions Applicable to Awards
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9.
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Change of
Control
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10.
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Additional
Award Forfeiture Provisions
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11.
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General
Provisions
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2005 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE
PLAN
1. Purpose. The purpose of this 2005 Long-Term
Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) is to aid
Abercrombie & Fitch Co., a Delaware corporation (together
with its successors and assigns, the “Company”), in
attracting, retaining, motivating and rewarding certain employees
and non-employee directors of the Company or its subsidiaries or
affiliates, to provide for equitable and competitive compensation
opportunities, to recognize individual contributions and reward
achievement of Company goals, and promote the creation of long-term
value for stockholders by closely aligning the interests of
Participants with those of stockholders. The Plan authorizes stock
based incentives for Participants.
2. Definitions. In addition to the terms defined in
Section 1 above and elsewhere in the Plan, the following
capitalized terms used in the Plan have the respective meanings set
forth in this Section:
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(a) “
Annual Limit ” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 5(b).
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(b) “
Award ” means any Option, SAR, Restricted Stock,
Restricted Stock Unit, or Deferred Stock Award together with any
related right or interest, granted to a Participant under the
Plan.
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(c) “
Beneficiary ” means the legal representatives of the
Participant’s estate entitled by will or the laws of descent
and distribution to receive the benefits under a
Participant’s Award upon a Participant’s death,
provided that, if and to the extent authorized by the Committee, a
Participant may be permitted to designate a Beneficiary, in which
case the “Beneficiary” instead will be the person,
persons, trust or trusts (if any are then surviving) which have
been designated by the Participant in his or her most recent
written and duly filed beneficiary designation to receive the
benefits specified under the Participant’s Award upon such
Participant’s death.
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(d) “
Board ” means the Company’s Board of
Directors.
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(e) “
Change of Control ” has the meanings specified in
Section 9.
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(f) “
Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended. References to any provision of the Code or regulation
thereunder shall include any successor provisions and regulations,
and reference to regulations includes any applicable guidance or
pronouncement of the Department of the Treasury and Internal
Revenue Service.
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(g) “
Committee ” means the Compensation Committee of the
Board, the composition and governance of which is established in
the Committee’s Charter as approved from time to time by the
Board and subject to Section 303A.05 of the Listed Company
Manual of the New York Stock Exchange, and other corporate
governance documents of the Company. No action of the Committee
shall be void or deemed to be without authority due to the failure
of any member, at the time the action was taken, to meet any
qualification standard set forth in the Committee Charter or the
Plan. The full Board may perform any function of the Committee
hereunder except to the extent limited under Section 303A.05
of the Listed Company Manual, in which case the term
“Committee” shall refer to the Board.
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(h) “
Covered Employee ” means an Eligible Person who is a
Covered Employee as specified in Section 11(j).
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(i) “
Deferred Stock Award ” means a right, granted to
non-employee directors under the Plan, to receive Stock in
accordance with the terms and conditions of the
1998 Directors’ Deferred
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Compensation
Plan, as amended in 2003, or any successor plan providing for the
deferral of compensation by non-employee directors.
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(j) “
Effective Date ” means the effective date specified in
Section 11(q).
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(k) “
Eligible Person ” has the meaning specified in
Section 5, provided that Michael S. Jeffries is specifically
excluded from participating in Awards made pursuant to the
Plan.
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(l) “
Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended. References to any provision of the Exchange Act
or rule (including a proposed rule) thereunder shall include any
successor provisions and rules.
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(m) “
Fair Market Value ” means the fair market value of
Stock, Awards or other property as determined in good faith by the
Committee or under procedures established by the Committee. Unless
otherwise determined by the Committee, the Fair Market Value of
Stock shall be the opening price per share of Stock reported on a
consolidated basis for securities listed on the principal stock
exchange or market on which Stock is traded on the day as of which
such value is being determined or, if there is no opening price on
that day, then the closing price on the last previous day on which
a closing price was reported.
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(n) “
Incentive Stock Option ” or “ ISO ”
means any Option designated as an incentive stock option within the
meaning of Code Section 422 and qualifying
thereunder.
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(o) “
Option ” means a right, granted under the Plan, to
purchase Stock.
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(p) “
Participant ” means a person who has been granted an
Award under the Plan which remains outstanding, including a person
who is no longer an Eligible Person.
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(q) “
Restricted Stock ” means Stock granted under the Plan
which is subject to certain restrictions and to a risk of
forfeiture.
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(r) “
Restricted Stock Unit ” or “ RSU ”
means a right, granted under the Plan, to receive Stock, cash or
other Awards or a combination thereof at the end of a specified
deferral period.
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(s) “
Retirement ” means, unless otherwise stated by the
Committee (or the Board) in an applicable Award agreement,
Participant’s voluntary termination of employment (with the
approval of the Board) after achieving 65 years of
age.
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(t) “
Rule 16b-3 ” means Rule 16b-3, as from time
to time in effect and applicable to Participants, promulgated by
the Securities and Exchange Commission under Section 16 of the
Exchange Act.
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(u) “
Stock ” means the Company’s Common Stock, par
value $0.01 per share, and any other equity securities of the
Company or other issuer that may be substituted or resubstituted
for Stock pursuant to Section 11(c).
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(v) “
Stock Appreciation Rights ” or “ SAR
” means a right granted to a Participant under
Section 6(c).
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(a) Authority of the Committee. The Plan shall
be administered by the Committee, which shall have full and final
authority, in each case subject to and consistent with the
provisions of the Plan, to select Eligible Persons to become
Participants; to grant Awards; to determine the type and number of
Awards, the
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dates on which
Awards may be exercised and on which the risk of forfeiture or
deferral period relating to Awards shall lapse or terminate, the
acceleration of any such dates, the expiration date of any Award,
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,
Stock, other Awards, or other property, and other terms and
conditions of, and all other matters relating to, Awards; to
prescribe documents evidencing or setting terms of Awards (such
Award documents need not be identical for each Participant),
amendments thereto, and rules and regulations for the
administration of the Plan and amendments thereto (including
outstanding Awards ) ; to construe and interpret the Plan
and Award documents and correct defects, supply omissions or
reconcile inconsistencies therein; and to make all other decisions
and determinations as the Committee may deem necessary or advisable
for the administration of the Plan. Decisions of the Committee with
respect to the administration and interpretation of the Plan shall
be final, conclusive, and binding upon all persons interested in
the Plan, including Participants, Beneficiaries, transferees under
Section 11(b) and other persons claiming rights from or
through a Participant, and stockholders.
(b) Manner of Exercise of Committee Authority.
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
act through subcommittees, including for purposes of perfecting
exemptions under Rule 16b-3 or qualifying Awards under Code
Section 162(m) as performance-based compensation, in which
case the subcommittee shall be subject to and have authority under
the charter applicable to the Committee, and the acts of the
subcommittee shall be deemed to be acts of the Committee hereunder.
The Committee may delegate the administration of the Plan to one or
more officers or employees of the Company, and such
administrator(s) may have the authority to execute and distribute
Award agreements or other documents evidencing or relating to
Awards granted by the Committee under this Plan, to maintain
records relating to Awards, to process or oversee the issuance of
Stock under Awards, to interpret and administer the terms of Awards
and to take such other actions as may be necessary or appropriate
for the administration of the Plan and of Awards under the Plan,
provided that in no case shall any such administrator be authorized
(i) to grant Awards under the Plan, (ii) to take any
action that would result in the loss of an exemption under
Rule 16b-3 for Awards granted to or held by Participants who
at the time are subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act in
respect of the Company or that would cause Awards intended to
qualify as “performance-based compensation” under Code
Section 162(m) to fail to so qualify, (iii) to take any
action inconsistent with Section 157 and other applicable
provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or (iv) to
make any determination required to be made by the Committee under
the New York Stock Exchange corporate governance standards
applicable to listed company compensation committees (currently,
Rule 303A.05). Any action by any such administrator within the
scope of its delegation shall be deemed for all purposes to have
been taken by the Committee and, except as otherwise specifically
provided, references in this Plan to the Committee shall include
any such administrator. The Committee established pursuant to
Section 1.3(a) and, to the extent it so provides, any
subcommittee, shall have sole authority to determine whether to
review any actions and/or interpretations of any such
administrator, and if the Committee shall decide to conduct such a
review, any such actions and/or interpretations of any such
administrator shall be subject to approval, disapproval or
modification by the Committee.
(c) Limitation of Liability. The Committee and
each member thereof, and any person acting pursuant to authority
delegated by the Committee, shall be entitled, in good faith, to
rely or act upon any report or other information furnished by any
executive officer, other officer or employee of the Company or a
subsidiary or affiliate, the Company’s independent auditors,
consultants or any other agents assisting in the administration of
the Plan. Members of the Committee, any person acting pursuant to
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delegated by
the Committee, and any officer or employee of the Company or a
subsidiary or affiliate acting at the direction or on behalf of the
Committee or a delegee shall not be personally liable for any
action or determination taken or made in good faith with respect to
the Plan, and shall, to the extent permitted by law, be fully
indemnified and protected by the Company with respect to any such
action or determination.
4. Stock Subject to Plan.
(a) Overall Number of Shares Available for
Delivery. The total number of shares of Stock reserved and
available for delivery in connection with Awards under the Plan
shall be two percent of the sum of (i) the total common shares
outstanding and (ii) the unexercised options and restricted
stock units held by employees and non-employee directors as of
April 6, 2005, or 1,982,710 shares. Subject to limitations
provided in Section 6(b)(iv), any of the 1,982,710 authorized
shares may be granted as ISOs. The total number of shares available
is subject to adjustment as provided in Section 11(c). Any
shares of Stock delivered under the Plan shall consist of
authorized and unissued shares or treasury shares.
(b) Share Counting Rules. The Committee may
adopt reasonable counting procedures to ensure appropriate
counting, avoid double counting (as, for example, in the case of
tandem or substitute awards) and make adjustments in accordance
with this Section 4(b). To the extent that an Award under the
Plan is canceled, expired, forfeited, settled in cash, settled by
issuance of fewer shares than the number underlying the Award, or
otherwise terminated without delivery of shares to the Participant,
the shares retained by or returned to the Company will be available
under the Plan; and shares that are withheld from such an Award or
separately surrendered by the Participant in payment of any
exercise price or taxes relating to such an Award shall be deemed
to constitute shares not delivered to the Participant and will be
available under the Plan. In addition, in the case of any Award
granted in assumption of or in substitution for an award of a
company or business acquired by the Company or a subsidiary or
affiliate or with which the Company or a subsidiary or affiliate
combines, shares issued or issuable in connection with such
substitute Award shall not be counted against the number of shares
reserved under the Plan.
5. Eligibility; Per-Person Award
Limitations.
(a) Eligibility. Awards may be granted under
the Plan only to Eligible Persons. For purposes of the Plan, an
“Eligible Person” means (i) an employee of the
Company or any subsidiary or affiliate who is subject to
Section 16 of the Exchange Act at the time of grant, including
any person who has been offered employment by the Company or a
subsidiary or affiliate, provided that such prospective employee
may not receive any payment or exercise any right relating to an
Award until such person has commenced employment with the Company
or a subsidiary or affiliate, and (ii) any non-employee
directors of the Company or any subsidiary or affiliate. An
employee on leave of absence may be considered as still in the
employ of the Company or a subsidiary or affiliate for purposes of
eligibility for participation in the Plan, if so determined by the
Committee. For purposes of the Plan, a joint venture in which the
Company or a subsidiary has a substantial direct or indirect equity
investment shall be deemed an affiliate, if so determined by the
Committee. Holders of awards granted by a company or business
acquired by the Company or a subsidiary or affiliate, or with which
the Company or a subsidiary or affiliate combines, who will become
Eligible Persons are eligible for grants of substitute awards
granted in assumption of or in substitution for such outstanding
awards previously granted under the Plan in connection with such
acquisition or combination transaction, if so determined by the
Committee.
(b) Per-Person Award Limitations. In each
calendar year during any part of which the Plan is in effect, an
Eligible Person may be granted Awards under each of
Section 6(b), 6(c), 6(d), or 6(e) relating to up to his or her
Annual Limit (such Annual Limit to apply separately to the type of
Award authorized under
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each specified
subsection). A Participant’s Annual Limit, in any year during
any part of which the Participant is then eligible under the Plan,
shall equal two hundred and fifty thousand (250,000) shares plus
the amount of the Participant’s unused Annual Limit relating
to the same type of Award as of the close of the previous year,
subject to adjustment as provided in Section 11(c).
(c) Limits on Non-Employee Director Awards.
Non-employee directors may be granted any type of Award under the
Plan, but a non-employee director may be granted Awards relating to
no more than 10,000 shares annually, subject to adjustment as
provided in Section 11(c). Such annual limit shall not include
any Deferred Stock Awards granted in lieu of other forms of
compensation.
6. Specific Terms of Awards.
(a) General. Awards may be granted on the terms
and conditions set forth in this Section 6. In addition, the
Committee may impose on any Award or the exercise thereof, at the
date of grant or thereafter (subject to Sections 11(e) and
11(k)), such additional terms and conditions, not inconsistent with
the provisions of the Plan, as the Committee shall determine,
including terms requiring forfeiture of Awards in the event of
termination of employment or service by the Participant and terms
permitting a Participant to make elections relating to his or her
Award. The Committee shall retain full power and discretion with
respect to any term or condition of an Award that is not mandatory
under the Plan, subject to Section 11(k). The Committee shall
require the payment of lawful consideration for an Award to the
extent necessary to satisfy the requirements of the Delaware
General Corporation Law, and may otherwise require payment of
consideration for an Award except as limited by the
Plan.
(b) Options. The Committee is authorized to
grant Options to Participants on the following terms and
conditions:
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(i)
Exercise Price. The exercise price per share of Stock
purchasable under an Option (including both ISOs and non-qualified
Options) shall be determined by the Committee, provided that,
notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary such
exercise price shall be (A) fixed as of the grant date, and
(B) not less than the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on
the grant date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any substitute award
granted in assumption of or in substitution for an outstanding
award granted by a company or business acquired by the Company or a
subsidiary or affiliate, or with which the Company or a subsidiary
or affiliate combines, may be granted with an exercise price per
share of Stock other than as required above.
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(ii) No
Repricing. Without the approval of stockholders, the Committee
will not amend or replace previously granted Options in a
transaction that constitutes a “repricing,” as such
term is used in Section 303A.08 of the Listed Company Manual
of the New York Stock Exchange.
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(iii)
Option Term; Time and Method of Exercise. The Committee
shall determine the term of each Option, provided that in no event
shall the term of any Option exceed a period of ten years from the
date of grant. The Committee shall determine the time or times at
which or the circumstances under which an Option may be exercised
in whole or in part, provided that, notwithstanding anything
contained herein to the contrary, the sole and exclusive basis for
determining both the vesting and exercisability of an option will
be the passage of a specific period of time or the occurrence or
non-occurrence of certain specific non-performance related events
(e.g. death, disability, termination of employment and Change of
Control). In addition, the Committee shall determine the methods by
which such exercise price may be paid or deemed to be paid and the
form of such payment (subject to Sections 11(k) and 11(l)),
including, without limitation, cash, Stock (including by
withholding Stock
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deliverable
upon exercise), other Awards or awards granted under other plans of
the Company or any subsidiary or affiliate, or other property
(including through broker-assisted “cashless exercise”
arrangements, to the extent permitted by applicable law), and the
methods by or forms in which Stock will be delivered or deemed to
be delivered in satisfaction of Options to Participants.
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(iv)
ISOs. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Section 6, in the case of the grant of an Option intending to
qualify as an ISO: (i) if the Participant owns stock
possessing more than 10 percent of the combined voting power
of all classes of stock of the Company (a “10%
Shareholder”), the purchase price of such Option must be at
least 110 percent of the fair market value of the Common Stock
on the date of grant and the Option must expire within a period of
not more than five (5) years from the date of grant, and
(ii) termination of employment will occur when the person to
whom an Award was granted ceases to be an employee (as determined
in accordance with Section 3401(c) of the Code and the
regulations promulgated thereunder) of the Company and its
subsidiaries. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 6 to
the contrary, Options designated as ISOs shall not be eligible for
treatment under the Code as ISOs to the extent that either
(iii) the aggregate fair market value of shares of Common
Stock (determined as of the time of grant) with respect to which
such Options are exercisable for the first time by the Participant
during any calendar year (under all plans of the Company and any
Subsidiary) exceeds $100,000, taking Options into account in the
order in which they were granted, and (iv) such Options
otherwise remain exercisable but are not exercised within three
(3) months of termination of employment (or such other period
of time provided in Section 422 of the Code).
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(c) Stock Appreciation Rights. The Committee is
authorized to grant SARs to Participants on the following terms and
conditions:
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(i)
Right to Payment. An SAR shall confer on the Participant to
whom it is granted a right to receive, upon exercise thereof,
shares of Stock having a value equal to the excess of (A) the
Fair Market Value of one share of Stock on the date of exercise
(or, in the case of a “Limited SAR,” the Fair Market
Value determined by reference to the Change of Control Price, as
defined under the applicable award agreement) over (B) the
exercise or settlement price of the SAR as determined by the
Committee. Stock Appreciation Rights may be granted to Participants
from time to time either in tandem with or as a component of other
Awards granted under the Plan (“tandem SARs”) or not in
conjunction with other Awards (“freestanding SARs”) and
may, but need not, relate to a specific Option granted under
Section 6(b). The per share price for exercise or settlement
of SARs (including both tandem SARs and freestanding SARs) shall be
determined by the Committee, but in the case of SARs that are
granted in tandem to an Option shall not be less than the exercise
price of the Option and in the case of freestanding SARs shall be
(A) fixed as of the grant date, and (B) not less than the
Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the grant date.
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(ii) No
Repricing. Without the approval of stockholders, the Committee
will not amend or replace previously granted SARs in a transaction
that constitutes a “repricing,” as such term is used in
Section 303A.08 of the Listed Company Manual of the New York
Stock Exchange.
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(iii)
Other Terms. The Committee shall determine the term of each
SAR, provided that in no event shall the term of an SAR exceed a
period of ten years from the date of grant. The Committee shall
determine at the date of grant or thereafter, the time or times at
which and the circumstances under which a SAR may be exercised in
whole or in part (including based on future service requirements),
the method of exercise, method of settlement, method by or forms in
which Stock will
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be delivered or
deemed to be delivered to Participants, and whether or not a SAR
shall be free-standing or in tandem or combination with any other
Award. Limited SARs that may only be exercised in connection with a
Change of Control or termination of service following a Change of
Control as specified by the Committee may be granted on such terms,
not inconsistent with this Section 6(c), as the Committee may
determine. The Committee may require that an outstanding Option be
exchanged for an SAR exercisable for Stock having vesting,
expiration, and other terms substantially the same as the Option,
so long as such exchange will not result in additional accounting
expense to the Company.
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(d) Restricted Stock. The Committee is
authorized to grant Restricted Stock to Participants on the
following terms and conditions:
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(i)
Grant and Restrictions. Subject to Section 6(d)(ii),
Restricted Stock shall be subject to such restrictions on
transferability, risk of forfeiture and other restrictions, if any,
as the Committee may impose, which restrictions may lapse
separately or in combination at such times, under such
circumstances (including based on achievement of performance
conditions and/or future service requirements), in such
installments or otherwise and under such other circumstances as the
Committee may determine at the date of grant or thereafter. Except
to the extent restricted under the terms of the Plan and any Award
document relating to the Restricted Stock, a Participant granted
Restricted Stock shall have all of the rights of a stockholder,
including the right to vote the Restricted Stock and the right to
receive dividends thereon (subject to any mandatory reinvestment or
other requirement imposed by the Committee). Upon any forfeiture of
Restricted Stock a Participant shall cease to have any rights of a
stockholder and shall return any certificates representing such
Restricted Stock to the Company.
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(ii)
Limitation on Vesting. The grant, issuance, retention,
vesting and/or settlement of Restricted Stock shall occur at such
time and in such installments as determined by the Committee or
under criteria established by the Committee. Subject to
Section 10, the Committee shall have the right to make the
timing of the grant and/or the issuance, ability to retain, vesting
and/or settlement of Restricted Stock subject to continued
employment, passage of time and/or such performance conditions as
deemed appropriate by the Committee; provided that the grant,
issuance, retention, vesting and/or settlement of a Restricted
Stock Award that is based in whole or in part on performance
conditions and/or the level of achievement versus such performance
conditions shall be subject to a performance period of not less
than one year, and any Award based solely upon continued employment
or the passage of time shall vest over a period not less than three
years from the date the Award is made, provided that such vesting
may occur ratably over the three-year period. The foregoing minimum
vesting conditions need not apply (A) in the case of the
death, disability or Retirement of the Participant or termination
in connection with a Change of Control, and (B) with respect
to up to an aggregate of 5% of the shares of Stock authorized under
the Plan, which may be granted (or regranted upon forfeiture) as
Restricted Stock or RSUs without regard to such minimum vesting
requirements.
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(iii)
Certificates for Stock. Restricted Stock granted under the
Plan may be evidenced in such manner as the Committee shall
determine. If certificates representing Restricted Stock are
registered in the name of the Participant, the Committee may
require that such certificates bear an appropriate legend referring
to the terms, conditions and restrictions applicable to such
Restricted Stock, that the Company retain physical possession of
the certificates, and that the Participant deliver a stock power to
the Company, endorsed in blank, relating to the Restricted
Stock.
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(iv)
Dividends and Splits. As a condition to the grant of an
Award of Restricted Stock, the Committee may require that any
dividends paid on a share of Restricted Stock shall be either (A)
paid with respect to such Restricted Stock at the dividend payment
date in cash, in kind, or in a number of shares of unrestricted
Stock having a Fair Market Value equal to the amount of such
dividends, or (B) automatically reinvested in additional
Restricted Stock or held in kind, which shall be subject to the
same terms as applied to the original Restricted Stock to which it
relates. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, Stock
distributed in connection with a Stock split or Stock dividend, and
other property distributed as a dividend, shall be subject to
restrictions and a risk of forfeiture to the same extent as the
Restricted Stock with respect to which such Stock or other property
has been distributed.
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(e) Restricted Stock Units. The Committee is
authorized to grant RSUs to Participants, subject to the following
terms and conditions:
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(i)
Award and Restrictions. Subject to Section 6(e)(ii),
RSUs shall be subject to such restrictions on transferability, risk
of forfeiture and other restrictions, if any, as the Committee may
impose, which restrictions may lapse separately or in combination
at such times, under such circumstances (including based on
achievement of performance conditions and/or future service
requirements), in such installments or otherwise and under such
other circumstances as the Committee may determine at the date of
grant or thereafter. A Participant granted RSUs shall not have any
of the rights of a stockholder, including the right to vote, until
Stock shall have been issued in the Participant’s name
pursuant to the RSUs, except that the Committee may provide for
dividend equivalents pursuant to Section 6(e)(iii)
below).
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(ii)
Limitation on Vesting. The grant, issuance, retention,
vesting and/or settlement of RSUs shall occur at such time and in
such installments as determined by the Committee or under criteria
established by the Committee. Subject to Section 10, the
Committee shall have the right to make the timing of the grant
and/or the issuance, ability to retain, vesting and/or settlement
of RSUs subject to continued employment, passage of tim
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