Exhibit 10.2
The Cooper Companies,
Inc.
Amended and Restated 2007
Long-Term Incentive Plan
As Approved by Stockholders:
March 18, 2009
Amended and Restated 2007 Long-Term Incentive
Plan
The Cooper Companies,
Inc.
Amended and Restated 2007
Long-Term Incentive Plan
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Section 1. Purpose; Definitions
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Section 2. Administration
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Section 3. Stock Subject To
Plan
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Section 4. Eligibility
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Section 5. Stock Options
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Section 6. Stock Appreciation
Rights
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Section 7. Restricted Stock
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Section 8. Deferred Stock
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Section 9. Stock Purchase
Rights
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Section 10. Long-Term Performance
Awards
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Section 11. Amendments And
Termination
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Section 12. Unfunded Status Of
Plan
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Section 13. General
Provisions
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Section 14. Effective Date Of
Plan
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Section 15. Term Of Plan
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Section 16. Certain Stock Options For
United Kingdom Employees
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SCHEDULE A
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Section A1. Eligibility
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Section A2. Stock Subject To The
Plan
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Section A3. Stock Options
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Section A4. Amendments And
Termination
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The Cooper Companies,
Inc.
Amended and Restated 2007
Long-Term Incentive Plan
Section 1. Purpose;
Definitions.
The purpose of The Cooper Companies,
Inc. 2007 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the ‘Plan’) is to
enable the Company to attract, retain and reward key employees and
consultants to the Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates, and
strengthen the mutuality of interests between such key employees
and consultants and the Company’s stockholders, by offering
such key employees and consultants performance-based incentive
equity interests in the Company.
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 as an entity for which the Company has a
legitimate business interest in allowing such entity to be a
participating employer under the Plan, provided 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) “Board” means
the Board of Directors of the Company.
(c) “Book Value”
means, as of any given date, on a per share basis (i) the
Stockholders’ Equity in the Company as of the end of the
immediately preceding fiscal year as reflected in the
Company’s consolidated balance sheet, subject to such
adjustments as the Committee shall specify at or after grant,
divided by (ii) the number of then outstanding shares of Stock
as of such year-end date (as adjusted by the Committee for
subsequent events).
(d) “Code” means
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time,
and any successor thereto.
(e) “Committee”
shall mean the Board or, if the Board delegates its power and
authority to administer this Plan to a committee of the Board
described in this Section 2 of the Plan, such
committee.
(f) “Company”
means The Cooper Companies, Inc., a corporation organized under the
laws of the State of Delaware, or any successor
corporation.
(g) “Deferred
Stock” or “Deferred Stock Award” means
an award made pursuant to Section 8 below of the right to
receive Stock at the end of a specified deferral period.
(h) “Disability”
means disability as determined under procedures established by the
Committee for purposes of this Plan.
(i) “Early
Retirement” means retirement from consulting or active
employment with the Company and any Subsidiary or Affiliate after
satisfying the requirements for early retirement under the
provisions of the applicable pension plan of such entity, and
receiving the consent of the Company prior to such retirement under
the terms of this Plan.
(j) “Exchange
Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
(k) “Fair Market
Value” means, as of any given date, unless otherwise
determined by the Committee in good faith, the closing price of the
Stock on the New York Stock Exchange as reported on
http://finance.yahoo.com or, if no such sale of Stock occurs
on the New York Stock Exchange on such date, the fair market value
of the Stock as determined by the Committee in good
faith.
(l) “Full Value
Award” means any Grant other than an Option or other
Grant for which the Participant pays the intrinsic value (whether
directly or by forgoing a right to receive a payment from the
Company).
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(m) “Grant” means
an instrument or agreement evidencing an option, SAR, etc granted
hereunder, which may, but need not be, acknowledged by the
recipient thereof.
(n) “Incentive Stock
Option” or “ISO” means any Stock
Option intended to be and designated as an ‘Incentive Stock
Option’ within the meaning of Section 422 of the
Code.
(o) “Long-term Performance
Award” means an award under Section 10 below that is
valued in whole or in part based on the achievement of Company,
Subsidiary, Affiliate, or individual performance factors or
criteria as the Committee may deem appropriate.
(p) “Non-Employee
Director” shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 16b-3
as promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission under the
Exchange Act, or any successor definition adopted by the
Commission.
(q) “Non-Qualified Stock
Option” or “NQSO” means any Stock
Option that is not an Incentive Stock Option.
(r) “Normal
Retirement” means retirement from consulting or active
employment with the Company and any Subsidiary or Affiliate on or
after age 65.
(s) “Performance
Criteria” means any one or more of the following: net
earnings (either before or after interest, taxes, depreciation and
amortization), economic value-added, sales or revenue, net income
(either before or after taxes), operating earnings, cash flow
(including, but not limited to, operating cash flow and free cash
flow), cash flow return on capital, return on net assets, return on
stockholders’ equity, return on assets, return on capital,
stockholder returns, return on sales, gross or net profit margin,
productivity, expense, margins, operating efficiency, customer
satisfaction, working capital, earnings per share, price per share
of Stock, and market share, any of which may be measured either in
absolute terms or as compared to any incremental increase or as
compared to results of a peer group.
(t) “Plan” means
this 2007 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as hereinafter amended from
time to time.
(u) “Restricted
Stock” means an award of shares of Stock that is subject
to restrictions under Section 7 below.
(v) “Retirement”
means Normal or Early Retirement.
(w) “Stock” means
the Common Stock, $0.10 par value per share, of the
Company.
(x) “Stock Appreciation
Right” or “SAR” means the right
pursuant to an award granted under Section 6 below to receive
from the Company an amount of cash or shares of Stock with a Fair
Market Value equal to the excess, if any, of the Fair Market Value
of a number of shares of Stock specified in such award at the time
of exercise of the right over the Fair Market Value of such number
of shares of Stock on the date the right was granted.
(y) “Stock
Option” or “Option” means any option
to purchase shares of Stock (including Restricted Stock and
Deferred Stock, if the Committee so determines) granted pursuant to
Section 5 below.
(z) “Stock Purchase
Right” means the right to purchase Stock pursuant to
Section 9.
(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 stock possessing 50%, or more of the total combined
voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other
corporations in the chain.
In addition, the term “
Cause ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 5(i) below.
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Section 2. Administration.
The Plan shall be administered by
the Board or, if the Board delegates its power and authority to
administer this Plan to a committee of the Board, such committee.
Any such committee shall consist solely of two or more directors
appointed by and holding office at the pleasure of the Board, each
of whom is a “Non-Employee Director” of the Company as
defined in Rule 16b-3 of the Exchange Act and an
“outside director” for purposes of Section 162(m)
of the Code. If the Board delegates its power and authority to
administer this Plan to a committee, the members of such committee
shall serve at the pleasure of the Board, such committee members
may resign at any time by delivering written notice to the Board
and vacancies in the committee may be filled by the
Board.
The Committee shall have full
authority to grant, pursuant to the terms of the Plan, to officers,
consultants and other key employees eligible under Section 4:
(i) Stock Options, (ii) Stock Appreciation Rights,
(iii) Restricted Stock, (iv) Deferred Stock,
(v) Stock Purchase Rights, and/or (vi) Long-term
Performance Awards.
In particular, the Committee shall
have the authority:
(i) to select the officers,
consultants and other key employees of the Company and its
Subsidiaries and Affiliates to whom Stock Options, Stock
Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock, Deferred Stock, Stock
Purchase Rights, and/or Long-term Performance Awards may from time
to time be granted hereunder;
(ii) to determine whether and to
what extent Incentive Stock Options, Non-Qualified Stock Options,
Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock, Deferred Stock, Stock
Purchase Rights, and/or Long-term Performance Awards, or any
combination thereof, are to be granted hereunder to one or more
eligible employees;
(iii) to determine the number of
shares, if applicable, to be covered by each such award granted
hereunder;
(iv) to determine the terms and
conditions, not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan, of any
award granted hereunder (including, but not limited to, the share
price and any restriction or limitation, or any vesting
acceleration or waiver of forfeiture restrictions regarding any
Stock Option or other award and/or the shares of Stock relating
thereto, based in each case on such factors as the Committee shall
determine, in its sole discretion);
(v) to determine whether and under
what circumstances a Stock Option may be settled in cash,
Restricted Stock and/or Deferred Stock under Section 5(k) or
(1), as applicable, instead of Stock;
(vi) to determine whether, to what
extent and under what circumstances Option grants and/or other
awards under the Plan and/or other cash awards made by the Company
are to be made, and operate, on a tandem basis vis à vis
other awards under the Plan and/or cash awards made outside of the
Plan, or on an additive basis;
(vii) to determine whether, to what
extent and under what circumstances Stock and other amounts,
payable with respect to an award under this Plan shall be deferred
either automatically or at the election of the participant
(including providing for and determining the amount (if any) of any
deemed earnings on any deferred amount during any deferral period);
and
(viii) to determine the terms and
restrictions applicable to Stock Purchase Rights and the Stock
purchased by exercising such Rights.
(ix) to interpret the Plan and
remedy any inconsistencies and ambiguities herein and between any
agreement evidencing an award thereunder.
The Committee shall have the
authority to adopt, alter and repeal such rules, guidelines and
practices governing the Plan as it shall, from time to time, deem
advisable; to interpret the terms and provisions of the Plan and
any award issued under the Plan (and any agreements relating
thereto); and to otherwise supervise the administration of the
Plan.
All decisions made by the Committee
pursuant to the provisions of the Plan shall be made in the
Committee’s sole discretion and shall be final and binding on
all persons, including the Company and Plan
participants.
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Section 3. Stock Subject To
Plan.
The total number of shares of Stock
reserved and available for distribution pursuant to stock options
or other awards relating to Stock made under the Plan shall be
3,700,000 shares. Such shares may consist, in whole or in part, of
authorized and unissued shares or treasury shares. The maximum
number of shares with respect to which an employee may be granted
awards under this Plan during any fiscal year is
250,000.
Subject to Section 6(b)(iv)
below, if any shares of Stock that have been optioned cease to be
subject to a Stock Option, or if any such shares of Stock that are
subject to any Restricted Stock or Deferred Stock Award, Stock
Purchase Right, or Long-term Performance Award granted hereunder
are forfeited or any such award otherwise terminates without a
payment being made to the participant in the form of Stock, such
shares shall again be available for distribution in connection with
future awards under the Plan.
In the event of any merger,
reorganization, consolidation, recapitalization, Stock dividend,
Stock split or other change in corporate structure affecting the
Stock, an equitable and appropriate substitution or adjustment
shall be made in the aggregate number of shares reserved for
issuance under the Plan, in the number and option or base price of
shares subject to outstanding Options and SARs granted under the
Plan, in the number and purchase price of shares subject to
outstanding Stock Purchase Rights under the Plan, and in the number
of shares subject to other outstanding awards granted under the
Plan, provided that the number of shares subject to any Grant shall
always be a whole number. The right to have such substitutions and
adjustments made is nondiscretionary, but how such substitutions
and adjustments are made shall be determined in the discretion of
the Committee. In addition, in the event of any merger or other
corporate transaction or event which results in shares of Stock
being purchased for cash, or being exchanged for or converted into
cash or the right to receive cash, the Committee, in its sole
discretion, and on such terms and conditions as it deems
appropriate, may provide that any Stock Option, Stock Appreciation
Right, Restricted Stock or Deferred Stock Award, Stock Purchase
Right, or Long-term Performance Award shall be converted into the
right to receive an amount of cash equal to the amount of cash, if
any, that would have been received, in the event of such merger or
corporate transaction or event, if such Stock Option, Stock
Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock or Deferred Stock Award, Stock
Purchase Right, or Long-term Performance Award had been fully
exercisable or payable, or vested and had been exercised or paid
immediately prior to such merger or other corporate transaction or
event to the extent of the cash value thereof, and, upon such
conversion, such Stock Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted
Stock or Deferred Stock Award, Stock Purchase Right, or Long-term
Performance Award (including any such Stock Option, Stock
Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock or Deferred Stock Award, Stock
Purchase Right, or Long-term Performance Award which, under the
terms of such merger or other corporate transaction or event, would
have no cash value) shall be cancelled.
Section 4.
Eligibility.
Officers, consultants and such
employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates (but
excluding members of the Committee and any person who serves only
as a director) whom the Committee determines is responsible for or
contributes to the management, growth and/or profitability of the
business of the Company and/or its Subsidiaries and Affiliates are
eligible to be granted awards under the Plan.
Section 5. Stock
Options.
Stock Options may be granted alone,
in addition to or in tandem with other awards granted under the
Plan and/or cash awards made outside of the Plan. Any Stock Option
granted under the Plan shall be in such form as the Committee may
from time to time approve.
Stock Options granted under the Plan
may be of two types: (i) Incentive Stock Options and
(ii) Non-Qualified Stock Options.
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The Committee shall have the
authority to grant to any optionee Incentive Stock Options,
Non-Qualified Stock Options, or both types of Stock Options (in
each case with or without Stock Appreciation Rights); provided,
however that Incentive Stock Options shall only be granted to an
individual who, at the time of grant, is an employee of the Company
or a Subsidiary.
Options granted under the Plan shall
be subject to the following terms and conditions and shall contain
such additional terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the
terms of the Plan, as the Committee shall deem
desirable:
(a) Option Price . The option
price per share of Stock purchasable under a Stock Option shall be
determined by the Committee at the time of grant but shall not be
less than the Fair Market Value on the date of grant.
(b) Option Term . The term of
each Stock Option shall be fixed by the Committee, but no Stock
Option shall be exercisable more than ten years after the date the
Option is granted. No Incentive Stock Option shall be granted more
than ten years after the date this Plan is approved by the
stockholders of the Company under Section 14.
(c) Exercisability . Stock
Options shall be exercisable at such time or times and subject to
such terms and conditions as shall be determined by the Committee
in its sole discretion at or after grant.
(d) Method of Exercise .
Subject to whatever exercise provisions apply under
Section 5(c), Stock Options may be exercised in whole or in
part at any time during the option period, by giving written notice
of exercise to the Company specifying the number of shares to be
purchased. Such notice shall be accompanied by payment in full of
the purchase price, either by check, note or such other instrument
as the Committee may accept. Except as otherwise prohibited by law,
as determined by the Committee, in its sole discretion, at or after
grant, payment in full or in part may also be made (i) in the
form of Stock subject to an award (based, in each case, on the Fair
Market Value of the Stock on the date the option is exercised, as
determined by the Committee); provided, however, that, in the case
of an Incentive Stock Option, the right to make a payment in the
form of already owned shares may be authorized only at the time the
option is granted; or (ii) through the delivery of a notice
that the optionee has placed a market sell order with a broker with
respect to shares of Stock then issuable upon exercise of the
Option, and that the broker has been directed to pay a sufficient
portion of the net proceeds of the sale to the Company in
satisfaction of the Option exercise price, provided that payment of
such proceeds is made to the Company prior to the delivery of any
shares of Stock by the Company. No shares of Stock shall be issued
until full payment therefor has been made. An optionee shall
generally have the rights to dividends or other rights of a
stockholder with respect to shares subject to the Option when the
optionee has given written notice of exercise, has paid in full for
such shares, and, if requested, has given the representation
described in Section 13(a).
(e) Transferability of
Options . No Stock Option shall be transferable by the optionee
otherwise than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution,
and all Stock Options shall be exercisable, during the
optionee’s lifetime, only by the optionee or by his guardian
or legal representative. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a
Non-Qualified Stock Option may be transferred to, exercised by and
paid to a trust in which the optionee has a fifty percent or more
interest or a foundation which the optionee controls the management
of the assets, provided that (i) the optionee receives no
consideration for such transfer, and (ii) the transferee
receives the Non-Qualified Stock Option subject to the same
restrictions imposed upon the transferor and pursuant to such
conditions and procedures as the Committee may establish. Any
permitted transfer shall be subject to the condition that the
Committee receives evidence satisfactory to it that the trust is
and shall remain under the control of the optionee and that the
transfer is being made for estate and/or tax planning purposes and
on a basis consistent with the Company’s lawful issue of
securities.
(f) Termination by Death .
Subject to Section 5(j), if an optionee’s employment by
or consultancy with the Company and any Subsidiary or Affiliate
terminates by reason of death, any Stock Option held by such
optionee may thereafter be exercised, to the extent such option was
exercisable at the time of death or on such accelerated basis as
the Committee may determine at or after grant (or as may be
determined in accordance with procedures established by the
Committee), by the legal representative of the estate or by the
legatee of the optionee under the will of the optionee, for a
period of three years (or such other period as the Committee may
specify at grant) from the date of such death or until the
expiration of the stated term of such Stock Option, whichever
period is the shorter.
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(g) Termination by Reason of
Disability . Subject to Section 5(j), if an
optionee’s employment by or consultancy with the Company and
any Subsidiary or Affiliate terminates by reason of Disability, any
Stock Option held by such optionee may thereafter be exercised by
the optionee, to the extent it was exercisable at the time of
termination or on such accelerated basis as the Committee may
determine at or after grant (or as may be determined in accordance
with procedures established by the Committee), for a period of
three years (or such other period as the Committee may specify at
grant) from the date of such termination of employment or
consultancy or until the expiration of the stated term of such
Stock Option, whichever period is the shorter; provided, however,
that, if the optionee dies within such three-year period (or such
other period as the Committee shall specify at grant), any
unexercised Stock Option held by such optionee shall thereafter be
exercisable to the extent to which it was exercisable at the time
of death for a period of twelve months from the date of such death
or until the expiration of the stated term of such Stock Option,
whichever period is the shorter. In the event of termination of
employment by reason of Disability, if an Incentive Stock Option is
exercised after the expiration of the exercise periods that apply
for purposes of Section 422 of the Code, such Stock Option
will thereafter be treated as a Non-Qualified Stock
Option.
(h) Termination by Reason of
Retirement . Subject to Section 5(j), if an
optionee’s employment by or consultancy with the Company and
any Subsidiary or Affiliate terminates by reason of Normal or Early
Retirement, any Stock Option held by such optionee may thereafter
be exercised by the optionee, to the extent it was exercisable at
the time of such Retirement or on such accelerated basis as the
Committee may determine at or after grant (or as may be, determined
in accordance with procedures established by the Committee), for a
period of three years (or such other period as the Committee may
specify at grant) from the date of such termination of employment
or consultancy or the expiration of the stated term of such Stock
Option, whichever period is the shorter; provided, however, that,
if the optionee dies within such three-year period (or such other
period as the Committee may specify at grant), any unexercised
Stock Option held by such optionee shall thereafter be exercisable,
to the extent to which it was exercisable at the time of death, for
a period of twelve months from the date of such death or until the
expiration of the stated term of such Stock Option, whichever
period is the shorter. In the event of termination of employment by
reason of Retirement, if an Incentive Stock Option is exercised
after the expiration of the exercise periods that apply for
purposes of Section 422 of the Code, the option will
thereafter be treated as a Non-Qualified Stock Option.
(i) Other Termination .
Unless otherwise determined by the Committee (or pursuant to
procedures established by the Committee) at or after grant, if an
optionee’s employment by or consultancy with the Company and
any Subsidiary or Affiliate terminates for any reason other than
death, Disability or Normal or Early Retirement, the Stock Option
shall thereupon terminate, except that such Stock Option may be
exercised for the lesser of three months or the balance of such
Stock Option’s term if the optionee is involuntarily
terminated by the Company and any Subsidiary or Affiliate without
Cause. For purposes of this Plan, “Cause” means the
conviction of, or plea of nolo contendere to a felony by the
participant, or a participant’s willful misconduct or
dishonesty, any of which is directly and materially harmful to the
business or reputation of the Company or any Subsidiary or
Affiliate.
(j) Incentive Stock Options .
Anything in the Plan to the contrary notwithstanding, no term of
this Plan relating to Incentive Stock Options shall be interpreted,
amended or altered, nor shall any discretion or authority granted
under the Plan be so exercised, so as to disqualify the Plan under
Section 422 of the Code, or, without the consent of the
optionee(s) affected, to disqualify any Incentive Stock Option
under such Section 422.
To the extent required for
‘incentive stock option’ status under
Section 422(b)(7) of the Code (taking into account applicable
Internal Revenue Service regulations and pronouncements), the Plan
shall be deemed to provide that the aggregate Fair Market Value
(determined as of the time of grant) of the stock with respect to
which Incentive Stock Options are exercisable for the first time by
the optionee during any calendar year under the Plan and/or any
other stock option plan of the Company or any Subsidiary or parent
corporation (within the meaning of Section 424 of the Code)
after 1986 shall not exceed $100,000. If the aggregate Fair Market
Value exceeds $100,000, then those options in excess of $100,000
will not be treated as ISOs. Those shares not treated as ISOs will
be taxed at ordinary income rates on exercise. If Section 422
is hereafter amended to delete the requirement now in
Section 422(b)(7) that the plan text expressly provide for the
$100,000 limitation set forth in Section 422(b)(7), then this
paragraph of Section 5(j) shall no longer be
operative.
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(k) Buyout Provisions . The
Committee may at any time offer to buy out for a payment in cash,
Stock or Restricted Stock an option previously granted, based on
such terms and conditions as the Committee shall
establish