Exhibit 10.16
BUILDING MATERIALS CORPORATION OF
AMERICA
2001 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
Amended and Restated Effective as
of January 1, 2005
INTRODUCTION
Building Materials Corporation of
America, a Delaware corporation (hereinafter referred to as the
“Corporation”) established the “BUILDING
MATERIALS CORPORATION OF AMERICA 2001 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE
PLAN” (hereinafter referred to as the “Plan”) to
permit the grant of Incentive Units (as hereafter defined) to
eligible employees of the Corporation and the Subsidiaries (as
hereafter defined). The Plan provides for a long term
incentive system that supports the Corporation’s business
strategy and emphasizes pay-for performance by tying reward
opportunities to corporate goals.
The Plan’s original effective
date was December 31, 2000 (the “Effective
Date”). The Corporation hereby amends and restates the
Plan, effective as of January 1, 2005, to comply with the
provisions of Section 409A of the Code (hereinafter defined)
and regulations and guidance issued thereunder
(“Section 409A”). The Plan shall be
interpreted and administered consistent with this intent and shall
apply to all outstanding and prospective Incentive Unit
awards.
I. DEFINITIONS
For purposes of this Plan, the
following terms shall be defined as follows unless the context
clearly indicates otherwise:
(a)
“
Affiliate ” shall mean any member of the group of
corporations, trades or businesses or other organizations
comprising the “controlled group” with the
Corporation. For purposes of the foregoing, whether an entity
is affiliated shall be determined pursuant to the controlled group
rules of Code Section 414; however, a 50% minimum
ownership threshold shall be used when applying the applicable
provisions of (A) Code Section 1563 for determining a
controlled group of corporations under Code Section 414(b),
and (B) Treasury Regulation Section 1.414(c)-2 for
determining the trades or businesses that are under common control
under Code Section 414(c).
(b)
“
Beneficiary ” shall mean one or more persons, trusts,
estates or other entities designated by the Employee in accordance
with Section V that are entitled to receive payment of a Gain
under this Plan upon the death of an Employee.
(c)
“ Board
of Directors ” or “ Board ” shall mean
the Board of Directors of the Corporation. All determinations by
the Board shall be made in good faith in its sole discretion and
shall be binding and conclusive.
(d)
“ Book
Value ” shall mean, as of any Valuation Date, the sum of
(i) $268,542,680, (ii) the cumulative consolidated net
income or loss of the Corporation for the period January 1,
2001 through the date of determination and (iii) $2,480,625
multiplied by
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the number of full fiscal
quarters of the Corporation that have ended after
December 31, 2000 but on or before the date of
determination (such product representing a 15% per annum credit on
the aggregate dividends or distributions made by the Corporation to
its stockholders during the period of October 1, 1997 through
December 31, 2000), and excluding, to the extent occurring
after December 31, 2000, the impact of (A) nonrecurring
operating losses, nonrecurring operating gains and extraordinary
items, each as determined in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles, (B) any charge incurred after
December 31, 2000 relating to asbestos-related liabilities,
(C) net after-tax gains or losses in respect of dispositions
of assets by the Corporation other than in the ordinary course of
business, (D) any charges relating to amortization of goodwill
and other intangibles arising from the management buy-out of GAF
Corporation in March 1989, and (E) such other items as
the Board of Directors may determine to be extraordinary or unusual
and the impact of which should not be included in consolidated net
income or loss, as the case may be, for the purposes of computing
Book Value. There shall be deducted from Book Value an amount equal
to a 15% per annum charge on the aggregate capital contributions
made to the Corporation by its stockholders during the period
commencing January 1, 2001 and ending with the date of
determination (the “Period”), amounts actually received
by the Corporation during the Period for shares of its capital
stock and, to the extent not actually charged against the net
income of the Corporation, on the outstanding principal amount of
loans and other advances made to the Corporation by affiliates
(excluding Subsidiaries of the Corporation) during the Period.
There shall be added to Book Value a 15% per annum credit on the
aggregate dividends or distributions (including redemption of
shares of its capital stock) made by the Corporation to its
stockholders during the Period and, to the extent interest is not
actually imputed to the Corporation in respect of such amounts, on
the outstanding principal amount of loans and other advances made
by the Corporation to affiliates (excluding Subsidiaries of the
Corporation) during the Period. Any adjustments to Book Value
(including the 15% charge and credit referred to in the preceding
two sentences) shall take into account the tax effect, if any,
associated therewith. If the Corporation’s common stock is
converted into or exchanged for other securities or property
pursuant to a recapitalization, stock split, combination,
reorganization, merger, exchange or similar transaction, or if a
sale of all or substantially all of, the common stock of the
Corporation shall occur or be pending, Book Value, the Incentive
Units and the terms hereof shall be modified by the Board of
Directors in such manner as is reasonable under the circumstances.
All determinations by the Board of Directors hereunder shall be
made in good faith and shall be binding and conclusive.
(e)
“ Change
in Control of the Corporation ” shall mean (i) the
sale or disposition, in one or a series of related transactions
during a twelve-month period ending on the date of the most recent
transaction, of all or substantially all of the assets of the
Corporation (with assets sold or disposed having a total gross fair
market value equal to or more than 75% of the total gross fair
market value of all assets owned directly and indirectly by such
entity immediately prior to such acquisition or acquisitions), to
any “person” or “group” (as such terms are
defined in Sections 13(d)(3) and 14(d)(2) of The
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
“Act”)) other than the Corporation or its Subsidiaries,
or (ii) any person or group, other than an Affiliate, is or
becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in
Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Act), directly or indirectly,
of more than 50% of the total voting power of the voting stock of
the
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Corporation, including by
way of merger, consolidation or otherwise, and an Affiliate of the
Corporation ceases to control the Board.
(f)
“
Code ” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended.
(g)
“
Corporation ” shall have the meaning set forth in the
Introduction.
(h)
“
Committee ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section II(a) hereof.
(i)
“
Default Fixed Exercise Date ” shall mean the Incentive
Unit award Expiration Date.
(j)
“
Deferral Agreement ” shall mean the agreement entered
into by an Employee in accordance with
Section IV(h) below. The Deferral Agreement may be
in the form of one or more documents or electronic media, as
prescribed by the Committee.
(k)
“
Deferred Compensation Plan ” shall mean the GAF
Deferred Compensation Plan, as may be amended from time to
time.
(l)
“
Effective Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in
the Introduction.
(m)
“
Elected Fixed Exercise Date ” shall mean the fixed
date an Employee specifies to exercise his or her Incentive Units
pursuant to Section IV(d)(ii). An Elected Fixed Exercise
Date must be on or after the date the Incentive Units vest and on
or prior to the award Expiration Date.
(n)
“
Employee ” shall mean a common-law employee of the
Corporation or of any Affiliate at a salary grade of 12 (or its
equivalent) or above.
(o)
“
Exercise and Payment Agreement ” shall mean the
agreement entered into by an Employee in accordance with
Section IV(d)(ii). The Exercise and Payment Agreement
may be in the form of one or more documents or electronic media, as
prescribed by the Committee.
(p)
“
Expiration Date ” shall mean the date the Incentive
Unit award expires in accordance with
Section IV(g).
(q)
“ Final
Value ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section IV(e) hereof.
(r)
“
Gain ” shall mean the excess, if any, of the Final
Value of each Incentive Unit over the Initial Value of such
Incentive Unit, reduced by any withholding taxes under
Section VI(b).
(s)
“ Good
Cause ” shall, with respect to any Employee, mean
(i) the Employee’s willful or gross misconduct or
willful or gross negligence in the performance of his duties for
the Corporation or for any Affiliate, (ii) the
Employee’s intentional or habitual neglect of his duties for
the Corporation or for any Affiliate, (iii) the
Employee’s theft or misappropriation of funds of the
Corporation or of any Affiliate, fraud, criminal
misconduct,
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breach of fiduciary duty or
dishonesty in the performance of his duties on behalf of the
Corporation or any Affiliate or commission of a felony, or crime of
moral turpitude or any other conduct reflecting adversely upon the
Corporation or any Affiliate or (iv) the Employee’s
violation of any covenant not to compete or not to disclose
confidential information with respect to the Corporation or any
Affiliate.
(t)
“ Good
Reason ” shall, with respect to any Employee, mean a
change or changes in the terms of such Employee’s employment
that are materially adverse to such Employee, including changes
relating to salary and bonus, level of responsibility or location
of employment.
(u)
“
Incentive Unit ” shall mean a bookkeeping item equal
in value, as of any Valuation Date, to (i) the
Corporation’s Book Value determined as of such Valuation Date
divided by (ii) 1,000,010. The value of each Incentive
Unit as of a Valuation Date and the determination of accumulated
comprehensive income and losses as of a Valuation Date shall each
be determined by the Board and may be adjusted by the Board if the
number of outstanding shares of the Corporation’s common
stock increases or decreases at any time after the Effective
Date.
(v)
“
Initial Value ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section IV(a) hereof.
(w)
“
Plan ” shall have the meaning set forth in the
Introduction.
(x)
“
Retirement ” shall mean an Employee’s Separation
from Service after (i) he attains age fifty-five (55) and
(ii) the sum of his age and the number of his years of service
with the Corporation and/or any Affiliate
equals sixty (60)
or more. For purposes of determining years of service,
service with predecessors to the Corporation and/or Affiliates
shall be considered.
(y)
“
Section 409A ” shall have the meaning set forth
in the Introduction.
(z)
“
Separation from Service” shall mean the
Employee’s termination of employment with the Corporation and
all Affiliates, voluntarily or involuntarily, for any reason other
than on account of death, or as otherwise provided by Treasury
Regulation Section 1.409A-1(h). However, the
Employee’s employment relationship shall be treated as
continuing intact while the individual is on a military leave, sick
leave or other bona fide leave of absence if the period of such
leave does not exceed six months (or longer, if required by statute
or contract). If the period of the leave exceeds six months
and the Employee’s right to reemployment is not provided
either by statute or contract, the employment relationship is
deemed to terminate on the first date immediately following such
six-month period for purposes of this Plan only.
(aa)
“
Subsidiary ” shall mean a corporation or other entity
of which more than fifty percent (50%) of the aggregate of its
outstanding voting securities are owned directly or indirectly by
the Corporation.
(bb)
“
Valuation Date ” shall mean the last day of business
of each fiscal quarter of the Corporation.
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(cc)
“
Value ” shall mean the value of each Incentive Unit as
of a specified date, as determined on a consistent basis by the
Committee in its sole discretion.
II. ADMINISTRATION
(a)
Administration; Term of Office; Appointment of
Chairperson . The Plan shall be
administered by a committee (the “Committee”) appointed
by the Board from among the Employees. The Committee shall be
comprised, unless otherwise determined by the Board, of the
individuals serving as the Corporation’s Chief Executive
Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Vice President-Human
Resources. Each member of the Committee shall hold office until the
date that he or she resigns from the Committee or is removed from
membership on the Committee by action of the Board. In the event an
individual for any reason ceases to be a member of the Committee,
the Board shall appoint another qualified individual to serve on
the Committee. The members of the Committee shall choose from among
themselves one such member to serve as chairperson of the
Committee.
(b)
Quorum and Manner of Acting . Except as hereinafter
provided, a majority of the members of the entire Committee shall
constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the vote of
a majority of the Committee members present at the time of the vote
shall be the act of the Committee. In the absence of a quorum at
any meeting of the Committee, a majority of the Committee members
present thereat may adjourn such meeting to another time and place.
Notice of the time and place of any such adjourned meeting shall be
given to the Committee members who were not present at the time of
the adjournment and, unless such time and place were announced at
the meeting at which the adjournment was taken, to the other
Committee members. At any adjourned meeting at which a quorum is
present, any business may be transacted which might have been
transacted at the meeting as originally called. In the event any
Committee member is disqualified from acting on a specific matter
pursuant to Section II(f) hereof, such individual shall
not be taken into account in determining whether a quorum of the
Committee exists for taking action with respect to such matter. The
Committee members shall act only as a Committee and the individual
Committee members shall have no power as such. All decisions of the
Committee or the Board in the interpretation and administration of
the Plan shall lie within its sole and absolute discretion and
shall be final, conclusive and binding on all parties concerned
(including, but not limited to, Employees and their Beneficiaries
or successors).
(c)
Action Without
a Meeting . Any action required or
permitted to be taken by the Committee at a meeting may be taken
without a meeting if all members of the Committee consent in
writing to the adoption of a resolution authorizing such action.
The resolution and written consents thereto by the members of the
Committee shall be filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the
Committee.
(d)
Telephonic Participation . Any one or more members of
the Committee may participate in a meeting of the Committee by
means of a conference telephone or similar communications equipment
allowing all persons participating in the meeting to hear each
other at the same time. Participation by such means shall
constitute presence in person at the meeting.
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(e)
Compensation
. Members of the
Committee shall not be compensated for service as a C
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