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FEDERAL REALTY INVESTMENT TRUST AMENDED AND RESTATED 2001 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

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Title: FEDERAL REALTY INVESTMENT TRUST AMENDED AND RESTATED 2001 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
Governing Law: Maryland     Date: 8/1/2007
Industry: Real Estate Operations     Sector: Services

FEDERAL REALTY INVESTMENT TRUST AMENDED AND RESTATED 2001 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN, Parties: federal realty investment trust
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Exhibit 10.34

FEDERAL REALTY INVESTMENT TRUST

AMENDED AND RESTATED

2001 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

Federal Realty Investment Trust, a Maryland real estate investment trust (the “Trust”) wishes to recruit, reward, and retain trustees, employees, and others important to the Trust’s operations. To further these objectives, the Trust hereby sets forth the Federal Realty Investment Trust Amended and Restated 2001 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), to provide awards of the types provided for herein. The Plan was originally adopted by the Board on February 14, 2001 (as the Federal Realty Investment Trust 2001 Long-Term Incentive Plan), and approved by the Trust’s shareholders on May 2, 2001. This amendment and restatement is effective for Awards granted on and after May 2, 2007.

 

1. PURPOSE

The purpose of the Plan is to enhance the Trust’s ability to attract, retain, and compensate highly qualified trustees, officers, key employees, and other persons, and to motivate such officers, key employees, and other persons to serve the Trust and its Affiliates (as defined herein) and to expend maximum effort to improve the business results and earnings of the Trust, by providing to such trustees, officers, key employees and other persons an opportunity to acquire or increase a direct proprietary interest in the operations and future success of the Trust and with other financial incentives. To this end, the Plan provides for the grant of Options, Share Appreciation Rights, Restricted Shares, Restricted Share Units, Deferred Share Awards, Share Purchase Awards, Unrestricted Share Awards, Performance Share Awards, Dividend Equivalent Rights, Performance Awards and Annual Incentive Awards in accordance with the terms hereof. Options granted under the Plan may be non-qualified share options or incentive share options, as provided herein.

 

2. DEFINITIONS

For purposes of interpreting the Plan and related documents (including Award Agreements), the following definitions shall apply:

2.1 “Administrator” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.

2.2 “Affiliate” means, with respect to the Trust, any company or other trade or business that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with the Trust within the meaning of Rule 405 of Regulation C under the Securities Act, including, without limitation, any Subsidiary.

2.3 “Annual Incentive Award” means a conditional right granted to a Grantee under Section 20.3.2 hereof to receive Shares or another Award, unless otherwise determined by the Administrator, after the end of a specified fiscal year.

2.4 “Award” means a grant of Options, Share Appreciation Rights, Restricted Shares, Restricted Share Units, Deferred Share Awards, Share Purchase Awards, Unrestricted Share Awards, Performance Share Awards, Dividend Equivalent Rights, Performance Awards or Annual Incentive Awards under the Plan.

2.5 “Award Agreement” means the written agreement between the Trust and a Grantee that evidences and sets out the terms and conditions of an Award.

2.6 “Beneficial Ownership” means ownership within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Exchange Act.

2.7 “Benefit Arrangement” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 21 hereof.

2.8 “Board” means the Board of Trustees of the Trust.

 


2.9 “Business Day” means any day on which the New York Stock Exchange is open for trading.

2.10 “Cause” means, as determined by the Administrator and unless otherwise provided in an applicable employment or other agreement with the Trust or an Affiliate, Grantee’s: (i) failure (other than failure due to disability) to substantially perform his duties with the Trust or an Affiliate, which failure remains uncured after written notice thereof and the expiration of a reasonable period of time thereafter in which the Grantee is diligently pursuing cure; (ii) willful misconduct which is demonstrably injurious to the Trust or an Affiliate, monetarily or otherwise; (iii) breach of fiduciary duty involving personal profit; or (iv) willful violation in the course of performing his duties for the Trust of any law, rule or regulation (other than traffic violations or misdemeanor offenses). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an employment or other agreement between the Trust or an Affiliate and a Grantee contains a definition of “Cause” that is not the same as that set forth in the preceding sentence, then the definition of “Cause” contained in such employment or other agreement shall control.

2.11 “Change in Control” means any of the events set forth below; provided, however, that the Administrator, in its sole discretion, may specify a different definition of Change in Control in any Award Agreement and, in such event, the definition of Change in Control set forth in the Award Agreement shall apply to the Award granted under such Award Agreement:

(a) An acquisition in one or more transactions (other than directly from the Trust or pursuant to options granted under this Plan or otherwise by the Trust) of any Trust Voting Securities by any Person immediately after which such Person has Beneficial Ownership of 20% or more of the combined voting power of the then outstanding Trust Voting Securities; provided, however , in determining whether a Change in Control has occurred, Trust Voting Securities which are acquired in a “Non-Control Acquisition” (as hereinafter defined) shall not constitute an acquisition which would cause a Change in Control. A “Non-Control Acquisition” shall mean an acquisition by (i) an employee benefit plan (or a trust forming a part thereof) maintained by (x) the Trust or (y) a Subsidiary, (ii) the Trust or any Subsidiary, or (iii) any Person in connection with a “Non-Control Transaction” (as hereinafter defined);

(b) The individuals who, as of May 2, 2007, the date of adoption of this Plan, are members of the Trustees (the “Incumbent Trustees”), cease for any reason to constitute at least two-thirds of the Trustees; provided, however , that if the election, or nomination for election by the Trust’s shareholders, of any new member was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the Incumbent Trustees, such new member shall, for purposes of this Plan, be considered as a member of the Incumbent Trustees; provided, further, however , that no individual shall be considered a member of the Incumbent Trustees if such individual initially assumed office as a result of either an actual or threatened “Election Contest” (as described in Rule 14a-11 promulgated under the Exchange Act) or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a Person other than the Trustees (a “Proxy Contest”), including, without limitation, by reason of any agreement intended to avoid or settle any Election Contest or Proxy Contest; or

(c) Approval by shareholders of the Trust of

(1) A merger, consolidation or other reorganization involving the Trust, unless:

(i) the shareholders of the Trust, immediately before such merger, consolidation or reorganization, own, directly or indirectly immediately following such merger, consolidation or other reorganization, at least a majority of the combined voting power of the outstanding voting securities of the Person resulting from such merger, consolidation or other reorganization (the “Surviving Person”) in substantially the same proportion as their ownership of the Trust Voting Securities immediately before such merger, consolidation or other reorganization,

(ii) the individuals who were members of the Incumbent Trustees immediately prior to the execution of the agreement providing for such merger, consolidation or other reorganization constitute at least two-thirds of the members of the governing board of the Surviving Person, and

 


(iii) no Person (other than the Trust or any Subsidiary, any employee benefit plan (or any trust forming a part thereof) maintained by the Trust or any Subsidiary, or any Person which, immediately prior to such merger, consolidation, or other reorganization had Beneficial Ownership of 20% or more of the then outstanding Trust Voting Securities) has Beneficial Ownership of 20% or more of the combined voting power of the Surviving Person’s then outstanding voting securities (A transaction described in clauses (i) through (iii) shall herein be referred to as a “Non-Control Transaction.”);

(2) A complete liquidation or dissolution of the Trust; or

(3) An agreement for the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Trust to any Person (other than a transfer to a Subsidiary).

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Change in Control shall not be deemed to occur (i) solely because any Person (the “Subject Person”) acquired Beneficial Ownership of more than the permitted amount of the outstanding Trust Voting Securities as a result of the acquisition of Trust Voting Securities by the Trust which, by reducing the number of Trust Voting Securities outstanding, increases the proportional number of shares Beneficially Owned by the Subject Person; provided, however, that if a Change in Control would occur (but for the operation of this sentence) as a result of the acquisition of Trust Voting Securities by the Trust, and after such share acquisition by the Trust, the Subject Person becomes the Beneficial Owner of any additional Trust Voting Securities which increases the percentage of the then outstanding Trust Voting Securities Beneficially Owned by the Subject Person, then a Change in Control shall occur, or (ii) if the Trust (a) establishes a wholly-owned subsidiary (“Holding Company”), (b) causes the Holding Company to establish a wholly-owned subsidiary (“Merger Sub”), and (c) merges with Merger Sub, with the Trust as the surviving entity (such transactions collectively are referred as the “Reorganization”). Immediately following the completion of the Reorganization, all references to the Trust Voting Securities shall be deemed to refer to the voting securities of the Holding Company.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an employment or other agreement between the Trust or an Affiliate and a Grantee contains a definition of “Change of Control” that is not the same as that set forth above, then the definition of “Change of Control” contained in such employment or other agreement shall control.

2.12 “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as now in effect or as hereafter amended.

2.13 “Committee” means a committee of, and designated from time to time by resolution of, the Board, which shall consist of no fewer than two members of the Board; provided , that , if the Committee consists of less than the entire Board, each member shall be a “Non-Employee Director” within the meaning of Exchange Act Rule 16b-3 and to the extent necessary for any Award intended to qualify as performance-based compensation under Code Section 162(m) to so qualify, each member of the Committee, whether or not it consists of the entire Board, shall be an “outside director” within the meaning of Code Section 162(m) and the regulations and other guidance thereunder. The same requirements shall apply to any special committee of the Board to which authority or duties are delegated pursuant to Section 3.1. As of the date of this Amended and Restated Plan, the Committee is the Compensation Committee of the Board. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of Awards granted to persons not required to file reports under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act (other than persons who are Covered Employees at the time of grant, or who are likely to be Covered Employees with respect to the fiscal years in which deductions are allowed for the Awards), “Committee” may mean a committee of one member of the Board designated from time to time by resolution of the Board.

2.14 “Covered Employee” means a Grantee who is a Covered Employee within the meaning of Code Section 162(m)(3).

2.15 “Deferred Share Award” means a right, granted to a Grantee under Section 14 hereof, to receive Shares, cash or a combination thereof at the end of a specified deferral period.

2.16 “Disability” means any physical or mental injury or disease which renders a Grantee incapable of meeting the requirements of the employment performed by such Grantee immediately prior to the commencement of

 


such disability. The determination of whether a Grantee is disabled shall be made by the Administrator in its sole discretion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Grantee’s employment by the Trust terminates by reason of a disability, as defined in an employment or other agreement between such Grantee and the Trust, such Grantee shall be deemed to be disabled for purposes of the Plan.

2.17 “Dividend Equivalent Right” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 18 hereof.

2.18 “Effective Date” means the date on which the Plan is approved by the Board.

2.19 “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as now in effect or as hereafter amended.

2.20 “Fair Market Value” means the value of a Share, determined as follows: if on the Grant Date or other determination date the Shares are listed on an established national or regional stock exchange, are admitted to quotation on The Nasdaq Stock Market, or are publicly traded on an established securities market, the Fair Market Value of a Share shall be the closing price of the Shares on such exchange or in such market (if there is more than one such exchange or market the Administrator shall determine the appropriate exchange or market) on the Grant Date or such other determination date (or if there is no such reported closing price, the Fair Market Value shall be the mean between the highest bid and lowest asked prices or between the high and low sale prices on such trading day) or, if no sale of Shares are reported for such trading day, on the next preceding day on which any sale shall have been reported. If the Shares are not listed on such an exchange, quoted on such system or traded on such a market, Fair Market Value shall be the value of the Shares as determined by the Board in good faith.

2.21 “Family Member” means a person who is a spouse, former spouse, child, stepchild, grandchild, parent, stepparent, grandparent, sibling, niece, nephew, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law, including adoptive relationships, of the Grantee, any person sharing the Grantee’s household (other than a tenant or employee), a trust in which these persons have more than fifty percent of the beneficial interest, a foundation in which these persons (or the Grantee) control the management of assets, and any other entity in which these persons (or the Grantee) own more than fifty percent of the voting interests.

2.22 “Good Reason” means, as determined by the Administrator, without the Grantee’s consent: (i) a material reduction in the Grantee’s responsibilities, duties, authority, or title, (ii) the transfer of the Grantee to a place of employment that is more than sixty (60) miles from the Grantee’s current place of employment, or (iii) a material reduction in the Grantee’s salary. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an employment or other agreement between the Trust or an Affiliate and a Grantee contains a definition of “Good Reason” or similar term that is not the same as that set forth above, then the definition of “Good Reason” or similar term contained in such employment or other agreement shall control.

2.23 “Grant Date” means, as determined by the Administrator, the latest to occur of (i) the date as of which the Administrator approves an Award, (ii) the date on which the recipient of an Award first becomes eligible to receive an Award under Section 6 hereof, or (iii) such other date as may be specified by the Administrator.

2.24 “Grantee” means a person who receives or holds an Award under the Plan.

2.25 “Incentive Share Option” means an “incentive stock option” within the meaning of Code Section 422, or the corresponding provision of any subsequently enacted tax statute, as amended from time to time.

2.26 “Involuntary Termination” means a termination of the Grantee’s Service by the Trust or its successor other than for Cause or a termination of the Grantee’s Service by the Grantee for Good Reason.

2.27 “Non-qualified Share Option” means an Option that is not an Incentive Share Option.

2.28 “Option” means an Incentive Share Option or Non-qualified Share Option to purchase one or more Shares pursuant to the Plan.

 


2.29 “Option Price” means the purchase price for each Share subject to an Option.

2.30 “Other Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 21 hereof.

2.31 “Outside Trustee” means a member of the Board who is not an officer or employee of the Trust.

2.32 “Performance Award” means a conditional right granted to a Grantee under Section 20.3 hereof to receive Shares or another Award after the end of a period of up to 15 years.

2.33 “Performance Share Award” means an Award granted pursuant to Section 17 .

2.34 “Person” means “person” as such term is used for purposes of Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the Exchange Act, including, without limitation, any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, trust or other entity, or any group of Persons.

2.35 “Plan” means this Federal Realty Investment Trust Amended and Restated 2001 Long-Term Incentive Plan.

2.36 “Restricted Period” means the period during which Restricted Shares or Restricted Share Units are subject to restrictions or conditions pursuant to Section 13.2 hereof.

2.37 “Restricted Shares” means Shares, awarded to a Grantee pursuant to Section 13 hereof, that are subject to restrictions and to a risk of forfeiture.

2.38 “Restricted Share Unit” means a unit awarded to a Grantee pursuant to Section 13 hereof, which represents a conditional right to receive a Share in the future, and which is subject to restrictions and to a risk of forfeiture.

2.39 “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as now in effect or as hereafter amended.

2.40 “Service” means service as an employee, officer, Trustee or other Service Provider of the Trust or an Affiliate. A change in a Grantee’s duties or position shall not constitute a termination of Service; provided , that , the change of a Grantee’s status from an employee to a Service Provider shall result in a termination of Service unless the Administrator determines otherwise by so providing in the applicable Award Agreement or by making such a determination at the time the Grantee’s status changes. Subject to the preceding sentence, whether a termination of Service shall have occurred for purposes of the Plan shall be determined by the Administrator, which determination shall be final, binding and conclusive.

2.41 “Service Provider” means a consultant or adviser to the Trust, a manager of the Trust’s properties or affairs, or other similar service provider or Affiliate, and employees of any of the foregoing, as such persons may be designated from time to time by the Board or the Committee pursuant to Section 6 hereof.

2.42 “Share” means the common shares of beneficial interest, par value $.01, of the Trust.

2.43 “Share Appreciation Right” or “SAR” means a right granted to a Grantee under Section 12 hereof.

2.44 “Share Purchase Award” means an Award, granted in accordance with Section 15 , of the right to acquire Shares.

2.45 “Share Purchase Award Price” means the number of Shares in a Grantee’s Share Purchase Award multiplied by the Share price.

2.46 “Subsidiary” means any “subsidiary corporation” of the Trust within the meaning of Code Section 424(f).

 

 


2.47 “Termination Date” means the date upon which an Option shall terminate or expire, as set forth in Section 10.2 hereof.

2.48 “Trust” means Federal Realty Investment Trust.

2.49 “Trust Voting Securities” means the combined voting power of all outstanding voting securities of the Trust entitled to vote generally in the election of the Trustees.

2.50 “ Trustee ” means any member of the Board of Trustees.

2.52 “Unrestricted Share Award” means an Award granted pursuant to Section 16 hereof.

 

3. ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN

 

  3.1. Administrator.

The Committee will act as the Administrator of the Plan. The Board also may act under the Plan as though it were the Committee. In addition, the Board, in its discretion, may delegate to a special committee of the Board (which may consist of a single member who may or may not be an Outside Trustee) all or part of the Administrator’s authority and duties. The Board may revoke or amend the terms of a delegation at any time but such action shall not invalidate any prior actions of the delegate or delegates that were consistent with the terms of the Plan.

The Administrator is responsible for the general operation and administration of the Plan and for carrying out its provisions and has full discretion in interpreting and administering the provisions of the Plan. Subject to the express provisions of the Plan, the Administrator may exercise such powers and authority of the Board as the Administrator may find necessary or appropriate to carry out its functions. The Administrator may delegate its functions (other than those relating to granting of Awards , which may be delegated only to an executive officer of the Trust who also is a member of the Board), to officers or employees of the Trust.

The Administrator’s powers include, but are not limited to, the power to correct any defect or supply appropriate text for any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan; to establish, amend and revoke rules and regulations for its administration; and to construe and interpret the Plan and any Award or other instrument hereunder. The Administrator may act through meetings of a majority of its members or by unanimous consent.

 

  3.2. Terms of Awards.

Subject to the other terms and conditions of the Plan, the Administrator shall have full and final authority:

(i) to designate Grantees,

(ii) to determine the type or types of Awards to be made to a Grantee,

(iii) to determine the number of Shares to be subject to an Award,

(iv) to establish the terms and conditions of each Award (including, but not limited to, the exercise price of any Option, the nature and duration of any restriction or condition (or provision for lapse thereof) relating to the vesting, exercise, transfer, or forfeiture of an Award or the Shares subject thereto, and any terms or conditions that may be necessary to qualify Options as Incentive Share Options),

(v) to prescribe the form of each Award Agreement evidencing an Award,

(vi) to amend, modify, or supplement the terms of any outstanding Award, except to the extent that any such action would result in the imposition on a Grantee of an additional tax under Code Section 409A or cause a

 


Performance or Annual Incentive Award that is intended to qualify as “performance-based compensation” for purposes of Code Section 162(m) to cease to so qualify, and

(vii) in order to effectuate the purposes of the Plan but without amending the Plan, to modify Awards to eligible individuals who are foreign nationals or are individuals who are employed outside the United States to recognize differences in local law, tax policy, or custom.

As a condition to any subsequent Award, the Administrator shall have the right, at its discretion, to require Grantees to return to the Trust any Awards previously made under the Plan. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan, any such new Award shall be upon such terms and conditions as are specified by the Administrator at the time the new Award is made. The Administrator shall have the right, in its discretion, to make Awards in substitution or exchange for any other award under another plan of the Trust, any Affiliate, or any business entity to be acquired by the Trust or an Affiliate. The Trust may retain the right in an Award Agreement to cause a forfeiture of the gain realized by a Grantee on account of actions taken by the Grantee in violation or breach of or in conflict with any non-competition agreement, any agreement prohibiting solicitation of employees or clients of the Trust or any Affiliate thereof or any confidentiality obligation with respect to the Trust or any Affiliate thereof or otherwise in competition with the Trust or any Affiliate thereof, to the extent specified in such Award Agreement applicable to the Grantee. Furthermore, the Trust may annul an Award if the Grantee is an employee of the Trust or an Affiliate thereof and is terminated for Cause. The grant of any Award under the Plan shall be contingent on the Grantee executing the applicable Award Agreement within a reasonable time after the date of the grant of the Award, as such time is determined by the Administrator, in its sole discretion. In the event that the Grantee does not execute the applicable Award Agreement within such reasonable time, the Administrator, in its sole discretion, may revoke the grant of the applicable Award.

 

  3.3. No Liability.

No member of the Board or of the Committee or of any special committee of the Board to which authority or duties are delegated pursuant to Section 3.1, nor the Administrator, shall be liable for any action or determination made in good faith with respect to the Plan or any Award or Award Agreement.

 

4. SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN

Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 24 hereof, the number of Shares available for issuance under the Plan shall be Three Million Two Hundred Fifty Thousand (3,250,000). The same limit shall apply to Shares available for issuance under the Plan pursuant to Incentive Share Options. Shares issued or to be issued under the Plan shall be drawn from authorized but unissued shares. If any Shares covered by an Award are not purchased or are forfeited, or if an Award otherwise terminates without delivery of any Shares subject thereto, then the number of Shares counted against the aggregate number of shares available under the Plan with respect to such Award shall, to the extent of any such forfeiture or termination, again be available for making Awards under the Plan.

 

5. EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERM OF THE PLAN

 

  5.1. Effective Date.

The original 2001 Long-Term Incentive Plan was effective as of February 14, 2001, and this Amended and Restated Plan shall be effective as of the Effective Date, subject to approval by the Trust’s shareholders within one year of the Effective Date. All Awards made under the 2001 Long-Term Incentive Plan between February 14, 2001 and the Effective Date shall be fully effective as if the shareholders of the Trust had approved the Plan on February 14, 2001. Upon approval of the Plan by the shareholders of the Trust as set forth above, all Awards made under the Plan on or after the Effective Date shall be fully effective as if the shareholders of the Trust had approved the Plan on the Effective Date. If the shareholders fail to approve the Plan within one year after the Effective Date, any Awards made hereunder shall be null and void and of no effect.

 


  5.2. Term.

The Plan shall terminate automatically on February 14, 2011 and may be terminated on any earlier date as provided in Section 23 .

 

6. AWARD ELIGIBILITY

 

  6.1. Trust or Subsidiary Employees; Service Providers; Other Persons.

Subject to Section 7 , Awards may be made under the Plan to: (i) any employee of, or a Service Provider to, the Trust or of any Affiliate, including any such employee or Service Provider who is an officer or Trustee of the Trust, or of any Affiliate, as the Administrator shall determine and designate from time to time, and (ii) any Outside Trustee.

 

  6.2. Successive Awards.

An eligible person may receive more than one Award, subject to such restrictions as are provided herein.

 

7. LIMITATIONS ON GRANTS

 

  7.1. Limitation on Shares Subject to Awards.

During any time when the Trust has a class of equity security registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act, (i) no Grantee (other than the Chief Executive Officer of the Trust) may be granted Awards (other than Dividend Equivalent Rights) in the aggregate in respect of more than 250,000 Shares per calendar year, (ii) the Chief Executive Officer of the Trust may not be granted Awards (other than Dividend Equivalent Rights) in the aggregate in respect of more than 500,000 Shares per calendar year, (iii) no Grantee (other than the Chief Executive Officer of the Trust) may be granted Dividend Equivalent Rights with respect to more than 250,000 Shares per calendar year, and (iv) the Chief Executive Officer of the Trust may not be granted Dividend Equivalent Rights with respect to more than 500,000 Shares per calendar year. The preceding limitations in this Section 7.1 are subject to adjustment as provided in Section 24 hereof.

 

  7.2. Limitations on Incentive Share Options.

An Option shall constitute an Incentive Share Option only (i) if the Grantee of such Option is an employee of the Trust or any Subsidiary of the Trust; (ii) to the extent specifically designated as such in the applicable Award Agreement; and (iii) to the extent that the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined at the time the Option is granted) of the Shares with respect to which all Incentive Share Options held by such Grantee become exercisable for the first time during any calendar year (under the Plan and all other plans of the Grantee’s employer and its Affiliates) does not exceed $100,000, or such other maximum amount as may be specified under Code Section 422(d). This limitation shall be applied by taking Options into account in the order in which they were granted.

 

8. AWARD AGREEMENT

Each Award granted pursuant to the Plan shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement, to be executed by the Trust and by the Grantee, in such form or forms as the Administrator shall from time to time determine. Award Agreements granted from time to time or at the same time need not contain similar provisions but shall be consistent with the terms of the Plan. Each Award Agreement shall provide that the Award is subject to the terms of the Plan and shall set forth all of the material terms of the Award not otherwise specified in the Plan. Each Award Agreement evidencing an Award of Options shall specify whether such Options are intended to be Non-qualified Share Options or Incentive Share Options, and in the absence of such specification such Options shall be deemed Non-qualified Share Options.

 


9. OPTION PRICE

The Option Price of each Option shall be fixed by the Administrator and stated in the Award Agreement evidencing such Option. The Option Price shall be at least the aggregate Fair Market Value on the Grant Date of the Shares subject to the Option; provided , however , that in the event that a Grantee would otherwise be ineligible to receive an Incentive Share Option by reason of the provisions of Code Sections 422(b)(6) and 424(d) (relating to ownership of more than ten percent of the Trust’s outstanding Shares), the Option Price of an Option granted to such Grantee that is intended to be an Incentive Share Option shall be not less than the greater of the par value of a Share or 110 percent of the Fair Market Value of a Share on the Grant Date; and provided, furthermore, that in the case of a Non-qualified Share Option, Fair Market Value shall be determined as provided in Code Section 409A and the regulations and other guidance thereunder (including Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) Notice 2006-4 and any successors thereto). In no case shall the Option Price of any Option be less than the par value of a Share.

 

10. VESTING, TERM AND EXERCISE OF OPTIONS

 

  10.1. Vesting.

Subject to Sections 10.2 and 24.3 hereof, each Option granted under the Plan shall become exercisable at such times and under such conditions as shall be determined by the Administrator and stated in the Award Agreement. For purposes of this Section 10.1 , fractional numbers of Shares subject to an Option shall be rounded down to the next nearest whole number. The Administrator may provide, for example, in the Award Agreement for (i) accelerated exercisability of the Option in the event the Grantee’s Service terminates on account of death, Disability or another event, (ii) expiration of the Option prior to its term in the event of the termination of the Grantee’s Service, (iii) immediate forfeiture of the Option in the event the Grantee’s Service is terminated for Cause or (iv) unvested Options to be exercised subject to the Trust’s right of repurchase with respect to unvested Shares.

 

  10.2. Term.

Each Option granted under the Plan shall terminate, and all rights to purchase Shares thereunder shall cease, upon the expiration of ten years from the date such Option is granted, or under such circumstances and on such date prior thereto as is set forth in the Plan or as may be fixed by the Administrator and stated in the Award Agreement relating to such Option (the “Termination Date”); provided , however , that in the event that the Grantee would otherwise be ineligible to receive an Incentive Share Option by reason of the provisions of Code Sections 422(b)(6) and 424(d) (relating to ownership of more than ten percent of the outstanding Shares), an Option granted to such Grantee that is intended to be an Incentive Share Option shall not be exercisable after the expiration of five years from its Grant Date.

 

  10.3. Acceleration.

Any limitation on the exercise of an Option contained in any Award Agreement may be rescinded, modified or waived by the Administrator, in its sole discretion, at any time and from time to time after the Grant Date of such Option, so as to accelerate the time at which the Option may be exercised. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, no Option shall be exercisable in whole or in part prior to the date the Plan is approved by the shareholders of the Trust as provided in Sect


 
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