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FLOW INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 1995 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN

Executive Compensation Plan Agreement

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Title: FLOW INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 1995 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN
Governing Law: Washington    

FLOW INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 

 

1995 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN, Parties: flow international corporation
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Exhibit 10.2

 

FLOW INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION

 

1995 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN

 

SECTION 1.

 

PURPOSE

 

The purpose of the Flow International Corporation 1995 Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan (the “Plan”) is to enhance the long-term profitability and stockholder value of Flow International Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), by offering incentives and rewards to those employees, consultants and agents of the Company and its Subsidiaries (as defined in Section 2 below) who are key to the Company’s growth and success, and to encourage them to remain in the service of the Company and its Subsidiaries and to acquire and maintain stock ownership in the Company.

 

SECTION 2.

 

DEFINITIONS

 

For purposes of the Plan, the following terms shall be defined as set forth below:

 

2.1 Award

 

“Award” means an award or grant made to a Participant pursuant to the Plan, including, without limitation, awards or grants of Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Stock Awards, Other Stock-Based Awards or any combination of the foregoing (including any Dividend Equivalent Rights granted in connection with such Awards).

 

2.2 Board

 

“Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

2.3 Cause

 

“Cause” means dishonesty, fraud, misconduct, unauthorized use or disclosure of confidential information or trade secrets, or conviction or confession of a crime punishable by law (except minor violations), in each case as determined by the Plan Administrator, and its determination shall be conclusive and binding.

 

2.4 Code

 

“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

 

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2.5 Common Stock

 

“Common Stock” means the common stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company.

 

2.6 Corporate Transaction

 

“Corporate Transaction” means any of the following events:

 

(a) Approval by the holders of the Common Stock of any merger or consolidation of the Company in which the Company is not the continuing or surviving corporation or pursuant to which shares of Common Stock are converted into cash, securities or other property, other than a merger of the Company in which the holders of the Common Stock immediately prior to the merger have substantially the same proportionate ownership of common stock of the surviving corporation immediately after the merger;

 

(b) Approval by the holders of the Common Stock of any sale, lease, exchange or other transfer in one transaction or a series of related transactions of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets other than a transfer of the Company’s assets to a majority-owned subsidiary (as the term “subsidiary” is defined in Section 8.3 of the Plan) of the Company; or

 

(c) Approval by the holders of the Common Stock of any plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the Company.

 

2.7 Disability

 

“Disability” means “disability” as that term is defined for purposes of the Company’s Long Term Disability Income Plan or other similar successor plan applicable to salaried employees.

 

2.8 Dividend Equivalent Right

 

“Dividend Equivalent Right” means an Award granted under Section 12 of the Plan.

 

2.9 Early Retirement

 

“Early Retirement” means retirement as that term is defined by the Plan Administrator from time to time for purposes of the Plan.

 

2.10 Exchange Act

 

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

2.11 Fair Market Value

 

“Fair Market Value” means the closing price for the Common Stock as reported in The Wall Street Journal NASDAQ National Market Issues (or similar successor transactions reports) for a single trading day.

 

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2.12 Good Reason

 

“Good Reason” means the occurrence of any of the following events or conditions:

 

(a) a change in the Holder’s status, title, position or responsibilities (including reporting responsibilities) that, in the Holder’s reasonable judgment, represents a substantial reduction of the status, title, position or responsibilities as in effect immediately prior thereto; the assignment to the Holder of any duties or responsibilities that, in the Holder’s reasonable judgment, are inconsistent with such status, title, position or responsibilities; or any removal of the Holder from or failure to reappoint or reelect the Holder to any of such positions, except in connection with the termination of the Holder’s employment for Cause, for Disability or as a result of his or her death, or by the Holder other than for Good Reason;

 

(b) a reduction in the Holder’s annual base salary;

 

(c) the Company’s requiring the Holder (without the Holder’s consent) to be based at any place outside a 35-mile radius of his or her place of employment prior to a Corporate Transaction, except for reasonably required travel on the Company’s business that is not materially greater than such travel requirements prior to the Corporate Transaction;

 

(d) the Company’s failure to (i) continue in effect any material compensation or benefit plan (or the substantial equivalent thereof in which the Holder was participating at the time of a Corporate Transaction, including, but not limited to, the Plan, or (ii) provide the Holder with compensation and benefits at least equal (in terms of benefit levels and/or reward opportunities) to those provided for under each employee benefit plan, program and practice as in effect immediately prior to the Corporate Transaction (or as in effect following the Corporate Transaction, if greater);

 

(e) any material breach by the Company of any provision of the Plan; or

 

(f) any purported termination of the Holder’s employment or service for Cause by the Company that does not comply with the terms of the Plan.

 

2.13 Grant Date

 

“Grant Date” means the date designated in a resolution of the Plan Administrator as the date an Award is granted. If the Plan Administrator does not designate a Grant Date in the resolution, the Grant Date shall be the date the Plan Administrator adopted the resolution.

 

2.14 Holder

 

“Holder” means the Participant to whom an Award is granted, or the personal representative of a Holder who has died.

 

2.15 Incentive Stock Option

 

“Incentive Stock Option” means an option to purchase Common Stock granted under Section 7 of the Plan with the intention that it qualify as an “incentive stock option” as that term is defined in Section 422 of the Code.

 

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2.16 Nonqualified Stock Option

 

“Nonqualified Stock Option” means an option to purchase Common Stock granted under Section 7 of the Plan other than an Incentive Stock Option.

 

2.17 Option

 

“Option” means the right to purchase Common Stock granted under Section 7 of the Plan.

 

2.18 Other Stock-Based Award

 

“Other Stock-Based Award” means an Award granted under Section 11 of the Plan.

 

2.19 Participant

 

“Participant” means an individual who is a Holder of an Award or, as the context may require, any employee, consultant or agent of the Company or a Subsidiary who has been designated by the Plan Administrator as eligible to participate in the Plan.

 

2.20 Plan Administrator

 

“Plan Administrator” means any committee of the Board designated to administer the Plan under Section 3.1 of the Plan.

 

2.21 Restricted Stock

 

“Restricted Stock” means shares of Common Stock granted under Section 10 of the Plan, the rights of ownership of which are subject to restrictions prescribed by the Plan Administrator.

 

2.22 Retirement

 

“Retirement” means retirement as of the individual’s normal retirement date under the Company’s Voluntary Pension and Salary Deferral Plan or other similar successor plan applicable to salaried employees.

 

2.23 Stock Appreciation Right

 

“Stock Appreciation Right” means an Award granted under Section 9 of the Plan.

 

2.24 Stock Award

 

“Stock Award” means an Award granted under Section 10 of the Plan.

 

2.25 Subsidiary

 

“Subsidiary,” except as expressly provided otherwise, means any entity that is directly or indirectly controlled by the Company or in which the Company has a significant ownership interest, as determined by the Plan Administrator, and any entity that may become a direct or indirect parent of the Company.

 

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2.26 Window Period

 

“Window Period” means a period of 10 days on which there is trading in the Common Stock on the NASDAQ National Market, beginning with the second trading day after disclosure by the Company to the public of its earnings for the fiscal period just ended and ending with the eleventh such day.

 

2.27 Window Period Fair Market Value

 

“Window Period Fair Market Value” means the highest Fair Market Value during a Window Period.

 

SECTION 3.

 

ADMINISTRATION

 

3.1 Plan Administrator

 

The Plan shall be administered by a committee or committees (which term includes subcommittees) appointed by, and consisting of one or more members of, the Board. The Board may delegate the responsibility for administering the Plan with respect to designated classes of eligible Participants to different committees, subject to such limitations as the Board deems appropriate. Committee members shall serve for such term as the Board may determine, subject to removal by the Board at any time. The composition of any committee responsible for administering the Plan with respect to officers and directors of the Company who are subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act with respect to securities of the Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 16b-3 promulgated under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, or any successor provision.

 

3.2 Administration and Interpretation by the Plan Administrator

 

Except for the terms and conditions explicitly set forth in the Plan, the Plan Administrator shall have exclusive authority, in its discretion, to determine all matters relating to Awards under the Plan, including the selection of individuals to be granted Awards, the type of Awards, the number of shares of Common Stock subject to an Award, all terms, conditions, restrictions and limitations, if any, of an Award and the terms of any instrument that evidences the Award. The Plan Administrator shall also have exclusive authority to interpret the Plan and may from time to time adopt, and change, rules and regulations of general application for the Plan’s administration.

 

The Plan Administrator’s interpretation of the Plan and its rules and regulations, and all actions taken and determinations made by the Plan Administrator pursuant to the Plan, shall be conclusive and binding on all parties involved or affected. The Plan Administrator may delegate administrative duties to such of the Company’s officers as it so determines.

 

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SECTION 4.

 

STOCK SUBJECT TO THE PLAN

 

4.1 Authorized Number of Shares

 

Subject to adjustment from time to time as provided in Section 16.1, a maximum of 1,350,000 shares of Common Stock shall be available for issuance under the Plan, except that any shares of Common Stock that, as of the date the Plan is approved by the Company’s stockholders, are available for issuance under the Company’s 1991 Stock Option Plan and 1984 Restated Stock Option Plan (or that thereafter become available for issuance under those plans in accordance with their terms as in effect on such date) and that are not issued under those plans shall be added to the aggregate number of shares available for issuance under the Plan. No more than 250,000 shares may be issued as Stock Awards or Other Stock-Based Awards under the Plan. Shares issued under the Plan shall be drawn from authorized and unissued shares or shares now held or subsequently acquired by the Company as treasury shares.

 

4.2 Individual Award Limit

 

Subject to adjustment from time to time as provided in Section 16.1, not more than 250,000 shares of Common Stock may be made subject to Awards under the Plan to any Participant in any one fiscal year of the Company, such limitation to be applied in a manner consistent with the requirements of, and only to the extent required for compliance with, the exclusion from the limitation on deductibility of compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code.

 

4.3 Reuse of Shares

 

Any shares of Common Stock that have been made subject to an Award that cease to be subject to the Award (other than by reason of exercise or payment of the Award to the extent it is exercised for or settled in shares), including, without limitation, in connection with the cancellation of an Award and the grant of a replacement Award, shall again be available for issuance in connection with future grants of Awards under the Plan. Shares that are subject to tandem Awards shall be counted only once.

 

SECTION 5.

 

ELIGIBILITY

 

Awards may be granted under the Plan to those officers and key employees (including directors who are also employees) of the Company and its Subsidiaries as the Plan Administrator from time to time selects. Awards may also be made to consultants and agents who provide services to the Company and its Subsidiaries.

 

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SECTION 6.

 

AWARDS

 

6.1 Form and Grant of Awards

 

The Plan Administrator shall have the authority, in its sole discretion, to determine the type or types of Awards to be made under the Plan. Such Awards may include, but are not limited to, Incentive Stock Options, Nonqualified Stock Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Stock Awards, Other Stock-Based Awards and Dividend Equivalent Rights. Awards may be granted singly, in combination or in tandem so that the settlement or payment of one automatically reduces or cancels the other. Awards may also be made in combination or in tandem with, in replacement of, as alternatives to, or as the payment form for, grants or rights under any other employee or compensation plan of the Company.

 

6.2 Acquired Company Awards

 

Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, the Plan Administrator may grant Awards under the Plan in substitution for awards issued under other plans, or assume under the Plan awards issued under other plans, if the other plans are or were plans of other entities (“Acquired Entities”) (or the parent of the acquired entity) and the new Award is substituted, or the old award is assumed, by reason of a merger, consolidation, acquisition of property or of stock, reorganization or liquidation (the “Acquisition Transaction”). In the event that a written agreement pursuant to which the Acquisition Transaction is completed is approved by the Board and said agreement sets forth the terms and conditions of the substitution for or assumption of outstanding awards of the acquired entity, said terms and conditions shall be deemed to be the action of the Plan Administrator without any further action by the Plan Administrator, except as may be required for compliance with Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act, and the persons holding such Awards shall be deemed to be Participants and Holders.

 

SECTION 7.

 

AWARDS OF OPTIONS

 

7.1 Grant of Options

 

The Plan Administrator is authorized under the Plan, in its sole discretion, to issue Options as Incentive Stock Options or as Nonqualified Stock Options, which shall be appropriately designated.

 

7.2 Option Exercise Price

 

The exercise price for shares purchased under an Option shall be as determined by the Plan Administrator, but shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the Grant Date with respect to Incentive Stock Options.

 

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7.3 Term of Options

 

The term of each Option shall be as established by the Plan Administrator or, if not so established, shall be 10 years from the Grant Date.

 

7.4 Exercise of Options

 

The Plan Administrator shall establish and set forth in each instrument that evidences an Option the time at which or the installments in which the Option shall become exercisable, which provisions may be waived or modified by the Plan Administrator at any time. If not so established in the instrument evidencing the Option, the Option will become exercisable according to the following schedule, which may be waived or modified by the Plan Administrator at any time:

 

Period of Holder’s Continuous
Employment or Service With the
Company or Its Subsidiaries
From the Option Grant Date


 

Percent of Total Option That is
Exercisable


after one year   50%
after two years   100%

 

To the extent that the right to purchase shares has accrued thereunder, an Option may be exercised from time to time by written notice to the Company, in accordance with procedures established by the Plan Administrator, setting forth the number of shares with respect to wh


 
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