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Title: LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
Governing Law: Georgia     Date: 2/8/2005
Industry: Paper and Paper Products     Sector: Basic Materials

LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN, Parties: georgia-pacific corporation
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Ex 10_11(XV)

 

GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORPORATION

 

LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

 

ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, SEPTEMBER 17, 1997

 

APPROVED BY THE SHAREHOLDERS, DECEMBER 16, 1997

 

(As Amended)

 

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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1. ADOPTION AND PURPOSE

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2. DEFINITIONS

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(a) Award

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(b) Award Agreement

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(c) Board

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(d) Cause

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(e) Change of Control

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(f) Code

   2

(g) Committee

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(h) Common Stock

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(i) Company

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(j) Dividend Equivalent

   2

(k) Effective Date

   2

(l) Employee

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(m) Exchange Act

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(n) Fair Market Value

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(o) Incentive Stock Option

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(p) Non-Qualified Stock Option

   3

(q) Option

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(r) Participant

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(s) Performance Goals

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(t) Performance Award

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(u) Performance Period

   3

(v) Plan

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(w) Plan Year

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(x) Restricted Shares

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(y) Restriction Period

   3

(z) Subsidiary

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(aa) SAR

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(ab) SAR Unit

   4

3. ELIGIBILITY

   4

4. STOCK SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PLAN; LIMITATIONS.

   4

(a) Applicable Stock

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(b) Plan Limitations

   4

(c) Individual Limitations

   4

(d) Calculation Procedures

   4

5. AWARDS UNDER THIS PLAN

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(a) Stock Options

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(b) Performance Awards

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(i) Administration

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(ii) Payment of Award

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(iii) Further Restriction Period

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(c) Restricted Shares

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(i) Issuance of Stock Certificates

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(ii) Status of Restricted Shares

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(iii) Participant Rights With Respect to Issued Restricted

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(d) Dividend Equivalents

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(e) SARs

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6. OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS

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(a) Assignability; Designation of Beneficiaries

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(i) Prohibition on Transfer

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(ii) Designation of Beneficiaries

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(b) Award Agreement

   9

(c) Rights as a Shareholder

   9

(d) No Obligation to Exercise

   9

(e) Payments by Participants

   9

(f) Tax Withholding

   10

(g) Restrictions on Exercise

   10

(h) Surrender of Options

   10

(i) Additional Options Upon Exercise

   10

(j) Requirements of Law

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(k) Non-Exclusivity of the Plan

   11

(l) Unfunded Plan

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(m) Legends

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(n) Company’s Retirement and Welfare Plans

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(o) Forfeitures

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(i) Violations of Company Policies

   11

(ii) For Cause Termination

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(p) Requirement of Employment

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(q) Code Section 162(m)

   12

(r) Deferred Transfer of Shares Upon Exercise of Options

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7. PLAN ADMINISTRATION

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(a) Committee as Plan Administrator

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(b) Delegation

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(c) Determinations Final

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8. AMENDMENTS AND TERMINATION

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(a) Authority to Amend or Terminate

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(b) Awards Previously Granted

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(c) Limitations

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9. CORPORATE RESTRUCTURING

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(a) No Bar to Corporate Restructuring

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(b) Capital Readjustments/Award Modifications

   14

10. NO RIGHT TO EMPLOYMENT

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11. CHANGE OF CONTROL

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(a) Special Rights Upon Change of Control

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(i) Lapse of Restrictions; Acceleration of Exercise and/or Vesting

   15

(ii) Election of Cash or Stock Distribution

   15

(iii) Extended Exercise Period

   15

(iv) Awards Non-Cancellable

   16

(b) Definition of “Change of Control

   16

(i) Acquisition of Stock

   16

(ii) Change in Board Membership

   16

(iii) Shareholder-Approved Reorganization, Merger or Consolidation

   16

(iv) Liquidation or Dissolution

   17

12. GOVERNING LAW

   17

13. CAPTIONS

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14. RESERVATION OF SHARES

   17

15. SAVINGS CLAUSE

   18

16. EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERM

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GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORPORATION

 

LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

 

1. ADOPTION AND PURPOSE

 

Georgia-Pacific Corporation (the “Company”) hereby adopts this Georgia- Pacific Corporation Long-Term Incentive Plan, which was approved by its Board of Directors on September 17, 1997, subject to further approval by the Company’s shareholders (the “Plan”). The purposes of the Plan are to promote the interests of the Company and its stockholders by (a) attracting and retaining exceptional executive personnel and other key employees for the Company and its Subsidiaries (as defined below), (b) motivating such employees by means of performance-related incentives to achieve long-range performance goals and (c) enabling such employees to participate in the long-term growth and financial success of the Company.

 

2. DEFINITIONS

 

The following words and phrases shall have the following meanings unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context:

 

“(a) Award. “Award” means, individually or collectively, a grant under this Plan of Options, Restricted Shares, Dividend Equivalents, a Performance Award, and/or SARs. The issuance of Options, Restricted Shares, shares of unrestricted Common Stock, Dividend Equivalents, SARs and/or cash pursuant to an Award or the taking of any other action mandated under the terms and conditions of an Award, shall not be deemed to be a new Award for any purpose under this Plan (including, but not limited to, Section 16).”

 

(b) Award Agreement. “Award Agreement” means a written agreement entered into between the Company and a Participant setting forth the terms and conditions of an Award made to such Participant under this Plan, in the form prescribed by the Committee.

 

(c) Board. “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

(d) Cause. “Cause” shall mean any of the following: (i) the willful failure of a Participant to perform satisfactorily the duties consistent with his title and position reasonably required of him by the Board or supervising management (other than by reason of incapacity due to physical or mental illness); (ii) the commission by a Participant of a felony, or the perpetration by a Participant of a dishonest act or common law fraud against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; or (iii) any other willful act or omission (including without limitation the deliberate and willful violation of any corporate policy or regulation) which could reasonably be expected to expose the Company to civil liability under the law of the applicable jurisdiction or causes or may reasonably be expected to cause significant injury to the financial condition or business reputation of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

(e) Change of Control. “Change of Control” shall have the meaning specified in Section 11(b).

 

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(f) Code. “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Reference to a specific section of the Code or regulation thereunder shall include such section or regulation, any valid regulation promulgated under such section, and any comparable provision of any future legislation or regulation amending, supplementing or superseding such section or regulation.

 

(g) Committee. “Committee” means the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company, as constituted from time to time, or such subcommittee of that body as the Compensation Committee shall specify to act for the Compensation Committee with respect to this Plan. Each member of the Committee shall be a “non-employee director” within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act and shall be an “outside director” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code. The Committee shall be composed of at least two (2) such directors.

 

(h) Common Stock. “Common Stock” means the Company’s common stock, par value $0.80 per share.

 

(i) Company. “Company” means Georgia-Pacific Corporation, a Georgia corporation headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

 

(j) Dividend Equivalent. “Dividend Equivalent” means an Award granted to a Participant under Section 5(d).

 

(k) Effective Date. “Effective Date” means the effective date of this Plan as defined in Section 16.

 

(l) Employee. “Employee” means a common law employee of the Company or a Subsidiary (including, without limitation, any Company or Subsidiary officer).

 

(m) Exchange Act. “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Reference to a specific section of the Exchange Act or regulation thereunder shall include such section or regulation, any valid regulation promulgated under such section, and any comparable provision of any future legislation or regulation amending, supplementing or superseding such section or regulation.

 

(n) Fair Market Value. “Fair Market Value” means, on any date, the mean between the high and low sales prices of a share of Common Stock on that date as reported in The Wall Street Journal, New York Stock Exchange—Composite Transactions, or as reported in any successor quotation system adopted prospectively for this purpose by the Committee, in its discretion. If the date of determination is not a trading date on the New York Stock Exchange, Fair Market Value shall be determined using the high and low sales prices of a share of Common Stock on the next preceding trading date. The Fair Market Value of the Stock shall be rounded to the nearest whole cent (with 0.5 cent being rounded to the next higher whole cent).

 

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(o) Incentive Stock Option. “Incentive Stock Option” has the meaning specified in Section 5(a).

 

(p) Non-Qualified Stock Option. “Non-Qualified Stock Option” has the meaning specified in Section 5(a).

 

(q) Option. “Option” means an Incentive Stock Option or a Non-Qualified Stock Option as defined in this Plan.

 

(r) Participant. “Participant” means an Employee who has been designated as such by the Committee pursuant to this Plan.

 

(s) Performance Goals. “Performance Goals” means, with respect to any Performance Period, one or more objective performance goals based on one of more of the following objective criteria established by the Committee prior to the beginning of such Performance Period or within such period after the beginning of the Performance Period as shall meet the requirements to be considered “pre-established performance goals” for purposes of Code Section 162(m): (i) increases in the price of the Common Stock; (ii) market share; (iii) sales; (iv) return on equity, assets or capital; (v) economic profit (economic value added); (vi) total shareholder return; (vii) costs; (viii) margins; (ix) earnings or earnings per share; (x) cash flow; (xi) customer satisfaction; (xii) operating profit; or (xiii) any combination of the foregoing. Such Performance Goals may be particular to an Employee or may be based, in whole or part, on the performance of the division, department, line of business, Subsidiary or other business unit, whether or not legally constituted, in which the Employee works or on the performance of the Company generally.

 

(t) Performance Award. “Performance Award” shall have the meaning specified in Section 5(b).

 

(u) Performance Period. “Performance Period” means the period of service designated by the Committee applicable to a Performance Award during which the Performance Goals will be measured.

 

(v) Plan. “Plan” means the Georgia-Pacific Corporation Long-Term Incentive Plan (formerly known as the Georgia-Pacific Corporation/Georgia-Pacific Group 1997 Long-Term Incentive Plan) as described in this plan document.

 

(w) Plan Year. “Plan Year” means the calendar year.

 

(x) Restricted Shares. “Restricted Shares” shall have the meaning specified in Section 5(c).

 

(y) Restriction Period. “Restriction Period” means a Performance Period and/or any other period during which full ownership of compensation contemplated in an Award remains restricted pursuant to the terms and conditions of that Award.

 

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(z) Subsidiary. “Subsidiary” means any corporation or other entity, whether domestic or foreign, in which the Company has or obtains, directly or indirectly, a proprietary interest of more than 20% by reason of stock ownership or otherwise.

 

(aa) SAR. “SAR” has the meaning specified in Section 5(e).

 

(ab) SAR Unit. “SAR Unit” means a bookkeeping entry maintained by the Company on the Company’s books and records for each share of Common Stock with respect to which a Participant has a SAR.

 

3. ELIGIBILITY

 

Any Employee designated by the Committee (in its sole discretion) as a Participant under this Plan will be eligible to receive an Award specified by the Committee in accordance with this Plan.

 

4. STOCK SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PLAN; LIMITATIONS

 

(a) Applicable Stock. The stock subject to the provisions of this Plan shall either be shares of authorized but unissued Common Stock, shares of Common Stock held as treasury stock or previously issued shares reacquired by the Company, including shares purchased on the open market.

 

(b) Plan Limitations. Subject to adjustment in accordance with the provisions of Sections 4(d) and 9, the total number of shares of Common Stock with respect to which Awards of Options, Restricted Shares, SARs, Performance Awards, and/or unrestricted Common Stock may be granted under this Plan may not exceed 16,000,000 shares.

 

(c) Individual Limitations. Subject to adjustment in accordance with Section 9, and subject to Section 4(b), (i) the total number of shares of Common Stock with respect to which Awards of Options may be granted in any Plan Year to any Employee shall not exceed 1,200,000 shares, (ii) the total number of Restricted Shares which may be granted in any Plan Year to any Employee shall not exceed 150,000 shares, (iii) the total number of Performance Award shares which may be granted in any Plan Year to any Employee shall not exceed 300,000 shares, (iv) the value of any Performance Awards payable in cash that may be granted in any Plan Year to any Employee shall not exceed $2,500,000 (as determined on the date the Award is granted), and (v) the total number of shares of Common Stock with respect to which Awards of SARs may be granted in any Plan Year to any Employee shall not exceed 1,200,000 shares.

 

(d) Calculation Procedures. For purposes of calculating the total number of shares of Common Stock available under this Plan for grants of Awards, (i) the grant of an Award of Options, Restricted Shares, SARs or a Performance Award shall be deemed to be equal to the maximum number of shares of Common Stock which may be issued under the Award, (ii) the total number of shares of Common Stock with respect to which Awards may be granted under this Plan shall be increased by the number of Restricted Shares issued under this Plan pursuant to the 2003 Exchange Offer (as defined in Section 8(b)) in exchange for surrendered options that

 

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were granted under other option plans of the Company or its Subsidiaries; and (iii) subject to the provisions of Sections 4(b) and 4(c), there shall again be available for Awards under this Plan all of the following: (A) shares of Common Stock represented by Awards which have been cancelled, forfeited, surrendered or terminated or which expire unexercised (other than Restricted Shares granted in the 2003 Exchange Offer in exchange for surrendered options that were granted under other option plans of the Company or its Subsidiaries); (B) the excess portion of variable Awards which become fixed at less than their maximum limitations; and (C) the number of shares of Common Stock delivered in full or partial payment of the exercise price of any Option granted under this Plan; provided, however, that shares so delivered by an Employee in full or partial payment of the exercise of his/her Option shall not reduce the number of Options granted to the Employee in any Plan Year for purposes of Section 4(c)(i); and provided further that in no event shall the aggregate number of shares issued or delivered pursuant to the exercise of Incentive Stock Options exceed 16,000,000 shares.”

 

5. AWARDS UNDER THIS PLAN

 

Subject to the provisions of this Plan, the Committee shall have the sole and complete authority to determine the Employees to whom Awards shall be granted and the type, terms and conditions of such Awards. As the Committee may determine, the following types of Awards may be granted under this Plan to Employees on a stand alone, combination or tandem basis:

 

(a) Options. An Award consisting of a right to buy a specified number of shares of Common Stock at a fixed exercise price during a specified time, and subject to such other terms and conditions, all as the Committee may determine. Such Options may be Non-Qualified Stock Options or Incentive Stock Options. The exercise price for an Award of Options (whether or not they are Incentive Stock Options) may not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the grant date. The terms and conditions for an Award of Incentive Stock Options must otherwise comply with the requirements of Section 422 of the Code or any successor Section as it may be amended from time to time. Non-Qualified Stock Options are not intended to satisfy the Code requirements for Incentive Stock Options and need not meet such requirements. Each Stock Option granted as an Award under this Plan shall be subject to the provisions of this Plan and the applicable Award Agreement approved by the Committee pursuant to Section 6(b) governing that Option.

 

(b) Performance Awards. An Award granted to an Employee consisting of the right to receive cash, shares of Common Stock, Options or Restricted Shares that are not to be issued to the Employee until after the satisfaction of the related Performance Goals during the related Performance Period. Such Awards shall be subject to the following conditions and procedures:

 

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Administration. Performance Awards may be granted to Employees either alone or in addition to other Awards granted under this Plan. The Committee shall determine the Employees to whom Performance Awards shall be awarded for any Performance Period, the duration of the applicable Performance Period, the Performance Goals which must be met for the Award to be paid and the amount of cash and/or the number of shares of Common Stock, Options and/or Restricted Shares to be awarded

 

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at the end of a Performance Period to Employees if the Performance Goals are met or exceeded. Each such Performance Award shall be subject to the provisions of this Plan and the applicable Award Agreement approved by the Committee pursuant to Section 6(b) governing that Award.

 

  (ii) Payment of Award. After the end of a Performance Period, the degree to which the Performance Goals related to such Performance Period have been met shall be determined by the Committee. If the Performance Goals are not met, no compensation shall be issued pursuant to the Performance Award. If the Performance Goals are met or exceeded, the Committee shall certify that fact in writing in the Committee minutes or elsewhere and authorize the payment of the amount of cash or issuance of the number of shares of Common Stock, Options and/or Restricted Shares as contemplated under the affected Performance Award in accordance with the related Award Agreement.

 

  (iii) Further Restriction Period. At the discretion of the Committee, a Performance Award may provide for deferral of vesting and/or transfer rights with respect to all or some of the incidents of ownership of the compensation contemplated in the Award based on the satisfaction of terms and conditions in addition to the attainment of the stated Performance Goals during the related Performance Period over a further Restriction Period following the Performance Period. In such a case, such vesting and/or transfer rights with respect to the affected incidents of ownership shall be postponed until the Committee certifies that the additional conditions have been timely met and authorizes such vesting and/or transfer. Such acts by the Committee shall not be deemed to be a new Award.

 

(c) Restricted Shares. An Award consisting of a transfer of shares of Common Stock to a Participant, subject to such restrictions on transfer or other incidents of ownership, for such periods of time (with respect to each Award, the “Restriction Period”) as the Committee may determine. Restrictions on an Award of Restricted Shares may include the attainment of specified Performance Goals during a designated Performance Period having a minimum duration of at least one year, the passage of a period of time having a minimum duration of at least three years (during which Awards may vest incrementally), or a combination of such restrictions and/or of other delayed vesting conditions; provided that in no event may the minimum duration of such Restriction Period be waived except in the case of death, disability, termination of employment or a Change of Control. If the issuance, vesting and/or transfer of ownership of Restricted Shares granted under this Plan is contingent upon the attainment of Performance Goals during a designated Performance Period, the Award shall also be considered a Performance Award and shall be subject to the provisions of Section 6(b) as well as those of this Section 6(c). Awards of Restricted Shares under this Plan shall be subject to the following conditions and procedures:

 

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  (i) Issuance of Stock Certificates. At the time specified for issuance of the Restricted Shares under the applicable Award Agreement, the stock certificate or certificates representing Restricted Shares shall be registered in the name of the Participant to whom such Restricted Shares shall have been awarded. During the Restriction Period, certificates representing the Restricted Shares shall bear a restrictive legend to the effect that the Restricted Shares are subject to the restrictions, terms and conditions provided in this Plan and the applicable Award Agreement. Such certificates shall remain in the custody of the Company and the Participant shall deposit with the Company stock powers or other instruments of assignment, each endorsed in blank, so as to permit retransfer to the Company of all or any portion of the Restricted Shares that shall be forfeited or otherwise not become vested in accordance with the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement.

 

  (ii) Status of Restricted Shares. Restricted Shares which have been issued in accordance with an Award Agreement shall constitute issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock for all corporate purposes.

 

  (iii) Participant Rights With Respect to Issued

 
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