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Exhibit
10.3
AGREEMENT
(Charles E. Cobb, Jr.
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This AGREEMENT (the
“Agreement”) is dated as of December 13, 2006, by
and between WCI Communities, Inc. (the “Company”) and
Charles E. Cobb, Jr. (the “Director”).
WHEREAS, the Director
currently serves as a non-employee director on the Board of
Directors of the Company (the “Board”); and
WHEREAS, the Board has
elected the Director as the Vice Chairman of the Board on
December 13, 2006, and currently intends to elect the Director
as Chairman of the Board at the time of the 2007 shareholders
meeting if he is then serving as a director; and
WHEREAS, the Director is
willing to serve in such capacities for the compensation and upon
the terms set forth in this Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the premises and mutual covenants herein and for
other good and valuable consideration, the parties agree as
follows:
1. Election as Vice
Chairman and Chairman .
a. On December 13, 2006,
the Board elected the Director to serve as Vice Chairman of the
Board of Directors.
b. Provided that the Director
remains on the Board immediately following the Company’s 2007
annual shareholders meeting, the Board intends to elect the
Director to serve as the non-executive Chairman of the Board on
that date.
2. Compensation
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a. Regular Board
Compensation . Throughout his term on the Board, the Director
will continue to receive the compensation to which he is entitled
as a non-employee director of the Company pursuant to the Director
Compensation Strategy Statement and the compensation program for
non-employee directors that was adopted by the Board in October
2005, as the same has been and may hereafter be amended from time
to time (the “WCI Director Compensation Program”)
including, without limitation, the annual Board retainer, annual
Committee Chair retainer, annual equity awards, and Board and
Committee meeting fees, subject in each case to the applicable
attendance requirements.
b. Special
Compensation . Upon the recommendation of the Executive
Compensation Committee and the Nominating/Corporate Governance
Committee of the Board, the Board approved on December 13,
2006, the following special compensation to be paid to the Director
for his service as Vice Chairman and, later, Chairman of the Board,
which shall be in addition to his regular compensation as a
non-employee director as referenced above.
(i) Stock Options . On
December 13, 2006, the Company shall grant to the Director,
under the Amended and Restated WCI Communities, Inc. 1998
Non-Employee Director Stock Incentive Plan (the
“Plan”), non-qualified stock options to purchase 80,000
shares of common stock of the Company (“Common Stock”)
at an exercise price per share that is equal to the closing price
of the Common Stock on the grant date (the “Options”).
The Options will have a term of forty-two (42) months,
expiring on June 13, 2010, and shall be subject to the terms
and conditions set forth in an option agreement in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Option
Agreement”). The Options will vest as to 50% (40,000) of
the shares on the first anniversary of the grant date and 50%
(40,000) of the shares on the second anniversary of the grant
date, except that any unvested options will vest in full
(A) upon a Change in Control of the Company, as defined in the
Plan, (B) on the date of the Company’s annual meeting of
shareholders in 2007, if the Director is not re-elected to the
Board at that meeting, (C) on the date of the Board meeting
held on the date of the Company’s annual meeting of
shareholders in 2007, if the Company does not elect the Director to
the position of Chairman on or before that date, (D) on the
date of the Company’s annual meeting of shareholders in 2008,
if the Director is not re-elected to the Board at that meeting, or
(E) on the date, if any, that the Company removes the Director
without cause (as defined in the Option Agreement) from the
position of Vice Chairman (other than the transition from Vice
Chairman to Chairman) or, once elected, from the position of
Chairman. In any such case of normal or early vesting, the Options
shall remain exercisable for their full remaining term. If the
Director resigns as Vice Chairman or Chairman, is physically unable
to perform the duties of Vice Chairman or Chairman, or is removed
from either of such positions for cause (as defined in the Option
Agreement), the unvested portion of the Options shall terminate and
be forfeited to the Company on the date that the Director ceases to
serve in the capacity as Vice Chairman or Chairman, as the case may
be.
(ii) Incremental
Chairmanship Fee . For such time, if any, as the Director
continues to serve as Chairman after December 15, 2008, then,
in addition to other retainers and fees payable to him under the
WCI Director Compensation Program, the Company shall pay to the
Director an incremental fee in the amount of $200,000 per year,
which shall be paid quarterly in advance, beginning on
January 1, 2009 (the “Incremental Chairmanship
Fee”). The Director may elect to receive the Incremental
Chairmanship Fee in the form of cash, Common Stock or equity-based
awards. If the Director elects to receive some or all of the
Incremental Chairmanship Fee in the form of Common Stock or
equity-based awards, such shares or equity-based awards shall be
granted under the Plan and shall be subject to all of the terms and
conditions of the Plan.
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3. Miscellaneous
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a. Governing Law .
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of Florida, without regard to conflicts
of laws principles thereof.
b. Severability . In
the event that any one or more of the provisions of this Agreement
shall be or become invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any
respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining
provisions of this Agreement shall not be affected
thereby.
c. Assignment . This
Agreement, and the Director’s rights hereunder, shall not be
assignable or delegable by the Director. Any purported assignment
or delegation by the Director in violation of the foregoing shall
be null and void ab initio and of no force and effect. This
Agreement may be assigned by the Company to a person or entity
which is an affiliate or a successor in interest to substantially
all of the business operations of the Company. Upon such
assignment, the rights and obligations of the Company hereunder
shall become the rights and obligations of such affiliate or
successor person or entity.
d. Notice . For the
purpose of this Agreement, notices and all other communications
provided for in the Agreement shall be in writing and shall be
deemed to have been duly given when delivered by hand or overnight
courier or three days after it has been mailed by United States
registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid,
addressed to the respective addresses set forth below in this
Agreement, or to such other address as either party may have
furnished to the other in writing in accordance herewith, except
that notice of change of address shall be effective only upon
receipt.
If to the Company:
WCI Communities,
Inc.
24301 Walden Center
Drive
Bonita Springs, Florida
34134
Attention: Vivien N.
Hastings, General Counsel; Facsimile:
(239) 498-8277
If to the
Director:
Mr. Charles E.
Cobb, Jr.
8 Tahiti Beach
Island
Coral Gables, Florida
33143
or such other address as the
Director shall advise the Company in writing.
e. Counterparts . This
Agreement may be signed in counterparts, each of which shall be an
original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and
hereto were upon the same instrument.
(signatures on following
page)
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement as of the day and
year first above written.
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| WCI COMMUNITIES, INC. |
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| By: |
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Don E.
Ackerman |
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Chairman
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| DIRECTOR |
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| Charles E. Cobb, Jr. |
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Exhibit A
WCI COMMUNITIES,
INC.
STOCK OPTION
AGREEMENT
Amended and Restated WCI
Communities, Inc.
1998 Non-Employee
Director
Stock Incentive
Plan
This Stock Option Agreement
is entered into as of the 13th day of December, 2006 (the
“Option Date”) by and between WCI Communities, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company") and Charles E. Cobb, Jr. (the
"Participant").
RECITALS
In consideration of the
services performed and to be performed by Participant, the Company
has determined that it is in the best interests of the Company to
grant Participant options to purchase common stock of the Company
(the "Shares") pursuant to the Amended and Restated WCI
Communities, Inc. 1998 Non-Employee Director Stock Incentive Plan
(the "Plan"), which was previously approved by the Company's
shareh
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