STARWOOD HOTELS
& RESORTS WORLDWIDE, INC.
2004 LONG-TERM
INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN
As Amended and
Restated in December 2008
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TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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ARTICLE 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
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Establishment of Plan
Purpose of Plan
Types of Awards
Effective Date
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ARTICLE 2 - DEFINITIONS
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ARTICLE 3 - ADMINISTRATION
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General
Authority of the Committee.
Rules for Foreign Jurisdictions
Delegation of Authority
Award Agreements
Indemnification
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ARTICLE 4 - SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN
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Number of Shares
Individual Limits
Adjustment of Shares
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ARTICLE 5 - STOCK OPTIONS
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5.1
5.2
5.3
5.4
5.5
5.6
5.7
5.8
5.9
5.10
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Grant of Options
Agreement
Option Price
Duration of Options
Exercise of Options
Payment
Nontransferability of Options.
Reload Options
Purchased Options
Special Rules for ISOs
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ARTICLE 6 - STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS
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Grant of SARs
Tandem SARs
Payment
Exercise of SARs
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ARTICLE 7 - RESTRICTED STOCK AND RESTRICTED
STOCK UNITS
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Grant of Restricted Stock/ Unit
Restricted Stock/ Unit Agreement.
Nontransferability
Certificates
Dividends and Other Distributions
Short-Term Deferral
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ARTICLE 8 - PERFORMANCE SHARES AND UNITS
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Grant of Performance Shares/ Units
Value of Performance Shares/ Units
Earning of Performance Shares/ Units
Form and Timing of Payment of Performance Shares/ Units
Nontransferability
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ARTICLE 9 - PERFORMANCE MEASURES
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ARTICLE 10 - AWARDS TO DIRECTORS
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Stock Options
Stock Awards
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ARTICLE 11 - BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION
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ARTICLE 12 - DEFERRALS
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ARTICLE 13 - WITHHOLDING
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Tax Withholding
Share Withholding
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ARTICLE 14 - AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION
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Amendment of Plan
Amendment of Award Agreement
Termination of Plan
Cancellation of Awards
Assumption or Cancellation of Awards
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ARTICLE 15 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
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15.1
15.2
15.3
15.4
15.5
15.6
15.7
15.8
15.9
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Restrictions on Shares
Rights of a Stockholder
No Implied Rights
Compliance with Laws
Compliance with Code Section 409A
Deferrals for Code Section 162(m)
Successors
Tax Elections
Legal Construction.
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STARWOOD HOTELS
& RESORTS WORLDWIDE, INC.
2004 LONG-TERM
INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN
As Amended and
Restated in December 2008
ARTICLE 1 —
GENERAL PROVISIONS
1.1 Establishment of Plan.
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc., a Maryland
corporation (the “Company”), hereby establishes an
incentive compensation plan to be known as the “Starwood
Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. 2004 Long-Term Incentive
Compensation Plan” (the “Plan”), as set forth in
this document.
1.2 Purpose of Plan. The
objectives of the Plan are to (i) attract and retain
employees, directors, consultants, advisors and other persons who
perform services for the Company by providing compensation
opportunities that are competitive with other companies;
(ii) provide incentives to those individuals who contribute
significantly to the long-term performance and growth of the
Company and its affiliates; and (iii) align the long-term
financial interests of employees’ and other Eligible
Participants with those of the Company’s stockholders.
1.3 Types of Awards. Awards
under the Plan may be made to Eligible Participants in the form of
(i) Incentive Stock Options, (ii) Nonqualified Stock
Options, (iii) Stock Appreciation Rights, (iv) Stock
Awards, (v) Restricted Stock, (vi) Restricted Stock
Units, (vii) Performance Shares, (viii) Performance Units
or any combination of these.
1.4 Effective Date. The Plan
was originally effective upon approval by the Company’s
stockholders (the “Effective Date”) in 2004 and has
been amended from time to time thereafter. This amendment and
restatement of the Plan is generally effective as of
January 1, 2005, in order to ensure compliance with Code
section 409A in the case of 409A Awards.
ARTICLE 2 —
DEFINITIONS
Except where the context otherwise
indicates, the following definitions apply:
2.1 “Act” means the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as now in effect or as hereafter
amended. All citations to sections of the Act or rules thereunder
are to such sections or rules as they may from time to time be
amended or renumbered.
2.2 “Agreement” means the
written agreement evidencing an Award granted to the Participant
under the Plan.
2.3 “Award” means an
award granted to a Participant under the Plan that is an Option,
Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Unit,
Stock Award, Performance Share, Performance Unit or combination of
these.”
2.4 “Board” means the
Board of Directors of the Company.
2.5 “Cause” means, unless
provided otherwise in the Agreement: any conduct amounting to
fraud, dishonesty, willful misconduct, negligence, significant
activities materially harmful to the reputation of the Company or
an Employer, insubordination or conviction of a felony or a crime
involving moral turpitude, all as determined in the exercise of
good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company.
Without limiting the foregoing, the
following shall constitute Cause: (i) Participant’s
breach of this Plan or any agreement between Participant and the
Employer, (ii) negligence in Participant’s attention to
the business or affairs of the Employer or intentionally failing to
perform a reasonably requested directive or assignment or failure
to perform his duties with the Employer substantially in accordance
with the Employer’s operating and personnel policies and
procedures generally applicable to all of its employees,
(iii) the misappropriation (or attempted misappropriation) of
any of the Employer’s funds or property. “Cause”
under (i), (ii) and (iii) above shall be determined by the
Committee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Participant has
entered into an employment agreement with the Employer that is
binding as of the date of employment termination, and if such
employment agreement defines “Cause,” then the
definition of “Cause” in such agreement shall apply to
the Participant for purposes of this Plan.
2.6 “Change in Control”
means:
(a) Any
Person is or becomes the beneficial owner within the meaning of
Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Act (but without regard to
any time period specified in Rule 13d-3(d)(1)(i)), of 33
1/3 percent or more of either (i) then outstanding
Shares, including for this purpose shares issuable in respect of
Partnership Units of SLT Realty Limited Partnership and SLC
Operating Limited Partnership (the “Outstanding
Shares”) or (ii) the combined voting power of then
outstanding securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in
the election of directors (the “Outstanding Company Voting
Securities”); excluding, however, (1) any acquisition by
the Company or (2) any acquisition by an employee benefit plan
(or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any
corporation controlled by the Company;
(b) Individuals who, as of the Effective Date, constitute the
Board (the “Incumbent Board”) cease for any reason to
constitute at least a majority of such Board; provided that any
individual who becomes a director of the Company subsequent to the
Effective Date whose election, or nomination for election by the
Company’s stockholders, was approved by the vote of at least
a majority of the directors then comprising the Incumbent Board
shall be deemed a member of the Incumbent Board; and provided
further, that any individual who was initially elected as a
director of the Company as a result of an actual or threatened
election contest, as such terms are used in Rule 14a-11 of
Regulation 14A promulgated under the Act, or any other actual
or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf
of any Person other then the Board shall not be deemed a member of
the Incumbent Board;
(c) Consummation by the Company of a reorganization, merger,
or consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of the assets
of the Company (a “Corporate Transaction”); excluding,
however, a Corporate Transaction pursuant to which (i) all or
substantially all of the individuals or entities who are the
beneficial owners, respectively, of the Outstanding Shares and the
Outstanding Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such
Corporate Transaction will beneficially own, directly or
indirectly, more than 66 2/3 percent of, respectively, the
outstanding shares of common stock, and the combined voting power
of the outstanding securities of such corporation entitled to vote
generally in the election of directors, as the case may be, of the
corporation resulting from such Corporate Transaction (including,
without limitation, a corporation which as a result of such
transaction owns the Company or all or substantially all of the
Company’s assets either directly or indirectly) in
substantially the same proportions relative to each other as their
ownership, immediately prior to such Corporate Transaction, of the
Outstanding Shares and the Outstanding Company Voting Securities,
as the case may be, (ii) no Person (other than: the Company,
any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or
maintained by the Company or any corporation controlled by the
Company, the corporation resulting from such Corporate Transaction,
and any Person which beneficially owned, immediately prior to such
Corporate Transaction, directly or indirectly 33 1/3 percent
or more of the Outstanding Shares or the Outstanding Company Voting
Securities, as the case may be) will beneficially own, directly or
indirectly, 33 1/3 percent or more of, respectively, the
outstanding shares of common stock of the corporation resulting
from such Corporate Transaction or the combined voting power of the
outstanding securities of such corporation entitled to vote
generally in the election of directors and (iii) individuals
who were members of the Incumbent Board will constitute at least a
majority of the members of the board of directors of the
corporation resulting from such Corporate Transaction; or
(d) Approval
by the stockholders of the Company of a plan of complete
liquidation or dissolution of the Company.
This Section 2.6 is written in light of the fact that each
share of common stock of the Company is currently attached to and
trades together with one Class B share of beneficial interest
in Starwood Hotels & Resorts. In the event these shares no
longer trade together as a unit, it is intended that the following
interpretation shall be adopted in applying this Section —
whether a Change in Control has occurred during the period after
such shares cease to trade together as a unit shall be determined
without taking into consideration any Class B shares of
beneficial interest in Starwood Hotels & Resorts or any
composition of the Board of Trustees of Starwood Hotels &
Resorts.
Notwithstanding anything in this Plan or any Award Agreement to
the contrary, to the extent any provision of this Plan or an Award
Agreement would cause a payment of a 409A Award to be made upon the
occurrence of a Change in Control, then such payment shall not be
made unless such Change in Control also constitutes a “change
in ownership”, “change in effective control” or
“change in ownership of a substantial portion of the
Company’s asset” within the meaning of Code section
409A. Any payment that would have been made except for the
application of the preceding sentence shall be made in accordance
with the payment schedule that would have applied in the absence of
a Change in Control.
2.7 “Code” means the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as now in effect or as hereafter
amended. All citations to sections of the Code are to such sections
as they may from time to time be amended or renumbered and shall
include all related regulations.
2.8 “Committee” means the
Compensation and Option Committee of the Board or such other
committee consisting of two or more members as may be appointed by
the Board to administer this Plan pursuant to Article 3. If
Shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange
(“NYSE”), all of the members of the Compensation
Committee shall be independent directors within the meaning of the
NYSE’s Corporate Governance Standards. If any member of the
Committee does not qualify as (i) a “Non-Employee
Director” within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 under the
Act, and (ii) an “outside director” within the
meaning of Code section 162(m), a subcommittee of the Committee
shall be appointed to grant Awards to Named Executive Officers and
to officers who are subject to Section 16 of the Act, and each
member of such subcommittee shall satisfy the requirements of
(i) and (ii) above. References to the Committee in the Plan
shall include and, as appropriate, apply to any such
subcommittee.
2.9 “Company” means
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc., a Maryland
corporation, and its successors and assigns.
2.10 “Director” means any
individual who is a member of the Board of Directors of the
Company; provided, however, that any Director who is employed by
the Company or any Employer shall not be considered a Director, but
instead shall be considered an employee for purposes of the
Plan.
2.11 “Disability” means,
with respect to any Incentive Stock Option, disability as
determined under Code section 22(e)(3), and with respect to any
other Award, (i) with respect to a Participant who is eligible
to participate in the Employer’s program of long-term
disability insurance, if any, a condition with respect to which the
Participant is entitled to commence benefits under such program,
and (ii) with respect to any Participant (including a
Participant who is eligible to participate in the Employer’s
program of long-term disability insurance, if any), a disability as
determined under procedures established by the Committee or in any
Award.
2.12 “Effective Date”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 1.4
hereof.
2.13 “Eligible
Participant” means an employee of the Employer (including an
officer) as well as any other natural person, including a Director
and a consultant or advisor who provides bona fide services to the
Employer not in connection with the offer or sale of securities in
a capital-raising transaction, subject to limitations as may be
provided by the Code, the Act or the Committee, as shall be
determined by the Committee.
2.14 “Employer” means the
Company and any entity during any period that it is a “parent
corporation” or a “subsidiary corporation” with
respect to the Company within the meaning of Code sections 424(e)
and 424(f). With respect to all purposes of the Plan, including but
not limited to, the establishment, amendment, termination,
operation and administration of the Plan, the Company shall be
authorized to act on behalf of all other entities included within
the definition of “Employer.”
2.15 “Fair Market Value”
means the fair market value of a Share, as determined in good faith
by the Committee; provided, however, that
(a) if the
Shares are traded on a national or regional securities exchange or
on The NASDAQ National Market System (“NASDAQ”) on a
given date, Fair Market Value on such date shall be the average of
the high and low sales price for a Share on the securities exchange
on such date (or, if no sales of Shares were made on such exchange
on such date, on the next preceding day on which sales were made on
such exchange), all as reported in The Wall Street Journal
or such other source as the Committee deems reliable;
(b) if the
Shares are not listed on any securities exchange or traded on
NASDAQ, but nevertheless are publicly traded and reported on NASDAQ
without sale prices for the Shares being customarily quoted, Fair
Market Value on such date shall be the average of the closing bid
and asked quotations in such over-the-counter market as reported by
NASDAQ (or, if there are no bid and asked quotations in the
over-the-counter market as reported by NASDAQ on such date, on the
next preceding day on which such bid and asked prices were quoted;
and
(c) in the
case of an Option or SAR that is intended to be exempt from Code
section 409A, Fair Market Value shall be determined by the
Committee in accordance with the requirements of Code section 409A
to the extent required.
For purposes of subsection (a) above, if Shares are traded
on more than one securities exchange then the following exchange
shall be referenced to determine Fair Market Value: (i) the
NYSE, or (ii) if shares are not traded on the NYSE, the
NASDAQ, or (iii) if shares are not traded on the NYSE or
NASDAQ, the largest regional exchange on which Shares are
traded.
2.16 “409A Award” means
each Award that was not both earned and vested as of
December 31, 2004, and all other Awards that were materially
modified after October 3, 2004, determined in each case within
the meaning of Code section 409A.
2.17 “Incentive Stock
Option” or “ISO” means an Option granted to an
Eligible Participant under Article 5 of the Plan which is
intended to meet the requirements of Code section 422.
2.18 “Insider” shall mean
an individual who is, on the relevant date, subject to the
reporting requirements of Section 16(a) of the Act.
2.19 “Named Executive
Officer” means a Participant who, as of the date an Award
could be deductible by the Employer, is one of the group of
“covered employees” as defined in the regulations
promulgated or other guidance under Code section 162(m).
2.20 “Nonqualified Stock
Option” or “NQSO” means an Option granted to an
Eligible Participant under Article 5 of the Plan which is not
intended to meet the requirements of Code section 422.
2.21 “Option” means an
Incentive Stock Option or a Nonqualified Stock Option. An Option
shall be designated as either an Incentive Stock Option or a
Nonqualified Stock Option, and in the absence of such designation,
shall be treated as a Nonqualified Stock Option.
2.22 “Option Price” means
the price at which a Share may be purchased by a Participant
pursuant to an Option.
2.23 “Participant” means
an Eligible Participant to whom an Award has been granted.
2.24 “Payment Date” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 5.6 of the Plan.
2.25 “Performance Share”
means an Award under Article 8 of the Plan that is valued by
reference to a Share, which value may be paid to the Participant by
delivery of such property as the Committee shall determine,
including without limitation, cash or Shares, or any combination
thereof, upon achievement of such performance objectives during the
relevant performance period as the Committee shall establish at the
time of such Award or thereafter, but not later than the time
permitted by Code section 162(m) in the case of a Named Executive
Officer, unless the Committee determines not to comply with Code
section 162(m).
2.26 “Performance Unit”
means an Award under Article 8 of the Plan that has a value
set by the Committee (or that is determined by reference to a
valuation formula specified by the Committee), which value may be
paid to the Participant by delivery of such property as the
Committee shall determine, including without limitation, cash or
Shares, or any combination thereof, upon achievement of such
performance objectives during the relevant performance period as
the Committee shall establish at the time of such Award or
thereafter, but not later than the time permitted by Code section
162(m) in the case of a Named Executive Officer, unless the
Committee determines not to comply with Code section 162(m).
2.27 “Plan” means the
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. 2004 Long-Term
Incentive Compensation Plan, As Amended and Restated
December 2008, and as further amended from time to time.
2.28 “Restricted Stock”
means an Award of Shares under Article 7 of the Plan, which
Shares are issued with such restriction(s) as the Committee, in its
sole discretion, may impose, including without limitation, any
restriction on the right to retain such Shares, to sell, transfer,
pledge or assign such Shares, to vote such Shares, and/or to
receive any cash dividends with respect to such Shares, which
restrictions may lapse separately or in combination at such time or
times, in installments or otherwise, as the Committee may deem
appropriate.
2.29 “Restricted Stock
Unit” means an Award under Article 7 of the Plan that is
valued by reference to a Share, which value may be paid to the
Participant by delivery of such property as the Committee shall
determine, including without limitation, cash or Shares, or any
combination thereof, and that has such restriction(s) as the
Committee, in its sole discretion, may impose, including without
limitation, any restriction on the right to retain such Awards, to
sell, transfer, pledge or assign such Awards, and/or to receive any
cash dividend equivalents with respect to such Awards, which
restrictions may lapse separately or in combination at such time or
times, in installments or otherwise, as the Committee may deem
appropriate,
2.30 “Restriction Period”
means the period commencing on the date an Award of Restricted
Stock or Restricted Stock Units is granted and ending on such date
as the Committee shall determine (as provided in the Award
Agreement).
2.31 “Retirement” means
termination of employment other than for Cause after a Participant
has reached the age of 55 years and has completed at least
five years of service (full-time or full-time equivalent), provided
that the sum of the age of Participant plus the number of years of
service (full-time or full-time equivalent) is equal to at least
65.
2.32 “Share” means one
share of common stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company, as
may be adjusted pursuant to the provisions of Section 4.3 of
the Plan.
2.33 “Stock Appreciation
Right” or “SAR” means an Award granted under
Article 6 which provides for an amount payable in Shares
and/or cash, as determined by the Committee, equal to the excess of
the Fair Market Value of a Share on the day the Stock Appreciation
Right is exercised over the specified purchase price.
2.34 “Stock Award” means
an Award of Shares, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock,
Restricted Stock Units, Performance Shares or Performance Units
granted to a Director pursuant to Article 10 under the
Plan.
ARTICLE 3 —
ADMINISTRATION
3.1 General. This Plan shall
be administered by the Committee. The Committee, in its discretion,
may delegate to one or more of its members such of its powers as it
deems appropriate. Members of the Committee shall be appointed
originally, and as vacancies occur, by the Board, to serve at the
pleasure of the Board.
3.2 Authority of the Committee
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(a) The
Committee shall have the exclusive right to interpret, construe and
administer the Plan, to select the persons who are eligible to
receive an Award, and to act in all matters pertaining to the
granting of an Award and the contents of the Agreement evidencing
the Award, including without limitation, the determination of the
number of Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Stock Awards,
Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Performance Shares or
Performance Units subject to an Award and the form, terms,
conditions and duration of each Award, and any amendment thereof
consistent with the provisions of the Plan. The Committee may adopt
such rules, regulations and procedures of general application for
the administration of this Plan, as it deems appropriate.
(b) The
Committee may correct any defect, supply any omission or reconcile
any inconsistency in the Plan or any Agreement in the manner and to
the extent it shall deem desirable to carry it into effect.
(c) In the
event the Company shall assume outstanding employee benefit awards
or the right or obligation to make future such awards in connection
with the acquisition of another corporation or business entity, the
Committee may, in its discretion, make such adjustments in the
terms of Awards under the Plan as it shall deem appropriate.
(d) All
acts, determinations and decisions of the Committee made or taken
pursuant to grants of authority under the Plan or with respect to
any questions arising in connection with the administration and
interpretation of the Plan, including the severability of any and
all of the provisions thereof, shall be conclusive, final and
binding upon all parties, including the Company, its stockholders,
Participants, Eligible Participants and their estates,
beneficiaries and successors.
3.3 Rules for Foreign
Jurisdictions. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the
contrary, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, amend or vary
the terms of the Plan in order to conform such terms with the
requirements of each non-U.S. jurisdiction where an Eligible
Participant is located or to meet the goals and objectives of the
Plan; establish one or more sub-plans for these purposes; and
establish administrative rules and procedures to facilitate the
operation of the Plan in such non-U.S. jurisdictions. For purposes
of clarity, the terms and conditions contained herein which are
subject to variation in a non-U.S. jurisdiction shall be reflected
in a written addendum to the Plan for each Employer in such
non-U.S. jurisdiction.
3.4 Delegation of Authority.
Except with respect to Named Executive Officers and Insiders, the
Committee may, at any time and from time to time, delegate to one
or more persons any or all of its authority and discretion under
Section 3.2 and 3.3, to the full extent permitted by law and
the rules of any exchange on which Shares are traded.
3.5 Award Agreements. Each
Award granted under the Plan shall be evidenced by a written
Agreement. Each Agreement shall be subject to and incorporate, by
reference or otherwise, the applicable terms and conditions of the
Plan, and any other terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the
Plan, as may be imposed by the Committee, including without
limitation, provisions related to the consequences of termination
of employment. A copy of such document shall be provided to the
Participant, and the Committee may, but need not, require that the
Participant sign a copy of the Agreement.
3.6 Indemnification. In
addition to such other rights of indemnification as they may have
as directors or as members of the Committee, the members of the
Committee shall be indemnified by the Company against reasonable
expenses, including attorney’s fees, actually and necessarily
incurred in connection with the defense of any action, suit or
proceeding, or in connection with any appeal therein, to which they
or any of them may be a party by reason of any action taken or
failure to act under or in connection with the Plan or any Award
granted thereunder, and against all amounts paid by them in
settlement thereof, provided such settlement is approved by
independent legal counsel selected by the Company, or paid by them
in satisfaction of a judgment in any such action, suit or
proceeding, except as to matters as to which the Committee member
has been negligent or engaged in misconduct in the performance of
his duties (all amounts reimbursed hereunder referred to as the
“Reimbursement Expenses”); provided, that within
60 days after institution of any such action, suit or
proceeding, a Committee member shall in writing offer the Company
the opportunity, at its own expense, to handle and defend the same.
The entitlement to Reimbursement Expenses applies during the
lifetime of the Committee member, the Company shall pay each
Reimbursement Expense no later than the end of the calendar year
following the calendar year in which the Committee member incurred
such Reimbursement Expense, the amount of Reimbursement Expenses
available to a Committee member in one tax year will not affect the
amount of Reimbursement Expenses available to the Committee member
in any other tax year, and the entitlement to Reimbursement
Expenses is not subject to liquidation or exchange for any other
benefit.
ARTICLE 4 —
SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN
4.1 Number of Shares. Subject
to adjustment as provided in Section 4.3 and the Awards
available under the next sentence, the aggregate number of Shares
which are available for issuance pursuant to Awards under the Plan
is fifty-two million (52,000,000) Shares (the “General Award
Pool”). In addition to the General Award Pool, one hundred
fifty thousand (150,000) Shares shall be available for Stock Awards
that are issued in lieu of cash, at a Director’s election, in
payment of a portion of the annual Directors’ fees pursuant
to Section 10.2 of the Plan (the “Directors’ Fee
Pool”). Such Shares shall be made available from Shares
currently authorized but unissued or Shares currently held (or
subsequently acquired) by the Company as treasury shares, including
Shares purchased in the open market or in private transactions.
Upon approval of this Plan by the stockholders of the Company, no
further grants may be made under the Company’s 2002 Long-Term
Incentive Compensation Plan, as amended (the “2002
Plan”), but Shares available under the 2002 Plan that have
not been used for awards under the 2002 Plan may be used for Awards
hereunder, but only in the form of Options, and such Shares shall
not be charged against the Award Pools.
The following rules shall apply for
purposes of determining the number of Shares available for grant
under the Plan:
(a) Each
Option awarded (including Purchased Options described in
Section 5.9) shall be counted as one Share subject to an Award
and deducted from the General Award Pool.
(b) Each
share of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Unit and each share
of a Stock Award, excluding Stock Awards issued from the
Directors’ Fee Pool pursuant to subsection (d) below, shall
be counted as 2.8 Shares subject to an Award and deducted from the
General Award Pool. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, to the
extent a Participant receives Restricted Stock in lieu of all or
part of a cash bonus, pursuant to Section 7.2(b), the
deduction from the General Award Pool shall be reduced by a
percentage that equals the percentage of the Award’s value at
grant that is paid for by the Participant (but only to the extent
the receipt of Restricted Stock is at the Participant’s
election).
(c) Each
share of a Stock Award issued from the Directors’ Fee Pool
shall count as one Share and shall not be charged against the
General Award Pool, provided that if there are no longer Shares
available under the Directors’ Fee Pool, such awards may be
counted under subsection (b) above and deducted from the
General Award Pool.
(d) Each
Performance Share awarded that may be settled in Shares shall be
counted as 2.8 Shares subject to an Award and deducted from the
General Award Pool. Each Performance Unit awarded that may be
settled in Shares shall be counted as a number of Shares subject to
an Award, with the number determined by dividing the value of the
Performance Unit at grant by the Fair Market Value of a Share at
Grant and then multiplying the result by 2.8. Performance Shares
and Units that may not be settled in Shares (or that may be settled
in Shares but are not) shall not result in a reduction in any Award
Pool.
(e) Each
Stock Appreciation Right that may be settled in Shares shall be
counted as one Share subject to an Award and deducted from the
General Award Pool. Stock Appreciation Rights that may not be
settled in Shares (or that may be settled in Shares but are not)
shall not result in a reduction in any Award Pool. In addition, if
a Stock Appreciation Right is granted in connection with an Option
and the exercise of the Stock Appreciation Right results in the
loss of the Option right, the Shares that otherwise would have been
issued upon the exercise of such related Option shall not result in
a reduction in any Award Pool.
(f) If, for
any reason, any Shares awarded or subject to purchase under the
Plan (or the 2002 Plan or any prior plan of the Company or any
predecessor or affiliate (each a “Prior Plan”)) are not
delivered or purchased, or are reacquired by the Company, for
reasons including, but not limited to, a forfeiture of Restricted
Stock or a Restricted Stock Unit or the termination, expiration or
cancellation of an Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Performance
Share or Performance Unit, such Shares (“Returned
Shares”) shall again be available for issuance pursuant to an
Award under the Plan and shall be added to the Pool under which
they were originally granted, or if granted under a Prior Plan,
shall be added to the General Award Pool, provided that any
addition to the General Award Pool shall be adjusted by whatever
factor or factors were applied to determine the charge against the
General Award Pool (or would apply if such an award were newly made
under this Plan in the case of an award granted under a Prior
Plan). If the Option Price, purchase price and/or withholding
obligation under an Award is satisfied by the Company retaining
Shares or Shares tendered by the