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Exhibit 10.19.7 AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION
EMPLOYEE STOCK OPTION AND INCENTIVE PLAN
amended and restated The purposes of this Employee Stock Option
and Incentive Plan ("Plan") are as follows: (1) To provide
additional incentive for Employees to further the growth,
development and financial success of the Company by personally
benefiting through the ownership of Company stock and/or rights,
which recognize such growth, development and financial success.
(2) To enable the Company to recruit and retain Employees
considered essential to the long range success of the Company by
offering them an opportunity to own stock in the Company and/or
rights, which will reflect the growth, development and financial
success of the Company. ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS
Wherever the following terms are used
in this Plan they shall have the meaning specified below, unless
the context clearly indicates otherwise. 1.1 Award
"Award" shall mean a Dividend
Equivalent, Option, Performance Stock, Performance Unit, Restricted
Stock, Restricted Stock Unit, or Stock Appreciation Right granted
under this Plan. 1.2 Award Agreement
"Award Agreement" shall mean
an agreement setting forth the terms and conditions of an Award.
1.3 Awardee "Awardee"
shall mean a person who has received an Award under the Plan.
1.4 Beneficiary
"Beneficiary" shall have the meaning given in
Article 11.8. 1.5 Board
"Board" shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.
1.6 Cause " Cause "
shall mean, with respect to any Awardee’s Termination of
Employment, unless otherwise provided by the Committee or the
Company, (i) "Cause" as defined in any Individual Agreement or
Award Agreement to which the applicable Awardee is a party, or
(ii) if there is no such Individual Agreement or Award
Agreement or if it does not define Cause: (A) conviction of
the Awardee for committing a felony under federal law or the law of
the state in which such action occurred, (B) willful and
deliberate failure on the part of the Awardee to perform his
employment duties in any material respect, or (C) prior to a
Change in Control, such other serious events as shall be determined
by the Committee or the Company. Prior to a Change in Control, the
Committee or the Company shall, unless otherwise provided in an
Individual Agreement with a particular Awardee, have the discretion
to determine on a reasonable basis whether "Cause" exists, and its
determination shall be final. 1.7 Change in Control
" Change in Control " has the
meanings set forth in Article 9.2. 1.8 CEO
" CEO " shall mean the Chief
Executive Officer of the Company. 1.9 Code
"Code" shall mean the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
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1.10 Committee
"Committee" shall mean committee of the Board designated to
administer the Plan as contemplated by Article 10.1. 1.11
Commission "Commission"
shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor
agency. 1.12 Common Stock
"Common Stock" shall mean the common stock of the Company.
1.13 Company "Company"
shall mean Avery Dennison Corporation or any successor company.
1.14 COO " COO " shall
mean the Chief Operating Officer of the Company. 1.15 Covered
Employee " Covered
Employee " shall mean an Awardee designated by the Committee in
connection with any Award as an individual who is or may be a
"covered employee" within the meaning of Section 162(m)(3) of the
Code in the year in which an Award is expected to be taxable to
such Awardee. 1.16 Director
"Director" shall mean a member of the Board. 1.17
Disability "Disability"
shall mean, with respect to any Awardee, unless otherwise provided
by the Committee, (i) "Disability" as defined in any Individual
Agreement or Award Agreement to which the Awardee is a party, or
(ii) if there is no such Individual Agreement or it does not
define "Disability," permanent and total disability as defined in
Section 409A of the Code. 1.18 Disaffiliation
"Disaffiliation" shall mean,
with respect to any Subsidiary, the Subsidiary’s ceasing to
be a Subsidiary for any reason (including, without limitation, as a
result of a public offering, or a spin-off or sale by the Company,
of the majority of the stock of the Subsidiary). 1.19 Dividend
Equivalent "Dividend
Equivalent" shall mean a right to receive a number of shares of
Common Stock or an amount of cash, determined as provided in
Article 8.1 hereof. 1.20 Early Retirement
" Early Retirement " shall
mean retirement from active employment with the Company, or a
Subsidiary, pursuant to which an Awardee is eligible and elects
(i) to retire and (ii) to take a retirement benefit
promptly under the early retirement provisions of the applicable
pension plan(s) of such employer, or as otherwise determined by the
Committee. 1.21 Employee
"Employee" shall mean any officer or other employee of the
Company, or of any corporation, which is then a Subsidiary. 1.22
Expiration Date "Expiration
Date" shall have the meaning given in Article 4.3. 1.23
Exchange Act "Exchange
Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended. 1.24 Fair Market Value
"Fair Market Value" of a
share of Common Stock as of a given date shall be (i) the mean
between the highest and lowest selling price of a share of Common
Stock during normal business hours on the principal exchange on
which shares of Common Stock are then trading, if any, on such
date, or if shares were not traded on such date, then the means
between the
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highest and lowest sales on the nearest date before and the
nearest date after such valuation date; or (ii) if Common
Stock is not traded on an exchange, the mean between the closing
representative bid and asked prices for the Common Stock during
normal business hours on such date as reported by NYSE or, if NYSE
is not then in existence, by its successor quotation system; or
(iii) if Common Stock is not publicly traded, the Fair Market
Value of a share of Common Stock as established by the Committee
acting in good faith. 1.25 [reserved] 1.26 including or
includes "including" or
"includes" shall mean including without limitation, or
includes, without limitation. 1.27 Individual Agreement
"Individual Agreement" shall
mean an employment, severance or similar agreement between an
Awardee and the Company or one of its Subsidiaries. 1.28
Involuntary Termination
"Involuntary Termination" shall mean Termination of
Employment other than for Cause, death, Disability, Retirement or
voluntary termination by the Awardee. 1.29 Non-Qualified Stock
Option "Non-Qualified Stock
Option" shall mean an Option that either is not an incentive
stock option or is designated as a Non-Qualified Stock Option by
the Committee or the Company. 1.30 Normal Retirement
" Normal Retirement " shall
mean retirement from active employment with the Company, or a
Subsidiary at or after age 62 pursuant to which an Awardee is
eligible and elects (i) to retire and (ii) to take a
retirement benefit promptly under the retirement provisions of the
applicable pension plan(s) of such employer, or as otherwise
determined by the Committee. 1.31 Option
"Option" shall mean a stock
option granted pursuant to this Plan. 1.32 Optionee
"Optionee" shall mean an
Employee granted an Option under this Plan. 1.33 Performance
Goals " Performance Goals
" shall mean the performance goals established by the Committee or
the Company in connection with the grant of Performance Stock,
Performance Unit, Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units. In
the case of Qualified Performance-Based Awards, (i) such goals
shall be based on the attainment of specified levels of one or more
of the following measures: earnings per share, gross sales, net
sales, net income, net income after tax, gross income, operating
income, cash flow from operations, economic value added, unit
volume, return on equity, return on assets, change in working
capital, return on total capital or total stockholder return, and
(ii) such Performance Goals shall be set by the Committee
within the time period prescribed by Section 162(m) of the Code and
related regulations. 1.34 Plan
"Plan" shall mean the
Employee Stock Option and Incentive Plan, as amended and restated.
1.35 Qualified Performance-Based Award
" Qualified Performance-Based
Award " shall mean an Award of Performance Stock, Performance
Unit, Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units designated as such
by the Committee at the time of grant, based upon a determination
that (i) the Awardee is or may be a "covered employee" within
the meaning of Section 162(m)(3) of the Code in the year in
which the Company would expect to be able to claim a tax deduction
with respect to such Restricted Stock and (ii) the Committee
wishes such Award to qualify for the Section 162(m) Exemption.
Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, no Award shall be
considered a Qualified Performance-Based Award unless it is granted
subject to or after obtaining stockholder approval satisfying the
requirements of Section 162(m)(4)(C)(ii) of the Code and the
Treasury Regulations thereunder. 1.36 Performance Stock
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"Performance Stock" shall mean a
right to receive Common Stock pursuant to Article 7. 1.37
Performance Unit "Performance
Unit" shall mean a right to receive Common Stock pursuant to
Article 7. 1.38 Restricted Stock
"Restricted Stock" shall mean
Common Stock issued pursuant to Article 7. 1.39 Restricted
Stock Unit "Restricted Stock
Unit" shall mean a right to receive Common Stock pursuant to
Article 7. 1.40 Retirement
" Retirement " shall mean
Normal or Early Retirement pursuant to which an Awardee is eligible
and elects (i) to retire and (ii) to take a retirement
benefit promptly under the retirement provisions of the applicable
pension plan(s) of the Company or a Subsidiary. 1.41
Rule 16b-3 "
Rule 16b-3 " shall mean Rule 16b-3, as promulgated
by the Commission under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, as
amended from time to time. 1.42 Secretary
"Secretary" shall mean the
Secretary of the Company. 1.43 Section 162(m) Exemption
"Section 162(m)
Exemption" shall mean the exemption from the limitation on
deductibility imposed by Section 162(m) of the Code that is set
forth in Section 162(m)(4)(C) of the Code. 1.44 Stock
Appreciation Right "Stock
Appreciation Right" shall mean a stock appreciation right
granted under Article 6. 1.45 Subsidiary
"Subsidiary" shall mean any
corporation in an unbroken chain of corporations beginning with the
Company if each of the corporations other than the last corporation
in the unbroken chain then owns stock possessing 33% (50% for
grants of Options or Stock Appreciation Rights as required to avoid
application of Code Section 409A) or more of the total
combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other
corporations in such chain, as well as partnerships and limited
liability companies, in which the Company holds a 33% or more
interest. 1.46 Termination of Employment
"Termination of Employment"
of an Awardee shall mean the termination of the employee-employer
relationship between the Awardee and the Company or a Subsidiary
for any reason, including a termination by resignation, discharge,
death, Disability or Retirement; but excluding (a) terminations
where there is a simultaneous reemployment or continuing employment
by the Company or a Subsidiary and (b) temporary absences from
employment because of illness, vacation or leave of absence and
transfers among the Company and Subsidiaries. In addition, an
Awardee employed by a Subsidiary shall be deemed to incur a
Termination of Employment upon a Disaffiliation of that Subsidiary,
unless the Awardee immediately thereafter becomes or remains an
Employee of the Company or one of its continuing Subsidiaries. The
Committee or the Company shall determine the effect of all other
matters and questions relating to Termination of Employment.
1.47 Gender and Number
"Gender and Number" wherever the masculine gender is used it
shall include the feminine and neuter, and wherever a singular
pronoun is used it shall include the plural, unless the context
clearly indicates otherwise. ARTICLE 2 SHARES SUBJECT TO
PLAN 2.1 Shares Subject to Plan
As of December 31, 2007, there
were 2,763,719 shares available for future Awards under the Plan.
As of the Effective Date, as defined in Article 11.13 below
and subject to stockholder approval, the aggregate number of
shares
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deliverable pursuant to Awards shall be increased by 4,800,000
for a total of 7,563,719 shares. Shares of Common Stock issued
under the Plan may be authorized and unissued shares, previously
outstanding shares held as treasury shares, or treasury shares that
have been transferred to and held in a grantor trust of the
Company. 2.2 Unexercised Options and Other Rights
If any Option, or other right to
acquire shares of Common Stock under any other Award expires or is
cancelled or forfeited without having been fully exercised or
issued, the number of shares subject to such Option or other Award,
but as to which such Option or other Award was not exercised or
issued prior to its expiration, cancellation, or forfeiture may
again be optioned, granted or awarded hereunder, subject to the
limitations of Article 2.1. ARTICLE 3 GRANTING OF
OPTIONS 3.1 Eligibility
Options may be granted to Employees
of the Company or of a Subsidiary. 3.2 Granting of Options
The Committee shall from time to
time, in its discretion: (i) Select
the Employees who will be granted Options;
(ii) Determine the number of shares
to be subject to such Options or Stock Appreciation Rights granted
to the selected Employees; provided, however, that no Employee
shall be granted Options or Stock Appreciation Rights covering in
excess of an aggregate of 600,000 shares and rights during any
calendar year; and (iii) Determine
the terms and conditions of such Options, consistent with this
Plan. ARTICLE 4 TERMS OF OPTIONS 4.1 Option Agreement
Each Option and the terms and
conditions thereof shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement, which
shall be executed by the Optionee and an authorized officer of the
Company. Upon grant of an Option, the Committee or the Company
shall instruct the Secretary to issue an Award Agreement evidencing
such Option, and to deliver such Award Agreement to the Optionee.
4.2 Option Price The exercise
price per share of the shares subject to each Option shall be not
less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock
on the date the Option is granted. Once Options are granted, they
may not be repriced, and this Article 4.2 may not be amended
without the consent of the stockholders. 4.3 Option Term
The term of an Option shall be set by
the Committee in its discretion; provided that the term shall not
exceed 10 years. The last day of the term of the Option shall
be the Option’s "Expiration Date." 4.4 Option Vesting
(a) The period during which the
right to exercise an Option in whole or in part vests in the
Optionee shall be set by the Committee (and Option vesting shall be
set forth in Award Agreements), and the Committee may determine
that an Option may not be exercised in whole or in part for a
specified period after it is granted. At any time after grant of an
Option the Committee may, in its sole discretion and subject to
whatever terms and conditions it selects, accelerate the period
during which an Option vests or extend the period during which it
may be exercised (but not beyond the Expiration Date thereof).
(b) No portion of an Option,
which is unexercisable at Termination of Employment, shall
thereafter become exercisable. 4.5 Exercise of Options after
Termination of Employment
(a) Termination by Death
. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, if an Optionee has
a Termination of Employment by reason of the Optionee’s
death, any Option held by such Optionee may thereafter be exercised
by the Optionee’s Beneficiaries, to the extent then
exercisable, or on such accelerated basis as the Committee may
determine, for a
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period of 12 months (or such other period as the Committee
may specify in the applicable Award Agreement) from the date of
such death or until the Expiration Date thereof, whichever period
is the shorter. (b)
Termination by Reason of Disability . Unless otherwise
determined by the Committee, if an Optionee has a Termination of
Employment by reason of the Optionee’s Disability, any Option
held by such Optionee may thereafter be exercised by the Optionee,
to the extent it was exercisable immediately before the Termination
of Employment, or on such accelerated basis as the Committee may
determine, for a period of three years (or such shorter period as
the Committee may specify in the applicable Award Agreement) from
the date of such Termination of Employment or until the Expiration
Date thereof, whichever period is the shorter; provided,
however, that if the Optionee dies within such period, any
unexercised Stock Option held by such Optionee shall,
notwithstanding the expiration of such period, continue to be
exercisable to the extent to which it was exercisable at the time
of death for a period of 12 months from the date of such death
or until the Expiration Date thereof, whichever period is the
shorter. (c) Termination by
Reason of Retirement . Unless otherwise determined by the
Committee in an Award Agreement, if an Optionee has a Termination
of Employment by reason of the Optionee’s Retirement, any
Option held by such Optionee may thereafter be exercised by the
Optionee, to the extent it was exercisable at the time of such
Retirement, or on such accelerated basis as the Committee may
determine, as follows: (i) if the Optionee has been before
such Retirement, the CEO or the COO, for the period ending on the
Expiration Date of such Option; (ii) if the Optionee has been
before such Retirement, a participant in the Company’s Senior
Executive Leadership Compensation Plan or Executive Leadership
Compensation Plan (the executive annual bonus plans) or any
successors thereto, other than the CEO or the COO, for the period
ending on the earlier of the fifth anniversary of such Retirement
or the Expiration Date of such Option; and (iii) in all other
cases, for a period ending on the earlier of the third anniversary
of such Retirement or the Expiration Date of such Option.
(d) Other Termination .
Unless otherwise determined by the Committee: (i) if an
Optionee incurs a Termination of Employment for Cause, all Options
held by such Optionee shall thereupon terminate; and (ii) if
an Optionee incurs a Termination of Employment for any reason,
other than death, Disability, Retirement or for Cause, any Stock
Option held by such Optionee, to the extent then exercisable, or on
such accelerated basis as the Committee may determine, may be
exercised for the lesser of 6 months from the date of such
Termination of Employment or until the Expiration Date of such
Stock Option; provided, however, that if the Optionee dies
within such period, any unexercised Stock Option held by such
Optionee shall, notwithstanding the expiration of such period,
continue to be exercisable to the extent to which it was
exercisable at the time of death for a period of 12 months
from the date of such death or until the Expiration Date of such
Stock Option, whichever period is the shorter.
(e) Transferability of Stock
Options . No Option shall be transferable by the Optionee other
than (i) by designation of a Beneficiary, by will or by the
laws of descent and distribution, or (ii) as otherwise
expressly permitted under the applicable Award Agreement including,
if so permitted, pursuant to a gift to such Optionee’s
family, whether directly or indirectly or by means of a trust or
partnership or otherwise. All Options shall be exercisable, subject
to the terms of this Plan, only by the Optionee, by the guardian or
legal representative of the Optionee if the Optionee is
incapacitated, by the Optionee’s Beneficiaries, legal
representative or heirs after the Optionee’s death, or any
person to whom such option is transferred pursuant to clause
(ii) of the preceding sentence.
(f) Cashing Out of Stock
Option . On receipt of written notice of exercise, the
Committee or the Company may elect to cash out all or part of the
portion of the shares of Common Stock for which a Stock Option is
being exercised by paying the Optionee an amount, in cash or Common
Stock, equal to the excess of the Fair Market Value of the Common
Stock over the option price times the number of shares of Common
Stock for which the Option is being exercised on the effective date
of such cash-out. ARTICLE 5 EXERCISE OF OPTIONS 5.1
Partial Exercise An Option may be
exercised in whole or in part at any time after it has become
vested and exercisable and before its Expiration Date, subject to
Article 4. However, an Option shall not be exercisable with
respect to fractional shares and the Committee or the Company may
impose a minimum number of shares for which a partial exercise will
be permitted. 5.2 Manner of Exercise
All or a portion of an exercisable
Option may be exercised upon delivery to the Secretary or his
office of all of the following:
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(a) A written notice
complying with the applicable rules established by the Committee or
the Company, stating that the Option, or a portion thereof, is
being exercised, and signed by the Optionee or other person then
entitled to exercise the Option or such portion or an appropriate
notice from the Optionee’s stock broker;
(b) Full payment for the shares
and taxes described in Article 11.7 with respect to which the
Option, or portion thereof, is exercised in whole or in part by
(i) cash; (ii) certified or bank check or such other
instrument as the Company may accept; (iii) delivery (either
by surrender of the shares or by attestation) of shares
unrestricted Common Stock already owned by the Optionee of the same
class as the Common Stock subject to the Stock Option (based on the
Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the date the Stock Option
is exercised); provided, however, that such already-owned
shares either were acquired by the Optionee in an open-market
transaction or have been held by the Optionee for at least six
months at the time of exercise; (iv) if permitted by the
Committee or the Company, the surrender of shares of Common Stock
then issuable upon exercise of the Option; or (v) if p
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