Exhibit 10.2
PERFORMANCE-BASED
RESTRICTED SHARE
AGREEMENT
(Non-Assignable)
Regarding a target amount of
Common Shares
(maximum amount of
Common Shares)
Of
Beneficial Interest, par value $0.01 per share
of
LASALLE HOTEL
PROPERTIES
THIS CERTIFIES that, effective as of
(the “Date of Grant”),
(the “Grantee”) will be granted an award of
(the “Target Amount”) restricted common shares of
beneficial interest, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common
Shares”), of LASALLE HOTEL PROPERTIES (the
“Company”), subject to increase to a maximum of _______
Common Shares (the “Maximum Amount”), upon and subject
to the following terms and conditions and the applicable terms and
conditions of the 1998 Share Option and Incentive Plan, as amended
and as in effect from time to time (the
“Plan”):
1. Status of Underlying Shares;
Restrictions : No restricted Common Shares covered by this
Agreement shall be issued or outstanding until earned and awarded
pursuant to Section 2. Thereafter, awarded Common Shares shall
be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable but forfeitable
and non-transferable by the Grantee until such shares become vested
pursuant to Section 3. After restricted Common Shares are
earned and awarded pursuant to Section 2, the transfer agent
for the Company shall be instructed (i) to issue any
certificates representing such shares with appropriate legends and
(ii) not to process any transfers of such shares unless, and
only to the extent that, it has been notified by the Compensation
Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board of Trustees
(the “Board”) of the Company that some or all of such
shares have become vested and are no longer subject to
forfeiture.
2. Performance Award
:
(a) The shares to be awarded
pursuant to this Section 2, subject to further vesting
pursuant to Section 3 below, in accordance with the rules set
forth below.
(b) The total number of shares that
will be awarded pursuant to this Section 2 will be determined
on January 1, 2010 and will equal the sum of the number of
shares awarded pursuant to Sections 2(c), (d) and
(e) below. In each case, the determination will depend on the
Total Return (as defined below) of the Company over the Measuring
Period (as defined below), as compared to the applicable
benchmark.
(c) Up to forty percent of the
Maximum Amount of restricted shares to be awarded under this
Section 2 will be based on the Target Amount and the
Company’s Total Return compared to the Total Return of the
companies comprising the NAREIT Equity Index (as defined below) as
set forth in the table below. More specifically, the amount to be
awarded under this Section 2(c) is calculated as the product
of (i) the applicable percent earned determined using the
table below and (ii)
shares (a number of shares equal to 40% of the Target Amount). In
no event may more than
shares (calculated as 200% of 40% of Target Amount) be awarded
pursuant to this Section 2(c).
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Company’s Percentile Ranking within the
NAREIT Equity Index Based on Total Return:
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Less than 40%
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40%
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60%
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80% or greater
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Percent Earned
(of the 40% of
the Award
Determined by
Section 2(c)):
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0%
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50%
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100%
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200%
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In the event that the
Company’s percentile ranking is in between (i) 40% and
60% or (ii) 60% and 80%, then the percent earned shall be
calculated by linear interpolation to the nearest 1/100th of a
percent using the nearest lower and nearest higher percent earned
figures set forth in the table above.
(d) Up to forty percent of the
Maximum Amount of restricted shares to be awarded under this
Section 2 will be based on the Target Amount and the
Company’s Total Return compared to the Total Return of the
companies comprising the Peer Group (defined below) and including
the Company as set forth in the table below. More specifically, the
amount to be awarded under this Section 2(d) is calculated as
the product of (i) the applicable percent earned determined
using the table below and (ii)
shares (a number of shares equal to 40% of the Target Amount). In
no event may more than
shares (calculated as 200% of 40% of Target Amount) be awarded
pursuant to this Section 2(d).
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Company’s Percentile Ranking within the
Peer Group on Total Return:
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Less than 40%
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40%
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60%
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80% or greater
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Percent Earned
(of the 40% of
the Award
Determined by
Section 2(d)):
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0%
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50%
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100%
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200%
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In the event that the
Company’s percentile ranking is in between (i) 40% and
60% or (ii) 60% and 80%, then the percent earned shall be
calculated by linear interpolation to the nearest 1/100th of a
percent using the nearest lower and nearest higher percent earned
figures set forth in the table above.
(e) Up to twenty percent of the
Maximum Amount of restricted shares to be awarded under this
Section 2 will be based on the Target Amount and the
Company’s Total Return as set forth in the table below. More
specifically, the amount to be awarded under this Section 2(e)
is calculated as the product of (i) the applicable percent
earned determined using the table below and (ii)
shares (a number of shares equal to 20% of the Target Amount). In
no event may more than
shares (calculated as 200% of 20% of Target Amount) be awarded
pursuant to this Section 2(e). The Grantee acknowledges that
the Total Return threshold for a 50% earning is based on a 7%
compounded annual Total Return; the threshold for a 100% earning is
based on a 9% compounded annual Total Return; and the threshold for
a 200% earning is based on a 11% compounded annual Total Return
(such bases collectively, the “Determinative
Percentages”).
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Company’s
Total Return:
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Less than 22.5%
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22.5%
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29.5%
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36.8% or greater
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Percent Earned
(of the 20% of
the Award
Determined by
Section 2(e)):
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0%
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50%
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100%
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200%
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In the event that the
Company’s Total Return is in between (i) 22.5% and 29.5%
or (ii) 29.5% and 36.8%, then the percent earned shall be
calculated by linear interpolation to the nearest 1/100th of a
percent using the nearest lower and nearest higher percent earned
figures set forth in the table above.
3. Vesting :
(a) The restricted Common Shares
that are awarded pursuant to Section 2 above will generally
become cumulatively vested and transferable to the extent of
one-third of such shares on
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4. General Earning and Vesting
Provisions :
(a) Upon the occurrence of a Change
in Control of the Company (as defined below), then,
(i) notwithstanding Section 2(b), the total number of
shares that are awarded pursuant to Section 2 will be
determined and will be awarded as of (i.e., the Measuring Period
will end and performance will be measured as of) the date of such
Change in Control of the Company (unless already awarded because
such date is after the Measuring Period), provided tha t the
Total Returns in the table contained in Section 2(e) table
will be reduced pro rata (using the Determinative Percentages and
based on the portion of the Measuring Period not yet
elapsed
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relative to the total Measuring Period); and
(ii) notwithstanding Section 3(a), all such shares so
awarded as of such Change in Control in the Company (or the shares
previously awarded because such date is after the Measuring Period)
shall be become fully vested and transferable.
(b) As a condition to the
accelerated earning and vesting described in Section 4(a), the
Grantee agrees, for a one-year period commencing on the date of the
Change in Control of the Company the Grantee will not engage in
Competitive Activities (as defined below).
(c) The Grantee agrees that the
covenant contained in Section 4(b) of this Agreement is
reasonably necessary to protect the legitimate interests of the
Company and its affiliates, is reasonable with respect to time and
territory and that Grantee has read and understands the description
of the covenant so as to be informed as to its meaning and
scope.
(d) The Company and the Grantee
agree that in the event of the Grantee’s breach of
Section 4(b), the Grantee will immediately pay the Company in
cash an amount equal to the market value of the restricted Common
Shares that received accelerated awarding, as compared to the
awarding schedule set forth in Section 2, as a result of the
operation of Section 4(a) (it being understood and agreed that
shares that had already been awarded under Section 2 and that
received accelerated vesting only with respect to Section 3
are not addressed by this sentence). Market value for purposes of
the preceding sentence will be the market value as of the date of
such acceleration. Such payment shall be the Company’s sole
remedy for a breach of Section 4(b).
(e) In the event that the
Grantee’s employment by the Company (or any of its
affiliates) ceases by reason of the Grantee’s death,
disability (disability to be determined in accordance with the
Company’s then applicable long-term disability insurance
policy plan),
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retirement (retirement to be determined in
accordance with then prevailing Company policy established by the
Board), termination by the Company (or any of its affiliates)
without Cause (as defined below) or termination by the Grantee for
Good Reason (as defined below), then, (i) notwithstanding
Section 2(b), the total number of shares that are awarded
pursuant to Section 2 will be determined and will be awarded
as of (i.e., the Measuring Period will end and performance will be
measured as of) the date of such event (unless already awarded
because such date is after the Measuring Period), provided that
(x) the Target Amount will be reduced pro rata (based on the
portion of the Measuring Period not yet elapsed relative to the
total Measuring Period),