EXHIBIT 10.35
PERFORMANCE-BASED RESTRICTED UNIT
AGREEMENT
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GRANTEE
NAME
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NUMBER OF
UNITS
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GRANT
DATE
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Full Name
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Units
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Grant Date
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WMS Industries Inc. (the
“Company”) hereby awards to you the number of
Performance-based Restricted Units (the “Units”) shown
above, effective as of the Grant Date. Each Unit represents the
obligation of the Company to deliver one share of the
Company’s common stock, par value $0.50 per share (the
“Common Stock”), to you at the time provided in this
Agreement, if the performance criteria set forth herein is met,
unless earlier terminated as provided herein. This award is granted
to you pursuant to the Company’s Amended and Restated
2005 Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), and is subject
to the terms and conditions in the Plan which terms are
incorporated by reference in this Agreement as if fully set forth
herein and the terms and conditions set forth below. Any
capitalized, but undefined, term used in this Agreement shall have
the meaning ascribed to it in the Plan.
By signing this cover sheet,
you agree to all of the terms and conditions described in this
Agreement and the Plan referenced herein.
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WMS Industries Inc.
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/s/ Brian R. Gamache
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Brian R. Gamache
President and Chief Executive
Officer
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Accepted by Employee:
«Full_Name»
PLEASE SIGN BOTH COPIES OF
THIS AGREEMENT AND
RETURN ONLY ONE
(1) ORIGINALLY EXECUTED COPY WITHIN FIFTEEN (15) DAYS
TO:
WMS – Legal
Department
Waukegan
Office
PLEASE RETAIN THE OTHER
ORIGINALLY EXECUTED COPY FOR YOUR RECORDS.
This is not a stock
certificate or a negotiable instrument.
This document constitutes part
of a prospectus covering securities
that have been registered
under the Securities Act of 1933.
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TERMS AND
CONDITIONS
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Vesting; Transferability
Restrictions; Unsecured Obligation .
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Your Units will vest as provided
below:
(a) Time Based
Vesting
Subject to meeting the performance
based vesting criteria set forth in 1(b) below, your Units will
vest as follows:
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Percentage of Units
Vested
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Date of Vesting
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(b) Performance Based
Vesting
Your Units will vest on the dates
set forth above if the performance criteria set forth on Exhibit A
are met, which criteria shall be consistent with one or more of the
business criteria identified in Section 7(b) of the
Plan.
To the extent that such performance
criteria are not satisfied by the end of a given performance period
(with the results that no Units have been earned for that
particular performance period), then the applicable portion of
Units indicated above will be available to be earned in the next
performance period, so long as the performance criteria are
satisfied prior to the end of the final performance period (the
“Final Performance Date”). To the extent that the
performance goals stated above are not satisfied on or before the
Final Performance Date, then the Units will be forfeited to the
Company, effective as of the date following the Final Performance
Date. The Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors has
final authority to determine whether performance criteria have been
met and whether any Units have vested for a particular performance
period.
Your Units are not transferable by
you. Except as may be required by federal income tax withholding
provisions or by the tax laws of any state, your interests (and the
interests of your beneficiaries, if any) under this Agreement are
not subject to the claims of your creditors and may not be
voluntarily or involuntarily sold, transferred, alienated,
assigned, pledged, anticipated, or encumbered. Any attempt to sell,
transfer, alienate, assign, pledge, anticipate, encumber, charge or
otherwise dispose of any right to benefits payable hereunder shall
be void. Your Units represent an unsecured promise by the Company
to issue shares of Common Stock to you in the future. Your rights
to your Units are no greater than that of other general, unsecured
creditors of the Company. As used in this Agreement, your primary
employer (“Employer”), the Company, and their
subsidiaries and affiliates are collectively referred to as the
“Employer Group.”
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2. Delivery of Shares of Common Stock .
Promptly after your Units vest, the Company will cause to be issued
to you (or your beneficiary(ies) or personal representative, if you
are deceased) in book-entry in the records of the Company’s
transfer agent, a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the
number of vested Units granted herein.
3. Accelerated Vesting .
If any of the following (each a
“Section 3 Event”) occurs prior to the vesting of all
Units:
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termination of your employment
with or service to the Employer Group due to your death or
permanent and total disability, or involuntary termination of your
employment or service other than by reason of your willful refusal
to perform your duties; or
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a “Change in Control”
as provided for in Section 9 of the Plan; or
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the occurrence of an
“Accelerated Vesting Event” as such term, if
applicable, is defined in your employment agreement with the
Company,
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then your right to the Units shall
vest on the later of:
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the occurrence of a
Section 3 Event if (i) the Section 3 Event is your
death or disability or a “Change in Control” under the
Plan or your employment agreement, or (ii) the performance
criteria set forth on Exhibit A have been met before the occurrence
of the Section 3 Event; or
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the performance criteria set
forth on Exhibit A being met if that occurs after the
Section 3 Event but on or before the vesting of all
Units.
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4. Termination . Your right to the
unvested Units shall terminate immediately if you cease your
service or employment with the Employer Group by voluntarily
terminating your service or employment or if the Employer Group
terminates your service or employment by reason of your willful
refusal to perform your duties.
5. Additional Forfeiture . The
Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors may cancel,
suspend, withhold or otherwise limit or restrict the delivery of
shares of Common Stock under your Units at any time if you
(i) are not in compliance with all applicable provisions of
this Agreement or the Plan or (ii) engage in any
activity