Exhibit 10.39
PRO-PHARMACEUTICALS,
INC.
RESTRICTED STOCK
AGREEMENT
FOR
1. Award of Restricted
Stock. The Committee hereby grants, as of
(the “ Date of Grant ”), to
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restricted shares of the Company’s Common Stock, par value $
per share (collectively the “ Restricted Stock
”). The Restricted Stock shall be subject to the terms,
provisions and restrictions set forth in this Agreement and the
Company’s 2009 Incentive Compensation Plan (the
“Plan”), which is incorporated herein for all purposes.
As a condition to entering into this Agreement, and as a condition
to the issuance of any Shares (or any other securities of the
Company), the Recipient agrees to be bound by all of the terms and
conditions herein and in the Plan. Unless otherwise provided
herein, terms used herein that are defined in the Plan and not
defined herein shall have the meanings attributable thereto in the
Plan.
2. Vesting of Restricted
Stock.
(a) General Vesting.
The shares of Restricted Stock shall become vested in the following
amounts, at the following times and upon the following conditions,
provided that the Continuous Service of the Recipient continues
through and on the applicable Vesting Date:
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Except as otherwise provided in
Sections [2(b),] [2(c),] [2(d),] [2(e)] and 4 hereof, there shall
be no proportionate or partial vesting of shares of Restricted
Stock in or during the months, days or periods prior to each
Vesting Date, and all vesting of shares of Restricted Stock shall
occur only on the applicable Vesting Date.
(b) Acceleration of Vesting
Upon Change in Control. [In the event that a Change in
Control of the Company occurs during the Recipient’s
Continuous Service, the shares of Restricted Stock subject to this
Agreement shall become immediately vested as of the date of the
Change in Control.]
(c) Acceleration of Vesting
Upon Termination. [Notwithstanding any other term or
provision of this Agreement, in the event that the
Recipient’s Continuous Service is terminated either by the
Company without Cause or by the Recipient for Good Reason, the
shares of
Restricted Stock subject to this Agreement shall
become immediately vested as of the date of the termination of the
Recipient’s Continuous Service.]
(d) Acceleration of Vesting
Upon Death or Disability. [In the event that the
Recipient’s Continuous Service terminates by reason of the
Recipient’s Disability or death, all of the shares of
Restricted Stock subject to this Agreement shall be immediately
vested as of the date of such Disability or death, whichever is
applicable, and shall be delivered, subject to any requirements
under this Agreement, to the Recipient, in the event of his or her
Disability, or in the event of the Recipient’s death, to the
beneficiary or beneficiaries designated by the Recipient, or if the
Recipient has not so designated any beneficiary(ies), or no
designated beneficiary survives the Recipient, such shares shall be
delivered to the personal representative of the Recipient’s
estate.]
(e) Acceleration of Vesting at
Company Discretion. Notwithstanding any other term or
provision of this Agreement, the Board or the Committee shall be
authorized, in its sole discretion, based upon its review and
evaluation of the performance of the Recipient and of the Company,
to accelerate the vesting of any shares of Restricted Stock under
this Agreement, at such times and upon such terms and conditions as
the Board or the Committee shall deem advisable.
(f) Definitions. For
purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
(i) “ Non-Vested
Shares ” means any portion of the Restricted Stock
subject to this Agreement that has not become vested pursuant to
this Section 2.
(ii) “ Vested
Shares ” means any portion of the Restricted Stock
subject to this Agreement that is and has become vested pursuant to
this Section 2.
3. Delivery of Restricted
Stock.
(a) Issuance of Stock
Certificates and Legends. One or more stock certificates
evidencing the Restricted Stock shall be issued in the name of the
Recipient but shall be held and retained by the Records
Administrator of the Company until the date (the “
Applicable Date ”) on which the shares (or a portion
thereof) subject to this Restricted Stock award become Vested
Shares pursuant to Section 2 hereof, subject to the provisions
of Section 4 hereof. All such stock certificates shall bear
the following legends, along with such other legends that the Board
or the Committee shall deem necessary and appropriate or which are
otherwise required or indicated pursuant to any applicable
stockholders agreement:
THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS
CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO SUBSTANTIAL VESTING AND OTHER
RESTRICTIONS AS SET FORTH IN THE RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THE ISSUER AND THE ORIGINAL HOLDER OF THE SHARES, A COPY OF WHICH
MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE PRINCIPAL OFFICE OF THE ISSUER.
SUCH
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RESTRICTIONS ARE BINDING ON
TRANSFEREES OF THESE SHARES, AND INCLUDE VESTING CONDITIONS WHICH
MAY RESULT IN THE COMPLETE FORFEITURE OF THE SHARES.
(b) Stock Powers. The
Recipient shall deposit with the Company stock powers or other
instruments of transfer or assignment, duly endorsed in blank with
signature(s) guaranteed, corresponding to each certificate
representing shares of Restricted Stock until such shares become
Vested Shares. If the Recipient shall fail to provide the Company
with any such stock power or other instrument of transfer or
assignment, the Recipient hereby irrevocably appoints the Secretary
of the Company as his attorney-in-fact, with full power of
appointment and substitution, to execute and deliver any such power
or other instrument which may be necessary to effectuate the
transfer of the Restricted Stock (or assignment of distributions
thereon) on the books and records of the Company.
(c) Delivery of Stock
Certificates. On or after each Applicable Date, upon
written request to the Company by the Recipient, the Company shall
promptly cause a new certificate or certificates to be issued for
and with respect to all shares that become Vested Shares on that
Applicable Date, which certificate(s) shall be delivered to the
Recipient as soon as administratively practicable after the date of
receipt by the Company of the Recipient’s written request.
The new certificate or certificates shall continue to bear those
legends and endorsements that the Company shall deem necessary or
appropriate (including those relating to restrictions on
transferability and/or obligations and restrictions under the
Securities Laws).
(d) Issuance Without
Certificates. If the Company is authorized to issue Shares
without certificates, then the Company may, in the discretion of
the Committee, issue Shares pursuant to this Agreement without
certificates, in which case any references in this Agreement to
certificates shall instead refer to whatever evidence may be issued
to reflect the Recipient’s ownership of the Shares subject to
the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
4. Forfeiture of Non-Vested
Shares. If the Recipient’s Continuous Service with
the Company and the Related Entities is terminated for any reason,
any Shares of Restricted Stock that are not Vested Shares, and that
do not become Vested Shares pursuant to Section 2 hereof as a
result of such termination, shall be forfeited immediately upon
such termination of Continuous Service and revert back to the
Company without any payment to the Recipient. [If the
Recipient’s Continuous Service is terminated by the Company
or a Related Entity for Cause, all Vested and Non-Vested Shares
shall be forfeited immediately upon such termination of Continuous
Service and revert back to the Company without any payment to the
Recipient.] The Committee shall have the power and authority to
enforce on behalf of the Company any rights of the Company under
this Agreement in the event of the Recipient’s forfeiture of
[Vested or] Non-Vested Shares pursuant to this
Section 4.
5. Rights with Respect to
Restricted Stock.
(a) General. Except as
otherwise provided in this Agreement, the Recipient shall have,
with respect to all of the shares of Restricted Stock, whether
Vested Shares or Non-Vested Shares, all of the rights of a holder
of shares of common stock of the Company, including
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without limitation (i) the right to vote
such Restricted Stock, (ii) the right to receive dividends, if
any, as may be declared on the Restricted Stock from time to time,
and (iii) the rights available to all holders of shares of
common stock of the Company upon any merger, consolidation,
reorganization, liquidation or dissolution, stock split-up, stock
dividend or recapitalization undertaken by the Company; provided,
however, that all of such rights shall be subject to the terms,
provisions, conditions and restrictions set forth in this Agreement
(including without limitation conditions under which all such
rights shall be forfeited). Any Shares issued to the Recipient as a
dividend with respect to shares of Restricted Stock shall have the
same status and bear the same legend as the shares of Restricted
Stock and shall be held by the Company, if the shares of Restricted
Stock that such dividend is attributed to is being so held, unless
otherwise determined by the Committee. In addition, notwithstanding
any provision to the contrary herein, any cash dividends declared
with respect to shares of Restricted Stock subject to this
Agreement shall be held in escrow by the Committee until such time
as the shares of Restricted Stock that such cash dividends are
attributed to shall become Vested Shares, and in the event that
such shares of Restricted Stock are subsequently forfeited, the
cash dividends attributable to such portion shall be forfeited as
well.
(b) Adjustments to
Shares. If at any time while this Agreement is
in