EXHIBIT 99.2
MATRIXX INITIATIVES,
INC.
2001 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
RESTRICTED STOCK PROGRAM AGREEMENT
This Restricted Stock Program
Agreement (this “ Agreement ”) is entered into
between Matrixx Initiatives, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
“ Company ”), and ___ (the “
Grantee ”), as of ___, 200___(the “ Date of
Grant ”).
RECITALS
A. The Company has adopted the
Matrixx Initiatives, Inc. 2001 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended
(formerly known as the Gumtech International, Inc. 2001 Long-Term
Incentive Plan) (the “ Plan ”) to allow the
Company to make grants that will provide an incentive to attract
and retain eligible individuals whose services are considered
unusually valuable by providing them an opportunity to have a
proprietary interest in the success of the Company.
B. The Company believes that
entering into this Agreement with the Grantee is consistent with
the above stated purposes.
C. Any capitalized term not
otherwise defined will have the meaning ascribed to it in the
Plan.
NOW, THEREFORE , in
consideration of the mutual covenants and conditions in this
Agreement and for other good and valuable consideration, the
Company and the Grantee agree as follows:
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1. |
GRANT OF COMMON STOCK . |
Subject
to the terms of this Agreement, the Company hereby grants ___shares
of the Company’s common stock (the “ Common
Stock ”) to the Grantee. The delivery of
any documents evidencing
the Common Stock granted pursuant to this Agreement shall be
subject to the provisions of Section 4 below.
Upon
the issuance by the Company to the Grantee of any Common Stock
pursuant to this Agreement, the Grantee will become a shareholder
with respect to all of the Common Stock granted to him pursuant to
Section 1 and will have all of the rights of a shareholder in
the Company with respect to such Common Stock, including, without
limitation, the right to receive notice of, attend and vote at
meetings of the Company’s shareholders and to receive any
dividend on such Common Stock that the Company may declare and pay
from time to time; provided, however, that such Common Stock will
be subject to the restrictions set forth in this Agreement.
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3. |
RESTRICTIONS ON COMMON STOCK SUBJECT TO THIS
AGREEMENT . |
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A. |
Limitations on Transfer . |
The
Grantee agrees not to sell, transfer, pledge, exchange,
hypothecate, grant any security interest in, or otherwise dispose
of, any shares of Common Stock issued to him pursuant to this
Agreement before the date on which the restrictions on those shares
lapse in accordance with Section 3.C., or enter into any
agreement to do so. Any such attempted sale, transfer, pledge,
exchange, hypothecation or disposition of any such shares of Common
Stock will be null and void, and the Company will not recognize or
give effect to such transaction on its books and records (including
the books and records of the Company’s transfer agent) or
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recognize the person or
persons to whom such sale, transfer, pledge, exchange,
hypothecation or disposition has been made as the legal or
beneficial owner of such shares.
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B. |
Return of Common Stock . |
Except
as set forth in this Agreement, the Grantee will transfer those
shares of Common Stock for which the restrictions have not lapsed
under Section 3.C. to the Company immediately and without any
payment to the Grantee if the Grantee’s employment with the
Company is terminated for any reason other than death or Disability
(as defined in the Plan).
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C. |
Lapse of Restrictions . |
Subject
to the other conditions in this Section 3, the restrictions on
disposition of the shares of Common Stock issued hereunder will
lapse upon the first of the following dates: (i) the third
anniversary of the Date of Grant, (ii) the effective date of a
Change of Control (as that term is defined in the Plan), and
(iii) the date on which the Grantee ceases to be employed by
the Company on account of his death or Disability (as that term is
defined in the Plan); provided, however, that the restrictions on
the disposition of the shares of Common Stock issued hereunder will
not lapse unless the Grantee is employed by the Company as of the
date the restrictions expire.
The
Company has the right, but not the obligation, to cause any of
shares of Common Stock issued or issuable hereunder to be
registered under the appropriate rules and regulations of the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
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B. |
Condition on Delivery of Stock . |
The
Company will not be required to deliver any shares of Common Stock
issuable hereunder if, in the opinion of counsel for the Company,
the issuance would violate the Securities Act of 1933 or any other
applicable federal or state securities laws or regulations. The
Company may require the Grantee, prior to or after the issuance of
any shares of Common Stock hereunder, to sign and deliver to the
Company a written statement, in form and content acceptable to the
Company in its sole discretion, that the Grantee (i) is
acquiring the shares for invest
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