Exhibit 10.3
RESTRICTED STOCK
AGREEMENT
(Time-Based Vesting)
THIS RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT (this
“Agreement”) is made as of the
day of
,
200 , between Christopher & Banks
Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”),
and
(“Employee”).
1.
Award .
(a)
Shares . Pursuant to the Christopher & Banks
Corporation 2005 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended (the
“Plan”),
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shares (the “Restricted Shares”) of the Company’s
common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Common
Stock”), shall be issued as hereinafter provided in
Employee’s name subject to certain restrictions
thereon.
(b)
Issuance of Restricted Shares . The Restricted Shares
shall be issued upon acceptance hereof by Employee and upon
satisfaction of the conditions of this Agreement.
(c)
Plan Incorporated . Employee acknowledges receipt of a
copy of the Plan, and agrees that this award of Restricted Shares
shall be subject to all of the terms and conditions set forth in
the Plan, including future amendments thereto, if any, pursuant to
the terms thereof, which Plan is incorporated herein by reference
as a part of this Agreement. Except as otherwise defined
herein, capitalized terms contained in this Agreement shall have
the same meaning as set forth in the Plan.
2.
Restricted Shares . Employee hereby accepts the
Restricted Shares when issued and agrees with respect thereto as
follows:
(a)
Forfeiture Restrictions . The Restricted Shares may
not be sold, assigned, pledged, exchanged, hypothecated or
otherwise transferred, encumbered or disposed of to the extent then
subject to the Forfeiture Restrictions (as hereinafter defined),
and in the event of termination of Employee’s employment with
the Company or employing subsidiary for any reason other than
(i) normal retirement on or after age sixty-five,
(ii) death or (iii) disability, as determined by the
Company or employing subsidiary, or except as otherwise provided in
the second to last sentence of subsection (b) of this
Section 2, Employee shall, for no consideration, forfeit to
the Company all Restricted Shares to the extent then subject to the
Forfeiture Restrictions. The prohibition against transfer and
the obligation to forfeit and surrender Restricted Shares to the
Company upon termination of employment are herein referred to as
“Forfeiture Restrictions.” The Forfeiture
Restrictions shall be binding upon and enforceable against any
transferee of Restricted Shares.
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(b)
Lapse of Forfeiture Restrictions . The Forfeiture
Restrictions shall lapse as to the Restricted Shares in accordance
with the following schedule, provided that Employee
has been continuously employed by the Company (or any wholly owned
or majority owned subsidiary of the Company) from the date of this
Agreement through the lapse date:
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Lapse Date or Dates
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Percentage of Total Number of
Restricted Shares as to which Forfeiture
Restrictions Lapse on such Dates
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20
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%
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20
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%
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20
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%
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Forfeiture
Restrictions shall lapse as to all of the Restricted Shares on the
earlier of (i) the occurrence of a Change in Control (as such
term is defined in Section 10 of the Plan), or (ii) the
date Employee’s employment with the Company is terminated by
reason of death, disability (as determined by the Company or
employing subsidiary) or normal retirement on or after age
sixty-five. In the event Employee’s employment is
terminated for any other reason, including retirement prior to age
sixty-five with the approval of the Company or the employing
subsidiary, the Committee which administers the Plan (the
“Committee”) may, in the Committee’s sole
discretion, approve the lapse of Forfeiture Restrictions as to any
or all Restricted Shares still subject to such restrictions, such
lapse to be effective on the date of such approval or
Employee’s termination date, if later. If the Employee
is not, and was not during any portion of Employee’s term of
employment, obligated to file reports with respect to the
Company’s equity securities pursuant to
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, the Committee may delegate its authority to approve the
lapse of forfeiture restrictions as set forth in the preceding
sentence to such designee as the Committee deems appropriate in its
sole discretion.
(c)
Certificates . A certificate evidencing the Restricted
Shares shall be issued by the Company in Employee’s name, or
at the option of the Company, in the name of a nominee of the
Company, pursuant to which Employee shall have voting rights and
shall be entitled to receive all dividends unless and until the
Restricted Shares are forfeited pursuant to the
provision