RESTRICTED
STOCK GRANT AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT, by and between TWIN DISC,
INCORPORATED (the “Company”) and ______________________
(the “Employee”) is dated this 24 th day of
July 2008.
WHEREAS, the Company adopted a Long Term
Incentive Compensation Plan in 2004, as amended in 2006 (the
“Plan”), whereby the Compensation Committee of the
Board of Directors (the “Committee”) is authorized to
award shares of common stock of the Company to officers and key
employees carrying restrictions such as a prohibition against
disposition and establishing a substantial risk of forfeiture; and
WHEREAS, the Committee has determined it to be in its best
interests of the Company to provide the Employee with an inducement
to acquire or increase his equity interest in the
Company.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration
of the premises and of the covenants and agreements herein set
forth, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Stock Grant . Subject to the terms of
the Plan, a copy of which has been provided to the Employee and is
incorporated herein by reference, the Company grants to the
Employee _________
shares of the common stock of the Company, subject to the terms and
conditions and restrictions set forth below.
If at any time while this Agreement is in
effect (or shares of common stock granted hereunder shall be or
remain unvested while Employee’s employment continues and has
not yet terminated or ceased for any reason), there shall be any
increase or decrease in the number of issued and outstanding shares
of the Company through the declaration of a stock dividend or
through any recapitalization resulting in a stock split-up,
combination or exchange of such
shares,
then the Committee shall make any adjustments it deems fair and
appropriate (in view of such change) in the number of shares of
common stock then subject to this Agreement. If any such adjustment
shall result in a fractional share, such fraction shall be
disregarded.
2. Price Paid by Employee . The price to
be paid by the Employee for the shares granted shall be No
Dollars ($ 0.00 ) per share.
3. Transferability . For a period of
three (3) years from the date of grant the shares granted shall not
be subject to sale, assignment, pledge or other transfer of
disposition by the Employee, except as provided in Sections 5
or 6, or except by reason of an exchange or conversion of such
shares because of merger, consolidation, reorganization or other
corporate action. Any shares into which the granted shares may be
converted or for which the granted shares may be exchanged in a
merger, consolidation, reorganization or other corporate action
shall be subject to the same transferability restrictions as the
granted shares.
On the third anniversary of the
date of grant, one hundred percent (100%) of the shares
granted shall become freely
transferable.
4. Forfeitability . Except as provided
in Section 5 of this Agreement, if the employment of the
Employee shall terminate prior to the expiration of three (3) years
from the date of grant other than by reason of death or permanent
disability, the shares granted (or any shares into which they may
have been converted or for which they may have been exchanged)
shall be forfeited. If the Employee continues to be employed on the
third anniversary of the date of grant, the shares shall become
non-forfeitable.
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5. Termination Following Change
in Control . Notwithstanding Sections 3 and 4 of this
Agreement, if an event constituting a Change in Control of the
Company occurs and the Employee thereafter either terminates
employment for Good Reason or is involuntarily terminated by the
Company without cause, the transferability provisions and the
forfeitability provisions shall immediately cease to apply.
Employee’s continued employment with the Company, for
whatever duration, following a Change in Control of the Company
shall not constitute a waiver of his or her rights with respect to
this Section 5. Employee's right to terminate his or her employment
pursuant to this Subsection shall not be affected by his or her
incapacity due to physical or mental illness. For purposes of this
Section 5:
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(a)
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“Good
Reason” shall mean any of the following, without the
Employee’s written consent:
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(i)
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the assignment
to Employee of duties, responsibilities or status that constitute a
materia
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