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2004 STOCK GRANT AND AWARDS PLAN

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Title: 2004 STOCK GRANT AND AWARDS PLAN
Governing Law: Iowa     Date: 5/5/2005
Industry: Tires     Sector: Consumer Cyclical

2004 STOCK GRANT AND AWARDS PLAN, Parties: bandag inc
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Exhibit 10.5

BANDAG, INCORPORATED
2004 STOCK GRANT AND AWARDS PLAN
(As Amended and Restated Effective February 18, 2005)

         1.       Purposes, History and Effective Date.

        (a)      Purpose . The Bandag, Incorporated 2004 Stock Grant and Awards Plan has two complementary purposes: (i) to attract and retain outstanding individuals to serve as officers, directors and employees and (ii) to increase shareholder value. The Plan will provide participants incentives to increase shareholder value by offering the opportunity to acquire shares of the Company’s Class A common stock, receive monetary payments based on the value of such common stock, or receive other incentive compensation, on the potentially favorable terms that this Plan provides.

        (b)      History . Prior to the effective date of this Plan, the Company had in effect the 1999 Plan, which was originally effective February 8, 1999. Upon shareholder approval of this Plan, the 1999 Plan will terminate and no new awards will be granted under the 1999 Plan (except for the possible grant of awards of restricted stock in February 2005 to participants in the Company’s annual award plan), although awards granted under such plan and still outstanding will continue to be subject to all terms and conditions of such plan.

        (c)      Effective Date . This Plan will become effective, and Awards may be granted under this Plan, on and after the Effective Date. This Plan will terminate as provided in Section 15.

         2.       Definitions . Capitalized terms used in this Plan have the following meanings:

        (a)     “1999 Plan” means the Bandag, Incorporated Stock Award Plan, as amended.

        (b)     “Affiliate” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Rule 12b-2 promulgated under the Exchange Act or any successor rule or regulation thereto.

        (c)     “Award” means a grant of Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Performance Shares, Performance Units, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Dividend Equivalent Units or an Incentive Award.

        (d)     “Award Agreement” means any written agreement, contract, or other instrument or document evidencing the grant of an Award in such form as the Committee determines.

        (e)     “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

        (f)     “Change of Control” means the occurrence of any one of the following events:

 

        (i)     the consummation of a transaction that results in a sale, exchange, transfer, or other disposition of all, or substantially all, of the assets of the Company; or



 

        (ii)     the consummation of a transaction that results in the merger or consolidation of the Company with or into any other corporation under circumstances where the shareholders of the Company immediately prior to such merger or consolidation, will own, directly or indirectly, after such merger or consolidation, securities representing less than a majority of the voting control of the corporation surviving any such merger or consolidation.




        (g)      “Change of Control Price” means the highest Fair Market Value price per Share during the sixty (60)-day period preceding the date of a Change of Control.

        (h)      “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Any reference to a specific provision of the Code includes any successor provision and the regulations promulgated under such provision.

        (i)      “Committee” means the Management Continuity and Compensation Committee of the Board (or a successor committee with the same or similar authority), except that with respect to any Awards to non-employee directors, “Committee” means the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.

        (j)      “Company” means Bandag, Incorporated, an Iowa corporation and any successor thereto.

        (k)      “Director” means a member of the Board, and “Non-Employee Director” means a Director who is not also an employee of the Company or its Subsidiaries.

        (l)      “Disability” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Company’s or Subsidiary’s long-term disability plan applicable to a Participant, or if no such plan exists as determined by the Committee.

        (m)      “Disinterested Persons” means the non-employee directors of the Company within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 as promulgated under the Exchange Act.

        (n)      “Dividend Equivalent Unit” means the right to receive a payment equal to the cash dividends paid with respect to a Share.

        (o)      “Effective Date” means the date the Board approves this Plan; provided that the effectiveness of any Awards granted prior to shareholder approval of the Plan shall be contingent on such approval.

        (p)      “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Any reference to a specific provision of the Exchange Act includes any successor provision and the regulations and rules promulgated under such provision.

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        (q)      “Fair Market Value” with respect to a Share on a particular date means (i) if the Stock is listed for trading on the New York Stock Exchange, the average of the high and low reported sales prices as reported in The Wall Street Journal, or if no sales of Stock occur on the date in question, on the last preceding date on which there was a sale on such exchange; or (ii) if the Stock is not listed or admitted to trading on the New York Stock Exchange, the average of the high and low reported sales prices on the principal national securities exchange on which the Stock is listed or admitted to trading, or if no sales of Stock occur on the date in question, on the last preceding date on which there was a sale on such exchange; or (iii) if the Stock is not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, the average of the highest and lowest quoted sale price, or if no sales of Stock occur on the date in question, on the last preceding date on which there was a sale; or (iv) if not so quoted, the average of the high bid and low asked prices in the over-the-counter market, as reported by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotations System (“NASDAQ”) or such other system then in use, or if no sales of Stock occur on the date in question, on the last preceding date on which there was a sale; or (v) if on any such date the Stock is not quoted by any such organization, the average of the high bid and low asked prices as furnished by a professional market maker making a market in the Stock selected by the Board for the date in question; or (vi) if on any such date no market maker is making a market in the Stock, the price as determined in good faith by the Committee.

        (r)      “Incentive Award” means the right to receive a payment to the extent Performance Goals are achieved and shall include “Annual Incentive Awards” as described in Section 12 and “Long-Term Incentive Awards” as described in Section 13.

        (s)      “Option” means the right to purchase Shares at a specified price for a specified period of time.

        (t)      “Participant” means an individual selected by the Committee to receive an Award, and includes any individual who holds an Award after the death of the original recipient, provided that incentive stock options may only be issued to employees of the Company and its subsidiaries, as defined in Section 424(f) of the Code.

        (u)      “Performance Goals” means any goals the Committee establishes that relate to one or more of the following for such period as the Committee specifies:

 

        (i)      Any of the following as determined for the Company on a consolidated basis, for any one or more Affiliates or divisions of the Company and/or for any other business unit or units of the Company, as determined by the Committee at the time an Award is made:



 

(1)

Net Income before or after taxes;



 

(2)

Return measures, including but not limited to return on assets, equity, or sales;



 

(3)

Cash flow return on investments, which equals net cash flows divided by owners equity;



 

(4)

Earnings before or after taxes;



 

(5)

Gross revenues;



 

(6)

Share price, including but not limited to growth measures and total shareholder return;



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(7)

Economic profit, defined as, but not limited to, after tax operating profit less the cost of capital; and



 

(8)

Customer satisfaction results.



 

        (ii)      Basic earnings per Share for the Company on a consolidated basis.



 

        (iii)      Diluted earnings per Share for the Company on a consolidated basis.



As to each Performance Goal, the relevant measurement of performance shall be computed in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, but, unless otherwise determined by the Committee at the time the Award is made, will exclude the effects of (i) extraordinary, unusual, transition, one-time and/or non-recurring items of gain or loss, (ii) gains or losses on the disposition of a business or arising from the sale of assets outside the ordinary course of business, (iii) changes in tax or accounting regulations or laws, (iv) a merger or acquisition, or (v) repurchases of Company stock, that in each case the Company identifies in its audited financial statements, including footnotes, or the Management’s Discussion and Analysis section of the Company’s annual report. In the case of Awards that the Committee determines will not be considered “performance-based compensation” under Code Section 162(m), the Committee may establish other Performance Goals not listed in this Plan.

        (v)      “Performance Shares” means the right to receive Shares to the extent Performance Goals are achieved.

        (w)      “Performance Units” means the right to receive a payment valued in relation to a unit that has a designated dollar value or the value of which is equal to the Fair Market Value of one or more Shares, to the extent Performance Goals are achieved.

        (x)      “Person” has the meaning given in Section 3(a)(9) of the Exchange Act, as modified and used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) thereof.

        (y)      “Plan” means this Bandag, Incorporated 2004 Stock Grant and Awards Plan, as may be amended from time to time.

        (z)      “Restricted Stock” means Shares that are subject to a risk of forfeiture and/or restrictions on transfer, which may lapse upon the achievement or partial achievement of Performance Goals and/or upon the completion of a period of service.

        (aa)      “Restricted Stock Unit” means the right to receive a payment valued in relation to a unit that has a value equal to the Fair Market Value of a Share, which right may vest upon the achievement or partial achievement of Performance Goals and/or upon the completion of a period of service.

        (bb)      “Retirement” means termination of employment from the Company and its Affiliates on or after age sixty (60) with ten or more years of service for vesting purposes as determined under any qualified retirement plan of the Company.

(cc)

“Rule 16b-3” means Rule 16b-3 as promulgated by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission under the Exchange Act.



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        (dd)      “Section 16 Participants” means Participants who are subject to the provisions of Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

        (ee)      “Share” means a share of Stock.

        (ff)      “Stock” means the Class A Common Stock of the Company.

        (gg)      “Stock Appreciation Right” or “SAR” means the right of a Participant to receive a payment equal to the appreciation of the Fair Market Value of a Share during a specified period of time.

        (hh)      “Subsidiary” means any corporation (other than the Company) in an unbroken chain of corporations beginning with the Company if each such corporation owns stock possessing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power in one of the other corporations in the chain.

         3.       Administration . In addition to the authority specifically granted to the Committee in this Plan, the Committee has full discretionary authority to administer this Plan, including but not limited to the authority to (i) interpret the provisions of this Plan, (ii) prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to this Plan, (iii) correct any defect, supply any omission, or reconcile any inconsistency in any Award or Agreement in the manner and to the extent it deems desirable to carry this Plan into effect and (iv) make all other determinations necessary or advisable for the administration of this Plan.

         4.       Eligibility . The Committee may designate any of the following as a Participant from time to time: any officer or other employee of the Company or its Affiliates, an individual that the Company or an Affiliate has engaged to become an officer or employee, or a Non-Employee Director. The Committee’s designation of a Participant in any year will not require the Committee to designate such person to receive an Award in any other year.

         5.       Types of Awards . Subject to the terms of this Plan, the Committee may grant any type of Award to any Participant it selects, but only employees of the Company or a Subsidiary may receive grants of incentive stock options. Awards may be granted alone or in addition to, in tandem with, or in substitution for any other Award (or any other award granted under another plan of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company). All Awards granted under the Plan shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement.

         6.       Shares Reserved under this Plan.

        (a)      Plan Reserve . Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 17, an aggregate of 2,000,000 Shares are reserved for issuance under this Plan. The number of Shares reserved for issuance under this Plan shall be reduced only by the number of Shares delivered in payment or settlement of Awards. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may grant incentive stock options for no more than 100,000 shares and may issue no more than 750,000 Shares as Restricted Stock.

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        (b)      Replenishment of Shares Under this Plan . If an Award lapses, expires, terminates or is cancelled without the issuance of Shares under the Award, or if Shares are forfeited under an Award, then the Shares subject to such Award may again be used for new Awards under this Plan under Section 6(a), including issuance as incentive stock options. If Shares are issued under any Award and the Company subsequently reacquires them pursuant to rights reserved upon the issuance of the Shares, or if previously owned Shares are delivered to the Company in payment of the exercise price of an Award, then such Shares may again be used for new Awards under this Plan under Section 6(a), but such Shares may not be issued pursuant to incentive stock options.

        (c)      Participant Limitations . Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 17, no Participant may be granted Awards that could result in such Participant:

 

        (i)      receiving in any calendar year Options for, and/or Stock Appreciation Rights with respect to, more than 135,000 Shares;



 

        (ii)      receiving in any calendar year Awards of Restricted Stock and/or Restricted Stock Units relating to more than 100,000 Shares;



 

        (iii)      receiving in any calendar year Awards of Performance Shares, and/or Awards of Performance Units the value of which is based on the Fair Market Value of Shares, for more than 100,000 Shares;



 

        (iv)      receiving in any calendar year Awards of Performance Units which are not based on the Fair Market Value of Shares which could result in a payment of more than $2,000,000;



 

        (v)      receiving an Annual Incentive Award in respect of any single fiscal year of the Company of more than $1,000,000; or



 

        (vi)      receiving a Long-Term Incentive Award of more than $2,000,000 in respect of any period of three consecutive fiscal years of the Company.



In all cases, determinations under this Section 6(c) should be made in a manner that is consistent with the exemption for performance-based compensation that Code Section 162(m) provides.

         7.       Options . Subject to the terms of this Plan, the Committee will determine all terms and conditions of each Option, including but not limited to:

        (a)      Whether the Option is an “incentive stock option” which meets the requirements of Code Section 422, or a “nonqualified stock option” which does not meet the requirements of Code Section 422; provided that in the case of an incentive stock option, if the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined at the time of grant) of the Shares with respect to which all “incentive stock options” (within the meaning of Code Section 422) are first exercisable by the Participant during any calendar year (under this Plan and under all other incentive stock option plans of the Company or any Affiliate that is required to be included under Code Section 422) exceeds $100,000, such Option automatically shall be treated as a nonqualified stock option to the extent this limit is exceeded.

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        (b)      The number of Shares subject to the Option.

        (c)      The exercise price, which may not be less than the Fair Market Value of the Shares subject to the Option as determined on the date of grant; provided that (i) no incentive stock option shall be granted to any employee who, at the time the Option is granted, owns (directly or indirectly, within the meaning of Code Section 424(d)) more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or of any Subsidiary unless the exercise price is at least 110% of the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of grant; and (ii) the exercise price may vary during the term of the Option if the Committee determines that there should be adjustments to the exercise price relating to achievement of Performance Goals and/or to changes in an index or indices that the Committee determines is appropriate (but in no event may the exercise price be less than the Fair Market Value of the Shares subject to the Option as determined on the date of grant).

        (d)      The terms, conditions and manner of exercise, which may include a requirement that exercise of the Option is conditioned upon achievement of one or more Performance Goals; provided that, unless the Committee provides otherwise in an Award Agreement:

 

        (i)      An Option, or portion thereof, shall be exercised by delivery of a written notice of exercise to the Company (or its designee) and payment of the full price of the Shares being purchased pursuant to the Option and any withholding taxes due thereon.



 

        (ii)      A Participant may exercise an Option with respect to less than the full number of Shares for which the Option may then be exercised, but a Participant must exercise the Option in full Shares.



 

        (iii)      The exercise price may be paid: in United States dollars in cash or by check, bank draft or money order payable to the order of the Company; through the delivery of Shares with an aggregate Fair Market Value on the date of exercise equal to the exercise price; or by any combination of the above methods of payment. The Committee shall determine acceptable methods for tendering Shares as payment upon exercise of an Option and may impose such limitations and prohibitions on the use of Shares to exercise an Option as it deems appropriate, including, without, limitation, any limitation or prohibition designed to avoid certain accounting consequences that may result from the use of Shares as payment upon exercise of an Option.



        (e)      The termination date, except that each Option must terminate no later than ten (10) years after the date of grant, and each incentive stock option granted to any employee who, at the time the Option is granted, owns (directly or indirectly, within the meaning of Code Section 424(d)) more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or of any Subsidiary must terminate no later than five (5) years after the date of grant.

        (f)      The exercise period following a Participant’s termination of employment or service, provided that:

 

        (i)      Unless the Committee provides otherwise, if a Participant shall cease to be employed by, or provide services to, the Company or any of its Affiliates other than by reason of Retirement, Disability, or death, (A) the


 
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