Exhibit 10.31
AMA/LIGHTHOUSE,
INC.
2002 STOCK OPTION
PLAN
Adopted: September 26,
2002
Approved By Stockholders:
September 26, 2002
Termination Date:
September 25, 2012
(a) Eligible Option
Recipients . The persons eligible to receive Options are the
Employees of AMA/Lighthouse, Inc. (the
“Company” ) and its
Affiliates.
(b) Available Options . The
purpose of the Plan is to provide a means by which eligible
Employees may be given an opportunity to benefit from increases in
value of the Common Stock through the granting of the following
Options: (i) Incentive Stock Options and
(ii) Nonstatutory Stock Options.
(c) General Purpose . The
Company, by means of the Plan, seeks to retain the services of the
group of persons eligible to receive Options, to secure and retain
the services of new members of this group and to provide incentives
for such persons to exert maximum efforts for the success of the
Company and its Affiliates.
(a) “ Affiliate ”
means any parent or subsidiary of the Company or any entity
selected by the Board; provided , that , with respect
to Incentive Stock Options, the term shall only mean “parent
corporation” and “subsidiary corporation” as
defined in Sections 424(e) and 424(f) of the Code,
respectively.
(b) “ Board ”
means the board of directors of the Company.
(c) “ Cause ”
means, if the Participant is a party to an employment or service
agreement with the Company or an Affiliate and such agreement
provides for a definition of Cause or similar definition, the
definition therein contained, or, if no such agreement exists, it
shall mean a Participant’s gross negligence or willful
misconduct in the performance of such Participant’s duties
with the Company or an Affiliate, which conduct is not cured or
corrected, if curable or correctable, within thirty (30) days
after receipt of written notice from the Company or an Affiliate of
such conduct.
(d) “ Change in Control
” means a change in control of SunTrust Banks, Inc., a
Georgia corporation ( “SunTrust” ) of a
nature that would be required to be reported in response to
Item 6(e) of Schedule 14A of Regulation 14A promulgated under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange
Act”) as in effect at the time of such “change in
control,” provided that such a change in control shall be
deemed to have occurred at such time as (i) any person (as
that term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange
Act), becomes after the Effective Date the beneficial owner (as
defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) directly or
indirectly, of securities representing 20% or more of the combined
voting power for election of directors of the then outstanding
securities of SunTrust or any successor of SunTrust;
(ii) during any period of two consecutive years or less,
individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the
Board of Directors of SunTrust (the “SunTrust
Board” ) cease, for any reason, to constitute at
least a majority of the SunTrust Board, unless the election or
nomination for election of each new director was approved by a vote
of at least two-thirds of the directors then still in office who
were directors at the beginning of the period; (iii) the
shareholders of SunTrust approve any dissolution or liquidation of
SunTrust or any sale or the disposition of 50% or more of the
assets or business of SunTrust; or (iv) the shareholders of
SunTrust approve any merger or consolidation to which SunTrust is a
party or a share exchange in which SunTrust shall exchange its
shares for shares of another corporation as a result of which the
persons who were shareholders of SunTrust immediately prior to the
effective date of the merger, consolidation or share exchange shall
have beneficial ownership of less than 50% of the combined voting
power for election of directors of the surviving corporation
following the effective date of such merger, consolidation or share
exchange.
In addition to the foregoing, a Change in
Control shall include any event or transaction in which SunTrust
ceases to own, directly or indirectly, at least eighty
(80) percent of the outstanding voting equity interests and
control of AMA Holdings or in the event AMA Holdings ceases to own,
directly or indirectly, at least a majority of the outstanding
voting interests of the Company or in the event the Company ceases
to hold a majority of the outstanding voting equity interests in
Lighthouse Partners, LLC ( “LHP, LLC” )
unless at such time, SunTrust owns, directly or indirectly, such
majority interests; or if at any time the Incumbent Employee Board
(as defined below) constitutes less than 50% of the Board. Change
in Control shall also include the consummation of a merger or
consolidation of AMA Holdings, the Company or LHP, LLC with or into
another entity or any other corporate reorganization, if more than
50% of the combined voting power of the continuing or surviving
entity’s securities outstanding immediately after such
merger, consolidation or other reorganization is owned by persons
who were not members or stockholders of the Company, AMA Holdings
or LHP, LLC, as the case may be, immediately prior to such merger,
consolidation, or other reorganization. For purposes hereof, the
term “Incumbent Employee Board” shall mean individuals
who served as the Employee members of the Board on the Effective
Date; provided , that , any person becoming an
Employee member of the Board subsequent to the Effective Date, who
was selected or approved by a majority of the members comprising
the Incumbent Employee Board shall be considered a member of the
Incumbent Employee Board.
(e) “ Code ”
means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the
regulations promulgated thereunder.
(f) “ Committee ”
means the Board, unless and until a committee of one or more
members of the Board is appointed by the Board in accordance with
subsection 3(c).
(g) “ Common Stock
” means the common stock of the Company.
(h) “ Company ”
means AMA/Lighthouse, Inc., a Florida corporation.
(i) “ Continuous
Service ” means that the Participant’s service with
the Company or an Affiliate is not interrupted or terminated. The
Participant’s Continuous Service shall not be deemed to have
terminated merely because of a change in the entity for which the
Participant renders such service, provided that there is no
interruption or termination of the Participant’s Continuous
Service. For example, a change in status from an Employee of the
Company to an Employee of an Affiliate will not constitute an
interruption of Continuous Service. The Committee, in its sole
discretion, may determine whether Continuous Service shall be
considered interrupted.
(j) “ Covered Employee
” means the chief executive officer and the four
(4) other highest compensated officers of the Company for whom
total compensation is required to be reported to stockholders under
the Exchange Act, as determined for purposes of Section 162(m)
of the Code.
(k) “ Director ”
means a member of the Board.
(l) “ Disability
” means, if the Participant is a party to an employment or
service agreement with the Company or its Affiliates and such
agreement provides for a definition of Disability, the definition
therein contained, or, if no such agreement exists, it shall mean
the failure of any Participant to perform his duties due to
physical or mental incapacity as determined by the
Committee.
(m) “ Effective Date
” shall mean September 29, 2002.
(n) “ Employee ”
means any person employed by the Company or an
Affiliate.
(o) “ Exchange Act
” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
(p) “ Fair Market Value
” per share as of a particular date shall mean the last
reported sale price (on the day immediately preceding such date) of
the Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange (or any other
exchange or national market system upon which price quotations for
the Company’s Common Stock is regularly available);
provided , however , that prior to an Initial Public
Offering, and except as provided herein, Fair Market
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Value per share shall mean $16,918.03 multiplied
by the Trailing Four Quarters Revenue divided by $2,855,000. The
Board will verify and document in the Company’s minutes at
least annually the methodology for determining the fair market
value of the Company. The Board will utilize information that is
available to them at the time of this verification including
comparable recent market prices of unaffiliated companies the Board
believes share similar characteristics of the Company. Unless
compelling information to the contrary is obtained, it is the
Board’s intention and expectation to utilize the formula set
forth above to determine the fair market value of the
Company.
(q) “ Incentive Stock
Option ” means an Option intended to qualify as an
incentive stock option within the meaning of Section 422 of
the Code.
(r) “ Initial Public
Offering ” means the consummation of the first public
offering of the Company’s Common Stock pursuant to a
registration statement (other than on Form S-8 or successor forms)
filed with, and declared effective by, the SEC.
(s) “ LHP, LLC Revenue
” will be equal to (i) the total revenue of LHP, LLC as
determined by SunTrust in good faith in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles consistent with past practices based
on the books and records of LHP, LLC including, without limitation
and without duplication, (A) investment supervisory fees
received by LHP, LLC from proprietary limited partnerships and
companies (domestic and offshore) and other managed accounts, but
excluding the revenue share paid to AMA, LLC, (B) performance
incentive fees received by LHP, LLC on proprietary limited
partnerships, companies and other managed accounts,
(C) investment consulting fee income received by LHP, LLC,
(D) if applicable, LHP, LLC’s share of revenue from all
subsidiaries of LHP, LLC (whether existing now or in the future),
(E) income earned on invested capital of LHP, LLC,
(F) revenues of SunTrust which were earned through material
participation by LHP, LLC, including, but not limited to, the
revenue shared to SunTrust banks in accordance with the revenue
sharing agreement (currently 60%) between LHP, LLC and SunTrust for
the referral of investment management business to LHP, LLC by the
local SunTrust banks, and which customarily would be allocated to a
subsidiary of SunTrust such as LHP, LLC, as determined to be
appropriate for inclusion in “LHP, LLC Revenue” by the
head of Private Client Services of SunTrust, (G) any direct
revenue of AMA Holdings (other than revenues included in any other
subsection of this definition) not included in the AMA, LLC Revenue
and (H) sub-adviser fees paid by AMA, LLC to LHP, LLC
consistent with past practice.
(t) “ Non-Employee
Director ” means a Director who is a “non-employee
director” within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 and who is also an
“outside director” within the meaning of
Section 162(m) of the Code.
(u) “ Nonstatutory Stock
Option ” means an Option that is not intended to qualify
as an Incentive Stock Option.
(v) “ Officer ”
means (i) before the Initial Public Offering, any person
designated by the Company as an officer and (ii) on and after
the Initial Public Offering, a person who is an officer of the
Company within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange
Act.
(w) “ Option ”
means an Incentive Stock Option or a Nonstatutory Stock
Option.
(x) “ Option Agreement
” means a written agreement between the Company and an
Optionee evidencing the terms and conditions of an individual
Option grant. Each Option Agreement shall be subject to the terms
and conditions of the Plan and need not be identical.
(y) “ Optionee ”
means a person holding an Option granted pursuant to the
Plan.
(z) “ Participant
” means a person holding an Option granted pursuant to the
Plan.
(aa) “ Plan ”
means the AMA/Lighthouse, Inc. 2002 Stock Option Plan.
(bb) “ Rule 16b-3
” means Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act or any
successor to Rule 16b-3, as in effect from time to time.
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(cc) “ SEC ”
means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
(dd) “ Securities Act
” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
(ee) “ Ten Percent
Stockholder ” means a person who owns (or is deemed to
own pursuant to Section 424(d) of the Code) stock possessing
more than ten percent (10%) of the total combined voting power
of all classes of stock of the Company or of any of its
Affiliates.
(ff) “ Termination Date
” means the date of termination of an Optionee’s
Continuous Service.
(gg) “ Termination for
Cause ” means termination of Participant’s
employment by the Company for Cause.
(hh) “ Trailing Four
Quarters Revenues ” shall mean, as of the date of
calculation, LHP, LLC Revenue for the four most recently completed
calendar quarters ending on or immediately prior to such
date.
(a) Administration . The Plan
shall be administered by the Committee.
(b) Powers of the Committee .
The Committee shall have the power, subject to, and within the
limitations of, the express provisions of the Plan:
(i) To determine from time to time
which of the persons eligible under the Plan shall be granted
Options; when and how each Option shall be granted; what type or
combination of types of Options shall be granted; the provisions of
each Option granted (which need not be identical), including the
time or times when a person shall be permitted to receive Common
Stock pursuant to an Option; and the number of shares of Common
Stock with respect to which an Option shall be granted to each such
person.
(ii) To construe and interpret the
Plan and Options granted under it, and to establish, amend and
revoke rules and regulations for its administration. The Committee,
in the exercise of this power, may correct any defect, omission or
inconsistency in the Plan or in any Option Agreement, in a manner
and to the extent it shall deem necessary or expedient to make the
Plan fully effective.
(iii) Generally, to exercise such
powers and to perform such acts as the Board deems necessary or
expedient to promote the best interests of the Company which are
not in conflict with the provisions of the Plan.
(iv) The Committee must agree to the
granting of Options and other governance–related matters by a
majority vote.
(c) Delegation to Committee
.
(i) General . The entire
Board may comprise the Committee or the Board may delegate
administration of the Plan to a Committee or Committees of one
(1) or more members of the Board, and, in such event, the term
“Committee” shall apply to any person or persons to
whom such authority has been delegated. Furthermore, unless one or
more Committees has been appointed by the Board, any reference to
the Committee in the Plan shall mean the Board. If administration
is delegated to a Committee, the Committee shall have, in
connection with the administration of the Plan, the powers
theretofore possessed by the Board, including the power to delegate
to a subcommittee any of the administrative powers the Committee is
authorized to exercise (and references in this Plan to the Board
shall thereafter be to the Committee or subcommittee), subject,
however, to such resolutions, not inconsistent with the provisions
of the Plan, as may be adopted from time to time by the Board. The
Board may abolish the Committee at any time and re-vest in the
Board the administration of the Plan.
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(ii) Committee Composition when
Common Stock is Publicly Traded . At such time as the Common
Stock is publicly traded, in the discretion of the Board, a
Committee may consist solely of two or more Non-Employee Directors.
Within the scope of such authority, the Board or the Committee may
(1) delegate to a committee of one or more members of the
Board who are not “outside directors” within the
meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code the authority to grant
Options to eligible persons who are either (a) not then
Covered Employees and are not expected to be Covered Employees at
the time of recognition of income resulting from such Option or
(b) not persons with respect to whom the Company wishes to
comply with Section 162(m) of the Code or (2) delegate to
a committee of one or more members of the Board who are not
“non-employee directors” within the meaning of Rule
16b-3 the authority to grant Options to eligible persons who are
not then subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act.
(d) Effect of Committee’s
Decision . All determinations, interpretations and
constructions made by the Committee in good faith shall not be
subject to review by any person and shall be final, binding and
conclusive on all persons. Members of the Committee and any officer
or employee of the Company or any Affiliate acting at the direction
of, or on behalf of, the Committee shall not be personally liable
for any action or determination taken or made in good faith with
respect to the Plan, and shall, to the extent permitted by law, be
fully indemnified by the Company with respect to any such action or
determination.
(e) Review of Option
Agreements . Prior to the grant of any Option under this Plan,
each Option Agreement shall be reviewed by the SunTrust Controllers
Department for accounting purposes.
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Shares Subject to the
Plan .
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Subject to the provisions of
Section 10, the Common Stock that may be issued pursuant to
Options shall not exceed in the aggregate 300 shares of Common
Stock; provided , that , no more than 300 shares
shall be subject to Incentive Stock Options. If any Option shall
for any reason expire or otherwise terminate, in whole or in part,
without having been exercised in full, the shares of Common Stock
not acquired under such Option shall revert to and again become
available for issuance under the Plan. The shares of Common Stock
subject to the Plan may be unissued shares or reacquired shares,
bought on the market or otherwise.
(a) Eligibility for Specific
Options . Employees are eligible to receive Incentive Stock
Options and/or Nonstatutory Stock Options.
(b) Ten Percent Stockholders
. A Ten Percent Stockholder shall not be granted an Incentive Stock
Option unless the exercise price of such Option is at least one
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