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Title: AMENDED AND RESTATED 2001 STOCK PLAN
Governing Law: Indiana     Date: 11/9/2005
Industry: Regional Banks     Sector: Financial

AMENDED AND RESTATED 2001 STOCK PLAN, Parties: irwin financial corp
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Exhibit 10.7

IRWIN FINANCIAL CORPORATION

AMENDED AND RESTATED 2001 STOCK PLAN

(Revised 8/24/2005)

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Page

1.1

 

Establishment

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.2

 

Purpose

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.3

 

Effective Date

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.1

 

Definitions

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.2

 

Gender and Number

 

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.1

 

Eligibility and Participation

 

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.1

 

Administration

 

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.1

 

Aggregate Number

 

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.2

 

Individual Participant Limitations

 

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.3

 

Reuse

 

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.4

 

Adjustment in Capitalization

 

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.1

 

Duration of Plan

 

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.1

 

Grant of Options

 

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.2

 

Option Agreement

 

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.3

 

Option Price

 

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.4

 

Exercise of Options

 

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.5

 

Payment

 

 

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.6

 

Limitations on ISOs

 

 

7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.7

 

Restrictions on Stock Transferability

 

 

8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.8

 

Termination of Employment or Service

 

 

8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(a) Termination of Employment or Service Due to Death or Disability

 

 

8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(b) Termination of Employment or Service Due to Retirement

 

 

8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(c) Resignation or Termination Without Cause

 

 

9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(d) Termination for Cause

 

 

9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.9

 

Effect of a Change in Control

 

 

9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.10

 

Nontransferability of Options

 

 

9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8.1

 

Grant of Stock Appreciation Rights

 

 

10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8.2

 

Payment of SAR Amount

 

 

10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8.3

 

Form and Timing of Payment

 

 

10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8.4

 

Limit of Appreciation

 

 

11

 

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Page

8.5

 

Term of SAR

 

 

11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8.6

 

Termination of Employment or Service; Change in Control

 

 

11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8.7

 

Nontransferability of SARs

 

 

11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9.1

 

Grant of Restricted Stock

 

 

11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9.2

 

Transferability

 

 

11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9.3

 

Other Restrictions

 

 

12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9.4

 

Voting Rights

 

 

12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9.5

 

Dividends and Other Distributions

 

 

12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9.6

 

Termination of Employment or Service; Change in Control

 

 

12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(a) Termination of Employment or Service Due to Death or Disability

 

 

12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(b) Termination of Employment or Service for Reasons Other than Death or Disability

 

 

12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(c) Change in Control

 

 

12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9.7

 

Nontransferability of Restricted Stock

 

 

13

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.1

 

Grant of Phantom Stock Units

 

 

13

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.2

 

Value

 

 

13

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.3

 

Payment for Phantom Stock Units

 

 

13

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.4

 

Form and Timing of Payment

 

 

13

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.5

 

Termination of Employment or Service; Change in Control

 

 

14

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.6

 

Nontransferability

 

 

14

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.7

 

No Dividend Payments

 

 

14

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.8

 

Expiration

 

 

14

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11.1

 

Beneficiary Designation

 

 

14

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12.1

 

Employment or Service

 

 

14

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12.2

 

Participation

 

 

14

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13.1

 

In General

 

 

14

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13.2

 

Definition

 

 

15

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14.1

 

Amendment, Modification, and Termination of Plan

 

 

16

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14.2

 

Interpretation

 

 

16

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15.1

 

Tax Withholding

 

 

16

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15.2

 

Share Withholding

 

 

16

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16.1

 

Indemnification

 

 

17

 

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Page

17.1

 

Requirements of Law

 

 

17

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17.2

 

Governing Law

 

 

17

 

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IRWIN FINANCIAL CORPORATION

AMENDED AND RESTATED 2001 STOCK PLAN

Section 1. Establishment, Purpose, and Effective Date of Plan

     1.1 Establishment . Irwin Financial Corporation, an Indiana corporation, hereby establishes the Irwin Financial Corporation Amended and Restated 2001 Stock Plan (the “Plan”) for employees and non-employee directors of the Company and its subsidiaries. The Plan permits the grant of stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock and phantom stock units, with common stock or cash as possible payout mediums for payment under the Plan.

     1.2 Purpose . The purpose of the Plan is to advance the interests of the Company and its stockholders, by encouraging and providing for the acquisition of an equity interest in the success of the Company by employees of the Company and its subsidiaries and non-employee directors, by providing additional incentives and motivation toward superior performance of the Company, and by enabling the Company to attract and retain the services of employees and non-employee directors upon whose judgment, interest, and special effort the successful conduct of its operations is largely dependent.

     1.3 Effective Date . The Plan shall become effective immediately upon its adoption by the Board of Directors of the Company, subject to ratification by the stockholders of the Company. Awards may be granted hereunder on or after the effective date but shall in no event be exercisable or payable to a Participant prior to such stockholder approval; and, if such approval is not obtained within twelve (12) months after the effective date, such Awards shall be of no force and effect.

Section 2. Definitions

     2.1 Definitions . Whenever used herein, the following terms shall have their respective meanings set forth below:

          “Award” means any Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock, or Phantom Stock Unit, granted under this Plan.

          “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

          “Cause” is defined in Section 14.2.

          “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

          “Change in Control” is defined in Section 13.2 herein.

          “Committee” means the Compensation Committee of the Board or such other committee appointed from time to time by the Board to administer this Plan. The Committee shall consist of two or more members, each of whom shall qualify as a “non-employee director,”

 


 

as the term (or similar or successor term) is defined by Rule 16b-3, and as an “outside director” within the meaning of Code Section 162(m) and regulations thereunder.

          “Company” means Irwin Financial Corporation, a Indiana corporation.

          “Disability” is defined in Section 14.2.

          “Employee” means an employee (including officers and directors who are also employees) of the Company or its subsidiaries, or any branch or division thereof.

          “Fair Market Value” means the mean of the closing bid and ask prices of the Stock as reported by the New York Stock Exchange on a particular date. In the event that there are no Stock transactions on such date, the Fair Market Value shall be determined as of the immediately preceding date on which there were Stock transactions.

          “Named Executive Officer” means a Participant who, as of the date of vesting and/or payout of an Award, as applicable, is one of the group of covered employees, as defined in the regulations promulgated under Code Section 162(m), or any successor statute.

          “Non-Employee Director” means a director of the Company who is not, and for a period of at least one year, has not been an Employee.

          “Option” means the right to purchase Stock at a stated price for a specified period of time. For purposes of the Plan an Option may be either (i) an “Incentive Stock Option,” or “ISO” within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code, (ii) a “Nonstatutory (Nonqualified) Stock Option,” or “NSO,” or (iii) any other type of option encompassed by the Code.

          “Participant” means any Non-Employee Director and any Employee designated by the Committee (or its delegate, if appropriate under Section 3.1) to participate in the Plan.

          “Performance-Based Exception” means the exception for performance-based compensation from the tax deductibility limitations of Code Section 162(m).

          “Period of Restriction” means the period during which the transfer of shares of Restricted Stock is restricted pursuant to Section 9 of the Plan.

          “Phantom Stock Unit” is described under Section 10.

          “Plan” means the Irwin Financial Corporation Amended and Restated 2001 Stock Plan as set forth herein and any amendments hereto.

          “Restricted Stock” means Stock granted to a Participant pursuant to Section 9 of the Plan.

          “Retirement” is defined in Section 14.2.

 


 

          “Rule 16b-3” means Rule 16b-3 or any successor or comparable rule or rules applicable to Awards granted under the Plan promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission under Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

          “Stock” means the Common Stock, without par value, of the Company.

          “Stock Appreciation Right” and “SAR” mean the right to receive a payment from the Company equal to the excess of the Fair Market Value of a share of stock at the date of exercise over a specified price fixed by the Committee, which shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of the Stock on the date of grant. In the case of a Stock Appreciation Right which is granted in conjunction with an Option, the specified price shall be the Option exercise price.

     2.2 Gender and Number . Except when otherwise indicated by the context, words in the masculine gender when used in the Plan shall include the feminine gender, the singular shall include the plural, and the plural shall include the singular.

Section 3. Eligibility and Participation

     3.1 Eligibility and Participation . Participants in the Plan shall be selected by the Committee from among the Employees. Non-Employee Directors shall also be eligible to participate in the Plan. For purposes of Awards to individuals who are neither Named Executive Officers nor directors of the Company, the Committee may delegate its authority to select Participants in the Plan, to select the type of Awards to be received by such Participants, and to allocate Committee-approved block Awards, to such individuals or bodies as the Committee designates in writing. If such delegation occurs, “Committee” as used herein shall mean such individual or body.

Section 4. Administration

     4.1 Administration . The Committee shall be responsible for the administration of the Plan. The Committee, by majority action thereof (whether taken during a meeting or by written consent), is authorized to interpret the Plan, to prescribe, amend, and rescind rules and regulations relating to the Plan, to provide for conditions and assurances deemed necessary or advisable to protect the interests of the Company, and to make all other determinations necessary or advisable for the administration of the Plan, but only to the extent not contrary to the express provisions of the Plan; provided, however, the Committee shall not reprice or otherwise decrease the exercise price applicable to any outstanding Option, except in connection with an adjustment contemplated by Section 5.4. The Committee’s authorization to administer the Plan shall extend to developing and implementing rules and regulations relating to sub-plans established for the purpose of qualifying for preferred tax treatment under foreign tax laws and accommodating the specific requirements of local laws and procedures, including but not limited to the adoption of rules and procedures regarding the conversion of local currency, withholding procedures and handling of stock certificates which vary with local requirements. Determinations, interpretations, or other actions made or taken by the Committee pursuant to the provisions of the Plan shall be final and binding and conclusive for all purposes and upon all persons whomsoever.

 


 

To the extent deemed necessary or advisable for purposes of Rule 16b-3 or otherwise, the Board may act as the Committee hereunder.

Section 5. Stock Subject to Plan and Maximum Awards

     5.1 Aggregate Number . The total number of shares of Stock that may be issued pursuant to Awards under the Plan may not exceed 4,000,000 (of this total number, all such shares may be issued with respect to Incentive Stock Options). Such numbers of shares shall be subject to adjustment upon occurrence of any of the events described in Section 5.4. The shares to be delivered under the Plan may consist, in whole or in part, of authorized but unissued Stock or treasury Stock, not reserved for any other purpose. In addition, up to an aggregate of 2,000,000 SARs may be granted under the Plan.

     5.2 Individual Participant Limitations . Unless and until the Committee determines that an Award to a Named Executive Officer shall not be designed to comply with the Performance-Based Exception, the following rules shall apply to grants of such Awards under the Plan:

 

(a)

 

Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 5.4, the maximum aggregate number of shares of Stock (including Options, Restricted Stock SARs, and Phantom Stock Units to be paid out in shares) that may be granted under this Plan in any calendar year pursuant to any Award held by any Participant shall be 300,000 shares. Such numbers of shares shall be subject to adjustment upon occurrence of any of the events described in Section 5.4.

 

 

 

 

 

(b)

 

The maximum aggregate cash payout (including SARs and Phantom Stock Units paid out in cash) with respect to Awards granted under this Plan in any calendar year which may be made to any Participant shall be one million dollars ($1,000,000.00).

     5.3 Reuse . If, and to the extent:

 

(a)

 

An Option shall expire or terminate for any reason without having been exercised in full (including, without limitation, cancellation and re-grant), or in the event that an Option is exercised or settled in a manner such that some or all of the shares of Stock related to the Option are not issued to the Participant (or beneficiary) including as the result of the use of shares for withholding taxes, the shares of Stock subject thereto which have not become outstanding shall (unless the Plan shall have terminated) become available for issuance under the Plan; provided, however, that with respect to a share-for-share exercise, only the net shares issued shall be deemed to have become outstanding as a result thereof.

 

 

 

 

 

(b)

 

Restricted Stock or Phantom Stock Units under the Plan are forfeited for any reason, or settled in cash in lieu of Stock or in a manner such that some or all of the shares of Stock related to the Award are not issued to

 


 

 

the Participant (or beneficiary), such shares of Stock shall (unless the Plan shall have terminated) become available for issuance under the Plan.

 

(c)

 

SARs expire or terminate for any reason without having been earned in full, an equal number of SARs shall (unless the Plan shall have terminated) become available for issuance under the Plan.

     5.4 Adjustment in Capitalization . In the event of any change in the outstanding shares of Stock that occurs after ratification of the Plan by the stockholders of the Company by reason of a Stock dividend or split, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, combination, separation (including a spin-off), exchange of shares, or other similar corporate change or distribution of stock or property by the Company, the number and class of and/or price of shares of Stock subject to each outstanding Award, the number of shares of Stock available for Awards and the number and class of shares of Stock set forth in Sections 5.1 and 5.2, shall be adjusted appropriately by the Committee, whose determination shall be conclusive; provided, however, that fractional shares shall be rounded to the nearest whole share. In such event, the Committee also shall have discretion to make appropriate adjustments in the number and type of shares subject to Awards then outstanding under the Plan pursuant to the terms of such grants or otherwise.

Section 6. Duration of Plan

     6.1 Duration of Plan . The Plan shall remain in effect until, and no Award may be granted on or after, April 25, 2011, subject to the Board’s right to earlier terminate the Plan pursuant to Section 14 hereof.

Section 7. Stock Options

     7.1 Grant of Options . Subject to the provisions of Section 5 and 6, Options may be granted to Participants at any time and from time to time as shall be determined by the Committee. The Committee shall have complete discretion in determining the number of Options granted to each Participant. The Committee may grant any type of Option to purchase Stock that is permitted by law at the time of grant.

     7.2 Option Agreement . Each Option shall be evidenced by an option agreement that shall specify the type of Option granted, the Option price, the duration of the Option, the number of shares of Stock to which the Option pertains, the vesting schedule for the Options, and such other provisions as the Committee shall determine.

     7.3 Option Price . No Option granted pursuant to the Plan shall have an Option price that is less than the Fair Market Value of the Stock on the date the Option is granted.

     7.4 Exercise of Options . Options awarded under the Plan shall be exercisable at such times and be subject to such restrictions and conditions as the Committee shall approve, either at the time of grant of such Options or pursuant to a general determination, and which need not be the same for all Participants. Each Option which is intended to qualify as an Incentive Stock Option pursuant to Section 422 of the Code, and each Option which is intended to qualify as

 


 

another type of ISO which may subsequently be authorized by law, shall comply with the applicable provisions of the Code pertaining to such Options.

     7.5 Payment . Options shall be exercised by the delivery of a written notice of exercise to the Company, setting forth the number of shares of Stock with respect to which the Option is to be exercised, accompanied by full payment for the Stock. The Option price upon exercise of any Option shall be payable to the Company in full, as provided in the option agreement, either:

 

(a)

 

in cash, check or wire transfer, denominated in U.S. Dollars except with the consent of the Committee or as specified by the Committee with respect to foreign employees or foreign sub-plans;

 

 

 

 

 

(b)

 

by tendering previously-acquired Stock (as determined by the Committee) having an aggregate Fair Market Value at the time of exercise equal to the total Option price,

 

 

 

 

 

(c)

 

if the Committee shall authorize in its sole discretion, by payment of the purchase price in installments or with other borrowed funds; provided, however, that the provisions of each installment purchase agreement: (i) shall provide that the purchaser, at the purchaser’s option, may pay any or all such installments at one time, (ii) shall comply with all applicable credit regulations, if any, then in effect and issued or enacted by governmental authority having jurisdiction, including Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System if such Regulation is then in effect, (iii) shall be established by the Committee and shall include a specified rate of interest payable on the unpaid balance, and (iv) shall require that the certificate for Shares purchased pursuant to installment arrangement be pledged to the Company,

The certificates for stock purchased pursuant to an installment purchase agreement will be delivered to the purchaser, who shall take title to such Stock, and shall be immediately deposited by the purchaser, together with a properly executed stock power, with the Secretary of the Company to be held by the Company as security for the payment of the installments of the purchase price, including interest. The purchaser shall be entitled to all voting rights with respect thereto and all cash dividends paid thereon. In the event of the payment by the Company of a stock dividend on or the declaration by the Company of a stock split with respect to any of its Stock held as security pursuant to an installment purchase agreement hereunder, the pledge under such agreement shall extend to the Stock issued in payment of such stock dividend or on account of such stock split. The purchaser shall deliver to the Company the certificates representing the dividend or split Stock upon receipt thereof, together with a properly executed stock power. In the event that the Stock held as security pursuant to an installment purchase agreement shall be changed or reclassified as a result of any charter amendment, recapitalization,

 


 

reorganization, merger, consolidation, sale of assets or similar transactions, the changed or reclassified Stock or other assets or both received as a result of such transaction shall be substituted for the Stock pledged under such agreement; and the purchaser shall promptly deliver to the Company any certificates issued to represent the Stock so changed or reclassified and any such other assets, together with a properly executed stock power. If rights to subscribe for or purchase Stock or other securities shall be issued to holders of Stock held as security pursuant to an installment purchase agreement, such rights shall belong to the purchaser free from pledge. Upon completion of payment for such Stock, including interest to the date of payment, and subject to any requirements necessary to comply with Regulation U or other applicable credit regulations, the purchaser shall be entitled to the return from the Company of the certificates so pledged,

 

(d)

 

by any other means which the Committee determines to be consistent with the Plan’s purpose and applicable law,

 

 

 

 

 

(e)

 

by having the notice of exercise direct that the certificate or certificates for such Shares for which the option is exercised be delivered to a licensed broker acceptable to the Company as the agent for the individual exercising the option and, at the time such certificate or certificates are delivered, the broker tenders to the Company cash or cash equivalents acceptable to the Company equal to the purchase price for such Shares purchased pursuant to the exercise of the option plus the amount (if any) of federal and other taxes which the Company may, in its sole judgment, be required to withhold with respect to the exercise of the option, or

 

 

 

 

 

(f)

 

by a combination of (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e).

The exercise of an Option shall cancel any SAR which was specifically granted in tandem with such Option to the extent of the number of shares as to which the Option is exercised. As soon as practicable after receipt of each notice and full payment, the Company shall deliver to the Participant a certificate or certificates representing acquired shares of Stock.

     7.6 Limitations on ISOs . Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, to the extent required from time to time by the Code, the following additional provisions shall apply to the grant of Options which are intended to qualify as Incentive Stock Options (as such term is defined in Section 422 of the Code):

 

(a)

 

The aggregate Fair Market Value (determined as of the date the Option is granted) of the shares of Common Stock with respect to which Incentive Stock Options are exercisable for the first time by any Participant during any calendar year (under all plans of the Company) shall not exceed $100,000 or such other amount as may subsequently be specified by the Code; provided that, to the extent that such limitation is exceeded, any

 


 

 

excess Options (as determined under the Code) shall be deemed to be Nonstatutory (Nonqualified) Stock Options.

 

(b)

 

Any Incentive Stock Option authorized under the Plan shall contain such other provisions as the Committee shall deem advisable, but shall in all events be consistent with and contain or be deemed to contain all provisions required in order to qualify the Options as Incentive Stock Options, including, but not limited to, provisions applicable to Incentive Stock Options granted to a 10% shareholder of the Company within the meaning of Code Section 422(b)(6).

 

 

 

 

 

(c)

 

All Incentive Stock Options must be granted within ten years from the date on which this Plan was adopted by the Board of Direc


 
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