Exhibit 10.58
NCC
STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
Non-Incentive Stock Option 2004 LTCE Plan
NATIONAL CITY
CORPORATION
Stock Option Agreement — Non-Incentive Stock
Option
WHEREAS , the individual identified as Optionee
(“Optionee”) on the cover sheet that is attached hereto
and hereby made a part hereof (“Cover Sheet”) is an
officer and key employee of National City Corporation (hereinunder
called the “Corporation”) or of a Subsidiary; and
WHEREAS , the execution of an Option Agreement in the form
hereof has been duly authorized by a resolution of the Compensation
and Organization Committee (hereinafter called the
“Committee”) of the Board of Directors of the
Corporation (hereinafter called the “Board”) duly
adopted on the date listed on the Cover Sheet as “Grant
Date”;
NOW, THEREFORE , the Corporation hereby grants to the
Optionee, pursuant to the National City Corporation Long-Term Cash
and Equity Incentive Plan, Effective January 1, 2005
(hereinafter called the “Plan”) an Option (hereinafter
called the “Option”) to purchase the number of shares
of its common stock, par value $4.00 per share (“Common
Stock”), listed on the Cover Sheet as “Shares
Granted” at the per share exercise price set forth on the
Cover Sheet as the “Option Price” and agrees to cause
certificates for any shares purchased hereunder to be delivered to,
or enter such shares as book entry shares through the
Corporation’s Direct Registration System (“DRS
Shares”) in the name of, the Optionee upon receipt of payment
of the Option Price, all subject, however, to the terms and
conditions of the Plan and as hereafter set forth.
1.
(a) The Option (until terminated as hereinafter provided)
shall be exercisable only to the extent of [insert vesting
schedule] ; provided, however, that the Option (until
terminated as hereinafter provided) shall become immediately fully
exercisable upon the occurrence of any of the following:
(i) in
the event of a Change in Control; or
(ii) the
Optionee ceases to be an employee of the Employers by reason of the
Optionee’s death.
(b) To
the extent exercisable, the Option may be exercised in whole or in
part from time to time, so long as the number of shares exercised
satisfies a minimum that the Corporation may establish from time to
time.
2. The
Option shall terminate on the earliest of the following
dates:
(a) three
years after the death of the Optionee;
(b) ten
years from the Grant Date;
(c) immediately
upon the termination of employment of the Optionee with the
Employers for any reason other than death, if such termination
arises prior to a Change in Control;
(d) twelve
months from the termination of employment of the Optionee with the
Employer following a Change in Control; or
(e) in
the event the Optionee shall intentionally commit an act materially
inimical to the interests of the Employers, and the Committee shall
so find, the Option shall terminate at the time of such act,
notwithstanding any other provision of this Option Agreement.
3.
Nothing contained in this Option Agreement shall confer upon the
Optionee any right to continued employment with the Employers, nor
shall it interfere in any way with the right of the Employers to
terminate the employment of the Optionee at any time.
4. The
Option is not transferable by the Optionee otherwise than by will
or the laws of descent and distribution, and is exercisable during
the lifetime of the Optionee only by the Optionee or by the
Optionee’s guardian or legal representative.
5.
(a) In connection with each exercise of the Option,
arrangements satisfactory to the Corporation shall be made by the
Optionee for the payment of any withholdings required by federal,
state, local, or foreign income tax laws.
(b) Subject
to the restrictions set forth below, the Optionee is hereby granted
the right to elect to satisfy, in whole or in part, the
Optionee’s withholding obligations as required by federal,
state, local, or foreign income tax laws by (i) having the
Corporation withhold shares of Common Stock subject to the Option
having a value equal to or less than the minimum applicable amounts
required to be withheld and/or (ii) delivering to the
Corporation shares of Common Stock owned by the Optionee having a
value equal to or less than the minimum applicable amounts required
to be withheld (the “Election”). For purposes of this
Subsection 5(b), the value of shares of Common Stock to be withheld
or delivered by the Optionee shall be based upon the Market Value
per Share on the date that the amount of the tax or taxes to be
withheld is determined. Shares of Common Stock withheld pursuant to
clause 5(b)(i) will not thereafter be available for exercise under
the Option.
(c) To
exercise the Election, the Optionee (i) must make the Election
to have shares withheld or to deliver already owned shares on the
date that the Optionee exercises the Option and (ii) must make
the Election in writing on a form provided by the Corporation. The
Election is irrevocable by the Optionee and is subject to
disapproval by the Committee. Additionally, if the Optionee is
subject to Section 16(b) of the Securities Act of 1934, as amended
(the “Exchange Act”), the Election is subject to
compliance with Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the rules
and regulations promulgated thereunder.
6. The
Option Price shall be payable:
(a) in
cash or by check acceptable to the Corporation;
(b) by
exchanging previously acquired shares of Common Stock of equivalent
Market Value on the date of exercise, with a value equal to the
total Option Price for the portion of the Option exercised;
or
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(c) by
a combination of (a) and (b).
7. The
Committee may make such adjustments in the number and kind of
shares subject to the Option and the price per share as the
Committee in its sole discretion, exercised in good faith, may
determine is equitably required to prevent dilution or enlargement
of the rights of the Optionee that otherwise would result from any
stock dividend, stock split, combination of shares,
recapitalization or other change in the capital structure of the
Corporation, merger, consolidation, spin-off, reorganization,
partial or complete liquidation, issuance of rights or warrants to
purchase securities, or any other corporate transaction or event
having an effect similar to any of the foregoing. No adjustment
provided for in this Section shall require the Employers to sell a
fractional share.
8.
Optionee acknowledges and agrees that in the performance of his
duties of employment with the Employers he may be in contact with
customers, potential customers and/or information about customers
or potential customers of the Employers either in person, through
the mails, by telephone or by other electronic means. Optionee also
acknowledges and agrees that trade secrets and Confidential
Information of the Employers, as defined in Subsection 8(c) of this
Option Agreement, gained by Optionee during his employment with the
Employers, have been developed by the Employers through substantial
expenditures of time, effort and financial resources and constitute
valuable and unique property of the Employers. Optionee further
understands, acknowledges and agrees that the foregoing makes it
necessary for the protection of the Employers’ businesses
that Optionee not divert business or customers from the Employers
and that the Optionee maintain the confidentiality and integrity of
the Confidential Information as hereinafter defined:
(a) Optionee agrees that he will not,
during his employment by the Employers and for a period of one year
following the later of the termination of salary payments or the
Salary Continuation Period, as defined in Section 16,
following termination of employment, no matter how
terminated:
(i) directly or indirectly solicit,
divert, entice or take away any customers, clients, businesses,
patronage or orders from any customers, clients or businesses with
whom the Optionee has had contact, involvement or responsibility
during Optionee’s employment with the Employers , or
attempt to do so, on behalf of any person ( including Optionee),
firm, association, or corporation for the sale of any product or
service that is the same, similar to, or a substitute for, any
product or service offered by the Employers,
(ii) directly or indirectly solicit,
divert, entice or take away any potential customer identified,
selected or targeted by the Employers with whom the Optionee has
had contact, involvement or responsibility during Optionee’s
employment with the Employers, or attempt to do so, for the sale of
any product or service that is the same, similar to, or a
substitute for, any product or service offered by the Employers,
or
(iii) accept or provide assistance in
the accepting of (including, but not limited to, providing any
service, information, assistance or other facilitation or other
involvement) business, patronage or orders from customers or any
potential customers of the Employers with whom Optionee has had
contact, involvement or responsibility on behalf of any person (
including Optionee), firm, association, or corporation.
Nothing
contained in this Subsection 8(a) shall preclude Optionee from
accepting employment with a company, firm, or business that
competes with the Employers so long as the Optionee’s
activities do not violate the provisions of clauses 8(a)(i),
8(a)(ii) or 8(a)(iii) above or any of the provisions of Subsections
8(b) and 8(c) below.
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