Exhibit 10.11
THE MANITOWOC COMPANY,
INC.
AWARD AGREEMENT
2004 NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR STOCK
AND AWARDS PLAN
THIS AWARD AGREEMENT is entered into this
day of
,
20 ,
and reflects action taken by THE MANITOWOC COMPANY, INC.
(the “Company”) to {INSERT NON-EMPLOYEE
DIRECTOR’S NAME} (the
“Director”) pursuant to the 2004 NON-EMPLOYEE
DIRECTOR STOCK AND AWARDS PLAN (the
“Plan”).
WHEREAS, the Company believes it to be in the best
interests of the Company, its subsidiaries and its stockholders to
provide its non-employee directors with incentives to increase
shareholder value by offering the opportunity to acquire shares of
the Company’s common stock, receive incentives based on the
value of such common stock, or receive other incentives on
potentially favorable terms (collectively referred to and further
defined in the Plan as “Awards”); and
WHEREAS, the Company has adopted the Plan to establish
certain parameters regarding such Awards; and
WHEREAS, the Company, acting by the authority of the
Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company
(the “Committee”), has decided to enter into this
Agreement, subject to the terms of the Plan.
NOW, THEREFORE,
in consideration of the premises set
forth herein and of the services to be performed by the Director,
the Company and the Director hereby agree to the terms set forth in
this Agreement.
1.
PLAN AND AGREEMENT.
All parties acknowledge that
this Agreement and any Award granted hereunder is subject to the
terms of the Plan, which shall govern all rights, interests,
obligations, and undertakings of both the Company and the
Director. Any capitalized term not otherwise defined in this
Agreement shall have the meaning set forth in the Plan. To
the extent that there is any conflict between the terms of this
Agreement and the Plan, the terms of the Plan as determined,
interpreted and applied by the Administrator, shall control to
resolve such ambiguity or conflict.
2.
STOCK OPTION. {ONLY USE
THIS OPTIONAL SECTION 2 IF THE AGREEMENT GRANTS STOCK
OPTIONS~~RENUMBER THE REMAINING SECTIONS
ACCORDINGLY}
(a)
OPTION AND EXERCISE
PRICE. Pursuant to
Section 5 of the Plan and subject to the terms of this Agreement,
the Company grants to the Director an Option to purchase
{INSERT NUMBER OF SHARES SUBJECT TO THE OPTION}
Shares of Common Stock of the Company (the “Option
Shares”) at a price of
{INSERT EXERCISE PRICE—THE EXERCISE PRICE MAY
NOT EXCEED THE FAIR MARKET VALUE OF THE SHARES AS OF THE
GRANT DATE} .
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