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Title: Yum! Brands, Inc. Restaurant General Manager Stock Plan
Governing Law: North Carolina     Date: 3/3/2006
Industry: Restaurants    

Yum! Brands, Inc. Restaurant General Manager Stock Plan, Parties: yum brands inc
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                                                                                                Exhibit 10.22

 

Yum! Brands, Inc.

Restaurant General Manager Stock Plan

(as amended through June 23, 2003)

 

1.         Purposes . The purpose of the Yum! Brands, Inc. Restaurant General Manager Stock Plan (the "Plan") is to provide Yum! Brands, Inc. stock options, stock appreciation rights and restricted stock to designated Restaurant General Managers ("RGMs") at its Subsidiaries and effective April 1, 1999, other employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries (other than officers subject to Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934).

 

2.         Definitions . Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following terms, when used in this Plan, shall have the meanings set forth below:

 

(a)      "Common Stock" or "Stock" means Company Common Stock, without par value.

 

(b)      "Committee" means the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company, as appointed from time to time by the Board.

 

(c)      "Company" means Yum! Brands, Inc., a North Carolina corporation, its divisions and direct and indirect Subsidiaries .

 

(d)      "Exercise Price" means the price at which a share of Common Stock covered by an Option or SAR granted hereunder may be purchased.

 

(e)      "Fair Market Value" means an amount equal to the average of the high and low sales prices for Common Stock as reported on the composite tape for securities listed on The New York Stock Exchange, Inc. on the date in question (or, if no sales of Stock were made on said Exchange on such date, on the next preceding day on which sales were made on such Exchange), except that such average price shall be rounded up to the nearest one-fourth.

 

(f)       "Grant Date" means the date an Option, SAR, Restricted Stock Award or Restricted Stock Unit Award is granted under this Plan.

 

(g)      "Option" or "Stock Option" means a right granted under the Plan to a Participant to purchase a share of Company Common Stock at a fixed price for a specified period of time.

 

(h)                  "Participant" means an eligible employee of the Company who is granted a Stock Option, SAR, Restricted Stock Award or Restricted Stock Unit Award under the Plan.

 

(i)                   A "Restricted Stock" Award is a grant of shares of Stock, and a "Restricted Stock Unit" Award is the grant of a right to receive shares of Stock in the future, with such shares of Stock or right to future delivery of such shares of Stock subject to a risk of forfeiture or other restrictions that will lapse upon the achievement of one or more goals relating to completion of service by the Participant, or achievement of performance or other objectives, as determined by the Committee.

 

(i)       "Retirement" means termination from employment by the Company for reasons other than death after the employee has fulfilled the requirements for either a normal, early or disability retirement pension, as defined under the Company's retirement program applicable to such employee at the date of termination of employment.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(j)       “Stock Appreciation Right” (an “SAR”) means a right granted under the Plan to a Participant to receive, in cash or stock (as determined by the Committee), value equal to (or otherwise based on) the excess of: (a) the Fair Market Value of a specified number of shares of Stock at the time of exercise; over (b) an Exercise Price established by the Committee.

 

(k)      "Subsidiary" means any corporation or other entity, whether domestic or foreign, in which the Corporation has or obtains, directly or indirectly, a proprietary interest of at least 50% by reason of stock ownership or otherwise.

 

(l)         “Totally Disabled” shall have the meaning set forth in the Company’s long term disability program applicable to such employee.

 

3.       Administration . The Committee will determine which RGMs and other eligible employees will receive Stock Option SAR, Restricted Stock Award and Restricted Stock Unit Award grants under the Plan and, except as otherwise required by law or this Plan, will determine the grant terms of each Stock Option, SAR, Restricted Stock Award and Restricted Stock Unit Award granted. A written summary setting forth the terms and conditions of each Participant's grant under the Plan shall be presented to each Participant.

 

The Plan shall be administered by the Committee which shall have full power and authority to administer and interpret the Plan and to adopt such rules, regulations, agreements, guidelines and instruments for the administration of the Plan as the Committee deems necessary or advisable.

 

The Committee's interpretations of the Plan, and all actions taken and determinations made by the Committee concerning any matter arising under or with respect to the Plan or any Options, SARs, Restricted Stock Awards or Restricted Stock Units Awards granted hereunder, shall be final, binding and conclusive on all interested parties, including the Company, its shareholders and all former, present and future employees of the Company. Unless otherwise provided by the Committee, all of the Committee's power and authority hereunder are delegated to the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Chief People Officer of the Company, such delegation to be subject to such terms and conditions as the Committee in its discretion shall determine. The Chief People Officer of the Company will from time to time report on the status of the Plan and outstanding Options, SARs, Restricted Stock Awards and Restricted Stock Unit Awards to the Committee.

 

4.         Stock Available for Options, SARs, Restricted Stock Awards and Restricted Stock Units Awards . The shares that may be delivered or purchased under the Plan shall not exceed an aggregate of 15,000,000 shares of Common Stock, subject to any adjustments which may be made pursuant to Section 11 hereof. Shares of Stock used for purposes of the Plan will be shares of authorized but unissued Common Stock. To the extent that any shares of Stock covered by an Option , SAR, Restricted Stock Award or Restricted Stock Unit Award are not delivered to a Participant or beneficiary because the Option, SAR, Restricted Stock Award or Restricted Stock Unit Award is forfeited or cancelled, or the shares of Stock are not delivered because the Options, SARs, Restricted Stock Awards or Restricted Stock Unit Awards are settled in cash or for any other reason, such shares shall not be deemed to have been delivered for purposes of determining the maximum number of shares of Stock available for delivery under the Plan.

 

5.         Eligibility . Each RGM and other eligible employee designated by the Committee is eligible to receive an Option, SAR, Restricted Stock Award or Restricted Stock Unit Award grant under this Plan. In addition, effective July 1, 2001, all employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries (other than officers subject to Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) are

 

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eligible to receive an Option, SAR, Restricted Stock Award or Restricted Stock Unit Award grant under this Plan.

 

6.   Terms and Conditions of Options, SARs, Restricted Stock Awards and Restricted Stock Unit Awards. Each Option and SAR outstanding hereunder shall be in writing and shall contain the following terms and conditions:

 

(a)        Exercise Price . The Exercise Price shall be equal to the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the Grant Date.

 

(b)       Term and Exercise Dates . Options and SARs granted hereunder shall have a term of no longer than ten years from the Grant Date and shall become 100% vested four years from the Grant Date or as otherwise prescribed by the Committee under the terms of the grant. To the extent that Stock Options and SARs are not exercised when they become initially exercisable, they shall be carried forward and be exercisable until the expiration of the term of such Stock Options or SARs, subject to the provisions of Sections 6(e) and (f) hereof.

 

(c)         Exercise of Option or SAR . To exercise an Option, the holder thereof shall give notice of his or her exercise to the Company, or its agent, specifying the number of shares of Common Stock to be purchased and identifying the specific Options that are being exercised. To exercise an SAR, the holder thereof shall give notice of his or her exercise to the Company, or its agent, identifying the specific SARs that are being exercised and the number of shares of Stock to be covered by the exercise. From time to time the Committee may establish procedures relating to effecting such exercises. No fractional shares shall be issued as a result of exercising an Option or an SAR that is settled in Stock. An Option or SAR is exercisable during a Participant's lifetime only by the Participant, provided, however, that in the event the Participant is incapacitated and unable to exercise Options or SARs, such Options and SARs may be exercised by such Participant's legal guardian, legal representative, fiduciary or other representative whom the Committee deems appropriate based on applicable facts and circumstances.

 

(d)       Payment of Exercise Price . The Exercise Price for the Options being exercised must be paid in full at time of issu


 
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