EXHIBIT 10.1
ZIONS
BANCORPORATION
AMENDED AND
RESTATED
2005 STOCK OPTION AND INCENTIVE
PLAN
ARTICLE I
GENERAL
1.1 Purpose
The purpose of the Amended and
Restated Zions Bancorporation 2005 Stock Option and Incentive Plan
(the “ Plan ”) is to promote the long-term
success of Zions Bancorporation (the “Company”) by
providing an incentive for officers, employees and directors of,
and consultants and advisors to, the Company and its Related
Entities to acquire a proprietary interest in the success of the
Company, to remain in the service of the Company and/or Related
Entities, and to render superior performance during such
service.
1.2 Definitions of Certain
Terms
(a) “ Award ”
means an award under the Plan as described in Section 1.5 and
Article II.
(b) “ Award Agreement
” means a written agreement entered into between the Company
and a Grantee in connection with an Award.
(c) “ Board ”
means the Board of Directors of the Company.
(d) “ Cause ”
Termination of Employment by the Company for “Cause”
means, with respect to a Grantee and an Award, (i) except as
provided otherwise in the applicable Award Agreement or as provided
in clause (ii) below, Termination of Employment of the Grantee
by the Company (A) upon Grantee’s failure to
substantially perform Grantee’s duties with the Company or a
Related Entity (other than any such failure resulting from death or
Disability), (B) upon Grantee’s failure to substantially
follow and comply with the specific and lawful directives of the
Board or any officer of the Company or a Related Entity to whom
Grantee directly or indirectly reports, (C) upon
Grantee’s commission of an act of fraud or dishonesty
resulting in actual or potential economic, financial or
reputational injury to the Company or a Related Entity,
(D) upon Grantee’s engagement in illegal conduct, gross
misconduct or an act of moral turpitude, (E) upon
Grantee’s violation of any written policy, guideline, code,
handbook or similar document governing the conduct of directors,
officers or employees of the Company or its Related Entities, or
(F) upon Grantee’s engagement in any other similar
conduct or act determined by the Committee in its discretion to
constitute “cause”; or (ii) in the case of
directors, officers or employees who at the time of the Termination
of Employment are entitled to the benefits of a change in control,
employment or similar agreement entered into by the Company or a
Related Entity that defines or addresses termination for cause,
termination for cause as defined and/or determined pursuant to such
agreement. In the event that there is more than one such agreement,
the Executive Compensation Committee shall determine which
agreement shall govern.
(e) “ Code ”
means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
(f) “ Committee ”
means the Executive Compensation Committee (including any successor
thereto) of the Board and shall consist of not less than two
directors. However, if (i) a member of the Executive
Compensation Committee is not an “outside director”
within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code, is not a
“non-employee director” within the meaning of
Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act, or is not an
“independent director” within the meaning of Nasdaq
Market Rule 4350 (c), or (ii) the Executive Compensation
Committee otherwise in its discretion determines, then the
Executive Compensation Committee may from time to time delegate
some or all of its functions under the Plan to a subcommittee
composed of members of the Executive Compensation Committee that,
if relevant, meet the necessary requirements. The term
“Committee” includes the Executive Compensation
Committee or any such subcommittee, to the extent of the Executive
Compensation Committee’s delegation.
(g) “ Common Stock
” means the common stock of the Company.
(h) “ Disability
” means, with respect to a Grantee and an Award,
(i) except as provided in the applicable Award Agreement or as
provided in clause (ii) below, “disability” as
defined in the Company’s long-term disability plan in which
Grantee is participating; or (ii) in the case of directors,
officers or employees who at the time of the Termination of
Employment are entitled to the benefits of a change in control,
employment or similar agreement entered into by the Company or a
Related Entity that defines or addresses termination because of
disability, “disability” as defined in such agreement.
In the event that there is more than one such agreement, the
Committee shall determine which agreement shall govern.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, (A) in the case of an Incentive
Stock Option, the term “Disability” for purposes of the
preceding sentence shall have the meaning given to it by
Section 422 (c)(6) of the Code and (B) to the extent an
Award is subject to the provisions of Section 409A of the Code
and in order for compensation provided under any Award to avoid the
imposition of taxes under Section 409A of the Code, then a
Grantee shall be determined to have suffered a Disability only if
such Grantee is “disabled” within the meaning of
Section 409A of the Code.
(i) “ Exchange Act
” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
(j) The “ Fair Market
Value ” of a share of Common Stock on any date shall be
(i) the closing sale price per share of Common Stock during
normal trading hours on the national securities exchange,
association or other market on which the Common Stock is
principally traded for such date or the last preceding date on
which there was a sale of such Common Stock on such exchange,
association or market, or (ii) if the shares of Common Stock
are then traded in an over-the-counter market, the average of the
closing bid and asked prices for the shares of Common Stock during
normal trading hours in such over-the-counter market for such date
or the last preceding date on which there was a sale of such Common
Stock in such market, or (iii) if the shares of Common Stock
are not then listed on a national securities exchange, association
or other market or traded in an over-the-counter market, such value
as the Committee, in its discretion shall determine.
(k) “ Grantee ”
means a person who receives an Award.
(l) “ Incentive Stock
Option ” means, subject to Section 2.3 (f), a stock
option that is intended to qualify for special federal income tax
treatment pursuant to Sections 421 and 422 of the Code (or a
successor provision thereof) and which is so designated in the
applicable Award Agreement. Under no circumstances shall any stock
option that is not specifically designated as an Incentive Stock
Option be considered an Incentive Stock Option.
(m) “ Key Persons
” means then acting or prospective directors, officers and
employees of the Company or of a Related Entity, and then acting or
prospective consultants and advisors to the Company or a Related
Entity.
(n) “ Non-Employee
Director ” has the meaning given to it in
Section 2.13(a).
(o) “ Performance Goals
” means the goal(s) (or combined goal(s)) determined by the
Committee in its discretion to be applicable to a Grantee with
respect to an Award. As determined by the Committee, the
Performance Goals applicable to an Award may provide for a targeted
or measured level or levels of achievement or change using one or
more of the following measures: (i) revenue,
(ii) earnings per share, (iii) net income,
(iv) return on assets, (v) return on equity,
(vi) stock price, (vii) economic profit or shareholder
value added, and (viii) total shareholder return. Such
measures may be defined and calculated in such manner and detail as
the Committee in its discretion may determine, including whether
such measures shall be calculated before or after income taxes or
other items, the degree or manner in which various items shall be
included or excluded from such measures, whether total assets or
certain categories of assets shall be used, whether such measures
shall be applied to the Company on a consolidated basis or to
certain Related Parties of the Company or to certain divisions,
operating units or business lines of the Company or a Related
Entity, the weighting that shall be given to various measures if
combined goals are used, and the periods and dates during or on
which such measures shall be calculated. The Performance Goals may
differ from Grantee to Grantee and from Award to Award.
(p) “ Person ”,
whether or not capitalized, means any natural person, any
corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust or legal
or contractual entity or joint undertaking and any governmental
authority.
(q) “ Related Entity
” means any corporation, partnership, limited liability
company or other entity that is an “affiliate” of the
Company within the meaning of Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange
Act.
(r) “ Retirement
” means, with respect to a Grantee and an Award,
(i) except as otherwise provided in the applicable Award
Agreement or as provided in clause (ii) below, the
Grantee’s Termination of Employment with the Company or a
Related Entity for a reason other than for Cause and that at the
time of the Termination of Employment the Grantee has reached the
following age with the corresponding number of years of service
with the Company and/or Related Entities:
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Years of
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55
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10
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56
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9
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57
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8
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58
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7
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59
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60 and older
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5;
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or (ii) with respect to a
Non-Employee Director, the Grantee’s Termination of
Employment with the Company at the end of his or her term of office
for any reason other than Cause.
(s) “ Rule 16b-3
” means Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act.
(t) Unless otherwise determined by
the Committee and subject to the following sentence, a Grantee
shall be deemed to have a “ Termination of Employment
” upon ceasing employment with the Company or any Related
Entity (or, in the case of a Grantee who is not an employee, upon
ceasing association with the Company or any Related Entity as a
director, consultant, advisor or otherwise). Unless the Committee
in its discretion determines otherwise, it shall not be considered
a Termination of Employment of a Grantee if the Grantee ceases
employment or association with the Company or a Related Entity but
continues or immediately commences employment or association with a
majority-owned Related Entity or the Company. The Committee in its
discretion may determine (i) that a given termination of
employment with the Company or any particular Related Entity does
not constitute a Termination of Employment (including circumstances
in which employment continues with another Related Entity or the
Company), (ii) whether any leave of absence constitutes a
Termination of Employment for purposes of the Plan, (iii) the
impact, if any, of any such leave of absence on Awards theretofore
made under the Plan, and (iv) when a change in a
Grantee’s association with the Company or any Related Entity
constitutes a Termination of Employment for purposes of the Plan.
The Committee may also determine in its discretion whether a
Grantee’s Termination of Employment is for Cause and the date
of termination in such case. The Committee may make any such
determination at anytime, whether before or after the
Grantee’s Termination of Employment.
1.3 Administration
(a) The Committee . The Plan
shall be administered by the Committee, which shall consist of not
less than two directors.
(b) Authority . The Committee
shall have the authority (i) to exercise all of the powers
granted to it under the Plan, (ii) to construe, interpret and
implement the Plan and any Award Agreements, (iii) to
prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to
the
Plan, including rules governing its own
operations, (iv) to make all determinations necessary or
advisable in administering the Plan (including defining and
calculating Performance Goals and certifying that such Performance
Goals have been met), (v) to correct any defect, supply any
omission and reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan, (vi) to
amend the Plan to reflect changes in applicable law or regulations,
(vii) to determine whether, to what extent and under what
circumstances Awards may be settled or exercised in cash, shares of
Common Stock, other securities, other Awards or other property, or
canceled, forfeited or suspended and the method or methods by which
Awards may be settled, canceled, forfeited or suspended (including,
but not limited to, canceling an Award in exchange for a cash
payment (or securities with an equivalent value) equal to the
difference between the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock
on the date of grant and the Fair Market Value of a share of Common
Stock on the date of cancellation, and, if no such difference
exists, canceling an Award without a payment in cash or
securities), and (viii) to determine whether, to what extent
and under what circumstances cash, shares of Common Stock, other
securities, other Awards or other property and other amounts
payable with respect to an Award shall be deferred either
automatically or at the election of the holder thereof or of the
Committee.
(c) Voting . Actions of the
Committee shall be taken by the vote of a majority of its members.
Any action may be taken by a written instrument signed by a
majority of the Committee members, and action so taken shall be
fully as effective as if it had been taken by a vote at a
meeting.
(d) Binding determinations .
The determination of the Committee on all matters relating to the
Plan or any Award Agreement shall be final, binding and
conclusive.
(e) Exculpation . No member
of the Board or the Committee or any officer, employee or agent of
the Company or any of its Related Entities (each such person a
“Covered Person”) shall have any liability to any
person (including, without limitation, any Grantee) for any action
taken or omitted to be taken or any determination made in good
faith with respect to the Plan or any Award. Each Covered Person
shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company against and
from any loss, cost, liability or expense (including
attorneys’ fees) that may be imposed upon or incurred by such
Covered Person in connection with or resulting from any action,
suit or proceeding to which such Covered Person may be a party or
in which such Covered Person may be involved by reason of any
action taken or omitted to be taken under the Plan and against and
from any and all amounts paid by such Covered Person, with the
Company’s approval, in settlement thereof, or paid by such
Covered Person in satisfaction of any judgment in any such action,
suit or proceeding against such Covered Person; provided
that the Company shall have the right, at its own expense, to
assume and defend any such action, suit or proceeding and, once the
Company gives notice of its intent to assume the defense, the
Company shall have sole control over such defense with counsel of
the Company’s choice. The foregoing right of indemnification
shall not be available to a Covered Person to the extent that a
court of competent jurisdiction in a final judgment or other final
adjudication, in either case, not subject to further appeal,
determines that the acts or omissions of such Covered Person giving
rise to the indemnification claim resulted from such Covered
Person’s bad faith, fraud or willful criminal act or
omission. The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be
exclusive of any other rights
of indemnification to which Covered Persons may
be entitled under the Company’s Articles of Incorporation or
Bylaws, in each case as amended from time to time, as a matter of
law, or otherwise, or any other power that the Company may have to
indemnify such persons or hold them harmless.
(f) Experts . In making any
determination or in taking or not taking any action under this
Plan, the Committee or the Board may obtain and may rely upon the
advice of experts, including professional and financial advisors
and consultants to the Committee or the Company. No director,
officer, employee or agent of the Company shall be liable for any
such action or determination taken or made or omitted in good faith
reliance on such advice.
(g) Board . Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein (i) until the Board
shall appoint the members of the Committee, the Plan shall be
administered by the Board, and (ii) the Board may, in its sole
discretion, at any time and from time to time, grant Awards or
resolve to administer the Plan. In either of the foregoing events,
the Board shall have all of the authority and responsibility
granted to the Committee herein.
1.4 Persons Eligible for
Awards
Awards under the Plan may be made to
such Key Persons as the Committee shall select in its
discretion.
1.5 Types of Awards under the
Plan
Awards may be made under the Plan in
the form of stock options, including Incentive Stock Options and
non-qualified stock options, stock appreciation rights,
restricted stock, unrestricted stock, restricted stock units,
performance shares, performance units, dividend equivalent units,
deferred stock units and other stock-based Awards, as set forth in
Article II.
1.6 Shares Available for or
Subject to Awards
(a) Total shares available .
The total number of shares of Common Stock that may be transferred
pursuant to Awards granted under the Plan shall not exceed
13,200,000 shares. All of such shares shall be authorized for
issuance pursuant to incentive stock options under Section 2.3
or for other Awards under Article II. Such shares may be authorized
but unissued Common Stock or authorized and issued Common Stock
held in the Company’s treasury or acquired by the Company for
the purposes of the Plan. The Committee may direct that any stock
certificate evidencing shares issued pursuant to the Plan shall
bear a legend setting forth such restrictions on transferability as
may apply to such shares pursuant to the Plan. If any Award is
forfeited or otherwise terminates or is canceled without the
delivery of shares of Common Stock, then the shares covered by such
forfeited, terminated or canceled Award shall again become
available for transfer pursuant to Awards granted or to be granted
under this Plan. However, if any Award or shares of Common Stock
issued or issuable under Awards are tendered or withheld as payment
for the exercise price of an Award, the shares of Common Stock may
not be reused or reissued or otherwise be treated as being
available for Awards or issuance pursuant to the Plan. With respect
to a stock appreciation rights, both shares of
Common Stock issued pursuant to the Award and
shares of Common Stock representing the exercise price of the Award
shall be treated as being unavailable for other Awards or other
issuances pursuant to the Plan unless the stock appreciation right
is forfeited, terminated or cancelled without the delivery of
shares of Common Stock. Any shares of Common Stock delivered by the
Company, any shares of Common Stock with respect to which Awards
are made by the Company and any shares of Common Stock with respect
to which the Company becomes obligated to make Awards, through the
assumption of, or in substitution for, outstanding awards
previously granted by an acquired entity, shall not be counted
against the shares available for Awards under this Plan.
(b) Treatment of Certain
Awards . Any shares of Common Stock subject to Awards shall be
counted against the numerical limits of this Section 1.6 as
one share for every share subject thereto, except that any shares
of Common Stock subject to Awards with a per share or unit purchase
price lower than 100% of Fair Market Value of a share of Common
Stock on the date of grant shall be counted against the numerical
limits of this Section 1.6 as 1.8 shares for every one share
subject thereto.
(c) Adjustments . The number
of shares of Common Stock covered by each outstanding Award, the
number or amount of shares or units available for Awards under
Section 1.6 (a) or otherwise, the number or amount of
shares or units that may be subject to Awards to any one Grantee
under Section 1.7 (b) or otherwise, the price per share
of Common Stock or units covered by each such outstanding Award and
any other calculation relating to shares of Common Stock available
for Awards or under outstanding Awards (including Awards under
Section 2.13) shall be proportionately adjusted by the
Committee in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of the
benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available under
the Plan, for (i) any increase or decrease in the number of
issued shares of Common Stock resulting from a stock split, reverse
stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, combination or
reclassification of the Common Stock or similar transaction, or any
other increase or decrease in the number of issued shares of Common
Stock effected without receipt of consideration by the Company or
to reflect any distributions to holders of Common Stock (including
rights offerings) other than regular cash dividends or
(ii) any other unusual or nonrecurring event affecting the
Company or its financial statements or any change in applicable
law, regulation or accounting principles; provided, however, that
conversion of any convertible securities of the Company shall not
be deemed to have been “effected without receipt of
consideration.” Except as expressly provided herein, no
issuance by the Company of shares of stock of any class, or
securities convertible into shares of stock of any class, shall
affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with
respect to, the number or price of shares of Common Stock subject
to an Award. After any adjustment made pursuant to this paragraph,
the number of shares subject to each outstanding Award shall be
rounded to the nearest whole number. The Committee’s
determinations as to the manner of effecting this
Section 1.6(c) shall be conclusive and binding.
(d) Grants exceeding allotted
shares . If the shares of Common Stock covered by an Award
exceeds, as of the date of grant, the number of shares of Common
Stock which may be issued under the Plan without additional
shareholder approval, such Award shall be void with respect to such
excess shares of Common Stock unless shareholder approval of an
amendment sufficiently increasing the number of shares of Common
Stock subject to the Plan is timely obtained in accordance with the
Plan.
1.7 Regulatory
Considerations
(a) General . To the extent
that the Committee determines it desirable for any Award to be
given any particular tax, accounting, legal or regulatory
treatment, the Award may be made by a Committee consisting of
qualifying directors, subject to any necessary restrictions,
conditions or other terms or otherwise in such manner as is
necessary to obtain the desired treatment.
(b) Code Section 162(m)
provisions . Unless and until the Committee determines that an
Award to a Grantee shall not be designed to qualify as
“performance-based compensation” under
Section 162(m) of the Code, the following rules shall apply to
Awards granted to Grantees:
(i) No Grantee shall be granted, in
any fiscal year, stock options or stock appreciation rights to
purchase (or obtain the benefits of the equivalent of) more than
500,000 shares of Common Stock;
(ii) No Grantee shall be granted, in
any fiscal year, more than 166,666 shares of restricted stock,
unrestricted stock, restricted stock units or performance
shares;
(iii) No Grantee shall receive
performance units, in any fiscal year, having a value greater than
$5 million, provided that if any units are awarded with respect
to multiple years of service, such limit shall be multiplied by
such number of years (not to exceed five years).
(iv) No Grantee shall be granted, in
any fiscal year, dividend equivalent rights with respect to more
shares than the aggregate number of shares and units granted to
such Grantee in such year; and
(v) For purposes of qualifying
grants of Awards as “performance-based compensation”
under Section 162(m) of the Code, the Committee in its
discretion may set restrictions based upon the achievement of
Performance Goals. The Performance Goals shall be set by the
Committee on or before the latest date permissible to enable the
Awards to qualify as “performance-based compensation”
under Section 162(m) of the Code. In granting share Awards
which are intended to qualify under Section 162(m) of the
Code, the Committee shall follow any procedures determined by it
from time to time to be necessary or appropriate to ensure
qualification of the Award under Section 162(m) of the Code
(e.g., in determining the Performance Goals).
1.8 No Repricing
Without consent of the
Company’s shareholders, the exercise price (or equivalent)
for an Award may not be reduced. This shall include, without
limitation, a repricing of the Award as well as an Award exchange
program whereby the Grantee agrees to cancel an existing Award in
exchange for a new Award, cash or any other form of
consideration.
ARTICLE II
AWARDS UNDER THE PLAN
2.1 Awards and Award
Agreements
Each Award granted under the Plan
shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement which shall contain such
provisions as the Committee in its discretion deems necessary or
desirable. Such provisions may include restrictions on the
Grantee’s right to transfer the shares of Common Stock
issuable pursuant to the Award, a requirement that the Grantee
become a party to an agreement restricting transfer or allowing
repurchase of any shares of Common Stock acquired pursuant to the
Award, a requirement that the Grantee acknowledge that such shares
are acquired for investment purposes only, and a right of first
refusal exercisable by the Company in the event that the Grantee
wishes to transfer any such shares. The Committee may grant Awards
in tandem or in connection with or independently of or in
substitution for any other Award or Awards granted under this Plan
or any award granted under any other plan of the Company. Payments
or transfers to be made by the Company upon the grant, exercise or
payment of an Award may be made in such form as the Committee shall
determine, including cash, shares of Common Stock or other
securities (or proceeds from the sale thereof), other Awards (by
surrender or cancellation thereof or otherwise) or other property
and may be made in a single payment or transfer, in installments or
on a deferred basis. The Committee may determine that a Grantee
shall have no rights with respect to an Award unless such Grantee
accepts the Award within such period as the Committee shall specify
by executing an Award Agreement in such form as the Committee shall
determine and, if the Committee shall so require, makes payment to
the Company in such amount as the Committee may determine. The
Committee shall determine if loans (whether or not secured by
shares of Common Stock) may be extended, guaranteed or arranged by
the Company with respect to any Awards; provided, however,
that loans to executive officers of the Company may not be
extended, guaranteed or arranged by the Company in violation of
Section 402 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, Regulation O of
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or any other
applicable law or regulation. Subject to the terms of the Plan, the
Committee at any time, whether before or after the grant,
expiration, exercise, vesting or maturity of an Award or the
Termination of Employment of a Grantee, may determine in its
discretion to waive or amend any term or condition of an Award,
including transfer restrictions, vesting, maturity and expiration
dates, and conditions for vesting, maturity or exercise.
2.2 No Rights as a
Shareholder
No Grantee of an Award (or other
person having rights pursuant to such Award) shall have any of the
rights of a shareholder of the Company with respect to shares
subject to such Award until the transfer of such shares to such
person. Except as otherwise provided in Section 1.6(c), no
adjustment shall be made for dividends, distributions or other
rights (whether ordinary or extraordinary, and whether in cash,
securities or other property) for which the record date is prior to
the date such shares are issued.
2.3 Grant of Stock Options, Stock
Appreciation Rights and Additional Options
(a) Grant of stock options .
The Committee may grant stock options, including Incentive Stock
Options and nonqualified stock options, to purchase shares of
Common Stock from the Company, to such Key Persons, in such amounts
and subject to such terms and conditions (including the attainment
of Performance Goals), as the Committee shall determine in its
discretion, subject to the provisions of the Plan.
(b) Grant of stock appreciation
rights . The Committee may grant stock appreciation rights to
such Key Persons, in such amounts and subject to such terms and
conditions (including the attainment of Performance Goals), as the
Committee shall determine in its discretion, subject to the
provisions of the Plan. Stock appreciation rights may be granted in
connection with all or any part of, or independently of, any stock
option granted under the Plan. A stock appreciation right may be
granted at or after the time of grant of such option.
(c) Stock appreciation rights
. The Grantee of a stock appreciation right shall have the right,
subject to the terms of the Plan and the applicable Award
Agreement, to receive from the Company an amount equal to
(i) the excess of the Fair Market Value of a share of Common
Stock on the date of exercise of the stock appreciation right over
(ii) the exercise price of such right as set forth in the
Award Agreement (if the stock appreciation right is granted in
connection with a stock option, then the exercise price of the
option), multiplied by (iii) the number of shares with respect
to which the stock appreciation right is exercised. Payment to the
Grantee upon exercise of a stock appreciation right shall be made
in cash or in shares of Common Stock (valued at their Fair Market
Value on the date of exercise of the stock appreciation right) or
both, as the Committee shall determine in its discretion. Upon the
exercise of a stock appreciation right granted in connection with a
stock option, the number of shares subject to the option shall be
correspondingly reduced by the number of shares with respect to
which the stock appreciation right is exercised. Upon the exercise
of a stock option in connection with which a stock appreciation
right has been granted, the number of shares subject to the stock
appreciation right shall be reduced correspondingly by the number
of shares with respect to which the option is exercised.
(d) Exercise price . Each
Award Agreement with respect to a stock option or stock
appreciation right shall set forth the exercise price, which shall
be determined by the Committee in its discretion; provided ,
however , that the exercise price shall be at least 100% of
the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the date the
Award is granted (except as permitted in connection with the
assumption or issuance of options or stock appreciation rights in a
transaction to which Section 424 (a) of the Code
applies).
(e) Exercise periods . Each
Award Agreement with respect to a stock option or stock
appreciation right shall set forth the periods during which the
Award evidenced thereby shall be exercisable, and, if applicable,
the conditions which must be satisfied (including the attainment of
Performance Goals) in order for the Award evidenced thereby to be
exercisable, whether in whol