EXHIBIT
10.2
NAPSTER,
INC.
2001 STOCK
PLAN
DIRECTOR RESTRICTED STOCK
AWARD AGREEMENT
THIS DIRECTOR RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD
AGREEMENT (this
“ Agreement ”) is dated as of
[____________ , 200_ ] (the
“ Award Date ”) by and between
Napster, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “
Corporation ”), and [
______________ ] (the “
Director ”).
W I T N E S S E T
H
WHEREAS , pursuant to the Napster, Inc. 2001 Stock Plan,
as amended (the “ Plan ”), the
Corporation hereby grants to the Director, effective as of the date
hereof, a restricted stock award (the “
Award ”), upon the terms and conditions set
forth herein and in the Plan.
NOW THEREFORE , in consideration of services rendered and to
be rendered by the Director, and the mutual promises made herein
and the mutual benefits to be derived therefrom, the parties agree
as follows:
1.
Defined
Terms .
Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein
shall have the meaning assigned to such terms in the
Plan.
2.
Grant
. Subject to the terms of this
Agreement, the Corporation hereby grants to the Director an Award
with respect to an aggregate of [________]
restricted shares of Common Stock of the Corporation (the “
Restricted Stock ”).
3.
Vesting . Subject to Section 8 below, the Award shall
vest, and restrictions (other than those set forth in
Section 16 of the Plan) shall lapse, with respect to 6.25% of
the total number of shares of Restricted Stock (subject to
adjustment under Section 13 of the Plan) on each three-month
anniversary of the Award Date. If the Award Date is the 29th, 30th
or 31st of a month and a three-month anniversary of such date is
scheduled to occur in a month that does not contain 29, 30 or 31
days, as applicable, the applicable installment of the Restricted
Stock shall instead be deemed to vest on the last day of the
relevant month. The Board reserves the right to accelerate the
vesting of the Restricted Stock in such circumstances as it, in its
sole discretion, deems appropriate and any such acceleration shall
be effective only when set forth in a written instrument executed
by an officer of the Corporation.
4.
Continuance of
Services . The
vesting schedule requires continued service through each applicable
vesting date as a condition to the vesting of the applicable
installment of the Award and the rights and benefits under this
Agreement. Partial service, even if substantial, during any vesting
period will not entitle the Director to any proportionate vesting
or avoid or mitigate a termination of rights and benefits upon or
following a termination of services as provided in Section 8 below
or under the Plan. Nothing contained in this Agreement or the Plan
constitutes a continued service commitment by the Corporation,
confers upon the Director any right to remain in service to the
Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries, interferes in any way with
the right of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries at any time
to terminate such services, or affects the right of the Corporation
or any of its Subsidiaries to increase or decrease the
Director’s other compensation or benefits. Nothing in this
paragraph, however, is intended to adversely affect any independent
contractual right of the Director without his or her consent
thereto.
5.
Dividend and Voting
Rights . After
the Award Date, the Director shall be entitled to cash dividends
and voting rights with respect to the shares of Restricted Stock
subject to the Award even though such shares are not vested,
provided that such rights shall terminate immediately as to any
shares of Restricted Stock that are forfeited pursuant to Section 8
below.
6.
Restrictions on
Transfer . Prior
to the time that they have become vested pursuant to Section 3
hereof or Section 20(g)(iii) of the Plan, neither the
Restricted Stock, nor any interest therein, amount payable in
respect thereof, or Restricted Property (as defined in Section 9
hereof) may be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged or otherwise
disposed of, alienated or encumbered, either voluntarily or
involuntarily. The transfer restrictions in the preceding sentence
shall not apply to transfers to the Corporation.
(a)
Book Entry Form
. The Corporation shall issue the
shares of Restricted Stock subject to the Award either: (a) in
certificate form as provided in Section 7(b) below; or (b) in book
entry form, registered in the name of the Director with notations
regarding the applicable restrictions on transfer imposed under
this Agreement.
(b)
Certificates to be Held by
Corporation; Legend . Any
certificates representing shares of Restricted Stock that may be
delivered to the Director by the Corporation prior to vesting shall
be redelivered to the Corporation to be held by the Corporation
until the restrictions on such shares shall have lapsed and the
shares shall thereby have become vested or the shares represented
thereby have been forfeited hereunder. Such certificates shall bear
the following legend and any other legends the Corporation may
determine to be necessary or advisable to comply with all
applicable laws, rules, and regulations:
“The
ownership of this certificate and the shares of stock evidenced
hereby and any interest therein are subject to substantial
restrictions on transfer under an Agreement entered into between
the registered owner and Napster, Inc. A copy of such Agreement is
on file in the office of the Secretary of Napster,
Inc.”
(c)
Delivery of Certificates Upon
Vesting . Promptly after
the vesting of any shares of Restricted Stock pursuant to Section 3
hereof or Section 20(g)(iii) of the Plan, the Corporation shall, as
applicable, either remove the notations on any shares of Restricted
Stock issued in book entry form which have vested or deliver to the
Director a certificate or certificates evidencing the number of
shares of Restricted Stock which have vested (or, in either case,
such lesser number of shares as may be permitted pursuant to
Section 10 hereof. The Director (or the beneficiary or personal
representative of the Director in the event of the Director’s
death or disability, as the case may be) shall deliver to the
Corporation any representations or other documents or assurances as
the Corporation or its counsel may determine to be necessary or
advisable in order to ensure compliance with all applicable laws,
rules, and regulations with respect to the grant of the Award and
the delivery of shares of Common Stock in respect thereof. The
shares so delivered shall no longer be restricted shares
hereunder.
(d)
Stock Power; Power of
Attorney . Concurrently
with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Director
shall deliver to the Corporation an executed stock power in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit A , in blank, with respect
to such shares. The Corporation shall not deliver any share
certificates in accordance with this Agreement unless and until the
Corporation shall have received such stock power executed by the
Director. The Director, by acceptance of the Award, shall be deemed
to appoint, and does so appoint by execution of this Agreement, the
Corporation and each of its authorized representatives as the
Director’s attorney(s)-in-fact to effect any transfer of
unvested forfeited shares (or shares otherwise reacquired by the
Corporation hereunder) to the Corporation as may be required
pursuant to the Plan or this Agreement and to execute such
documents as the Corporation or such representatives deem necessary
or advi