Exhibit 10.35
REDBACK NETWORKS
INC.
1999 STOCK INCENTIVE
PLAN
RESTRICTED STOCK
AGREEMENT
Unless otherwise defined herein,
capitalized terms defined in the 1999 Stock Incentive Plan shall
have the same defined meanings in this Restricted Stock Agreement
(the “Agreement”).
I. NOTICE OF RESTRICTED STOCK
GRANT
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Name:
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Paul
Giordano
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Address:
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The undersigned Outside Director has
been granted Restricted Shares, subject to the terms and conditions
of the Plan and this Restricted Stock Agreement, as
follows:
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Grant
Date:
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November 3, 2005
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Vesting Commencement Date:
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November 3,
2005
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Restricted
Shares:
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25,000
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Vesting Schedule
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1/24 th of the Restricted Shares shall vest
after the expiration of each month following the Vesting
Commencement Date such that 100% of the Restricted Shares shall be
vested on the two-year anniversary of the Vesting Commencement
Date, subject to the Outside Director’s continued service as
a member of the Company’s Board through each relevant vesting
date.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if
the Outside Director is removed from the Board or voluntarily
resigns from the Board at the request of the acquiror within one
year following a Change in Control, the Restricted Shares shall
partially accelerate and become vested and exercisable with respect
to the number of shares that would have otherwise vested within the
12 months following the date of the Outside Director’s
termination of service as though the Outside Director had remained
in service as a member of the Company’s Board through such
date.
II. TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT
1. Grant . The Company hereby
grants to the individual named in the Notice of Restricted Stock
Grant an award for that number of Restricted Shares set forth in
the Notice of Restricted Stock Grant in exchange for the par value
($0.0001 per share) of the Restricted Shares, commencing on the
date hereof, subject to all of the terms and conditions in this
Agreement and the Plan, which is incorporated herein by
reference.
2. Shares Held in Escrow .
Unless and until the Restricted Shares shall have vested in the
manner set forth in Sections 3 or 4 herein, such shares shall
be issued in the name of the Outside Director and held by the
Secretary of the Company as escrow agent (the “ Escrow
Agent ”), and shall not be sold, transferred, assigned,
or otherwise disposed of, and shall not be pledged, alienated, or
otherwise hypothecated. The Company may instruct the transfer agent
for its Common Stock to place a legend on the certificates
representing the Restricted Shares or otherwise note on its records
as to the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Agreement and
the Plan. The certificate or certificates representing such shares
shall not be delivered by the Escrow Agent to the Outside Director
unless and until the shares have vested and all other terms and
conditions in this Agreement have been satisfied. The Restricted
Shares will be released from escrow as soon as practicable after
the shares vest.
The Outside Director shall, upon
execution of this Agreement, deliver and deposit with the Escrow
Agent the share certificates representing the Restricted Shares,
together with the Assignment Separate from Certificate (the
“Stock Assignment”) duly endorsed in blank, attached
hereto as Appendix A . The unvested Restricted Shares and
Stock Assignment shall be held by the Escrow Holder until such time
as the Restricted Shares vest and are released from
escrow.
3. Vesting Schedule . Except
as provided in Section 4, and subject to Section 5, the
Restricted Shares awarded by this Agreement shall vest in the
Outside Director according to the vesting schedule set forth in the
Notice of Restricted Stock Grant.
4. Committee Discretion . The
Committee, in its absolute discretion, may accelerate the vesting
of the balance, or some lesser portion of the balance, of the
unvested Restricted Shares at any time. If so accelerated, such
shares shall be considered as having vested as of the date
specified by the Committee.
5. Forfeiture . Except as
provided in Section 4, and notwithstanding any contrary
provision of this Agreement, the balance of the Restricted Shares
which have not vested at the time of the Outside Director’s
termination of status as a member of the Company’s Board
(“Termination of Service”) shall thereupon be forfeited
and automatically transferred to and reacquired by the Company at
no cost to the Company. The Outside Director hereby appoints the
Escrow Agent with full power of substitution, as the Outside
Director’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact with irrevocable
power and authority in the name and on behalf of the Outside
Director to take any action and execute all documents and
instruments, including, without limitation, stock powers which may
be necessary to transfer the certificate or certificates evidencing
such unvested shares to the Company upon such Termination of
Service.
6. Death of Outside Director
. Any distribution or delivery to be made to the Outside Director
under this Agreement shall, if the Outside Director is then
deceased, be made to the Outside Director’s designated
beneficiary, or if no beneficiary survives the Outside Director, to
the administrator or executor of the Outside Director’s
estate. Any designation of a beneficiary by the Outside Director
shall be effective only if such designation is made in a form and
manner acceptable to the Committee. Any transferee must furnish the
Company with (a) written notice of his or her status as
transferee, and (b) evidence satisfactory to the Company to
establish the validity of the transfer and compliance with any laws
or regulations pertaining to said transfer.
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7. Rights as Stockholder .
Neither the Outside Director nor any person claiming under or
through the Outside Director shall have any of the rights or
privileges of a stockholder of the Company in respect of any shares
deliverable hereunder unless and until certificates representing
such shares shall have been issued, recorded on the records of the
Company or its transfer agents or registrars, and delivered to the
Outside Director or the Escrow Agent. Except as provided in
Section 8, after such issuance, recordation and delivery, the
Outside Director shall have all the rights of a stockholder of the
Company with respect to voting such shares and receipt of dividends
and distributions on such shares.
8. Changes in Stock . In the
event that as a result of a stock dividend, stock split, reverse
stock split, reclassification, recapitalization, combination of
shares or the adjustment in capital stock of the Company or
otherwise, or as a result of a merger, consolidation, spin-off, or
other reorganization, the Company’s shares shall be
increased, reduced or otherwise changed, and by virtue of any such
change the Outside Director shall in his or her capacity as owner
of unvested Restricted Shares which have been awarded to him or her
(the “ Prior Shares ”) be entitled to new or
additional or different shares of stock, securities or cash; such
new or additional or different shares, securities or cash shall
thereupon be considered to be unvested Restricted Shares and shall
be subject to all of the conditions and restrictions which were
applicable to the Prior Shares pursuant to this Agreement and the
Plan. If the Outside Director receives rights or warrants with
respect to any Prior Shares, such rights or warrants may be held or
exercised by the Outside Director, provided that until such
exercise any such rights or warrants and after such exercise any
shares or other securities acquired by the exercise of such rights
or warrants shall be considered to be unvested Restricted Shares
and shall be subject to all of the conditions and restrictions
which were applicable to the Prior Shares pursuant to the
Plan