Award. Any criteria used may be measured in absolute terms, measured in terms of growth, compared to another company or companies, measured against the market and/or applicable market indices, measured against the performance of the company as a whole or a segment of the company, and may be adjusted at the discretion of the CNG Committee for unforeseen changes in the business, operations, corporate structure or capital structure of the Company or its Subsidiaries, or the manner in which the Company conducts its business, or other events or circumstances, including but not limited to changes in law or accounting rules, even if such adjustments are not consistent with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. The Company may measure financial performance (e.g., revenues, earnings or profits) on a gross or net basis.
Individual Limits on Incentive Awards. No Participant shall be granted Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, or both with respect to more than 750,000 shares during any calendar year. No individual shall be granted Restricted Stock or Restricted Units, with respect to more than 200,000 shares or units as the case may be during any calendar year. No individual shall be granted Other Stock-Based Awards with respect to more than 200,000 shares as the case may be during any calendar year.Non-Employee Directors shall not be granted awards valued at more than $500,000 during any calendar year. No Participant shall be paid a total cash Incentive Award of more than $10,000,000 during any calendar year.
Transferability of Incentive Awards. Incentive Awards granted under the Omnibus Incentive Plan are generally not transferable except as would be permitted under anS-8 registration statement (i.e., members of a Participant’s immediate family or to a trust, partnership, or corporation in which the parties in interest are limited to the Participant and members of the Participant’s immediate family).
Amendment and Termination of the Omnibus Incentive Plan. The Board of Directors will have the authority to amend, alter, suspend or terminate the Omnibus Incentive Plan, except that shareholder approval will be required for any amendment to the Omnibus Incentive Plan to the extent required by any Applicable Laws. No amendment, alteration, suspension or termination of the Omnibus Incentive Plan will impair the rights of any Participant, unless mutually agreed otherwise between the Participant and the CNG Committee in a writing signed by the Participant and the Company. The Omnibus Incentive Plan will terminate on May 24, 2028, unless the Board of Directors terminates it earlier.
Other Benefits. The Company reserves the right to pay other forms of incentive compensation, including but not limited to Annual Incentive Awards and Long-Term Incentive Awards.
Federal Income Tax Consequences
The material federal income tax consequences of the issuance and exercise of Options and other Incentive Awards under the Omnibus Incentive Plan, based on the current provisions of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) and regulations thereunder, are as follows.
Options. The grant of an Option will have no tax consequences to the recipient or to the Company or its affiliates. In general, upon the exercise of an ISO, the Employee will not recognize income and the employer will not be entitled to a tax deduction.
Upon the exercise of an NQSO, the Participant will generally recognize ordinary income equal to the excess of the acquired shares’ fair market value on the exercise date over the exercise price, and the Company (or the affiliate receiving the services of the individual who was granted the NQSO) will generally be entitled to a tax deduction in the same amount. If the acquired shares are Restricted Stock (i.e., they are not transferable and are subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture), the tax consequences for Restricted Stock (described below) will apply.
If a Participant transfers NQSOs to members of his or her immediate family or to a trust, partnership, or corporation (as described above), the transfer will not be a taxable event. Upon the exercise of the NQSOs (by the family member, trust, partnership, or corporation), the Participant will recognize ordinary income.
Stock Appreciation Rights. The grant of a Stock Appreciation Right will have no tax consequences to the Participant or to the Company or its affiliates. Upon the exercise of a Stock Appreciation Right, the Participant
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