Exhibit 10.17
EXECUTION VERSION
AWARD AGREEMENT
for
LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN UNITS AND RESTRICTED STOCK
THIS AWARD AGREEMENT, dated as of February 10, 2020 (the “Grant Date”), is entered into by and among Landscape Acquisition Holdings Limited (to be known as “Digital Landscape Group, Inc.”), a company organized under the laws of the British Virgin Islands (or any successor thereto, the “Company”), APW OpCo LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“OpCo”), and Jay Birnbaum (the “Member”).
W I T N E S S E T H
In consideration of the mutual promises and covenants made herein and the mutual benefits to be derived herefrom, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Grants.
(a) Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, the provisions of the Company’s 2020 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) and the First Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of OpCo, as amended or amended and restated from time to time (the “Operating Agreement”) (all capitalized terms used herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Operating Agreement, unless otherwise specified):
(i) OpCo hereby grants to the Member, as of the Grant Date, 200,000 LTIP Units, and
(ii) the Company hereby grants to the Member, as of the Grant Date, in tandem with the LTIP Units, 200,000 Non-Economic Shares (within the meaning of the Plan), which shall consist of 200,000 shares of Class B Common Stock (the “Tandem Common Shares”).
The LTIP Notional Amount for each LTIP Unit granted hereunder shall equal $10.00. The LTIP Units are “Other Equity-Based Awards” within the meaning of Section 9 of the Plan. The Tandem Common Shares are Restricted Stock awards as set forth under Section 7 of the Plan.
(b) 100,000 LTIP Units, along with an equal number of Tandem Common Shares, each granted hereunder, shall be Series A LTIP Units and, together with such number of Tandem Common Shares, shall be subject solely to service-based vesting conditions (the “Time-Vesting Series A LTIP Awards”) and 100,000 LTIP Units, along with an equal number of Tandem Common Shares, each granted hereunder shall be Series A LTIP Units and, together with such number of Tandem Common Shares, shall be subject to both service-based and performance-based vesting conditions (the “Performance-Vesting Series A LTIP Awards”). The date on which any applicable service-based vesting conditions are scheduled to be satisfied is referred to below as the applicable “Service-Vesting Date”, the date on which any applicable performance-based vesting conditions are satisfied is referred to below as the “Performance-Vesting Date”, and the date that all applicable service-based