The Stock Grant Plan provides for three two-years periods (hereinafter the “Vesting Periods”) included, respectively, between the date of 1th January 2021 and 31st December 2022 (First Vesting Period), 1st January 2023 and 31st December 2024 (Second Vesting Period) and 1st January 2025 and 31st December 2026 (Third Vesting Period), at the beginning of which a certain number of SG shares - linked with the achievement within the end of each Vesting Period of specific targets in terms of consolidated Revenues and Ebitda of the Company (hereinafter the “Targets”) - will be assigned free of charge to the Beneficiaries..
The SG shares assigned in each Vesting Period (hereinafter the “Shares”) shall be registered to a Trustee company, identified by SG, or, in case of dematerialization of the Shares, deposited in an account/securities portfolio registered to the Trustee, and shall be subject to the Prohibition to Sell and to the Selling Commitment in accordance with the Lock-up Period as defined by the Regulation.
The transfer of ownership of the Shares will be finalized after the signing with each Beneficiary of an Agreement which binds the Beneficiaries to re-sell to SG, fully or partially, the Shares assigned to them in case the Targets provided for the Vesting Period in relation to which the Shares were assigned should not be totally or partially achieved. A similar obligation is provided if, within the end of each Vesting Period, the employment relationship of indefinite duration with a company of SG group terminates for death, resignation, lawful dismissal or for a justified subjective reason, or the self-employment in favour of a company of SG group terminates or (ii) the notice period for resignation, dismissal for just cause, justified reason of the Beneficiary or termination of the self-employment relationship of the Beneficiary is running, unless after the above mentioned period and without interruptions, the establishment of a new work relationship of the Beneficiary at any title, or the renewal of the former one, with SG or with companies of SG Group has occurred.
In the event that certain over-performances with respect to the company financial targets have been met, Beneficiaries will be granted, free of charge, an additional number of SG Shares related to the Vesting Period in which the Targets were exceeded (hereinafter the “Shares Additionally Assigned”), and such Shares Additional Assigned will be subject to the time-limited Prohibition to Sell.
At the end of the Lock-up Period related to each Vesting Period governed by the Regulation, the Beneficiaries will be in the conditions to freely dispose of the Shares and the Shares Additionally Assigned related to such Vesting Period.
Given the above, we are pleased to inform you that, in relation to the First Vesting Period of the Stock Grant Plan:
| a) | the number of Shares assigned to you free of charge is equal to n. (in words) (hereinafter the “Shares Assigned”); |