Performance RSU (Double Trigger)
(c) On each date on which Units vest hereunder, the Participant will satisfy the tax withholding obligation due on such date through the retention by the Company of Shares subject to Units scheduled to vest on such date. Accordingly, the Participant hereby instructs the Company to take whatever action is necessary or advisable such that, with no further action by the Participant, on date on which Units vest hereunder, the Company deducts from the Shares of Common Stock that would otherwise be distributed to the participant pursuant to Section 3(a) or (b) with respect to such vesting of Units a number of Shares with a value equal to the Company’s minimum statutory withholding obligations, based on the minimum statutory withholding rates for federal and state tax purposes, including payroll taxes, that result from the vesting of Units on such date hereunder, with the value of one Share for such purpose being equal to the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the trading day preceding the vesting date.
(d) As of the date hereof, the Participant is not aware of any material nonpublic information about the Company or its common stock. The Participant has entered into the commitments described in Section 3(c) in good faith and not as part of a plan or scheme to evade the prohibitions of Rule10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. It is the intention of the Participant that Section 3(c) comply with the requirements of Rule10b5-1(c)(1) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and Section 3(c) shall be interpreted to comply with the requirements of such rule.
(e) The Company shall not be obligated to issue to the Participant the Shares upon the vesting of any Unit (or otherwise) unless the issuance and delivery of such Shares shall comply with all relevant provisions of law and other legal requirements including, without limitation, any applicable federal or state securities laws and the requirements of any stock exchange upon which shares of Common Stock may be issued.
4. Restrictions on Transfer. The Participant shall not sell, assign, transfer, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of, by operation of law or otherwise (collectively “transfer”) any Units except by the will or the laws of descent and distribution, and no amounts deferred under this agreement, or any rights therein, shall be subject in any manner to any anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, levy, lien, attachment, garnishment, debt or other charge or disposition of any kind.
5. Dividend and Other Shareholder Rights. Except as set forth in the Plan, neither the Participant nor any person claiming under or through the Participant shall be, or have any rights or privileges of, a stockholder of the Company in respect to the Shares issuable pursuant to the Units granted hereunder until the Shares have been delivered to the Participant.
6. Provisions of the Plan. This agreement is subject to the provisions of the Plan, a copy of which is furnished to the Participant with this agreement.
7. Adjustments for Stock Splits, Stock Dividends, Etc.
(a) If from time to time during the term of this agreement, there is any stocksplit-up, reverse stock split, stock dividend, stock distribution, recapitalization, combination of shares, reclassification of shares,spin-off or other similar change in capitalization event or other
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