1.Grant of Restricted Stock.
(a)Grant. IDEXX Laboratories, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), hereby grants to the Participant a Restricted Stock Unit Award consisting of the number of Restricted Stock Units (“RSUs”) stated in this Agreement, including any exhibit, appendix or addendum hereto (the “Agreement”). Each RSU represents the right to receive one share of common stock, $.010 par value, of the Company (individually a “Share” and collectively the “Shares”). The Company will record on its books the grant of the RSUs to the Participant and will issue Shares upon vesting of the RSUs as provided below. This award of RSUs is subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Company’s 2018 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) and the description of the Plan set forth in the Plan Prospectus. The Plan and the Plan Prospectus are provided to the Participant with this Agreement. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings set forth in the Plan or the Plan Prospectus.
(b)Restrictive Covenant Agreements. Participant acknowledges and affirms that: (i) Participant may be subject to non-competition, non-solicitation and/or confidentiality provisions set forth in one or more agreements with the Company or any of its Affiliates (including, as applicable, employment, consulting or advisory contracts; confidentiality and nondisclosure agreements; or other agreements; in each case as may be amended, supplemented or replaced from time to time) (collectively, the “Restrictive Covenant Agreements”); (ii) this RSU award is granted in consideration of Participant’s agreement to be bound by the Participant’s Restrictive Covenant Agreements; (iii) if the Company requests that Participant execute updated Restrictive Covenant Agreements, the vesting of this RSU award is conditioned on Participant’s execution and delivery of such updated Restrictive Covenant Agreements in a manner and by a date satisfactory to the Company in its sole discretion, and the failure of Participant to so execute and deliver any such requested updated Restrictive Covenant Agreement by such date will result in the immediate cancellation of, and automatic forfeiture of any rights Participant may have with respect to, this RSU award; and (iv) Participant agrees to comply with the restrictions and obligations set forth in Participant’s Restrictive Covenant Agreements, if any.
2.Vesting and Forfeiture.
(a)Vesting. Subject to Section 2(b) and (c), the RSUs shall vest and become nonforfeitable in accordance with the vesting schedule set forth in this Agreement.
(b)Forfeiture. Except as otherwise provided in this Section 2, in the event that the Participant ceases to be employed by the Company or an Affiliate or a member of the Board, as applicable (an “Eligible Grantee”) for any reason or no reason, the balance of RSUs that have not vested as of the date of such cessation will be forfeited and the Participant will have no future rights with respect to any such unvested RSUs. The Company shall determine in good faith (including in accordance with Section 409A of the Code) and in the exercise of its discretion whether the Participant has ceased to be an employee and the effective date of the Participant’s termination of such status, and such determinations shall be final, binding and conclusive.
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement that may be to the contrary, if the Company determines that Participant has violated any provisions set forth in the Restrictive Covenant Agreements, if any, in addition to any and all rights and remedies set forth therein or otherwise available under law or equity, Participant covenants and agrees that: (i) the unvested portion of the RSUs will immediately be cancelled, and Participant shall automatically forfeit any rights Participant may have with respect to such unvested RSUs as of the date of such determination; and (ii) the Company or its Affiliate may also take action at equity or in law to enforce the provisions of the Restrictive Covenant Agreements.
Following application of this provision of the Agreement, Participant will continue to be bound by the obligations, promises and other agreements contained in the Restrictive Covenant Agreements, if any, and this Agreement.
(c)Disability or Death. In the event that the Participant’s employment or service to the Company or an Affiliate is terminated as a result of the Participant’s Disability (as defined in Section 22(e)(3) of the Code) or as a result of the Participant’s death, all RSUs that have not vested as of the date of such cessation of service shall immediately vest and become nonforfeitable as of the date of the Participant’s Disability or death; provided, however, if such Disability or death occurs within one year of the grant date of this award, then this award shall continue to vest after the date of such Disability or death in accordance with the schedule described in Section 2(a) above, except that all RSUs that have not vested as of the date of such cessation of service will immediately vest and become nonforfeitable as of the date that is the one-year anniversary of the grant date of this award.
3.Restrictions on Transfer.
The Participant may not sell, assign, transfer, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of by operation of law or otherwise, any RSUs, or any interest therein, except by will or the laws of descent and distribution.
4.Rights as Stockholder.
Neither the Participant, nor any person claiming through the Participant, will have any of the rights or privileges of a stockholder of the Company with respect to the RSUs unless and until Shares have been issued, recorded on the records of the Company or its transfer agent, and delivered to the Participant upon vesting of the RSUs. No adjustment shall be made for dividends or distributions or other rights for which the record date is prior to the date such Shares are issued. After such issuance, recordation and delivery, the Participant will have all the rights of a stockholder of the Company with respect to the Shares.
5.Delivery of Shares; Compliance with Securities Laws, Etc.
(a)General. The Company shall, upon vesting of RSUs hereunder, make prompt delivery of vested Shares to the Participant, or if the Participant has died or become Disabled (as defined in Section 2(c) above), to the person to whom this award is transferred by will or the laws of descent and distribution, provided that if any law or regulation requires the Company to take any action with respect to such Shares before the issuance thereof, then the date of delivery of such Shares shall be extended for the period necessary to complete such action.
(b)Listing, Qualification, Etc. The RSUs shall be subject to the requirement that if, at any time, counsel to the Company shall determine that the listing, registration or qualification of Shares subject hereto upon any securities exchange or under any state or federal law, or the consent or approval of any governmental or regulatory body, or that the disclosure of non-public information or the satisfaction of any other condition is necessary as a condition of, or in connection with, the issuance of Shares hereunder, then such issuance shall be deferred until such listing, registration, qualification, consent or approval, disclosure or satisfaction of such other condition shall have been effected or obtained on terms acceptable to the Board. Nothing herein shall be deemed to require the Company to apply for, effect disclosure, or to satisfy such other condition.
6.No Special Employment Rights.
Nothing contained in the Plan, the Plan Prospectus or this Agreement shall be construed or deemed to constitute an employment or service contract or confer or be deemed to confer on the Participant any right to continue in the employ or service of, or to continue any other relationship with, the Company or an Affiliate or limit in any way any right of the Company or an Affiliate, as applicable, to terminate the Participant’s employment or service or other relationship at any time, with or without cause.
7.Taxes.
(a)Responsibility for Taxes. The Participant acknowledges that, regardless of any action taken by the Company or, if different, the Participant's employer (the "Employer”), the ultimate liability for all income tax (whether foreign, federal, state or local), social insurance, payroll tax, fringe benefits tax, payment on account and other tax-related items related to the Participant’s participation in the Plan and legally applicable to the