Exhibit 10.2
 | Gardner Denver, Inc. Nonemployee Director Restricted Stock Units Agreement |
RECIPIENT: | RS UNITSS: | GRANT DATE: | VEST DATE | EXPIRATION | ||||
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<<First>> <<Last_Name>> | <<Shares>> |
This Agreement is made between Gardner Denver, Inc., a Delaware corporation, having its principal executive office in Quincy, Illinois (the “Company”), and the undersigned, an Director of the Company or a subsidiary of the Company (the “Director”).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Management Development and Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Committee”) desires to benefit the Company by increasing motivation on the part of the Director, who is materially important to the Company, by creating an incentive to remain as an Director of the Company and to work to the very best of the Director’s abilities; and
WHEREAS, to further this purpose, the Company desires to make an Award of restricted stock units to the Director under the terms of the Gardner Denver, Inc. Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended and restated (the “Plan”); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to official action of the Committee on , 200___(the “Date of Award”), the Company undertook to grant the Award contemplated by this Agreement to the Director.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, and of the mutual agreements hereinafter set forth, it is covenanted and agreed as follows:
1.Grant of Restricted Stock Units. Pursuant to the terms of the Plan the Director is hereby awarded restricted stock units covering shares of the Common Stock (the “RS Units”). On any day, the value of an RS Unit shall equal the Fair Market Value of one share of Common Stock. All of the RS Units shall be subject to the prohibition on the transfer of the RS Units and the obligations to forfeit the RS Units to the Company as set forth in Section 4 paragraph (c) of this Agreement.
2.Effect of the Plan. The RS Units awarded to the Director are subject to all of the terms and conditions of the Plan, which terms and conditions are incorporated herein for all purposes, and of this Agreement together with all rules and determinations from time to time issued by the Committee and by the Board pursuant to the Plan. The Company hereby reserves the right to amend, modify, restate, supplement or terminate the Plan without the consent of the Director, so long as such amendment, modification, restatement or supplement shall not materially reduce the rights and benefits available to the Director hereunder, and this Award shall be subject, without further action by the Company or the Director, to such amendment, modification, restatement or supplement unless provided otherwise therein. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Plan.
3.Vesting of RS Units. Except as otherwise provided in Section 4 of this Agreement, the RS Units shall vest pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (d) of Section 4 of this Agreement, on the third anniversary of the Date of Award.
4.Restrictions. The Director hereby accepts the Award of the RS Units and agrees with respect thereto as follows:
(a) No Transfer. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee and provided in this Agreement or the Plan, the RS Units shall not be sold, assigned, pledged, exchanged, hypothecated or otherwise transferred except by will or the laws of descent and distribution. Any attempted assignment of an RS Unit in violation of this Agreement shall be null and void. The Company shall not be required to honor the transfer of any RS Units that have been sold or otherwise transferred in violation of any of the provisions of this Agreement or the Plan.
(b) Arbitration. The Company and Director agree that any claim, dispute or controversy arising under or in connection with this Agreement (including, without limitation, any such claim, dispute or controversy arising under any federal, state or local statute, regulation or ordinance or any of the Company’s Director benefit plans, policies or programs) shall be resolved solely and exclusively by binding arbitration. The arbitration shall be held in the city of St. Louis (or at such other location as shall be mutually agreed by the parties). The arbitration shall be conducted in accordance with the Expedited Employment Arbitration Rules (the “Rules”) of the American Arbitration Association (the “AAA”) in effect at the time of the arbitration, except that the arbitrator shall be selected by alternatively striking from a list of five arbitrators supplied by the AAA. All fees and expenses of the arbitration, including a transcript if either requests, shall be borne equally by the parties. If Director prevails as to any material issue presented to the arbitrator, the entire cost of such proceedings (including, without limitation, Director’s reasonable attorneys’ fees) shall be borne by the Company. If Director does not prevail as to any material issue, each party will pay for the fees and expenses of its own attorneys, experts, witnesses, and preparation and presentation of proofs and post-hearing briefs (unless the party prevails on a claim for which attorney’s fees are recoverable under the Rules). Any action to enforce or vacate
the arbitrator’s award shall be governed by the Federal Arbitration Act, if applicable, and otherwise by applicable state law. If either the Company or Director pursues any claim, dispute or controversy against the other in a proceeding other than the arbitration provided for herein, the responding party shall be entitled to dismissal or injunctive relief regarding such action and recovery of all costs, losses and attorney’s fees related to such action. Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph, either party may seek injunctive relief in a court of competent jurisdiction, whether or not the case is then pending before the panel of arbitrators. Following the court’s determination of the injunction issue, the case shall continue in arbitration as provided herein.
(c) Forfeiture of RS Units. If the Director terminates service with the Company prior to the third anniversary of the Date of Award for any reason other than the Director’s death or Retirement or Disability, as hereinafter defined, or if the Director (or the Director’s estate) shall initiate a legal proceeding against the Company other than pursuant to the terms of Arbitration Procedure described in Paragraph (b) of this Section 4., then the Director (or the Director’s estate, as applicable) shall, for no consideration, forfeit all RS Units; provided, however, that the Committee or its designee may, in the Committee’s or the designee’s sole and absolute discretion, as applicable, provide for the acceleration of the vesting of the RS Units, eliminate or make less restrictive any restrictions contained in this Agreement, waive any restriction or other provision of the Plan or this Agreement or otherwise amend or modify this Agreement in any manner that is either (i) not adverse to the Director, or (ii) consented to by the Director.
(d) Vesting of RS Units. If the Director provides continuous, eligible service to the Company and its Subsidiaries, as determined by the Committee or its designee, in the Committee’s or the designee’s sole and absolute discretion, as applicable, until the third anniversary of the Date of Award, the Director shall vest in one hundred percent (100%) of the RS Units.
(e) Retirement, Death or Disability. If, as a result of the Director’s death, retirement in accordance with the director retirement policy of the Company then in effect, or Disability, the Director terminates service with the Company prior to the third anniversary of the Date of Award, the Director shall vest in and have a non-forfeitable right to one hundred percent (100%) of the RS Units. In the event of death, the RS Units that become vested in accordance with this paragraph (e) of Section 4 shall be distributed to the Director’s beneficiary designated by the Director on such form and in such manner as may be prescribed by the Company or, if the Director fails to designate a beneficiary in accordance with the foregoing, to the Director’s surviving spouse or, if there is no surviving spouse, in equal shares to the Director’s surviving children or, if there are no surviving children, to the Director’s estate.
(f) Change of Control. If a Change of Control occurs during the term of this Agreement, the Director shall vest in and have a non-forfeitable right to one hundred percent (100%) of the RS Units.
(g) Rights. RS Units represent an unsecured promise of the Company to issue shares of Common Stock of the Company as otherwise provided in this Agreement. Other than the rights provided in this Agreement, the Director shall have no rights of a stockholder of the Company until such RS Units have vested and the related shares of Common Stock have been issued pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
(h) Issuance of Common Stock. The Company will issue to the Employee the shares of Common Stock underlying the vested RS Units, no later than the 15th day of the third month following the end of the Company’s fiscal year in which the RS Units vest pursuant to paragraph (c), (d) or (e) of this Section 4 above. Evidence of the issuance of the shares of Common Stock pursuant to this Agreement may be accomplished in such manner as the Company or its authorized representatives shall deem appropriate including, without limitation, electronic registration, book-entry registration or issuance of a certificate or certificates in the name of the Employee or in the name of such other party or parties as the Company and its authorized representatives shall deem appropriate.
(i) Dividend Equivalent Rights. If the Company declares and pays a cash dividend on shares of Common Stock, then, on the dividend payment date, the Company will credit to a bookkeeping account in the name of each person who holds RS Units, an amount equal to the dividend the holder would have received on the dividend payment date if the shares covered by his or her RS Units (held on both the dividend record date and the dividend payment date) had been issued and outstanding. The amount of the cash dividend equivalent credited to an individual’s account will become vested, if at all, when the corresponding RS Units become vested and the vested amount of such cash dividend equivalent will be payable to such individual, subject to applicable tax withholding, no later than the 15th day of the third month following the end of the Company’s fiscal year in which the dividend equivalents become vested.
In the event the shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to this Agreement remain subject to any additional restrictions, the Company and its authorized representatives shall ensure that the Employee is prohibited from entering into any transaction, which would violate any such restrictions, until such restrictions lapse.
5. Community Interest of Spouse. The community interest, if any, of any spouse of the Director in any of the RS Units shall be subject to all of the terms, conditions and restrictions of this Agreement and the Plan, and shall be forfeited and surrendered to the Company upon the occurrence of any of the events requiring the Director’s interest in such RS Units to be so forfeited and surrendered pursuant to this Agreement.
6. Binding Effect. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of any successors to the Company and all persons lawfully claiming under the Director.
7. Tax Matters.
(a) The vesting of any RS Units and the related issuance of shares of Common Stock pursuant to paragraph (h) of Section 4 of this Agreement shall be subject to the satisfaction of all applicable federal, state and local income and employment tax withholding requirements (the “Required Withholding”). By execution of this Agreement, the Director shall be deemed to have authorized the Company
to withhold from the shares of Common Stock issued as a result of the Director’s vesting in the RS Units, the shares of Common Stock necessary to satisfy the Director’s Required Withholding, if any. The amount of the Required Withholding and the number of shares of Common Stock required to satisfy the Director’s Required Withholding, if any, as well as the amount reflected on tax reports filed by the Company, shall be based on the closing price of the Common Stock on the day the RS Units vest pursuant to Section 4 of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may require that the Director satisfy the Director’s Required Withholding, if any, by any other means the Company, in its sole discretion, considers reasonable. The obligations of the Company under this Agreement shall be conditioned on such satisfaction of the Required Withholding.
(b) The Director acknowledges that the tax consequences associated with the Award are complex and that the Company has urged the Director to review with the Director’s own tax advisors the federal, state, and local tax consequences of this Award. The Director is relying solely on such advisors and not on any statements or representations of the Company or any of its agents. The Director understands that the Director (and not the Company) shall be responsible for the Director’s own tax liability that may arise as a result of this Agreement.
8. No Right to Continued Service. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to create any limitation or restriction on such rights as the Company otherwise would have to terminate the employment of the Director. For purposes of this Agreement, employment by a parent or subsidiary of or a successor to the Company shall be considered to be employment by the Company.
10. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware without reference to its principles of conflict of laws.
11. Entire Agreement. This Agreement sets forth the entire agreement, and supersedes all other agreements and understandings, whether oral or written, by and between the parties relating to the subject matter hereof.
THE DIRECTOR ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT THE RS UNITS SUBJECT TO THIS AWARD SHALL VEST AND THE RESTRICTIONS RESULTING IN THE FORFEITURE OF THE RS UNIT SHALL LAPSE, IF AT ALL, ONLY DURING THE PERIOD OF DIRECTOR’S SERVICE TO THE COMPANY OR AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS AGREEMENT (NOT THROUGH THE ACT OF BEING GRANTED THE RS UNITS). THE DIRECTOR FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT OR THE PLAN SHALL CONFER UPON DIRECTOR ANY RIGHT WITH RESPECT TO FUTURE AWARDS OR CONTINUATION OF DIRECTOR’S SERVICE TO THE COMPANY. The Director acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Plan, represents that he or she is familiar with the terms and provisions thereof, and hereby accepts the Restricted Stock Unit Award subject to all of the terms and provisions hereof and thereof, including the mandatory Dispute Resolution Procedure. The Director has reviewed this Agreement and the Plan in their entirety, has had an opportunity to obtain the advice of counsel prior to executing this Agreement, and fully understands all provisions of this Agreement and the Plan.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Agreement to be duly executed by an authorized officer and the Director has executed this Agreement, all as of the date first above written.
| GARDNER DENVER, INC. | ||||
| By: | ||||
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| DIRECTOR | ||||
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