ENSCO INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
1998 INCENTIVE PLAN
SECTION 1
ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE
This Plan is established (i) to offer selected Directors and Employees,
including officers, of the Company or its Subsidiaries an equity ownership
interest in the financial success of the Company, (ii) to provide the Company an
opportunity to attract and retain the best available personnel for positions of
substantial responsibility, and (iii) to encourage equity participation in the
Company by eligible Participants. This Plan provides for the grant by the
Company of (i) Options to purchase Shares and (ii) shares of Restricted Stock.
Options granted under this Plan may include nonqualified options as well as
incentive stock options intended to qualify under section 422 of the Code.
SECTION 2
DEFINITIONS
"Board of Directors" shall mean the board of directors of the Company, as
duly elected from time to time.
"Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and as
interpreted by the regulations thereunder.
"Committee" shall mean the Nominating and Compensation Committee of the
Company, or such other Committee as may be appointed by the Board of Directors
from time to time.
"Company" shall mean ENSCO International Incorporated, a Delaware
corporation.
"Date of Grant" shall mean the date on which the Committee resolves to
grant an Option to an Optionee or grant Restricted Stock to a Participant, as
the case may be.
"Director" shall mean a member of the Board of Directors.
"Disinterested Director" shall mean a member of the Board of Directors who
is both (a) a Non-Employee Director, within the meaning of Rule 16b-3
promulgated under the Exchange Act and (b) an Outside Director, within the
meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code.
"Employee" shall include every individual performing Services for the
Company or its Subsidiaries if the relationship between such individual and the
Company or its Subsidiaries is the legal relationship of employer and employee.
This definition of "Employee" is qualified in its entirety and is subject to the
definition set forth in section 3401(c) of the Code.
"Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
and as interpreted by the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
"Exercise Price" shall mean the amount for which one Share may be
purchased upon exercise of an Option, as specified by the Committee in the
applicable Stock Option Agreement, but in no event less than the Fair Market
Value of a Share on the date the Option is issued.
"Fair Market Value" shall mean the average of the highest and lowest
selling prices per share at which the securities are traded on the New York
Stock Exchange, or if not traded on the New York Stock Exchange, such other
national securities exchange, as the Committee may specify, on the date of
determination or, if the securities are not traded on said date, the average of
such prices on the nearest preceding date. If at any time the securities are not
traded on the New York Stock Exchange or another national securities exchange,
the fair market value per share of the securities shall be the average of the
highest and lowest bid and asked prices per share if the securities are traded
in the over-the-counter market. If the securities are not traded on an exchange
or in the over-the-counter market, the fair market value per share of the
securities shall be the value determined in accordance with such fair and
reasonable means as the Board of Directors or the Committee shall specify.
"ISO" shall mean a stock option which is granted to an individual and
which meets the requirements of section 422(b) of the Code, pursuant to which
the Optionee has no tax consequences resulting from the grant or, subject to
certain holding period requirements, exercise of the option and the employer is
not entitled to a business expense deduction with respect thereto.
"Nonqualified Option" shall mean an Option not intended to be or which
does not qualify as an ISO.
"Option" shall mean either an ISO or Nonqualified Option, as the
context requires.
"Optionee" shall mean a Participant who holds an Option.
"Participants" shall mean those individuals described in Section 1 of this
Plan selected by the Committee or specified in Section 7(b) of this Plan who are
eligible under Section 4 of this Plan for grants of either Options or Restricted
Stock.
"Performance Goals" shall have that meaning set forth in Section 3(c)(xii)
of this Plan.
"Permanent and Total Disability" shall mean that an individual is unable
to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically
determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in
death or which has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of
not less than twelve (12) months. An individual shall not be considered to
suffer from Permanent and Total Disability unless such individual furnishes
proof of the existence thereof in such form and manner, and at such times, as
the Committee may reasonably require. The scope of this definition shall
automatically be reduced or expanded to the extent that section 22(e)(3) of the
Code is amended to reduce or expand the scope of the definition of Permanent and
Total Disability thereunder.
"Plan" shall mean this ENSCO International Incorporated 1998 Incentive
Plan, as amended from time to time.
"Plan Award" shall mean the grant of either an Option or Restricted Stock,
as the context requires.
"Plan Maximum" shall have that meaning set forth in Section 5(a) of this
Plan.
"Restricted Stock" shall have that meaning set forth in Section 7(a) of
this Plan.
"Restricted Stock Criteria" shall have that meaning set forth in Section
7(a)(iii) of this Plan.
"Restriction Period" shall have that meaning set forth in Section 7(a)(ii)
of this Plan.
"Services" shall mean services rendered to the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries as a Director or Employee, as the context requires.
"Share" shall mean one share of Stock, as adjusted in accordance with
Section 9 of this Plan (if applicable).
"Stock" shall mean the common stock of the Company, par value $.10 per
share.
"Stock Option Agreement" shall mean the agreement executed between the
Company and an Optionee that contains the terms, conditions and restrictions
pertaining to the granting of an Option.
"Subsidiary" shall mean any corporation as to which more than fifty
percent (50%) of the outstanding voting stock or shares shall now or hereafter
be owned or controlled, directly by a person, any Subsidiary of such person, or
any Subsidiary of such Subsidiary.
"Ten-Percent Stockholder" shall mean a person that owns more than ten
percent (10%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of outstanding
stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, taking into account the
attribution rules set forth in section 424 of the Code. For purposes of this
definition of "Ten Percent Stockholder," the term "outstanding stock" shall
include all stock actually issued and outstanding immediately after the grant of
an Option to an Optionee. "Outstanding stock" shall not include reacquired
shares or shares authorized for issuance under outstanding Options held by the
Optionee or by any other person.
"Vest Date" shall have that meaning set forth in Section 7(a)(iv) of this
Plan.
SECTION 3
ADMINISTRATION
(a) General Administration. This Plan shall be administered by the
Committee, which shall consist of at least two persons, each of whom shall be
Disinterested Directors. The members of the Committee shall be appointed by the
Board of Directors for such terms as the Board of Directors may determine. The
Board of Directors may from time to time remove members from, or add members to,
the Committee. Vacancies on the Committee, however caused, may be filled by the
Board of Directors.
(b) Committee Procedures. The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall
designate one of the members of the Committee as chairman. The Committee may
hold meetings at such times and places as it shall determine. The acts of a
majority of the Committee members present at meetings at which a quorum exists,
or acts reduced to or approved in writing by a majority of all Committee
members, shall be valid acts of the Committee. A majority of the Committee shall
constitute a quorum.
(c) Authority of Committee. This Plan shall be administered by, or under
the direction of, the Committee constituted in such a manner as to comply at all
times with Rule 16b-3 (or any successor rule) under the Exchange Act. The
Committee shall administer this Plan so as to comply at all times with the
Exchange Act and, subject to the Code, shall otherwise have absolute and final
authority to interpret this Plan and to make all determinations specified in or
permitted by this Plan or deemed necessary or desirable for its administration
or for the conduct of the Committee's business including without limitation the
authority to take the following actions:
(i) To interpret this Plan and to apply its provisions;
(ii) To adopt, amend or rescind rules, procedures and forms relating
to this Plan;
(iii) To authorize any person to execute, on behalf of the Company,
any instrument required to carry out the purposes of this Plan;
(iv) To determine when Plan Awards are to be granted under this
Plan;
(v) To select the Optionees and Participants;
(vi) To determine the number of Shares to be made subject to each
Plan Award;
(vii) To prescribe the terms, conditions and restrictions of each
Plan Award, including without limitation the Exercise Price and the
determination of whether an Option is to be classified as an ISO or a
Nonqualified Option;
(viii) To amend any outstanding Stock Option Agreement (other than
the Exercise Price) or the terms, conditions and restrictions of a grant of
Restricted Stock, subject to applicable legal restrictions and the consent of
the Optionee or Participant, as the case may be, who entered into such
agreement, or accelerate the vesting of any Plan Award;
(ix) To establish procedures so that an Optionee may obtain a loan
through a registered broker-dealer under the rules and regulations of the
Federal Reserve Board, for the purpose of exercising an Option;
(x) To establish procedures for an Optionee (1) to have withheld
from the total number of Shares to be acquired upon the exercise of an Option
that number of Shares having a Fair Market Value, which, together with such cash
as shall be paid in respect of fractional shares, shall equal the Exercise
Price, and (2) to exercise a portion of an Option by delivering that number of
Shares already owned by an Optionee having a Fair Market Value which shall equal
the partial Exercise Price and to deliver the Shares thus acquired by such
Optionee in payment of Shares to be received pursuant to the exercise of
additional portions of the Option, the effect of which shall be that an Optionee
can in sequence utilize such newly acquired shares in payment of the Exercise
Price of the entire Option, together with such cash as shall be paid in respect
of fractional shares;
(xi) To establish procedures whereby a number of Shares may be
withheld from the total number of Shares to be issued upon exercise of an
Option, or surrendered by a Participant in connection with the exercise of an
Option or the vesting of any Restricted Stock, to meet the obligation of
withholding for federal and state income and other taxes, if any, incurred by
the Participant upon such exercise or vesting;
(xii) To establish performance goals ("Performance Goals") in
connection with any grant of Restricted Stock, which Performance Goals may be
based on earnings, cash flow, stock price, return on capital, operating margins,
general and administrative expenses, safety or refinements of these measures;
provided that in any case, the Performance Goals may be based on either a single
period or cumulative results, aggregate or per share data or results computed
independently or with respect to a peer group; and
(xiii) To take any other actions deemed necessary or advisable for
the administration of this Plan.
All interpretations and determinations of the Committee made with respect
to the granting of Plan Awards shall be final, conclusive and binding on all
interested parties. The Committee may make grants of Plan Awards on an
individual or group basis. No member of the Committee shall be liable for any
action that is taken or is omitted to be taken if such action or omission is
taken in good faith with respect to this Plan or grant of any Plan Award.
(d) Holding Period. The Committee may in its sole discretion require as a
condition to the granting of any Plan Award, that a Participant hold the Plan
Award for a period of six months following the date of such acquisition. This
condition shall be satisfied with respect to a derivative security (as defined
in Rule 16a-1(c) under the Exchange Act) if at least six months elapse from the
date of acquisition of the derivative security to the date of disposition of the
derivative security (other than upon exercise or conversion) or its underlying
equity security.
SECTION 4
ELIGIBILITY
(a) General Rule. Subject to the limitations set forth in subsection b
below or elsewhere in this Plan, Participants shall be eligible to participate
in this Plan.
(b) Non-Employee Ineligible for ISOs. In no event shall an ISO be granted
to any individual who is not an Employee on the Date of Grant.
SECTION 5
SHARES SUBJECT TO PLAN
(a) Basic Limitation. Shares offered under this Plan may be authorized but
unissued Shares or Shares that have been reacquired by the Company. The
aggregate number of Shares that are available for issuance under this Plan shall
not exceed eleven million three hundred thousand (11.3 million) Shares, subject
to adjustment pursuant to Section 9 of this Plan (the "Plan Maximum"); provided
that no more than one million one hundred thirty thousand (1.13 million) Shares,
subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 9 of this Plan, may be issued under
this Plan in connection with grants of Restricted Stock. The Committee shall not
issue more Shares than are available for issuance under this Plan. The number of
Shares that are subject to unexercised Options at any time under this Plan shall
not exceed the number of Shares that remain available for issuance under this
Plan. The Company, during the term of this Plan, shall at all times reserve and
keep available sufficient Shares to satisfy the requirements of this Plan.
(b) Additional Shares. In the event any outstanding Option for any reason
expires, is canceled or otherwise terminates, the Shares allocable to the
unexercised portion of such Option shall again be available for issuance under
this Plan. In the event that Shares issued under this Plan revert to the Company
prior to the Vest Date under a grant of Restricted Stock, such Shares shall
again be available for issuance under this Plan, and the re-issuance of such
Shares shall not be counted for purposes of computing the number of Shares that
may be granted in connection with grants of Restricted Stock under this Plan.
SECTION 6
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF OPTIONS
(a) Term of Option. The term of each Option shall be such term as may be
determined by the Committee, but such term shall not exceed five (5) years.
(b) Vesting of Options. Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Stock
Option Agreement, each Option granted pursuant to this Plan shall vest at the
rate of 25% per year, on each anniversary of the Date of Grant, until such
Option is fully vested. Notwithstanding this Section 6(b), the Committee may
accelerate the vesting of any Option granted hereunder.
(c) Exercise Price and Method of Payment.
(i) Exercise Price. The Exercise Price shall be such price as is
determined by the Committee in its sole discretion and set forth in the Stock
Option Agreement; provided, however, that the Exercise Price shall not be less
than 100% of the Fair Market Value of the Shares subject to such option on the
Date of Grant (or 110% in the case of an ISO granted to a Participant who is a
Ten-Percent Stockholder on the Date of Grant).
(ii) Payment of Shares. Payment for the Shares upon exercise of an
Option shall be made in cash, by check acceptable to the Company, or if
authorized by the Committee, by delivery of other Shares having a Fair Market
Value on the date of delivery equal to the aggregate exercise price of the
Shares as to which said Option is being exercised, or by any combination of such
methods of payment or by any other method of payment as may be permitted under
applicable law and this Plan and authorized by the Committee under Section 3(c)
of this Plan.
(d) Exercise of Option.
(i) Procedure for Exercise; Rights of Stockholder. Any Option
granted hereunder shall be exercisable at such times and under such conditions
as shall be determined by the Committee, including without limitation
performance criteria with respect to the Company and/or the Optionee, and in
accordance with the terms of this Plan.
An Option may not be exercised for a fraction of a Share.
An Option shall be deemed to be exercised when written notice of such
exercise has been given to the Company in accordance with the terms of the Stock
Option Agreement by the Optionee and full payment for the Shares with respect to
which the Option is exercised has been received by the Company. Full payment
may, as authorized by the Committee, consist of any form of consideration and
method of payment allowable under Section 6(c)(ii) of this Plan. Upon the
receipt of notice of exercise and full payment for the Shares, the Shares shall
be deemed to have been issued and the Optionee shall be entitled to receive such
Shares and shall be a stockholder with respect to such Shares, and the Shares
shall be considered fully paid and nonassessable. No adjustment will be made for
a dividend or other right for which the record date is prior to the date on
which the stock certificate is issued, except as provided in Section 9 of this
Plan.
Each exercise of an Option shall reduce, by an equal number, the total
number of Shares that may thereafter be purchased under such Option.
(ii) Termination of Status as a Director or Employee. Except as
provided in Subsections 6(d)(iii) and 6(d)(iv) below, an Optionee holding an
Option who ceases to be a Director or Employee of the Company may, but only
until the earlier of (i) the date the Option held by the Optionee expires, or
(ii) ninety (90) days after the date such Optionee ceases to be a Director or
Employee (or in each case, such shorter period as may be provided in the Stock
Option Agreement), exercise the Option to the extent that the Optionee was
entitled to exercise it on such date, unless the Committee further extends such
period in its sole discretion. To the extent that the Optionee was not entitled
to exercise an Option on such date, or if the Optionee does not exercise it
within the time specified herein, such Option shall terminate. The Committee
shall have the authority to determine the date an Optionee ceases to be a
Director or Employee.
(iii) Permanent and Total Disability. Notwithstanding the provisions
of Section 6(d)(ii) above, in the event an Optionee is unable to continue to
perform Services for the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as a result of such
Optionee's Permanent and Total Disability (and, for ISOs, at the time such
Permanent and Total Disability begins, the Optionee was an Employee and had been
an Employee since the Date of Grant), such Optionee may exercise an Option in
whole or in part to the extent that the Optionee was entitled to exercise it on
such date, but only until the earlier of the date (i) the Option held by the
Optionee expires, or (ii) twelve (12) months from the date of termination of
Services due to such Permanent and Total Disability. To the extent the Optionee
is not entitled to exercise an Option on such date or if the Optionee does not
exercise it within the time specified herein, such Option shall terminate.
(iv) Death of an Optionee. Upon the death of an Optionee, any Option
held by such Optionee shall terminate and be of no further effect; provided,
however, that notwithstanding the provisions of Section 6(d)(ii) above, in the
event an Optionee's death occurs during the term of an Option held by such
Optionee and, at the time of death, the Optionee was a Director or Employee
(and, for ISOs, at the time of death, the Optionee was an Employee and had been
an Employee since the Date of Grant), the Option may be exercised in whole or in
part to the extent that the Optionee was entitled to exercise it on such date,
but only until the earlier of the date (i) the Option held by the Optionee
expires, or (ii) twelve (12) months from the date of the Optionee's death, by
the Optionee's estate or by a person who acquired the right to exercise the
Option by bequest or inheritance. To the extent the Option is not entitled to be
exercised on such date or if the Option is not exercised within the time
specified herein, such Option shall terminate.
(e) Non-Transferability of Options. No Option granted under this Plan may
be sold, pledged, assigned, hypothecated, transferred or disposed of in any
manner other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution or pursuant
to a qualified domestic relations order as defined by the Code or Title I of the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act, or the rules thereunder, and no Option
granted under this Plan is assignable by operation of law or subject to
execution, attachment or similar process. Any Option granted under this Plan can
only be exercised during the Optionee's lifetime by such Optionee. Any attempted
sale, pledge, assignment, hypothecation or other transfer of the Option contrary
to the provisions hereof and the levy of any execution, attachment or similar
process upon the Option shall be null and void and without force or effect. No
transfer of the Option by will or by the laws of descent and distribution shall
be effective to bind the Company unless the Company shall have been furnished
written notice thereof and an authenticated copy of the will and/or such other
evidence as the Committee may deem necessary to establish the validity of the
transfer and the acceptance by the transferee or transferees of the terms and
conditions of the Option. The terms of any Option transferred by will or by the
laws of descent and distribution shall be binding upon the executors,
administrators, heirs and successors of Optionee.
(f) Time of Granting Options. Any Option granted hereunder shall be deemed
to be granted on the Date of Grant. Written notice of the Committee's
determination to grant an Option to a Participant, evidenced by a Stock Option
Agreement, dated as of the Date of Grant, shall be given to such Participant
within a reasonable time after the Date of Grant.
(g) Restriction on Repricing. The Exercise Price of outstanding Options
may not be altered or amended, except with respect to adjustments for changes in
capitalization as provided in Section 9(a). Within the limitations of this Plan,
the Committee may otherwise modify outstanding Options, provided that no
modification of an Option shall, without the consent of the Optionee, alter or
impair the Optionee's rights or obligations under such Option. The foregoing
notwithstanding, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, and without the
consent of the Optionee or any other person, accelerate the vesting of all or
part of any Option.
(h) Restrictions on Transfer of Shares. Any Shares issued upon exercise of
an Option shall be subject to such rights of repurchase and other transfer
restrictions as the Committee may determine in its sole discretion. Such
restrictions shall be set forth in the applicable Stock Option Agreement.
(i) Special Limitation on ISOs. To the extent that the aggregate Fair
Market Value (determined on the Date of Grant) of the Shares with respect to
which ISOs are exercisable for the first time by an individual during any
calendar year under this Plan, and under all other plans maintained by the
Company, exceeds $100,000, such Options shall be treated as Options that are not
ISOs.
(j) Leaves of Absence. Leaves of absence approved by the Committee which
conform to the policies of the Company shall not be considered termination of
employment if the employer-employee relationship as defined under the Code or
the regulations promulgated thereunder otherwise exists.
(k) Limitation on Grants of Options to Covered Employees. The total number
of Shares for which Options may be granted and which may be awarded as
Restricted Stock to any "covered employee" within the meaning of Section 162(m)
of the Code during any one (1) year period shall not exceed fifteen percent
(15%) of the Plan Maximum in the aggregate.
(l) Disqualifying Dispositions. The Stock Option Agreement evidencing any
ISO granted under this Plan shall provide that if the Optionee makes a
disposition, within the meaning of Section 425(c) of the Code, of any share or
shares issued to him pursuant to the exercise of the ISO within the two (2) year
period commencing on the day after the Date of Grant of such Option or within
the one (1) year period commencing on the day after the date of transfer of the
share or shares to him pursuant to the exercise of such Option, he shall, within
ten (10) days of such disposition, notify the Company thereof and immediately
deliver to the Company any amount of federal income tax withholding required by
law.
SECTION 7
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF RESTRICTED STOCK
(a) Authority to Grant Restricted Stock. The Committee shall have the
authority to grant to Participants Shares that are subject to certain terms,
conditions and restrictions (the "Restricted Stock"). The Restricted Stock may
be granted by the Committee either separately or in combination with Options.
The terms, conditions and restrictions of the Restricted Stock shall be
determined from time to time by the Committee without limitation, except as
otherwise provided in this Plan; provided, however, that each grant of
Restricted Stock shall require the Participant to remain a Director or Employee
of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for at least six (6) months from the
Date of Grant. The granting, vesting and issuing of the Restricted Stock shall
also be subject to the following provisions:
(i) Nature of Grant. Restricted Stock shall be granted to
Participants at no additional cost to Participant; provided, however, that the
value of the Services performed must, in the opinion of the Committee, equal or
exceed the par value of the Restricted Stock to be granted to the Participant.
(ii) Restrictions. The terms, conditions and restrictions of the
Restricted Stock shall be determined by the Committee on the Date of Grant. The
Restricted Stock may not be sold, assigned, transferred, redeemed, pledged or
otherwise encumbered during the period in which the terms, conditions and
restrictions apply (the "Restriction Period"). More than one grant of Restricted
Stock may be outstanding at any one time, and the Restriction Periods may be of
different lengths. Vesting of the Restricted Stock is conditioned upon
satisfactory compliance with the terms, conditions and restrictions of this Plan
and those imposed by the Committee, which may include the achievement of any
Performance Goals established by the Committee. Absent other terms, conditions
and restrictions of the Restricted Stock being adopted by the Committee,
Restricted Stock shall vest at the rate of ten percent (10%) per year, on
anniversary dates of the Date of Grant and shall be fully vested at the end of
ten (10) years from the Date of Grant. The Committee may legend the certificates
representing the Restricted Stock to give appropriate notice of the applicable
terms, conditions and restrictions thereof, as well as any applicable
restrictions under applicable Federal or state securities laws, and may deposit
such certificates with the Secretary of the Company pending vesting of the
Restricted Stock.
(iii) Restricted Stock Criteria. At the time of each grant of
Restricted Stock, the Committee in its sole discretion may establish certain
criteria to determine the times at which restrictions placed on Restricted Stock
shall lapse (i.e., the termination of the Restriction Period), which criteria
may include without limitation performance measures and targets (which may
include any Performance Goals established by the Committee) and/or holding
period requirements (the "Restricted Stock Criteria"). The Committee may
establish a corresponding relationship between the Restricted Stock Criteria and
(i) the number of Shares of Restricted Stock that may be earned, and (ii) the
extent to which the terms, conditions and restrictions on the Restricted Stock
shall lapse. Restricted Stock Criteria may vary among grants of Restricted
Stock; provided, however, that once the Restricted Stock Criteria are
established for a grant of Restricted Stock, the Restricted Stock Criteria shall
not be modified with respect to that grant without the consent of the holder
thereof.
(iv) Vesting. On the date the Restriction Period terminates, the
Restricted Stock shall vest in the Participant (the "Vest Date"), who may then
require the Company to deliver a certificate for the number of Shares that are
no longer subject to such restrictions.
(v) Certain Voting and Dividend Rights. Holders of Restricted Stock
may exercise full voting rights with respect to Shares of Restricted Stock
during the Restriction Period and shall be entitled to receive all dividends and
other distributions paid with respect to those Shares while they are so held;
provided that if any such dividends or distributions are paid in shares of stock
during the Restriction Period, the shares received shall be subject to the same
restrictions on transferability as the Restricted Stock with respect to which
they were issued.
(vi) Termination Due to Retirement. In the event a Participant
ceases to perform Services for the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as a
result of such Participant's retirement with the consent of the Committee, all
Shares of Restricted Stock held by such Participant shall be forfeited
automatically and returned to the Company; provided, however, that the Committee
in its sole discretion may waive the automatic forfeiture of any or all such
Shares of Restricted Stock or any or all of the restrictions remaining on any or
all of the remaining Shares of Restricted Stock as it deems appropriate.
(vii) Termination Due to Death or Disability. In the event a
Participant is unable to continue to perform Services for the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries as a result of such Participant's death or Permanent and Total
Disability during the Restriction Period, the restrictions applicable to any
Shares of Restricted Stock shall, to the extent specified in the agreement
evidencing the grant of the Restricted Stock, terminate automatically on the
date such Participant ceases to be a Director or Employee of the Company or its
Subsidiaries to same extent that such restrictions would have terminated
automatically on the three anniversary dates of the Date of Grant next
succeeding such date of termination. All remaining Shares of Restricted Stock
held by such Participant shall be forfeited automatically and returned to the
Company; provided, however, that the Committee in its sole discretion may waive
the automatic forfeiture of any or all such Shares of Restricted Stock or any or
all of the restrictions remaining on any or all of the remaining Shares of
Restricted Stock as it deems appropriate.
(viii) Termination for Reasons Other Than Death, Disability or
Retirement. In the event a Participant ceases to perform Services for the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries for any reason other than those set forth in
Sections 7(a)(vi) and 7(a)(vii) during the Restriction Period, then any Shares
of Restricted Stock held by such Participant that are still subject to
restrictions on the date such Participant ceases to be a Director or Employee of
the Company or its Subsidiaries shall be forfeited automatically and returned to
the Company; provided, however, that, in the event of an involuntary termination
of the employment or directorship of a Participant, the Committee in its sole
discretion may waive the automatic forfeiture of any or all such Shares of
Restricted Stock or any or all of the restrictions remaining on any or all of
the remaining Shares of Restricted Stock or add such new restrictions to such
Shares of Restricted Stock as it deems appropriate.
(b) Grants of Restricted Stock to Non-Employee Directors. Subject to the
terms and conditions of this Section 7(b), each Non-Employee Director of the
Company shall receive a grant of Restricted Stock on a quarterly basis as
compensation for such Director's continuing service as a Director of the
Company. Restricted Stock having a Fair Market Value of $3,000, determined on
the first business day of each calendar quarter (any fractional shares shall be
rounded up to a full share), shall be issued each quarter to each Non-Employee
Director serving on such date.
SECTION 8
ISSUANCE OF SHARES; TAX WITHHOLDING
(a) Issuance of Shares. As a condition to the transfer of any Shares
issued under this Plan, the Company may require an opinion of counsel,
satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such transfer will not be in
violation of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any other applicable
securities laws, rules or regulations, or that such transfer has been registered
under federal and all applicable state securities laws. The Company may refrain
from delivering or transferring Shares issued under this Plan until the
Committee has determined that the Participant has tendered to the Company any
and all applicable federal, state or local tax owed by the Participant as the
result of the receipt of a Plan Award, the vesting of a Plan Award, the exercise
of an Option or the disposition of any Shares issued under this Plan, in the
event that the Company reasonably determines that it might have a legal
liability to satisfy such tax. The Company shall not be liable to any person or
entity for damages due to any delay in the delivery or issuance of any stock
certificate evidencing any Shares for any reason whatsoever.
(b) Tax Withholding. Each Participant shall, no later than the date as of
which the value of any Plan Award or of any Shares or other amounts received
thereunder first becomes includable in the gross income of such Participant for
Federal income tax purposes, pay to the Company, or make arrangements
satisfactory to the Committee regarding payment of, any federal, state, or local
taxes of any kind required to be withheld with respect to such income. The
Company and its Subsidiaries shall, to the extent permitted by law, have the
right to deduct any such taxes from any payment of any kind otherwise due to the
Participant. Subject to approval by the Committee, a Participant may elect to
have such tax withholding obligation satisfied, in whole or in part, by (i)
authorizing the Company to withhold from Shares to be issued pursuant to any
award, a number of Shares with an aggregate Fair Market Value (as of the date
the withholding is effected) that would satisfy the withholding amount due, or
(ii) transferring to the Company Shares owned by the Participant with an
aggregate Fair Market Value (as of the date the withholding is effected) that
would satisfy the withholding amount due.
SECTION 9
CAPITALIZATION ADJUSTMENTS; MERGER
(a) Adjustments Upon Changes in Capitalization. Subject to any required
action by the stockholders of the Company, the number of Shares covered by each
outstanding Option (as well as the Exercise Price covered by any outstanding
Option), the aggregate number of Shares that have been authorized for issuance
under this Plan and the aggregate number of Shares that may be issued in
connection with grants of Restricted Stock under this Plan shall be
proportionately adjusted for any increase or decrease in the number of issued
Shares resulting from a stock split, payment of a stock dividend with respect to
the Stock or any other increase or decrease in the number of issued Shares
effected without receipt of consideration by the Company. Such adjustment shall
be made by the Committee in its sole discretion, which adjustment shall be
final, binding and conclusive. Except as expressly provided herein, no issuance
by the Company of shares of stock of any class shall affect, and no adjustment
by reason thereof shall be made with respect to, the number or price of Shares
subject to an Option.
(b) Dissolution, Liquidation, Sale of Assets or Merger. In the event of
the dissolution or liquidation of the Company, other than pursuant to a
Reorganization (hereinafter defined), any Option granted under this Plan shall
terminate as of a date to be fixed by the Committee, provided that not less than
thirty (30) days written notice of the date so fixed shall be given to each
Optionee and each such Optionee shall have the right during such period to
exercise his Options as to all or any part of the Shares covered thereby,
including Shares as to which such Options would not otherwise be exercisable by
reason of an insufficient lapse of time.
In the event of a Reorganization in which the Company is not the surviving
or acquiring company, or in which the Company is or becomes a wholly-owned
subsidiary of another company after the effective date of the Reorganization,
then
(i) if there is no plan or agreement respecting the Reorganization
("Reorganization Agreement") or if the Reorganization Agreement does not
specifically provide for the change, conversion or exchange of the Shares
under outstanding unexercised Options for securities of another
corporation, then the Committee shall take such action, and the Options
shall terminate, as provided above; or
(ii) if there is a Reorganization Agreement and if the
Reorganization Agreement specifically provides for the change, conversion
or exchange of the Shares under outstanding or unexercised options for
securities of another corporation, then the Committee shall adjust the
Shares under such outstanding unexercised Options (and shall adjust the
shares which are then available to be optioned, if the Reorganization
Agreement makes specific provisions therefor) in a manner not inconsistent
with the provisions of the Reorganization Agreement for the adjustment,
change, conversion or exchange of such stock and such options.
The term "Reorganization" as used in this Subsection 9(b) shall mean any
statutory merger, statutory consolidation, sale of all or substantially all of
the assets of the Company, or sale, pursuant to an agreement with the Company,
of securities of the Company pursuant to which the Company is or becomes a
wholly-owned subsidiary of another company after the effective date of the
Reorganization.
Except as provided above in this Section 9(b) and except as otherwise
provided by the Committee in its sole discretion, any Options shall terminate
immediately prior to the consummation of such proposed action.
SECTION 10
RETURN OF PROCEEDS
(a) Requirements. The Committee, in its discretion, may include as a term
of any Participant's Stock Option Agreement or any Participant's agreement
evidencing a Restricted Stock award, provisions requiring that:
(i) if the Participant engages in an activity that competes with the
business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries within one (1) year
after (a) such Participant voluntarily resigned or retired from his
position as an Employee or Director, or (b) his status as an Employee or
Director was terminated by the Company for cause (as defined in Section
10(d) below)(either event constituting a "Termination"); and
(ii) if the Participant had exercised Options, or if shares of
Restricted Stock held by the Participant had vested within one (1) year of
the date of Termination;
then the Participant shall be required to remit to the Company, within five (5)
business days of receipt of written demand therefor, the amounts set forth in
Section 10(b) or Section 10(c), as appropriate.
(b) Proceeds of Stock Options. If the Participant exercised Options within
one (1) year of the date of Termination, and if the Committee, in its sole
discretion, has so provided in the Participant's Stock Option Agreement or Stock
Option Agreements evidencing such Options, the Participant shall remit to the
Company an amount in good funds equal to the excess of (A) the Fair Market Value
per share of Common Stock on the date of exercise of such Option(s) multiplied
by the number of shares with respect to which the Options were exercised over
(B) the aggregate option exercise price for such shares of Common Stock.
(c) Vested Shares of Restricted Stock and the Proceeds Therefrom. If
Restricted Stock grants held by the Participant vested within one (1) year of
the date of Termination, and if the Committee, in its sole discretion, has so
provided in the Participant's agreement or agreements evidencing such grants of
Restricted Stock, the Participant shall remit to the Company an amount in good
funds equal to the Fair Market Value of such shares computed as of the date of
vesting of such shares.
(d) Definition of Cause. For purposes of this Section 10, "cause" is
defined as and limited to (A) gross misconduct or gross neglect by the
Participant in the discharge of his duties as an Employee or Director, (B) the
breach by the Participant of any written agreement with the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries, including, without limitation, any employment or
non-disclosure agreement, or (C) the Participant's conviction for any criminal
offense, provided that, in the good faith and reasonable opinion of the Board of
Directors or the Committee, the offense adversely affects the Participant's
ability to discharge his duties as an Employee or Director or otherwise is
detrimental to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, provided, however, the
Participant shall not be deemed to have been dismissed for cause unless and
until there shall have been delivered to the Participant a copy of a resolution
duly adopted by the Board of Directors or the Committee at a meeting duly called
and held for the purpose (after reasonable notice to the Participant and an
opportunity for the Participant, together with his counsel, to be heard before
the Board or Committee), finding that in the good faith, reasonable opinion of
the Board of Directors or Committee, the Participant was guilty of the conduct
set forth in this sentence and specifying the particulars in detail.
SECTION 11
NO EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS
No provision of this Plan, under any Stock Option Agreement or under any
grant of Restricted Stock shall be construed to give any Participant any right
to remain an Employee of, or provide Services to, the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or to affect the right of the Company to terminate any Employee's
service at any time, with or without cause.
SECTION 12
TERM OF PLAN; EFFECT OF AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION
(a) Effective Date; Term of Plan. This Plan shall be submitted to the
stockholders of the Company for approval and ratification at the next regular or
special meeting thereof to be held after March 1, 1998. Unless at such meeting
this Plan is approved by the stockholders of the Company in the manner provided
by the Company's bylaws, then, and in such event, this Plan and any then
outstanding Options or Restricted Stock that may have been conditionally granted
prior to such stockholder meeting shall become null and void and of no further
force or effect. Subject to the immediately preceding sentence, this Plan shall
become effective upon its adoption by the Board of Directors. This Plan shall
continue in effect for a term of ten (10) years unless sooner terminated under
this Section 12.
(b) Amendment and Termination. The Board of Directors in its sole
discretion may terminate this Plan at any time and may amend this Plan at any
time in such respects as the Board of Directors may deem advisable; provided,
that any change in the aggregate number of Shares that may be issued under this
Plan, other than in connection with an adjustment under Section 9 of this Plan,
shall require the approval of the stockholders of the Company in the manner
provided by the Company's bylaws, as amended.
(c) Effect of Termination. In the event this Plan is terminated, no Shares
shall be issued under this Plan, except upon exercise of an Option granted prior
to such termination. The termination of this Plan, or any amendment thereof,
shall not affect any Shares previously issued to a Participant, any Option
previously granted under this Plan or any Restricted Stock previously issued.
SECTION 13
GOVERNING LAW
THIS PLAN AND ANY AND ALL STOCK OPTION AGREEMENTS AND AGREEMENTS RELATING
TO THE GRANT OF RESTRICTED STOCK EXECUTED IN CONNECTION WITH THIS PLAN SHALL BE
GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS,
WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES.