EXHIBIT 10(iii)(C)
EXXON CORPORATION
RESTRICTED STOCK PLAN FOR NONEMPLOYEE DIRECTORS
(As last amended on January 29, 1997)
I. Purpose. The purpose of the Restricted Stock Plan of Nonemployee Directors
is to provide ownership of the Corporation's common stock to nonemployee members
of the Board of Directors in order to improve the Corporation's ability to
attract and retain highly qualified individuals to serve as directors of the
Corporation; to provide competitive remuneration for Board service; to enhance
the breadth of nonemployee director remuneration; and to strengthen the
commonality of interest between directors and shareholders.
II. Effective Date. The effective date of the Plan shall be January 1, 1989,
contingent upon shareholder approval. The Plan shall be submitted to the
shareholders of the Corporation for their approval at the annual meeting of
shareholders to be held in 1989.
III. Definitions. In this Plan, the following definitions apply:
(1) "Award" means a restricted stock award granted under this Plan.
(2) "Board" means Board of Directors of the Corporation.
(3) "Common Stock" means Corporation common stock without par value.
(4) "Corporation" means Exxon Corporation, a New Jersey corporation.
(5) "Disability" means a medically determinable physical or mental
impairment which renders a participant substantially unable to
function as a director of the Corporation.
(6) "Nonemployee Director" means any member of the Corporation's Board of
Directors who is not also an employee of the Corporation or of any
affiliate of the Corporation.
(7) "Participant" means each nonemployee director to whom a restricted
stock award is granted under the Plan.
(8) "Plan" means this Exxon Corporation Restricted Stock Plan for
Nonemployee Directors.
(9) "Restricted Period" means the period of time from the date of grant of
an award until the restrictions lapse.
(10) "Restricted Stock" means any share of common stock granted under the
Plan while subject to restrictions.
(11) "Share" means a share of common stock of the Corporation issued and
reacquired by the Corporation or previously authorized but unissued.
IV. Administration. The Board shall administer the Plan. The Chairman of the
Board shall have responsibility to conclusively interpret the provisions of the
Plan and decide all questions of fact arising in its application. Determinations
made with respect to any individual participant shall be made without
participation by that director.
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This Plan and all action taken under it shall be governed, as to construction
and administration, by the law of the State of New York.
During the restricted period shares of common stock granted under the Plan are
not subject in whole or in part, to attachment, execution, or levy of any kind.
V. Eligibility and Awards. Each nonemployee director on the effective date of
the Plan shall be granted an award of one thousand five hundred (1,500) shares
of restricted stock. Each person who becomes a nonemployee director for the
first time after the effective date of the Plan shall be granted an award of one
thousand five hundred (1,500) shares of restricted stock effective as of the
date such person becomes a nonemployee director.
Commencing with 1990, each incumbent nonemployee director shall be granted an
award as of the beginning of each year of two hundred (200) shares of restricted
stock.
Each award shall be evidenced by a written agreement executed by or on behalf of
the Corporation and the participant.
The Board may at any time discontinue granting awards under the Plan.
VI. Restricted Period. The Restricted Period shall commence on the date an
award is granted and shall expire upon the earlier to occur of the participant's
termination of service on the Board
after reaching the age, as determined by the Board, at which the
participant is no longer eligible to stand for election, or
by reason of disability or death.
Upon recommendation of the Chairman, the Board shall have the right in its sole
and absolute discretion to bring the restricted period to an earlier expiration
with respect to some or all of the restricted stock of any individual
participant.
VII. Terms and Conditions of Restricted Stock. A stock certificate representing
the number of shares of restricted stock granted shall be registered in the
participant's name but shall be held in custody by the Corporation for the
participant's account. Each restricted stock certificate shall bear a legend
giving notice of the restrictions. Each participant must also endorse in blank
and return to the Corporation a stock power for each restricted stock
certificate.
During the restricted period the participant shall not be entitled to delivery
of the certificate and cannot sell, transfer, assign, pledge, or otherwise
encumber or dispose of the restricted stock. Otherwise during the restricted
period the participant shall have all rights and privileges of a shareholder
with respect to the restricted stock including the rights to vote the shares and
to receive dividends paid (other than in stock). If the participant has remained
a member of the Board for the entire restricted period, restrictions shall lapse
at the end of the restricted period. If the participant ceases to be a member of
the Board prior to the expiration of the restricted period, all of the shares of
restricted stock shall be forfeited and all right, title, and interest of the
participant to such shares shall terminate without further obligation on the
part of the Corporation.
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At the expiration of the restricted period, a stock certificate free of all
restrictions for the number of shares of restricted stock registered in the name
of a participant shall be delivered to that participant or that participant's
estate.
VII. Regulatory Compliance and Listing. The issuance or delivery of any shares
of restricted stock may be postponed by the Corporation for such period as may
be required to comply with any applicable requirements under the Federal
securities laws, any applicable listing requirements of any national securities
exchange, or any requirements under any other law or regulation applicable to
the issuance or delivery of such shares. The Corporation shall not be obligated
to issue or deliver any such shares if the issuance or delivery thereof shall
constitute a violation of any provision of any law or of any regulation of any
governmental authority or any national securities exchange.
IX. Adjustments. Whenever a stock split, stock dividend, or other relevant
change in capitalization occurs:
the number of shares specified to be granted under this Plan upon first
entitlement and annually thereafter shall be appropriately adjusted, and
any new, additional, or different shares or securities issued with respect
to restricted stock previously awarded under the Plan will be delivered to
and held by the Corporation for the participant's account and will be
deemed included within the term restricted stock.
X. Amendment of the Plan. Upon recommendation of the Chairman, the Board can
from time to time amend this Plan or any provision thereof prospectively or
retroactively except that as established in Section V:
the eligibility for awards cannot be changed,
the number of shares that may be granted cannot be increased,
the timing of each award cannot be materially modified, and
the Plan provisions relating to the number of shares granted, the price to
be paid, if any, and the timing of awards may not in any event be amended
more than once every six months, other than to comport with changes in the
Internal Revenue Code, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, or the
rules thereunder.
Office of the Secretary
Revised January 29, 1997