Exhibit 10.27
1998 STOCK AND PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE PLAN
OF CONOCOPHILLIPS
(AS AMENDED AND RESTATED EFFECTIVE AUGUST 30, 2002)
RECITALS
Conoco Inc. ("Conoco") established the 1998 Stock and Performance
Incentive Plan of Conoco Inc. (the "Plan") effective October 16, 1998. Paragraph
5 specifies the number of shares of Common Stock with respect to which awards
may be granted under the Plan. Paragraph 14 reserves to the Board the right to
amend the Plan. Paragraph 16 provides that in the event of certain transactions,
including a reorganization, the Board is authorized to (a) issue or assume
Awards by means of substitution of new Awards, as appropriate, for previously
issued Awards or an assumption of previously issued Awards as part of such
adjustment or (b) to cancel Awards that are Options or SARs and give the
Participants who are the holders of such Awards notice and opportunity to
exercise for 30 days prior to such cancellation.
Effective October 8, 2001, Conoco reclassified its Class A Common
Stock and Class B Common Stock into a single class of new common stock ("Common
Stock") by merging Conoco Delaware I, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Conoco
("Merger Sub"), with and into Conoco (the "Merger"), pursuant to an Agreement
and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 17, 2001, between Conoco and Merger Sub. In
connection with the Merger and pursuant to their authority under Paragraph 14,
the Board authorized the amendment and restatement of the Plan to provide for
the issuance of Awards with respect to the new class of Common Stock, effective
October 8, 2001 (the effective time of the Merger). In addition, in connection
with the Merger and effective October 8, 2001, pursuant to its authority under
Paragraph 16, the Board substituted a new Award for each previously issued
outstanding Award. The new Award applied to a number of shares of Common Stock
equal to the total number of shares of Conoco Class A Common Stock and Class B
Common Stock for which the previously issued outstanding Award had not been
exercised, and provides for the same exercise price and the same other terms and
conditions as those applicable under the previously issued outstanding Award.
On September 21, 2001, the stockholders of Conoco approved a Plan
amendment to increase the number shares of Common Stock available for Awards
under the Plan, which increase was included in October 8, 2001 amendment and
restatement of the Plan.
On October 30, 2001, the Board of Directors of Conoco approved
certain Stock Award and Plan amendment limitations to the Plan.
Effective November 18, 2001, Conoco entered into the Agreement and
Plan of Merger by and among Phillips Petroleum Company, Corvette Porsche Corp.,
Porsche Merger Corp., Corvette Merger Corp. and Conoco (the "Phillips Merger
Agreement"), which provides for a series of transactions including the formation
of ConocoPhillips, a Delaware corporation, and the merger of Conoco into and
with a subsidiary of ConocoPhillips (collectively, the "Phillips Merger"). In
connection with and effective upon the closing of the Phillips Merger, the Board
of Directors of Conoco approved the amendment and restatement of the Plan to
reflect the
transfer of sponsorship to ConocoPhillips, the renaming of the Plan as the "1998
Stock and Performance Incentive Plan of ConocoPhillips," and to make certain
changes related thereto.
Now, therefore, Conoco hereby amends and restates the Plan,
effective as of the Closing of the Phillips Merger, to read as follows:
1. Plan. The Plan was adopted by the Company to reward certain corporate
officers and key employees of the Company, certain independent contractors and
nonemployee directors of the Company by providing for certain cash benefits and
by enabling them to acquire shares of Common Stock of the Company.
2. Objectives. The purpose of this Amended and Restated 1998 Stock and
Performance Incentive Plan of ConocoPhillips is to further the interests of the
Company, its Subsidiaries and its shareholders by providing incentives in the
form of Awards to key employees, independent contractors and directors who can
contribute materially to the success and profitability of the Company and its
Subsidiaries and to provide for issuance of Awards in connection with the
"Option Program" under which certain existing DuPont awards were canceled at the
election of the holders. Such Awards will recognize and reward outstanding
performances and individual contributions and give Participants in the Plan an
interest in the Company parallel to that of the shareholders, thus enhancing the
proprietary and personal interest of such Participants in the Company's
continued success and progress. This Plan will also enable the Company and its
Subsidiaries to attract and retain such employees, independent contractors and
directors.
3. Definitions. As used herein, the terms set forth below shall have the
following respective meanings:
"Annual Director Award Date" means, for each year beginning on or
after the IPO Closing Date, the first business day of the month next succeeding
the date upon which the annual meeting of stockholders of the Company is held in
such year.
"Authorized Officer" means the the Chief Executive Officer of the
Company (or any other senior officer of the Company to whom either of them shall
delegate the authority to execute any Award Agreement, where applicable).
"Award" means an Employee Award, a Director Award or an Independent
Contractor Award.
"Award Agreement" means any Employee Award Agreement, Director Award
Agreement or Independent Contractor Award Agreement.
"Board" means the Board of Directors of the Company.
"Cash Award" means an award denominated in cash.
"Chairman" means the Chairman of the Board as of the IPO Pricing
Date.
"Change of Control" is defined in Attachment A.
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"Class A Common Stock" means the Class A Common Stock, par value
$.01 per share, of Conoco Inc.
"Class B Common Stock" means the Class B Common Stock, par value
$.01 per share, of Conoco Inc.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time
to time.
"Committee" means the Compensation Committee of the Board or such
other committee of the Board as is designated by the Board to administer the
Plan.
"Common Stock" means, from and after the effective time of the
Phillips Merger (as defined in the Recitals), ConocoPhillips common stock, par
value $.01 per share. Prior to the effective time of the Phillips Merger and
after the Merger (as defined in the Recitals), "Common Stock" means Conoco
common stock, par value $.01 per share. Prior to the effective time of the
Merger, "Common Stock" means Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock, as
appropriate.
"Company" means ConocoPhillips, a Delaware corporation. Prior to the
effective time of the Phillips Merger, "Company" means Conoco.
"Conoco" means Conoco Inc., a Delaware corporation.
"Director Amendment Date" means October 1, 2000, the date as of
which the Plan was amended to reflect a change in the compensation structure for
Nonemployee Directors.
"Director Award" means a Director Option or Stock Unit.
"Director Award Agreement" means a written agreement setting forth
the terms, conditions and limitations applicable to a Director Award.
"Director Option" means a Nonqualified Stock Option granted to a
Nonemployee Director pursuant to paragraph 9 hereof,
"Directors Deferred Compensation Plan" means the ConocoPhillips
Deferred Compensation Plan for Nonemployee Directors established under the Plan.
"Disability" means, with respect to a Nonemployee Director, the
inability to perform the duties of a member of the Board for a continuous period
of more than three months by reason of any medically determinable physical or
mental impairment.
"Dividend Equivalents" means, with respect to shares of Restricted
Stock that are to be issued at the end of the Restriction Period, an amount
equal to all dividends and other distributions (or the economic equivalent
thereof) that are payable to stockholders of record during the Restriction
Period on a like number of shares of Common Stock.
"DuPont" means E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, a Delaware
corporation.
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"DuPont Award" means an option, stock appreciation right or other
form of stock award granted by DuPont pursuant to the DuPont Stock Performance
Plan, the DuPont Variable Compensation Plan, the DuPont Corporate Sharing Plan
or the Conoco Unit Option Plan.
"Employee" means an employee of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries and an individual who has agreed to become an employee of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries and is expected to become such an employee
within the following six months.
"Employee Award" means any Option, SAR, Stock Award, Cash Award or
Performance Award granted, whether singly, in combination or in tandem, to a
Participant who is an Employee pursuant to such applicable terms, conditions and
limitations (including treatment as a Performance Award) as the Committee may
establish in order to fulfill the objectives of the Plan.
"Employee Award Agreement" means a written agreement setting forth
the terms, conditions and limitations applicable to an Employee Award.
"Fair Market Value" of a share of Common Stock means, as of a
particular date, (i) if Common Stock is listed on a national securities
exchange, the mean between the highest and lowest sales price per share of such
Common Stock on the consolidated transaction reporting system for the principal
national securities exchange on which shares of Common Stock are listed on that
date, or, if there shall have been no such sale so reported on that date, on the
next succeeding date on which such a sale was so reported, or, at the discretion
of the Committee, the price prevailing on the exchange at the time of exercise,
(ii) if Common Stock is not so listed but is quoted on the Nasdaq National
Market, the mean between the highest and lowest sales price per share of Common
Stock reported by the Nasdaq National Market on that date, or, if there shall
have been no such sale so reported on that date, on the next succeeding date on
which such a sale was so reported or, at the discretion of the Committee, the
price prevailing on the Nasdaq National Market at the time of exercise, (iii) if
Common Stock is not so listed or quoted, the mean between the closing bid and
asked price on that date, or, if there are no quotations available for such
date, on the next succeeding date on which such quotations shall be available,
as reported by the Nasdaq Stock Market, or, if not reported by the Nasdaq Stock
Market, by the National Quotation Bureau Incorporated or (iv) if Common Stock is
not publicly traded, the most recent value determined by an independent
appraiser appointed by the Company for such purpose.
"Grant Date" means the date an Award is granted to a Participant
pursuant to the Plan. The Grant Date for a substituted award is the Grant Date
of the original award.
"Grant Price" means the price at which a Participant may exercise
his or her right to receive cash or Common Stock, as applicable, under the terms
of an Award.
"Incentive Stock Option" means an Option that is intended to comply
with the requirements set forth in Section 422 of the Code.
"Independent Contractor" means a person providing services to the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or who will provide such services, except an
Employee or Nonemployee Director.
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"Independent Contractor Award" means any Nonqualified Stock Option,
SAR, Stock Award, Cash Award or Performance Award granted, whether singly, in
combination or in tandem, to a Participant who is an Independent Contractor
pursuant to such applicable terms, conditions and limitations as the Committee
may establish in order to fulfill the objectives of the Plan.
"Independent Contractor Award Agreement" means a written agreement
setting forth the terms, conditions and limitations applicable to an Independent
Contractor Award.
"IPO" means the first time a registration statement filed under the
Securities Act of 1933 and respecting an underwritten primary offering by Conoco
of shares of Common Stock is declared effective under that Act and the shares
registered by that registration statement are issued and sold by Conoco
(otherwise than pursuant to the exercise of any over-allotment option).
"IPO Closing Date" means the date on which Conoco first receives
payment for the shares of Common Stock it sells in the IPO.
"IPO Pricing Date" means the date of the execution and delivery of
an underwriting or other purchase agreement among Conoco and the underwriters
relating to the IPO setting forth the price at which shares of Common Stock will
be issued and sold by Conoco to the underwriters and the terms and conditions
thereof.
"Nonemployee Director" means an individual serving as a member of
the Board who is not an Employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
"Nonqualified Stock Option" means an Option that is not an Incentive
Stock Option.
"Option" means a right to purchase a specified number of shares of
Common Stock at a specified Grant Price, which may be an Incentive Stock Option
or a Nonqualified Stock Option.
"Option Program" means a program involving the cancellation of
certain existing DuPont Awards.
"Option Program Award" means an Option, SAR or Stock Award granted
in connection with the Option Program.
"Option Value" means the value of a Director Option as determined on
the basis of a generally accepted valuation methodology as determined by the
Board.
"Participant" means an Employee, Director or Independent Contractor
to whom an Award has been granted under this Plan.
"Performance Award" means an award made pursuant to this Plan to a
Participant who is an Employee or Independent Contractor that is subject to the
attainment of one or more Performance Goals.
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"Performance Goal" means a standard established by the Committee, to
determine in whole or in part whether a Performance Award shall be earned.
"Restricted Stock" means Common Stock that is restricted or subject
to forfeiture provisions.
"Restriction Period" means a period of time beginning as of the
Grant Date of an Award of Restricted Stock and ending as of the date upon which
the Common Stock subject to such Award is no longer restricted or subject to
forfeiture provisions.
"Stock Appreciation Right" or "SAR" means a right to receive a
payment, in cash or Common Stock, equal to the excess of the Fair Market Value
or other specified valuation of a specified number of shares of Common Stock on
the date the right is exercised over a specified Grant Price, in each case, as
determined by the Committee.
"Stock Award" means an Award in the form of shares of Common Stock
or units denominated in shares of Common Stock, including an award of Restricted
Stock.
"Stock Unit" means a unit equal to one share of Common Stock (as
determined by the Committee) (as adjusted pursuant to Paragraph III.6 of the
Directors Deferred Compensation Plan) granted to a Nonemployee Director.
"Subsidiary" means (i) in the case of a corporation, any corporation
of which the Company directly or indirectly owns shares representing 50% or more
of the combined voting power of the shares of all classes or series of capital
stock of such corporation which have the right to vote generally on matters
submitted to a vote of the stockholders of such corporation and (ii) in the case
of a partnership or other business entity not organized as a corporation, any
such business entity of which the Company directly or indirectly owns 50% or
more of the voting, capital or profits interests (whether in the form of
partnership interests, membership interests or otherwise).
4. Eligibility.
(a) Employees. Employees eligible for the grant of Employee Awards
under this Plan are those who hold positions of responsibility and whose
performance, in the judgment of the Committee, can have a significant
effect on the success of the Company and its Subsidiaries.
(b) Directors. Members of the Board eligible for the grant of
Director Awards under this Plan are those who are Nonemployee Directors.
(c) Independent Contractors. All Independent Contractors are
eligible for the grant of Independent Contractor Awards under this Plan.
5. Common Stock Available for Awards.
(a) Subject to the provisions of paragraph 16 hereof, no Award shall
be granted if it shall result in the aggregate number of shares of Common
Stock issued under
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the Plan plus the number of shares of Common Stock covered by or subject
to Awards then outstanding (after giving effect to the grant of the Award
in question) to exceed 14,684,765. No more than 4,677,000 shares of Common
Stock shall be available for Incentive Stock Options. The number of shares
of Common Stock that are the subject of Awards under this Plan that are
forfeited or terminated, expire unexercised, are settled in cash in lieu
of Common Stock or in a manner such that all or some of the shares covered
by an Award are not issued to a Participant or are exchanged for Awards
that do not involve Common Stock, shall again immediately become available
for Awards hereunder. The Committee may from time to time adopt and
observe such procedures concerning the counting of shares against the Plan
maximum as it may deem appropriate. The Board and the appropriate officers
of the Company shall from time to time take whatever actions are necessary
to file any required documents with governmental authorities, stock
exchanges and transaction reporting systems to ensure that shares of
Common Stock are available for issuance pursuant to Awards.
(b) Option Program Awards and awards assumed under the Plan or
issued as substitute Awards, each pursuant to paragraph 16(b) of the Plan,
(i) are not subject to the limitations in paragraph 8(b) and (ii) do not
count against the limitations on Common Stock available for Awards set
forth in paragraph 5(a).
6. Administration.
(a) This Plan shall be administered by the Committee except as
otherwise provided herein.
(b) Subject to the provisions hereof, the Committee shall have full
and exclusive power and authority to administer this Plan and to take all
actions that are specifically contemplated hereby or are necessary or
appropriate in connection with the administration hereof. The Committee
shall also have full and exclusive power to interpret this Plan and to
adopt such rules, regulations and guidelines for carrying out this Plan as
it may deem necessary or proper, all of which powers shall be exercised in
the best interests of the Company and in keeping with the objectives of
this Plan. The Committee may, in its discretion, provide for the extension
of the exercisability of an Employee Award or Independent Contractor
Award, accelerate the vesting or exercisability of an Employee Award or
Independent Contractor Award, eliminate or make less restrictive any
restrictions applicable to an Employee Award or Independent Contractor
Award, waive any restriction or other provision of this Plan (insofar as
such provision relates to Employee Awards or to Independent Contractor
Awards) or an Employee Award or Independent Contractor Award or otherwise
amend or modify an Employee Award or Independent Contractor Award in any
manner that is either (i) not adverse to the Participant to whom such
Employee Award or Independent Contractor Award was granted or (ii)
consented to by such Participant. The Committee may grant an Award to an
Employee who it expects to become an employee of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries within the following six months, with such Award being
subject to the individual's actually becoming an employee within such time
period, and subject to such other terms and conditions as may be
established by the Committee. The Committee may correct any defect or
supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in this Plan or in
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any Award in the manner and to the extent the Committee deems necessary or
desirable to further the Plan purposes. Any decision of the Committee in
the interpretation and administration of this Plan shall lie within its
sole and absolute discretion and shall be final, conclusive and binding on
all parties concerned.
(c) No member of the Committee or officer of the Company to whom the
Committee has delegated authority in accordance with the provisions of
paragraph 7 of this Plan shall be liable for anything done or omitted to
be done by him or her, by any member of the Committee or by any officer of
the Company in connection with the performance of any duties under this
Plan, except for his or her own willful misconduct or as expressly
provided by statute.
7. Delegation of Authority. The Committee may delegate to the Chief
Executive Officer and to other senior officers of the Company its duties under
this Plan pursuant to such conditions or limitations as the Committee may
establish. The Committee may engage or authorize the engagement of a third party
administrator to carry out administrative functions under the Plan.
8. Employee and Independent Contractor Awards.
(a) The Committee shall determine the type or types of Employee
Awards to be made under this Plan and shall designate from time to time
the Employees who are to be the recipients of such Awards. Each Employee
Award shall be embodied in an Employee Award Agreement, which shall
contain such terms, conditions and limitations as shall be determined by
the Committee in its sole discretion and, if required by the Committee,
shall be signed by the Participant to whom the Employee Award is granted
and by an Authorized Officer for and on behalf of the Company. Employee
Awards may consist of those listed in this paragraph 8(a) and may be
granted singly, in combination or in tandem. Employee Awards may also be
granted in combination or in tandem with, in replacement of, or as
alternatives to, grants or rights under this Plan or any other employee
plan of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, including the plan of any
acquired entity. An Employee Award may provide for the grant or issuance
of additional, replacement or alternative Employee Awards upon the
occurrence of specified events, including the exercise of the original
Employee Award granted to a Participant. All or part of an Employee Award
may be subject to conditions established by the Committee, which may
include, but are not limited to, continuous service with the Company and
its Subsidiaries, achievement of specific business objectives, increases
in specified indices, attainment of specified growth rates and other
comparable measurements of performance. Upon the termination of employment
by a Participant who is an Employee, any unexercised, deferred, unvested
or unpaid Employee Awards shall be treated as set forth in the applicable
Employee Award Agreement.
(i) Option. An Employee Award may be in the form of an Option,
which may be an Incentive Stock Option or a Nonqualified Stock
Option. The Grant Price of an Option shall be not less than the Fair
Market Value of the Common Stock subject to such Option on the Grant
Date. Subject to the foregoing provisions, the terms, conditions and
limitations applicable to any Options
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awarded to Employees pursuant to this Plan, including the Grant
Price, the term of the Options and the date or dates upon which they
become exercisable, shall be determined by the Committee.
(ii) Stock Appreciation Rights. An Employee Award may be in
the form of an SAR. The terms, conditions and limitations applicable
to any SARs awarded to Employees pursuant to this Plan, including
the Grant Price, the term of any SARs and the date or dates upon
which they become exercisable, shall be determined by the Committee.
(iii) Stock Award. An Employee Award may be in the form of a
Stock Award. The terms, conditions and limitations applicable to any
Stock Awards granted pursuant to this Plan shall be determined by
the Committee.
(iv) Cash Award. An Employee Award may be in the form of a
Cash Award. The terms, conditions and limitations applicable to any
Cash Awards granted pursuant to this Plan shall be determined by the
Committee.
(v) Performance Award. Without limiting the type or number of
Employee Awards that may be made under the other provisions of this
Plan, an Employee Award may be in the form of a Performance Award. A
Performance Award shall be paid, vested or otherwise deliverable
solely on account of the attainment of one or more pre-established,
objective Performance Goals established by the Committee prior to
the earlier to occur of (x) 90 days after the commencement of the
period of service to which the Performance Goal relates and (y) the
lapse of 25% of the period of service (as scheduled in good faith at
the time the goal is established), and in any event while the
outcome is substantially uncertain. A Performance Goal is objective
if a third party having knowledge of the relevant facts could
determine whether the goal is met. Such a Performance Goal may be
based on one or more business criteria that apply to the Employee,
one or more business units of the Company, or the Company as a
whole, and may include one or more of the following: increased
revenue, net income, stock price, market share, earnings per share,
return on equity, return on assets, decrease in costs, shareholder
value, net cash flow, total shareholder return, return on capital,
return on investors' capital, operating income, funds from
operations, cash flow, cash from operations, after-tax operating
income, reserve addition, proceeds from dispositions, production
volumes, refinery runs, net cash flow before financing activities,
reserve replacement ratio, finding and development costs, refinery
utilizations and total market value. Unless otherwise stated, such a
Performance Goal need not be based upon an increase or positive
result under a particular business criterion and could include, for
example, maintaining the status quo or limiting economic losses
(measured, in each case, by reference to specific business
criteria). In interpreting Plan provisions applicable to Performance
Goals and Performance Awards, it is the intent of the Plan to
conform with the standards of Section 162(m) of the Code and
Treasury Regulationss.1.162-27(e)(2)(i), and the Committee in
establishing such goals and interpreting the Plan shall be guided by
such provisions. Prior to the payment of any compensation based on
the
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achievement of Performance Goals, the Committee must certify in
writing that applicable Performance Goals and any of the material
terms thereof were, in fact, satisfied. Subject to the foregoing
provisions, the terms, conditions and limitations applicable to any
Performance Awards made pursuant to this Plan shall be determined by
the Committee.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Plan
excluding paragraph 5(b), the following limitations shall apply to any
Employee Awards made hereunder:
(i) no Participant may be granted, during any calendar year,
Employee Awards consisting of Options or SARs that are exercisable
for more than 2,338,500 shares of Common Stock;
(ii) no Participant may be granted, during any calendar year,
Stock Awards covering or relating to more than 116,925 shares of
Common Stock (the limitation set forth in this clause (ii), together
with the limitation set forth in clause (i) above, being hereinafter
collectively referred to as the "Stock Based Awards Limitations");
and
(iii) no Participant may be granted Employee Awards consisting
of cash or in any other form permitted under this Plan (other than
Employee Awards consisting of options or SARs or Stock Awards) in
respect of any calendar year having a value determined on the Grant
Date in excess of $10,000,000.
(c) Subject to Section 8(e), the Committee shall have the sole
responsibility and authority to determine the type or types of Independent
Contractor Awards to be made under this Plan and the terms, conditions and
limitations applicable to such Awards.
(d) An Option Program Award is generally subject to the same terms
and conditions as the canceled DuPont Award.
(e) Stock Awards, other than those awards which are subject to
specific grant limitations under the Plan, shall be in lieu of, and have a
Fair Market Value on the Grant Date equal to, other compensation that the
Company would otherwise have awarded to the Participant.
9. Director Awards. Each Nonemployee Director of the Company shall be
granted Director Awards in accordance with this paragraph 9 and subject to the
applicable terms, conditions and limitations set forth in this Plan and the
applicable Director Award Agreements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein, Director Awards shall not be granted in any year in which a
sufficient number of shares of Common Stock are not available to make all such
scheduled Awards under this Plan.
(a) Initial Director Options. On the IPO Pricing Date, each
Nonemployee Director, other than the Chairman, and each person who had
agreed to become a Nonemployee Director in connection with the IPO was
automatically granted a Director
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Option on that number of shares of Class A Common Stock such that the
aggregate Option Value was $30,000, and the Chairman was automatically
awarded a Director Option on that number of shares of Class A Common Stock
such that the aggregate Option Value was $1,300,000, but in the case of a
person who was not a Nonemployee Director on such date, subject to that
person becoming a Nonemployee Director no later than the first regularly
scheduled meeting of the Board following the IPO Pricing Date.
(b) Annual Director Options. On each Annual Director Award Date
before the Director Amendment Date, each Nonemployee Director other than
the Chairman shall automatically be granted a Director Option with an
Option Value equal to $30,000.
(c) Terms of Director Option. Each Director Option shall have a term
of ten years following the Grant Date. The Grant Price of each share of
Common Stock subject to a Director Option shall be equal to the Fair
Market Value of the Common Stock subject to such Option on the Grant Date.
All Director Options shall be fully vested after 6 months of service as a
Nonemployee Director. All Director Options shall become exercisable in
increments of one-third of the total number of shares of Common Stock that
are subject thereto (rounded up to the nearest whole number) on the first
and second anniversaries of the Grant Date and of all remaining shares of
Common Stock that are subject thereto on the third anniversary of the
Grant Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing exercise schedule, all Director
Options held by a Nonemployee Director shall immediately become fully
exercisable if the Nonemployee Director terminates his or her status as a
member of the Board by reason of the director's death or Disability.
(d) Director Option Agreements. Any Award of Director Options shall
be embodied in a Director Award Agreement, which shall contain the terms,
conditions and limitations set forth above and shall be signed by an
Authorized Officer for and on behalf of the Company.
(e) IPO Related Stock Units. On the IPO Pricing Date, each
Nonemployee Director, other than the Chairman, and each person who had
agreed to become a Nonemployee Director in connection with the IPO was
automatically granted that number of Stock Units under the Director's
Deferred Compensation Plan determined by dividing $95,000 by the Fair
Market Value of Class A Common Stock on the IPO Pricing Date, and the
Chairman was automatically granted that number of Stock Units under the
Director's Deferred Compensation Plan determined by dividing $100,000 by
the Fair Market Value of Class A Common Stock on the IPO Pricing Date;
provided, however, that in the case of a person who was not a Nonemployee
Director on such date, the grant under this subparagraph (e) was subject
to that person becoming a Nonemployee Director no later than the first
regularly scheduled meeting of the Board following the IPO Pricing Date.
Initial Stock Units related to Class A Common Stock. Stock Units granted
under this paragraph 9(e) cannot be distributed or made available to the
Nonemployee Director before the expiration of three years from the Grant
Date, except by reason of death or Disability of the director.
(f) Other Stock Unit Grants before Director Amendment Date. On the
date of his or her first appointment or election to the Board, provided
such appointment or
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election occurs on or after the IPO Closing Date and before the Director
Amendment Date, a Nonemployee Director shall automatically be granted that
number of Stock Units determined by dividing $95,000 by the Fair Market
Value of the applicable Common Stock on the date of election to the Board.
In addition, on each Annual Director Award Date before the Director
Amendment Date, each Nonemployee Director other than the Chairman shall
automatically be granted an additional number of Stock Units determined by
dividing $20,000 by the Fair Market Value of the applicable Common Stock
on such date. Stock Units granted under this paragraph 9(f) cannot be
distributed or made available to the Nonemployee Director before the
expiration of three years from the Grant Date, except by reason of death
or Disability of the director.
(g) Initial Stock Unit Grants On or After Director Amendment Date.
On the date of his or her first appointment or election to the Board, if
such appointment or election occurs on or after the Director Amendment
Date, a Nonemployee Director shall automatically be granted that number of
Stock Units determined by dividing $100,000 by the Fair Market Value of
the applicable Common Stock on the date of election to the Board. Stock
Units granted under this paragraph 9(g): (i) shall become vested with
respect to one-fifth of the total number of Stock Units subject to the
initial grant hereunder (rounded up to the nearest whole number) on the
first through fourth anniversaries of the Grant Date and with respect to
all remaining Stock Units subject to the initial grant hereunder on the
fifth anniversary of the Grant Date, subject to the requirement that the
director remain in the continuous service of the Company as a director
through the anniversary on which the additional vesting is scheduled to
occur, provided that all such Stock Units shall immediately vest if the
director terminates his or her status as a member of the Board by reason
of the death or Disability of the director, and (ii) cannot be distributed
or made available to the Nonemployee Director before the expiration of
five years from the Grant Date, except by reason of death or Disability of
the director. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no grants shall be made under
this subparagraph (g) solely as a result of a former Phillips Petroleum
Company director becoming a Nonemployee Director in connection with the
Phillips Merger.
(h) Other Stock Unit Grants On or After Director Amendment Date. On
each Annual Director Award Date occurring on or after the Director
Amendment Date, each Nonemployee Director shall automatically be granted a
number of Stock Units determined by dividing $50,000 by the Fair Market
Value of the applicable Common Stock on such date. Stock Units granted
under this paragraph 9(h): (i) are fully vested upon the Grant Date, and
(ii) cannot be distributed or made available to the Nonemployee Director
before the expiration of three years from the Grant Date, except by reason
of death or Disability of the director.
(i) Terms of Stock Units. Stock Units granted under the foregoing
provisions of this paragraph 9 shall be accounted for and subject to the
terms and conditions of the Directors Deferred Compensation Plan,
including provisions that dividend equivalents shall be accumulated and
reinvested in additional Stock Units.
(j) Stock Unit Agreements. Any Award of Stock Units shall be
embodied in a Director Award Agreement, which shall contain the applicable
terms and conditions and
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limitations set forth above, and applicable terms and conditions from the
Directors Deferred Compensation Plan.
10. Change of Control. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs
8 and 9 hereof, unless otherwise expressly provided in the applicable
Award Agreement, in the event of a Change of Control during a
Participant's employment (or service as a Nonemployee Director or
Independent Contractor) with the Company or one of its Subsidiaries, (i)
each Award granted under this Plan to the Participant shall be become
immediately vested and fully exercisable (regardless of the otherwise
applicable vesting or exercise schedules or performance goals provided for
under the Award Agreement) and (ii) if the Award is an Option or SAR,
shall remain exercisable until the expiration of the term of the Award or,
if the Participant should die before the expiration of the term of the
Award, until the earlier of (a) the expiration of the term of the Award or
(b) two (2) years following the date of the Participant's death.
11. Payment of Awards.
(a) General. Payment made to a Participant pursuant to an Award may
be made in the form of cash or Common Stock, or a combination thereof, and
may include such restrictions as the Committee shall determine, including,
in the case of Common Stock, restrictions on transfer and forfeiture
provisions. If such payment is made in the form of Restricted Stock, the
applicable Award Agreement relating to such shares shall specify whether
they are to be issued at the beginning or end of the Restriction Period.
In the event that shares of Restricted Stock are to be issued at the
beginning of the Restriction Period, the certificates evidencing such
shares (to the extent that such shares are so evidenced) shall contain
appropriate legends and restrictions that describe the terms and
conditions of the restrictions applicable thereto. In the event that
shares of Restricted Stock are to be issued at the end of the Restricted
Period, the right to receive such shares shall be evidenced by book entry
registration or in such other manner as the Committee may determine.
Payment of Stock Units awarded to Nonemployee Directors shall be governed
by the Directors Deferred Compensation Plan.
(b) Deferral. With the approval of the Committee, amounts payable in
respect of Awards may be deferred and paid either in the form of
installments or as a lump-sum payment. The Committee may permit selected
Participants to elect to defer payments of some or all types of Awards or
any other compensation otherwise payable by the Company in accordance with
procedures established by the Committee and may provide that such deferred
compensation may be payable in shares of Common Stock. Any deferred
payment pursuant to an Award, whether elected by the Participant or
specified by the Award Agreement or by the Committee, may be forfeited if
and to the extent that the Award Agreement so provides.
(c) Dividends, Earnings and Interest. Rights to dividends or
Dividend Equivalents may be extended to and made part of any Stock Award,
subject to such terms, conditions and restrictions as the Committee may
establish. The Committee may also establish rules and procedures for the
crediting of interest or other earnings on deferred cash payments and
Dividend Equivalents for Stock Awards.
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(d) Substitution of Awards. At the discretion of the Committee, a
Participant who is an Employee or Independent Contractor may be offered an
election to substitute an Employee Award or Independent Contractor Award
for another Employee Award or Independent Contractor Award or Employee
Awards or Independent Contractor Awards of the same or different type..
Subject to Paragraph 16, the Grant Price of any Option shall not be
decreased, including by means of issuance of a substitute Award with a
lower Grant Price.
(e) Cash-out of Awards. At the discretion of the Committee, an Award
that is an Option or SAR may be settled by a cash payment equal to the
difference between the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on the
date of exercise and the Grant Price of the Award, multiplied by the
number of shares with respect to which the Award is exercised.
12. Option Exercise. The Grant Price shall be paid in full at the time of
exercise in cash or, if permitted by the Committee and elected by the optionee,
the optionee may purchase such shares by means of tendering Common Stock or
surrendering another Award, including Restricted Stock, valued at Fair Market
Value on the date of exercise, or any combination thereof. The Committee shall
determine acceptable methods for Participants to tender Common Stock or other
Awards. The Committee may provide for procedures to permit the exercise or
purchase of such Awards by use of the proceeds to be received from the sale of
Common Stock issuable pursuant to an Award. Unless otherwise provided in the
applicable Award Agreement, in the event shares of Restricted Stock are tendered
as consideration for the exercise of an Option, a number of the shares issued
upon the exercise of the Option, equal to the number of shares of Restricted
Stock used as consideration therefor, shall be subject to the same restrictions
as the Restricted Stock so submitted as well as any additional restrictions that
may be imposed by the Committee. The Committee may adopt additional rules and
procedures regarding the exercise of Options from time to time, provided that
such rules and procedures are not inconsistent with the provisions of this
paragraph.
An optionee desiring to pay the Grant Price of an Option by
tendering Common Stock using the method of attestation may, subject to any such
conditions and in compliance with any such procedures as the Committee may
adopt, do so by attesting to the ownership of Common Stock of the requisite
value in which case the Company shall issue or otherwise deliver to the optionee
upon such exercise a number of shares of Common Stock subject to the Option
equal to the result obtained by dividing (a) the excess of the aggregate Fair
Market Value of the shares of Common Stock subject to the Option for which the
Option (or portion thereof) is being exercised over the Grant Price payable in
respect of such exercise by (b) the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock
subject to the Option, and the optionee may retain the shares of Common Stock
the ownership of which is attested.
13. Taxes. The Company or its designated third party administrator shall
have the right to deduct applicable taxes from any Employee Award payment and
withhold, at the time of delivery or vesting of cash or shares of Common Stock
under this Plan, an appropriate amount of cash or number of shares of Common
Stock or a combination thereof for payment of taxes or other amounts required by
law or to take such other action as may be necessary in the opinion of the
Company to satisfy all obligations for withholding of such taxes. The Committee
may also
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permit withholding to be satisfied by the transfer to the Company of shares of
Common Stock theretofore owned by the holder of the Employee Award with respect
to which withholding is required. If shares of Common Stock are used to satisfy
tax withholding, such shares shall be valued based on the Fair Market Value when
the tax withholding is required to be made. The Committee may provide for loans,
on either a short term or demand basis, from the Company to a Participant who is
an Employee or Independent Contractor to permit the payment of taxes required by
law.
14. Amendment, Modification, Suspension or Termination of the Plan. The
Board may amend, modify, suspend or terminate this Plan for the purpose of
meeting or addressing any changes in legal requirements or for any other purpose
permitted by law, except that (i) no amendment or alteration that would
adversely affect the rights of any Participant under any Award previously
granted to such Participant shall be made without the consent of such
Participant and (ii) no amendment or alteration shall be effective prior to its
approval by the stockholders of the Company to the extent such approval is
required by applicable legal requirements. In addition, if an amendment would
(i) materially increase the benefits accruing to Participants under this Plan,
(ii) materially increase the aggregate number of securities that may be issued
under this Plan, or (iii) materially modify the requirements as to eligibility
for participation in this Plan, then to the extent required by applicable law,
or deemed necessary by the Committee, such amendment shall be subject to
shareholder approval.
15. Assignability. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee and
provided in the Award Agreement, no Award or any other benefit under this Plan
shall be assignable or otherwise transferable except by will, beneficiary
designation or the laws of descent and distribution. In the event that a
beneficiary designation conflicts with an assignment by will, the beneficiary
designation will prevail. The Committee may prescribe and include in applicable
Award Agreements other restrictions on transfer. Any attempted assignment of an
Award or any other benefit under this Plan in violation of this paragraph 15
shall be null and void.
16. Adjustments.
(a) The existence of outstanding Awards shall not affect in any
manner the right or power of the Company or its stockholders to make or
authorize any or all adjustments, recapitalizations, reorganizations or
other changes in the capital stock of the Company or its business or any
merger or consolidation of the Company, or any issue of bonds, debentures,
preferred or prior preference stock (whether or not such issue is prior
to, on a parity with or junior to the existing Common Stock) or the
dissolution or liquidation of the Company, or any sale or transfer of all
or any part of its assets or business, or any other corporate act or
proceeding of any kind, whether or not of a character similar to that of
the acts or proceedings enumerated above.
(b) In the event of any subdivision or consolidation of outstanding
shares of Common Stock, declaration of a dividend payable in shares of
Common Stock or other stock split, then (i) the number of shares of Common
Stock reserved under this Plan, (ii) the number of shares of Common Stock
covered by outstanding Awards, (iii) the Grant Price or other price in
respect of such Awards, (iv) the appropriate Fair Market Value and other
price determinations for such Awards, and (v) the Stock Based Awards
Limitations
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shall each be proportionately adjusted by the Board as appropriate to
reflect such transaction. In the event of any other recapitalization or
capital reorganization of the Company, any consolidation or merger of the
Company with another corporation or entity, the adoption by the Company of
any plan of exchange affecting Common Stock or any distribution to holders
of Common Stock of securities or property (other than normal cash
dividends or dividends payable in Common Stock), the Board shall make
appropriate adjustments to (i) the number of shares of Common Stock
covered by Awards, (ii) the Grant Price or other price in respect of such
Awards, (iii) the appropriate Fair Market Value and other price
determinations for such Awards, and (iv) the Stock Based Awards
Limitations to reflect such transaction; provided that such adjustments
shall only be such as are necessary to maintain the proportionate interest
of the holders of the Awards and preserve, without increasing, the value
of such Awards. In the event of a corporate merger, consolidation,
acquisition of property or stock, separation, reorganization or
liquidation, the Board shall be authorized (x) to assume under the Plan
previously issued compensatory awards, or to substitute new Awards for
previously issued compensatory awards, including Awards, as part of such
adjustment or (y) to cancel Awards that are Options or SARs and give the
Participants who are the holders of such Awards notice and opportunity to
exercise for 30 days prior to such cancellation.
17. Restrictions. No Common Stock or other form of payment shall be issued
with respect to any Award unless the Company shall be satisfied based on the
advice of its counsel that such issuance will be in compliance with applicable
federal and state securities laws. Certificates evidencing shares of Common
Stock delivered under this Plan (to the extent that such shares are so
evidenced) may be subject to such stop transfer orders and other restrictions as
the Committee may deem advisable under the rules, regulations and other
requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, any securities exchange
or transaction reporting system upon which the Common Stock is then listed or to
which it is admitted for quotation and any applicable federal or state
securities law. The Committee may cause a legend or legends to be placed upon
such certificates (if any) to make appropriate reference to such restrictions.
18. Unfunded Plan. This Plan shall be unfunded. Although bookkeeping
accounts may be established with respect to Participants under this Plan, any
such accounts shall be used merely as a bookkeeping convenience. The Company
shall not be required to segregate any assets for purposes of this Plan or
Awards hereunder, nor shall the Company, the Board or the Committee be deemed to
be a trustee of any benefit to be granted under this Plan. Any liability or
obligation of the Company to any Participant with respect to an Award under this
Plan shall be based solely upon any contractual obligations that may be created
by this Plan and any Award Agreement, and no such liability or obligation of the
Company shall be deemed to be secured by any pledge or other encumbrance on any
property of the Company. Neither the Company nor the Board nor the Committee
shall be required to give any security or bond for the performance of any
obligation that may be created by this Plan.
19. Governing Law. This Plan and all determinations made and actions taken
pursuant hereto, to the extent not otherwise governed by mandatory provisions of
the Code or the securities laws of the United States, shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware.
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20. Effectiveness. The Plan, as approved by the Board, was effective as of
October 16, 1998. This Plan was approved by the stockholders of the Company on
October 19, 1998. The amendments to the Plan to permit the grant of Awards
denominated in Class B Common Stock were effective on May 12, 1999 and were
conditioned upon the approval of the stockholders of the Company prior to
December 31, 1999, which approval was obtained on May 12, 1999. The amendment to
Paragraph 12 of the Plan providing for option exercise payment by the
attestation method was effective on October 28, 1999. The amendments to the Plan
reflecting a change in Nonemployee Director compensation were effective on
October 1, 2000. The Plan, as approved by the Board for amendment and
restatement in connection with the Merger (as defined in the Recitals on page 1
of this Plan) was effective October 8, 2001, and the increase of shares
available for Awards included in the October 8, 2001 amendment and restatement
was separately approved by the stockholders of the Company on September 21,
2001. The amendment and restatement of the Plan to add certain Stock Award and
Plan amendment limitations was approved by the Board of Directors on October 30,
2001. This amendment and restatement of the Plan to reflect the Phillips Merger,
was approved by the Board of Directors on August 16, 2002 and is effective as of
the effective time of the Phillips Merger.
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ATTACHMENT "A"
"CHANGE IN CONTROL"
The following definitions apply to the Change of Control provision
in paragraph 10 of the foregoing Plan.
"Affiliate" shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Rule
12b-2 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act, as in effect
on August 30, 2002.
"Associate" shall mean, with reference to any Person, (a) any
corporation, firm, partnership, association, unincorporated organization or
other entity (other than the Company or a subsidiary of the Company) of which
such Person is an officer or general partner (or officer or general partner of a
general partner) or is, directly or indirectly, the Beneficial Owner of 10% or
more of any class of equity securities, (b) any trust or other estate in which
such Person has a substantial beneficial interest or as to which such Person
serves as trustee or in a similar fiduciary capacity and (c) any relative or
spouse of such Person, or any relative of such spouse, who has the same home as
such Person.
"Beneficial Owner" shall mean, with reference to any securities, any
Person if:
(a) such Person or any of such Person's Affiliates and Associates,
directly or indirectly, is the "beneficial owner" of (as determined
pursuant to Rule 13d-3 of the General Rules and Regulations under the
Exchange Act, as in effect on August 30, 2002) such securities or
otherwise has the right to vote or dispose of such securities, including
pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding (whether or not in
writing); provided, however, that a Person shall not be deemed the
"Beneficial Owner" of, or to "beneficially own," any security under this
subsection (a) as a result of an agreement, arrangement or understanding
to vote such security if such agreement, arrangement or understanding: (i)
arises solely from a revocable proxy or consent given in response to a
public (i.e., not including a solicitation exempted by Rule 14a-2(b)(2) of
the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act) proxy or consent
solicitation made pursuant to, and in accordance with, the applicable
provisions of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act and
(ii) is not then reportable by such Person on Schedule 13D under the
Exchange Act (or any comparable or successor report);
(b) such Person or any of such Person's Affiliates and Associates,
directly or indirectly, has the right or obligation to acquire such
securities (whether such right or obligation is exercisable or effective
immediately or only after the passage of time or the occurrence of an
event) pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding (whether or
not in writing) or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange
rights, other rights, warrants or options, or otherwise; provided,
however, that a Person shall not be deemed the Beneficial Owner of, or to
"beneficially own," (i) securities tendered pursuant to a tender or
exchange offer made by such Person or any of such Person's Affiliates or
Associates until such tendered securities are accepted for purchase or
exchange or (ii) securities issuable upon exercise of Exempt Rights; or
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(c) such Person or any of such Person's Affiliates or Associates (i)
has any agreement, arrangement or understanding (whether or not in
writing) with any other Person (or any Affiliate or Associate thereof)
that beneficially owns such securities for the purpose of acquiring,
holding, voting (except as set forth in the proviso to subsection (a) of
this definition) or disposing of such securities or (ii) is a member of a
group (as that term is used in Rule 13d-5(b) of the General Rules and
Regulations under the Exchange Act) that includes any other Person that
beneficially owns such securities;
provided, however, that nothing in this definition shall cause a Person engaged
in business as an underwriter of securities to be the Beneficial Owner of, or to
"beneficially own," any securities acquired through such Person's participation
in good faith in a firm commitment underwriting until the expiration of 40 days
after the date of such acquisition. For purposes hereof, "voting" a security
shall include voting, granting a proxy, consenting or making a request or demand
relating to corporate action (including, without limitation, a demand for a
stockholder list, to call a stockholder meeting or to inspect corporate books
and records) or otherwise giving an authorization (within the meaning of Section
14(a) of the Exchange Act) in respect of such security.
The terms "beneficially own" and "beneficially owning" shall have
meanings that are correlative to this definition of the term "Beneficial Owner."
"Board" shall have the meaning set forth in the foregoing Plan.
"Change of Control" shall mean any of the following occurring on or
after August 30, 2002:
(a) any Person (other than an Exempt Person) shall become the
Beneficial Owner of 20% or more of the shares of Common Stock then
outstanding or 20% or more of the combined voting power of the Voting
Stock of the Company then outstanding; provided, however, that no Change
of Control shall be deemed to occur for purposes of this subsection (a) if
such Person shall become a Beneficial Owner of 20% or more of the shares
of Common Stock or 20% or more of the combined voting power of the Voting
Stock of the Company solely as a result of (i) an Exempt Transaction or
(ii) an acquisition by a Person pursuant to a reorganization, merger or
consolidation, if, following such reorganization, merger or consolidation,
the conditions described in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of subsection (c)
of this definition are satisfied;
(b) individuals who, as of August 30, 2002, constitute the Board
(the "Incumbent Board") cease for any reason to constitute at least a
majority of the Board; provided, however, that any individual becoming a
director subsequent to August 30, 2002 whose election, or nomination for
election by the Company's shareholders, was approved by a vote of at least
a majority of the directors then comprising the Incumbent Board shall be
considered as though such individual were a member of the Incumbent Board;
provided, further, that there shall be excluded, for this purpose, any
such individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of
any
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actual or threatened election contest that is subject to the provisions of
Rule 14a-11 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act;
(c) the shareholders of the Company shall approve a reorganization,
merger or consolidation, in each case, unless, following such
reorganization, merger or consolidation, (i) more than 70% of the then
outstanding shares of common stock of the corporation resulting from such
reorganization, merger or consolidation and the combined voting power of
the then outstanding Voting Stock of such corporation beneficially owned,
directly or indirectly, by all or substantially all of the Persons who
were the Beneficial Owners of the outstanding Common Stock immediately
prior to such reorganization, merger or consolidation in substantially the
same proportions as their ownership, immediately prior to such
reorganization, merger or consolidation, of the outstanding Common Stock,
(ii) no Person (excluding any Exempt Person or any Person beneficially
owning, immediately prior to such reorganization, merger or consolidation,
directly or indirectly, 20% or more of the Common Stock then outstanding
or 20% or more of the combined voting power of the Voting Stock of the
Company then outstanding) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 20%
or more of the then outstanding shares of common stock of the corporation
resulting from such reorganization, merger or consolidation or the
combined voting power of the then outstanding Voting Stock of such
corporation and (iii) at least a majority of the members of the board of
directors of the corporation resulting from such reorganization, merger or
consolidation were members of the Incumbent Board at the time of the
initial agreement or initial action by the Board providing for such
reorganization, merger or consolidation; or
(d) the shareholders of the Company shall approve (i) a complete
liquidation or dissolution of the Company unless such liquidation or
dissolution is approved as part of a plan of liquidation and dissolution
involving a sale or disposition of all or substantially all of the assets
of the Company to a corporation with respect to which, following such sale
or other disposition, all of the requirements of clauses (ii)(A), (B) and
(C) of this subsection (d) are satisfied, or (ii) the sale or other
disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company,
other than to a corporation, with respect to which, following such sale or
other disposition, (A) more than 70% of the then outstanding shares of
common stock of such corporation and the combined voting power of the
Voting Stock of such corporation is then beneficially owned, directly or
indirectly, by all or substantially all of the Persons who were the
Beneficial Owners of the outstanding Common Stock immediately prior to
such sale or other disposition in substantially the same proportion as
their ownership, immediately prior to such sale or other disposition, of
the outstanding Common Stock, (B) no Person (excluding any Exempt Person
and any Person beneficially owning, immediately prior to such sale or
other disposition, directly or indirectly, 20% or more of the Common Stock
then outstanding or 20% or more of the combined voting power of the Voting
Stock of the Company then outstanding) beneficially owns, directly or
indirectly, 20% or more of the then outstanding shares of common stock of
such corporation and the combined voting power of the then outstanding
Voting Stock of such corporation and (C) at least a majority of the
members of the board of directors of such corporation were members of
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the Incumbent Board at the time of the initial agreement or initial action
of the Board providing for such sale or other disposition of assets of the
Company.
"Common Stock" shall have the meaning set forth in the foregoing
Plan.
"Company" shall have the meaning set forth in the foregoing Plan.
"Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
"Exempt Person" shall mean any of the Company, any subsidiary of the
Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or any subsidiary of the
Company, and any Person organized, appointed or established by the Company for
or pursuant to the terms of any such plan.
"Exempt Rights" shall mean any rights to purchase shares of Common
Stock or other Voting Stock of the Company if at the time of the issuance
thereof such rights are not separable from such Common Stock or other Voting
Stock (i.e., are not transferable otherwise than in connection with a transfer
of the underlying Common Stock or other Voting Stock), except upon the
occurrence of a contingency, whether such rights exist as of August 30, 2002 or
are thereafter issued by the Company as a dividend on shares of Common Stock or
other Voting Securities or otherwise.
"Exempt Transaction" shall mean an increase in the percentage of the
outstanding shares of Common Stock or the percentage of the combined voting
power of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Company beneficially owned by any
Person solely as a result of a reduction in the number of shares of Common Stock
then outstanding due to the repurchase of Common Stock or Voting Stock by the
Company, unless and until such time as (a) such Person or any Affiliate or
Associate of such Person shall purchase or otherwise become the Beneficial Owner
of additional shares of Common Stock constituting 1% or more of the then
outstanding shares of Common Stock or additional Voting Stock representing 1% or
more of the combined voting power of the then outstanding Voting Stock, or (b)
any other Person (or Persons) who is (or collectively are) the Beneficial Owner
of shares of Common Stock constituting 1% or more of the then outstanding shares
of Common Stock or Voting Stock representing 1% or more of the combined voting
power of the then outstanding Voting Stock shall become an Affiliate or
Associate of such Person.
"Person" shall mean any individual, firm, corporation, partnership,
association, trust, unincorporated organization or other entity.
"Voting Stock" shall mean, with respect to a corporation, all
securities of such corporation of any class or series that are entitled to vote
generally in the election of directors of such corporation (excluding any class
or series that would be entitled so to vote by reason of the occurrence of any
contingency, so long as such contingency has not occurred).
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