[RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT] EXHIBIT 10.25
[ANNUAL EVA PLAN RESTRICTED STOCK ELECTION]
RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT-
HUTTIG BUILDING PRODUCTS, INC. 1999 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
_______________, 2001
The parties to this Restricted Stock Agreement (the "Agreement") are Huttig
Building Products, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation") and
__________, an employee of the Corporation (the "Participant").
Pursuant to the terms of the Huttig Building Products, Inc. EVA Incentive
Compensation Plan (the "EVA Plan"), the Participant has elected to allocate 50%
of the Participant's annual award under the EVA Plan to restricted Huttig common
stock. According to such election and the terms of the EVA Plan, the
Corporation, through the Organization and Compensation Committee of its Board of
Directors (the "Committee"), has determined to award to the Participant _____
shares of restricted stock subject to the terms of the Huttig Building Products,
Inc. 1999 Stock Incentive Plan (the "Plan"), as of the date of this Agreement
(the "Grant Date").
As a condition to such award and pursuant to Section 8(a) of the Plan, the
Corporation and the Participant hereby enter into this Agreement and agree to
the terms and conditions set forth herein.
1. DEFINITIONS.
Capitalized terms in this Agreement not otherwise defined herein shall have
the meanings contained in the Plan. For purposes of this Agreement, and for
purposes of interpreting the terms of the Plan, the following terms shall have
the following meanings:
(a) "Restriction Period" shall mean a period commencing on the Grant Date
and ending on ____________, 2003.
(b) "Change-in-Control" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(c)
of the EVA Plan.
2. AWARD OF HUTTIG SHARES.
Pursuant to the provisions of the Plan and this Agreement and by the
authority of the Committee, the Corporation awards _____ shares (the "Restricted
Stock") of Huttig Building Products, Inc. common stock, par value $.01 per share
("Huttig Shares"), to the Participant.
3. RESTRICTIONS AND RIGHTS.
(a) During the Restriction Period, the Restricted Stock is subject to
forfeiture in the
event that the Participant attempts to sell, transfer, assign or
pledge the Restricted Shares (the "Restrictions") or the Participant
violates one of the covenants contained in Section 6 of this
Agreement. Except as provided under Section 5 of this Agreement, the
Restrictions on the Restricted Stock shall automatically lapse:
(i) upon expiration of the Restriction Period;
(ii) in the event of the Participant's Retirement, Permanent
Disability, or death or in the event of a Change-in-Control;
provided, however, that in the event the Participant requests
early retirement or otherwise leaves the employ of the
Corporation, the Committee may, upon the Participant's request
and in the Committee's sole discretion, waive or revise this
provision to permit the lapse of Restrictions on all or a portion
of the Restricted Stock awarded hereunder on or prior to such
early retirement or other departure from the employ of the
Corporation; or
(iii) with respect to 50% of the Restricted Stock, on the first
anniversary of the Grant Date;
(iv) as may be otherwise provided under the terms of the Plan or the
EVA Plan.
(b) During the Restriction Period, the Participant will be entitled to all
other rights of a shareholder of the Corporation with respect to the
Restricted Stock, including the right to vote the Restricted Stock and
receive dividends and other distributions thereon.
4. STOCK CERTIFICATE.
Each stock certificate evidencing an award of Restricted Stock shall be
registered in the name of the Participant, and shall bear an appropriate legend
referring to the terms, conditions and restrictions applicable to such award
substantially in the following form (the "Legend"):
"The transferability of this certificate and the shares of stock
represented hereby are subject to the terms and conditions (including
forfeiture) of the Huttig Building Products, Inc. 1999 Stock Incentive Plan
and an Agreement entered into between the registered owner and Huttig
Building Products, Inc. Copies of such Plan and Agreement are on file in
the offices of Huttig Building Products, Inc., Lakeview Center, Suite 400,
14500 South Outer Forty Road, Chesterfield, MO 63017."
5. TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT.
Except as otherwise provided in Section 8(a) of the EVA Plan, the
Participant's termination of employment during the Restriction Period shall
result in the forfeiture of all Restricted Stock as to which the Restrictions
have not lapsed, and the Participant shall be
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required to return all applicable stock certificates to the Corporation.
6. COVENANTS.
(a) The Participant agrees to be bound by all terms and provisions of the
Plan and the EVA Plan, and all such provisions shall be deemed a part
of this Agreement for all purposes.
(b) The Participant agrees to provide the Corporation, when and if
requested, with any information or documentation which the Corporation
believes necessary or advisable in connection with the administration
of the Plan, including data required to assure compliance with the
requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, of any stock
exchange upon which the Huttig Shares are then listed, or of any
applicable federal, state or other law.
(c) The Participant agrees, upon due notice and demand, to promptly pay to
the Corporation the cash amount of any taxes which are required to be
withheld by the Corporation either at the time the Restriction Period
lapses or at the time of award (in cases where the Participant duly
elects to be taxed at such earlier time); provided, however, the
Corporation, in its sole discretion, may accept Restricted Stock
awarded hereunder or Huttig Shares otherwise previously acquired in
satisfaction thereof.
7. NO COVENANT OF EMPLOYMENT.
Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the granting of
any award evidenced by this Agreement shall constitute, or be evidence of, any
agreement or understanding, express or implied, on the part of the Corporation
or any of its subsidiaries to employ the Participant for any specific period.
8. ADMINISTRATION AND INTERPRETATION OF PLAN AND AGREEMENT.
In the event of any conflict between the terms of this Agreement and those
of the Plan or the EVA Plan, the provisions of the Plan or the EVA Plan, as the
case may be, shall prevail.
The Committee shall have full authority and discretion, subject only to the
terms of the Plan, to decide all matters relating to the administration or
interpretation of the Plan and this Agreement, and all such action by the
Committee shall be final, conclusive, and binding upon the Corporation and the
Participant. The Committee shall have full authority and discretion to modify at
any time the Restriction Period, the Restrictions, the other terms and
conditions of this Agreement, the Legend and any other instrument evidencing
this award, provided that no such modification shall increase the benefit under
such award beyond that which the Committee could have originally granted at the
time of the award, or shall impair the rights of the Participant under such
award except in accordance with the Plan, or any applicable agreement or
applicable law, or with consent of the Participant.
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This Restricted Stock Agreement is deemed to be issued in, the award
evidenced hereby is deemed to be granted in, and both shall be governed by the
laws of, the State of Delaware. There have been no representations to the
Participant other than those contained herein.
9. DELIVERY.
All certificates for Restricted Stock delivered under the Plan shall 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 stock exchange upon which Huttig Shares
are then listed and any applicable federal or state securities law, and the
Committee may cause a legend or legends to be put on any such certificates to
make appropriate reference to such restrictions.
The stock certificates evidencing the Restricted Stock shall be held in
custody by the Corporation or its designee until the Restrictions thereon shall
have lapsed and the Committee may require, as a condition of any award, that the
Participant shall have delivered a stock power endorsed in blank relating to the
Restricted Stock covered by such award.
As soon as administratively practicable following the lapse of the
Restrictions with respect to any of the Restricted Stock without a forfeiture,
and upon the satisfaction of all other applicable conditions as to the
Restricted Stock, including, but not limited to, the payment by the Participant
of all applicable withholding taxes, the Corporation shall deliver or cause to
be delivered to the Participant a certificate or certificates for the applicable
Restricted Stock which shall not bear the Legend required under Section 4 of the
Agreement.
10. AMENDMENT.
The terms of this Agreement shall be subject to the terms of the Plan and
the EVA Plan as those Plans may be amended from time to time by the Board of
Directors of the Corporation unless any such amendment by its terms or by its
clear intent is inapplicable to this Agreement.
11. NOTICE.
Any notice to the Corporation provided for in this Agreement shall be in
writing and addressed to it in care of the Secretary of the Corporation, and any
notice to the Participant shall be in writing and addressed to the Participant
at the address contained in payroll records at the time or to such other address
designated in writing by the Participant.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Restricted Stock
Agreement effective the day and year first above written.
HUTTIG BUILDING PRODUCTS, INC.
By:
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Title:
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PARTICIPANT
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