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EXHIBIT 4.7
CENTEX CORPORATION
CENTEX CORPORATION
AMENDED AND RESTATED 1987 STOCK OPTION PLAN
1. PURPOSE
The purpose of this Plan is to assist Centex Corporation, a Nevada
corporation, in attracting and retaining as officers and key employees of the
Company and its Affiliates, and as non-employee directors of the Company,
individuals of training, experience and ability and to furnish additional
incentive to such individuals by encouraging them to become owners of Shares of
the Company's capital stock, by granting to such individuals Incentive Options,
Nonqualified Options, Restricted Stock, or any combination of the foregoing.
2. DEFINITIONS
Unless the context otherwise requires, the following words as used
herein shall have the following meanings:
(a) "Plan" -- This Centex Corporation 1987 Stock Option Plan.
(b) "Company" -- Centex Corporation, a Nevada corporation.
(c) "Board" -- The Board of Directors of the Company as the
same may be constituted from time to time.
(d) "Committee" -- The Committee provided for in Section 3 of
this Plan, as such Committee may be constituted from time to time.
(e) "Share" -- A share of the Company's present twenty-five
cents ($0.25) par value common stock and any share or shares of
capital stock or other securities of the Company hereafter issued or
issuable upon, in respect of or in substitution or in exchange for
each present share. Such Shares may be unissued or reacquired Shares,
as the Board, in its sole and absolute discretion, shall from time to
time determine.
(f) "Option" -- An option to purchase one or more Shares of
the Company granted under and pursuant to the Plan. Such Option may be
either an Incentive Option or a Nonqualified Option.
(g) "Optionee" -- An individual who has been granted an
Option under this Plan and who has executed a written option Agreement
with the Company.
(h) "Affiliates" -- Any corporation or other entity which is
a direct or indirect parent or subsidiary (including, without
limitation, partnerships and limited liability companies) of the
Company.
(i) "Fair Market Value" -- If a Share is traded on one or
more established market or exchanges, the mean of the opening and
closing price of the Share in the primary market or exchange on which
the Share is traded, and if the Share is not so traded or the Share
does not trade on the relevant date, the value determined in good
faith by the Board. For purposes of valuing Shares to be made subject
to Incentive Options, the Fair Market Value of stock shall be
determined without regard to any restriction other than one which, by
its terms, will never lapse.
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(j) "Agreement" -- The written agreement between the Company
and the Optionee evidencing the Option granted by the Company and the
understanding of the parties with respect thereto.
(k) "Incentive Option" -- Stock Options that are intended to
satisfy the requirements of Section 422 of the Code and Section 16 of
this Plan.
(l) "Nonqualified Options" -- Stock Options which do not
satisfy the requirements of Section 422 of the Code.
(m) "Code" -- The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
from time to time.
(n) "Restricted Stock" -- Shares issued pursuant to Section
19 of the Plan.
(o) "Act" -- The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
(p) "Non-employee Director" -- An individual who satisfies
the requirements of Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Act.
3. ADMINISTRATION
The Plan shall be administered by a committee (the "Committee")
comprised of two or more Non-employee Directors appointed by the Board from
time to time. The Committee shall (a) select the eligible employees or
directors who are to receive Options or awards of Restricted Stock under the
Plan, (b) determine the type, number, vesting requirements and other features
and conditions of Options or awards of Restricted Stock, (c) interpret the
Plan, and (d) make all other determinations necessary or advisable for the
administration of the Plan. The Committee may adopt such rules or guidelines as
it deems appropriate to implement the Plan. The Committee's determinations
under the Plan shall be final and binding on all persons.
4. SHARES SUBJECT TO PLAN
(a) A maximum of 7,065,139 Shares shall be subject to grants of
Options and awards of Restricted Stock under the Plan; provided that such
maximum shall be increased or decreased as provided below in Section 12.
(b) At any time and from time to time after the Plan takes effect, the
Committee, pursuant to the provisions herein set forth, may grant Options and
award Restricted Stock until the maximum number of Shares shall be exhausted or
the Plan shall be sooner terminated; provided, however, that no Option shall be
granted and no Restricted Stock shall be awarded after May 19, 2001.
(c) Should any Option expire or be cancelled without being fully
exercised, or should any Restricted Stock previously awarded be reacquired by
the Company, the number of Shares with respect to which such Option shall not
have been exercised prior to its expiration or cancellation and the number of
Shares of such Restricted Stock so reacquired may again be optioned or awarded
pursuant to the provisions hereof.
(d) Any Shares withheld pursuant to subsection 18(c) shall not be
available after such withholding for being optioned or awarded pursuant to the
provisions hereof.
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5. ELIGIBILITY
Eligibility for the receipt of the grant of Options under the Plan
shall be confined to (a) a limited number of persons who are employed by the
Company, or one or more of its Affiliates and who are officers of or who, in
the opinion of the Committee, hold other key positions in or for the Company or
one or more of its Affiliates and (b) directors of the Company, including
directors who are not employees of the Company or its Affiliates; provided that
only employees of the Company or its Affiliates shall be eligible for the grant
of Incentive Options. In addition, an individual who becomes a director of the
Company, but who is not at the time he becomes a director also an employee of
the Company, shall not be eligible for a grant of Options or an award of
Restricted Stock, and shall not be eligible for the grant of an option, stock
allocation, or stock appreciation right under any other plan of the Company or
its affiliates (within the meaning of Rule 12b-2 promulgated under the Act)
until the Board expressly declares such person eligible by resolution. In no
event may an Option be granted to an individual who is not an employee of the
Company or an Affiliate or a director of the Company.
6. GRANTING OF OPTIONS
(a) From time to time while the Plan is in effect, the Committee may
in its absolute discretion, select from among the persons eligible to receive a
grant of Options under the Plan (including persons who have already received
such grants of Options) such one or more of them as in the opinion of the
Committee should be granted Options. The Committee shall thereupon, likewise in
its absolute discretion, determine the number of Shares to be allotted for
option to each person so selected; provided, however, that the total number of
Shares subject to Options granted to any one person, including directors of the
Company, when aggregated with the number of Shares of Restricted Stock awarded
to such person, shall not exceed 706,513 Shares.
(b) Each person so selected shall be offered an Option to purchase the
number of Shares so allotted to him, upon such terms and conditions, consistent
with the provisions of the Plan, as the Committee may specify. Each such person
shall have a reasonable period of time, to be fixed by the Committee, within
which to accept or reject the proffered Option. Failure to accept within the
period so fixed may be treated as a rejection.
(c) Each person who accepts an Option offered to him shall enter into
an Agreement with the Company, in such form as the Committee may prescribe,
setting forth the terms and conditions of the Option, whereupon such person
shall become a participant in the Plan. In the event an individual is granted
both one or more Incentive Options and one or more Nonqualified Options, such
grants shall be evidenced by separate Agreements, one each for the Incentive
Option grants and one each for the Nonqualified Options grants. The date which
the Committee specifies to be the grant date of an Option to an individual
shall constitute the date on which the Option covered by such Agreement is
granted. In no event, however, shall an Optionee gain any rights in addition to
those specified by the Committee in its grant, regardless of the time that may
pass between the grant of the Option and the actual signing of the Agreement by
the Company and the Optionee.
7. OPTION PRICE
The option price for each Share covered by each Incentive Option shall
not be less than the greater of (a) the par value of each such Share or (b) the
Fair Market Value of the Share at the time such Option is granted, except as
provided hereinafter. The option price for each Share covered by each
Nonqualified Option shall not be less than the greater of (a) the par value of
each such Share or (b) 85% of the Fair Market Value of the Share at the time
the Option is granted; provided, however, that the number of Shares covered by
Nonqualified Options granted under this Plan that have an option price less
than the Fair Market Value of a Share at the time the respective Option is
granted shall not exceed 10% of the total number of Shares authorized to be
issued under this Plan. If the Company or an Affiliate
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agrees to substitute a new Option under the Plan for an old Option, or to
assume an old Option, by reason of a corporate merger, consolidation,
acquisition of property or stock, separation, reorganization, or liquidation
(any of such events being referred to herein as a "Corporate Transaction"), the
option price of the Shares covered by each such new Option or assumed Option
may be other than the Fair Market Value of the stock at the time the Option is
granted as determined by reference to a formula, established at the time of the
Corporate Transaction, which will give effect to such substitution or
assumption; provided, however, in no event shall --
(a) the excess of the aggregate Fair Market Value of the
Share subject to the Option immediately after the substitution or
assumption over the aggregate option price of such Shares be more than
the excess of the aggregate Fair Market Value of all Shares subject to
the Option immediately prior to the substitution or assumption over
the aggregate option price of such Shares
(b) in the case of an Incentive Option, the new Option or the
assumption of the old Option give the Optionee additional benefits
which he would not have under the old Option; or
(c) the ratio of the option price to the Fair Market Value of
the stock subject to the Option immediately after the substitution or
assumption be more favorable to the Optionee than the ratio of the
option price to the Fair Market Value of the stock subject to the old
Option immediately prior such substitution or assumption, on a Share
by Share basis.
Notwithstanding the above, the provisions of this Section 7 with
respect to the Option price in the event of a Corporate Transaction shall, in
case of an Incentive Option, be subject to the requirements of Section 424(a)
of the Code and the Treasury regulations and revenue rulings promulgated
thereunder. In the case of an Incentive Option, in the event of a conflict
between the terms of this Section 7 and the above cited statute, regulations,
and rulings, or in the event of an omission in this Section 7 of a provision
required by said laws, the latter shall control in all respects and are hereby
incorporated herein by reference as if set out at length.
8. OPTION PERIOD
(a) Each Option shall run for such period of time as the Committee may
specify, but in no event for longer than ten (10) years from the date when the
Option is granted, including the period of time provided in subsections (i) and
(ii) of this subsection (a); and subject to such limits, and the further
condition that, unless designated otherwise by the Committee, no Incentive
Option shall become exercisable prior to one year from the date of its grant,
(i) Except as provided below in this subsection (i), all
rights to exercise an Option shall terminate within three months after
the date the Optionee ceases to be an employee of at least one of the
employers in the group of employers consisting of the Company and its
Affiliates, or after the date the Optionee ceases to be a director of
the Company, whichever may occur later, for any reason other than
death, except that, (x) in the case of a Nonqualified Option which is
held by an Optionee who is, on the date of cessation referred to in
this clause, an officer or director of the Company (within the
meanings thereof under Section 16b) of the Act), all rights to
exercise such Option shall terminate within seven months after the
date the Optionee ceases to be an employee of at least one of the
employers in the group of employers consisting of the Company and its
Affiliates, or, if later, after the date the Optionee ceases to be a
director of the Company, for any reason other than death; and, except
that, (y) the Committee, in its discretion, may provide in new Option
grants or amend outstanding Options to provide an extended period of
time during which an Optionee can exercise a Nonqualified Option to
the maximum permissible period for which such Optionee's Option would
have been exercisable in the absence of the Optionee's ceasing to be
an employee of the Company and its Affiliates or
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ceasing to be a director of the Company; and, except that (z) in case
the employment of the Optionee is terminated for cause, the Option
shall thereafter be null and void for all purposes.
(ii) If the Optionee ceases to be employed by at least one of
the employers in the group of employers consisting of the Company and
its Affiliates, or ceases to be a director of the Company, whichever
may occur later, by reason of his death, all rights to exercise such
Option shall terminate fifteen (15) months thereafter.
(iii) If an Option is granted with a term shorter than ten
(10) years, the Committee may extend the term of the Option, but for
not more than ten (10) years from the date when the Option was
originally granted.
9. OPTIONS NOT TRANSFERABLE
No Option or interest therein shall be transferable by the person to
whom it is granted otherwise than by will or by the applicable laws of descent
and distribution. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may, in its sole
discretion, provide in the Agreement relating to the grant of an Option that
the Optionee may transfer such Option, without consideration, to members of the
Optionee's immediate family or to one or more trusts for the benefit of such
immediate family members or partnerships in which such immediate family members
are the only partners. For purposes of this Section 9, "immediate family" shall
mean the Optionee's spouse, parents, children (including adopted children) and
grandchildren.
10. EXERCISE OF OPTIONS
(a) During the lifetime of an Optionee only he or his guardian or
legal representative or transferee may exercise an Option granted to him. In
the event of his death, any then exercisable portion of his Option may, within
fifteen (15) months thereafter, or earlier date of termination of the Option,
be exercised in whole or in part by any person empowered to do so under the
deceased Optionee's will or under the applicable laws of descent and
distribution.
(b) At any time, and from time to time, during the period when any
Option, or a portion thereof, is exercisable, such Option, or portion thereof,
may be exercised in whole or in part; provided, however, that the Committee may
require any Option which is partially exercised to be so exercised with respect
to at least a stated minimum number of Shares.
(c) Each exercise of an Option or portion or part thereof shall be
evidenced by a notice in writing to the Company accompanied by payment in full
of the option price of the Shares then being purchased. Payment in full shall
mean payment of the full amount due, either in cash, by certified check or
cashier's check or, with the consent of the Committee, with Shares owned by the
Optionee, including an actual or deemed multiple series of exchanges of such
Shares.
(d) No Shares shall be issued until full payment therefor has been
made, and an Optionee shall have none of the rights of a stockholder until
Shares are issued to him.
(e) Nothing herein or in any Agreement executed or Option granted
hereunder shall require the Company to issue any Shares upon exercise of an
Option if such issuance would, in the opinion of counsel for the Company,
constitute a violation of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any
similar or superseding statute or statutes, or any other applicable statute or
regulation, as then in effect. Upon the exercise of an Option or portion or
part thereof, the Optionee shall give to the Company satisfactory evidence that
he is acquiring such Shares for the purpose of investment only and not with a
view to their distribution; provided, however, if or to the extent that the
Shares subject
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to the Option shall be included in a registration statement filed by the
Company, or one of its Affiliates, such investment representation shall be
abrogated.
11. DELIVERY OF STOCK CERTIFICATES
As promptly as may be practicable after an Option, or a portion or
part thereof, has been exercised as hereinabove provided, the Company shall
make delivery of one or more certificates for the appropriate number of Shares.
In the event that an Optionee exercises both an Incentive Option, or a portion
thereof, and a Nonqualified Option, or a portion thereof, separate stock
certificates shall be issued, one for the Shares subject to the Incentive
Option and one for the Shares subject to the Nonqualified Option.
12. CHANGES IN COMPANY'S SHARES AND CERTAIN CORPORATE TRANSACTIONS
(a) If at any time while the Plan is in effect there shall be an
increase or decrease in the number of issued and outstanding Shares of the
Company effected without receipt of consideration therefor by the Company,
through the declaration of a stock dividend or through any recapitalization or
merger or otherwise in which the Company is the surviving corporation,
resulting in a stock split-up, combination or exchange of Shares of the
Company, then and in each such event:
(i) An appropriate adjustment shall be made in the maximum
number of Shares then subject to being optioned or awarded as
Restricted Stock under the Plan, to the end that the same proportion
of the Company's issued and outstanding Shares shall continue to be
subject to being so optioned and awarded;
(ii) Appropriate adjustment shall be made in the number of
Shares and the option price per Share thereof then subject to purchase
pursuant to each Option previously granted, to the end that the same
proportion of the Company's issued and outstanding Shares in each such
instance shall remain subject to purchase at the same aggregate option
price: and
(iii) In the case of Incentive Options, any such adjustments
shall in all respects satisfy the requirements of Section 424(a) of
the Code and the Treasury regulations and revenue rulings promulgated
thereunder.
Except as is otherwise expressly provided herein, the issue by the
Company of shares of its capital stock of any class, or securities convertible
into shares of capital stock of any class, either in connection with a direct
sale or upon the exercise of rights or warrants to subscribe therefor, or upon
conversion of shares or obligations of the Company convertible into such shares
or other securities, shall not affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof
shall be made with respect to, the number of or option price of Shares then
subject to outstanding Options granted under the Plan. Furthermore, the
presence of outstanding Options granted under the Plan shall not affect in any
manner the right or power of the Company to make, authorize or consummate (i)
any or all adjustments, recapitalizations, reorganizations or other changes in
the Company's capital structure or its business; (ii) any merger or
consolidation of the Company; (iii) any issue by the Company of debt securities
or preferred or preference stock which would rank above the Shares subject to
outstanding Options granted under the Plan; (iv) the dissolution or liquidation
of the Company; (v) any sale, transfer or assignment of all or any part of the
assets or business of the Company; or (vi) any other corporate act or
proceeding, whether of a similar character or otherwise.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary above, a dissolution or
liquidation of the Company, a merger (other than a merger effecting a
reincorporation of the Company in another state) or consolidation in which the
Company is not the surviving corporation (or survives only as a subsidiary of
another corporation in a transaction in
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which the stockholders of the parent of the Company and their proportionate
interests therein immediately after the transaction are not substantially
identical to the stockholders of the Company and their proportionate interests
therein immediately prior to the transaction), a transaction in which another
corporation becomes the owner of 50% or more of the total combined voting power
of all classes of stock of the Company, or a change in control (as specified
below), shall cause every Option then outstanding to become exercisable in
full, subject to the limitation on the aggregate Fair Market Value of Shares
that may become first exercisable during any calendar year set forth in Section
16, immediately prior to such dissolution, liquidation, merger, consolidation,
transaction, or change in control, to the extent not theretofore exercised,
without regard to the determination as to the periods and installments of
exercisability contained in the Agreements if (and only if) such Options have
not at that time expired or been terminated. For purposes of this paragraph, a
change in control shall be deemed to have taken place if: (i) a third person,
including a "group" as defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Act, becomes the
beneficial owner of Shares of the Company having 50% or more of the total
number of votes that may be cast for the election of directors of the Company;
or (ii) as a result of, or in connection with, a contested election for
directors, the persons who were directors of the Company immediately before
such election shall cease to constitute a majority of the Board.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this paragraph, in the event of any
such dissolution, merger, consolidation, transaction, or change in control, the
Board may completely satisfy all obligations of the Company and its Affiliates
with respect to any Option outstanding on the date of such event by delivering
to the Optionee cash in an amount equal to the difference between the aggregate
exercise price for Shares under the Option and the Fair Market Value of such
Shares on the date of such event, such payment to be made within a reasonable
time after such event.
13. EFFECTIVE DATE
The Plan shall be effective on May 20, 1987, the date of its adoption
by the Board, but shall be submitted to the stockholders of the Company for
ratification at the next regular or special meeting thereof to be held within
twelve (12) months after the Board shall have adopted the Plan. If at such a
meeting of the stockholders of the Company a quorum is present, the Plan shall
be presented for ratification, and unless at such a meeting the Plan is
ratified by the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding $0.25 par
value common stock of the Company, then and in such event, the Plan and all
Options granted under the Plan and all awards of Restricted Stock under the
Plan shall become null and void and of no further force or effect.
14. AMENDMENT, SUSPENSION OR TERMINATION
(a) Subject to the other terms and condition of this Plan and the
limitations set forth in subsection 14(b) below, the Board may at any time
amend, suspend or terminate the Plan; provided, however, that after the
stockholders have ratified the Plan, the Board may not, without approval of the
stockholders of the Company, amend the Plan so as to:
(i) Increase the maximum number of Shares subject thereto, as
specified above in Sections 4(a) and 12; or
(ii) Increase the proportionate number of Shares which may be
purchased pursuant to Option by any one person or awarded as
Restricted Stock to any one person, as specified above in Section 6(a)
or below in Section 19(a).
(b) Neither the Board nor the Committee may amend the Plan or any
Agreement to reduce the option price of an outstanding Option or modify, impair
or cancel any existing Option without the consent of the holder thereof.
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15. REQUIREMENTS OF LAW
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the Company
shall not be required to sell or issue Shares under any Option if the issuance
thereof would constitute a violation by the Optionee or the Company of any
provisions of any law or regulation of any governmental authority or any
national securities exchange; and as a condition of any sale or issuance of
Shares under Option the Company may require such agreements or undertakings, if
any, as the Company may deem necessary or advisable to assure compliance with
any such law or regulation.
16. INCENTIVE STOCK OPTIONS
The Committee, in its discretion, may designate any Option granted
under the Plan as an Incentive Option intended to qualify under Section 422 of
the Code. Any provision of the Plan to the contrary notwithstanding, (i) no
Incentive Option shall be granted to any person who, at the time such Incentive
Option is granted, owns stock possessing more than 10 percent of the total
combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any Affiliate
unless the purchase price under such Incentive Option is at least 110 percent
of the Fair Market Value of the Shares subject to an Incentive Option at the
date of its grant and such Incentive Option is not exercisable after the
expiration of five years from the date of its grant, and (ii) the aggregate
Fair Market Value of the Shares subject to such Incentive Option and the
aggregate Fair Market Value of the shares of stock of any Affiliate (or a
predecessor of the Company or an Affiliate) subject to any other incentive
stock option (within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code) of the Company and
its Affiliates (or a predecessor corporation of any such corporation), that may
become first exercisable in any calendar year, shall not (with respect to any
Optionee) exceed $100,000, determined as of the date the Incentive Option is
granted. For purposes of this Section 16, "predecessor corporation" means a
corporation that was a party to a transaction described in Section 424(a) of
the Code (or which would be so described if a substitution or assumption under
such section had been effected) with the Company, or a corporation which, at
the time the new incentive stock option (within the meaning of Section 422 of
the Code) is granted, is an Affiliate of the Company or a predecessor
corporation of any such corporations.
17. MODIFICATION OF OPTIONS
Subject to the terms and conditions of and within the limitations of
the Plan, the Committee may modify, extend or renew outstanding Options granted
under the Plan, or accept the surrender of Options outstanding hereunder (to
the extent not theretofore exercised) and authorize the granting of new Options
hereunder in substitution therefor (to the extent not theretofore exercised).
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 17, no modification of
an Option granted hereunder shall, without the consent of the Optionee, alter
or impair any rights or obligations under any Option theretofore granted
hereunder to such Optionee under the Plan, except as may be necessary, with
respect to Incentive Options, to satisfy the requirements of Section 422 of the
Code.
18. AGREEMENT PROVISIONS
(a) Each Agreement shall contain such provisions (including, without
limitation, restrictions or the removal of restrictions upon the exercise of
the Option and the transfer of shares thereby acquired) as the Committee shall
deem advisable. Each Agreement shall identify the Option evidenced thereby as
an Incentive Option or Nonqualified Option, as the case may be. Incentive
Options and Nonqualified Options may not both be covered by a single Agreement.
Each such Agreement relating to Incentive Options granted hereunder shall
contain such limitations and restrictions upon the exercise of the Incentive
Option as shall be necessary for the Incentive Option to which such Agreement
related to constitute an incentive stock option, as defined in Section 422 of
the Code.
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(b) The Plan shall be annexed to each Agreement and each Agreement
shall recite that it is subject to the Plan and that the Plan shall govern
where there is any inconsistency between the Plan and the Agreement.
(c) Each Agreement shall contain an agreement and covenant by the
Optionee, in such form as the Committee may require in its discretion, that he
consents to and will take whatever affirmative actions are required, in the
opinion of the Board or Committee, to enable the Company or appropriate
Affiliate to satisfy its Federal income tax and FICA withholding obligations.
An Agreement may contain such provisions as the Committee deems appropriate to
enable the Company or its Affiliates to satisfy such withholding obligations,
including provisions permitting the Company, on exercise of an Option, to
withhold Shares otherwise issuable to the Optionee exercising the Option to
satisfy the applicable withholding obligations.
(d) Each Agreement relating to an Incentive Option shall contain a
covenant by the Optionee immediately to notify the Company in writing of any
disqualifying disposition (within the meaning of section 421(b) of the Code) of
an Incentive Option.
19. RESTRICTED STOCK
(a) Shares of Restricted Stock may be awarded by the Committee to such
individuals as are eligible for grants of Options, as the Committee may
determine at any time and from time to time before the termination of the Plan.
The total number of Shares of Restricted Stock awarded to any one person,
including directors of the Company, when aggregated with the number of Shares
subject to Options in favor of such person, shall not exceed shall not exceed
706,513 Shares.
(b) A Share of Restricted Stock is a Share that does not irrevocably
vest in the holder or that may not be sold, exchanged, pledged, transferred,
assigned or otherwise encumbered or disposed of until the terms and conditions
set by the Committee at the time of the award of the Restricted Stock have been
satisfied. A Share of Restricted Stock shall be subject to a minimum three-year
vesting period and shall contain such other restrictions, terms and conditions
as the Committee may establish, which may include, without limitation, the
rendition of services to the Company or its Affiliates for a specified time or
the achievement of specific goals. The Committee may, when it deems it
appropriate, require the recipient of an award of Restricted Stock to enter
into an agreement with the Company evidencing the understanding of the parties
with respect to such award.
If an individual receives Shares of Restricted Stock, whether or not
escrowed as provided below, the individual shall be the record owner of such
Shares and shall have all the rights of a stockholder with respect to such
Shares (unless the escrow agreement, if any, specifically provides otherwise),
including the right to vote and the right to receive dividends or other
distributions made or paid with respect to such Shares. Any certificate or
certificates representing Shares of Restricted Stock shall bear a legend
similar to the following:
THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE BEEN ISSUED
PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THE CENTEX CORPORATION 1987 STOCK OPTION PLAN
AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, PLEDGED, TRANSFERRED, ASSIGNED OR OTHERWISE
ENCUMBERED IN ANY MANNER EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN THE TERMS OF SUCH
AWARD DATED , 19 .
In order to enforce the restrictions, terms and conditions that may be
applicable to an individual's Shares of Restricted Stock, the Committee may
require the individual, upon the receipt of a certificate or certificates
representing such Shares, or at any time thereafter, to deposit such
certificate or certificates, together with stock powers and other instruments
of transfer, appropriately endorsed in blank, with the Company or an escrow
agent designated by the Company under an escrow agreement in such form as shall
be determined by the Committee.
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After the satisfaction of the terms and conditions set by the
Committee at the time of an award of Restricted Stock to an individual, which
award is not subject to a non-lapse feature, a new certificate, without the
legend set forth above, for the number of Shares that are no longer subject to
such restrictions, terms and conditions shall be delivered to the individual.
If an individual to whom Restricted Stock has been awarded dies after
satisfaction of the terms and conditions for the payment of all or a portion of
the award but prior to the actual payment of all or such portion thereof, such
payment shall be made to the individual's beneficiary or beneficiaries at the
time and in the same manner that such payment would have been made to the
individual.
The Committee may cancel all or any portion of any outstanding
restrictions prior to the expiration of such restrictions with respect to any
or all of the Shares of Restricted Stock awarded to an individual hereunder
only upon the individual's death, disability or retirement on or after the
earlier of (i) age 65 or (ii) such time as the sum of the individual's age and
years of service equals 70, provided such individual is at least 55. With
respect to the occurrence of any event specified in the last paragraph of
Section 12, the restrictions, if any, applicable to any outstanding Shares
awarded as Restricted Stock shall lapse immediately prior to the occurrence of
the event.
(c) Subject to the provisions of subsection 19(b) above, if an
individual to whom Restricted Stock has been awarded ceases to be employed by
at least one of the employers in the group of employers consisting of the
Company and its Affiliates, or ceases to be a director of the Company,
whichever may occur later, for any reason prior to the satisfaction of any
terms and conditions of an award, any Restricted Stock remaining subject to
restrictions shall thereupon be forfeited by the individual and transferred to,
and reacquired by, the Company or an Affiliate at no cost to the Company or the
Affiliate. In such event, the individual, or in the event of his death, his
personal representative, shall forthwith deliver to the Secretary of the
Company the certificates for the Shares of Restricted Stock remaining subject
to such restrictions, accompanied by such instruments of transfer, if any, as
may reasonably be required by the Secretary of the Company.
(d) In case of any consolidation or merger of another corporation into
the Company in which the Company is the surviving corporation and in which
there is a reclassification or change (including a change to the right to
receive cash or other property) of the Shares (other than a change in par
value, or from par value to no par value, or as a result of a subdivision or
combination, but including any change in such shares into two or more classes
or series of shares), the Committee may provide that payment of Restricted
Stock shall take the form of the kind and amount of shares of stock and other
securities (including those of any new direct or indirect parent of the
Company), property, cash or any combination thereof receivable upon such
reclassification, change, consolidation or merger.
20. GENERAL
(a) The proceeds received by the Company from the sale of Shares
pursuant to Options shall be used for general corporate purposes.
(b) Nothing contained in the Plan, or in any Agreement, shall confer
upon any Optionee or recipient of Restricted Stock the right to continue in the
employ of the Company or any Affiliate, or interfere in any way with the rights
of the Company or any Affiliate to terminate his employment at any time.
(c) Neither the members of the Board nor any member of the Committee
shall be liable for any act, omission, or determination taken or made in good
faith with respect to the Plan or any Option or Restricted Stock granted under
it; and the members of the Board and the Committee shall be entitled to
indemnification and reimbursement by the Company in respect of any claim, loss,
damage or expense (including counsel fees) arising therefrom to the full extent
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permitted by law and under any directors and officers liability or similar
insurance coverage that may be in effect from time to time.
(d) As partial consideration for the granting of each Option or award
of Restricted Stock hereunder, the Optionee or recipient shall agree with the
Company that he will keep confidential all information and knowledge which he
has relating to the manner and amount of his participation in the Plan;
provided, however, that such information may be disclosed as required by law or
given in confidence to the individual's spouse, tax or financial advisors, or
to a financial institution to the extent that such information is necessary to
secure a loan. In the event any breach of this promise comes to the attention
of the Committee, it shall take into consideration such breach, in determining
whether to grant any future Option or award any future Restricted Stock to such
individual, as a factor militating against the advisability of granting any
such future Option or awarding any such future Restricted Stock to such
individual.
(e) Participation in the Plan shall not preclude an individual from
eligibility in any other stock option plan of the Company or any Affiliate or
any old age benefit, insurance, pension, profit sharing, retirement, bonus, or
other extra compensation plans which the Company or any Affiliate has adopted,
or may, at any time, adopt for the benefit of its employees or directors.
(f) Any payment of cash or any issuance or transfer of Shares to the
Optionee, or to his legal representative, heir, legatee, or distributee, in
accordance with the provisions hereof, shall, to the extent thereof, be in full
satisfaction of all claims of such persons hereunder. The Board or Committee
may require any Optionee, legal representative, heir, legatee, or distributee,
as a condition precedent to such payment, to execute a release and receipt
therefor in such form as it shall determine.
(g) Neither the Committee nor the Board nor the Company guarantees the
Shares from loss or depreciation.
(h) All expenses incident to the administration, termination, or
protection of the Plan, including, but not limited to, legal and accounting
fees, shall be paid by the Company or its Affiliates.
(i) Records of the Company and its Affiliates regarding an
individual's period of employment, termination of employment and the reason
therefor, leaves of absence, re-employment, tenure as a director and other
matters shall be conclusive for all purposes hereunder, unless determined by
the Board or Committee to be incorrect.
(j) The Company and its Affiliates shall, upon request or as may be
specifically required hereunder, furnish or cause to be furnished, all of the
information or documentation which is necessary or required by the Board or
Committee to perform its duties and functions under the Plan.
(k) The Company assumes no obligation or responsibility to an Optionee
or recipient of Restricted Stock or his personal representatives, heirs,
legatees, or distributees for any act of, or failure to act on the part of, the
Board or Committee.
(l) Any action required of the Company shall be by resolution of its
Board or by a person authorized to act by resolution of the Board. Any action
required of the Committee shall be by resolution of the Committee or by a
person authorized to act by resolution of the Committee.
(m) If any provision of this Plan or any Agreement is held to be
illegal or invalid for any reason, the illegality or invalidity shall not
affect the remaining provisions of the Plan or the Agreement, as the case may
be, but such provision shall be fully severable and the Plan or the Agreement,
as the case may be, shall be construed and enforced as if the illegal or
invalid provision had never been included herein or therein.
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(n) Whenever any notice is required or permitted hereunder, such
notice must be in writing and personally delivered or sent by mail. Any notice
required or permitted to be delivered hereunder shall be deemed to be delivered
on the date on which it is personally delivered, or, whether actually received
or not, on the third business day after it is deposited in the United States
mail, certified or registered, postage prepaid, addressed to the person who is
to receive it at the address which such person has theretofore specified by
written notice delivered in accordance herewith. The Company, an Optionee or a
recipient of Restricted Stock may change, at any time and from time to time, by
written notice to the other, the address which it or he had theretofore
specified for receiving notices. Until changed in accordance herewith, the
Company and each Optionee and recipient of Restricted Stock shall specify as
its and his address for receiving notices the address set forth in the
Agreement pertaining to the shares of Stock to which such notice relates.
(o) Any person entitled to notice hereunder may waive such notice.
(p) The Plan shall be binding upon the Optionee or recipient of
Restricted Stock, his heirs, legatees, and legal representatives, upon the
Company, its successors, and assigns, and upon the Board and Committee, and
their successors.
(q) The titles and headings of Sections and paragraphs are included
for convenience of reference only and are not to be considered in construction
of the provisions hereof.
(r) All questions arising with respect to the provisions of the Plan
shall be determined by application of the laws of the State of Nevada except to
the extent Nevada law is preempted by federal law. The obligation of the
Company to sell and deliver Shares hereunder is subject to applicable laws and
to the approval of any governmental authority required in connection with the
authorization, issuance, sale, or delivery of such Shares.
(s) Words used in the masculine shall apply to the feminine where
applicable, and wherever the context of this Plan dictates, the plural shall be
read as the singular and the singular as the plural.
21. WITHHOLDING TAXES
Federal, state, or local law may require the withholding of taxes
applicable to gains resulting from the exercise of Nonqualified Options granted
hereunder. Unless otherwise prohibited by the Committee, each participant may
satisfy any such withholding tax obligation by electing (i) to tender a cash
payment to the Company, (ii) to authorize the Company to withhold from the
shares of stock of the Company otherwise issuable to the participant as a
result of the exercise of the Nonqualified Option a number of shares having a
fair market value, as of the date the withholding tax obligation arises, equal
to the withholding obligations, or, at the election of the participant, up to
the maximum of taxes due (the "Share Withholding Alternative"), (iii) to
deliver to the Company previously acquired shares of common stock of the
Company having a fair market value, as of the date the withholding tax
obligation arises, equal to the amount to be withheld, or at the election of
the participant, up to the maximum of taxes due, or (iv) any combination of the
foregoing, provided the combination permits the payment of all withholding
taxes attributable to the exercise of the Nonqualified Option. A Participant's
election to pay the withholding tax obligation must be made in writing
delivered to the Company before the time of exercise, or simultaneously with
the exercise, of such Participant's Nonqualified Option. A valid and binding
written election of the Share Withholding Alternative shall be irrevocable. A
participant's failure to elect a withholding alternative prior to the time such
election is required to be made shall be deemed to be an election to pay the
withholding tax by tendering a cash payment to the Company. For purposes of
this Section 21, the fair market value of the shares used to pay withholding
taxes is the mean between the highest and lowest price quoted on the New York
Stock Exchange for one share of common stock of the Company on the Tax Date.
Also, as used in this Section 21, "Tax Date" shall mean the date on which a
withholding tax obligation arises in
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connection with an exercise of a nonqualified stock option, which date shall be
presumed to be the date of exercise, unless shares subject to a substantial
risk of forfeiture (as defined in section 83(c)(1) or (c)(3) of the Code) are
issuable on exercise of the option and the participant does not make a timely
election under section 83(b) of the Code with respect thereto, in which case
the Tax Date for such shares is the date on which the substantial risk of
forfeiture lapses. Fractional shares remaining after payment of the withholding
taxes shall be paid to the participant in cash.
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