EXHIBIT 10(I)
LINDSAY MANUFACTURING CO.
AMENDED AND RESTATED
2001 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
The Lindsay Manufacturing Co. 2001 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the
"Plan"), as originally adopted by the Board of Directors of Lindsay
Manufacturing Co. as of the 18th day of December, 2000, and approved by the
shareholders of the Company on January 30, 2001 (the "Original Plan"), is hereby
amended and restated in its entirety as provided herein by this Amended and
Restated 2001 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the "Plan") as of the 27th day of July,
2001.
ARTICLE I
PURPOSE
SECTION 1.01. OFFICERS AND KEY EMPLOYEES. The Plan is intended to
advance the interests of Lindsay Manufacturing Co., its shareholders and its
subsidiaries by attracting, retaining and stimulating the performance of
officers and other key employees upon whose judgment, initiative and effort
Lindsay Manufacturing Co. is largely dependent for the successful conduct of its
business, and to encourage and enable such officers and other key employees
("Employee Participants") to acquire and retain a proprietary interest in
Lindsay Manufacturing Co. by ownership of its stock. Options granted may, if so
intended by the Committee, be Incentive Stock Options designed to meet the
requirements of Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
SECTION 1.02. NONEMPLOYEE DIRECTORS. The Plan is also intended to
promote the interests of Lindsay Manufacturing Co. by offering nonemployee
members of the Board of Directors ("Director Participants") of the Company the
opportunity to receive Nonqualified Stock Options to provide them with
significant incentives to remain in the service of the Company. Only
Nonqualified Stock Options will be granted to Director Participants under this
Plan.
ARTICLE II
DEFINITIONS
"Automatic Grant Date" shall be September 3 of each year, beginning
with September 3, 2001, provided, that in the event the Common Stock is not sold
in the regular way on the New York Stock Exchange or other national securities
exchange or on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated
Quotation System ("NASDAQ") on September 3 of a particular year, the Automatic
Grant Date shall be the first preceding day on which there were such sales.
Automatic Grant as used in the Plan shall mean the automatic grant which occurs
on the Automatic Grant Date.
"Award" means a grant of an Incentive Stock Option, Nonqualified Stock
Option, Restricted Stock, SAR or Performance Award under this Plan.
"Board" means the Board of Directors of the Company.
"Change in Control" shall mean any one of the following events: (a) a
dissolution or liquidation of the Company, (b) a sale of substantially all of
the assets of the Company, (c) a merger or combination involving the Company
after which the owners of Common Stock of the Company immediately prior to the
merger or combination own less than 50% of the outstanding shares of common
stock of the surviving corporation, or (d) the acquisition of more than 50% of
the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company, whether by tender offer
or otherwise, by any "person" (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) other than a trustee or other fiduciary
holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company. The decision
of the Committee as to whether a Change in Control has occurred shall be
conclusive and binding.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to
time.
"Committee" means the Compensation Committee of the Board; provided
that the Committee is intended to consist solely of persons who, at the time of
their appointment, each qualified as a "Non-Employee Director" under Rule
16b-3(b)(3)(i) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and, to the
extent that relief from the limitation of Section 162(m) of the Code is sought,
as an "Outside Director" under Section 1.162-27(e)(3)(i) of the Treasury
Regulations issued under Section 162 of the Code.
"Common Stock" means the Company's $1.00 par value common stock.
"Company" means Lindsay Manufacturing Co., a Delaware corporation.
"Date of Grant" means the date on which an Award is granted under the
Plan to an Employee Participant or Director Participant.
"Director Participant" means a Director who is not an employee of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries to whom a Nonqualified Stock Option, which
has not expired, has been granted under the Plan.
"Employee Participant" means an officer or key employee (or any person
who agrees to become an officer or key employee) of the Company or its
Subsidiaries to whom an Award, which has not expired, has been granted under the
Plan.
"Fair Market Value" means the last price per share at which the Common
Stock is sold in the regular way on the New York Stock Exchange or other
national securities exchange or NASDAQ on the Date of Grant or, in the absence
of any reported sales on such day, the first preceding day on which there were
such sales.
"Incentive Stock Option" means a stock option granted to an Employee
Participant under the Plan which is intended to meet the requirements of Section
422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
"Long-Term Incentive Plan Agreement" means an agreement between the
Company and an Employee Participant or Director Participant under which the
Participant may receive an Award under this Plan.
"Nonqualified Stock Option" means a stock option granted to either an
Employee Participant or Director Participant that is not intended to meet the
requirements of Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
"Option" means a Nonqualified Stock Option or an Incentive Stock Option
granted under the Plan.
"Options" when granted to Director Participants under the Plan shall
be limited to a Nonqualified Stock Options received on an Automatic Grant Date.
"Performance Award" means a grant of Restricted Stock, SARs, cash
payments or stock awards which are contingent on the achievement of performance
or other objectives during a specified period.
"Period of Restriction" means the period starting from the Date of
Grant, during which the transfer of shares of Restricted Stock is restricted
pursuant to Article VIII of this Plan, or other such period that may be assigned
to any Options granted under the Plan.
"Plan" means the Lindsay Manufacturing Co. 2001 Long-Term Incentive
Plan.
"Restricted Stock" means Common Stock granted to an Employee
Participant pursuant to Article VIII of this Plan.
"Serious Misconduct" means embezzlement or misappropriation of
corporate funds, other acts of dishonesty, significant activities harmful to the
reputation of the Company or its Subsidiaries, a significant violation of
Company or Subsidiary policy, willful refusal to perform or substantial
disregard of the duties properly assigned to the Employee or Director
Participant, or a significant violation of any contractual, statutory or common
law duty of loyalty to the Company or its Subsidiaries.
"Stock Appreciation Right" or "SAR" is the right of an Employee
Participant to receive, without payment to the Company, a number of shares of
Common Stock, cash or any combination thereof, the amount of which is determined
pursuant to the formula set forth in Article VII.
"Subsidiary" or "Subsidiaries" means a subsidiary corporation or
corporations of the Company as defined in Section 424 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986.
ARTICLE III
PARTICIPANTS
SECTION 3.01. EMPLOYEE PARTICIPANTS. The Committee may grant Restricted
Stock, Options, or SARs to Employee Participants as it shall determine in its
sole discretion from time to time in accordance with the terms and conditions of
the Plan.
SECTION 3.02. DIRECTOR PARTICIPANTS. Automatic grants of Nonqualified
Stock Options will be granted to each person who, on or after September 3, 2001,
is or becomes a Director Participant as provided in Section 6.02 hereof.
ARTICLE IV
ADMINISTRATION
SECTION 4.01. COMMITTEE. The Plan shall be administered by the
Committee. Subject to the express provisions of the Plan, the Committee shall
have sole discretion and authority to determine, from among eligible officers
and other key employees (or persons who agree to become officers or key
employees) those to whom and the time or times at which Awards may be granted to
any Employee Participants and the number of shares of Restricted Stock that may
be awarded or the number of shares of Common Stock to be subject to each Option
or SAR. Subject to the express provisions of the Plan, the Committee shall also
have complete authority to interpret the Plan, to prescribe, amend, and rescind
rules and regulations relating to it, to determine the details and provisions of
each Long-Term Incentive Plan Agreement, and to make all the determinations
necessary or advisable in the administration of the Plan as it relates to
Employee and Director Participants. All such actions and determinations by the
Committee shall be conclusively binding for all purposes and upon all persons.
SECTION 4.02. MAJORITY RULE. A majority of the members of the Committee
shall constitute a quorum, and any action taken by a majority present at a
meeting at which a quorum is present or any action taken without a meeting
evidenced by a writing executed by a majority of the whole Committee shall
constitute the action of the Committee.
SECTION 4.03. COMPANY ASSISTANCE. The Company shall supply full and
timely information to the Committee on all matters relating to eligible
employees, their employment, death, retirement, disability or other termination
of employment, and such other pertinent facts as the Committee may require. The
Company shall furnish the Committee with such clerical and other assistance as
is necessary in the performance of its duties.
ARTICLE V
SHARES OF STOCK SUBJECT TO PLAN
SECTION 5.01. LIMITATIONS; AGGREGATE. Subject to adjustment pursuant to
the provisions of Section 5.04 hereof, the number of shares of Common Stock
which may be issued to Employee and Director Participants hereunder shall be
900,000 shares of Common Stock. All such shares may be issued pursuant to
Incentive Stock Options. No more than 180,000 shares of Common Stock may be
issued to Employee Participants other than as Options having an exercise price
of not less than the Fair Market Value of the underlying shares. Such shares may
be either authorized but unissued shares, shares issued and reacquired by the
Company or shares bought on the market for the purposes of the Plan. Automatic
awards of Nonqualified Stock Options to Director Participants shall be counted
for purposes of the limitations in this Section 5.01. The number of shares of
Common Stock which may be issued to Employee Participants and Director
Participants hereunder shall not be increased (except as provided for in Section
5.04 hereto) without the approval of the Company's stockholders. Notwithstanding
the foregoing limitations, shares of Common Stock which are again available for
grant pursuant to Section 5.03 of this Plan shall not be counted for purposes of
the limitations in this Section 5.01.
SECTION 5.02. LIMITATIONS; INDIVIDUAL. No Employee Participant or
Director Participant may receive an Award under this Plan if such Award results
in the Employee Participant or Director Participant receiving an Option or
Restricted Stock of more than 350,000 shares of Common Stock during any rolling
36-month period. No Employee Participant or Director Participant may receive any
cash awards under this Plan in excess of $5,000,000 in any rolling 36-month
period.
SECTION 5.03. RESTRICTED STOCK AND OPTIONS GRANTED UNDER PLAN. Shares
of Common Stock with respect to which Restricted Stock shall have vested or
Options granted to Employee Participants or Nonqualified Stock Options granted
to Director Participants hereunder that have been exercised shall not again be
available for grant hereunder; provided, however, that shares of Common Stock
exercised and immediately surrendered to the Company as payment of the exercise
price or applicable taxes may again be available for grant hereunder. If
Restricted Stock or an Option granted to Employee Participants or Nonqualified
Stock Options granted to Director Participants hereunder (or such awards which
are outstanding as of December 1, 2000 under the Company's Amended and Restated
1988 and 1991 Long-Term Incentive Plans or the stock options for 350,000 shares
of Common Stock granted to Richard W. Parod on March 8, 2000) shall terminate
for any reason without being wholly vested or exercised, the number of shares to
which such Restricted Stock or Option termination relates shall again be
available for grant hereunder.
SECTION 5.04. ANTIDILUTION. In the event that the outstanding shares of
Common Stock hereafter are changed into or exchanged for a different number or
kind of shares or other securities of the Company or of another corporation by
reason of merger, consolidation, other reorganization, recapitalization,
reclassification, combination of shares, stock split-up, or stock dividend, or
in the event that there should be any other stock splits, stock dividends or
other relevant changes in capitalization occurring after the effective date of
this Plan:
(a) The aggregate number and kind of Restricted Stock and shares
subject to Options or other Awards which may be granted hereunder shall
be adjusted appropriately; and
(b) Rights under outstanding Restricted Stock and Options or other
Awards granted to Employee Participants or Nonqualified Stock Options
granted to Director Participants hereunder, both as to the number of
subject shares and the Option price, shall be adjusted appropriately.
Where dissolution or liquidation of the Company or any merger or
combination in which the Company is not a surviving corporation is involved,
each outstanding Restricted Stock award and Option granted hereunder shall
terminate, but the Employee Participant and Director Participant shall have the
right, immediately prior to such dissolution, liquidation, merger, or
combination, to receive the Common Stock or to exercise any Option in whole or
in part, to the extent that it shall not have been exercised, without regard to
any vesting restriction or installment exercise provisions.
The foregoing adjustments and the manner of application of the
foregoing provisions shall be determined solely by the Committee, and any such
adjustment may provide for the elimination of fractional share interests.
ARTICLE VI
OPTIONS
SECTION 6.01. OPTION GRANT AND AGREEMENT, EMPLOYEE PARTICIPANTS. Each
Option granted hereunder to an Employee Participant shall be evidenced by
minutes of a meeting or the written consent
of the Committee and by a written Long-Term Incentive Plan Agreement dated as of
the Date of Grant and executed by the Company and the Employee Participant. The
Long-Term Incentive Plan Agreement shall set forth such terms and conditions as
may be determined by the Committee to be consistent with the Plan, but may
include additional provisions and restrictions, provided that they are not
inconsistent with the Plan.
SECTION 6.02. AUTOMATIC OPTION GRANT AND AGREEMENT, DIRECTOR
PARTICIPANTS.
(a) A Director Participant who was not a Director on September 3,
2000 will be granted a Nonqualified Stock Option to purchase 25,312
shares of Common Stock as of the Automatic Grant Date first occurring
after he or she is first appointed or elected to the Board of
Directors. All such Nonqualified Stock Options shall have an exercise
price equal to the Fair Market Value per share as of the applicable
Automatic Grant Date.
(b) Director Participants as of each Automatic Grant Date after
the first Automatic Grant Date on which a Director Participant receives
a grant pursuant to Section 6.02(a) or under the Lindsay Manufacturing
Co. Amended and Restated 1991 Long-Term Incentive Plan will be granted
a Nonqualified Stock Option to purchase 5,062 shares of Common Stock.
All such Nonqualified Stock Options shall have an exercise price equal
to the Fair Market Value per share as of the applicable Automatic Grant
Date.
(c) Nonqualified Stock Options granted hereunder shall be
evidenced by a written Long-Term Incentive Plan Agreement dated as of
the Automatic Grant Date and executed by the Company and the Director
Participant. The Long-Term Incentive Plan Agreement shall set forth
such terms and conditions as consistent with the Plan, but may include
additional provisions and restrictions, provided that they are not
inconsistent with the Plan.
SECTION 6.03. EXERCISE PRICE.
(a) The exercise price per share for all Options issued under the
Plan shall be determined by the Committee in its discretion, and may be
at, below or above the Fair Market Value except that:
(i) the exercise price of any Incentive Stock Option shall
equal or exceed the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock as of
the Date of Grant;
(ii) the exercise price for any Incentive Stock Option
granted to a "10% owner" (as defined in Article IX) shall be
determined as provided in Article IX(a) hereof; and
(iii) the exercise price of any Nonqualified Stock Option
granted to a Director Participant shall be the Fair Market Value
as of the applicable Automatic Grant Date.
(b) The Committee shall not without the approval of the Company's
stockholders:
(i) reduce the exercise price of an Option; or
(ii) cancel or settle for cash or other consideration an
outstanding Option and grant a replacement Option at a lower
exercise price, with six months before or after the cancellation.
SECTION 6.04. OPTION PERIOD; EMPLOYEE PARTICIPANT. Options may be
granted to Employee Participants at any time after the effective date of the
Plan and prior to the termination of the Plan, provided that the period during
which each Option may be exercised shall be not later than 10 years from the
date such Option is granted; and provided further that Incentive Stock Options
granted to a "10% owner" (as defined in Article IX) must be exercised within
five years from the Date of Grant thereof. The period for the exercise of each
Option shall be determined by the Committee.
SECTION 6.05. OPTION PERIOD; DIRECTOR PARTICIPANTS. Nonqualified Stock
Options will be granted to Director Participants as provided in Section 6.02 on
each Automatic Grant Date occurring prior to termination of the Plan.
Nonqualified Stock Options may be exercised as provided for in 6.06(c). The
period during which each Nonqualified Stock Option may be exercised shall not be
later than 10 years from the Date of Grant thereof.
SECTION 6.06. OPTION EXERCISE BY DIRECTOR PARTICIPANT OR EMPLOYEE
PARTICIPANT.
(a) Options granted hereunder may not be exercised unless and
until the Employee Participant shall have been or remained in the
employ of the Company or its Subsidiaries, or Director Participant
shall have been or remained a Director of the Company, for six months
(or such longer time as may be established by the Committee) from and
after the Date of Grant, except as otherwise provided in the Plan.
(b) Options may be exercised in whole or part (but only with
respect to whole shares of Common Stock and only for a minimum of the
lesser of (i) 50 shares of Common Stock or (ii) all shares of Common
Stock which are then vested and eligible to be exercised) at any time
within the period permitted for the exercise thereof, and shall be
exercised by written notice of intent to exercise the Option delivered
to the Secretary of the Company at its principal executive offices.
(c) Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, Options granted
to a Director Participant pursuant to Section 6.02 will become
exercisable by him at the rate of 20% per year beginning on the first
anniversary of the applicable Automatic Grant Date and continuing at
the rate of 20% per year thereafter, subject to other provisions as
provided in the Plan.
(d) The Committee may impose such restrictions or conditions on
the exercise of any Option or on any shares of Common Stock acquired
pursuant to the exercise of an Option under this Plan as it may deem
advisable, including, without limitation, restrictions imposed by
applicable federal or state securities laws or the requirements of any
stock exchange on which such shares of Common Stock are then listed. In
that regard, the Committee may require as a condition to the exercise
of any Option that the exercising Employee Participant or Director
Participant (or his heirs, legatees, or legal representative, as the
case may be) deliver to the Company a written representation of present
intention to purchase the Common Stock for investment purposes only and
not with a view for distribution. In the event such representation is
required to be delivered, an appropriate legend may be placed upon each
certificate evidencing the Common Stock issued upon the exercise of
such Option.
SECTION 6.07. PAYMENT. The exercise price for shares of Common Stock
purchased upon exercise of Options by Employee Participants or Director
Participants shall be paid in cash, in shares of Common Stock of the Company
(not subject to limitations on transfer) valued at the then Fair Market Value of
such shares, in a combination of cash and Common Stock, or in any other manner
approved by the Committee. In addition to, and at the time of payment of, the
exercise price, Employee Participants and Director Participants shall pay to the
Company in cash or in Common Stock of the Company the minimum amount of all
federal and state withholding or other employment taxes applicable to the
taxable income resulting from such exercise which are required to be withheld.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no shares of Common Stock of the Company may be
used as payment of the exercise price of any Option or for withholding and other
employment taxes unless such shares have been owned by the Employee Participant
or Director Participant for at least 6 months prior to exercise of the Options.
SECTION 6.08. NONTRANSFERABILITY OF OPTION. No Option shall be
transferred by an Employee Participant or Director Participant otherwise than by
will or the laws of descent and distribution or designation of a beneficiary in
a form acceptable to the Committee. During the lifetime of an Employee
Participant or Director Participant the Option shall be exercisable only by him,
or, in the case of an Employee Participant or Director Participant who is
mentally incapacitated, the Option shall be exercisable by his guardian or legal
representative. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may approve certain
transfers of Nonqualified Stock Options to a family member or trust benefiting a
family member of an Employee Participant or Director Participant.
SECTION 6.09. EFFECT OF DEATH OR OTHER TERMINATION OF EMPLOYEE
PARTICIPANT.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section 6.09, if, prior
to a date six months from the Date of Grant of an Option (or such
longer time as may be established by the Committee), an Employee
Participant's employment with the Company and its Subsidiaries shall be
terminated by the Company or Subsidiary for any reason, or by the act
of the Employee Participant, the Employee Participant's right to
exercise such Option shall terminate and all rights thereunder shall
cease, unless otherwise determined by the Committee.
(b) If, on or after six months from the Date of Grant of an Option
(or such longer time as may be established by the Committee), an
Employee Participant's employment with the Company or its Subsidiaries
shall be terminated for any reason other than death, retirement,
permanent and total disability or serious misconduct, the Employee
Participant shall have the right, during the period ending upon the
shorter of 60 days after such termination or the remaining time
available under the Option, to exercise such Option to the extent that
it was exercisable at the date of such termination of employment and
shall not have been exercised, unless otherwise determined by the
Committee.
(c) If an Employee Participant shall die while in the employ of
the Company or its Subsidiaries or within 60 days after termination of
such employment, the executor or administrator of the estate of the
decedent or the person or persons to whom an Option granted hereunder
shall have been validly transferred by the executor or the
administrator pursuant to will or the laws of descent and distribution
or pursuant to a proper designation of beneficiary by the Employee
Participant shall have the right, during the period ending upon the
shorter of one year after the date of the Employee Participant's death
or the remaining time available under the Option, to exercise the
Employee Participant's Option to the extent that it was exercisable at
the date of death and shall not have been exercised, unless otherwise
determined by the Committee.
(d) If an Employee Participant shall retire after attaining age 65
or become permanently and totally disabled while in the employ of the
Company, the Employee Participant (or in the case of an Employee
Participant who is mentally incapacitated, his guardian or legal
representative) shall have the right, during a period ending upon the
shorter of one year after such retirement or permanent and total
disability or the remaining time available under the Option, to
exercise such Option to the extent that it was exercisable at the date
of termination of employment due to retirement or permanent and total
disability and shall not have been exercised, unless otherwise
determined by the Committee.
(e) If an Employee Participant's employment with the Company or
its Subsidiaries shall be terminated by the Company or a Subsidiary for
Serious Misconduct, the Employee Participant's right to exercise any
Option shall immediately terminate and all rights thereunder shall
cease, unless otherwise determined by the Committee.
(f) No transfer of an Option by an Employee Participant shall be
effective to bind the Company unless the Company shall have been
furnished with written notice thereof and such other evidence as the
Committee may reasonably deem necessary to establish the validity of
the transfer and the acceptance by the transferee or transferees of the
terms and conditions of such Option.
SECTION 6.10. EFFECT OF DEATH OR OTHER TERMINATION OF DIRECTOR
PARTICIPANT.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section 6.10 and Section
11.04, if, prior to a date six months from an Automatic Grant Date
relating to any Nonqualified Stock Option, a Director Participant
ceases to be a member of the Company's Board of Directors for any
reason, the Director Participant's right to exercise such Nonqualified
Stock Option shall terminate and all rights thereunder shall cease,
unless otherwise determined by the Committee.
(b) If, on or after six months from an Automatic Grant Date
relating to any Nonqualified Stock Option, a Director Participant
ceases to be a member of the Company's Board of Directors for any
reason other than death, retirement, permanent and total disability or
serious misconduct, the Director Participant shall have the right,
during the period ending upon the shorter of 60 days after such
termination or the remaining time available under the Nonqualified
Stock Option, to exercise such Nonqualified Stock Option to the extent
that it was exercisable at the date of such cessation of membership and
shall not have been exercised, unless otherwise determined by the
Committee.
(c) If a Director Participant shall die while a Director of the
Company or within 60 days after termination as a Director of the
Company, the executor or administrator of the estate of the decedent or
the person or persons to whom any Nonqualified Stock Option granted
hereunder shall have been validly transferred by the executor or the
administrator pursuant to will or the laws of descent and distribution
or pursuant to a proper designation of beneficiary by the Director
Participant shall have the right, during the period ending upon the
shorter of one year after the date of the Director Participant's death
or the remaining time available under the Nonqualified Stock Option, to
exercise any Nonqualified Stock Option to the extent that it was
exercisable at the date of death and shall not have been exercised,
unless otherwise determined by the Committee.
(d) If a Director Participant shall retire after attaining age 70
or become permanently and totally disabled while a Director of the
Company, the Director Participant (or in the case of a
Director Participant who becomes mentally incapacitated, his guardian
or legal representative) shall have the right, during the period
ending upon the shorter of one year after such retirement or permanent
and total disability or the remaining time available under the
Nonqualified Stock Option, to exercise such Option to the extent that
it was exercisable at the date of termination as a Director due to
retirement or permanent and total disability, and shall not have been
exercised, unless otherwise determined by the Committee.
(e) If a Director Participant's membership on the Board of
Directors shall be terminated by the Company for Serious Misconduct,
the Director Participant's right to exercise any Nonqualified Stock
Option shall immediately terminate and all rights thereunder shall
cease, unless otherwise determined by the Committee.
(f) No transfer of a Nonqualified Stock Option by a Director
Participant shall be effective to bind the Company unless the Company
shall have been furnished with written notice thereof and such other
evidence as the Committee may deem necessary to establish the validity
of the transfer and the acceptance by the transferee or transferees of
the terms and conditions of a Nonqualified Stock Option.
SECTION 6.11. RIGHTS AS SHAREHOLDER; EMPLOYEE PARTICIPANT. An Employee
Participant or a transferee of an Option shall have no rights as a shareholder
with respect to any shares subject to such Option prior to the purchase of such
shares by exercise of such Option as provided herein.
SECTION 6.12. RIGHTS AS SHAREHOLDER; DIRECTOR PARTICIPANT. A Director
Participant or a transferee of a Nonqualified Stock Option shall have no rights
as a shareholder with respect to any shares subject to such Nonqualified Stock
Option prior to the purchase of such shares by exercise of such Nonqualified
Stock Option as provided herein. Nothing contained herein or in any Long-Term
Incentive Plan Agreement shall be construed or interpreted so as to affect
adversely or otherwise impair the right to remove any Director Participant from
service on the Board of Directors of the Company at any time in accordance with
the provisions of applicable law.
ARTICLE VII
STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS
SECTION 7.01. SAR GRANTS. An SAR may be granted to Employee
Participants (a) with respect to any Option granted under this Plan, either
concurrently with the grant of such Option or at such later time as determined
by the Committee (as to all or any portion of the shares of Common Stock subject
to the Option), or (b) alone, without reference to any related Option. Each SAR
granted by the Committee under this Plan shall be subject to the terms and
conditions contained in this Article VIII.
SECTION 7.02. NUMBER. Each SAR granted to any Employee Participant
shall relate to such number of shares of Common Stock as shall be determined by
the Committee, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 5.04. In the case of
an SAR granted with respect to an Option, the number of shares of Common Stock
to which the SAR pertains shall be reduced in the same proportion that the
Employee Participant exercises the related Option.
SECTION 7.03. DURATION. Subject to earlier termination as provided in
Section 6.04 or 6.09(e), the term of each SAR shall be determined by the
Committee, but shall not exceed 10 years from the Date of Grant. Unless
otherwise provided by the Committee, each SAR shall become exercisable at such
time or times, to such extent and upon such conditions as the Option, if any, to
which it relates is exercisable.
No SAR may be exercised during the first six months of its term (or such longer
period as may be established by the Committee), unless otherwise determined by
the Board. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, the Committee may in
its discretion accelerate the exercisability of any SAR in the manner described
in Section 6.04.
SECTION 7.04. EXERCISE. An SAR may be exercised, in whole or in part,
by giving written notice to the Company, specifying the number of SARs which the
Employee Participant wishes to exercise. Upon receipt of such written notice,
the Company shall, within 90 days thereafter, deliver to the exercising Employee
Participant certificates for the shares of Common Stock or cash or both, as
determined by the Committee, to which the holder is entitled pursuant to Section
7.05.
SECTION 7.05. PAYMENT. Subject to the right of the Committee to deliver
cash in lieu of shares of Common Stock (which, as it pertains to officers of the
Company, shall comply with all requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, and regulations adopted thereunder), the number of shares of
Common Stock which shall be issuable upon the exercise of an SAR shall be
determined by dividing:
(a) the number of shares of Common Stock as to which the SAR is
exercised multiplied by the amount of the appreciation in such shares
(for this purpose, the "appreciation" shall be the amount by which the
Fair Market Value of the shares of Common Stock subject to the SAR on
the exercise date exceeds (i) in the case of an SAR related to an
option, the purchase price of the shares of Common Stock under the
Option or (ii) in the case of an SAR granted alone, without reference
to a related Option, an amount which shall be determined by the
Committee at the time of grant, subject to adjustment under Section
5.04); by
(b) the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the
exercise date.
In lieu of issuing only shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of a SAR, the
Committee may elect to pay the holder of the SAR cash or any combination of cash
or Common Stock equal to the Fair Market Value on the exercise date of any or
all of the shares which would otherwise be issuable. No fractional shares of
Common Stock shall be issued upon the exercise of an SAR; instead, the holder of
the SAR shall be entitled to receive a cash adjustment equal to the same
fraction of the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the exercise
date or to purchase the portion necessary to make a whole share at its Fair
Market Value on the date of exercise.
SECTION 7.06. EMPLOYMENT TAXES. The Company shall retain the minimum
required amount of all federal and state withholding or other employment taxes
applicable to the taxable income of the Employee Participant resulting from the
exercise of the SAR.
ARTICLE VIII
RESTRICTED STOCK
SECTION 8.01. GRANT OF RESTRICTED STOCK. The Committee, at any time and
from time to time, may grant shares of Restricted Stock under the Plan to such
Employee Participants and in such amounts as it shall determine. Each grant of
Restricted Stock shall be evidenced by minutes of a meeting or the written
consent of the Committee and by a written Long-Term Incentive Plan Agreement
dated as of the Date of Grant and executed by the Company and the Employee
Participant. The Long-Term Incentive Plan Agreement shall specify the Period(s)
of Restriction and the time or times at which such period(s) shall lapse with
respect to a specified number of shares of Restricted Stock and shall set forth
such other terms and conditions as may be determined by the Committee to be
consistent with the Plan, but may
include additional provisions and restrictions, provided that they are not
inconsistent with the Plan. The Periods of Restriction shall not exceed 10 years
from the Date of Grant of the Restricted Stock.
SECTION 8.02. NONTRANSFERABILITY. Except as provided in Section 8.08
hereof, the shares of Restricted Stock granted hereunder may not be sold,
transferred, pledged, assigned, or otherwise alienated or hypothecated for such
period of time as shall be specified in the Long-Term Incentive Plan Agreement,
or upon earlier satisfaction of other conditions as specified by the Committee
in its sole discretion and set forth in the Long-Term Incentive Plan Agreement.
SECTION 8.03. OTHER RESTRICTIONS. The provisions of Section 6.06(d)
shall be applicable to grants of Restricted Stock.
SECTION 8.04. VOTING RIGHTS. Employee Participants holding shares of
Restricted Stock granted hereunder may exercise full voting rights with respect
to those shares during the Period of Restriction.
SECTION 8.05. DIVIDENDS, STOCK SPLITS AND OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS. During
the Period of Restriction, Employee Participants holding shares of Restricted
Stock granted hereunder shall be entitled to receive all dividends, stock splits
and other distributions paid with respect to those shares while they are so
held. If any such dividends or distributions are paid in shares of Common Stock,
those shares shall be subject to the same restrictions on transferability as the
shares of Restricted Stock with respect to which they were paid.
SECTION 8.06. TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT DUE TO RETIREMENT. In the event
that an Employee Participant terminates his employment on or after his
sixty-fifth birthday, the Periods of Restriction applicable to the Restricted
Stock pursuant to Section 8.02 hereof shall lapse automatically and, except as
otherwise provided in Section 8.03, the shares of Restricted Stock shall thereby
be free of restrictions and freely transferable. In the event that an Employee
Participant terminates his employment with the Company or its Subsidiaries by
retiring prior to his sixty-fifth birthday, all shares of Restricted Stock shall
be forfeited and returned to the Company; provided, however, that the Committee
in its sole discretion may waive the restrictions remaining on any or all shares
of Restricted Stock.
SECTION 8.07. TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT DUE TO DEATH OR DISABILITY. In
the event an Employee Participant's employment with the Company or its
Subsidiaries terminates because of his death or permanent and total disability
during the Periods of Restriction, the restrictions applicable to the shares of
Restricted Stock pursuant to Section 8.02 hereof shall lapse automatically and
the shares of Restricted Stock shall thereby be free of restrictions and freely
transferable.
SECTION 8.08. TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT FOR REASONS OTHER THAN DEATH,
DISABILITY, OR RETIREMENT. In the event that an Employee Participant's
employment with the Company or its Subsidiaries is voluntarily terminated by the
Employee Participant for any reason other than those set forth in Section 8.06
and 8.07 during the Periods of Restriction, any shares of Restricted Stock still
subject to restrictions at the date of such termination automatically shall be
forfeited and returned to the Company. In the event of termination of the
employment of an Employee Participant by the Company other than a termination
for serious misconduct as defined in Section 6.09(e), the Committee in its sole
discretion may waive the automatic forfeiture of any or all Restricted Stock and
may waive any and all restrictions.
SECTION 8.09. EMPLOYMENT TAXES. The Company shall retain the minimum
required amount of all federal and state withholding or other employment taxes
applicable to the taxable income of the Employee Participant resulting from such
exercise.
ARTICLE IX
TEN-PERCENT OWNERS
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Plan, the following terms and
conditions shall apply to Incentive Stock Options granted hereunder to a "10%
owner." For this purpose, a "10% owner" shall mean an Employee Participant who,
at the time the Incentive Stock Option is granted, owns stock possessing more
than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the
Company or of any Subsidiary. With respect to a 10% owner:
(a) the price at which shares of stock may be purchased under an
Incentive Stock Option granted pursuant to this Plan shall be not less
than 110% of the Fair Market Value thereof; and
(b) the period during which any such Incentive Stock Option may
be exercised, to be fixed by the Committee in the manner described in
Section 6.04, above, shall expire not later than five years from the
date the Incentive Stock Option is granted.
ARTICLE X
ANNUAL LIMITS
Incentive Stock Options shall not be granted to any individual pursuant to this
Plan, the effect of which would be to permit such person to first exercise
Incentive Stock Options, in any calendar year, for the purchase of shares having
a Fair Market Value in excess of $100,000 (determined at the time of the grant
of the Incentive Stock Options). An Employee Participant hereunder may exercise
Incentive Stock Options for the purchase of shares valued in excess of $100,000
(determined at the time of grant of the Incentive Stock Options) in a calendar
year, but only if the right to exercise such Incentive Stock Options shall have
first become available in prior calendar years. Nothing in this Article X is
intended to prohibit an Employee Participant from exercising all of his
Incentive Stock Options which may be accelerated as a result of a Change in
Control.
ARTICLE XI
OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS
SECTION 11.01. INCENTIVE STOCK OPTIONS. Any Incentive Stock Option
granted hereunder shall contain such other and additional terms, not
inconsistent with the terms of this Plan, which are deemed necessary or
desirable by the Committee, which such terms, together with the terms of this
Plan, shall constitute such Incentive Stock Option as an "Incentive Stock
Option" within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code and lawful regulations
thereunder.
SECTION 11.02. PERFORMANCE AWARDS. The Committee may designate whether
any Performance Award to any Employee Participant is intended to be
"performance-based compensation" as that term is used in Section 162(m) of the
Code. Any such Performance Awards designated as intended to be
"performance-based compensation" shall be conditioned on the achievement of one
or more performance measures, to the extent required by Section 162(m) of the
Code. The performance measures that may be used by the Committee for such
Performance Awards shall be based on any one or more of the following, as
selected by the Committee: earnings per share and/or growth in earnings per
share in relation to target objectives, excluding the effect
of extraordinary or nonrecurring items; operating cash flow and/or growth in
operating cash flow in relation to target objectives; cash available in relation
to target objectives; net income and/or growth in net income in relation to
target objectives, excluding the effect of extraordinary or nonrecurring items;
revenue and/or growth in revenue in relation to target objectives; total
shareholder return (measured as the total of the appreciation of and dividends
declared on the Common Stock) in relation to target objectives; economic value
added; stock price; return on invested capital in relation to target objectives;
return on shareholder equity in relation to target objectives; return on assets
in relation to target objectives; and return on common book equity in relation
to target objectives.
If the Committee determines that, as a result of a change in the
business, operations, corporate structure or capital structure of the Company,
or the manner in which the Company conducts its business, or any other events or
circumstances, the Performance Goals are no longer suitable, the Committee may
in its discretion modify such Performance Goals or the related minimum
acceptable level of achievement, in whole or in part, with respect to a period
as the Committee deems appropriate and equitable. For Performance Awards and the
establishment of the performance measures shall be made during the period
required under Section 162(m) of the Code.
SECTION 11.03. DIVIDENDS AND DIVIDEND EQUIVALENTS. An Award may provide
an Employee Participant or Director Participant with the right to receive
dividend payments or dividend equivalent payments with respect to Common Stock
subject to the Award (both before and after the Common Stock subject to the
Award is earned, vested or acquired), which payments may be either made
currently or credited to an account for such Employee Participant or Director
Participant, and may be settled in cash or shares of Common Stock, as determined
by the Committee. Any such settlements, and any such crediting of dividends or
dividend equivalents or reinvestment in shares of Common Stock, may be subject
to such conditions, restrictions and contingencies as the Committee shall
establish, including the reinvestment of such credited amounts in shares of
Common Stock.
SECTION 11.04. CHANGE IN CONTROL. Notwithstanding any other provision
of this Plan to the contrary, all unvested or unexercisable Awards shall
automatically vest and become exercisable without further action by the Board or
Committee upon a Change in Control, except as may be otherwise provided in any
Long-Term Incentive Plan Agreement.
ARTICLE XII
STOCK CERTIFICATES
SECTION 12.01. CONDITIONS. The Company shall not be required to issue
or deliver any certificate for shares of Common Stock received pursuant to a
grant of Restricted Stock or other Award purchased upon the exercise of any
Option granted to Employee Participants or Nonqualified Stock Options granted to
Director Participants hereunder or any portion thereof prior to fulfillment of
all of the following conditions:
(a) The completion of any registration or other qualification of
such shares under any federal or state law or under the rulings or
regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other
governmental regulatory body, which the Committee shall in its sole
discretion deem necessary or advisable;
(b) The obtaining of any approval or other clearance from any
federal or state governmental agency which the Committee shall in its
sole discretion determine to be necessary or advisable;
(c) The lapse of such reasonable period of time following the
Period of Restriction or the exercise of the Option as the Committee
from time to time may establish for reasons of administrative
convenience;
(d) Satisfaction by the Employee Participant or Director
Participant of all applicable withholding taxes or other withholding
liabilities; and
(e) Specific requirements as provided for in Section 6.06(d).
SECTION 12.02. LEGENDS. The Company reserves the right to legend any
certificate for shares of Common Stock conditioning sales of such shares upon
compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws and regulations.
ARTICLE XIII
TERMINATION, AMENDMENT, AND MODIFICATION OF PLAN
The Board may at any time, upon recommendation of the Committee,
terminate, and may at any time and from time to time and in any respect amend or
modify, the Plan; provided, however, that no such action shall impair the rights
of any holder of an Award theretofore granted; and further provided, that no
such action of the Board or Committee without approval of the shareholders of
the Company may: (a) increase the total number of shares of Common Stock subject
to the Plan, except as contemplated in Sections 5.03 and 5.04 hereof or (b)
amend Sections 5.01 or 6.03 of this Plan.
No termination, amendment, or modification of the Plan shall in any
manner adversely affect any Restricted Stock or Option theretofore granted under
the Plan without the consent of the Employee Participant or Director Participant
holding such Restricted Stock or Option.
ARTICLE XIV
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 14.01. EMPLOYMENT OR BOARD MEMBERSHIP. Nothing in the Plan or
in any Award granted hereunder or in any Long-Term Incentive Plan Agreement
relating thereto shall confer upon any employee the right to continue in the
employ of the Company or any Subsidiary, or any Director the right to remain on
the Board of the Company.
SECTION 14.02. OTHER COMPENSATION PLANS. Except as provided in Section
14.08 hereof, the adoption of the Plan shall not affect any other stock option
or long-term incentive or other compensation plans in effect for the Company or
any Subsidiary, nor shall the Plan preclude the Company from establishing any
other forms of incentive or other compensation for employees of the Company or
any Subsidiary.
SECTION 14.03. PLAN BINDING ON SUCCESSORS. The Plan shall be binding
upon the Company, its successors and assigns, and on each Employee Participant
or Director Participant, his executor, administrator and permitted transferees.
SECTION 14.04. SINGULAR, PLURAL; GENDER. Whenever used herein, nouns in
the singular shall include the plural, and the masculine pronoun shall include
the feminine gender.
SECTION 14.05. HEADINGS NO PART OF PLAN. Headings of Articles and
Sections hereof are inserted for convenience and reference; they constitute no
part of the Plan.
SECTION 14.06. REPURCHASE OF SHARES. Nothing contained herein or in any
Long-Term Incentive Plan Agreement shall create an obligation on the part of the
Company to repurchase any shares of Common Stock issued hereunder.
SECTION 14.07. EFFECTIVE DATE. Subject to the approval of the Company's
stockholders prior to December 1, 2001, the Plan shall be effective as of
December 1, 2000; provided, however, that to the extent Awards are granted under
the Plan prior to its approval by the Company's stockholders, the Awards shall
be contingent on approval of the Plan by the Company's stockholders prior to
December 1, 2001.
SECTION 14.08. PRIOR PLANS. Upon shareholder approval of this Plan
pursuant to Section 14.07, no new awards will be granted under the Company's
1988 and 1991 Long-Term Incentive Plans, and any awards for shares of stock
granted under those Plans after December 1, 2000 will reduce the number of
shares available under this Plan.