AMENDED AND RESTATED
SUNBEAM CORPORATION
EQUITY TEAM PLAN
(Amended and Restated as of August 15, 1996)
1. PURPOSE.
The purpose of the Sunbeam Corporation Equity Team Plan is to provide
incentives for selected executives, key employees, Outside Directors
and Designated Others to promote the financial success and progress of
Sunbeam Corporation. Capitalized terms used throughout this Plan shall
have the meanings ascribed to them in Section 16 hereof.
2. STOCK SUBJECT TO THE PLAN.
(a) Subject to the provisions of this Section and Section 9, the
maximum number of shares of Stock that may be issued under the
Plan is 11,500,000 shares, to be allocated as follows:
(i) 11,300,000 shares may be issued in connection with
the grant of Options pursuant to Section 3; and
(ii) 200,000 shares may be issued in connection with the
grant of Restricted Stock Awards pursuant to Section
3.
Such shares may be either authorized but unissued shares or
treasury shares.
(b) The number of shares subject to an Option or a Restricted
Stock Award that has been granted under the Plan shall no
longer be charged against the limitation provided in Section
2(a), and may again be made subject to Options or Restricted
Stock Awards, as the case may be, to the extent that Options
expire unexercised or are terminated, surrendered or canceled
before exercise or Restricted Stock Awards are forfeited,
terminated, surrendered or canceled due to a Participant's
termination of employment or service as an Outside Director or
for any other reason.
3. GRANTS OF OPTIONS AND RESTRICTED STOCK AWARDS.
(a) Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee may at
any time, or from time to time, grant Options to officers, key
employees, Outside Directors of the Company (or its
subsidiaries) and Designated Others.
(b) Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee may at
any time, or from time to time, grant shares of Stock which
are subject to the Restrictions set forth in Section 4(b)
("Restricted Stock") to officers, key employees and Outside
Directors of the Company (or its subsidiaries) and Designated
Others.
(c) The Committee shall cause shares of Restricted Stock to be
issued to each Outside Director immediately and automatically
upon his or her election, re-election or appointment as a
Director of the Company. If such Outside Director is elected
at an Annual Meeting of the Shareholders of the Company (the
"Annual Meeting"), the number of shares of Restricted Stock to
be issued shall
be 1,500. The number of shares of Restricted Stock to be
issued to an Outside Director who is elected or appointed at
any time other than at an Annual Meeting shall be 1,500
multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the
number of days after the date of such election to and
including the date of the next Annual Meeting (which for such
purpose shall be assumed to be the next May 15) and the
denominator of which shall be 365; provided, however, (i) that
in the case of an Outside Director elected to the Board for
the first time during the period beginning August 1, 1996 and
ending December 31, 1996, the number of such shares shall not
be prorated, and each such Outside Director shall receive
1,500 shares for the period of his service between the date of
his election and the date of the next Annual Meeting (assumed
to be May 15, 1997); and (ii) that each incumbent Outside
Director, elected prior to August 1, 1996, shall receive that
number of shares of Restricted Stock which results from
applying to 1,500 such shares the proration formula provided
above, using for such calculation the period from August 6,
1996 until and including the date of the next Annual Meeting
(assumed to be May 15, 1997).
(d) Deleted.
(e) Each Option shall be evidenced by a Stock Option Agreement,
and each Restricted Stock Award shall be evidenced by a
Restricted Stock Award Agreement, each in a form approved by
the Committee or by a Company officer designated by the
Committee.
(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, no person
shall be granted Options for more than 250,000 shares of Stock
or Restricted Stock Awards for more than 25,000 shares of
Stock in any single fiscal year of the Company.
4. TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
(a) OPTIONS.
(i) An Option shall entitle the Participant who holds it
to exercise the Option on and subject to the terms,
conditions and restrictions of the Plan (as the Plan
may be amended from time to time) and such additional
terms, conditions and restrictions as may be imposed
by the Committee at the time of grant.
(ii) Unless otherwise specified by the Committee, the term
of each Option granted prior to May 15, 1996 (herein
the "1996 Amendment Date") and which is In-the-Money
as of the 1996 Amendment Date shall commence on the
date of grant of the Option and shall expire at the
close of business on the earlier of (A) the tenth
anniversary of the date of grant or (B) the 45th day
following the termination of the Participant's
employment with, or service as director of, the
Company (or a subsidiary). Unless otherwise specified
by the Committee, the term of each Option granted on
or after the 1996 Amendment Date and the term of each
Option granted prior to the 1996 Amendment Date which
is Out- of-the- Money as of the 1996 Amendment Date,
shall commence on the Grant Date of the Option and
shall expire at the close of business on the earliest
of (A) the tenth anniversary of the Grant Date; or
(B) the third anniversary of the date of termination
of the Participant's employment with, or service as a
director of, the Company (or a subsidiary), in the
case of retirement or termination by the Company
without Cause; or (C) 90 days after the date of
termination of employment in the case of resignation,
voluntary departure or
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termination by the Company with Cause; or (D) in the
case of a Designated Other, the date specified in the
Stock Option Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing
sentence, Participants who are subject to Section
16(b) of the Exchange Act shall have until the
earlier of (A) the tenth anniversary of the Grant
Date; or (B) the third anniversary of the date of
termination of their employment with, or service as a
director of the Company, regardless of the cause,
within which to exercise Options which are granted on
or after the 1996 Amendment Date and Options which
are Out-of-the-Money as of the 1996 Amendment Date;
provided, however, that no such Option may be
exercised by any such person during the period
beginning on the date of termination and ending on
the six month anniversary of the date of termination.
(iii) All Restrictions shall lapse with respect to the
Restricted Stock subject to a Restricted Stock Award
made to an Outside Director pursuant to Section 3(c)
hereof immediately and automatically upon the
Director's acceptance of election or appointment as a
Director of the Company, as evidenced in such manner
as may be established by the Committee. Unless
otherwise specified by the Committee (which is
empowered to provide different vesting schedules with
respect to any grant of Options or Restricted Stock),
all other Options granted under the Plan shall become
exercisable with respect to 20% of the shares subject
to the Option beginning on the first anniversary of
the Grant Date and as to an additional 20% on each of
the second, third, fourth and fifth anniversaries of
the Grant Date (each twelve month period ending on an
anniversary of a Grant Date being referred to herein
as an "Option Year"), provided in each case that the
Participant shall have remained an employee or a
director of the Company (or a subsidiary), or in the
case of a Designated Other, shall have remained in
the position set forth in the Stock Option Agreement,
continuously since the Grant Date. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, during the remaining term of any
options (if not already so exercisable) : (A) if a
Participant's employment or service as a director, or
in the case of a Designated Other, the period of
service as defined in the Stock Option Agreement,
terminates due to death, all Options held by the
Participant at death shall become immediately
exercisable in full; (B) upon a Change in Control,
coupled with a Change in Status of a Participant, all
Options held by such Participant who is then an
employee or director of the Company (or a subsidiary)
shall become immediately exercisable in full; (C) in
the event that the exercisability of an Option
accelerates due to a Change in Control and a Change
in Status, Participants who are subject to Section
16(b) of the Exchange Act may not sell the shares
acquired upon such accelerated exercise within six
months of the Grant Date of such Option; and (D) upon
the termination during an Option Year of employment
of an officer of the Company elected by the Board,
the portion of shares subject to any Option held by
such officer which was scheduled to become
exercisable on the next anniversary of the Grant Date
immediately following such termination (the "Next
Option Increment") shall be prorated on the basis of
the number of full calendar months worked in such
Option Year to permit partial exercisability of the
Next Option Increment.
(iv) Except to the extent permitted by Rule 16b-3 or its
successor, Options shall not be sold, assigned,
transferred, pledged, hypothecated, or otherwise
disposed of, except by will or the laws of descent
and distribution, pursuant to a qualified domestic
relations order ("QDRO") as defined in the Code or
ERISA (or the rules thereunder) or as otherwise set
forth in this Section 4(a)(iv). Each Option shall be
exercisable during the lifetime of a Participant only
by the Participant to whom it was granted, and after
the Participant's
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death only by the Participant's estate or legal
representative. To the extent exercisable, an Option
may be exercised in whole at any time, or in part
from time to time, during the term of the Option.
(v) Any Option may be converted, modified, forfeited or
canceled, prospectively or retroactively, in whole or
in part, by the Committee in its sole discretion;
provided, however, that no such action shall
adversely affect the rights of any Participant under
any Option granted prior to such action without his
consent. Except as may be otherwise provided in an
Agreement, the Committee may, in its sole discretion,
in whole or in part, waive any restrictions or
conditions applicable to, or accelerate the vesting
of, any Option.
(b) STOCK AWARDS.
(i) Upon the grant of a Restricted Stock Award, a stock
certificate representing a number of shares of Stock
equal to the number of shares of Restricted Stock
granted to a Participant shall be registered in the
Participant's name but shall be held in custody by
the Company for the Participant's account. The
Participant shall generally have the rights and
privileges of a stockholder as to such Restricted
Stock, including the right to vote such Restricted
Stock, except that the following restrictions (the
"Restrictions") shall apply: (A) the Participant
shall not be entitled to delivery of the certificate
until the Restricted Period (set forth in paragraph
(iii) below) applicable to such Restricted Stock has
expired or terminated and until any other conditions
prescribed by the Committee are satisfied; (B) none
of the Restricted Stock may be sold, transferred,
assigned, pledged, or otherwise encumbered or
disposed of during the Restricted Period applicable
to such Restricted Stock and prior to the
satisfaction of any other conditions prescribed by
the Committee; and (C) shares of Restricted Stock
shall be forfeited and all rights of the Participant
to such Restricted Stock shall terminate without
further obligation on the part of the Company unless
the Participant has (1) remained an employee or a
director of the Company (or a subsidiary) until the
expiration or termination of the Restricted Period
applicable to such Restricted Stock (or in the case
of a Designated Other, the duration specified in the
Restricted Stock Award Agreement) and (2) satisfied
any other conditions prescribed by the Committee
applicable to such Restricted Stock. At the
discretion of the Committee, cash and stock dividends
with respect to the Restricted Stock may be either
currently paid or withheld by the Company for the
Participant's account. Cash dividends so withheld by
the Committee shall not be subject to forfeiture.
Upon the forfeiture of any shares of Restricted
Stock, such forfeited Restricted Stock shall be
transferred to the Company without further action by
the Participant. The Participant shall have the same
rights and privileges, and be subject to the
Restrictions, with respect to any shares or other
property received pursuant to Section 9.
(ii) Upon the expiration or termination of the Restricted
Period with respect to shares of Restricted Stock and
the satisfaction of any other conditions prescribed
by the Committee, the Restrictions applicable to such
Restricted Stock shall lapse and a stock certificate
for the number of shares of Stock with respect to
which the Restricted Period has lapsed shall be
delivered, free of all restrictions, except any that
may be imposed by law, to the Participant or the
Participant's beneficiary or estate, as the case may
be. The Company shall not be required to deliver any
fractional share of Stock but will pay, in lieu
thereof, the Fair Market Value (determined as of the
date the Restricted Period expires or
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terminates) of such fractional share to the
Participant or the Participant's beneficiary or
estate, as the case may be. No payment will be
required from the Participant upon the issuance or
delivery of any shares of Stock under this paragraph,
except that any amount necessary to satisfy
applicable federal, state or local tax requirements
shall be withheld or paid promptly upon notification
of the amount due and prior to or concurrently with
the issuance or delivery of a certificate
representing such shares.
(iii) Unless otherwise specified by the Committee at the
time of the award and included in the Restricted
Stock Award Agreement, the Restrictions shall also
lapse with respect to one-fifth of the Restricted
Stock subject to all other Restricted Stock Awards on
each of the first through the fifth anniversaries of
the Grant Date, provided in each case that the
Participant shall have remained an employee or a
director of the Company (or a subsidiary)
continuously since the date of grant (or in the case
of a Designated Other, shall have complied with the
terms and conditions of the Restricted Stock Award
Agreement). Notwithstanding the foregoing: (A) if a
Participant's employment or service as a director, or
in the case of a Designated Other, the period defined
in the Restricted Stock Award Agreement, terminates
due to death, the Restrictions shall lapse with
respect to all Restricted Stock Awards held by the
Participant at death (if not already so lapsed); (B)
upon a Change in Control, coupled with a Change in
Status of a Participant, the Restrictions shall lapse
with respect to all Restricted Stock Awards held by
such Participant who is an employee or director of
the Company (or a subsidiary) (if not already so
lapsed); and (C) in the event of an accelerated lapse
of Restrictions due to a Change in Control and a
Change in Status, Participants who are subject to
Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act may not sell the
shares of Stock whose Restrictions have so lapsed
within six months of the Grant Date of the Restricted
Stock Award pursuant to which such Stock was
received. The "Restricted Period" as to any shares
constituting part of a Restricted Stock Award shall
be the period of time commencing with the Grant Date
of a Restricted Stock Award and ending with the date
on which the Restrictions lapse with respect to any
such shares, or any portion thereof.
(c) In the event that the acceleration of (i) the exercisability
of an Option or (ii) the lapse of Restrictions relating to
Restricted Stock upon a Change in Control and a Change in
Status results in excise tax pursuant to Section 4999 of the
Code, or any successor or similar provision thereto, or
comparable state or local tax laws, the Company shall pay to
the Participant such additional compensation as is necessary
(after taking into account all Federal, state and local income
and excise taxes payable by the Participant as a result of the
receipt of such compensation ) to place the Participant in the
same after-tax position he would have been in had no such
excise tax (or any interest or penalties thereon) been paid or
incurred. The amount of such payment shall be determined by
the independent accounting firm serving as the Company's
outside auditor immediately prior to the Change in Control.
5. EXERCISE OF OPTIONS.
(a) The Exercise Price of the shares purchasable under an Option
shall be the Fair Market Value per share on the Grant Date of
such Option, subject to subsequent adjustment pursuant to the
provisions of Section 9.
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(b) Options shall be considered exercised (herein the "Exercise
Date") on the date written notice, in such form as the
Committee may prescribe, is received by the Option Plan
Administrator of the Company, advising of the exercise of an
Option and either transmitting payment of the total Exercise
Price for the number of shares of Stock involved or electing
one of the alternative payment procedures set forth in Section
5(c) below.
(c) The Exercise Price shall be paid in cash (including cash
obtained through a margin loan on the shares as to which the
Option is being exercised) or (and provided (x) the use of the
following procedure by a Participant would comply with
safeguards established by the Committee designed to avoid
"short-swing" profits to the Participant under Section 16(b)
of the Exchange Act, and (y) does not otherwise violate any
applicable laws) through (i) a broker-assisted cashless
exercise program established by the Committee, based on the
actual proceeds from the sale of share of Stock; or (ii) in
shares of Stock, valued on the basis of the closing market
price of the Stock on the Exercise Date.
(d) Subject to the provisions of Section 6 and the other
provisions of the Plan, the Stock Option Agreement and the
Option, the Company shall issue shares of Stock in the
Participant's name as soon as practicable (but in no event
later than 30 days) after the Exercise Date. The Participant
shall not be deemed to be a holder of any shares pursuant to
an Option, and shall not have any rights as a stockholder in
connection with such shares, until the date of transfer of
shares of Stock to the Participant. The Company shall have no
liability of any nature whatsoever to any Participant by
reason of any change in the market price of the Stock during
the period of time between the Exercise Date and the date on
which any shares of Stock resulting from the exercise are
issued or sold.
6. RESTRICTIONS.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, an Option or
Restricted Stock Award to the contrary, no Option shall be
exercised, and the Company shall not be obligated to issue or
transfer shares of Stock under any Option or Restricted Stock
Award, until the Company shall have received such assurances
as the Company may reasonably request from its counsel that
the exercise of the Option and the issuance and transfer of
shares pursuant to the Option or Restricted Stock Award will
not violate the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any
other applicable Federal or state laws. In connection with any
such issuance or transfer, the Participant shall, if requested
by the Company, give assurances satisfactory to counsel to the
Company, in respect of the Participant's investment intent or
such other matters as counsel to the Company may deem
necessary or desirable to assure compliance with all
applicable legal requirements.
(b) No provisions of the Plan or any Option or Restricted Stock
Award shall be interpreted or construed to obligate the
Company to register any Stock under Federal or state law.
(c) The Company and the Committee reserve the right to investigate
at any time the circumstances surrounding any exercise of
Options, including any investigation regarding whether a
Participant is in compliance with the provisions of Section 13
hereof (or has threatened or is reasonably believed to intend
to violate the provisions of Section 13 hereof), and the
Company and the Committee shall have no liability or
responsibility to any Participant for any alleged damage
sustained by the Participant by reason of any delay in the
implementation of an Option exercise
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during the pendency of any such investigation, whether by
reason of any change in the market price of the Stock or
otherwise.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, the Committee
shall have the right at any time to deny or delay a
Participant's exercise Options if such Participant is
reasonably believed by the Committee (i) to be engaged in
material conduct adversely affecting the Company or (ii) to be
contemplating such conduct, unless and until the Committee
shall have received reasonable assurance that the Participant
is not engaged in, and is not contemplating, such material
conduct adverse to the interests of the Company.
(e) Participants are and at all times shall remain subject to the
trading window policies adopted by the Company from time to
time throughout the period of time during which they may
exercise Options or sell Restricted Stock granted pursuant to
the Plan. Participants may request at any time a copy of any
calendar of scheduled open windows by contacting the Option
Plan Administrator.
7. FAIR MARKET VALUE.
(a) During any period that the Company's Stock is Actively Traded, Fair
Market Value shall equal the arithmetic average of the closing prices
of a share of Stock on the exchange or national market system on which
the Stock is traded, for the last twenty market trading days prior to
the date of determination of Fair Market Value, or pursuant to such
other method as the Committee may reasonably specify for determining
the Stock's Fair Market Value.
(b) During any period during which the Company's Stock is not Actively
Traded, Fair Market Value shall be determined by the Committee.
8. TERM.
This Amended and Restated Plan shall be effective as of the date set
forth on the first page hereof. No Option or Restricted Stock Award
shall be granted under the Plan after February 12, 2006, but the Plan
shall continue in effect thereafter with respect to any previously
granted Options and Restricted Stock Awards that remain outstanding and
the duration of any such grant or award shall not be affected by the
expiration of the Plan.
9. ADJUSTMENTS.
In the event that any recapitalization, or reclassification, split-up
or consolidation of shares of Stock shall be effected, or the
outstanding shares of Stock shall, in connection with a merger or
consolidation of the Company or a transaction or series of related
transactions that results in the sale of all or substantially all of
the Company's assets, be exchanged for a different number or class of
shares of stock or other securities or property of the Company or any
other Person, or a record date or dates for determination of holders of
Stock entitled to receive a dividend payable in stock or a liquidating
dividend (or series of dividends) shall occur, equitable and
proportional adjustments aimed at preventing the inequitable
enlargement or dilution of any rights hereunder shall be made to (i)
the number and class of shares or other securities or property that may
be issued or transferred pursuant to the Plan and any outstanding
Options and Restricted Stock Awards and (ii) the Exercise Price to be
paid per share under any outstanding Options; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
in the event of a merger or consolidation of the Company, or similar
transaction pursuant to which the outstanding Stock is exchanged for
cash or other property, the unexercised Options shall thereafter be
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exercisable for, and the Restricted Stock Awards shall entitle the
Participant to receive, the cash or other property which an Option or
Restricted Stock Award holder, as the case may be, would have been
entitled to receive had the Options been exercised, or the Restrictions
relating to the Restricted Stock Award lapsed, immediately prior to the
record date for such merger, consolidation or similar transaction
except to the extent that provision is made in writing in connection
with such transaction for (1) the assumption of the Options by, or the
substitution for the Options of new options covering the stock of, a
successor acquiring corporation, in each case providing terms no less
favorable to the holder of such Options than would an assumption or
substitution described in Treasury Regulation ss.1.425-1(a) that would
not constitute a "modification" for purposes of Code ss.424(a), and (2)
the substitution for Restricted Stock Awards of stock of a successor or
acquiring corporation having terms no less favorable to the holder
thereof than the terms of the Restricted Stock Award in effect before
such transaction.
10. ADMINISTRATION.
(a) The Plan shall be administered by the Committee. The
Committee shall, subject to the provisions of the Plan, have
full power and authority to administer the Plan, to select the
Participants in the Plan, and, except for grants and awards
which are automatically made to Outside Directors as provided
pursuant to Section 3 of the Plan, to determine the number of
shares to be made subject to each Option and Restricted Stock
Award and all terms and conditions of each Option and
Restricted Stock Award. The Committee shall have the power to
interpret the Plan and to adopt such rules for the
administration, interpretation and application of the Plan as
are consistent therewith and to interpret, amend or revoke any
such rules. All actions taken and all interpretations and
determinations made by the Committee shall be final and
binding upon all Participants, the Company and all other
interested persons, absent a determination by a court of
competent jurisdiction that the Committee has acted in bad
faith or has engaged in reckless or willful misconduct.
(b) Members of the Committee and the Board and officers
administering this Plan shall be fully protected in taking
actions under the Plan or in relying upon the advice of
counsel and shall incur no liability except for bad faith,
recklessness or willful misconduct in the performance of their
duties.
(c) Except as required by Rule 16b-3 with respect to grants of
Options to individuals who are subject to Section 16 of the
Exchange Act, or as otherwise required for compliance with
Rule 16b-3 or other applicable law, the Committee may delegate
all or any part of its authority under the Plan to an
employee, employees or committee of employees.
(d) To the extent the Committee deems it necessary, appropriate or
desirable to comply with foreign law or practices and to
further the purpose of the Plan, the Committee may, without
amending this Plan, establish special rules applicable to
Options granted to Participants who are foreign nationals, are
employed outside the United States, or both, including rules
that differ from those set forth in the Plan, and grant
Options to such Participants in accordance with those rules.
(e) Determinations by the Committee under the Plan relating to the
form, amount and terms and conditions of grants and awards
need not be uniform, and may be made selectively among persons
who receive or are eligible to receive grants and awards under
the Plan, whether or not such persons are similarly situated.
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11. GENERAL PROVISIONS.
(a) Nothing in this Plan or in any instrument executed pursuant
hereto shall confer upon any Person any right to continue in
the employment or other service of the Company (or any
subsidiary), or shall affect the right of the Company (or any
subsidiary) to terminate the employment or other service of
any person at any time with or without Cause.
(b) The Company may make appropriate provisions for the
withholding of any taxes which the Company determines it is
required to withhold in connection with any Option or
Restricted Stock Award including, at the request of a
Participant and provided that it does not violate any
applicable laws, the payment of such withholding taxes through
a broker-assisted sale of a sufficient number of shares
underlying the Option or subject to the Restricted Stock Award
or by delivery to the Company of shares of Stock previously
owned by the Participant, in either case having an actual sale
price equal to the amount of such taxes. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, a Participant whose transactions in Stock are
subject to Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act may make a share
withholding election only if it complies with safeguards
established by the Committee designed to avoid "short swing"
profits to the Participant under Section 16(b) of the Exchange
Act. The certificates evidencing a Restricted Stock Award made
to an Outside Director pursuant to Section 3(c) hereof shall
be automatically reduced by 28% to provide for the estimated
Federal income tax payment obligation of the Outside Director,
or by such other higher percentage as may be required by law
to be withheld, with the Company remitting to the appropriate
tax authorities the fair market value of the Restricted Stock
Award for which the certificates are not so delivered.
(c) By accepting any benefits under the Plan, each Participant,
and each Person claiming under or through the Participant,
shall be conclusively deemed to have indicated acceptance and
ratification of, and consent to, all provisions of the Plan.
Each Participant hereby further agrees that amendments and
modifications to the Plan, which may be adopted from time to
time by the Committee and/or the Board of the Corporation (as
set forth in Section 12 hereof), shall be binding upon such
Participant and upon all Options or Restricted Stock which the
Participant may hold, including (with retroactive effect)
Options or Restricted Stock previously granted to the
Participant, except to the extent set forth in Section 12
hereof.
(d) With respect to Participants subject to Section 16 of the
Exchange Act, transactions under the Plan are intended to
comply with all applicable provisions of Rule 16b-3 or its
successor. To the extent any provision the Plan or action by
the Plan administrators fails to so comply, it shall be deemed
null and void, to the extent permitted by law and deemed
advisable by the Committee.
(e) A Participant shall have no rights as a stockholder of the
Company with respect to any Shares to be issued upon exercise
of an Option until such Participant has exercised such Option
and becomes a holder of such Shares.
12. AMENDMENTS; MODIFICATION AND TERMINATION.
This Plan may be amended or modified by the Committee, with
ratification by the Board, or terminated by the Board, at any time and
in any respect, except that no amendment shall be made without the
approval of the shareholders of the Company if shareholder approval
would be required by Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act or any other law
or rule of any governmental authority, stock exchange or other self-
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regulatory organization to which the Company is subject. No such
amendment, modification or termination shall have effect to reduce the
number of shares as to which any Option or Restricted Stock Award
previously has been granted to a Participant; to extend the vesting
schedule with respect to any Option or Restricted Stock Award or to
extend the period of non-competition or confidentiality as set forth in
Section 13 hereof. In the event of the passage of any law, rule or
regulation or a determination by any regulatory agency or court,
requiring an adverse change in the Company's accounting or tax
treatment relating to the Plan, the Committee shall have the right to
modify the terms of outstanding Options and Restricted Stock Awards to
the extent necessary to avoid the adverse consequences of such change.
13. CONFIDENTIALITY AND NON-COMPETITION; CONDUCT NOT IN THE INTEREST OF THE
CORPORATION.
By accepting Options or Restricted Stock Awards under the Plan and as a
condition to the exercise of Options and the enjoyment of any of the
benefits of the Plan, each Participant agrees as follows:
(a) CONFIDENTIALITY -- During the period of each Participant's
employment or service as a director with the Company (or the
Participant's engaging in any other activity with or for the
Company) and for a two year period thereafter, each
Participant shall treat and safeguard as confidential and
secret all Confidential Information received by such
Participant at any time. Without the prior written consent of
the Company, except as required by law, such Participant will
not disclose or reveal any Confidential Information to any
third party whatsoever or use the same in any manner except in
connection with the businesses of the Company and its
subsidiaries. In the event that a Participant is requested or
required (by oral questions, interrogatories, requests for
information or documents, subpoena, civil investigative demand
or other process) to disclose (i) any Confidential Information
or (ii) any information relating to his opinion, judgment or
recommendations concerning the Company or its subsidiaries as
developed from the Confidential Information, Participant will
provide the Company with prompt written notice of any such
request or requirement so that the Company may seek an
appropriate protective order or waive compliance with the
provisions contained herein. If, failing the entry of a
protective order or the receipt of a waiver hereunder,
Participant is, in the reasonable opinion of his counsel,
compelled to disclose Confidential Information, Participant
shall disclose only that portion of the Confidential
Information which his counsel advises that he is compelled to
disclose and will exercise best efforts to obtain assurances
that confidential treatment will be accorded such Confidential
Information.
(b) NON-COMPETITION -- During the period of employment with the
Company or its subsidiaries of any Participant (other than a
director) compensated at a rate (including bonuses) in excess
of $75,000 per year in cash compensation from his employment
with the Company or any of its subsidiaries (determined as of
the most recently completed fiscal year of the Company), and,
for a two-year period thereafter (the "Non-Compete Period"),
each such Participant shall not, without prior written consent
of the Committee, do, directly or indirectly, any of the
following:
(1) own, manage, control or participate in the ownership,
management, or control of, or be employed or engaged
by or otherwise affiliated or associated with, any
other corporation, partnership, proprietorship, firm,
association or other business entity, or otherwise
engage in any business which competes with the
business of the Company or any of its subsidiaries
(as such business is conducted during the term of
such Participant's employment with the Company or its
subsidiaries) in the geographical regions in which
such business is conducted; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
the ownership of a maximum of one
10
percent of the outstanding stock of any publicly
traded corporation shall not violate this covenant;
or
(2) employ, solicit for employment or assist in employing
or soliciting for employment any present, former or
future employee, officer or agent of the Company or
any of its subsidiaries.
In the event any court of competent jurisdiction should
determine that the foregoing covenant of non-competition is
not enforceable because of the extent of the geographical area
or the duration thereof, then the Company and the affected
Participant hereby petition such court to modify the foregoing
covenant to the extent, but only to the extent, necessary to
create a covenant which is enforceable in the opinion of such
court, with the intention of the parties that the Company
shall be afforded the maximum enforceable covenant of
non-competition which may be available under the circumstances
and applicable law.
(c) Each Participant acknowledges that remedies at law for any
breach by him of this section 13 may be inadequate and that
the damages resulting from any such breach are not readily
susceptible to being measured in monetary terms. Accordingly,
each Participant acknowledges that upon his violation of any
provision of this Section 13, the Company will be entitled to
immediate injunctive relief and may obtain an order
restraining any threatened or future breach. Each Participant
further agrees, subject to the proviso at the end of this
sentence, that if he violates any provision of this Section
13, he shall immediately forfeit any rights and benefits under
this Plan and shall return to the Company any unexercised
Options and forfeit the rights under any Restricted Stock
Awards and shall return any shares of Stock held by such
Participant received upon exercise of any Option or the lapse
of the Restrictions relating to Restricted Stock Awards
granted hereunder, together with any proceeds from sales of
any shares of Stock received upon exercise of such Options or
the lapse of Restrictions of such Restricted Stock Awards;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that upon violation of subsection (b) of
this Section, the forfeiture and return provisions contained
in this sentence shall apply only to Options which have become
exercisable, and Restricted Stock, the Restrictions with
respect to which have lapsed, and in any such case the
proceeds of sales therefrom, during the two year period
immediately prior to termination of the Participant's
employment. Nothing in this Section 13 will be deemed to
limit, in any way, the remedies at law or in equity of the
Company, for a breach by Participant of any of the provisions
of this Section 13.
(d) Each Participant agrees to provide written notice of the
provisions of this Section 13 to any future employer of
Participant, and the Company expressly reserves the right to
provide such notice to the Participant's future employer(s).
(e) If any provision or part of any provision of this Section 13
is held for any reason to be unenforceable, (i) the remainder
of this Section 13 shall nevertheless remain in full force and
effect and (ii) such provision or part shall be deemed to be
amended in such manner as to render such provision
enforceable.
14. GOVERNING LAW.
The validity, construction and effect of the Plan and any rules
relating to the Plan shall be determined in accordance with the laws of
the State of Delaware and applicable Federal law.
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15. ARBITRATION.
The Company and each Participant hereby agree that in the event of any
dispute or controversy arising with respect to the Plan, any Stock
Option Agreement, the exercise of any Option (or the disallowance of
any exercise at any time, for any reason) or any other matter relating
to Options or Restricted Stock Awards, then such dispute or controversy
shall be submitted by the parties to mandatory and binding arbitration
before a panel of arbitrators appointed by the American Arbitration
Association ("AAA"), each of whom shall be knowledgeable in matters of
securities in general and, if possible, the administration of stock
option programs similar to the Plan. The arbitration proceedings shall
be conducted in whichever of the following cities is closest to the
work location of the affected Participant: Fort Lauderdale, Florida;
Chicago, Illinois; New York, New York; Kansas City, Missouri; Jackson,
Mississippi; Nashville, Tennessee or Atlanta, Georgia. The decision of
the Company as to which city is closest to the work location of the
Participant shall be conclusive and binding, except for manifest error.
The decision of the arbitrators shall be rendered in writing, shall be
promptly rendered after a hearing on the matter and shall be final,
conclusive and binding and may be incorporated in a final judgment
rendered by any court of competent jurisdiction.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing contained herein shall preclude
the Company from seeking injunctive or other relief from any court of
competent jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of Section 13 hereof.
16. DEFINITIONS.
The following terms, when used in the Plan, shall have the meanings set
forth below:
ACTIVELY TRADED: Trading of Company Stock on the New York
Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ
National Market System in an average weekly volume that equals
at least 0.20% of the then outstanding Company Stock for each
of at least four weeks in a row.
BENEFICIAL OWNER: With respect to any securities of the
Company, any Person who is a beneficial owner of such
securities as defined in rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act.
The Committee may from time to time adopt interpretations or
pronouncements as to who shall be deemed to be Beneficial
Owners of the Company's outstanding voting securities as of a
given date, which interpretation shall be final and binding on
all Participants, the Company and all other interested
Persons.
BOARD: The Board of Directors of the Company.
CAUSE: Any cause stated in an employment agreement between the
Company and the Participant and/or material violations of
employment agreements or the terms of this Plan, acts of
dishonesty with respect to the Company, insubordination,
divulging confidential information about the Company,
interference with the relationship between the Company and any
supplier, client, customer, similar person, or performance of
any act or omission which the Committee, in its sole
discretion, deems to be sufficiently injurious to the interest
of the Company to constitute cause.
CHANGE IN CONTROL: The occurrence of any of the following: (i)
a merger or consolidation to which the Company is a party if
the individuals and entities who were stockholders of the
Company immediately prior to the effective date of such merger
or consolidation are Beneficial Owners of less than 50% of the
total combined voting power for election of directors of the
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surviving corporation following the effective date of such
merger or consolidation; or (ii) any Person becomes the
Beneficial Owner in the aggregate of securities of the Company
representing 50% or more of the total combined voting power of
the Company's then issued and outstanding securities unless
such Person (or a Person owned directly or indirectly by such
Person) was the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, as
of the Grant Date applicable to the affected Participant, of
more than 50% of the Company's voting securities outstanding
as of such Grant Date; or (iii) the sale of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Company to any person
or entity that is not a wholly-owned subsidiary of the
Company; or (iv) the stockholders of the Company approve any
plan or proposal for the liquidation of the Company.
CHANGE IN STATUS: The occurrence with respect to a
Participant, of any of the following (but only if such event
occurs within two (2) years following a Change in Control):
(i) any reduction in the aggregate annual compensation paid or
payable to a Participant, or any material reduction in the
aggregate benefit coverages provided to such Participant under
the Company's standard benefit package for all employees; (ii)
the assignment to the Participant of any duties inconsistent
in any material respect with the Participant's position
(including status, offices, titles and reporting
responsibilities), authorities, duties or responsibilities as
in effect immediately prior to the date of the Change in
Control; (iii) the Company's requiring the Participant to be
based at any office, facility or location other than the
office, facility or location at which the Participant was
based immediately prior to the date of the Change in Control;
(iv) if the Participant is a party to any employment agreement
with the Company, any material breach by the Company of such
agreement, or any purported termination by the Company of the
Participant's employment otherwise than as permitted by such
employment agreement; or (v) in the case of a director, the
removal of a director or the failure to nominate the director
for reelection.
CODE: Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
COMMITTEE: A committee designated by the Board consisting of
not less than two members of the Board who are "disinterested
persons," as defined in Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act, to
administer the Plan.
COMPANY: Sunbeam Corporation (formerly known as Sunbeam-Oster
Company, Inc.)
CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION: Any information not generally known
to the public, including, without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, any customer lists, supplier lists, trade
secrets, invention, formulas, methods or processes, whether or
not patented or patentable, channels of distribution, business
plans, pricing policies and records, financial information of
any sort and inventory records of the Company or any affiliate
(and such other information normally understood to be
confidential or otherwise designated as such in writing by the
Company or its subsidiaries). It is not necessary, however,
that any information be formally designated as "confidential"
if it falls within any of the foregoing categories and is not
generally known to the public.
DESIGNATED OTHER: Any consultant, advisor, contractor or agent
of the Company or its subsidiaries, who is not an employee,
officer or Outside Director of the Company and who is granted
Options or a Restricted Stock Award pursuant to this Plan.
EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 1991; Amended and Restated as of
May 15, 1996.
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ERISA: Titles I and IV of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended.
EXCHANGE ACT: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
EXERCISE PRICE: The Exercise Price of shares purchasable upon
exercise of an Option, as determined pursuant to the terms of
Section 5(a).
FAIR MARKET VALUE: The fair market value of a share of Stock,
as determined pursuant to the terms of Section 7.
GRANT DATE: The date as of which the Committee (or such other
committee of the Board of Directors of the Company as shall be
empowered to grant Options or to make awards of Restricted
Stock) shall grant Options or Restricted Stock, as the case
may be, to a Participant under the Plan, as so designated by
such Committee.
IN-THE-MONEY: Options to acquire Stock are considered to be
"in-the-money" if the exercise price of the Option is less
than the current market price of the Stock.
NEXT OPTION INCREMENT: This term shall have the meaning
ascribed to it in Section 4(a)(iii).
OPTION: An option, granted under the Plan, to purchase shares
of Stock at the Exercise Price. Options granted under the Plan
shall not be incentive stock options pursuant to Section 422
of the Code.
OPTION YEAR: This term shall have the meaning ascribed to it
in Section 4(a)(iii).
OUT-OF-THE-MONEY: Options to acquire Stock are considered to
be "out-of-the-money" if the exercise price is equal to or
greater than the current market price of the Stock.
OUTSIDE DIRECTOR: A director of the Company who is not either:
(i) an officer or employee of the Company, or (ii) a
Beneficial Owner of, or an officer or employee of any Person
which is a direct or indirect Beneficial Owner of, more than
10% of the outstanding Stock.
PARTICIPANT: An officer, employee, Outside Director of the
Company (or a subsidiary of the Company) or Designated Other
who is granted an Option or a Restricted Stock Award under the
Plan by the Committee. Upon the death of a Participant, the
"Participant" shall be deemed to mean the Participant's estate
or legal representative.
PERSON: Any individual, corporation, partnership, association,
company, trust, joint venture or other organization or entity
or group of associated persons or entities acting in concert.
As used herein, references to the male gender shall include
the female gender or the neuter, as applicable.
PLAN: The Equity Team Plan herein set forth, as it may be
amended from time to time.
RESTRICTED PERIOD: This term shall have the meaning ascribed
to it in Section 4(b)(iii).
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RESTRICTED STOCK: Shares of Stock granted pursuant to Section
3(b) or (c) of the Plan.
RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD: The grant of Shares of Restricted
Stock to a Participant pursuant to Section 3(b) or 3(c) of the
Plan.
RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT: The agreement described in
Section 3(e).
RESTRICTIONS: The restrictions described in Section 4(b)
relating to Restricted Stock.
"SHARES" or "STOCK": The Common Stock, $0.01 par value per
share, of the Company, or such other class of securities as
may be applicable pursuant to the provisions of Section 9.
STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT: The agreement described in Section
3(e).
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