Exhibit 10.1

OVERSEAS SHIPHOLDING GROUP, INC.

2004 Stock Incentive Plan

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Restricted Stock Award

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You are hereby awarded common stock of Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. (the
"Company") on a restricted basis ("Restricted Stock") subject to the terms and
conditions set forth in this Restricted Stock

Award ("Award") and in the Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. 2004 Stock Incentive
Plan ("Plan"), which is attached hereto as Exhibit A. This Award is subject to
the Plan's terms and conditions. All determinations, interpretations, or other
actions respecting the Plan and this Award will be made by the Committee under
the Plan, and shall be final, conclusive and binding on all parties, including
you and your successors in interest. Capitalized terms are defined in the Plan
or in this Award.

Specific Terms

. Your Restricted Stock Award has the following terms:

Name of Participant:

 

Address of Participant:

 

Number of Shares
Subject to Award:

 

Grant Date:

 

Grant Price:

 

Vesting:

Over

4 years - 25% of the Restricted Stock under this Award shall vest and become
nonforfeitable upon each anniversary of the Grant Date provided you are
an employee of the Company or an Affiliate on each such date. 

All unvested Restricted Stock shall be forfeited if your employment with the
Company and its Affiliates terminates for any reason or for no reason with the
exception of disability, involuntary termination without cause, death, normal
retirement at age 65 or a Change of Control.

1. Certificates. Restricted Stock will be evidenced by a book-entry in the
Company's records. Upon vesting, you may request a physical certificate for your
vested shares.

2. Share Issuance. You are responsible for providing to the Company the amount
of any legally required tax withholding as of the time of vesting of your
Restricted Stock. Unless you make alternative arrangements with the Committee to
satisfy applicable tax-withholding obligations, at the time your Restricted
Stock vests, the Company may, to the extent permitted by law, deduct from
payments otherwise due to you, the minimum statutory withholding for federal,
state or local taxes of any kind required by law to be withheld with respect to
the Restricted Stock which becomes vested.

3. Investment Purposes. The Restricted Stock granted to you pursuant to this
Award is being granted by the Company with the understanding that you may not
sell or distribute the Restricted Stock unless it is registered for sale or the
sale is in accordance with an available exemption from registration.

4. Rights with Regard to Restricted Stock. You will have the right to vote the
Restricted Stock, to receive and retain all regular cash dividends payable to
holders of record of the Company's common stock on and after the Grant Date
(although such dividends shall be treated, to the extent required by applicable
law, as additional compensation for tax purposes if paid on Restricted Stock),
and to exercise all other rights, powers and privileges of a holder of common
stock of the Company, with the exceptions that until the Restricted Stock
becomes vested: (i) you will not be entitled to delivery of stock certificates;
and (ii) you may not sell, transfer, pledge, hypothecate, assign or otherwise
dispose of your Restricted Stock, except as permitted under the Plan or this
Award.

5. Attempted Transfer. Any attempted sale, transfer, pledge, hypothecation,
assignment, exchange or other disposition of Restricted Stock in violation of
the Plan and this Award will be considered void and of no effect and the Company
will have the right to disregard the same on its books and records and to issue
"stop transfer" instructions to its transfer agent.

6. Section 83(b) Election. You may, but are not required to, elect (in
accordance with Section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended)
within 30 of the Grant Date, to include in gross income for federal tax purposes
in the year of issuance, the fair market value of your Restricted Stock. You
should consult with your tax advisor concerning such an election.

7. Adjustments. In the case of any change in corporate structure as contemplated
under Section 4.2(b) of the Plan, an equitable adjustment shall be deemed
necessary and shall be made in accordance with such Section 4.2(b)

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8. Not a Contract of Employment. Nothing in this Award or the Plan confers on
you any right to continued employment with the Company or Affiliate or restricts
the Company's or Affiliate's right to terminate your employment at any time for
any or no reason.

9. Severability. The provisions of this Award and the Plan are intended to be
severable, and any illegal or invalid term shall not affect the validity or
legality of the remaining terms.

10. Notices. Any notice or communication required or permitted to be given by
any provision of this Award or the Plan shall be in writing and shall be
delivered personally or sent by certified mail, return receipt requested,
addressed as follows: (i) if to the Company or the Committee, at the address set
forth below, to the attention of the Director of Human Resources; and (ii) if to
you, at the address the Company has on file for you. Any such notice shall be
deemed to be given as of the date it is personally delivered or properly mailed.

11. Deemed Acceptance of Terms. If you do not notify the Committee of your
disagreement with any of the terms sets forth in this Award within 30 days
following the Grant Date, you will be deemed to have accepted this Award.

 

OVERSEAS SHIPHOLDING GROUP, INC.

Morten Arntzen
President, and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Information Concerning the Tax Treatment
on Restricted Stock Grants

Recipients of Restricted Stock Grants or Success Share Awards have the option of
electing to pay taxes under IRC Section 83(b) within 30 days of the grant date
which is January XX, XXXX, based on the fair market value of the stock as of
such date. The price is $XX.XX. The advantage of making this election is that by
paying the tax under Section 83(b), you become eligible for capital gains
treatment on any gains or losses you may recognize on the sale of your vested
shares based on the difference in the stock price as of the grant date and the
price on the sale date. As a result, the dividend income you receive from the
restricted shares will be taxed at a rate of 15%. However, if you pre-pay your
taxes under Section 83(b) and then forfeit the stock before it vests, you also
forfeit the amount you prepaid.

If this election is not made, upon vesting, you will recognize ordinary income
and such amounts will be subject to both wage withholding and employment taxes
and reflected in W2 earnings. Any dividends received on non-vested shares will
also be treated as compensation and reflected as W2 earnings.

This election does not apply to stock option grants.

Please refer to the attached Prospectus on pages 20 and 21 for more detailed
information concerning the tax consequences on your restricted shares or your
options. We also suggest that you speak with your financial advisor as we cannot
provide tax advice.

If you are interested in electing to pay tax within under Section 83(b), please
contact Human Resources.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ADDENDUM TO RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AND
NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

Important Information Regarding

Retention of "Net Profit Shares"

The grant to you of the Option and restricted stock is subject to the
restriction that you retain such number of "net profit shares" (as defined
below") as is equal to XXX% of your annual salary at the time of valuation (the
"Threshold Number of Shares"). "Net profit shares" are (i) the shares remaining
after you exercise the Option and sell such number of shares as is needed to pay
the Option exercise price for such shares and the taxes incurred as a result of
such exercise and sale and (ii) the shares of restricted stock remaining after
you sell such number of shares of restricted stock as is needed to pay the taxes
you incur upon the vesting of such restricted stock. If you pay the Option price
with your own funds and pay with your own funds the taxes due upon such
exercise, then all the shares you receive upon exercise would be "net profit
shares". Similarly, if you pay with your own funds the taxes you incur when the
restricted stock vests, all such vested stock would be "net profit shares".
After you acquire the Threshold Number of Shares and maintain such ownership for
30 days, the Threshold Number of Shares is fixed and you may sell any additional
shares you acquire (other than as a result of a stock split or stock dividend),
provided that if you are promoted, the percentage of your annual salary that
must be retained in "net profit shares" may increase.

If you choose, you may agree to have shares of the Company you acquire through
purchase, whether in the open market, the Company's Employee Stock Purchase Plan
or the Company's Savings Plan, applied to meet your Threshold Number of Shares,
in which case you must continue to hold these shares.

Your obligation to hold the Threshold Number of Shares ends upon the termination
of your employment with the Company.