Exhibit 10.3

 

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CSX CORPORATION

Notice of Non-Qualified Stock Option Grant

 

Name of Participant:

  

[Name]

Employee ID:    [ID #] Number of Options Granted:    [# options granted] Grant
Date:    February 10, 2016 Option Exercise Price:    $24.13 Vesting Date:   
February 10, 2019 Expiration Date:    February 10, 2026 Grant Number    [Grant
#]

CSX Corporation (“CSX”) has granted to you non-qualified stock options
(“Options”) to purchase CSX common stock. Your grant has been made pursuant to
CSX’s 2010 Stock and Incentive Award Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), which,
together with the terms contained in this Notice and stock option agreement
attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Option Agreement), sets forth terms and
conditions of your grant and is incorporated herein by reference. A copy of the
Plan is available on the CSX Gateway within the Long Term Incentives Portal
under Team Sites. You should review the terms of the Notice, Option Agreement
and the Plan carefully. CSX reserves the right to terminate, change or amend the
Plan at any time. Receipt of this grant does not obligate CSX to make any
additional grants to you.

Your Option, or a portion thereof, may be subject to forfeiture if you terminate
employment as set forth in the attached Option Agreement.

You agree that the attached Option Agreement is governed by the terms and
conditions of the Plan. Unless defined in this Option Agreement, capitalized
terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Plan.

The Company and you have executed this Option Agreement as of the Date of Grant
set forth above.

 

CSX

    PARTICIPANT

 

   

 

Name:

 

Michael J. Ward

   

Name:

 

Title:

 

Chairman and CEO

     

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Attachments: Exhibit A (Terms and Conditions)

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EXHIBIT A

OPTION AGREEMENT: TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Vesting:

The Options may be exercised only when vested. Except in the case of Retirement,
Disability or death, the Options will vest and become exercisable on February
10, 2019. In the event of Participant’s Retirement, Disability or death, a
prorated portion of the Options will vest on February 10, 2019.

Termination of Employment Requirements:

 

  (a) Retirement, Disability, death. In the event of the Participant’s
separation from employment due to Retirement, Disability or death, the
Participant or designated Beneficiary or estate will have until the Expiration
Date to exercise any vested Options.

 

  (b) Termination for Cause. If the Participant’s employment is terminated for
Cause, as defined in the Plan, all rights under the Options shall lapse and
terminate immediately.

 

  (c) Resignation or Other Terminations. Except as otherwise provided in Section
20 of the Plan, if the Participant separates from employment for any reason
other than Retirement, Disability or death, Participant will have 60 days after
separation from employment to exercise any Options that are vested at separation
from employment. If the Participant voluntarily resigns from employment prior to
becoming Retirement eligible, any then unvested Options shall lapse and
terminate immediately.

 

  (d) Definitions. Retirement shall mean the attainment of age 55 with a minimum
of 10 years of service or the attainment of age 65. Disability shall mean long
term disability as defined in the company’s long term disability plan covering
the Participant.

Exercise:

Participant may exercise these Options, in whole or in part, to purchase a whole
number of vested shares at any time by following the exercise procedures
below. All exercises must take place before the Expiration Date, or such earlier
dates as established by the Notice, Option Agreement or the Plan, or such
Options shall otherwise lapse.

Options may be exercised by: (i) paying cash, (ii) executing a “cashless”
exercise, or (iii) executing a “cashless” exercise and “hold” transaction.

Non-Transferability:

The Options may not be assigned, sold or transferred by the Participant other
than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, and are exercisable
during Participant’s life only by the Participant.

Change in Control:

In the event of a Change in Control in which the Company is not the successor or
acquiring company or a direct or indirect parent entity of the successor or
acquiring company (the “Surviving Company”) and the Surviving Company does not
arrange to continue or convert the Option or grant a Substitute Award, as
provided under Section 20 of the Plan, the Company may, without the
Participant’s consent, elect to provide any one or more of the following:

 

  (a) The Option shall be terminated as of the Change in Control in exchange for
a payment in cash and/or securities equal to the amount, if any, by which the
Fair Market Value of the shares underlying the Option exceeds the Option
Exercise Price;

 

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  (b) The Option shall become immediately and fully exercisable as of a date
prior to the Change in Control, to the extent not previously exercised or
terminated, and shall be terminated as of the Change in Control; or

 

  (c) To the extent that the Option Exercise Price exceeds the Fair Market Value
of the shares underlying the Option as of the Change in Control, the Option
shall lapse and terminate as of the Change in Control.

Severability:

If any terms and conditions herein are, become, or are deemed to be invalid,
illegal, or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, such provision shall be construed
or deemed amended or limited in scope to conform to applicable laws or, in the
discretion of the Company, it shall be stricken and the remainder of the terms
and conditions shall remain in force and effect.

Choice of Law; Jurisdiction:

All questions pertaining to the construction, regulation, validity, and effect
of the terms and conditions shall be determined in accordance with the laws of
the state of Florida, without regard to the conflict of laws doctrine.

Restrictions on Resales of Shares Acquired Pursuant to Option Exercise:

The Company may impose such restrictions, conditions or limitations as it deems
appropriate as to the timing and manner of any resales by the Participant or
other subsequent transfers by the Participant of any Common Stock issued as a
result of the exercise of the Option, including without limitation
(a) restrictions under an insider trading policy, (b) restrictions designed to
delay and/or coordinate the timing and manner of sales by Participant and other
option-holders and (c) restrictions as to the use of a specified brokerage firm
for such resales or other transfers.

Each Participant who is a Named Executive Officer on the date the Option is
exercised must retain shares acquired on the exercise of the Option until the
first anniversary of the exercise of the Option. However, the one-year
restriction on transferability shall not apply: (i) after the Participant’s
termination of employment from CSX and its Affiliates, (ii) to the surrender or
exchange (actually or by attestation) of shares to exercise the Option, (iii) to
the sale of shares in connection with the exercise of the Option in a “cashless”
exercise and “hold” transaction, (iv) to the surrender (actually or by
attestation), withholding or sale of shares to satisfy Applicable Withholding
Taxes arising on the exercise of the Option, (v) to the sale of such shares in a
Change in Control transaction or (vi) to a person or entity that acquires the
shares from the Participant by will or the laws of descent and distribution. The
term “Named Executive Officer” means an executive officer of CSX for whom
compensation disclosure was required in CSX’s most recent proxy statement filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Nonqualified Stock Option:

The Option is intended to be a nonqualified stock option and is not intended to
be an incentive stock option under Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended and will be interpreted accordingly.

Income Taxes:

An exercise of Options may generate federal and applicable state income and
employment tax withholding obligations. The full purchase price of the shares
being purchased through exercise of Options and the related withholding taxes
for federal, state or local jurisdictions must be paid to CSX at the time of an
exercise of Options. The Participant acknowledges that the Company shall have

 

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the right to deduct any taxes required to be withheld by law in connection with
the exercise of the Option from any amounts payable by it to the Participant
(including, without limitation, future cash wages).

 

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