Exhibit 10.1

 

SYBRON DENTAL SPECIALTIES, INC.

 

2005 OUTSIDE DIRECTORS’ STOCK OPTION PLAN

 

I. INTRODUCTION

 

1.01 Purpose. This plan shall be known as the Sybron Dental Specialties, Inc.
2005 Outside Directors’ Stock Option Plan (the “Directors’ Plan”). The purpose
of the Directors’ Plan is to provide an incentive for Outside Directors of
Sybron Dental Specialties, Inc. to improve corporate performance on a long-term
basis. It is intended that the Directors’ Plan and its operation comply with the
provisions of Rule 16b-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (or any
successor rule). If any provision of the Directors’ Plan or any grant hereunder
would disqualify the Directors’ Plan or such grant under, or would not comply
with, Rule 16b-3 (or any successor rule), such provision or grant shall be
construed or deemed amended to conform to Rule 16b-3.

 

1.02 Effective Date. The Directors’ Plan shall be effective as of February 8,
2005 upon its approval by the stockholders at the 2005 annual meeting of
stockholders.

 

II. PLAN DEFINITIONS

 

2.01 Definitions. For Plan purposes, except where the context clearly indicates
otherwise, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

 

(a) “Board” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

(b) “Committee” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.01
hereof.

 

(c) “Company” shall mean Sybron Dental Specialties, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, or any successor thereto as provided in Section 6.07 hereof.

 

(d) “Company Stock” shall mean the Company’s common stock, par value $.01 per
share, and such other stock and securities as may be substituted therefor
pursuant to Section 3.02 hereof.

 

(e) “Director” shall mean any individual who is a member of the Board.

 

(f) “Fair Market Value” means the average of the highest and lowest quoted
selling prices for the Company Stock on the relevant date, or (if there were no
sales on such date) the average of the means between the highest and lowest
quoted selling prices on the nearest day before and the nearest day after the
relevant date, as reported in The Wall Street Journal or a similar publication
selected by the Committee.

 

(g) “Grantee” shall mean any person who has been granted an option under the
Directors’ Plan.

 

(h) “Outside Director” shall mean a Director who is not also an active full-time
employee of the Company or a corporation in which the Company owns, directly or
indirectly, a voting stock interest of more than fifty percent (50%).

 

III. SHARES SUBJECT TO OPTION

 

3.01 Available Shares. The total number of shares of Company Stock that may be
issued under the Directors’ Plan shall not exceed Three Hundred and Fifty
Thousand (350,000) shares. Shares subject to and not issued under an option
which expires, terminates, or is canceled for any reason under the Directors’
Plan shall again become available for granting of options.

 

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3.02 Changes in Common Stock. If any stock dividend is declared upon the Company
Stock, or if there is any stock split, stock distribution, or other
recapitalization of the Company with respect to the Company Stock, resulting in
a split or combination or exchange of shares, the aggregate number and kind of
shares which may thereafter be granted under the Directors’ Plan shall be
proportionately and appropriately adjusted and the number and kind of shares
then subject to options under the Directors’ Plan and the per share option price
therefor shall be proportionately and appropriately adjusted, without any change
in the aggregate purchase prices to be paid therefor.

 

IV. ADMINISTRATION

 

4.01 Administration by the Committee. The Directors’ Plan shall be administered
by the Compensation Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board (or any successor
committee) which shall have the power, subject to and within the limits of the
express provisions of the Directors’ Plan, to exercise such powers and to
perform such acts as are deemed necessary or expedient to promote the best
interests of the Company with respect to the Directors’ Plan; provided, however,
that the Committee may not re-price, or cancel and re-grant, any option to
reduce the option price.

 

V. STOCK OPTIONS

 

5.01 Option Agreements. Each option granted under the Directors’ Plan shall be
evidenced by a stock option agreement between the Company and the Grantee which
shall contain the terms and conditions required by this Article V, and such
other terms and conditions, not inconsistent herewith, as the Committee may deem
appropriate in each case. The holder of an option shall not have any rights as a
shareholder with respect to the shares covered by an option until such shares
have been delivered to him or her.

 

5.02 Option Grant Size and Grant Date.

 

(a) Automatic Grants. Upon the first meeting of the Board following the
Company’s 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 annual meetings of stockholders, each
person then serving the Company as an Outside Director shall automatically be
granted a nonqualified stock option to purchase Ten Thousand (10,000) shares,
subject to adjustment under Section 3.02 hereof.

 

(b) Special Rule. If at any time there are not sufficient available shares under
the Directors’ Plan to grant each Outside Director an option to purchase the
number of shares provided above, each Outside Director shall receive an option
to purchase an equal number of the remaining available shares, determined by
dividing the remaining available shares by the number of Outside Directors.

 

5.03 Exercise Price. The price at which each share of Company Stock covered by
an option may be purchased shall be one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair
Market Value of the Company Stock on the date the option is granted.

 

5.04 Period for Exercise of Options. Each stock option granted under this Plan
shall be exercisable immediately upon grant. All rights to exercise an option
shall terminate upon the earlier of (a) ten (10) years from the date the option
is granted, or (b) two (2) years from the date the Grantee ceases to be a
Director.

 

5.05 Method of Exercise. Subject to Section 5.04, each option may be exercised
in whole or in part from time to time as specified in the stock option
agreement. Each Grantee may exercise an option by giving written notice of the
exercise to the Company, specifying the number of shares to be purchased,
accompanied by payment in full of the exercise price therefor. The exercise
price may be paid in cash, by check, or by delivering shares of Company Stock
which have been beneficially owned by the Grantee, the Grantee’s spouse, or both
of them for a period of at least six months prior to the time of exercise
(“Delivered Stock”) or a combination of cash and Delivered Stock. Delivered
Stock shall be valued at its Fair Market Value determined as of the date of
exercise of the option. No Grantee shall be under any obligation to exercise any
option hereunder.

 

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VI. GENERAL

 

6.01 Nontransferability. No option granted under the Directors’ Plan shall be
transferable or assignable except by last will and testament or the laws of
descent and distribution; provided, however, that the Committee may, in its
discretion, grant stock options that are transferable to family members of the
Grantee or to trusts or partnerships for such family members. The Committee may
also amend outstanding stock options to provide for such transferability. In the
event of the Grantee’s death, the Grantee’s beneficiary designated pursuant to
Section 6.08 hereof or, in the absence of any such designation, the personal
representative of the Grantee’s estate or the person or persons to whom the
option is transferred by will or the laws of descent and distribution may
exercise the option in accordance with its terms.

 

6.02 General Restriction. Each option shall be subject to the requirement that
if at any time the Board shall determine, in its discretion, that the listing,
registration, or qualification of securities upon any securities exchange or
under any state or federal law, or the consent or approval of any government
regulatory body, is necessary or desirable as a condition of, or in connection
with, the granting of such option or the issue or purchase of securities
thereunder, such option may not be exercised in whole or in part unless such
listing, registration, qualification, consent or approval shall have been
effected or obtained free of any conditions not acceptable to the Board.

 

6.03 Expiration and Termination of the Directors’ Plan. Options may be granted
under the Directors’ Plan at any time and from time to time, prior to September
30, 2010, the date on which the Directors’ Plan will expire, except as to
options then outstanding under the Directors’ Plan, which shall remain in effect
until they have been exercised or have expired. The Directors’ Plan may be
abandoned or terminated at any time by the Board except with respect to any
options then outstanding under the Directors’ Plan.

 

6.04 Amendment, Modification and Termination. With approval of the Board, at any
time and from time to time, the Committee may terminate, amend, or modify the
Directors’ Plan. However, no such amendment, modification, or termination of the
Directors’ Plan may be made without the approval of the stockholders of the
Company, if such approval is required by the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended, by the insider trading rules of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, by any national securities exchange or system on which the Company
Stock is then listed or reported, or by a regulatory body having jurisdiction
with respect thereto. No termination, amendment, or modification of the
Directors’ Plan shall in any material manner adversely affect any option
previously granted under the Directors’ Plan, without the written consent of the
Grantee holding such option.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Plan, neither the Committee nor
the Board shall amend the Directors’ Plan to (i) materially increase the
benefits occurring to participants under the Directors’ Plan, (ii) materially
increase the aggregate number of securities that may be issued under the
Directors’ Plan, or (iii) materially modify the requirements as to eligibility
for participation in the Directors’ Plan, without the approval of the Company’s
stockholders, when that approval is required by applicable law, or deemed
necessary or advisable by the Committee.

 

6.05 Withholding Taxes. The Company shall have the power and the right to deduct
or withhold, or require a Grantee to remit to the Company, an amount sufficient
to satisfy any federal, state and local taxes required by law to be withheld
with respect to any grant, exercise, or payment made under or as a result of the
Directors’ Plan. With respect to tax withholding which may be required upon the
exercise of options, Grantees may elect, subject to the approval of the
Committee, to satisfy such withholding requirement, in whole or in part, by
having the Company withhold shares of Company Stock having a Fair Market Value
on the date the tax is to be determined, equal to the minimum marginal total tax
which could be imposed on the transaction. All elections shall be irrevocable,
made in writing, and signed by the Grantee.

 

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6.06 Construction. Except as otherwise required by applicable federal laws, the
Directors’ Plan shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws
of the state of the Company’s incorporation.

 

6.07 Successors. All obligations of the Company under the Directors’ Plan shall
be binding on any successor to the Company, whether the existence of such
successor is the result of a direct or indirect purchase, merger, consolidation,
or otherwise, of all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the
Company.

 

6.08 Beneficiary Designation. Each Grantee may, from time to time, name any
beneficiary or beneficiaries (who may be named contingently or successively) who
shall be entitled to exercise his or her options in accordance with their terms
in the event of his or her death before he or she exercises all of his or her
outstanding options. Each such designation shall revoke all prior designations
by the same Grantee, shall be in a form prescribed by the Company, and will be
effective only when filed by the Grantee in writing with the Human Resource
Department of the Company during the Grantee’s lifetime.

 

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