Exhibit 10.1

 

[Affiliate/Employee]

 

RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT

 

THIS RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), effective as of 
            ,             , (the “Effective Date”), is between SCBT FINANCIAL
CORPORATION, a South Carolina corporation (the “Corporation”), and
                              an individual residing in Greenville, South
Carolina (“Participant”).  Capitalized terms in this Agreement that are not
otherwise defined shall have the same meaning as set forth in the SCBT Financial
Corporation Omnibus Stock and Performance Plan (2012), a copy of which is
attached as Exhibit A (the “Plan”).

 

Section 1.                  Purpose.  The purpose of this Agreement is to award
to Participant restricted shares of Common Stock (the “Award”), par value $2.50
per share, of the Corporation (“Common Stock”) pursuant to the Plan.  This Award
is made to recognize and reward Participant for his or her service to the
Corporation or one of its subsidiaries.

 

Section 2.                  Award of Restricted Stock.  The Corporation hereby
awards and issues to Participant                    shares of Common Stock (the
“Shares”) pursuant to the Plan.  The Shares shall be duly paid and nonassessable
and shall be subject to the restrictions and limitations set forth herein.

 

Section 3.                  Restrictions.  Prior to the vesting of the Shares,
as set forth in Section 4 hereof:

 

(a)         the Shares shall not be transferable and shall not be sold,
exchanged, transferred, assigned, pledged, hypothecated, attached, encumbered or
otherwise disposed of; and

 

(b)         the Shares will (ordinarily) be issued in book entry form through
Direct Registration (DRS) and held by the Corporation’s stock registrar and
transfer agent in a restricted stock share class; or

 

(c)          if issued in physical certificate form, the stock
certificate(s) evidencing the Shares shall contain the following legend:

 

“Transfer of this certificate and the shares represented hereby is restricted
pursuant to the terms of the SCBT Financial Corporation Omnibus Stock and
Performance Plan and a Restricted Stock Agreement, dated as of               ,
          , between SCBT Financial Corporation and                             .
A copy of such Agreement is on file at the offices of SCBT Financial
Corporation.”

 

Except as expressly stated herein, Participant shall have all rights as a
shareholder with respect to the Shares, commencing as of the date of issuance
thereof and continuing for so long as Participant remains the record owner of
the Shares, including the right to vote the Shares as the record owner thereof
and to receive dividends in cash or other property and other distributions or
rights in respect of the Shares.

 

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Section 4.                  Vesting.  The restrictions described in Section 3
shall lapse and the Shares granted pursuant to the Award shall vest on the
following dates:

 

(a)         all of the Shares granted pursuant to the Award shall vest on [the
                     anniversary of the Effective Date], and

 

(b)         at any time immediately prior to consummation of a Change of Control
or in the event of Participant’s death, the restrictions on all unvested Shares
granted pursuant to the Award shall lapse and the Award shall vest.

 

Upon the vesting of any Shares, the Corporation’s stock transfer agent will
transfer the book entry Shares from the restricted stock class to book entry
Shares in the Corporation’s common stock class.  Alternatively, upon
Participant’s instructions to the stock transfer agent, Participant shall be
entitled to receive stock certificate(s) evidencing such vested Shares and such
certificate(s) shall not contain the legend set forth in Section 3(c).  However,
any replacement stock certificate(s) issued to an individual who is a director
or an executive officer of the Corporation shall bear the following legend:

 

“The registered holder of the shares represented by this certificate may be
deemed to be an affiliate of the Corporation under the Securities Act of 1933.
Such securities may not be sold, offered for sale, pledged, hypothecated or
transferred in the absence of an effective registration statement covering such
transaction under such laws or unless the availability of an exemption from
registration with respect to any such proposed sale, offer, pledge,
hypothecation or transfer of such shares is established to the satisfaction of
the Corporation (including, if requested by the Corporation, an opinion of
counsel satisfactory to the Corporation that such registration is not
required).”

 

Section 5.                  Forfeiture.  If, prior to a Change of Control
occurring after the Effective Date or prior to the death of Participant, the
employment or service of Participant with the Corporation and its subsidiaries
terminates for any reason (other than due to the death of Participant), all of
the Shares that are not vested under Section 4 as of the date of termination
shall be forfeited to the Corporation (such event being referred to herein as a
“Forfeiture Event”).  Upon the occurrence of a Forfeiture Event, Participant
shall return for cancellation all stock certificates representing unvested
Shares, and irrespective of whether such stock certificates are so returned and
cancelled, all unvested Shares shall automatically, without further action, be
cancelled and shall no longer be issued and outstanding.

 

Section 6.                  Taxes.

 

(a)         If Participant properly elects pursuant to Section 83(b) of the
Internal Revenue Code, within 30 days of the Effective Date, to include in gross
income for federal income tax purposes an amount equal to the fair market value
(as of the date of issuance) of the Shares granted pursuant to this Agreement,
Participant shall pay to the Corporation, in the year of this Agreement, all
federal, state and local taxes required to be withheld with respect to the grant
of the Shares.  Consistent with the terms of Section 14.2 of the Plan, if
Participant fails to make such tax payments as required, the Corporation shall,
to the extent permitted by law, have the right to deduct from any payment of any
kind otherwise

 

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due to Participant all federal, state and local taxes of any kind required by
law to be withheld with respect to the Shares.

 

(b)         If Participant does not make the election described in subparagraph
(a) of this section, he or she shall, on the date as to which the restrictions
described in Section 3 shall lapse as to any Shares, pay to the Corporation all
federal, state and local taxes of any kind required by law to be withheld with
respect to such vested Shares.  Consistent with the terms of Section 14.2 of the
Plan, if Participant fails to make such payments as required, the Corporation
shall, to the extent permitted by law, have the right to deduct from any payment
of any kind otherwise due to Participant all federal, state and local taxes of
any kind required by law to be withheld with respect to such vested Shares.

 

Section 7.                  Miscellaneous.

 

(a)         This Agreement shall be construed, administered and governed in all
respects under and by the applicable internal laws of the State of South
Carolina, without giving effect to the principles of conflicts of laws thereof.

 

(b)         This Agreement and the Plan shall or will contain the entire
agreement and understanding of the parties hereto with respect to the subject
matter contained herein and supersede all prior communications, representations
and negotiations in respect thereto.   This Agreement may not be modified,
amended, supplemented or waived except by a writing signed by the parties
hereto, and such writing must refer specifically to this Agreement.

 

(c)          If any event described in Article XI of the Plan occurs after the
Effective Date, the adjustment provisions as provided for under Article XI of
the Plan shall apply to this Award.

 

(d)         By signing this Agreement, Participant acknowledges that he or she
has received a copy of the Plan and has had an opportunity to review the Plan
and agrees to be bound by all the terms and provisions of the Plan.  This
Agreement is made pursuant to and is subject to the terms and conditions of the
Plan, which is incorporated herein by reference.

 

(e)          This Agreement, as amended from time to time, shall be binding
upon, inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the heirs, successors and
assigns of the parties hereto; provided, however, that this provision shall not
permit any assignment in contravention of the terms contained elsewhere herein.

 

(f)           Nothing in this Agreement shall confer on Participant any right to
continue in the employ of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries.

 

(g)          This Agreement may be signed in counterparts, each of which shall
be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto
were upon the same instrument

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed and has an effective
date of the       th  day of            ,              .

 

 

SCBT FINANCIAL CORPORATION,

 

a South Carolina corporation

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

PARTICIPANT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Signature

 

 

Print Name:

 

 

 

 

Date Signed:

 

 

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Exhibit A

 

SCBT Financial Corporation Omnibus
Stock and Performance Plan

 

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