EXHIBIT 10.8

 

RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT

 

THIS RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is made between John P. Case (“Employee”) and Realty Income Corporation, a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), as of September 26, 2013 (the “Effective Date”).

 

RECITALS

 

(1)        Pursuant to the 2012 Incentive Award Plan of Realty Income Corporation, as amended from time to time (the “Plan”), on September 26, 2013 (the “Grant Date”) the Company granted to Employee an award of 51,454 shares of restricted common stock of the Company (the “Shares”).

 

(2)        As a condition to Employee’s grant of the Shares, Employee must execute this Restricted Stock Agreement, which sets forth the rights and obligations of the parties with respect to the Shares.

 

(3)        The Plan’s terms are hereby incorporated herein by reference.  Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Plan.

 

1.         Forfeiture; Vesting.

 

(a)        Subject to Subsection 1(c) hereof, if Employee’s employment with the Company is terminated for any reason, including, but not limited to for Cause (as defined in Employee’s Amended and Restated Employment Agreement with the Company dated as of September 3, 2013 (the “Employment Agreement”)), all unvested Shares (the “Unvested Shares”) as of the date of such termination shall immediately be forfeited and Employee’s rights in any Unvested Shares shall thereupon lapse and expire; provided, that in the event Employee’s employment with the Company is terminated and the Unvested Shares are not subject to accelerated vesting under the Employment Agreement, then 12,864 Unvested Shares shall remain outstanding and eligible to vest as of December 31 of the year in which the termination occurs based on the extent to which the Company achieves the applicable annual Performance Metric Thresholds as set forth and defined on Exhibit A hereto, pro-rated based on the number of days elapsed from the Vesting Date immediately preceding the date of termination of employment through the date of termination (as a portion of the number of days between such Vesting Date and the Vesting Date next following the date of termination of employment), rounded down to the nearest whole Share.

 

(b)        Except as provided in Subsections 1(a) or (c) hereof, the Unvested Shares issued hereunder shall vest as of December 31 of each of 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 (the “Vesting Dates”), subject to Employee’s continued service as an Employee of the Company as of each such Vesting Date, based on the extent to which the Company achieves the applicable annual Performance Metric Thresholds as set forth and defined on Exhibit A hereto.

 

(c)        Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection 1(b) hereof, in the event of a Change in Control and Employee remains continuously employed by the Company until

 











 

immediately prior to such Change in Control, all Unvested Shares shall become vested immediately prior to the consummation of such Change in Control.  In addition, the Company and Employee acknowledge and agree that the Unvested Shares are subject to accelerated vesting under certain circumstances as set forth in subsections 10(a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) of the Employment Agreement.

 

(d)       Any Shares that do not vest in accordance with this Agreement due to the failure to achieve an applicable Performance Metric Threshold as of December 31 of the applicable calendar year shall thereupon automatically be forfeited by the Employee as of such date, and the Employee’s rights in any such Shares and such portion of the award shall thereupon lapse and expire.

 

2.         Transfer of Shares.  Unless permitted by the Administrator, Unvested Shares or any interest or right therein or part thereof shall not be liable for the debts, contracts or engagements of the Employee or his or her successors in interest and shall not be subject to disposition by transfer, alienation, anticipation, pledge, encumbrance, assignment or any other means whether such disposition be voluntary or involuntary or by operation of law or by judgment, levy, attachment, garnishment or any other legal or equitable proceedings (including bankruptcy), and any attempted disposition thereof shall be null and void and of no effect; provided, however, that this Section 2 shall not apply to vested Shares and shall not prevent transfers by will or by applicable laws of descent and distribution.  In the case of a permitted transfer of Unvested Shares, the transferee or other recipient shall receive and hold the Unvested Shares so transferred subject to the provisions of this Agreement, and there shall be no further transfer of such Shares except in accordance with the terms of this Section 2.  Any transferee shall acknowledge the same by signing a copy of this Agreement.  Transfer or sale of the Shares is subject to restrictions on transfer imposed by any applicable state and federal securities laws.  The Unvested Shares will be held in book entry form by the Company’s Stock Transfer Agent.  As Shares vest, the Transfer Agent will be given instructions to issue a certificate to the Employee or the approved transferee for the vested Shares.

 

3.         Dividends and Voting Rights.  Employee shall be entitled to any and all dividends on the Shares, payable from the Grant Date.  In addition, as of the Grant Date, Employee shall have all voting rights with respect to Shares.

 

4.         Ownership Rights, Duties.  This Agreement shall not affect in any way the ownership, voting rights or other rights or duties of Employee, except as specifically provided herein.

 

5.         Legends.  The certificate evidencing the Shares issued shall be endorsed with any legend required under applicable federal and state securities laws and the Company’s Articles of Incorporation.

 

6.         Adjustment for Stock Splits, Etc.  All references to the number of Shares in this Agreement shall be appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or other recapitalization or change in the Shares which may be made by the Company after the date of this Agreement in accordance with Section 14.2 of the Plan.  Any and all shares of Common

 

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Stock received by the Employee with respect to such Shares as a result of stock dividends, stock splits or any other form of recapitalization shall also be subject to this Agreement.

 

7.         Notices.  Notices required hereunder shall be given in person or by registered mail to the address of the Employee shown on the records of the Company, and to the Company at its principal executive office.

 

8.         Survival of Terms.  This Agreement shall apply to and bind Employee and the Company and their respective permitted assignees and transferees, heirs, legatees, executors, administrators and legal successors, including without limitation the Company’s acquirer in a Change in Control.

 

9.         Tax Withholding.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Company or its Affiliates shall be entitled to require payment in cash or deduction from other compensation payable to Employee of any sums required by federal, state or local tax law to be withheld with respect to the issuance or lapsing of restrictions on the Shares.  The Company may, in its discretion, allow the Employee to deliver shares of Common Stock owned by Employee duly endorsed for transfer to the Company with an aggregate Fair Market Value on the date of delivery equal to the statutory minimum sums to be withheld.  The Company shall not be obligated to deliver any new certificate representing vested Shares to Employee or his or her legal representative unless and until Employee or his or her legal representative shall have paid or otherwise satisfied in full the amount of all federal, state and local taxes applicable to the taxable income of Employee resulting from the grant of the Shares or their vesting.

 

10.       No Section 83(b) Elections.  Because such election could have an impact on the Company’s ability to continue as a real estate investment trust under the Code (defined below), Employee agrees that Employee will not file an election under Section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), with respect to the Shares.  If Employee does file a Section 83(b) election then such election shall cause the forfeiture of all of the Shares, without proration (notwithstanding Section 1(a)).

 

11.       Representations.  Employee has reviewed with his or her own tax advisors the federal, state, local and foreign tax consequences of this investment and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.  Employee is relying solely on such advisors and not on any statements or representations of the Company or any of its agents.  Employee understands that he/she (and not the Company) shall be responsible for his/her own tax liability that may arise as a result of the grant of Shares or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

12.       Governing Law.  This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with California law, without giving effect to the principles of conflict of laws thereof.

 

Employee represents that he/she has read this Agreement and is familiar with its terms and provisions.  Employee hereby agrees to accept as binding, conclusive and final all decisions or interpretations of the Company’s Board of Directors or the Compensation Committee thereof upon any questions arising under this Agreement.  If Employee is married, his or her spouse has signed the Consent of Spouse attached to this Agreement as Exhibit B.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement is deemed made as of the date first set forth above.

 

	
 
    	
“COMPANY”
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
REALTY   INCOME CORPORATION
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/   MICHAEL R. PFEIFFER
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Michael   R. Pfeiffer
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Executive   Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
“EMPLOYEE”
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
/s/   JOHN P. CASE
    
	
 
    	
John   P. Case
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Address:
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
				


 

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EXHIBIT A

TO RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT

VESTING CONDITIONS OF RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD

 

Subject to Employee’s continued service as an Employee of the Company, for each of calendar years 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016, up to 1,838 of the Unvested Shares (each, an “Annual Performance Goal Tranche”) shall vest with respect to each of the Annual Performance Metrics set forth in the table below (each, a “Performance Metric”) as of the applicable Vesting Date to the extent that the Company achieves the respective Performance Metric.  For each Performance Metric, if the Company achieves:

 

·                                         at or below “Poor” for the applicable calendar year, then none of applicable Annual Performance Goal Tranche shall vest;

 

·                                         within the range for “Average” for the applicable calendar year, then the applicable Annual Performance Goal Tranche shall vest as of December 31 of such calendar year with respect to 75% of the Unvested Shares of such tranche;

 

·                                         within the range for “Good” for the applicable calendar year, then the applicable Annual Performance Goal Tranche shall vest as of December 31 of such calendar year with respect to 125% of the Unvested Shares of such tranche;

 

·                                         within the range for “Excellent” for the applicable calendar year, then the applicable Annual Performance Goal Tranche shall vest as of December 31 of such calendar year with respect to 150% of the Unvested Shares of such tranche; and

 

·                                         within the range for “Outstanding” or above for the applicable calendar year, then the applicable Annual Performance Goal Tranche shall vest as of December 31 of such calendar year with respect to 200% of the Unvested Shares of such tranche;

 

provided, however, that in no event shall (i) more than an aggregate of 12,864 Shares vest hereunder for any applicable calendar year and (ii) more than an aggregate of 51,454 Shares vest hereunder.

 

	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Annual Performance
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The Administrator shall make all rounding determinations with respect to the calculation of the number of Shares that vests hereunder.

 

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EXHIBIT B
 TO RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT
 CONSENT OF SPOUSE

 

I, _______________, spouse of John Case, have read and approve the Restricted Stock Award Agreement (the “Agreement”) to which this Consent of Spouse is attached.  In consideration of issuing to my spouse the shares of the common stock of Realty Income Corporation set forth in the Agreement, I hereby appoint my spouse as my attorney-in-fact in respect to the exercise of any rights under the Agreement and agree to be bound by the provisions of the Agreement insofar as I may have any rights in said Agreement or any shares of the common stock of Realty Income Corporation issued pursuant thereto under the community property laws or similar laws relating to marital property in effect in the state of our residence as of the date of the signing of the foregoing Agreement.

 

	
Dated: _______________
    	
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Signature of Spouse
    


 

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