Exhibit 10.28

 

ROSETTA STONE INC.
 2009 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN, AS AMENDED

 

COVER SHEET TO
 RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT

 

Rosetta Stone Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), has granted to the individual whose name is set forth below on the “Name of Employee” line (“Employee”) the shares of the Company’s common stock, $.00005 par value, specified herein, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Cover Sheet, in the Restricted Stock Award Agreement and in the Rosetta Stone Inc. 2009 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as amended, (the “Plan”).

 

Grant Date:

 

Name of Employee:

 

Employee’s Employee Identification Number:

 

Number of Shares of Restricted Stock Granted:

 

Vesting Start Date:

 

Recipient understands and agrees that this Restricted Stock Award is granted subject to and in accordance with the terms of the Rosetta Stone, Inc. %%EQUITY_PLAN%-% (the “Plan”).  Recipient further agrees to be bound by the terms of the Plan and the terms of the Restricted Stock Award as set forth in the Restricted Stock Award Agreement and any Addenda to such Restricted Stock Award Agreement.  A copy of the Plan is available on www.etrade.com.

 

Nothing in this Notice or in the Restricted Stock Award Agreement or in the Plan shall confer upon Recipient any right to continue in service for any period of specific duration or interfere with or otherwise restrict in any way the rights of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary employing or retaining Recipient) or of Recipient, which rights are hereby expressly reserved by each, to terminate Recipient’s Service at any time for any reason, with or without cause.

 

Definitions. All capitalized terms in this Notice shall have the meaning assigned to them in this Notice or in the Restricted Stock Award Agreement.

 

ROSETTA STONE INC.

 











 

ROSETTA STONE INC.
 2009 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN, AS AMENDED

 

 RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT

 

This RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) and the Cover Sheet to which this Agreement is attached (the “Cover Sheet”) is made by and between Rosetta Stone Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Employee (as that term is defined in the Covered Sheet), effective as of the Grant Date set forth on the Cover Sheet (the “Grant Date”), pursuant to the Rosetta Stone Inc. 2009 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as amended, (the “Plan”), a copy of which previously has been made available to Employee and the terms and provisions of which are incorporated by reference herein.

 

WHEREAS, the Company desires to grant to Employee the shares of the Company’s common stock, $.00005 par value, set forth on the “Number of Shares of Restricted Stock Granted” line on the Cover Sheet (the “Shares”), subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement; and

 

WHEREAS, Employee desires to have the opportunity to hold the Shares subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, mutual covenants and agreements contained herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound hereby, agree as follows:

 

1.                                      Definitions.  For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:

 

(a)                                 “Forfeiture Restrictions” shall mean the prohibitions and restrictions set forth herein with respect to the sale or other disposition of the Shares issued to Employee hereunder and the obligation to forfeit and surrender such Shares to the Company.

 

(b)                                 “Period of Restriction” shall mean the period during which Restricted Shares are subject to Forfeiture Restrictions and during which Restricted Shares may not be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged or otherwise encumbered.

 

(c)                                  “Restricted Shares” shall mean the Shares that are subject to the Forfeiture Restrictions under this Agreement.

 

(d)                                 “Disability” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Plan, as it may be amended from time to time.

 

Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Plan.

 

2.                                      Grant of Restricted Shares.  Effective as of the Grant Date, the Company shall cause to be issued in Employee’s name the Shares as Restricted Shares.  The Company shall cause electronic book entries evidencing the Restricted Shares, and any shares of the Stock or

 

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rights to acquire shares of the Stock distributed by the Company in respect of Restricted Shares during any Period of Restriction (the “Retained Stock Distributions”), to be issued in Employee’s name.  During the Period of Restriction such electronic book entries shall contain a restrictive legend notation to the effect that ownership of such Restricted Shares (and any Retained Stock Distributions), and the enjoyment of all rights appurtenant thereto, are subject to the restrictions, terms, and conditions provided in the Plan and this Agreement.  During the Period of Restriction any regular dividends paid in cash or property (other than Retained Stock Distributions) with respect to the Restricted Shares and Retained Stock Distributions (the “Retained Cash Distributions”) shall not be paid to Employee but instead shall be accumulated by the Company until the date the Forfeiture Restrictions applicable to the Restricted Shares and Retained Stock Distributions with respect to which such Retained Cash Distributions shall have been made, paid, or declared shall have become vested and then on that date such Retained Cash Distributions shall be paid to Employee.  Employee shall have the right to vote the Restricted Shares awarded to Employee and to exercise all other rights, powers and privileges of a holder of the Shares, with respect to such Restricted Shares, with the exception that (a) Employee shall not be entitled to delivery of such Restricted Shares until the Forfeiture Restrictions applicable thereto shall have expired, (b) the Company shall retain custody of all Retained Stock Distributions made or declared with respect to the Restricted Shares and Retained Cash Distributions made or declared with respect to the Restricted Shares and the Retained Stock Distributions (and such Retained Stock Distributions and Retained Cash Distributions shall be subject to the same restrictions, terms and conditions as are applicable to the Restricted Shares) until such time, if ever, as the Restricted Shares with respect to which such Retained Stock Distributions and Restricted Cash Distributions shall have been made, paid, or declared shall have become vested, and such Retained Stock Distributions and Retained Cash Distributions shall not bear interest or be segregated in separate accounts and (c) Employee may not sell, assign, transfer, pledge, exchange, encumber, or dispose of the Restricted Shares or any Retained Stock Distributions or any Restricted Cash Distributions during the Period of Restriction.  Upon issuance the book entry representing the Restricted Shares shall be delivered to such depository as may be designated by the Committee as a depository for safekeeping until the forfeiture of such Restricted Shares occurs or the Forfeiture Restrictions lapse, together with stock powers or other instruments of assignment, each endorsed in blank, which will permit transfer to the Company of all or any portion of the Restricted Shares and any securities constituting Retained Stock Distributions which shall be forfeited in accordance with the Plan and this Agreement.  In accepting the award of the Shares set forth in this Agreement Employee accepts and agrees to be bound by all the terms and conditions of the Plan and this Agreement.

 

3.                                      Transfer Restrictions.  The Shares granted hereby may not be sold, assigned, pledged, exchanged, hypothecated or otherwise transferred, encumbered or disposed of, to the extent then subject to the Forfeiture Restrictions.  Any such attempted sale, assignment, pledge, exchange, hypothecation, transfer, encumbrance or disposition in violation of this Agreement shall be void and the Company shall not be bound thereby.  Further, the Shares granted hereby that are no longer subject to Forfeiture Restrictions may not be sold or otherwise disposed of in any manner that would constitute a violation of any applicable securities laws.  Employee also agrees that the Company may (a) refuse to cause the transfer of the Shares to be registered on the applicable stock transfer records of the Company if such proposed transfer would, in the opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Company, constitute a violation of any applicable securities law and (b) give related instructions to the transfer agent, if any, to stop registration of the transfer of the Shares.  The Shares are registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission under a

 

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Registration Statement on Form S-8.  A Prospectus describing the Plan and the Shares is available from the Company.

 

4.                                      Vesting.

 

(a)                                 The Shares that are granted hereby shall be subject to the Forfeiture Restrictions.  The Forfeiture Restrictions shall lapse as to the Shares that are granted hereby in accordance with the following schedule, provided that Employee’s employment with the Company or its direct or indirect subsidiaries has not terminated prior to the applicable lapse date.  On the first anniversary of the Vesting Start Date (as set forth in the Cover Sheet), and on each succeeding anniversary of the Vesting Start Date (each such anniversary date being referred to as a “lapse date”), the Forfeiture Restrictions shall lapse with respect to one-fourth (1/4th) of the total number of Restricted Shares granted hereby, rounded to the nearest whole number, except that on the fourth anniversary of the Vesting Start Date the Forfeiture Restrictions shall lapse with respect to the then remaining number of Restricted Shares granted hereby for which the Forfeiture Restrictions have not previously lapsed.

 

(b)                                 Upon the lapse of the Forfeiture Restrictions with respect to the Shares granted hereby the Company shall cause to be delivered to Employee such Shares in electronic book entry form, and such Shares shall be transferable by Employee (except to the extent that any proposed transfer would, in the opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Company, constitute a violation of applicable securities law).

 

(c)                                  If Employee ceases to be employed by the Company or a subsidiary for any reason before the applicable lapse date including death or disability of Employee, the Forfeiture Restrictions then applicable to the Restricted Shares shall not lapse and all the Restricted Shares shall be forfeited to the Company.

 

5.                                      Capital Adjustments and Reorganizations.  The existence of the Restricted Shares shall not affect in any way the right or power of the Company or any company the stock of which is awarded pursuant to this Agreement to make or authorize any adjustment, recapitalization, reorganization or other change in its capital structure or its business, engage in any merger or consolidation, issue any debt or equity securities, dissolve or liquidate, or sell, lease, exchange or otherwise dispose of all or any part of its assets or business, or engage in any other corporate act or proceeding.

 

6.                                      Tax Withholding.  To the extent that the receipt of the Restricted Shares or the lapse of any Forfeiture Restrictions results in income to Employee for federal, state, local or foreign income, employment or other tax purposes with respect to which the Company or its Affiliates or subsidiaries have a withholding obligation, Employee shall deliver to the Company at the time of such receipt or lapse, as the case may be, such amount of money as the Company or any Affiliate may require to meet such obligation under applicable tax laws or regulations, and, if Employee fails to do so, the Company and its Affiliates and subsidiaries are authorized to withhold from the Shares granted hereby or from any cash or stock remuneration then or thereafter payable to Employee in any capacity any tax required to be withheld by reason of such taxable income, sufficient to satisfy the withholding obligation.

 

7.                                      Section 83(b) Election.  Employee shall not exercise the election permitted under section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, with respect to the Restricted

 

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Shares without the prior written approval of the General Counsel of the Company.  If the election is permitted as provided in the prior sentence, Employee shall timely pay the Company the amount necessary to satisfy the Company’s attendant tax withholding obligations, if any.

 

8.                                      No Fractional Shares.  All provisions of this Agreement concern whole Shares.  If the application of any provision hereunder would yield a fractional share, such fractional share shall be rounded down to the next whole share if it is less than 0.5 and rounded up to the next whole share if it is 0.5 or more.

 

9.                                      Employment Relationship.  For purposes of this Agreement, Employee shall be considered to be in the employment of the Company and its Affiliates as long as Employee has an employment relationship with the Company and its Affiliates.  The Committee shall determine any questions as to whether and when there has been a termination of such employment relationship, and the cause of such termination, under the Plan and the Committee’s determination shall be final and binding on all persons.

 

10.                               Not an Employment Agreement.  This Agreement is not an employment agreement, and no provision of this Agreement shall be construed or interpreted to create an employment relationship between Employee and the Company or any Affiliate, to guarantee the right to remain employed by the Company or any Affiliate for any specified term or require the Company or any Affiliate to employ Employee for any period of time.

 

11.                               Legend.  Employee consents to the placing of an appropriate legend notation on the electronic book entry representing the Shares restricting resale or other transfer of the Shares except in accordance with all applicable securities laws and rules thereunder.

 

12.                               Notices.  Any notice, instruction, authorization, request, demand or other communications required hereunder shall be in writing, and shall be delivered either by personal delivery, by telegram, telex, telecopy or similar facsimile means, by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, or by courier or delivery service, addressed to the Company at the Company’s principal business office address to the attention of the Company’s General Counsel and to Employee at Employee’s residential address as it appears on the books and records of the Company, or at such other address and number as a party shall have previously designated by written notice given to the other party in the manner hereinabove set forth.  Notices shall be deemed given when received, if sent by facsimile means (confirmation of such receipt by confirmed facsimile transmission being deemed receipt of communications sent by facsimile means); and when delivered (or upon the date of attempted delivery where delivery is refused), if hand-delivered, sent by express courier or delivery service, or sent by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested.

 

13.                               Amendment and Waiver.  Except as otherwise provided herein or in the Plan or as necessary to implement the provisions of the Plan, this Agreement may be amended, modified or superseded only by written instrument executed by the Company and Employee.  Only a written instrument executed and delivered by the party waiving compliance hereof shall waive any of the terms or conditions of this Agreement.  Any waiver granted by the Company shall be effective only if executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of the Company other than Employee.  The failure of any party at any time or times to require performance of any provisions hereof shall in no manner effect the right to enforce the same.  No waiver by any party of any term or condition, or the breach of any term or condition contained in this

 

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Agreement, in one or more instances, shall be construed as a continuing waiver of any such condition or breach, a waiver of any other condition, or the breach of any other term or condition.

 

14.                               Dispute Resolution.  In the event of any difference of opinion concerning the meaning or effect of the Plan or this Agreement, such difference shall be resolved by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors.

 

15.                               Governing Law and Severability.  The validity, construction and performance of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, excluding any conflicts or choice of law rule or principle that might otherwise refer construction or interpretation of this Agreement to the substantive law of another jurisdiction.  The invalidity of any provision of this Agreement shall not affect any other provision of this Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect.

 

16.                               Successors and Assigns.  Subject to the limitations which this Agreement imposes upon the transferability of the Shares granted hereby, this Agreement shall bind, be enforceable by and inure to the benefit of the Company and its successors and assigns, and to Employee, Employee’s permitted assigns, executors, administrators, agents, legal and personal representatives.

 

17.                               Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be an original for all purposes but all of which taken together shall constitute but one and the same instrument.

 

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Irrevocable Stock Power

 

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, For Value Received, has bargained, sold, assigned and transferred and by these presents does bargain, sell, assign and transfer unto Rosetta Stone Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the Shares transferred pursuant to the Restricted Stock Award Agreement dated effective                                           , 20      , between the Company and the undersigned; and subject to and in accordance with such Restricted Stock Award Agreement the undersigned does hereby constitute and appoint the Secretary of the Company the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney, IRREVOCABLY, to sell, assign, transfer, hypothecate, pledge and make over all or any part of such Shares and for that purpose to make and execute all necessary acts of assignment and transfer thereof, and to substitute one or more persons with like full power, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney or his substitutes shall lawfully do by virtue hereof.

 

In Witness Whereof, the undersigned has executed this Irrevocable Stock Power effective the              day of                         , 20      .

 

 

	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
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