exv10w3






Exhibit 10.3




BOB EVANS FARMS, INC.

2010 EQUITY AND CASH INCENTIVE PLAN




RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT

(For Directors)


Bob Evans Farms, Inc. (the “Company”) hereby grants the undersigned Participant an award of Shares
of Restricted Stock, subject to the terms and conditions described in the Bob Evans Farms, Inc.
2010 Equity and Cash Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) and this Restricted Stock Award Agreement (this
“Award Agreement”).





	1.	 	Name of Participant:                                                             
	 
	2.	 	Grant Date:                      (the “Grant Date”)
	 
	3.	 	Number of Shares of Restricted Stock:                                         
	 
	4.	 	Vesting:






	 	(a)	 	In General. The Restricted Stock will vest on the first anniversary of
the Grant Date (“Vesting Date”), subject to the Participant’s continued service with
the Company on the applicable Vesting Date. Except as provided in Sections 4(b) or
(c), if the Participant terminates for any reason prior to a Vesting Date, any
Restricted Stock that is unvested on the date of termination will be forfeited on that
date.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Accelerated Vesting. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Restricted
Stock will become fully vested on the earliest to occur of the date of Participant’s
death, Disability or Retirement.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Change in Control. If there is a Change in Control, Article XII of the
Plan will apply to any unvested portion of the Restricted Stock.






	5.	 	Transfer Restrictions: Until the Restricted Stock becomes vested as described in Section 4,
the Restricted Stock may not be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned or otherwise alienated or
hypothecated.
	 
	6.	 	Settling the Restricted Stock: The Restricted Stock will be held until it vests. If the
applicable terms and conditions of this Award Agreement are satisfied, the Restricted Stock
will be released and distributed to the Participant as soon as administratively feasible after
it vests. Any fractional Shares of Restricted Stock will be settled in cash.
	 
	7.	 	Restrictive Covenants: Unless the Company or an Affiliate otherwise agree in writing, any
unvested Shares of Restricted Stock will be forfeited if the Participant:






	 	(a)	 	Serves (or agrees to serve) as an officer, director, manager, consultant or
employee of any proprietorship, partnership, corporation or limited liability company
or becomes the owner of a business or a member of a partnership or





 









 











	 	 	 	limited liability company that competes with any portion of the Company or an
Affiliate’s business or renders any service to entities that compete with any
portion of the Company or an Affiliate’s business;






	 	(b)	 	Refuses or fails to consult with, supply information to, or otherwise cooperate
with, the Company or any Affiliate after having been requested to do so; or
	 
	 	(c)	 	Deliberately engages in any action that the Committee concludes could harm the
Company or any Affiliate.






	8.	 	Other Terms and Conditions:






	 	(a)	 	Rights Before Vesting. Before the Restricted Stock vests as described
in Section 4, the Participant: (i) may exercise full voting rights associated with the
Shares of Restricted Stock; and (ii) will be entitled to receive all dividends and
other distributions paid with respect to the Shares of Restricted Stock, although any
dividends or other distributions paid in Shares will be subject to the same
restrictions terms and conditions as the Shares Restricted Stock.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Beneficiary Designation. The Participant may name a beneficiary or
beneficiaries to receive Restricted Stock that is settled after the Participant’s death
by completing a Beneficiary Designation Form. If the Participant has not completed a
Beneficiary Designation Form or if the Participant wishes to change his or her
beneficiary, he or she may complete the Beneficiary Designation Form attached to this
Award Agreement as Exhibit A. The Beneficiary Designation Form does not need
to be completed now and is not required to be completed as a condition of receiving the
Restricted Stock. However, if the Participant dies without completing a Beneficiary
Designation Form or if the Participant does not complete the form correctly, the
Participant’s beneficiary will be the Participant’s surviving spouse or, if the
Participant does not have a surviving spouse, the Participant’s estate.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Transferring the Award Agreement. Except to the extent the Committee
permits otherwise, this Award Agreement may not be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned
or otherwise alienated or hypothecated, except by will or the laws of descent and
distribution. However, as described in Section 8(b), the Participant may designate a
beneficiary to receive any Restricted Stock that is unsettled in the event of the
Participant’s death.
	 
	 	(d)	 	Tax Withholding. Tax withholding will occur as provided for in the
Plan.
	 
	 	(e)	 	Section 83(b) Election. The Participant may file an election pursuant
to Section 83(b) of the Code to be taxed currently on the Fair Market Value of the
Shares of Restricted Stock (less any purchase price paid for the Shares). The
election will be made on a form provided by the Company and must be filed with the
Internal Revenue Service no later than 30 days after the Grant Date. The Participant
must seek the advice of the Participant’s own tax advisors as to the advisability of
making such an election, the potential consequences of making such an election,




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	 	 	 	the requirements for making such an election, and the other tax consequences of the
Restricted Stock under federal, state, and any other laws that may be applicable.
The Company and its Affiliates and agents have not and are not providing any tax
advice to the Participant.






	 	(f)	 	Governing Law. This Award Agreement will be construed in accordance
with, and governed by, the laws (other than laws governing conflicts of laws) of the
State of Ohio except to the extent that the Delaware General Corporation Law is
mandatorily applicable.
	 
	 	(g)	 	Other Agreements. The Restricted Stock will be subject to the terms of
any other written agreements between the Participant and the Company to the extent that
those other agreements do not directly conflict with the terms of the Plan or this
Award Agreement. In the event of a conflict the terms of the Plan and this Award
Agreement will control as to the Restricted Stock.
	 
	 	(h)	 	Plan Terms Control; Committee Interpretation. The Restricted Stock
is subject to the terms and conditions described in this Award Agreement and the Plan,
which is incorporated by reference into and made a part of this Award Agreement. In
the event of a conflict between the terms of the Plan and the terms of this Award
Agreement, the terms of the Plan will govern. The Committee has the sole
responsibility of interpreting the Plan and this Award Agreement, and its
determination of the meaning of any provision in the Plan or this Award Agreement
shall be binding on the Participant.
	 
	 	(i)	 	Defined Terms. Capitalized terms that are not defined in this Award
Agreement have the same meaning as in the Plan.
	 
	 	(j)	 	Signature in Counterparts. This Award Agreement may be signed in
counterparts, each of which will be deemed an original, but all of which will
constitute one and the same instrument.




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	PARTICIPANT	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Date:	 	 
	Signature	 	 	 	 
	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	Print Name	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	BOB EVANS FARMS, INC.	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	By:

	 	 	 	Date:	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 	 	 	 






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EXHIBIT A




BOB EVANS FARMS, INC.

2010 EQUITY AND CASH INCENTIVE PLAN

BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION FORM




Primary Beneficiary Designation. I designate the following person(s) as my primary beneficiary or
beneficiaries, in the proportion specified, to receive or to exercise any vested Awards under the
Bob Evans Farms, Inc. 2010 Equity and Cash Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) that are unpaid or
unexercised at my death:




	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 

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Note: You are not required to name more than one primary beneficiary but, if you do, the sum of
these percentages may not be greater than 100 percent.




Contingent Beneficiary Designation. If one or more of my primary beneficiaries dies before I die,
I direct that any vested Awards under the Plan that are unpaid or unexercised at my death and that
might otherwise have been paid to that beneficiary be:




	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 

	 	_______ Allocated to my other named primary beneficiaries in proportion to the allocation given above (ignoring the interest allocated to the deceased primary beneficiary); or

	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
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Note: You are not required to name more than one contingent beneficiary but, if you do, the sum
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Please return an executed copy of this form to us at the following address: Bob Evans Farms,
Inc., 3776 S. High St., Columbus, Ohio 43207; Attention:                                          .