EX-10.1






EXHIBIT 10.1




AMENDED AND RESTATED RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AGREEMENT




This AMENDED AND RESTATED RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) dated December
22, 2008, is made by and between Avatar Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
“Company”), and Gerald D. Kelfer (the “Participant”), and amends and restates in
their entirety and consolidates the three Restricted Stock Unit Agreements, by and between the
Company and the Participant, each dated April 15, 2005 (each, an “Original Agreement” and
collectively, the “Original Agreements”) that specify a minimum price of $65.00 per share,
$72.50 per share and $80.00 per share, respectively, in the Hurdle Price Condition (as defined in
the respective Original Agreement).



W I T N E S S E T H




WHEREAS, under the Avatar Holdings Inc. Amended and Restated 1997 Incentive and Capital
Accumulation Plan (2005 Restatement), as the same has been or may be amended, restated, modified or
supplemented (the “Plan”), the Company has granted the Participant an aggregate of 90,000
Performance Conditioned Restricted Stock Units (“Units”) pursuant to the Original
Agreements;



WHEREAS, capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to
them in the Plan;



WHEREAS, as of the date hereof the Hurdle Price Condition (as defined in each Original
Agreement) has been satisfied for all the Units;



WHEREAS, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Committee”)
has determined that it is in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders to convert the
Units, as of the date hereof, into an equal number of shares of Common Stock, subject to the terms,
conditions and restrictions of the Plan and this Agreement, provided that the Participant makes an
effective 83(b) Election (as defined herein) for such shares;



WHEREAS, the Participant has agreed to make an effective 83(b) Election (as defined herein),
and the Committee has determined to vest a number of shares to be withheld by the Company having a
value approximately equal to the tax withholding amount required as a result of the 83(b) Election,
at the employer’s minimum statutory withholding rates applicable to the Participant;



NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements hereinafter set forth,
the parties hereto agree that the Original Agreements are amended and restated in their entirety,
and are consolidated, as follows:



1. CONVERSION OF UNITS TO RESTRICTED STOCK; CERTIFICATES.



(a) The Committee hereby converts the Units into 90,000 shares of Common Stock as of the date
hereof, subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan and subject further to the terms and
conditions herein set forth (the “Restricted Stock”).



(b) The certificate or certificates for shares of Common Stock representing the Restricted
Stock shall be issued by the Company and shall be registered in the name of the Participant on the
stock transfer books of the Company promptly following execution of this Agreement by the
Participant, except that no certificate need be issued with respect to the shares to be vested in
connection with the 83(b) Election described in Section 3 hereof. Such certificate or certificates
shall bear, until the shares of Restricted Stock vest, a legend substantially in the following
form:



THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO TERMS
AND CONDITIONS (INCLUDING FORFEITURE AND RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER) SET FORTH IN
AMENDED AND RESTATED 1997 INCENTIVE AND CAPITAL ACCUMULATION PLAN (2005
RESTATEMENT), AS THE SAME HAS BEEN OR MAY BE AMENDED, RESTATED, MODIFIED OR
SUPPLEMENTED, AND THAT CERTAIN AMENDED AND RESTATED RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT
AGREEMENT, AS THE SAME MAY BE AMENDED, RESTATED, MODIFIED OR SUPPLEMENTED, BETWEEN
AVATAR HOLDINGS INC. AND THE REGISTERED OWNER OF THIS CERTIFICATE (OR SUCH OWNER’S
PREDECESSOR IN INTEREST), WHICH AGREEMENT IS BINDING UPON ANY AND ALL OWNERS OF
ANY INTEREST IN SUCH SHARES. SUCH PLAN AND AGREEMENT ARE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION
WITHOUT CHARGE AT THE PRINCIPAL OFFICE OF AVATAR HOLDINGS INC. AND COPIES THEREOF
WILL BE FURNISHED WITHOUT CHARGE TO ANY OWNER OF SUCH SHARES UPON REQUEST.



2. TERMS AND CONDITIONS. The Restricted Stock evidenced by this Agreement is subject to the
following terms and conditions:



(a) Until shares of unvested Restricted Stock vest or forfeit:




	 	(i)	 	the Participant shall have all rights of a stockholder with
respect to such unvested shares of Restricted Stock (including, without
limitation, voting rights), subject to Section 2(d) hereof and except as
otherwise provided herein; and






	 	(ii)	 	the certificate or certificates evidencing unvested shares of
Restricted Stock shall be held in the custody of the Company and remain in the
Company’s possession and control.





(b) On the date hereof, the Participant shall deliver to the Secretary of the Company a
duly-executed blank stock power in a form acceptable to the Company, which shall be effective as to
the certificate or certificates representing unvested Restricted Stock. The Participant also
agrees to deliver to the Company from time to time such other documents or instruments as it may
reasonably request.



(c) Until shares of Restricted Stock vest, unvested shares of Restricted Stock and any
interest of the Participant therein may not be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged, hypothecated
or otherwise disposed of. Any attempt to transfer unvested Restricted Stock in contravention of
this Agreement is void ab initio. Unvested Restricted Stock shall not be subject to
execution, attachment or other process. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with the written consent of
the Committee, the Participant shall be permitted to transfer shares of unvested Restricted Stock
to members of the Participant’s immediate family (i.e., children, grandchildren or spouse),
trusts for the benefit of such family members, and partnerships whose only partners are such family
members; provided, however, that no consideration can be paid for the transfer of
the Restricted Stock and the transferee of the Restricted Stock shall be subject to all conditions
applicable to the Restricted Stock (including all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement)
prior to transfer.



(d) If any dividend or distribution is declared and paid in shares of Common Stock in respect
of shares of Restricted Stock, such shares of Common Stock shall be subject to the same terms and
conditions as the shares of Restricted Stock to which it relates. If any dividend or distribution
is declared and paid in respect of shares of Restricted Stock other than in shares of Common Stock,
then such dividend or distribution shall be subject to the same terms and conditions as the shares
of Restricted Stock to which it relates and shall not be paid to the Participant unless and until
such shares of Restricted Stock vest. The Participant shall forfeit any dividend or distribution
in respect of shares of unvested Restricted Stock that are forfeited by the Participant.



(e) Shares of unvested Restricted Stock or other property (including dividends and
distributions), in either case, that are forfeited by the Participant pursuant to this Agreement or
the Plan shall be deemed transferred by the Participant to the Company on such date of forfeiture,
and the Company shall not be required to pay any consideration therefor.



3. VESTING OF RESTRICTED STOCK. On June 30, 2011, unvested Restricted Stock, if any, shall
vest in full; provided, however, that subject to the provisions of Section 4 hereof
and the following sentence, no unvested Restricted Stock shall vest unless the Participant is an
employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates on June 30, 2011. Upon the
Participant’s filing of an 83(b) Election in compliance with Section 7 hereof, a number of shares
of Restricted Stock shall vest equal to the number of shares of Common Stock to be withheld by the
Company pursuant to Section 6 hereof as a result of the 83(b) Election, and such vested shares
shall be used for purposes of such withholding by the Company. There shall be no fractional
shares, and accordingly, any calculations that would result in a fractional share shall be rounded
down to the nearest whole share of Common Stock.



4. TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT; CHANGE IN CONTROL.



(a) For purposes of this Section 4, the terms “Cause”, “Change in Control”,
“Change in Control Date”, “Good Reason” and “Disability” shall have the
meanings ascribed to such terms in the Participant’s amended and restated employment agreement with
the Company, dated as of December 22, 2008, as amended or restated from time to time;
provided, however, if the Participant is no longer employed pursuant to such
employment agreement, each such term shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the employment
agreement last in effect which contains such defined term.



(b) If the Participant’s employment with the Company is terminated by the Company for Cause or
by the Participant for other than Good Reason, the Participant shall forfeit all unvested
Restricted Stock, if any, as of the date of termination of employment.



(c) If the Participant’s employment with the Company is terminated by the Company other than
for Cause, or is terminated by the Participant for Good Reason, all unvested Restricted Stock, if
any, shall vest upon such date of termination of employment.



(d) If the Participant’s employment with the Company is terminated due to the Participant’s
death or Disability, the number of shares of unvested Restricted Stock, if any, shall vest which
equals the product of (x) a fraction the numerator of which is the number of completed whole months
elapsed from January 1, 2005 to the date of death or Disability, as the case may be (whichever is
sooner), and the denominator of which is seventy-eight (78) and (y) the result of 90,000 minus the
number of shares of Restricted Stock that has vested pursuant to Section 3 hereof as a result of
the 83(b) Election, and any portion of the Restricted Stock then remaining unvested shall be
forfeited.



(e) In the event of a Change in Control, all unvested Restricted Stock, if any, shall vest on
the Change in Control Date.



5. EQUITABLE ADJUSTMENT. If there shall be any change in the Common Stock of the Company,
through merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization, stock dividend, stock split,
reverse stock split, split up, spinoff, combination of shares, exchange of shares, dividend in kind
or other like change in capital structure or distribution (other than normal cash dividends) to
stockholders of the Company, in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of the Participant’s
rights under this Agreement and the Plan, the Committee may, in an equitable manner, adjust the
number and kind of shares that may be issued under this Agreement and make any other appropriate
adjustments in the terms of the Restricted Stock and this Agreement to reflect such changes or
distributions. Any additional property and rights provided to the Participant in respect of shares
of unvested Restricted Stock as the result thereof shall be subject to the same terms and
conditions as the shares of unvested Restricted Stock to which it relates.



6. TAXES. Any distribution of Common Stock pursuant to this Agreement shall be net of any
amounts required to be withheld pursuant to applicable federal, state and local tax withholding
requirements. In connection with any such distribution, the Company may require the Participant to
remit to it an amount sufficient to satisfy such tax withholding requirements prior to the delivery
of any certificates for such Common Stock. In lieu thereof, the Company shall have the right to
withhold the amount of such taxes from any other sums due or to become due from the Company to the
Participant as the Committee shall prescribe. The Committee may, in its discretion and subject to
such rules as it may adopt (including any as may be required to satisfy applicable tax and/or
non-tax regulatory requirements), permit the Participant to pay all or a portion of the federal,
state and local withholding taxes arising in connection with the Restricted Stock by electing to
have the Company withhold shares of Common Stock having a Fair Market Value equal to the amount of
tax to be withheld, such tax calculated at the employer’s minimum statutory withholding rates
applicable to the Participant.



7. SECTION 83(b) ELECTION. No later than three business days after the date hereof, the
Participant shall file a statement with the Internal Revenue Service making an election under
Section 83(b) of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder (“83(b) Election”)
with respect to all of the Restricted Stock and provide a copy of such statement to the Company.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, all unvested Restricted Stock shall be
forfeited if the Participant fails to make a timely 83(b) Election. The Participant acknowledges
that the Participant has been advised to consult with Participant’s personal tax advisor regarding
the consequences of an 83(b) Election.



8. REGULATORY COMPLIANCE AND LISTING. The issuance or delivery of any stock certificates
representing shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to this Agreement may be postponed by the
Committee for such period as may be required to comply with any applicable requirements under the
federal or state securities laws, any applicable listing requirements of any national securities
exchange or securities association, and any applicable requirements under any other law, rule or
regulation applicable to the issuance or delivery of such shares, and the Company shall not be
obligated to deliver any such shares of Common Stock to the Participant if either delivery thereof
would constitute a violation of any provision of any law or of any regulation of any governmental
authority or any national securities exchange or securities association, or the Participant shall
not yet have complied fully with the provisions of Section 6 hereof.



9. INVESTMENT REPRESENTATIONS AND RELATED MATTERS. The Participant hereby represents that the
Common Stock issuable pursuant to this Agreement is being acquired for investment and not for sale
or with a view to distribution thereof. The Participant acknowledges and agrees that any sale or
distribution of shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to this Agreement may be made only pursuant
to either (a) a registration statement on an appropriate form under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the “Securities Act”), which registration statement has become effective and is
current with regard to the shares being sold, or (b) a specific exemption from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act that is confirmed in a favorable written opinion of counsel, in
form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Company, prior to any such sale or distribution.
The Participant hereby consents to such action as the Committee or the Company deems necessary or
appropriate from time to time to prevent a violation of, or to perfect an exemption from, the
registration requirements of the Securities Act or to implement the provisions of this Agreement,
including but not limited to placing restrictive legends on certificates evidencing shares of
Common Stock issued pursuant to this Agreement and delivering stop transfer instructions to the
Company’s stock transfer agent.



10. NO RIGHT TO CONTINUED EMPLOYMENT. This Agreement does not confer upon the Participant any
right to continued employment by the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliated companies,
nor shall it interfere in any way with the right of the Participant’s employer to terminate the
Participant’s employment at any time for any reason or no reason.



11. CONSTRUCTION. The Plan and this Agreement will be construed by and administered under the
supervision of the Committee, and all determinations of the Committee will be final and binding on
the Participant.



12. NOTICES. Any notice required or permitted under this Agreement shall be deemed given when
delivered personally, or when deposited in a United States Post Office, postage prepaid, addressed,
as appropriate, (i) to the Participant at the last address specified in Participant’s employment
records, or such other address as the Participant may designate in writing to the Company, or (ii)
to the Company, Avatar Holdings Inc., 201 Alhambra Circle, 12th Floor, Coral Gables, Florida 33134,
Attention: Corporate Secretary, or such other address as the Company may designate in writing to
the Participant.



13. FAILURE TO ENFORCE NOT A WAIVER. The failure of either party hereto to enforce at any
time any provision of this Agreement shall in no way be construed to be a waiver of such provision
or of any other provision hereof.



14. GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed according to the laws of
the State of Delaware, without regard to the conflicts of laws provisions thereof.



15. INCORPORATION OF PLAN. The Plan is hereby incorporated by reference and made a part of
this Agreement, and this Agreement shall be subject to the terms of the Plan, as the Plan may be
amended from time to time.



16. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which
shall be an original but all of which together shall represent one and the same agreement.



17. MISCELLANEOUS. This Agreement cannot be modified or terminated orally. This Agreement
and the Plan contain the entire agreement between the parties relating to the subject matter
hereof. The section headings herein are intended for reference only and shall not affect the
interpretation hereof.



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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Agreement as of the date first
written above.



	 	 	 
	AVATAR HOLDINGS INC.

	By:

	 	/s/ Juanita I. Kerrigan
	
 
	 	 







	 	 	Name: Juanita I. Kerrigan

Title: Vice President






	 	 	 	/s/ Gerald D. Kelfer







	 	 	Gerald D. Kelfer






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