EX-10.2



 





Exhibit 10.2




UST INC.

2005 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

NOTICE OF GRANT OF RESTRICTED STOCK




     This Notice is to certify that the Participant named below has been granted the number of
shares of Restricted Stock set forth below under the UST Inc. 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the
“Plan”) and the terms and conditions set forth in this Notice and attached Restricted Stock
Agreement (the “Agreement”) . This Notice is subject to and incorporates by reference the
terms and conditions of the Agreement. Please refer to the Agreement and the Plan document for an
explanation of the terms and conditions of this grant and a full description of your rights and
obligations. If the Agreement is not signed and returned to the Company, on or before the date on
which the Restricted Stock vests, the Restricted Stock granted hereunder shall be forfeited. Please
sign and date the Agreement and return it promptly in the enclosed envelope.



	 	 	 	 	 
	Name of Participant:

	 	James D. Patracuolla

	 
	 	 	 	 
	Number of Shares of Restricted Stock:

	 	7,500	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Grant Date:

	 	April 4, 2007

	 
	 	 	 	 
	Vesting Conditions:

	 	7,500 Shares on April 4, 2011

	 
	 	 	 	 
	Additional Terms:

	 	See the Restricted Stock Agreement.


















 





UST INC.

2005 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT




          RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT, made as of the date set forth on the Notice of Grant of Restricted
Stock, by and between UST Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), pursuant to the 2005
Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) and the employee of the Company or a Subsidiary named on the
Notice of Grant of Restricted Stock (the “Employee”);




          WHEREAS, the Company desires, by affording the Employee the opportunity to acquire or enlarge
the Employee’s ownership of shares of the Company’s common stock, $.50 par value (“Common Stock”),
and providing the Employee with a direct proprietary interest in the Company’s success, to carry
out the purpose of the Plan; and




          WHEREAS, the Committee administering the Plan has granted (as of the effective date of grant
specified in the Notice of Grant of Restricted Stock) to the Employee the shares of Restricted
Stock as set forth in the Notice of Grant of Restricted Stock which is incorporated herein by
reference.




          NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants hereinafter set forth and for other
good and valuable consideration, the parties hereto have agreed and do hereby agree as follows:





	1.	 	Grant of Award. Pursuant to Section 7 of the Plan, the Company grants to the
Employee, subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan and subject further to the terms and
conditions set forth herein, the number of shares of Restricted Stock as shown on the Notice
of Grant of Restricted Stock. The Participant’s grant and record of Restricted Stock share
ownership shall be kept on the books of the Company until the restrictions on transfer have
lapsed. At the Employee’s request, vested shares may be evidenced by stock certificates.
	 
	2.	 	Vesting. The shares of Restricted Stock granted to the Employee shall vest in
accordance with the vesting schedule set forth in the Notice of Grant of Restricted Stock.
Such vesting schedule indicates the date upon which the Employee
shall be entitled to receive shares of freely transferable Common Stock equal to the number of vested shares of Restricted
Stock, provided that, as of the vesting date, the Employee has not incurred a termination of
service with the Company and all Subsidiaries (collectively, the
Company and its Subsidiaries
shall be referred to herein as the “Company”). There shall be no proportionate or partial
vesting in the periods between the vesting date(s), if any, specified in the Notice of Grant
of Restricted Stock and all vesting shall occur only on such vesting date(s), except as set
forth in Sections 7 and 8 below.






     Other than as set forth in Sections 7 and 8 below and as provided in the Plan, no
vesting shall occur after the termination of a Employee’s employment or service with the
Company for any reason.



1









 






	3.	 	Rights as a Stockholder. The Employee shall have all of the rights of a stockholder
with respect to the number of shares of Restricted Stock set forth in the Notice of Grant of
Restricted Stock, including the right to vote on all matters with respect to which the
stockholders of the Company have the right to vote and the right to receive dividends thereon.
Dividends shall be paid on the Employee’s shares of Restricted Stock at the same time as they
are paid to shareholders generally.
	 
	4.	 	Restrictions on Transfer. Shares of Restricted Stock may not be transferred or
otherwise disposed of by the Employee, including by way of sale, assignment, transfer, pledge,
hypothecation or otherwise, except as permitted by the Committee, or by will or the laws of
descent and distribution.
	 
	5.	 	Approvals. The delivery of any shares of Common Stock hereunder is subject to
approval of any government agency which may, in the opinion of counsel, be required in
connection with the authorization, issuance or sale of Common Stock. No Common Stock shall be
issued upon the lapse of restrictions relating to the shares of Restricted Stock prior to
compliance with such requirements and with the Company’s listing agreement with the New York
Stock Exchange (or other national exchange upon which the Company’s shares may then be
listed).
	 
	6.	 	Invalid Transfers. No purported sale, assignment, mortgage, hypothecation, transfer,
pledge, encumbrance, gift, transfer in trust (voting or other) or other disposition of, or
creation of a security interest in or lien on, any of the shares of Restricted Stock by any
holder thereof in violation of the provisions of this Restricted Stock Agreement shall be
valid, and the Company will not transfer any of said shares of Restricted Stock on its books
nor will any of said shares of Restricted Stock be entitled to vote, nor will any dividends be
paid thereon, unless and until there has been full compliance with said provisions to the
satisfaction of the Company. The foregoing restrictions are in addition to and not in lieu of
any other remedies, legal or equitable, available to enforce said provisions.
	 
	7.	 	Change in Control. Subject to the provisions of the next sentence of this Section 7,
upon the occurrence of a Change in Control, the shares of Restricted Stock shall remain
outstanding and continue to vest in accordance with their terms, unless following a Change in
Control, the Employee is terminated by the Company without Cause (as such term is defined in
Section 3(ii) of the Change in Control agreement entered into between the Company and the
Emplyee) or terminates for “Good Reason” (as such term is defined in Section 3(iv) of Change
in Control agreement entered into between the Company and the Employee), in which case the
restrictions that apply to any shares of Restricted Stock which have not yet vested or with
respect to which the restrictions have not lapsed, shall immediately lapse as of the date of
such termination. Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon a Change in Control in which the
Company is not the surviving corporation (or survives only as a subsidiary of another
corporation) or other Change in Control described in clause (iii) or (iv) of the definition of
a “Change in Control” set forth in the Plan, the shares of Restricted Stock shall be
immediately vested in full and shall be treated in accordance with the provisions of
Section 11(c) of the Plan.




2









 






	8.	 	Effect of Termination of Employment. If the employment of the Employee is terminated
by reason of his death, Disability, or by the Company other than for Cause (as such term is
defined in Section 3(iii) of the change in control agreement entered into between the Company
and the Employee), or by the Employee for Good Reason (as defined in Section 3(iv)(a) through
(d) of the Change in Control agreement entered into between the Company and the Employee), or
for any other reason if the Committee so determines, the number of shares of Restricted Stock
which have not theretofore become vested in accordance with Section 2 of this Agreement shall
become fully vested as of the date of such termination of employment. Following the death of
an Employee, all rights with respect to an award shall be held by the Employee’s designated
beneficiary or, if there is no designated beneficiary, by the Employee’s personal
representative. If the employment of the Employee is terminated due to his Retirement, the
Employee shall become vested as of the date of his Retirement with respect to a pro rata
portion of the shares of Restricted Stock. For purposes of the foregoing, the pro rata
portion of the shares of Restricted Stock that may become vested upon the Employee’s
Retirement shall be the number of shares granted hereby multiplied by a fraction, the
numerator of which is the number of full months that have elapsed from the Grant Date
specified in the Notice of Grant of Restricted Stock until the date of Retirement, and the
denominator of which is the number of full months in the applicable vesting period. If the
resulting number is not a whole number of shares, the number calculated shall be rounded up or
down (as applicable) to the nearest whole number of shares. Subject to the provisions of
Section 7, if the employment of the Employee is terminated for any reason other than the
reasons described above, and if the Committee does not determine
otherwise, the number of shares of Restricted Stock that have not theretofore become vested shall be forfeited. For
purposes of this Agreement, the term “Disability” shall mean a “disability,” as defined in the
Company’s Long-Term Disability Plan or, if such plan is not applicable to the Employee, as
defined by the State or federal disability program which applies to the Employee.
	 
	9.	 	Non-Competition.






	 	(a)	 	In consideration of the grant of Restricted Stock made pursuant to this
Agreement, during the term of the Employee’s employment with the Company and for a
period of one (1) year after that employment is terminated, by the Company or the
Employee, for any reason other than the cessation of business by the Company pursuant
to a filing for bankruptcy protection or liquidation initiated by the Company, the
Employee will not, without the Company’s prior written approval, directly or
indirectly:






	 	(i)	 	recruit, solicit or knowingly induce, or attempt to induce,
any employee or consultant of the Company to terminate his employment or
consulting relationship with, or otherwise cease his relationship with, the
Company; or




3









 












	 	(ii)	 	solicit, divert or take away, or attempt to divert or to take
away, the business or patronage of any of the clients, customers or accounts,
or prospective clients, customers or accounts, of the Company. For purposes of
this Agreement, a prospective client, customer or account is any individual or
entity whose business is solicited by the Company, proposed to be solicited by
the Company, or who approaches the Company with respect to possibly becoming a
client, customer, or account during the period of Employee’s employment with
the Company; or
	 
	 	(iii)	 	engage (whether for compensation or without compensation),
directly or indirectly, as an individual proprietor, partner, officer,
employee, director, independent contractor, consultant or in any other
capacity whatsoever, in any business currently involved in, or actually
contemplating involvement in, the manufacture or distribution of smokeless
tobacco or tobacco seed, wines or distilled spirits, whether or not the same
is pursued for gain, profit or other pecuniary advantage. The foregoing shall
not, however, be construed as preventing the Employee from making investments
in any other business, provided, however, that such investments do not require
his services in the operation of the affairs of the businesses in which such
investments are made.






	 	(b)	 	If any restriction set forth in this Section 9 is found by any court of
competent jurisdiction to be unenforceable because it extends for too long a period of
time or over too great a range of activities or in too broad a geographic area, it
shall be interpreted to extend only over the maximum period of time, range of
activities or geographic areas to which it may be enforceable.
	 
	 	(c)	 	The restrictions contained in this Section 9 are necessary for the protection
of the business and goodwill of the Company and are considered by the Employee to be
reasonable for this purpose. The Employee agrees that any breach of this Section 9
will cause the Company substantial and irrevocable damage and, therefore, in the event
of any such breach, in addition to such other remedies which may be available, the
Company will have the right to seek specific performance and injunctive relief,
attorney’s fees, costs and disbursements to enforce its rights hereunder.






	10.	 	Finding of Cause; Violation of Non-Competition Covenant. If (a) the employment of
the Employee is terminated for Cause or (b) after the Employee’s termination of employment
with the Company other than for Cause, the Company discovers the occurrence of an act or
failure to act by the Employee, while in the employ of the Company, that would have enabled
the Company to terminate the Employee’s employment for Cause had the Company known of such act
or failure to act at the time of its occurrence, or (c) subsequent to his termination of
employment, the Employee violates the restrictions set forth in Section 9 of this
Agreement, and, in




4









 






	 	 	each case, such act is discovered by the Company within three (3) years
of its occurrence, then, unless otherwise determined by the Committee,






	 	(i)	 	any shares of Restricted Stock granted pursuant to the Notice
of Grant of Restricted Stock which have not yet become vested shall thereupon
be forfeited and shall be returned to the Company; and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	the Employee (or, in the event of the Employee’s death
following the commission of such act, his beneficiaries or estate) shall (A)
return to the Company all shares of Restricted Stock that became vested during
the 180 day period prior to and including the date of the termination of the
Employee’s employment (the “Acquired Shares”) and (B) to the extent such
Acquired Shares granted pursuant to the Notice of Grant of Restricted Stock
have previously been sold or otherwise disposed of by the Employee, other than
by reason of death (or if applicable, by his beneficiaries or estate), repay
to the Company the Fair Market Value of such shares on the date of such sale
or other disposition.
	 
	 	(iii)	 	for purpose of clause (ii)(B) above, (A) the amount of
repayment described therein shall not be affected by whether the Employee (or,
if applicable, his beneficiaries or estate) actually received such Fair Market
Value with respect to such sale or other disposition, and (B) repayment may,
without limitation, be affected, at the discretion of the Company, by means of
offset against any amount owed by the Company to the Employee (or, if
applicable, his beneficiaries or estate).






	11.	 	Taxes. The Company will distribute vested shares of Common Stock net of the minimum
number of whole shares of Common Stock the fair market value of which is sufficient to meet
the minimum amount of federal, state and local taxes required to be withheld under applicable
tax laws. Such withholding shall occur at the time required by law or
regulation, even if the shares of Restricted Stock withheld to meet such liability are not otherwise considered vested
under this Agreement. The Employee shall be precluded from making any election pursuant to
Section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code. The Employee understands that he (and not the
Company) shall be responsible for any tax liability that may arise as a result of the
transactions contemplated by this Restricted Stock Agreement. This Restricted Stock Agreement
shall be interpreted and applied so that the Employee’s Restricted Stock will not be subject
to Internal Revenue Code Section 409A. If notwithstanding the preceding sentence, the
Employee’s Restricted Stock becomes subject to Section 409A, then the specified time of
payment of the Restricted Stock for purposes of Section 409A shall be the calendar year in
which the short-term deferral period expires with respect to the Restricted Stock (but payment
may be made by such later time as may be permitted by Section 409A under the
circumstances). 




5









 












	12.	 	Compliance with Law and Regulations; Legend. The award and any obligation of the
Company hereunder shall be subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws, rules and
regulations and to such approvals by any government or regulatory agency as may be required.
The Company may require, as a condition of the issuance and delivery of certificates
evidencing Restricted Stock pursuant to the terms hereof, that the certificates bear such
legends as set forth immediately below, in addition to any other legends required under
federal and state securities laws or as otherwise determined by the Committee.
	 
	 	 	The transferability of this certificate and the shares of stock represented hereby are
subject to the restrictions, terms and conditions (including forfeiture provisions and
restrictions against transfer) contained in the UST Inc. 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan and
an Agreement entered into between the registered owner of such shares and the Company. A
copy of the Plan and Agreement is on file in the office of the Secretary of the Company,
100 Putnam Avenue, Greenwich, Connecticut 06830.
	 
	 	 	Such legend shall not be removed until such shares vest pursuant to the terms hereof.
	 
	13.	 	Incorporation of Plan. This Agreement is made under the provisions of the Plan
(which is incorporated herein by reference) and shall be interpreted in a manner consistent
with it. To the extent that this Agreement is silent with respect to, or in any way
inconsistent with, the terms of the Plan, the provisions of the Plan, as determined by the
Committee, shall govern and this Restricted Stock Agreement shall be deemed to be modified
accordingly. Unless otherwise defined herein or otherwise required by the context, all terms
used herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Plan.
	 
	14.	 	Notices. Any notices required or permitted hereunder shall be addressed to the
Company, at 100 West Putnam Avenue, Greenwich, Connecticut 06830, or to the Employee at the
address then on record with the Company, as the case may be, and deposited, postage prepaid,
in the United States mail. Either party may, by notice to the other given in the manner
aforesaid, change his or its address for future notices.
	 
	15.	 	Successor. This Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of the Company, its
successors and assigns, and the Employee and his personal representatives and beneficiaries.
	 
	16.	 	Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of Delaware. The Committee shall have final authority to interpret and
construe the Plan and this Agreement and to make any and all determinations under them, and
its decision shall be binding and conclusive upon the Employee and his legal representative in
respect of any questions arising under the Plan or this Agreement.
	 
	17.	 	Amendment. This Agreement may be amended or modified by the Company at any time;
provided that notice is provided to the Employee in accordance with




6









 






	 	 	Section 14; and provided
further that no amendment or modification that is adverse to the rights of the Employee as
provided by this Agreement shall be effective unless set forth in a writing signed by the
parties hereto (except that an amendment or modification that is made to comply with Internal
Revenue Code section 409A, or to preserve an exemption from section 409A, shall be effective
upon adoption by the Company unless expressly rejected by the Employee in writing).
	 
	18.	 	Binding Agreement. By signing below, the Employee acknowledges that he has read this
Agreement and the Notice of Grant of Restricted Stock and agrees to the terms and conditions
specified therein and in the Plan. This Agreement shall be binding upon the Employee and his
personal representatives and beneficiaries without any need for additional action by the
Employee, and any attempt by the Employee and his personal representatives and beneficiaries
to exercise any rights under this Agreement shall be conclusive evidence of such person’s
acceptance thereof.




7









 










IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Agreement to be duly executed by its officer
thereunder duly authorized and the Employee has hereunto set his hand, all as of the day and year
set forth above.




UST INC.




	 	 	 	 	 
	/s/  Richard A. Kohlberger

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	Name:
Richard A. Kohlberger

Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer











	 	 	 	 	 
	/s/  James D. Patracuolla

	 	April 5,
2007	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	Employee Signature

	 	Date
	 	 







8