EX-10.1 FORM OF PERFORMANCE SHARE AWARD AGREEMENT



 





Exhibit 10.1




FORM OF




OXFORD INDUSTRIES, INC.




PERFORMANCE SHARE AWARD AGREEMENT



This Agreement is entered into as of «Date», 2006, by and between «Name» (“you”) and Oxford
Industries, Inc., a Georgia corporation (“Oxford”), to set forth the terms and conditions of a
Performance Share Award granted to you pursuant to the Oxford Industries, Inc. Long-Term Stock
Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). All capitalized terms have the meanings set forth in the Plan unless
otherwise specifically provided.





	1.	 	Performance Share Award. Oxford hereby grants to you a Performance Share Award,
subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and of the Plan and to your consent to
those terms and conditions. A Performance Share Award provides you with the opportunity to
earn restricted shares of Oxford’s Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share (“Restricted
Stock”), contingent upon the achievement of Performance Objectives established by the
Committee. All capitalized terms have the meanings set forth in the Plan unless otherwise
specifically provided.






	2.	 	Performance Objective Achievement Required. You will receive shares of Restricted
Stock under this Performance Share Award only if Oxford achieves the Performance Objectives
during the Performance Period and the Committee certifies in writing that the Performance
Objectives have been achieved. If the Performance Objectives are not achieved, a portion or
all of your Performance Share Award will be canceled and you will receive no Restricted Stock
for the canceled portion of the Award.






	3.	 	Performance Share Award Opportunity. This Performance Share Award offers you the
opportunity to earn the number of shares of Restricted Stock specified below.





	 	 	 	 	 
	Threshold Share Opportunity	 	Target Share Opportunity	 	Maximum Share Opportunity
	1 Share

	 	«Target Shares» Shares
	 	«Maximum Shares» Shares







	4.	 	Performance Period. The Performance Period shall be the period beginning June 3,
2006 and ending June 1, 2007.  






	5.	 	Performance Objectives. You will earn shares of Restricted Stock under this
Performance Share Award based on Oxford’s “Earnings per Share” during the Performance Period.
For purposes of this Agreement, Earnings per Share shall be equal to the basic Earnings per
Share calculated in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United
States and as reported in Oxford’s financial statements as filed with the Securities Exchange
Commission, except that certain adjustments may be made for certain non-recurring or unusual
non-cash items recognized in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the
United States including, but not limited, to any write-offs of unamortized deferred financing
costs and any asset impairment write-downs, which the Committee determines in its sole
discretion to exclude for purposes of this Agreement.
	 
	 	 	The Threshold Earnings per Share is $3.11 per share. The Target Earnings per Share is $3.43
and the Maximum Earnings per Share is $3.59 per share. If Oxford attains less than the
Threshold Earnings per Share, you will not earn any Shares under this Restricted Share Unit
Award. If Oxford attains the Threshold Earnings per Share and you continue to be employed by
Oxford or a Subsidiary as set forth in Section 7 hereof, you will have the opportunity to
earn one Share. If Oxford’s attains the Target Earnings per Share and you continue to be
employed by Oxford or a Subsidiary as set forth in Section 7 hereof, you will have the
opportunity to earn the number of Shares specified in Section 3 hereof as the Target Share
Opportunity. The maximum number of shares you will have the opportunity to earn is set forth
in Section 3 hereof as the Maximum Share Opportunity. The number of Shares you will have the
opportunity to earn at any Earnings per Share level between the Threshold and Target and
Target and Maximum will be pro-rated based on Oxford’s actual Earnings per Share for the
Performance Period. All determinations as to the Earnings per Share achieved and the number
of Shares you will have the opportunity to earn shall be in the sole discretion of the
Committee, and its determinations shall be final and binding on all parties.






	6.	 	Forfeiture of Performance Share Award. You will completely forfeit your entire
interest in this Performance Share Award (and will receive no consideration from Oxford on
account of such forfeiture) if your employment with Oxford terminates for any reason
whatsoever before the end of the Performance Period, unless the Committee waives this
forfeiture condition at the time you terminate employment, as evidenced by a written waiver
adopted by the Committee.






	7.	 	Payment of Awards. Following the end of the Performance Period, the Committee will
determine in its sole discretion the number of shares of Restricted Stock that have been
earned by you under this Performance Share Award, and that determination shall be final and
binding upon all parties. Following Committee certification of the number of shares of




 









 






	 	 	Restricted Stock to be issued to you, a restricted stock certificate will be issued in your
name subject to the condition that Oxford, or its designated agent, shall hold the shares of
Restricted Stock until June 1, 2010.
	 
	8.	 	Transfer of Restricted Stock. Unless you forfeit the shares of Restricted Stock
pursuant to Paragraph 9 below, Oxford will transfer physical custody of the shares of
Restricted Stock to you on June 1, 2010 (or if such date is not a business day, on the next
business day) free of any forfeiture restrictions.
	 
	9.	 	Forfeiture Restriction. You will completely forfeit your entire interest in the
Restricted Stock (and shall receive no consideration from Oxford on account of such
forfeiture) if your employment with Oxford terminates for any reason whatsoever before June 1,
2010, unless the Committee waives this forfeiture condition at the time you terminate
employment, as evidenced by a written waiver adopted by the Committee.
	 
	10.	 	Voting and Dividend Rights. You will have all voting rights and rights to dividends
paid in cash with respect to the shares of Restricted Stock earned pursuant to this
Performance Share Award. You will not be entitled to any dividend or voting rights during the
Performance Period or prior to the date that the Restricted Stock is earned and issued to you.
	 
	11.	 	Non-transferability. Neither this Performance Share Award nor any Restricted Stock
that you may earn under this Performance Share Award may be anticipated, alienated,
encumbered, sold, pledged, assigned, transferred or subjected to any charge or legal process,
other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and any sale, pledge, assignment
or other attempted transfer shall be null and void.
	 
	12.	 	Electronic Delivery and Signatures. You hereby consent and agree to electronic
delivery of any Plan documents, proxy materials, annual reports and other related documents.
If Oxford establishes procedures for an electronic signature system for delivery and
acceptance of Plan documents (including documents relating to any award or grant made under
the Plan), you hereby consent to such procedures and agree that your electronic signature is
the same as, and shall have the same force and effect as, your manual signature. You consent
and agree that any such procedures and delivery may be effected by a third party engaged by
Oxford to provide administrative services related to the Plan, including any award or grant
made under the Plan.
	 
	13.	 	Successors and Heirs. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit
of Oxford and its successors and assigns, and upon any person acquiring, whether by merger,
consolidation, purchase of assets or otherwise, all or substantially all of Oxford’s assets
and business.
	 
	14.	 	Governing Law. This Performance Share Award and the issuance of any Restricted Stock
under this Performance Share Award will be construed, administered and governed in all
respects under and by the applicable laws of the State of Georgia, without regard to any
conflicts or choice of law rule or principle.
	 
	15.	 	Tax Withholding. Oxford shall have the right to (i) make deductions from the number
of shares of Restricted Stock otherwise deliverable to you (and other amounts payable under
this Agreement) in an amount sufficient to satisfy withholding of any federal, state or local
taxes required by law, or (ii) take such other action as may be necessary or appropriate to
satisfy any such tax withholding obligations.
	 
	16.	 	No Guarantee of Employment. This Agreement shall not confer upon you any right with
respect to continuance of employment with Oxford, nor shall it interfere in any way with any
right that Oxford would otherwise have to terminate your employment at any time.
	 
	17.	 	Entire Agreement; Amendment. This Agreement contains the entire agreement between
the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter contained herein, and supersedes all
prior agreements or prior understandings, whether written or oral, between the parties
relating to such subject matter. This Agreement may be amended by a writing signed by both
parties.
	 
	18.	 	Incorporation by Reference. This Agreement is subject in all respects to the terms
and provisions of the Plan, all of which terms and provisions are made a part of and
incorporated in this Agreement as if they were each expressly set forth herein. In the event
of any conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the terms of the Plan document, the
Plan document shall control.
	 



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Performance
Share Award Agreement has been executed and delivered by Oxford on the terms and conditions set forth above.


	 	 	 	 	 
	 	OXFORD INDUSTRIES, INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	Title:	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 


I hereby agree to the terms and conditions of this Performance Share Award Agreement as a condition
of the award made to me.




_____________________________
«Employee Name»