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EX-10.1 FORM OF RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD

 

Form of Director Restricted Stock Award

August 21, 2006

WORLD AIR HOLDINGS, INC.

RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD

     This RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD (the “Award”) is made and entered into as of the ___day of
___, 200___by and between World Air Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”), a Delaware
corporation, and ___(the “Director”).

     Upon and subject to the Additional Terms and Conditions attached hereto and incorporated
herein by reference as part of this Award, the Company hereby awards as of the Grant Date to the
Director the Restricted Shares described below pursuant to the World Air Holdings, Inc. Amended and
Restated 1995 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) in consideration of the Director’s services to the
Company (the “Restricted Stock Award”).

	 	A.	 	Grant Date:                     .
	 
	 	B.	 	Restricted Shares: ___shares of the Company’s common stock
(“Common Stock”), $.001 par value per share.
	 
	 	C.	 	Vesting Schedule: The Restricted Shares shall vest according to the
Vesting Schedule attached hereto as Schedule 1 (the “Vesting
Schedule”). The Restricted Shares which have become vested pursuant to the Vesting
Schedule are herein referred to as the “Vested Shares.” As provided on
Schedule 1, any and all unvested Restricted Shares determined as of the
Director’s termination of service on the Board of Directors of the Company will be
forfeited and returned to the Company.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and Director have signed this Award as of the Grant Date set
forth above.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	World Air Holdings, Inc.
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Title:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	Director

 

 

ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF

WORLD AIR HOLDINGS, INC.

RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD

     1. Issuance of Restricted Shares.

     (a) The Company shall issue the Restricted Shares as of the Grant Date by the issuance
of share certificate(s) evidencing Restricted Shares to the Secretary of the Company or such
other agent of the Company as may be designated by the Committee (the “Share Custodian”).
Evidence of the Restricted Shares in the form of share certificate(s) shall be held by the
Company or Share Custodian, as applicable, until the Restricted Shares become Vested Shares
in accordance with the Vesting Schedule. The Director shall complete an irrevocable stock
power in favor of the Share Custodian in substantially the form of Exhibit A attached hereto
to effect the provisions of this Section 1.

     (b) When the Restricted Shares become Vested Shares, the Company or the Share
Custodian, as the case may be, shall deliver the Vested Shares by physical delivery of the
share certificate(s) to a broker designated by the Company (the “Designated Broker”) for the
benefit of an account established in the name of the Director. If the number of Vested
Shares includes a fraction of a share, neither the Company nor the Share Custodian shall be
required to deliver the fractional share to the Director, and the Company shall pay the
Director the amount determined by the Company to be the estimated fair market value
therefor. At any time after receipt by the Designated Broker, the Director may require that
the Designated Broker deliver the Vested Shares to the Director pursuant to such
arrangements or agreements as may exist between the Designated Broker and the Director.

     (c) In the event that the Director forfeits any of the Restricted Shares, the Company
shall cancel the issuance on its stock records and the Share Custodian shall promptly
deliver the share certificate(s) representing the forfeited shares to the Company.

     (d) Director hereby irrevocably appoints the Share Custodian, and any successor
thereto, as the true and lawful attorney-in-fact of Director with full power and authority
to execute any stock transfer power or other instrument necessary to transfer any Restricted
Shares to the Company in accordance with this Award, in the name, place, and stead of the
Director. The term of such appointment shall commence on the Grant Date of this Award and
shall continue until the last of the Restricted Shares are delivered to the Director as
Vested Shares or are returned to the Company as forfeited Restricted, Shares as provided by
the applicable terms of this Award.

     (e) Until the Restricted Shares become Vested Shares, the Director shall be entitled to
all rights applicable to holders of shares of Common Stock including, without limitation,
the right to vote such shares and to receive dividends or other distributions thereon as
provided by Section 2, except as expressly provided in this Award.

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     (f) In the event the number of shares of Common Stock is increased or reduced as a
result of a subdivision or combination of shares of Common Stock or the payment of a stock
dividend or any other increase or decrease in the number of shares of Common Stock or other
transaction such as a merger, reorganization or other change in the capital structure of the
Company, the Director agrees that any certificate representing shares of Common Stock or
other securities of the Company issued as a result of any of the foregoing shall be
delivered to the Share Custodian and shall be subject to all of the provisions of this Award
as if initially granted hereunder.

     2. Dividends. The Director shall be entitled to dividends or other distributions paid
or made on Restricted Shares but only as and when the Restricted Shares to which the dividends or
other distributions are attributable become Vested Shares. Dividends paid on Restricted Shares
will be held by the Company and transferred to the Director, without interest, on such date as the
Restricted Shares become Vested Shares. Dividends or other distributions paid on Restricted Shares
that are forfeited shall be retained by the Company.

     3. Restrictions on Transfer of Restricted Shares. General Restrictions. The
Director shall not have the right to make or permit to exist any transfer or hypothecation, whether
outright or as security, with or without consideration, voluntary or involuntary, of all or any
part of any right, title or interest in or to any Restricted Shares. Any such disposition shall be
deemed null and void. The Director may not sell, pledge or otherwise directly or indirectly
transfer (whether with or without consideration and whether voluntarily or involuntarily or by
operation of law) any interest in or any beneficial interest in any Restricted Shares. Any sale,
pledge or other transfer (or any attempt to effect the same) of any Restricted Shares shall be
void, and the Company shall not record such transfer, assignment, pledge or other disposition on
its books or treat any purported transferee or pledgee of such Restricted Shares as the owner or
pledgee of such Restricted Shares for any purpose.

     4. Additional Restrictions on Transfer.

     (a) In addition to any legends required under applicable securities laws, the
certificates representing the Restricted Shares shall be endorsed with the following legend:

TRANSFER IS RESTRICTED

The securities evidenced by this certificate are subject to restrictions
on transfer and forfeiture provisions which also apply to the transferee as
set forth in a restricted stock Award, dated ___, 200___, a copy of
which is available from the Company.

     (b) Opinion of Counsel. No holder of Vested Shares may sell, transfer, assign,
pledge or otherwise dispose of (whether with or without consideration and whether
voluntarily or involuntarily or by operation of law) any interest in or any beneficial
interest in any Vested Shares, except (i) pursuant to an effective registration statement

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under the Securities Act of 1933 (“Securities Act”), or (ii) in a transaction that
fully complies with Rule 144 thereunder, without first delivering to the Company an opinion
of counsel (reasonably acceptable in form and substance to the Company) that neither
registration nor qualification under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws
is required in connection with such transfer.

     5. Change in Capitalization.

     (a) The number and kind of Restricted Shares shall be proportionately adjusted for any
increase or decrease in the number of issued shares of Common Stock resulting from a
subdivision or combination of shares or the payment of a stock dividend in shares of Common
Stock to holders of outstanding shares of Common Stock or any other increase or decrease in
the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding effected without receipt of consideration
by the Company. No fractional shares shall be issued in making such adjustment. All
adjustments made by the Committee under this Section shall be final, binding, and
conclusive.

     (b) In the event of a merger, consolidation, extraordinary dividend (including a
spin-off), reorganization, recapitalization, sale of substantially all of the Company’s
assets, other change in the capital structure of the Company, tender offer for shares of
Common Stock or a Change of Control, an appropriate adjustment shall be made as determined
by the Committee in its discretion with respect to the Restricted Shares such that other
securities, cash or other property may be substituted for the Common Stock held by Share
Custodian.

     (c) The existence of the Plan and the Restricted Stock Award shall not affect the right
or power of the Company to make, effect or authorize any adjustment, reclassification,
reorganization or other change in its capital or business structure, any merger or
consolidation of the Company, any issue of debt or equity securities having preferences or
priorities as to the Common Stock or the rights thereof, the dissolution or liquidation of
the Company, any sale or transfer of all or part of its business or assets, or any other
corporate act or proceeding.

     6. Governing Laws. This Award shall be construed, administered and enforced according
to the laws of the State of Georgia; provided, however, no Restricted Shares shall be issued
except, in the reasonable judgment of the Committee, in compliance with exemptions under applicable
state securities laws of the state in which the Director resides, and/or any other applicable
securities laws.

     7. Successors. This Award shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the heirs,
legal representatives, successors, and permitted assigns of the parties.

     8. Notice. Except as otherwise specified herein, all notices and other communications
under this Award shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given if personally delivered
or if sent by registered or certified United States mail, return receipt requested, postage
prepaid, addressed to the proposed recipient at the last known address of the

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recipient. Any party may designate any other address to which notices shall be sent by giving
notice of the address to the other parties in the same manner as provided herein. Notices sent to
the Company shall be addressed to the attention of the Secretary of the Company.

     9. Severability. In the event that any one or more of the provisions or portion
thereof contained in this Award shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal, or
unenforceable in any respect, the same shall not invalidate or otherwise affect any other
provisions of this Award, and this Award shall be construed as if the invalid, illegal or
unenforceable provision or portion thereof had never been contained herein.

     10. Entire Agreement. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan, this Award
expresses the entire understanding and agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter.
This Award may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original
but all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument.

     11. Headings and Capitalized Terms. Paragraph headings used herein are for convenience
of reference only and shall not be considered in construing this Award. Capitalized terms used, but
not defined, in this Award shall be given the meaning ascribed to them in the Plan

     12. Specific Performance. In the event of any actual or threatened default in, or
breach of, any of the terms, conditions and provisions of this Award, the party or parties who are
thereby aggrieved shall have the right to specific performance and injunction in addition to any
and all other rights and remedies at law or in equity, and all such rights and remedies shall be
cumulative.

     13. No Right to Continued Relationship. Neither the establishment of the Plan nor the
Restricted Stock Award made pursuant to this Award shall be construed as giving Director the right
to any continued service relationship with the Company or any affiliate of the Company.

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EXHIBIT A

Irrevocable Stock Power

     FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto
___a total of ___shares of the Common Stock, par value
$.001 per share, of World Air Holdings, Inc. registered in the name of the undersigned on the stock
transfer records of World Air Holdings, Inc. and represented by Stock Certificate No.
___of World Air Holdings, Inc.; and the undersigned does hereby irrevocably
constitute and appoint ___, his attorney-in-fact, to transfer
the aforesaid shares on the books of World Air Holdings, Inc., with full power of substitution; and
the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorney-in-fact lawfully shall do by
virtue hereof.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Date:
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 

	 	 

     (Print Name)
	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

     (Signature)
	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	IN THE PRESENCE OF:	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	(Print Name)	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	(Signature)	 	 	 	 

Exhibit A-Page 1 of 1

 

SCHEDULE 1

WORLD AIR HOLDINGS, INC.

RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD

Vesting Schedule

	I.	 	The Restricted Shares shall become vested in accordance with the following Vesting Schedule:

	 	 	 
	 	 	Percentage of Restricted Shares
	Vesting Dates	 	which are Vested Shares
	Before                     
	 	0%
	                     and thereafter
	 	100%

	II.	 	The Director shall become vested in the stated percentage of
Restricted Shares as of the applicable Vesting Date(s) indicated
in the above Vesting Schedule. If and when the Director no
longer serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the
Company (or of a successor to the Company immediately following a
transaction of the type described in clauses (A) or (B) of
paragraph IV(iii) of this Vesting Schedule), regardless of the
reason, any remaining Restricted Shares that have not become
Vested Shares will be forfeited.
	 
	III.	 	Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections I or II above, in the
event of the occurrence of any Change of Control following the
Grant Date but prior to the time the Director no longer serves as
a member of the Board of Directors of the Company (or of a
successor to the Company immediately following a transaction of
the type described in clauses (A) or (B) of paragraph IV(iii) of
this Vesting Schedule), any previously unvested Restricted Shares
shall become immediately vested. 
	 
	IV.	 	For purposes of this Vesting Schedule, the term “Change of
Control” shall mean the occurrence of any one or more of the
following events:

	 	(i)	 	any Person, other than the Company, is or becomes the Beneficial Owner (as
defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
“Exchange Act”)), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing
more than 50% of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding
securities; or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	during any period of two (2) consecutive years (not including any period prior
to the Grant Date), individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the
Board of Directors of the Company and any new director (other than a director
designated by a Person who has entered into an agreement with the Company to effect a
transaction described in paragraphs (i), (iii) or (iv) or this Section IV) whose
election by the Board of Directors of the Company or nomination for election by the
stockholders of the Company was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the
directors then still in office who either were directors at the

Exhibit A-Page 1 of 2

 

	 	 	 	beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously
so approved, cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the members of the
Board of Directors of the Company (or of a successor to the Company immediately
following a transaction of the type described in clauses (A) or (B) of paragraph
IV(iii) of this Vesting Schedule); or
	 
	 	(iii)	 	the shareholders of the Company approve a merger or consolidation of the
Company with any other corporation, other than (A) a merger or consolidation which
would result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior
thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or being converted
into voting securities of the surviving entity), in combination with the ownership of
any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the
Company or any of its affiliates, at least 50% of the combined voting power of the
voting securities of the Company or of such surviving entity outstanding immediately
after such merger or consolidation, or (B) a merger or consolidation effected to
implement a recapitalization of the Company (or similar transaction) in which no Person
acquires more than 50% of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding
securities; or
	 
	 	(iv)	 	the shareholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the
Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of all or
substantially all of the Company’s assets.

For purposes of this Section IV, the term “Person” shall have the meaning given in Section
(3)(a)(9) of the Exchange Act, as modified and used in Section 13(d) and 14(d) thereof;
however, a Person shall not include (i) World Air Holdings, Inc. or any of their
subsidiaries or affiliates; (ii) a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an
employee benefit plan of World Air Holdings, Inc. or any of their subsidiaries; (iii) an
underwriter temporarily holding securities of the Company pursuant to an offering of such
securities; or (iv) a corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by the stockholders of
World Air Holdings, Inc. in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock
of World Air Holdings, Inc.

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Exhibit 10.1

OUTSIDE INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR COMPENSATION SUMMARY

Annual Retainer

     Each outside independent director receives $20,000 as an annual retainer.

Meeting Fees

     For each quarterly meeting of the board of directors of Spheris Holding III, Inc./Spheris
Inc., each a Delaware corporation (collectively, the “Company”), attended in person an outside
independent director receives $1,500. An outside independent director also receives $1,000 for
each committee and special board meeting not in conjunction with a regular quarterly board meeting
attended in person. An outside independent director receives $500 for each board and committee
meeting attended by telephone.

     Directors are also reimbursed for expenses incurred in connection with their services as
directors.

Committee Chair 

     The chair of the Audit Committee receives an annual retainer of $15,000 and the chair of the
Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee receive an annual
retainer of $7,500 each. Members of the Audit, Compensation and Nominating and Corporate
Governance Committees each receive an annual retainer of $5,000.

Equity Incentives

     Each outside independent director will receive under the Spheris Holding III, Inc. Stock
Incentive Plan an award of 30,000 shares of restricted stock upon his or her initial election to
the board of directors, vesting in one-third increments on each anniversary of the date of grant,
and 10,000 shares of restricted stock annually on the date of his or her annual re-election to the
board of directors, vesting on the first anniversary of the date of grant.

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