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Exhibit 10.1

 

DEX MEDIA, INC.

 

EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

 

(formerly known as the Dex One Corporation Equity Incentive Plan)

 

As of April 30, 2013

 

I.  INTRODUCTION

 

1.1                               Purposes.  The purposes of the Dex Media, Inc. Equity Incentive Plan (formerly known as the Dex One Corporation Equity Incentive Plan) (this “Plan”) are (i) to align the interests of the Company’s stockholders and the recipients of awards under this Plan by increasing the proprietary interest of such recipients in the Company’s growth and success, (ii) to advance the interests of the Company by attracting and retaining directors, officers, other employees and other service providers and (iii) to motivate such persons to act in the long-term best interests of the Company and its stockholders.

 

1.2                               Certain Definitions.

 

“Agreement” shall mean the written agreement evidencing an award hereunder between the Company and the recipient of such award.

 

“Bankruptcy Court” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.1.

 

“Bankruptcy Proceedings” shall mean the bankruptcy proceedings in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware with respect to In re: R.H. Donnelley Corp., et. al., Case No. 09-11833 (KG).

 

“Board” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

“Change in Control” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.8(b).

 

“Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

“Committee” shall mean the Compensation and Benefits Committee designated by the Board, consisting of two or more members of the Board, each of whom may be (i) a “Non-Employee Director” within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act, (ii) an “outside director” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code and (iii) “independent” within the meaning of the rules of the Exchange.

 

“Common Stock” shall mean the common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company, and all rights appurtenant thereto.

 

“Company” shall mean Dex Media, Inc., a Delaware corporation, or any successor thereto.

 

 

“Disability” means an individual’s long-term disability as defined under the long-term disability plan of the Company that covers that individual; or if the individual is not covered by such a long-term disability plan, an individual’s disability as defined for purposes of eligibility for a disability award under the Social Security Act.

 

“Exchange” shall mean the principal national stock exchange on which the Common Stock is traded.

 

“Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

“Fair Market Value” shall mean the closing transaction price of a share of Common Stock as reported on the Exchange on the date as of which such value is being determined or, if there shall be no reported transactions for such date, on the next preceding date for which transactions were reported; provided, however, that if the Common Stock is not listed on a national stock exchange or if Fair Market Value for any date cannot be so determined, Fair Market Value shall be determined by the Committee by whatever means or method as the Committee, in the good faith exercise of its discretion, shall at such time deem appropriate and in compliance with Section 409A of the Code; provided further that for purposes of determining the base price of SARs granted pursuant to the Plan of Reorganization, the Fair Market Value shall be determined in accordance with the Plan of Reorganization.

 

“Free-Standing SAR” shall mean an SAR which is not granted in tandem with, or by reference to, an option, which entitles the holder thereof to receive, upon exercise, shares of Common Stock (which may be Restricted Stock) with an aggregate value equal to the excess of the Fair Market Value of one share of Common Stock on the date of exercise over the base price of such SAR, multiplied by the number of such SARs which are exercised.

 

“Incentive Stock Option” shall mean an option to purchase shares of Common Stock that meets the requirements of Section 422 of the Code, or any successor provision, which is intended by the Committee to constitute an Incentive Stock Option.

 

“Non-Employee Director” shall mean any director of the Company who is not an officer or employee of the Company or any Subsidiary.

 

“Nonqualified Stock Option” shall mean an option to purchase shares of Common Stock which is not an Incentive Stock Option.

 

“Performance Measures” shall mean the criteria and objectives, established by the Committee, which shall be satisfied or met (i) as a condition to the grant or exercisability of all or a portion of an option or SAR or (ii) during the applicable Restriction Period or Performance Period as a condition to the vesting of the holder’s interest, in the case of a Restricted Stock Award, of the shares of Common Stock subject to such award, or, in the case of a Restricted Stock Unit Award, to the holder’s receipt of the shares of Common Stock subject to such award or of payment with respect to such award. To the extent necessary for an award to be qualified performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code and the regulations thereunder, such criteria and objectives shall include one or more of the following corporate-wide or subsidiary, division, operating unit or individual measures, stated in either absolute terms

 

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or relative terms, such as rates of growth or improvement: the attainment by a share of Common Stock of a specified Fair Market Value for a specified period of time, earnings per share, return to stockholders (including dividends), return on assets, return on equity, earnings of the Company before or after taxes and/or interest, revenues, market share, cash flow or cost reduction goals, interest expense after taxes, return on investment, return on investment capital, economic value created, operating margin, net income before or after taxes, pretax earnings before interest, depreciation and/or amortization, pretax operating earnings after interest expense and before incentives, and/or extraordinary or special items, operating earnings, net cash provided by operations, and strategic business criteria, consisting of one or more objectives based on meeting specified market penetration, geographic business expansion goals, cost targets, customer satisfaction, reductions in errors and omissions, reductions in lost business, management of employment practices and employee benefits, supervision of litigation and information technology, quality and quality audit scores, productivity, efficiency, and goals relating to acquisitions or divestitures, or any combination of the foregoing. In the sole discretion of the Committee, but subject to Section 162(m) of the Code, the Committee may amend or adjust the Performance Measures or other terms and conditions of an outstanding award in recognition of unusual or nonrecurring events affecting the Company or its financial statements or changes in law or accounting principles.

 

“Performance Option” shall mean an Incentive Stock Option or Nonqualified Stock Option, the grant of which or the exercisability of all or a portion of which is contingent upon the attainment of specified Performance Measures within a specified Performance Period.

 

“Performance Period” shall mean any period designated by the Committee during which (i) the Performance Measures applicable to an award shall be measured and (ii) the conditions to vesting applicable to an award shall remain in effect.

 

“Performance Unit” shall mean a right to receive, contingent upon the attainment of specified Performance Measures within a specified Performance Period, a specified cash amount or, in lieu thereof, shares of Common Stock having a Fair Market Value equal to such cash amount.

 

“Performance Unit Award” shall mean an award of Performance Units under this Plan.

 

“Plan of Reorganization” shall mean the Plan of Reorganization approved pursuant to the Bankruptcy Proceedings.

 

“Restricted Stock” shall mean shares of Common Stock which are subject to a Restriction Period and which may, in addition thereto, be subject to the attainment of specified Performance Measures within a specified Performance Period.

 

“Restricted Stock Award” shall mean an award of Restricted Stock under this Plan.

 

“Restricted Stock Unit” shall mean a right to receive one share of Common Stock or, in lieu thereof, the Fair Market Value of such share of Common Stock in cash, which shall be contingent upon the expiration of a specified Restriction Period and which may, in addition

 

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thereto, be contingent upon the attainment of specified Performance Measures within a specified Performance Period.

 

“Restricted Stock Unit Award” shall mean an award of Restricted Stock Units under this Plan.

 

“Restriction Period” shall mean any period designated by the Committee during which (i) the Common Stock subject to a Restricted Stock Award may not be sold, transferred, assigned, pledged, hypothecated or otherwise encumbered or disposed of, except as provided in this Plan or the Agreement relating to such award, or (ii) the conditions to vesting applicable to a Restricted Stock Unit Award shall remain in effect.

 

“SAR” shall mean a stock appreciation right which may be a Free-Standing SAR or a Tandem SAR.

 

“Stock Award” shall mean a Restricted Stock Award or a Restricted Stock Unit Award.

 

“Subsidiary” shall mean any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture or similar entity in which the Company owns, directly or indirectly, an equity interest possessing more than 50% of the combined voting power of the total outstanding equity interests of such entity.

 

“Tandem SAR” shall mean an SAR which is granted in tandem with, or by reference to, an option (including a Nonqualified Stock Option granted prior to the date of grant of the SAR), which entitles the holder thereof to receive, upon exercise of such SAR and surrender for cancellation of all or a portion of such option, shares of Common Stock (which may be Restricted Stock) with an aggregate value equal to the excess of the Fair Market Value of one share of Common Stock on the date of exercise over the base price of such SAR, multiplied by the number of shares of Common Stock subject to such option, or portion thereof, which is surrendered.

 

“Tax Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.5.

 

“Ten Percent Holder” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).

 

1.3                               Administration.  This Plan shall be administered by the Committee.  Any one or a combination of the following awards may be made under this Plan to eligible persons: (i) options to purchase shares of Common Stock in the form of Incentive Stock Options or Nonqualified Stock Options (which may include Performance Options), (ii) SARs in the form of Tandem SARs or Free-Standing SARs, (iii) Stock Awards in the form of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units and (iv) Performance Units. The Committee shall, subject to the terms of this Plan, select eligible persons for participation in this Plan and determine the form, amount and timing of each award to such persons and, if applicable, the number of shares of Common Stock, the number of SARs, the number of Restricted Stock Units and the number of Performance Units subject to such an award, the exercise price or base price associated with the award, the time and conditions of exercise or settlement of the award and all other terms and conditions of the award, including, without limitation, the form of the Agreement evidencing the award. The Committee may, in its sole discretion and for any reason at any time, subject to the

 

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requirements of Section 162(m) of the Code and regulations thereunder in the case of an award intended to be qualified performance-based compensation, take action such that (i) any or all outstanding options and SARs shall become exercisable in part or in full, (ii) all or a portion of the Restriction Period applicable to any outstanding Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units shall lapse, (iii) all or a portion of the Performance Period applicable to any outstanding Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units or Performance Units shall lapse and (iv) the Performance Measures (if any) applicable to any outstanding award shall be deemed to be satisfied at the target or any other level. The Committee shall, subject to the terms of this Plan, interpret this Plan and the application thereof, establish rules and regulations it deems necessary or desirable for the administration of this Plan and may impose, incidental to the grant of an award, conditions with respect to the award, such as limiting competitive employment or other activities. All such interpretations, rules, regulations and conditions shall be conclusive and binding on all parties.

 

The Committee may delegate some or all of its power and authority hereunder to the Board or, subject to applicable law, to the Chief Executive Officer or other executive officer of the Company as the Committee deems appropriate; provided, however, that (i) the Committee may not delegate its power and authority to the Board or the Chief Executive Officer or other executive officer of the Company with regard to the grant of an award to any person who is a “covered employee” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code or who, in the Committee’s judgment, is likely to be a covered employee at any time during the period an award hereunder to such employee would be outstanding and (ii) the Committee may not delegate its power and authority to the Chief Executive Officer or other executive officer of the Company with regard to the selection for participation in this Plan of an officer, director or other person subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act or decisions concerning the timing, pricing or amount of an award to such an officer, director or other person.

 

No member of the Board or Committee, and neither the Chief Executive Officer nor any other executive officer to whom the Committee delegates any of its power and authority hereunder, shall be liable for any act, omission, interpretation, construction or determination made in connection with this Plan in good faith, and the members of the Board and the Committee and the Chief Executive Officer or other executive officer shall be entitled to indemnification and reimbursement by the Company in respect of any claim, loss, damage or expense (including attorneys’ fees) arising therefrom to the full extent permitted by law (except as otherwise may be provided in the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation and/or By-laws) and under any directors’ and officers’ liability insurance that may be in effect from time to time.

 

1.4                               Eligibility.  Participants in this Plan shall consist of such officers, employees, independent contractors and nonemployee directors, and persons expected to become officers, employees, independent contractors and nonemployee directors, of the Company and its Subsidiaries as the Committee in its sole discretion may select from time to time or as specified in the Plan of Reorganization. The Committee’s selection of a person to participate in this Plan at any time shall not require the Committee to select such person to participate in this Plan at any other time. For purposes of this Plan, references to employment by the Company shall also mean employment by a Subsidiary and any affiliate of the Company designated by the Committee; provided, however, that an employee of an affiliate shall be designated by the Committee as a

 

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recipient of an option only if the Shares qualify, with respect to such recipient, as “service recipient stock” within the meaning set forth in Section 409A of the Code.

 

1.5                               Shares Available.  Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 5.7 and to all other limits set forth in this Section 1.5, 883,494 shares of Common Stock shall be available for all awards under this Plan, reduced by the sum of the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock which become subject to outstanding options, outstanding Free-Standing SARs and outstanding Stock Awards and delivered upon the settlement of Performance Units. To the extent that shares of Common Stock subject to an outstanding option, SAR or Stock Award granted under the Plan are not issued or delivered by reason of (i) the expiration, termination, cancellation or forfeiture of such award (excluding shares subject to an option cancelled upon settlement in shares of a related tandem SAR or shares subject to a tandem SAR cancelled upon exercise of a related option) or (ii) the settlement of such award in cash, then such shares of Common Stock shall again be available under this Plan.

 

Shares of Common Stock to be delivered under this Plan shall be made available from authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock, or authorized and issued shares of Common Stock reacquired and held as treasury shares or otherwise or a combination thereof.

 

To the extent necessary for an award to be qualified performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code and the regulations thereunder (i) the maximum number of shares of Common Stock with respect to which options or SARs or a combination thereof may be granted during any fiscal year of the Company to any person shall be 400,000, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 5.7; (ii) the maximum number of shares of Common Stock with respect to which Stock Awards subject to Performance Measures may be granted during any fiscal year of the Company to any person shall be 300,000, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 5.7, and (iii) the maximum amount that may be payable with respect to Performance Units granted during any fiscal year of the Company to any person shall be $15,000,000.

 

II.  STOCK OPTIONS AND STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS

 

2.1                               Stock Options.  The Committee may, in its discretion, grant options to purchase shares of Common Stock to such eligible persons as may be selected by the Committee. Each option, or portion thereof, that is not an Incentive Stock Option, shall be a Nonqualified Stock Option. To the extent that the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined as of the date of grant) of shares of Common Stock with respect to which options designated as Incentive Stock Options are exercisable for the first time by a participant during any calendar year (under this Plan or any other plan of the Company, or any parent or Subsidiary) exceeds the amount (currently $100,000) established by the Code, such options shall constitute Nonqualified Stock Options.

 

Options shall be subject to the following terms and conditions and shall contain such additional terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the terms of this Plan, as the Committee shall deem advisable:

 

(a)                                 Number of Shares and Purchase Price.  The number of shares of Common Stock subject to an option and the purchase price per share of Common Stock purchasable upon exercise of the option shall be determined by the Committee; provided, however, that the

 

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purchase price per share of Common Stock purchasable upon exercise of a Nonqualified Stock Option or an Incentive Stock Option shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the date of grant of such option; provided further, that if an Incentive Stock Option shall be granted to any person who, at the time such option is granted, owns capital stock possessing more than 10 percent of the total combined voting power of all classes of capital stock of the Company (or of any parent or Subsidiary) (a “Ten Percent Holder”), the purchase price per share of Common Stock shall not be less than the price (currently 110% of Fair Market Value) required by the Code in order to constitute an Incentive Stock Option.

 

(b)                                 Option Period and Exercisability.  The period during which an option may be exercised shall be determined by the Committee; provided, however, that no Incentive Stock Option or Nonqualified Stock Option shall be exercised later than ten years after its date of grant; provided further, that if an Incentive Stock Option shall be granted to a Ten Percent Holder, such option shall not be exercised later than five years after its date of grant. The Committee may, in its discretion, determine that an option is to be granted as a Performance Option and may establish an applicable Performance Period and Performance Measures which shall be satisfied or met as a condition to the grant of such option or to the exercisability of all or a portion of such option. The Committee shall determine whether an option shall become exercisable in cumulative or non-cumulative installments and in part or in full at any time. An exercisable option, or portion thereof, may be exercised only with respect to whole shares of Common Stock.

 

(c)                                  Method of Exercise.  An option may be exercised (i) by giving written notice to the Company specifying the number of whole shares of Common Stock to be purchased and accompanying such notice with payment therefor in full (or arrangement made for such payment to the Company’s satisfaction) in cash or by certified check, or to the extent permitted in an Award Agreement or otherwise by the Committee, (A) by delivery (either actual delivery or by attestation procedures established by the Company) of shares of Common Stock having a Fair Market Value, determined as of the date of exercise, equal to the aggregate purchase price payable by reason of such exercise, (B) authorizing the Company to withhold whole shares of Common Stock which would otherwise be delivered having an aggregate Fair Market Value, determined as of the date of exercise, equal to the amount necessary to satisfy such obligation, (C) in cash by a broker-dealer acceptable to the Company to whom the optionee has submitted an irrevocable notice of exercise or (D) a combination of (A), (B) and (C), (ii) if applicable, by surrendering to the Company any Tandem SARs which are cancelled by reason of the exercise of the option and (iii) by executing such documents as the Company may reasonably request. Any fraction of a share of Common Stock which would be required to pay such purchase price shall be disregarded and the remaining amount due shall be paid in cash by the optionee. No shares of Common Stock shall be issued and no certificate representing Common Stock shall be delivered until the full purchase price therefor and any withholding taxes thereon, as described in Section 5.5, have been paid (or arrangement made for such payment to the Company’s satisfaction).

 

2.2                               Stock Appreciation Rights.  The Committee may, in its discretion, grant SARs to such eligible persons as may be selected by the Committee. The Agreement relating to an SAR shall specify whether the SAR is a Tandem SAR or a Free-Standing SAR.

 

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SARs shall be subject to the following terms and conditions and shall contain such additional terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the terms of this Plan, as the Committee shall deem advisable:

 

(a)                                 Number of SARs and Base Price.  The number of SARs subject to an award shall be determined by the Committee. Any Tandem SAR related to an Incentive Stock Option shall be granted at the same time that such Incentive Stock Option is granted. The base price of a Tandem SAR shall be the purchase price per share of Common Stock of the related option. The base price of a Free-Standing SAR shall be determined by the Committee; provided, however, that such base price shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the date of grant of such SAR.

 

(b)                                 Exercise Period and Exercisability.  The period for the exercise of an SAR shall be determined by the Committee; provided, however, that no Tandem SAR shall be exercised later than the expiration, cancellation, forfeiture or other termination of the related option and no Free-Standing SAR shall be exercised later than ten years after its date of grant. The Committee may, in its discretion, establish Performance Measures which shall be satisfied or met as a condition to the grant of an SAR or to the exercisability of all or a portion of an SAR. The Committee shall determine whether an SAR may be exercised in cumulative or non-cumulative installments and in part or in full at any time. An exercisable SAR, or portion thereof, may be exercised, in the case of a Tandem SAR, only with respect to whole shares of Common Stock and, in the case of a Free-Standing SAR, only with respect to a whole number of SARs. If an SAR is exercised for shares of Restricted Stock, a certificate or certificates representing such Restricted Stock shall be issued in accordance with Section 3.2(c), or such shares shall be transferred to the holder in book entry form with restrictions on the Shares duly noted, and the holder of such Restricted Stock shall have such rights of a stockholder of the Company as determined pursuant to Section 3.2(d). Prior to the exercise of an SAR, the holder of such SAR shall have no rights as a stockholder of the Company with respect to the shares of Common Stock subject to such SAR.

 

(c)                                  Method of Exercise.  A Tandem SAR may be exercised (i) by giving written notice to the Company specifying the number of whole SARs which are being exercised, (ii) by surrendering to the Company any options which are cancelled by reason of the exercise of the Tandem SAR and (iii) by executing such documents as the Company may reasonably request. A Free-Standing SAR may be exercised (A) by giving written notice to the Company specifying the whole number of SARs which are being exercised and (B) by executing such documents as the Company may reasonably request.

 

2.3                               Termination of Employment or Service.  All of the terms relating to the exercise, cancellation or other disposition of an option or SAR upon a termination of employment or service with the Company of the holder of such option or SAR, as the case may be, whether by reason of Disability, retirement, death or any other reason, shall be determined by the Committee.

 

2.4                               No Repricing.  Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary and subject to Section 5.7, without the approval of the stockholders of the Company the Committee will not

 

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amend or replace any previously granted option or SAR in a transaction that constitutes a “repricing,” as such term is used in the rules and regulations of the Exchange.

 

III.  STOCK AWARDS

 

3.1                               Stock Awards.  The Committee may, in its discretion, grant Stock Awards to such eligible persons as may be selected by the Committee. The Agreement relating to a Stock Award shall specify whether the Stock Award is a Restricted Stock Award or a Restricted Stock Unit Award.

 

3.2                               Terms of Restricted Stock Awards.  Restricted Stock Awards shall be subject to the following terms and conditions and shall contain such additional terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the terms of this Plan, as the Committee shall deem advisable.

 

(a)                                 Number of Shares and Other Terms.  The number of shares of Common Stock subject to a Restricted Stock Award and the Restriction Period, Performance Period (if any) and Performance Measures (if any) applicable to a Restricted Stock Award shall be determined by the Committee.

 

(b)                                 Vesting and Forfeiture.  The Agreement relating to a Restricted Stock Award shall provide, in the manner determined by the Committee, in its discretion, and subject to the provisions of this Plan, for the vesting of the shares of Common Stock subject to such award (i) if the holder of such award remains continuously in the employment of the Company during the specified Restriction Period and (ii) if specified Performance Measures (if any) are satisfied or met during a specified Performance Period, and for the forfeiture of the shares of Common Stock subject to such award (x) if the holder of such award does not remain continuously in the employment of the Company during the specified Restriction Period or (y) if specified Performance Measures (if any) are not satisfied or met during a specified Performance Period. The Committee may, in its sole discretion, grant Restricted Stock Awards pursuant to the Plan that are not subject to any vesting or performance conditions.

 

(c)                                  Stock Issuance.  During the Restriction Period, the shares of Restricted Stock shall be held by a custodian in book entry form with restrictions on such shares duly noted or, alternatively, a certificate or certificates representing a Restricted Stock Award shall be registered in the holder’s name and may bear a legend, in addition to any legend which may be required pursuant to Section 5.6, indicating that the ownership of the shares of Common Stock represented by such certificate is subject to the restrictions, terms and conditions of this Plan and the Agreement relating to the Restricted Stock Award. All such certificates shall be deposited with the Company, together with stock powers or other instruments of assignment (including a power of attorney), each endorsed in blank with a guarantee of signature if deemed necessary or appropriate, which would permit transfer to the Company of all or a portion of the shares of Common Stock subject to the Restricted Stock Award in the event such award is forfeited in whole or in part. Upon termination of any applicable Restriction Period (and the satisfaction or attainment of applicable Performance Measures), subject to the Company’s right to require payment of any taxes in accordance with Section 5.5, the restrictions shall be removed from the requisite number of any shares of Common Stock that are held in book entry form, and all certificates evidencing ownership of the requisite number of shares of Common Stock shall be delivered to the holder of such award.

 

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(d)                                 Rights with Respect to Restricted Stock Awards.  Unless otherwise set forth in the Agreement relating to a Restricted Stock Award, and subject to the terms and conditions of a Restricted Stock Award, the holder of such award shall have all rights as a stockholder of the Company, including, but not limited to, voting rights, the right to receive dividends and the right to participate in any capital adjustment applicable to all holders of Common Stock; provided, however, that a distribution with respect to shares of Common Stock, other than a regular cash dividend, shall be deposited with the Company and shall be subject to the same restrictions as the shares of Common Stock with respect to which such distribution was made.

 

3.3                               Terms of Restricted Stock Unit Awards.  Restricted Stock Unit Awards shall be subject to the following terms and conditions and shall contain such additional terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the terms of this Plan, as the Committee shall deem advisable.

 

(a)                                 Number of Shares and Other Terms.  The number of shares of Common Stock subject to a Restricted Stock Unit Award and the Restriction Period, Performance Period (if any) and Performance Measures (if any) applicable to a Restricted Stock Unit Award shall be determined by the Committee.

 

(b)                                 Vesting and Forfeiture.  The Agreement relating to a Restricted Stock Unit Award shall provide, in the manner determined by the Committee, in its discretion, and subject to the provisions of this Plan, for the vesting of such Restricted Stock Unit Award (i) if the holder of such award remains continuously in the employment of the Company during the specified Restriction Period and (ii) if specified Performance Measures (if any) are satisfied or met during a specified Performance Period, and for the forfeiture of the shares of Common Stock subject to such award (x) if the holder of such award does not remain continuously in the employment of the Company during the specified Restriction Period or (y) if specified Performance Measures (if any) are not satisfied or met during a specified Performance Period. The Committee may, in its sole discretion, grant Restricted Stock Unit Awards under the Plan that are not subject to any vesting or performance conditions.

 

(c)                                  Settlement of Vested Restricted Stock Unit Awards.  The Agreement relating to a Restricted Stock Unit Award shall specify (i) whether such award may be settled in shares of Common Stock or cash or a combination thereof and (ii) whether the holder thereof shall be entitled to receive, on a current or deferred basis, dividend equivalents, and, if determined by the Committee, interest on, or the deemed reinvestment of, any deferred dividend equivalents, with respect to the number of shares of Common Stock subject to such award. Prior to the settlement of a Restricted Stock Unit Award, the holder of such award shall have no rights as a stockholder of the Company with respect to the shares of Common Stock subject to such award.

 

3.4                               Termination of Employment or Service.  All of the terms relating to the satisfaction of Performance Measures and the termination of the Restriction Period or Performance Period relating to a Stock Award, or any forfeiture and cancellation of such award upon a termination of employment or service with the Company of the holder of such award, whether by reason of Disability, retirement, death or any other reason, shall be determined by the Committee.

 

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IV.  PERFORMANCE UNIT AWARDS

 

4.1                               Performance Unit Awards.  The Committee may, in its discretion, grant Performance Unit Awards to such eligible persons as may be selected by the Committee.

 

4.2                               Terms of Performance Unit Awards.  Performance Unit Awards shall be subject to the following terms and conditions and shall contain such additional terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the terms of this Plan, as the Committee shall deem advisable.

 

(a)                                 Number of Performance Units and Performance Measures.  The number of Performance Units subject to a Performance Unit Award and the Performance Measures and Performance Period applicable to a Performance Unit Award shall be determined by the Committee.

 

(b)                                 Vesting and Forfeiture.  The Agreement relating to a Performance Unit Award shall provide, in the manner determined by the Committee, in its discretion, and subject to the provisions of this Plan, for the vesting of such Performance Unit Award if the specified Performance Measures are satisfied or met during the specified Performance Period and for the forfeiture of such award if the specified Performance Measures are not satisfied or met during the specified Performance Period.

 

(c)                                  Settlement of Vested Performance Unit Awards.  The Agreement relating to a Performance Unit Award shall specify whether such award may be settled in shares of Common Stock (including shares of Restricted Stock) or cash or a combination thereof. If a Performance Unit Award is settled in shares of Restricted Stock, such shares of Restricted Stock shall be issued to the holder in book entry form or a certificate or certificates representing such Restricted Stock shall be issued in accordance with Section 3.2(c) and the holder of such Restricted Stock shall have such rights as a stockholder of the Company as determined pursuant to Section 3.2(d). Prior to the settlement of a Performance Unit Award in shares of Common Stock, including Restricted Stock, the holder of such award shall have no rights as a stockholder of the Company.

 

4.3                               Termination of Employment or Service.  All of the terms relating to the satisfaction of Performance Measures and the termination of the Performance Period relating to a Performance Unit Award, or any forfeiture and cancellation of such award upon a termination of employment or service with the Company of the holder of such award, whether by reason of Disability, retirement, death or any other reason, shall be determined by the Committee.

 

V.  GENERAL

 

5.1                               Effective Date and Term of Plan.  This Plan shall be submitted to the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (the “Bankruptcy Court”) for approval in connection with the Plan of Reorganization and, if approved, shall become effective as of the effective date of the Plan of Reorganization. This Plan shall terminate as of the tenth anniversary of its effective date, unless terminated earlier by the Board. Termination of this Plan shall not affect the terms or conditions of any award granted prior to termination.

 

Awards hereunder may be made at any time prior to the termination of this Plan, provided that no award may be made later than ten years after the effective date of this Plan. In

 

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the event that this Plan is not approved by the Bankruptcy Court, this Plan and any awards hereunder shall be void and of no force or effect.

 

5.2                               Amendments.  The Board may amend this Plan as it shall deem advisable, subject to any requirement of stockholder approval required by applicable law, rule or regulation, including Section 162(m) of the Code and any rule of the Exchange; provided, however, that no amendment may impair the rights of a holder of an outstanding award without the consent of such holder.

 

5.3                               Agreement.  Each award under this Plan shall be evidenced by an Agreement setting forth the terms and conditions applicable to such award. No award shall be valid until approved by the Company. Such award shall be effective as of the effective date set forth in the Agreement.

 

5.4                               Non-Transferability.  No award shall be transferable other than by will, the laws of descent and distribution or pursuant to beneficiary designation procedures approved by the Company or, to the extent expressly permitted in the Agreement relating to such award, to the holder’s family members, a trust or entity established by the holder for estate planning purposes or a charitable organization designated by the holder. Except to the extent permitted by the foregoing sentence or the Agreement relating to an award, each award may be exercised or settled during the holder’s lifetime only by the holder or the holder’s legal representative or similar person. Except as permitted by the second preceding sentence, no award may be sold, transferred, assigned, pledged, hypothecated, encumbered or otherwise disposed of (whether by operation of law or otherwise) or be subject to execution, attachment or similar process. Upon any attempt to so sell, transfer, assign, pledge, hypothecate, encumber or otherwise dispose of any award, such award and all rights thereunder shall immediately become null and void.

 

5.5                               Tax Withholding.  The Company shall have the right to require, prior to the issuance or delivery of any shares of Common Stock or the payment of any cash pursuant to an award made hereunder, payment by the holder of such award of any federal, state, local or other taxes which may be required to be withheld or paid in connection with such award. An Agreement may provide that (i) the Company shall withhold whole shares of Common Stock which would otherwise be delivered to a holder, having an aggregate Fair Market Value determined as of the date the obligation to withhold or pay taxes arises in connection with an award (the “Tax Date”), or withhold an amount of cash which would otherwise be payable to a holder, in the amount necessary to satisfy any such obligation or (ii) the holder may satisfy any such obligation by any of the following means: (A) a cash payment to the Company, (B) delivery (either actual delivery or by attestation procedures established by the Company) to the Company of previously owned whole shares of Common Stock having an aggregate Fair Market Value, determined as of the Tax Date, equal to the amount necessary to satisfy any such obligation, (C) authorizing the Company to withhold whole shares of Common Stock which would otherwise be delivered having an aggregate Fair Market Value, determined as of the Tax Date, or withhold an amount of cash which would otherwise be payable to a holder, equal to the amount necessary to satisfy any such obligation, (D) in the case of the exercise of an option, a cash payment by a broker-dealer acceptable to the Company to whom the optionee has submitted an irrevocable notice of exercise or (E) any combination of (A), (B) and (C), in each case to the extent set forth in the Agreement relating to the award. Shares of Common Stock to be delivered

 

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or withheld may not have an aggregate Fair Market Value in excess of the amount determined by applying the minimum statutory withholding rate. Any fraction of a share of Common Stock which would be required to satisfy such an obligation shall be disregarded and the remaining amount due shall be paid in cash by the holder.

 

5.6                               Restrictions on Shares.  Each award made hereunder shall be subject to the requirement that if at any time the Company determines that the listing, registration or qualification of the shares of Common Stock subject to such award upon any securities exchange or under any law, or the consent or approval of any governmental body, or the taking of any other action is necessary or desirable as a condition of, or in connection with, the delivery of shares thereunder, such shares shall not be delivered unless such listing, registration, qualification, consent, approval or other action shall have been effected or obtained, free of any conditions not acceptable to the Company. The Company may require that certificates evidencing shares of Common Stock delivered pursuant to any award made hereunder bear a legend indicating that the sale, transfer or other disposition thereof by the holder is prohibited except in compliance with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.

 

5.7                               Adjustment.  In the event of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, reorganization, merger, consolidation, combination, exchange of shares, liquidation, spin-off or other similar change in capitalization or event, or any distribution to holders of Common Stock other than a regular cash dividend, the number and class of securities available under this Plan, the number and class of securities subject to each outstanding option and the purchase price per security, the terms of each outstanding SAR, the terms of each outstanding Restricted Stock Award and Restricted Stock Unit Award, including the number and class of securities subject thereto, the terms of each outstanding Performance Unit, the maximum number of securities with respect to which options or SARs may be granted during any fiscal year of the Company to any one grantee and the maximum number of shares of Common Stock that may be awarded during any fiscal year of the Company to any one grantee pursuant to a Stock Award that is subject to Performance Measures shall be equitably adjusted by the Committee, such adjustments to be made in the case of outstanding options and SARs in accordance with Section 409A of the Code. The decision of the Committee regarding any such adjustment shall be final, binding and conclusive. If any such adjustment would result in a fractional security being (a) available under this Plan, such fractional security shall be disregarded, or (b) subject to an award under this Plan, the Company shall pay the holder of such award, in connection with the first vesting, exercise or settlement of such award, in whole or in part, occurring after such adjustment, an amount in cash determined by multiplying (i) the fraction of such security (rounded to the nearest hundredth) by (ii) the excess, if any, of (A) the Fair Market Value on the vesting, exercise or settlement date over (B) the exercise or base price, if any, of such award.

 

5.8                               Change in Control.

 

(a)                                 Except as provided in the applicable Agreement, in the event of a Change in Control, the Board (as constituted prior to such Change in Control) may, in its discretion:

 

(1)                                 provide that (A) some or all outstanding options and SARs shall immediately become exercisable in full or in part, (B) the Restriction Period applicable to

 

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some or all outstanding Restricted Stock Awards and Restricted Stock Unit Awards shall lapse in full or in part, (C) the Performance Period applicable to some or all outstanding awards shall lapse in full or in part, and (D) the Performance Measures applicable to some or all outstanding awards shall be deemed to be satisfied at the target or any other level;

 

(2)                                 require that shares of stock of the corporation resulting from such Change in Control, or a parent corporation thereof, be substituted for some or all of the shares of Common Stock subject to an outstanding award, with an appropriate and equitable adjustment to such award as shall be determined by the Board in accordance with Section 5.7; and/or

 

(3)                                 require outstanding awards, in whole or in part, to be surrendered to the Company by the holder, and to be immediately cancelled by the Company, and to provide for the holder to receive (A) a cash payment in an amount equal to (i) in the case of an option or an SAR, the number of shares of Common Stock then subject to the portion of such option or SAR surrendered multiplied by the excess, if any, of the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock as of the date of the Change in Control, over the purchase price or base price per share of Common Stock subject to such option or SAR, (ii) in the case of a Stock Award, the number of shares of Common Stock then subject to the portion of such award surrendered multiplied by the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock as of the date of the Change in Control, and (iii) in the case of a Performance Unit Award, the value of the Performance Units then subject to the portion of such award surrendered; (B) shares of capital stock of the corporation resulting from such Change in Control, or a parent corporation thereof, having a fair market value not less than the amount determined under clause (A) above; or (C) a combination of the payment of cash pursuant to clause (A) above and the issuance of shares pursuant to clause (B) above.

 

(b)                                 For purposes of this Plan, a “Change in Control” shall be deemed to have occurred if, after the effective date of the Plan of Reorganization, there shall have occurred any of the following:

 

(i)                                     Any “person,” as such term is used in Section 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act (other than the Company, any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company, or any company owned, directly or indirectly, by the shareholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company), acquires voting securities of the Company and immediately thereafter is a “50% Beneficial Owner.” For purposes of this provision, a “50% Beneficial Owner” shall mean a person who is the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 50% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then-outstanding voting securities; provided that the term “50% Beneficial Owner” shall not include any person who, at all times following such an acquisition of securities, remains eligible to file a Schedule 13G pursuant to Rule 13d-1(b) under the

 

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Exchange Act, or remains exempt from filing a Schedule 13D under Section 13(d)(6)(b) of the Exchange Act, with respect to all classes of Company voting securities;

 

(ii)                                  During any one-year period commencing on or after the Effective Date, individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board, and any new director (other than a director designated by a person (as defined above) who has entered into an agreement with the Company to effect a transaction described in subsections (i), (iii) or (iv) of this definition) whose election by the Board or nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority thereof;

 

(iii)                               The consummation of a merger, consolidation, recapitalization, or reorganization of the Company, or a reverse stock split of any class of voting securities of the Company, other than any such transaction which would result in at least 50% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of the Company or the surviving entity outstanding immediately after such transaction being beneficially owned by persons who together beneficially owned at least 50% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior to such transaction, with the relative voting power of each such continuing holder compared to the voting power of each other continuing holder not substantially altered as a result of the transaction; provided that, for purposes of this paragraph (iii), such continuity of ownership (and preservation of relative voting power) shall be deemed to be satisfied if the failure to meet such 50% threshold (or to substantially preserve such relative voting power) is due solely to the acquisition of voting securities by an employee benefit plan of the Company, such surviving entity or a subsidiary thereof;

 

(iv)                              The consummation of a plan of complete liquidation of the Company or the sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets (or any transaction having a similar effect); and

 

(v)                                 Any other event which the Board determines shall constitute a Change in Control for purposes of this Plan.

 

5.9                               Deferrals.  The Committee may determine that the delivery of shares of Common Stock or the payment of cash, or a combination thereof, upon the exercise or settlement of all or a portion of any award (other than awards of Incentive Stock Options, Nonqualified Stock Options and SARs) made hereunder shall be deferred, or the Committee may, in its sole discretion, approve deferral elections made by holders of awards. Deferrals shall be for such periods and upon such terms as the Committee may determine in its sole discretion, subject to the requirements of Section 409A of the Code.

 

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5.10                        No Right of Participation, Employment or Service.  Unless otherwise set forth in an employment agreement, no person shall have any right to participate in this Plan. Neither this Plan nor any award made hereunder shall confer upon any person any right to continued employment by or service with the Company, any Subsidiary or any affiliate of the Company or affect in any manner the right of the Company, any Subsidiary or any affiliate of the Company to terminate the employment of any person at any time without liability hereunder.

 

5.11                        Rights as Stockholder.  No person shall have any right as a stockholder of the Company with respect to any shares of Common Stock or other equity security of the Company which is subject to an award hereunder unless and until such person becomes a stockholder of record with respect to such shares of Common Stock or equity security.

 

5.12                        Designation of Beneficiary.  A holder of an award may file with the Committee a written designation of one or more persons as such holder’s beneficiary or beneficiaries (both primary and contingent) in the event of the holder’s death or incapacity. To the extent an outstanding option or SAR granted hereunder is exercisable, such beneficiary or beneficiaries shall be entitled to exercise such option or SAR pursuant to procedures prescribed by the Committee.

 

Each beneficiary designation shall become effective only when filed in writing with the Committee during the holder’s lifetime on a form prescribed by the Committee. The spouse of a married holder domiciled in a community property jurisdiction shall join in any designation of a beneficiary other than such spouse. The filing with the Committee of a new beneficiary designation shall cancel all previously filed beneficiary designations.

 

If a holder fails to designate a beneficiary, or if all designated beneficiaries of a holder predecease the holder, then each outstanding option and SAR hereunder held by such holder, to the extent exercisable, may be exercised by such holder’s executor, administrator, legal representative or similar person.

 

5.13                        Governing Law.  This Plan, each award hereunder and the related Agreement, and all determinations made and actions taken pursuant thereto, to the extent not otherwise governed by the Code or the laws of the United States, shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware and construed in accordance therewith without giving effect to principles of conflicts of laws.

 

5.14                        Foreign Employees.  Without amending this Plan, the Committee may grant awards to eligible persons who are foreign nationals on such terms and conditions different from those specified in this Plan as may in the judgment of the Committee be necessary or desirable to foster and promote achievement of the purposes of this Plan and, in furtherance of such purposes the Committee may make such modifications, amendments, procedures, subplans and the like as may be necessary or advisable to comply with provisions of laws in other countries or jurisdictions in which the Company or its Subsidiaries operates or has employees.

 

16Exhibit 10.2

 

DEX MEDIA, INC.
 AMENDED AND RESTATED LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

 

 

	
ARTICLE I
    	
ESTABLISHMENT,   PURPOSE AND DURATION
    	
1
    
	
1.1
    	
Establishment
    	
1
    
	
1.2
    	
Purpose   of the Plan
    	
1
    
	
1.3
    	
Duration   of Plan
    	
1
    
	
ARTICLE II
    	
DEFINITIONS
    	
1
    
	
2.1
    	
“Affiliate”
    	
1
    
	
2.2
    	
“Annual   Incentive Award”
    	
1
    
	
2.3
    	
“Award”
    	
1
    
	
2.4
    	
“Award   Agreement”
    	
1
    
	
2.5
    	
“Beneficial   Owner” or “Beneficial Ownership”
    	
2
    
	
2.6
    	
“Board”
    	
2
    
	
2.7
    	
“Cash-Based   Award”
    	
2
    
	
2.8
    	
“Change   in Control of the Company”
    	
2
    
	
2.9
    	
“Code”
    	
3
    
	
2.10
    	
“Committee”
    	
3
    
	
2.11
    	
“Company”
    	
3
    
	
2.12
    	
“Corporate   Change”
    	
3
    
	
2.13
    	
“Covered   Employee”
    	
3
    
	
2.14
    	
“Director”
    	
3
    
	
2.15
    	
“Director   Award”
    	
3
    
	
2.16
    	
“Disability”
    	
3
    
	
2.17
    	
“Dividend   Equivalent”
    	
4
    
	
2.18
    	
“Employee”
    	
4
    
	
2.19
    	
“Equity   Interests”
    	
4
    
	
2.20
    	
“Exchange   Act”
    	
4
    
	
2.21
    	
“Fair   Market Value”
    	
4
    
	
2.22
    	
“Fiscal   Year”
    	
4
    
	
2.23
    	
“Freestanding   SAR”
    	
4
    
	
2.24
    	
“Full   Value Award”
    	
4
    
	
2.25
    	
“Holder”
    	
4
    
	
2.26
    	
“Incentive   Stock Option” or “ISO”
    	
4
    
	
2.27
    	
“Insider”
    	
4
    
	
2.28
    	
“Institutional   Holder”
    	
5
    
	
2.29
    	
“Institutional   Holder Affiliate”
    	
5
    
	
2.30
    	
“Institutional   Holder Equity Interest”
    	
5
    
	
2.31
    	
“Minimum   Statutory Tax Withholding Obligation”
    	
5
    

 

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2.32
    	
“Nonqualified   Stock Option” or “NQSO”
    	
5
    
	
2.33
    	
“Option”
    	
5
    
	
2.34
    	
“Option   Price”
    	
5
    
	
2.35
    	
“Other   Stock-Based Award”
    	
5
    
	
2.36
    	
“Participant”
    	
5
    
	
2.37
    	
“Performance-Based   Compensation”
    	
5
    
	
2.38
    	
“Performance   Goals”
    	
5
    
	
2.39
    	
“Performance   Stock Award”
    	
5
    
	
2.40
    	
“Performance   Unit Award”
    	
5
    
	
2.41
    	
“Period   of Restriction”
    	
5
    
	
2.42
    	
“Permissible   under Section 409A”
    	
5
    
	
2.43
    	
“Plan”
    	
6
    
	
2.44
    	
“Restricted   Stock”
    	
6
    
	
2.45
    	
“Restricted   Stock Award”
    	
6
    
	
2.46
    	
“RSU”
    	
6
    
	
2.47
    	
“RSU   Award”
    	
6
    
	
2.48
    	
“SAR”
    	
6
    
	
2.49
    	
“Section 409A”
    	
6
    
	
2.50
    	
“Separation   from Service”
    	
6
    
	
2.51
    	
“Stock”
    	
6
    
	
2.52
    	
“Substantial   Risk of Forfeiture”
    	
6
    
	
2.53
    	
“Tandem   SAR”
    	
6
    
	
2.54
    	
“Ten   Percent Stockholder”
    	
6
    
	
2.55
    	
“Third   Party Service Provider”
    	
6
    
	
ARTICLE III
    	
ELIGIBILITY
    	
6
    
	
ARTICLE IV
    	
GENERAL   PROVISIONS RELATING TO AWARDS
    	
7
    
	
4.1
    	
Authority   to Grant Awards
    	
7
    
	
4.2
    	
Dedicated   Shares; Maximum Awards
    	
7
    
	
4.3
    	
Non-Transferability
    	
8
    
	
4.4
    	
Requirements   of Law
    	
8
    
	
4.5
    	
Changes   in the Company’s Capital Structure
    	
9
    
	
4.6
    	
Election   Under Section 83(b) of the Code
    	
11
    
	
4.7
    	
Forfeiture   for Cause
    	
11
    
	
4.8
    	
Forfeiture   Events
    	
11
    
	
4.9
    	
Award   Agreements
    	
11
    
	
4.10
    	
Amendments   of Award Agreements
    	
12
    

 

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4.11
    	
Rights   as Stockholder
    	
12
    
	
4.12
    	
Issuance   of Shares of Stock
    	
12
    
	
4.13
    	
Restrictions   on Stock Received
    	
12
    
	
4.14
    	
Compliance   With Section 409A
    	
12
    
	
4.15
    	
Date   of Grant
    	
12
    
	
4.16
    	
Impact   of Separation from Service
    	
12
    
	
4.17
    	
Dividend   Equivalents
    	
13
    
	
ARTICLE V
    	
OPTIONS
    	
13
    
	
5.1
    	
Authority   to Grant Options
    	
13
    
	
5.2
    	
Option   Price
    	
13
    
	
5.3
    	
Duration   of Option
    	
13
    
	
5.4
    	
Amount   Exercisable
    	
13
    
	
5.5
    	
Exercise   of Option
    	
13
    
	
5.6
    	
Transferability—Incentive   Stock Options
    	
14
    
	
5.7
    	
Notification   of Disqualifying Disposition
    	
14
    
	
5.8
    	
$100,000   Limitation on ISOs
    	
14
    
	
ARTICLE VI
    	
STOCK   APPRECIATION RIGHTS
    	
14
    
	
6.1
    	
Authority   to Grant SAR Awards
    	
14
    
	
6.2
    	
General   Terms
    	
14
    
	
6.3
    	
Term   of SAR
    	
14
    
	
6.4
    	
Exercise   of SAR
    	
15
    
	
6.5
    	
Payment   of SAR Amount
    	
15
    
	
ARTICLE VII
    	
RESTRICTED   STOCK AWARDS
    	
15
    
	
7.1
    	
Restricted   Stock Awards
    	
15
    
	
7.2
    	
Holder’s   Rights as Stockholder
    	
15
    
	
ARTICLE VIII
    	
RESTRICTED   STOCK UNIT AWARDS
    	
16
    
	
8.1
    	
Authority   to Grant RSU Awards
    	
16
    
	
8.2
    	
RSU   Award
    	
16
    
	
8.3
    	
Form of   Payment Under RSU Award
    	
16
    
	
8.4
    	
Time   of Payment Under RSU Award
    	
16
    
	
ARTICLE IX
    	
PERFORMANCE   STOCK AWARDS AND PERFORMANCE UNIT AWARDS
    	
16
    
	
9.1
    	
Authority   to Grant Performance Stock Awards and Performance Unit Awards
    	
16
    
	
9.2
    	
Performance   Goals
    	
16
    
	
9.3
    	
Time   of Establishment of Performance Goals
    	
17
    
	
9.4
    	
Form of   Payment Under Performance Unit Award
    	
17
    
	
9.5
    	
Time   of Payment Under Performance Unit Award
    	
17
    

 

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9.6
    	
Holder’s   Rights as Stockholder With Respect to a Performance Stock Award
    	
17
    
	
9.7
    	
Increases   Prohibited
    	
17
    
	
ARTICLE X
    	
DIRECTOR   AWARDS
    	
18
    
	
ARTICLE XI
    	
ANNUAL   INCENTIVE AWARDS
    	
18
    
	
11.1
    	
Authority   to Grant Annual Incentive Awards
    	
18
    
	
11.2
    	
Covered   Employees
    	
18
    
	
11.3
    	
Form of   Payment Under Annual Incentive Award
    	
18
    
	
11.4
    	
Time   of Payment Under Annual Incentive Award
    	
18
    
	
ARTICLE XII
    	
OTHER   STOCK-BASED AWARDS
    	
18
    
	
12.1
    	
Authority   to Grant Other Stock-Based Awards
    	
18
    
	
12.2
    	
Value   of Other Stock-Based Award
    	
18
    
	
12.3
    	
Payment   of Other Stock-Based Award
    	
19
    
	
12.4
    	
Time   of Payment of Other Stock-Based Award
    	
19
    
	
ARTICLE XIII
    	
CASH-BASED   AWARDS
    	
19
    
	
13.1
    	
Authority   to Grant Cash-Based Awards
    	
19
    
	
13.2
    	
Value   of Cash-Based Award
    	
19
    
	
13.3
    	
Payment   of Cash-Based Award
    	
19
    
	
13.4
    	
Time   of Payment of Cash-Based Award
    	
19
    
	
ARTICLE XIV
    	
SUBSTITUTION   AWARDS
    	
19
    
	
ARTICLE XV
    	
CHANGE   IN CONTROL OF THE COMPANY
    	
19
    
	
15.1
    	
Change   in Control of the Company
    	
19
    
	
15.2
    	
Delay   of Payment due to Section 409A
    	
21
    
	
ARTICLE XVI
    	
ADMINISTRATION
    	
21
    
	
16.1
    	
Awards
    	
21
    
	
16.2
    	
Authority   of the Committee
    	
21
    
	
16.3
    	
Decisions   Binding
    	
22
    
	
16.4
    	
No   Liability
    	
22
    
	
ARTICLE XVII   
    	
AMENDMENT   OR TERMINATION OF PLAN
    	
22
    
	
17.1
    	
Amendment,   Modification, Suspension, and Termination
    	
22
    
	
17.2
    	
Awards   Previously Granted
    	
22
    
	
ARTICLE XVIII   
    	
MISCELLANEOUS
    	
22
    
	
18.1
    	
Unfunded   Plan/No Establishment of a Trust Fund
    	
22
    
	
18.2
    	
No   Employment Obligation
    	
23
    
	
18.3
    	
Tax   Withholding
    	
23
    
	
18.4
    	
Gender   and Number
    	
23
    
	
18.5
    	
Severability
    	
24
    

 

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18.6
    	
Headings
    	
24
    
	
18.7
    	
Other   Compensation Plans
    	
24
    
	
18.8
    	
Retirement   and Welfare Plans
    	
24
    
	
18.9
    	
Other   Awards
    	
24
    
	
18.10
    	
Successors
    	
24
    
	
18.11
    	
Law   Limitations/Governmental Approvals
    	
24
    
	
18.12
    	
Delivery   of Title
    	
24
    
	
18.13
    	
Inability   to Obtain Authority
    	
24
    
	
18.14
    	
Investment   Representations
    	
24
    
	
18.15
    	
Persons   Residing Outside of the United States
    	
24
    
	
18.16
    	
Arbitration   of Disputes
    	
25
    
	
18.17
    	
Governing   Law
    	
25
    

 

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ARTICLE I

 

ESTABLISHMENT, PURPOSE AND DURATION

 

1.1                                     Establishment.  The Company established the 2009 Long-Term Incentive Plan, and the Company is hereby amending and restating the 2009 Long-Term Incentive Plan to be known as the “Dex Media, Inc. Amended and Restated Long-Term Incentive Plan,” as set forth in this document.  The Plan permits the grant of Incentive Stock Options, Nonqualified Stock Options, SARs, Restricted Stock, RSUs, Performance Stock Awards, Performance Unit Awards, Annual Incentive Awards, Dividend Equivalents, Cash-Based Awards and Other Stock-Based Awards.  The Plan became effective as of December 31, 2009 (the “Effective Date”), and is being amended and restated as of September     , 2013.

 

1.2                                     Purpose of the Plan.  The Plan is intended to advance the best interests of the Company, its Affiliates and its stockholders by providing those persons who have substantial responsibility for the management and growth of the Company and its Affiliates with additional performance incentives and an opportunity to obtain or increase their proprietary interest in the Company, thereby encouraging them to continue in their employment or affiliation with the Company or its Affiliates.

 

1.3                                     Duration of Plan.  Unless sooner terminated as provided herein, the Plan shall terminate ten years from the Effective Date.  After the Plan is terminated, no Awards may be granted but Awards previously granted shall remain outstanding in accordance with their applicable terms and conditions and the Plan’s terms and conditions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Incentive Stock Options may be granted more than ten years after the earlier of (a) adoption of the Plan by the Board, and (b) the Effective Date.

 

ARTICLE II

 

DEFINITIONS

 

The words and phrases defined in this Article shall have the meaning set out below throughout the Plan, unless the context in which any such word or phrase appears reasonably requires a broader, narrower or different meaning.

 

2.1                                     “Affiliate” means any corporation, partnership, limited liability company or association, trust or other entity or organization which, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, the Company.  For purposes of the preceding sentence, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as used with respect to any entity or organization, shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power (a) to vote more than fifty percent (50%) of the securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors of the controlled entity or organization, or (b) to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of the controlled entity or organization, whether through the ownership of voting securities or by contract or otherwise.

 

2.2                                     “Annual Incentive Award” means an Award granted to a Holder pursuant to Article XI.

 

2.3                                     “Award” means, individually or collectively, a grant under the Plan of Incentive Stock Options, Nonqualified Stock Options, SARs, Restricted Stock, RSUs, Performance Stock Awards, Performance Unit Awards, Annual Incentive Awards, Dividend Equivalents, Cash-Based Awards and Other Stock-Based Awards, in each case subject to the terms and provisions of the Plan.

 

2.4                                     “Award Agreement” means a written or electronic agreement that sets forth the terms and conditions applicable to an Award granted under the Plan.

 

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2.5                                     “Beneficial Owner” or “Beneficial Ownership” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Rule 13d-3 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act.

 

2.6                                     “Board” means the board of directors of the Company.

 

2.7                                     “Cash-Based Award” means an Award granted pursuant to Article XIII.

 

2.8                                     “Change in Control of the Company” means “Change in Control of the Company” as defined in an Award Agreement or if such term is not defined therein, means any of the following events occurring after the Effective Date:

 

(a)                                 The acquisition by any individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act (a “Covered Person”) of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of more than 35% of either (i) the then outstanding shares of the common stock of the Company (the “Outstanding Company Common Stock”), or (ii) the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (the “Outstanding Company Voting Securities”), excluding from such calculation of Outstanding Company Common Stock or Outstanding Company Voting Securities held by such Covered Person any Institutional Holder Equity Interests held by any Institutional Holder so long as no Institutional Holder is part of a “group” (within the meaning of the Exchange Act and the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder as in effect on the Effective Date) that includes Covered Persons that are not Institutional Holders; provided, however, that for purposes of this subsection (a) of this Section 2.8, the following acquisitions shall not constitute a Change in Control of the Company: (1) any acquisition of shares of the Company directly from the Company, (2) any acquisition of shares of the Company by the Company, (3) any acquisition of shares of the Company by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any entity controlled by the Company, or (4) any acquisition of shares of the Company by any corporation pursuant to a transaction which complies with clauses (1), (2) and (3) of subsection (c) of this Section 2.8;

 

(b)                                 Individuals who, as of the Effective Date, constitute the Board (the “Incumbent Board”) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board; provided, however, that any individual becoming a director subsequent to the Effective Date whose election, or nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders, was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the directors then comprising the Incumbent Board shall be considered as though such individual were a member of the Incumbent Board, but excluding, for this purpose, any such individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of an actual or threatened election contest with respect to the election or removal of directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a Covered Person other than the Board;

 

(c)                                  Consummation of (xx) a reorganization, merger or consolidation or sale of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company, or (yy) a disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company (a “Business Combination”), in each case, unless, following such Business Combination, (1) all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who were the beneficial owners, respectively, of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and Outstanding Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such Business Combination beneficially own, direct or indirectly, more than 50% of, respectively, the then outstanding shares of common stock and the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, as the case may be, of the corporation resulting from such Business Combination (including, without limitation, a corporation which as a result of such transaction owns the Company or all or substantially all of the Company’s assets either directly or through one or more subsidiaries) in substantially the same proportions as their ownership immediately prior to such Business Combination of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and

 

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Outstanding Company Voting Securities, as the case may be, (2) no Covered Person (excluding any employee benefit plan (or related trust) of the Company or such corporation resulting from such Business Combination) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 50% or more of, respectively, the then outstanding shares of common stock of the corporation resulting from such Business Combination or the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of such corporation, except to the extent that such ownership existed prior to the Business Combination, and (3) at least a majority of the members of the board of directors of the corporation resulting from such Business Combination were members of the Incumbent Board at the time of the execution of the initial agreement, or of the action of the Board of Directors, providing for such Business Combination;

 

(d)                                 The liquidation or dissolution of the Company; or

 

(e)                                  The acquisition by the Institutional Holders and its Institutional Holder Affiliates of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of more than 45% of either (i) the Outstanding Company Common Stock, or (ii) the Outstanding Company Voting Securities; provided, however, that for purposes of this subsection (e) of this Section 2.8, the following acquisitions shall not constitute a Change in Control of the Company: (1) any acquisition of shares of the Company directly from the Company, or (2) any acquisition of shares of the Company by any corporation pursuant to a transaction which complies with clauses (1), (2) and (3) of subsection (c) of this Section 2.8.

 

2.9                                     “Code” means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

 

2.10                              “Committee” means the Compensation and Benefits Committee of the Board.  Unless otherwise determined by the Board, the Committee shall be comprised solely of at least two individuals who are intended to qualify as “Non-Employee Directors” within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act (or any successor rule thereto), “independent directors” within the meaning of the NASDAQ listed-company rules and “outside directors” within the meaning of section 162(m) of the Code.

 

2.11                              “Company” means Dex Media, Inc., a Delaware corporation, or any successor (by reincorporation, merger or otherwise).

 

2.12                              “Corporate Change” shall have the meaning ascribed to that term in Section 4.5(c).

 

2.13                              “Covered Employee” means an Employee who is a “covered employee,” as defined in section 162(m) of the Code and the regulations or other guidance promulgated by the Internal Revenue Service under section 162(m) of the Code, or any successor statute.

 

2.14                              “Director” means a new director of the Company who is not an Employee, who was appointed after April 30, 2013, or a current director of the Company who was previously a director of SuperMedia prior to April 30, 2013.

 

2.15                              “Director Award” means any NQSO, SAR, or Full Value Award granted to a Director pursuant to such applicable terms, conditions, and limitations as the Board or Committee may establish in accordance with this Plan.

 

2.16                              “Disability” means as determined by the Committee in its discretion exercised in good faith, any medically determinable physical or mental impairment of the Holder that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of no less than 12 months and that would entitle the Holder to payment of disability income payments under the Company’s long-term disability insurance policy or plan for Employees as then in effect for a period of not less than three months; or in the event that the Holder is not covered, for whatever reason, under the Company’s long-term disability insurance policy or plan for Employees or in the event

 

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the Company does not maintain such a long-term disability insurance policy, “Disability” means the Holder is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months.  A determination of Disability may be made by a physician selected or approved by the Committee and, in this respect, the Holder shall submit to an examination by such physician upon request by the Committee.

 

2.17                              “Dividend Equivalent” means a payment equivalent in amount to dividends paid to the Company’s stockholders.

 

2.18                              “Employee” means a person first employed by the Company or any Affiliate as a common law employee after April 30, 2013 or a current employee of the Company who was previously an employee of SuperMedia prior to April 30, 2013.

 

2.19                              “Equity Interests” means any shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests in a limited liability company, beneficial interests in a trust or other equity ownership interests in an entity of whatever nature, and any warrants, options or other rights entitling the holder thereof to purchase or acquire any of the foregoing, but excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, any of the foregoing.

 

2.20                              “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.

 

2.21                              “Fair Market Value” of the Stock as of any particular date means (1) if the Stock is traded on a stock exchange, the closing sale price of the Stock on that date as reported on the principal securities exchange on which the Stock is traded, or (2) if the Stock is traded in the over-the-counter market, the average between the high bid and low asked price on that date as reported in such over-the-counter market; provided that (a) if the Stock is not so traded, (b) if no closing price or bid and asked prices for the stock was so reported on that date or (c) if, in the discretion of the Committee, another means of determining the fair market value of a share of Stock at such date shall be necessary or advisable, the Committee may provide for another method or means for determining such fair market value, which method or means shall comply with the requirements of a reasonable valuation method as described under Section 409A.

 

2.22                              “Fiscal Year” means the calendar year.

 

2.23                              “Freestanding SAR” means an SAR that is granted independently of any Options, as described in Article VI.

 

2.24                              “Full Value Award” means an Award other than in the form of an ISO, NQSO, or SAR, and which is settled by the issuance of shares of Stock.

 

2.25                              “Holder” means a person who has been granted an Award or any person who is entitled to receive shares of Stock or cash under an Award.

 

2.26                              “Incentive Stock Option” or “ISO” means an option to purchase Stock granted pursuant to Article V that is designated as an Incentive Stock Option and that is intended to satisfy the requirements of section 422 of the Code.

 

2.27                              “Insider” shall mean an individual who is, on the relevant date, an officer, a Director, or more than ten percent (10%) Beneficial Owner of any class of the Company’s equity securities that is registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act, as determined by the Board in accordance with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

 

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2.28                              “Institutional Holder” means an institutional investor, and its Institutional Holder Affiliates, as described on Schedule A hereto.

 

2.29                              “Institutional Holder Affiliate” means, with respect to an Institutional Holder, another person or entity that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with the Institutional Holder specified. For purposes of the preceding sentence, “control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a person or entity, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise.

 

2.30                              “Institutional Holder Equity Interest” means any Equity Interest in the Company acquired by an Institutional Holder under any one or more agreements executed on or prior to the Effective Date between such Institutional Holder and the Company.

 

2.31                              “Merger” means (i) the merger of Dex One Corporation with and into the Company, with the Company surviving, and (ii) the merger of SuperMedia with and into Spruce Acquisition Sub, Inc., a directly, wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, with SuperMedia surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.

 

2.32                              “Minimum Statutory Tax Withholding Obligation” means, with respect to an Award, the amount the Company or an Affiliate is required to withhold for federal, state, local and foreign taxes based upon the applicable minimum statutory withholding rates required by the relevant tax authorities.

 

2.33                              “Nonqualified Stock Option” or “NQSO” means a “nonqualified stock option” to purchase Stock granted pursuant to Article V that does not satisfy the requirements of section 422 of the Code.

 

2.34                              “Option” means an Incentive Stock Option or a Nonqualified Stock Option.

 

2.35                              “Option Price” shall have the meaning ascribed to that term in Section 5.2.

 

2.36                              “Other Stock-Based Award” means an equity-based or equity-related Award not otherwise described by the terms and provisions of the Plan that is granted pursuant to Article XII.

 

2.37                              “Participant” means any eligible person as set forth in Article III to whom an Award is granted.

 

2.38                              “Performance-Based Compensation” means compensation under an Award that is intended to satisfy the requirements of section 162(m) of the Code for deductibility of remuneration paid to Covered Employees.

 

2.39                              “Performance Goals” means one or more of the criteria described in Section 9.2 on which the performance goals applicable to an Award are based.

 

2.40                              “Performance Stock Award” means an Award designated as a performance stock award granted to a Holder pursuant to Article IX.

 

2.41                              “Performance Unit Award” means an Award designated as a performance unit award granted to a Holder pursuant to Article IX.

 

2.42                              “Period of Restriction” means the period during which Restricted Stock is subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture (based on the passage of time, the achievement of performance goals, or upon the occurrence of other events as determined by the Committee, in its discretion), as provided in Article VII.

 

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2.43                              “Permissible under Section 409A” means with respect to a particular action (such as, the grant, payment, vesting, settlement or deferral of an amount or award under the Plan) that such action shall not subject the compensation at issue to be subject to the additional tax or interest applicable under Section 409A.

 

2.44                              “Plan” means the Dex Media, Inc. Amended and Restated Long-Term Incentive Plan, as set forth in this document as it may be amended from time to time.

 

2.45                              “Restricted Stock” means shares of restricted Stock issued or granted under the Plan pursuant to Article VII.

 

2.46                              “Restricted Stock Award” means an authorization by the Committee to issue or transfer Restricted Stock to a Holder.

 

2.47                              “RSU” means a restricted stock unit credited to a Holder’s ledger account maintained by the Company pursuant to Article VIII.

 

2.48                              “RSU Award” means an Award granted pursuant to Article VIII.

 

2.49                              “SAR” means a stock appreciation right granted under the Plan pursuant to Article VI.

 

2.50                              “Section 409A” means section 409A of the Code and Department of Treasury rules and regulations issued thereunder.

 

2.51                              “Separation from Service” means the termination of the Award recipient’s employment or service relationship with the Company and all Affiliates as determined under Section 409A.

 

2.52                              “Stock” means the common stock of the Company, $0.01 par value per share (or such other par value as may be designated by act of the Company’s stockholders).

 

2.53                              “Substantial Risk of Forfeiture” shall have the meaning ascribed to that term in Section 409A.

 

2.54                              “SuperMedia” means SuperMedia Inc., which as a result of the Merger became a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.

 

2.55                              “Tandem SAR” means an SAR that is granted in connection with a related Option pursuant to Article VI herein, the exercise of which shall require forfeiture of the right to purchase a share of Stock under the related Option (and when a share of Stock is purchased under the Option, the Tandem SAR shall similarly be canceled).

 

2.56                              “Ten Percent Stockholder” means an individual, who, at the time the applicable Option is granted, owns stock possessing more than ten percent (10%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any Affiliate. An individual shall be considered as owning the stock owned, directly or indirectly, by or for his brothers and sisters (whether by the whole or half blood), spouse, ancestors, and lineal descendants; and stock owned, directly or indirectly, by or for a corporation, partnership, estate, or trust, shall be considered as being owned proportionately by or for its stockholders, partners, or beneficiaries.

 

2.57                              “Third Party Service Provider” means any consultant, agent, representative, advisor, or independent contractor who renders services to the Company or an Affiliate that (a) are not in connection with the offer and sale of the Company’s securities in a capital raising transaction, and (b) do not directly or indirectly promote or maintain a market for the Company’s securities.

 

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ARTICLE III

 

ELIGIBILITY

 

The persons who are eligible to receive Awards under the Plan are Employees, Directors and Third Party Service Providers.  The persons who are eligible to receive Annual Incentive Awards under the Plan are Employees who, by the nature and scope of their positions, regularly directly make or influence policy decisions which significantly impact the overall results or success of the Company. Directors and Third Party Service Providers are only eligible to receive NQSO, SAR or Full Value Awards.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO AWARDS

 

4.1                                     Authority to Grant Awards.  The Committee may grant Awards to those Employees, Directors and Third Party Service Providers as the Committee shall from time to time determine, under the terms and conditions of the Plan.  Subject only to any applicable limitations set out in the Plan, the number of shares of Stock or other value to be covered by any Award to be granted under the Plan shall be as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion.

 

4.2                                     Dedicated Shares; Maximum Awards.

 

(a)                                 Number of Shares of Stock Dedicated under the Plan for Awards.  The aggregate number of shares of Stock with respect to which Awards may be granted under the Plan is 381,417.

 

(b)                                 Annual Award Limits. Unless and until the Committee determines that an Award to a Covered Employee shall not be designed to qualify as Performance-Based Compensation, the following limits (each an “Annual Award Limit” and, collectively, “Annual Award Limits”) shall apply to grants of such Awards under the Plan:

 

(i)                                     The maximum number of shares of Stock with respect to which Options may be granted to a Participant during a Fiscal Year is 328,950, plus the amount of the Participant’s unused applicable Annual Award Limit for Options (if any) as of the close of the previous Plan Year.

 

(ii)                                  The maximum number of shares of Stock with respect to which SARs may be granted to a Participant during a Fiscal Year is 328,950, plus the amount of the Participant’s unused applicable Annual Award Limit for SARs (if any) as of the close of the previous Plan Year.

 

(iii)                               The maximum number of shares of Stock with respect to which Full Value Awards may be granted to a Participant during a Fiscal Year is 164,475, plus the amount of the Participant’s unused applicable Annual Award Limit for Full Value Awards (if any) as of the close of the previous Plan Year.

 

(iv)                              The maximum number of shares of Stock with respect to which Performance Stock Awards may be granted to an Employee during a Fiscal Year is 164,475.

 

(v)                                 The maximum number of shares of Stock with respect to which Performance Unit Awards payable in Stock may be granted to an Employee during a Fiscal Year is 164,475.

 

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(vi)                              The maximum value of cash with respect to which Performance Unit Awards payable in cash may be granted to an Employee during a Fiscal Year, determined as of the dates of Grants of the Performance Unit Awards, is $7,500,000.

 

(vii)                           The maximum amount that may be paid to an Employee under Annual Incentive Award(s) granted to an Employee during a Fiscal Year is $3,000,000.

 

(c)                                  Share Usage.  Each of the foregoing numerical limits stated in this Section 4.2 shall be subject to adjustment in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.5.  The number of shares of Stock stated in this Section 4.2 shall also be increased by such number of shares of Stock as become subject to substitute Awards granted pursuant to Article XIV; provided, however, that such increase shall be conditioned upon the approval of the stockholders of the Company to the extent stockholder approval is required by law or applicable stock exchange rules.  Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, if shares of Stock are withheld from payment of an Award to satisfy tax obligations with respect to the Award, such shares of Stock will not count against the aggregate number of shares of Stock with respect to which Awards may be granted under the Plan and may again be subject to an Award granted under the Plan.  Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, if shares of Stock are tendered in payment of an Option Price of an Option, such shares of Stock will be added to the aggregate number of shares of Stock with respect to which Awards may be granted under the Plan and may again be subject to an Award granted under the Plan.  To the extent that any outstanding Award is forfeited or cancelled for any reason or is settled in cash in lieu of shares of Stock, the shares of Stock allocable to such portion of the Award may again be subject to an Award granted under the Plan.  Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, when a SAR is settled in shares of Stock, the number of shares of Stock used to settle the SAR upon exercise will be counted against the aggregate number of shares of Stock with respect to which Awards may be granted under the Plan as one share for every share used to settle the SAR upon exercise, and any remaining shares of Stock subject to the SAR that are settled in cash, if any, will not be counted against the aggregate number of shares of Stock with respect to which Awards may be granted under the Plan and may again be subject to an Award granted under the Plan.  The maximum number of shares of Stock available for issuance under the Plan shall not be reduced to reflect any dividends or Dividend Equivalents that are reinvested into additional shares of Stock or credited as additional Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Performance Shares, or other Stock-Based Awards.

 

4.3                                     Non-Transferability.  Except as specified in the applicable Award Agreements or in domestic relations court orders, an Award shall not be transferable by the Holder other than by will or under the laws of descent and distribution, and shall be exercisable, during the Holder’s lifetime, only by him or her.  Any attempted assignment of an Award in violation of this Section shall be null and void.  In the discretion of the Committee, any attempt to transfer an Award other than under the terms of the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement may terminate the Award.

 

4.4                                     Requirements of Law.  The Company shall not be required to sell or issue any shares of Stock under any Award if issuing those shares of Stock would constitute or result in a violation by the Holder or the Company of any provision of any law, statute or regulation of any governmental authority.  Specifically, in connection with any applicable statute or regulation relating to the registration of securities, upon exercise of any Option or pursuant to any other Award, the Company shall not be required to issue any shares of Stock unless the Committee has received evidence satisfactory to it to the effect that the Holder will not transfer the shares of Stock except in accordance with applicable law, including receipt of an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Company to the effect that any proposed transfer complies with applicable law.  The determination by the Committee on this matter shall be final, binding and conclusive. The Company may, but shall in no event be obligated to, register any shares of Stock covered by the Plan pursuant to applicable securities laws of any country or any political subdivision.  In the event the shares of Stock issuable on exercise of an Option or pursuant to any other Award are not registered, the Company may imprint on the certificate evidencing the shares of Stock any

 

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legend that counsel for the Company considers necessary or advisable to comply with applicable law, or, should the shares of Stock be represented by book or electronic entry rather than a certificate, the Company may take such steps to restrict transfer of the shares of Stock as counsel for the Company considers necessary or advisable to comply with applicable law.  The Company shall not be obligated to take any other affirmative action in order to cause or enable the exercise of an Option or any other Award, or the issuance of shares of Stock pursuant thereto, to comply with any law or regulation of any governmental authority.

 

4.5                                     Changes in the Company’s Capital Structure.

 

(a)                                 The existence of outstanding Awards shall not affect in any way the right or power of the Company or its stockholders to make or authorize any or all adjustments, recapitalizations, reorganizations or other changes in the Company’s capital structure or its business, any merger or consolidation of the Company, any issue of bonds, debentures, preferred or prior preference shares ahead of or affecting the Stock or Stock rights, the dissolution or liquidation of the Company, any sale or transfer of all or any part of its assets or business or any other corporate act or proceeding, whether of a similar character or otherwise.

 

(b)                                 If the Company shall effect a subdivision or consolidation of Stock or other capital readjustment, the payment of a Stock dividend, or other increase or reduction of the number of shares of Stock outstanding, without receiving compensation therefor in money, services or property, then (1) the number, class or series and per share price of Stock subject to outstanding Options or other Awards under the Plan shall be appropriately adjusted in such a manner as to entitle a Holder to receive upon exercise of an Option or other Award, for the same aggregate cash consideration, the equivalent total number and class or series of Stock the Holder would have received had the Holder exercised his or her Option or other Award in full immediately prior to the event requiring the adjustment, and (2) the number and class or series of Stock then reserved to be issued under the Plan shall be adjusted by substituting for the total number and class or series of Stock then reserved, that number and class or series of Stock that would have been received by the owner of an equal number of outstanding shares of Stock of each class or series of Stock as the result of the event requiring the adjustment.

 

(c)                                  If while unexercised Options or other Awards remain outstanding under the Plan (1) the Company shall not be the surviving entity in any merger, consolidation or other reorganization (or survives only as a subsidiary of an entity other than an entity that was wholly-owned by the Company immediately prior to such merger, consolidation or other reorganization), (2) the Company sells, leases or exchanges or agrees to sell, lease or exchange all or substantially all of its assets to any other person or entity (other than an entity wholly-owned by the Company), (3) the Company is to be dissolved or (4) the Company is a party to any other corporate transaction (as defined under section 424(a) of the Code and applicable Department of Treasury regulations) that is not described in clauses (1), (2) or (3) of this sentence (each such event is referred to herein as a “Corporate Change”), then, except as otherwise provided in an Award Agreement or another agreement between the Holder and the Company (provided that such exceptions shall not apply in the case of a reincorporation merger), or as a result of the Committee’s effectuation of one or more of the alternatives described below, there shall be no acceleration of the time at which any Award then outstanding may be exercised, and no later than ten days after the approval by the stockholders of the Company of such Corporate Change, the Committee, acting in its sole and absolute discretion without the consent or approval of any Holder, shall act to effect one or more of the following alternatives, which may vary among individual Holders and which may vary among Awards held by any individual Holder (provided that, with respect to a reincorporation merger in which Holders of the Company’s ordinary shares will receive one ordinary share of the successor corporation for each ordinary share of the Company, none of such alternatives shall apply and, without Committee action, each Award shall automatically convert into a similar award of the successor

 

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corporation exercisable for the same number of ordinary shares of the successor as the Award was exercisable for ordinary shares of Stock of the Company):

 

(1)                                 accelerate the time at which some or all of the Awards then outstanding may be exercised so that such Awards may be exercised in full for a limited period of time on or before a specified date (before or after such Corporate Change) fixed by the Committee, after which specified date all such Awards that remain unexercised and all rights of Holders thereunder shall terminate;

 

(2)                                 require the mandatory surrender to the Company by all or selected Holders of some or all of the then outstanding Awards held by such Holders (irrespective of whether such Awards are then exercisable under the provisions of the Plan or the applicable Award Agreement evidencing such Award) as of a date, before or after such Corporate Change, specified by the Committee, in which event the Committee shall thereupon cancel such Award and the Company shall pay to each such Holder an amount of cash per share equal to the excess, if any, of the per share price offered to stockholders of the Company in connection with such Corporate Change over the exercise prices under such Award for such shares;

 

(3)                                 with respect to all or selected Holders, have some or all of their then outstanding Awards (whether vested or unvested) assumed or have a new award of a similar nature substituted for some or all of their then outstanding Awards under the Plan (whether vested or unvested) by an entity which is a party to the transaction resulting in such Corporate Change and which is then employing such Holder or which is affiliated or associated with such Holder in the same or a substantially similar manner as the Company prior to the Corporate Change, or a parent or subsidiary of such entity, provided that (A) such assumption or substitution is on a basis where the excess of the aggregate fair market value of the Stock subject to the Award immediately after the assumption or substitution over the aggregate exercise price of such Stock is equal to the excess of the aggregate fair market value of all Stock subject to the Award immediately before such assumption or substitution over the aggregate exercise price of such Stock, and (B) the assumed rights under such existing Award or the substituted rights under such new Award, as the case may be, will have the same terms and conditions as the rights under the existing Award assumed or substituted for, as the case may be;

 

(4)                                 provide that the number and class or series of Stock covered by an Award (whether vested or unvested) theretofore granted shall be adjusted so that such Award when exercised shall thereafter cover the number and class or series of Stock or other securities or property (including, without limitation, cash) to which the Holder would have been entitled pursuant to the terms of the agreement or plan relating to such Corporate Change if, immediately prior to such Corporate Change, the Holder had been the holder of record of the number of shares of Stock then covered by such Award; or

 

(5)                                 make such adjustments to Awards then outstanding as the Committee deems appropriate to reflect such Corporate Change (provided, however, that the Committee may determine in its sole and absolute discretion that no such adjustment is necessary to reflect such Corporate Change).

 

Any adjustment effected by the Committee under Section 4.5 shall be designed to provide the Holder with the intrinsic value of his or her Award, as determined prior to the Corporate Change, or, if applicable, equalize the Fair Market Value of the Award before and after the Corporate Change.

 

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In effecting one or more of the alternatives set out in paragraphs (3), (4) or (5) immediately above, and except as otherwise may be provided in an Award Agreement, the Committee, in its sole and absolute discretion and without the consent or approval of any Holder, may accelerate the time at which some or all Awards then outstanding may be exercised.

 

(d)                                 In the event of changes in the outstanding Stock by reason of  recapitalizations, reorganizations, mergers, consolidations, combinations, exchanges or other relevant changes in capitalization occurring after the date of the grant of any Award and not otherwise provided for by this Section 4.5, any outstanding Award and any Award Agreement evidencing such Award shall be subject to adjustment by the Committee in its sole and absolute discretion as to the number and price of Stock or other consideration subject to such Award.  In the event of any such change in the outstanding Stock, the aggregate number of shares of Stock available under the Plan may be appropriately adjusted by the Committee, whose determination shall be conclusive.

 

(e)                                  After a merger of one or more corporations into the Company or after a consolidation of the Company and one or more corporations in which the Company shall be the surviving corporation, each Holder shall be entitled to have his Restricted Stock appropriately adjusted based on the manner in which the shares of Stock were adjusted under the terms of the agreement of merger or consolidation.

 

(f)                                   The issuance by the Company of stock of any class or series, or securities convertible into, or exchangeable for, stock of any class or series, for cash or property, or for labor or services either upon direct sale or upon the exercise of rights or warrants to subscribe for them, or upon conversion or exchange of stock or obligations of the Company convertible into, or exchangeable for, stock or other securities, shall not affect, and no adjustment by reason of such issuance shall be made with respect to, the number, class or series, or price of shares of Stock then subject to outstanding Options or other Awards.

 

4.6                                     Election Under Section 83(b) of the Code.  Unless otherwise permitted or required under the terms of an Award Agreement, no Holder shall exercise the election permitted under section 83(b) of the Code with respect to any Award without the written approval of the Board or the Committee.

 

4.7                                     Forfeiture for Cause.  Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan or an Award Agreement, if the Committee finds by a majority vote that a Holder, before or after his Separation from Service (a) committed fraud, embezzlement, theft, felony or an act of dishonesty in the course of his employment by the Company or an Affiliate which conduct damaged the Company or an Affiliate or (b) disclosed trade secrets of the Company or an Affiliate, then as of the date the Committee makes its finding, any Awards awarded to the Holder that have not been exercised by the Holder (including all Awards that have not yet vested) will be forfeited to the Company.  The findings and decision of the Committee or the Board, if applicable, with respect to such matter, including those regarding the acts of the Holder and the damage done to the Company, will be final for all purposes.  No decision of the Committee, however, will affect the finality of the discharge of the individual by the Company or an Affiliate.

 

4.8                                     Forfeiture Events.  The Committee may specify in an Award Agreement that the Holder’s rights, payments, and benefits with respect to an Award shall be subject to reduction, cancellation, forfeiture, or recoupment upon the occurrence of certain specified events, in addition to any otherwise applicable vesting or performance conditions of an Award.  Such events may include, but shall not be limited to, Separation from Service for cause, termination of the Holder’s provision of services to the Company or its Affiliates, violation of material policies of the Company and its Affiliates, breach of noncompetition, confidentiality, or other restrictive covenants that may apply to the Holder, or other conduct by the Holder that is detrimental to the business or reputation of the Company and its Affiliates.

 

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4.9                                     Award Agreements.  Each Award shall be embodied in a written or electronic agreement that shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan.  The Award Agreement shall be signed by an executive officer of the Company, other than the Holder, on behalf of the Company, and may be signed by the Holder to the extent required by the Committee.  The Award Agreement may contain any other provisions that the Committee in its discretion shall deem advisable which are not inconsistent with the terms and provisions of the Plan.

 

Each Award granted under the Plan shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement that contains, as applicable, any vesting and termination provisions, grant price, the term of the Award, number of shares of Stock to which the Award pertains, exercise restrictions, transferability restrictions and such other provisions as the Committee shall determine that are not inconsistent with the terms and provisions of the Plan.  Each Award of Options shall also specify whether the Option is intended to be an ISO or a NQSO.

 

4.10                              Amendments of Award Agreements.  The terms of any outstanding Award under the Plan may be amended from time to time by the Committee in its discretion in any manner that it deems appropriate and that is consistent with the terms of the Plan.  However, no such amendment shall adversely affect in a material manner any right of a Holder without his or her written consent with respect to a previously granted Award.  Except as specified in Section 4.5(b), the Committee may not directly or indirectly lower the exercise price of a previously granted Option or the grant price of a previously granted SAR.

 

4.11                        Rights as Stockholder.  A Holder shall not have any rights as a stockholder with respect to Stock covered by an Option, a SAR, an RSU, a Performance Stock Unit, or an Other Stock-Based Award until the date, if any, such Stock is issued by the Company; and, except as otherwise provided in Section 4.5, no adjustment for dividends, or otherwise, shall be made if the record date therefor is prior to the date of issuance of such Stock.

 

4.12                        Issuance of Shares of Stock.  Shares of Stock, when issued, may be represented by a certificate or by book or electronic entry.

 

4.13                        Restrictions on Stock Received.  The Committee may impose such conditions and/or restrictions on any shares of Stock issued pursuant to an Award as it may deem advisable or desirable.  These restrictions may include, but shall not be limited to, a requirement that the Holder hold the shares of Stock for a specified period of time.

 

4.14                        Compliance With Section 409A.  Awards shall be designed and operated in such a manner that they are either exempt from the application of, or comply with, the requirements of Section 409A.  The Plan and each Award Agreement under the Plan is intended to meet the requirements of Section 409A shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with such intent.  To the extent that an Award or payment, or the settlement or deferral thereof, is subject to Section 409A the Award shall be granted, paid, settled or deferred in a manner that will meet the requirements of Section 409A of the Code, including regulations or other guidance issued with respect thereto, such that the grant, payment, settlement or deferral shall not be subject to the additional tax or interest applicable under Section 409A.  If pursuant to the provisions of Section 409A any distribution or payment is required to be delayed as a result of a Participant being deemed to be a “specified employee” within the meaning of that term under section 409A(a)(2)(B) of the Code, then any such distributions or payments under the Plan shall not be made or provided prior to the earlier of (A) the expiration of the six-month period measured from the date of the Participant’s Separation from Service or (B) the date of the Participant’s death.  The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to implement the provisions of this Section 4.14 in good faith; provided that neither the Company, the Committee nor any of the Company’s employees, directors or representatives shall have any liability to Participants with respect to this Section 4.14.

 

4.15                        Date of Grant.  The date on which an option or SAR is granted shall be the date the Company completes the corporate action constituting an offer of stock for sale to a Holder under the terms and conditions of the Option or SAR; provided that such corporate action shall not be considered complete until the date on which

 

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the maximum number of shares that can be purchased under the Option and the minimum Option price are fixed or determinable.  If the corporate action contemplates an immediate offer of stock for sale to a class of individuals, then the date of the granting of an Option is the time or date of that corporate action, if the offer is to be made immediately.  If the corporate action contemplates a particular date on which the offer is to be made, then the date of grant is the contemplated date of the offer.

 

4.16                              Impact of Separation from Service. The Committee shall determine the extent to which a Holder’s rights with respect to Awards shall be affected by the Holder’s Separation from Service.  Such provisions shall be determined in the sole discretion of the Committee and need not be uniform among all Awards issued pursuant to the Plan.

 

4.17                              Dividend Equivalents.  Any eligible person selected by the Committee may be granted Dividend Equivalents based on the dividends declared on shares of Stock that are subject to any Award, to be credited as of dividend payment dates, during the period between the date the Award is granted and the date the Award is exercised, vests or expires, as determined by the Committee. Such Dividend Equivalents shall be converted to cash or additional shares by such formula and at such time and subject to such limitations as may be determined by the Committee.

 

ARTICLE V

 

OPTIONS

 

5.1                               Authority to Grant Options.  Subject to the terms and provisions of the Plan, the Committee, at any time, and from time to time, may grant Options under the Plan to eligible persons in such number and upon such terms as the Committee shall determine; provided that ISOs may be granted only to eligible Employees of the Company or of any parent or subsidiary corporation (as permitted by section 422 of the Code and the regulations thereunder).

 

5.2                               Option Price.  The price at which shares of Stock may be purchased under an Option (the “Option Price”) shall not be less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value of the shares of Stock on the date the Option is granted; provided, however, if the Option is an ISO granted to a Ten Percent Stockholder, the Option Price must not be less than one hundred ten percent (110%) of the Fair Market Value of the shares of stock on the date of grant.  Subject to the limitations set forth in the preceding sentences of this Section 5.2, the Committee shall determine the Option Price for each grant of an Option under the Plan.

 

5.3                               Duration of Option.  An Option shall not be exercisable after the earlier of (i) the general term of the Option specified in the applicable Award Agreement (which shall not exceed ten years, or, in the case of a Ten Percent Stockholder, no ISO shall be exercisable later than the fifth (5th) anniversary of the date of its grant) or (ii) the period of time specified in the applicable Award Agreement that follows the Holder’s Separation from Service or severance of affiliation relationship with the Company.

 

5.4                               Amount Exercisable.  Each Option may be exercised at the time, in the manner and subject to the conditions the Committee specifies in the Award Agreement in its sole discretion.

 

5.5                               Exercise of Option.

 

(a)                                 General Method of Exercise. Subject to the terms and provisions of the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement, Options may be exercised in whole or in part from time to time by the delivery of written notice in the manner designated by the Committee stating (1) that the Holder wishes to exercise such Option on the date such notice is so delivered, (2) the number of shares of Stock with respect to which the Option is to be exercised and (3) the address to which a stock certificate, if any,

 

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representing such shares of Stock should be mailed.  Except in the case of exercise by a third party broker as provided below, in order for the notice to be effective the notice must be accompanied by payment of the Option Price by any combination of the following: (a) cash, certified check, bank draft or postal or express money order for an amount equal to the Option Price under the Option, (b) an election to make a cashless exercise through a registered broker-dealer (if approved in advance by the Committee or an executive officer of the Company) or (c) any other form of payment (including net settlement in shares of Stock) which is acceptable to the Committee.

 

(b)                                 Exercise Through Third-Party Broker.  The Committee may permit a Holder to elect to pay the Option Price and any applicable tax withholding resulting from such exercise by authorizing a third-party broker to sell all or a portion of the shares of Stock acquired upon exercise of the Option and remit to the Company a sufficient portion of the sale proceeds to pay the Option Price and any applicable tax withholding resulting from such exercise.

 

5.6                                     Transferability—Incentive Stock Options. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan or an Award Agreement to the contrary, no ISO granted under the Plan may be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned, or otherwise alienated or hypothecated, other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, and all ISOs granted to an Employee under this Article V shall be exercisable during his or her lifetime only by such Employee.

 

5.7                                     Notification of Disqualifying Disposition. If any Employee shall make any disposition of shares of Stock issued pursuant to the exercise of an ISO under the circumstances described in section 421(b) of the Code (relating to certain disqualifying dispositions), such Employee shall notify the Company of such disposition within ten (10) days thereof.

 

5.8                                     $100,000 Limitation on ISOs.  To the extent that the aggregate Fair Market Value of shares of Stock with respect to which ISOs first become exercisable by a Holder in any calendar year exceeds $100,000, taking into account both shares of Stock subject to ISOs under the Plan and Stock subject to ISOs under all other plans of the Company, such Options shall be treated as NQSOs.  For this purpose, the “Fair Market Value” of the shares of Stock subject to Options shall be determined as of the date the Options were awarded.  In reducing the number of Options treated as ISOs to meet the $100,000 limit, the most recently granted Options shall be reduced first.  To the extent a reduction of simultaneously granted Options is necessary to meet the $100,000 limit, the Committee may, in the manner and to the extent permitted by law, designate which shares of Stock are to be treated as shares acquired pursuant to the exercise of an ISO.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS

 

6.1                               Authority to Grant SAR Awards.  Subject to the terms and provisions of the Plan, the Committee, at any time, and from time to time, may grant SARs under the Plan to eligible persons in such number and upon such terms as the Committee shall determine.  Subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan, the Committee shall have complete discretion in determining the number of SARs granted to each Holder and, consistent with the provisions of the Plan, in determining the terms and conditions pertaining to such SARs.  The Committee may grant Freestanding SARs, Tandem SARs, or any combination of these forms of SARs.

 

6.2                               General Terms.  Subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan, a SAR granted under the Plan shall confer on the recipient a right to receive, upon exercise thereof, an amount equal to the excess of (a) the Fair Market Value of one share of the Stock on the date of exercise over (b) the grant price of the SAR, which shall not be less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value of one share of the Stock on the date of grant of the SAR.  The grant price of Tandem SARs shall be equal to the Option Price of the related Option.

 

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6.3                               Term of SAR.  The term of a SAR granted under the Plan shall be determined by the Committee, in its sole discretion; provided that no SAR shall be exercisable on or after the tenth anniversary date of its grant.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan to the contrary, with respect to a Tandem SAR granted in connection with an ISO: (a) the Tandem SAR will expire no later than the expiration of the underlying ISO; (b) the value of the payout with respect to the Tandem SAR may be for no more than one hundred percent (100%) of the excess of the Fair Market Value of the shares of Stock subject to the underlying ISO at the time the Tandem SAR is exercised over the Option Price of the underlying ISO; and (c) the Tandem SAR may be exercised only when the Fair Market Value of the shares of Stock subject to the ISO exceeds the Option Price of the ISO.

 

6.4                               Exercise of SAR.  A SAR may be exercised upon whatever terms and conditions the Committee, in its sole discretion, imposes; provided, however, that Tandem SARs may be exercised for all or part of the shares of stock subject to the related Option upon the surrender of the right to exercise the equivalent portion of the related Option and may be exercised only with respect to the shares of Stock for which its related Option is then exercisable.

 

6.5                               Payment of SAR Amount.  Upon the exercise of a SAR, a Holder shall be entitled to receive payment from the Company in an amount determined by multiplying the excess of the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the date of exercise over the grant price of the SAR by the number of shares of Stock with respect to which the SAR is exercised.  At the discretion of the Committee, the payment upon SAR exercise may be in cash, in Stock of equivalent value, in some combination thereof or in any other manner approved by the Committee in its sole discretion.  The Committee’s determination regarding the form of SAR payout shall be set forth in the Award Agreement pertaining to the grant of the SAR.

 

ARTICLE VII

 

RESTRICTED STOCK AWARDS

 

7.1                               Restricted Stock Awards.  The Committee may make Awards of Restricted Stock to eligible persons selected by it.  The amount of, the vesting and the transferability restrictions applicable to any Restricted Stock Award shall be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion.  If the Committee imposes vesting or transferability restrictions on a Holder’s rights with respect to Restricted Stock, the Committee may issue such instructions to the Company’s share transfer agent in connection therewith as it deems appropriate.  The Committee may also cause the certificate for shares of Stock issued pursuant to a Restricted Stock Award to be imprinted with any legend which counsel for the Company considers advisable with respect to the restrictions or, should the shares of Stock be represented by book or electronic entry rather than a certificate, the Company may take such steps to restrict transfer of the shares of Stock as counsel for the Company considers necessary or advisable to comply with applicable law.

 

7.2                               Holder’s Rights as Stockholder.  Subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan, each recipient of a Restricted Stock Award shall have all the rights of a stockholder with respect to the shares of Restricted Stock included in the Restricted Stock Award during the Period of Restriction established for the Restricted Stock Award.  Dividends paid with respect to Restricted Stock in cash or property other than shares of Stock or rights to acquire shares of Stock shall be paid to the recipient of the Restricted Stock Award currently.  Dividends paid in shares of Stock or rights to acquire shares of Stock shall be added to and become a part of the Restricted Stock.  During the Period of Restriction, certificates representing the Restricted Stock shall be registered in the Holder’s name and bear a restrictive legend to the effect that ownership of such Restricted Stock, and the enjoyment of all rights appurtenant thereto, are subject to the restrictions, terms, and conditions provided in the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement.  Such certificates shall be deposited by the recipient with the Secretary of the Company or such other officer of the Company as may be designated by the Committee, together with all stock powers or other instruments of assignment, each endorsed in blank, which will permit transfer to the Company of

 

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all or any portion of the Restricted Stock which shall be forfeited in accordance with the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement.

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARDS

 

8.1                               Authority to Grant RSU Awards.  Subject to the terms and provisions of the Plan, the Committee, at any time, and from time to time, may grant RSU Awards under the Plan to eligible persons in such amounts and upon such terms as the Committee shall determine.  The amount of, the vesting and the transferability restrictions applicable to any RSU Award shall be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion.  The Committee shall maintain a bookkeeping ledger account which reflects the number of RSUs credited under the Plan for the benefit of a Holder.

 

8.2                               RSU Award.  An RSU Award shall be similar in nature to a Restricted Stock Award except that no shares of Stock are actually transferred to the Holder until a later date specified in the applicable Award Agreement.  Each RSU shall have a value equal to the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock.

 

8.3                               Form of Payment Under RSU Award.  Payment under an RSU Award shall be made in either cash or shares of Stock as specified in the applicable Award Agreement.

 

8.4                               Time of Payment Under RSU Award.  A Holder’s payment under an RSU Award shall be made at such time as is specified in the applicable Award Agreement.  The Award Agreement shall specify that the payment will be made (1) by a date that is no later than the date that is two and one-half (2 1/2) months after the end of the Fiscal Year in which the RSU Award payment is no longer subject to a Substantial Risk of Forfeiture or (2) at a time that is Permissible under Section 409A.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

PERFORMANCE STOCK AWARDS AND PERFORMANCE UNIT AWARDS

 

9.1                               Authority to Grant Performance Stock Awards and Performance Unit Awards.  Subject to the terms and provisions of the Plan, the Committee, at any time, and from time to time, may grant Performance Stock Awards and Performance Unit Awards under the Plan to eligible persons in such amounts and upon such terms as the Committee shall determine.  The amount of, the vesting and the transferability restrictions applicable to any Performance Stock Award or Performance Unit Award shall be based upon the attainment of such Performance Goals as the Committee may determine.  If the Committee imposes vesting or transferability restrictions on a Holder’s rights with respect to Performance Stock or Performance Unit Awards, the Committee may issue such instructions to the Company’s share transfer agent in connection therewith as it deems appropriate.  The Committee may also cause the certificate for shares of Stock issued pursuant to a Performance Stock or Performance Unit Award to be imprinted with any legend which counsel for the Company considers advisable with respect to the restrictions or, should the shares of Stock be represented by book or electronic entry rather than a certificate, the Company may take such steps to restrict transfer of the shares of Stock as counsel for the Company considers necessary or advisable to comply with applicable law.

 

9.2                               Performance Goals.  Unless and until the Committee proposes for shareholder vote and the shareholders approve a change in the general Performance Goals set forth in this Article IX, the Performance Goals upon which the payment or vesting of an Award to a Covered Employee (or a Participant who may become a Covered Employee) that is intended to qualify as Performance-Based Compensation shall be limited to one or more of the following Performance Goals, which may be based on one or more business criteria that apply to the Holder, one or more business units of the Company, or the Company as a whole:  earnings per share; total

 

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shareholder return; increased revenue; revenue ratios (per employee or per customer); net earnings or net income (before or after taxes, depreciation and amortization); net sales or revenue growth; net operating profit; return measures (including, but not limited to, return on assets, capital, invested capital, capital employed, capital compared to cost of capital, equity, sales or revenue); cash flow (including, but not limited to, operating cash flow, free cash flow, cash flow return on equity, investment, capitalization); stock price; market share; shareholder value; net cash flow; gross profit; operating income before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization; earnings before or after interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization; gross or operating margins; productivity ratios; expense targets; cost reductions; cost ratios (per employee or per customer); debt measures (including, but not limited to, debt multiples); margins; operating efficiency; customer satisfaction; working capital targets and change in working capital; economic value added or EVA (net operating profit after tax minus the sum of capital multiplied by the cost of capital); market value added.  Goals may also be based on performance relative to a peer group of companies.

 

Unless otherwise stated, such a Performance Goal need not be based upon an increase or positive result under a particular business criterion and could include, for example, maintaining the status quo or limiting economic losses (measured, in each case, by reference to specific business criteria).  In interpreting Plan provisions applicable to Performance Goals and Performance Stock or Performance Unit Awards, it is intended that the Plan will conform with the standards of section 162(m) of the Code and Treasury Regulations § 1.162-27(e)(2)(i), and the Committee in establishing such goals and interpreting the Plan shall be guided by such provisions.  Prior to the payment of any compensation based on the achievement of Performance Goals, the Committee must certify in writing that applicable Performance Goals and any of the material terms thereof were, in fact, satisfied.  Subject to the foregoing provisions, the terms, conditions and limitations applicable to any Performance Stock or Performance Unit Awards made pursuant to the Plan shall be determined by the Committee.

 

9.3                               Time of Establishment of Performance Goals.  With respect to a Covered Employee, a Performance Goal for a particular Performance Stock Award or Performance Unit Award must be established by the Committee prior to the earlier to occur of (a) 90 days after the commencement of the period of service to which the Performance Goal relates or (b) the lapse of 25 percent of the period of service, and in any event while the outcome is substantially uncertain.

 

9.4                               Form of Payment Under Performance Unit Award.  Payment under a Performance Unit Award shall be made in cash and/or shares of Stock as specified in the Holder’s Award Agreement.

 

9.5                               Time of Payment Under Performance Unit Award.  A Holder’s payment under a Performance Unit Award shall be made at such time as is specified in the applicable Award Agreement.  The Award Agreement shall specify that the payment will be made (1) by a date that is no later than the date that is two and one-half (2 1/2) months after the end of the calendar year in which the Performance Unit Award payment is no longer subject to a Substantial Risk of Forfeiture or (2) at a time that is Permissible under Section 409A.

 

9.6                               Holder’s Rights as Stockholder With Respect to a Performance Stock Award.  Subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan, each Holder of a Performance Stock Award shall have all the rights of a stockholder with respect to the shares of Stock issued to the Holder pursuant to the Award during any period in which such issued shares of Stock are subject to forfeiture and restrictions on transfer, including without limitation, the right to vote such shares of Stock.

 

9.7                               Increases Prohibited.  None of the Committee or the Board may increase the amount of compensation payable under a Performance Stock or Performance Unit Award.  If the time at which a Performance Stock or Performance Unit Award will vest or be paid is accelerated for any reason, the number of shares of Stock subject to, or the amount payable under, the Performance Stock or Performance Unit Award shall

 

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be reduced (if necessary) pursuant to Department of Treasury Regulation section 1.162-27(e)(2)(iii) to reasonably reflect the time value of money.

 

ARTICLE X

 

DIRECTOR AWARDS

 

All Awards to Directors shall be determined by the Board or Committee.

 

ARTICLE XI

 

ANNUAL INCENTIVE AWARDS

 

11.1                        Authority to Grant Annual Incentive Awards.  Subject to the terms and provisions of the Plan, the Committee, at any time, and from time to time, may grant Annual Incentive Awards under the Plan to Employees who, by the nature and scope of their positions, regularly directly make or influence policy decisions which significantly impact the overall results or success of the Company in such amounts and upon such terms as the Committee shall determine.  Subject to the following provisions in this Article XI, the amount of any Annual Incentive Awards shall be based on the attainment of such Performance Goals as the Committee may determine.

 

11.2                        Covered Employees.  The Performance Goals upon which the payment or vesting of an Annual Incentive Award to a Covered Employee that is intended to qualify as Performance-Based Compensation must meet the requirements of Sections 9.2, 9.3, and 9.7 as applied to such Annual Incentive Award.  In interpreting Plan provisions applicable to Performance Goals with respect to Covered Employees, it is intended that the Plan will conform with the standards of section 162(m) of the Code and Treasury Regulations § 1.162-27(e)(2)(i), and the Committee in establishing such goals and interpreting the Plan shall be guided by such provisions.  Prior to the payment of any compensation to a Covered Employee based on the achievement of Performance Goals, the Committee must certify in writing that applicable Performance Goals and any of the material terms thereof were, in fact, satisfied.

 

11.3                        Form of Payment Under Annual Incentive Award.  Payment under an Annual Incentive Award shall be made in cash.

 

11.4                        Time of Payment Under Annual Incentive Award.  A Holder’s payment under an Annual Incentive Award shall be made at such time as is specified in the applicable Award Agreement.  The Award Agreement shall specify that the payment will be made (1) by a date that is no later than the date that is two and one-half (2 1/2) months after the end of the calendar year in which the Annual Incentive Award payment is no longer subject to a Substantial Risk of Forfeiture or (2) at a time that is Permissible under Section 409A.

 

ARTICLE XII

 

OTHER STOCK-BASED AWARDS

 

12.1                        Authority to Grant Other Stock-Based Awards.  The Committee may grant to eligible persons other types of equity-based or equity-related Awards not otherwise described by the terms and provisions of the Plan (including the grant or offer for sale of unrestricted shares of Stock) in such amounts and subject to such terms and conditions, as the Committee shall determine. Such Awards may involve the transfer of actual shares of Stock to Holders, or payment in cash or otherwise of amounts based on the value of shares of Stock and may include, without limitation, Awards designed to comply with or take advantage of the applicable local laws of jurisdictions other than the United States.

 

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12.2                        Value of Other Stock-Based Award.  Each Other Stock-Based Award shall be expressed in terms of shares of Stock or units based on shares of Stock, as determined by the Committee.

 

12.3                        Payment of Other Stock-Based Award.  Payment, if any, with respect to an Other Stock-Based Award shall be made in accordance with the terms of the Award, in cash or shares of Stock as the Committee determines.

 

12.4                        Time of Payment of Other Stock-Based Award.  A Holder’s payment under an Other Stock-Based Award shall be made at such time as is specified in the applicable Award Agreement.  The Award Agreement shall specify that the payment will be made (1) by a date that is no later than the date that is two and one-half (2 1/2) months after the end of the calendar year in which the Annual Incentive Award payment is no longer subject to a Substantial Risk of Forfeiture or (2) at a time that is Permissible under Section 409A.

 

ARTICLE XIII

 

CASH-BASED AWARDS

 

13.1                        Authority to Grant Cash-Based Awards.  Subject to the terms and provisions of the Plan, the Committee, at any time, and from time to time, may grant Cash-Based Awards under the Plan to eligible persons in such amounts and upon such terms as the Committee shall determine.

 

13.2                        Value of Cash-Based Award.  Each Cash-Based Award shall specify a payment amount or payment range as determined by the Committee.

 

13.3                        Payment of Cash-Based Award.  Payment, if any, with respect to a Cash-Based Award shall be made in accordance with the terms of the Award, in cash.

 

13.4                        Time of Payment of Cash-Based Award.  Payment under a Cash-Based Award shall be made at such time as is specified in the applicable Award Agreement.  The Award Agreement shall specify that the payment will be made (1) by a date that is no later than the date that is two and one-half (2 1/2) months after the end of the calendar year in which the Annual Incentive Award payment is no longer subject to a Substantial Risk of Forfeiture or (2) at a time that is Permissible under Section 409A.

 

ARTICLE XIV

 

SUBSTITUTION AWARDS

 

Awards may be granted under the Plan from time to time in substitution for stock options and other awards held by employees of other entities who are about to become Employees, or whose employer is about to become an Affiliate as the result of a merger or consolidation of the Company with another corporation, or the acquisition by the Company of substantially all the assets of another corporation, or the acquisition by the Company of at least fifty percent (50%) of the issued and outstanding stock of another corporation as the result of which such other corporation will become a subsidiary of the Company.  The terms and conditions of the substitute Awards so granted may vary from the terms and conditions set forth in the Plan to such extent as the Board at the time of grant may deem appropriate to conform, in whole or in part, to the provisions of the Award in substitution for which they are granted.

 

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ARTICLE XV

 

CHANGE IN CONTROL OF THE COMPANY

 

15.1                              Change in Control of the Company. Upon the occurrence of a Change in Control of the Company, unless otherwise specifically prohibited under applicable laws or by the rules and regulations of any governing governmental agencies or national securities exchanges, or unless the Committee shall determine otherwise in the Award Agreement:

 

(a)                                 Any and all Options and SARs granted hereunder shall become immediately vested and exercisable to the extent that their Option Price or grant price, as adjusted pursuant to Section 4.5 is less than the Fair Market Value of a share of stock on such date and the Participant shall have until the earlier of: (i) twelve (12) months following such termination date, or (ii) the expiration of the Option or SAR term, to exercise any such Option or SAR;

 

(b)                                 any Period of Restriction and restrictions imposed on Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units shall lapse;

 

(c)                                  the target payout opportunities attainable under all outstanding Awards of performance-based Restricted Stock, performance-based Restricted Stock Units, Performance Units, and Performance Shares, shall be deemed to have been fully earned based on targeted performance being attained as of the effective date of the Change in Control of the Company;

 

(i)                                     The vesting of all Awards denominated in shares of Stock shall be accelerated as of the effective date of the Change in Control of the Company, and shall be paid out to Participants within thirty (30) days following the effective date of the Change in Control of the Company. The Committee has the authority to pay all or any portion of the value of the shares of stock in cash;

 

(ii)                                  Awards denominated in cash shall be paid to Participants in cash within thirty (30) days following the effective date of the Change in Control of the Company; and

 

(d)                                 unless otherwise specifically provided in a written agreement entered into between the Participant and the Company, the Committee shall pay out all Other Stock-Based Awards.

 

(e)                                  Subject to the acceleration of vesting of outstanding Options, the Committee, in its discretion, may provide that in the event of a Change in Control of the Company pursuant to Section 2.8(b) or (c), no later than ten (10) days after the approval by the shareholders of the Company of such merger, consolidation, reorganization, sale, lease, or exchange or assets or dissolution or such election of directors, or in the event of a Change in Control of the Company pursuant to Section 2.8(a), no later than thirty (30) days after the occurrence of such Change in Control of the Company, that (i) Options may be exercised in full only for a limited period of time on or before a specified date (before or after such Change in Control of the Company) fixed by the Committee, after which specified date all unexercised Options and all rights of the Participants thereunder shall terminate, or (ii) require the mandatory surrender to the Company by selected Participants of some or all of the outstanding Options held by such Participants as of a date, before or after such Change in Control of the Company, specified by the Committee, in which event the Committee shall thereupon cancel such Options and the Company shall pay to each Participant an amount of cash per share of stock equal to the excess, if any of the “Change in Control of the Company Value” of the shares of stock subject to such Option over the Option Price(s) under such Options for such shares of stock.

 

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For the purpose of this Section 15.1(e), “Change in Control of the Company Value” shall equal the amount determined in clause (i), (ii), or (iii), whichever is applicable, as follows: (i) the per share price of the Stock offered to shareholders of the Company in any such merger, consolidation, reorganization, sale of assets, or dissolution transaction, (ii) the per share price of the Stock offered to shareholders of the Company in any tender offer or exchange offer whereby a Change in Control of the Company takes place, or (iii) if such Change in Control of the Company occurs other than pursuant to a tender or exchange offer, the Fair Market Value per share of the shares in which such Options being surrendered are exercisable, as determined by the Committee as of the date determined by the Committee to be the date of cancellation and surrender of such Options. In the event that the consideration offered to shareholders of the Company in any transaction consists of anything other than cash, the Committee shall determine the fair cash equivalent of the portion of the consideration offered which is other than cash.

 

15.2                              Delay of Payment due to Section 409A.  Notwithstanding Section 16.1, if a payment under an Award Agreement is subject to Section 409A and if the Change of Control definition contained in the Award Agreement does not comply with the definition of “change of control” for purposes of a distribution under Section 409A, then any payment of an amount that is otherwise accelerated under this Article shall be delayed until the earliest time that such payment would be Permissible under Section 409A.

 

ARTICLE XVI

 

ADMINISTRATION

 

16.1                        Awards.  The Plan shall be administered by the Committee or, in the absence of the Committee, the Plan shall be administered by the Board.  The members of the Committee shall serve at the discretion of the Board.  The Committee shall have full and exclusive power and authority to administer the Plan and to take all actions that the Plan expressly contemplates or are necessary or appropriate in connection with the administration of the Plan with respect to Awards granted under the Plan.

 

16.2                        Authority of the Committee.  The Committee shall have full and exclusive power to interpret and apply the terms and provisions of the Plan and Awards made under the Plan, and to adopt such rules, regulations and guidelines for implementing the Plan as the Committee may deem necessary or proper, all of which powers shall be exercised in the best interests of the Company and in keeping with the objectives of the Plan.  A majority of the members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business relating to the Plan or Awards made under the Plan, and the vote of a majority of those members present at any meeting shall decide any question brought before that meeting.  Any decision or determination reduced to writing and signed by a majority of the members shall be as effective as if it had been made by a majority vote at a meeting properly called and held.  All questions of interpretation and application of the Plan, or as to Awards granted under the Plan, shall be subject to the determination, which shall be final and binding, of a majority of the whole Committee.  No member of the Committee shall be liable for any act or omission of any other member of the Committee or for any act or omission on his own part, including but not limited to the exercise of any power or discretion given to him under the Plan, except those resulting from his own gross negligence or willful misconduct.  In carrying out its authority under the Plan, the Committee shall have full and final authority and discretion, including but not limited to the following rights, powers and authorities to (a) determine the persons to whom and the time or times at which Awards will be made; (b) determine the number and exercise price of shares of Stock covered in each Award subject to the terms and provisions of the Plan; (c) determine the terms, provisions and conditions of each Award, which need not be identical and need not match the default terms set forth in the Plan; (d) accelerate the time at which any outstanding Award will vest; (e) prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to administration of the Plan; and (f) make all other determinations and take all other actions deemed necessary, appropriate or advisable for the proper administration of the Plan.

 

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The Committee may correct any defect or supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan or in any Award to a Holder in the manner and to the extent the Committee deems necessary or desirable to further the Plan’s objectives. Further, the Committee shall make all other determinations that may be necessary or advisable for the administration of the Plan.  As permitted by law, exchange listing requirements and the terms and provisions of the Plan, the Committee may delegate to one or more of its members or to one or more officers of the Company, and/or its Affiliates or to one or more agents or advisors such administrative duties or powers as it may deem advisable, and the Committee or any person to whom it has delegated duties or powers as aforesaid may employ one or more persons to render advice with respect to any responsibility the Committee or such person may have under the Plan.  The Committee may, by resolution, authorize one or more officers of the Company to do one or both of the following on the same basis as can the Committee: (a) designate Employees, Directors or Third Party Service Providers to be recipients of Awards; (b) designate Third Party Service Providers to be recipients of Awards; and (c) determine the size of any such Awards; provided, however, (i) the Committee shall not delegate such responsibilities to any such officer for Awards granted to an Employee that is considered an Insider or for an Award intended to qualify as Performance-Based Compensation; (ii) the resolution providing such authorization sets forth the total number of Awards such officer(s) may grant; and (iii) the officer(s) shall report periodically to the Committee regarding the nature and scope of the Awards granted pursuant to the authority delegated.  The Committee may employ attorneys, consultants, accountants, agents, and other persons, any of whom may be an Employee, and the Committee, the Company, and its officers and Board shall be entitled to rely upon the advice, opinions, or valuations of any such persons.

 

16.3        Decisions Binding.  All determinations and decisions made by the Committee or the Board, as the case may be, pursuant to the provisions of the Plan and all related orders and resolutions of the Committee or the Board, as the case may be, shall be final, conclusive and binding on all persons, including the Company, its Affiliates, its stockholders, Holders and the estates and beneficiaries of Holders.

 

16.4        No Liability.  Under no circumstances shall the Company, its Affiliates, the Board or the Committee incur liability for any indirect, incidental, consequential or special damages (including lost profits) of any form incurred by any person, whether or not foreseeable and regardless of the form of the act in which such a claim may be brought, with respect to the Plan or the Company’s, its Affiliates’, the Committee’s or the Board’s roles in connection with the Plan.

 

ARTICLE XVII

 

AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION OF PLAN

 

17.1        Amendment, Modification, Suspension, and Termination.  Subject to Section 17.2, the Committee may, at any time and from time to time, alter, amend, modify, suspend, or terminate the Plan and any Award Agreement in whole or in part; provided, however, that, without the prior approval of the Company’s stockholders and except as provided in Section 4.5, the Committee shall not directly or indirectly lower the Option Price of a previously granted Option, and no amendment of the Plan shall be made without stockholder approval if stockholder approval is required by applicable law or stock exchange rules.

 

17.2        Awards Previously Granted.  Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, no termination, amendment, suspension, or modification of the Plan or an Award Agreement shall adversely affect in any material way any Award previously granted under the Plan, without the written consent of the Holder holding such Award.

 

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ARTICLE XVIII

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

18.1        Unfunded Plan/No Establishment of a Trust Fund.  Holders shall have no right, title, or interest whatsoever in or to any investments that the Company or any of its Affiliates may make to aid in meeting obligations under the Plan.  Nothing contained in the Plan, and no action taken pursuant to its provisions, shall create or be construed to create a trust of any kind, or a fiduciary relationship between the Company and any Holder, beneficiary, legal representative, or any other person.  To the extent that any person acquires a right to receive payments from the Company under the Plan, such right shall be no greater than the right of an unsecured general creditor of the Company.  All payments to be made hereunder shall be paid from the general funds of the Company and no special or separate fund shall be established and no segregation of assets shall be made to assure payment of such amounts, except as expressly set forth in the Plan.  No property shall be set aside nor shall a trust fund of any kind be established to secure the rights of any Holder under the Plan.  The Plan is not intended to be subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

 

18.2        No Employment Obligation.  The granting of any Award shall not constitute an employment contract, express or implied, nor impose upon the Company or any Affiliate any obligation to employ or continue to employ, or utilize the services of, any Holder.  The right of the Company or any Affiliate to terminate the employment of any person shall not be diminished or affected by reason of the fact that an Award has been granted to him, and nothing in the Plan or an Award Agreement shall interfere with or limit in any way the right of the Company or its Affiliates to terminate any Holder’s employment at any time or for any reason not prohibited by law.

 

18.3        Tax Withholding.  The Company or any Affiliate shall be entitled to deduct from other compensation payable to each Holder any sums required by federal, state, local or foreign tax law to be withheld with respect to the vesting or exercise of an Award or lapse of restrictions on an Award.  In the alternative, the Company may require the Holder (or other person validly exercising the Award) to pay such sums for taxes directly to the Company or any Affiliate in cash or by check within one day after the date of vesting, exercise or lapse of restrictions. In the discretion of the Committee, and with the consent of the Holder, the Company may reduce the number of shares of Stock issued to the Holder upon such Holder’s exercise of an Option to satisfy the tax withholding obligations of the Company or an Affiliate; provided that the Fair Market Value of the shares of Stock held back shall not exceed the Company’s or the Affiliate’s Minimum Statutory Tax Withholding Obligation.

 

The Committee may, in its discretion, permit a Holder to satisfy any Minimum Statutory Tax Withholding Obligation arising upon the vesting of an Award by delivering to the Holder a reduced number of shares of Stock in the manner specified herein.  If permitted by the Committee and acceptable to the Holder, at the time of vesting of shares under the Award, the Company shall (a) calculate the amount of the Company’s or an Affiliate’s Minimum Statutory Tax Withholding Obligation on the assumption that all such shares of Stock vested under the Award are made available for delivery, (b) reduce the number of such shares of Stock made available for delivery so that the Fair Market Value of the shares of Stock withheld on the vesting date approximates the Company’s or an Affiliate’s Minimum Statutory Tax Withholding Obligation and (c) in lieu of the withheld shares of Stock, remit cash to the United States Treasury and/or other applicable governmental authorities, on behalf of the Holder, in the amount of the Minimum Statutory Tax Withholding Obligation.  The Company shall withhold only whole shares of Stock to satisfy its Minimum Statutory Tax Withholding Obligation.  Where the Fair Market Value of the withheld shares of Stock does not equal the amount of the Minimum Statutory Tax Withholding Obligation, the Company shall withhold shares of Stock with a Fair Market Value slightly less than the amount of the Minimum Statutory Tax Withholding Obligation and the Holder must satisfy the remaining minimum withholding obligation in some other manner permitted under this Section 18.3.  The withheld shares of

 

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Stock not made available for delivery by the Company shall be retained as treasury shares or will be cancelled and the Holder’s right, title and interest in such shares of Stock shall terminate.

 

The Company shall have no obligation upon vesting or exercise of any Award or lapse of restrictions on an Award until the Company or an Affiliate has received payment sufficient to cover the Minimum Statutory Tax Withholding Obligation with respect to that vesting, exercise or lapse of restrictions.  Neither the Company nor any Affiliate shall be obligated to advise a Holder of the existence of the tax or the amount which it will be required to withhold.

 

18.4        Gender and Number.  If the context requires, words of one gender when used in the Plan shall include the other and words used in the singular or plural shall include the other.

 

18.5        Severability.  In the event any provision of the Plan shall be held illegal or invalid for any reason, the illegality or invalidity shall not affect the remaining parts of the Plan, and the Plan shall be construed and enforced as if the illegal or invalid provision had not been included.

 

18.6        Headings.  Headings of Articles and Sections are included for convenience of reference only and do not constitute part of the Plan and shall not be used in construing the terms and provisions of the Plan.

 

18.7        Other Compensation Plans.  The adoption of the Plan shall not affect any other option, incentive or other compensation or benefit plans in effect for the Company or any Affiliate, nor shall the Plan preclude the Company from establishing any other forms of incentive compensation arrangements for Employees, Directors or Third Party Service Providers.

 

18.8        Retirement and Welfare Plans. Neither Awards made under the Plan nor shares of Stock or cash paid pursuant to such Awards, may be included as “compensation” for purposes of computing the benefits payable to any Participant under the Company’s or any Affiliate’s retirement plans (both qualified and non-qualified) or welfare benefit plans unless such other plan expressly provides that such compensation shall be taken into account in computing a participant’s benefit.

 

18.9        Other Awards.  The grant of an Award shall not confer upon the Holder the right to receive any future or other Awards under the Plan, whether or not Awards may be granted to similarly situated Holders, or the right to receive future Awards upon the same terms or conditions as previously granted.

 

18.10      Successors.  All obligations of the Company under the Plan with respect to Awards granted hereunder shall be binding on any successor to the Company, whether the existence of such successor is the result of a direct or indirect purchase, merger, consolidation, or otherwise, of all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company.

 

18.11      Law Limitations/Governmental Approvals.  The granting of Awards and the issuance of shares of Stock under the Plan shall be subject to all applicable laws, rules, and regulations, and to such approvals by any governmental agencies or national securities exchanges as may be required.

 

18.12      Delivery of Title.  The Company shall have no obligation to issue or deliver evidence of title for shares of Stock issued under the Plan prior to (a) obtaining any approvals from governmental agencies that the Company determines are necessary or advisable; and (b) completion of any registration or other qualification of the Stock under any applicable national or foreign law or ruling of any governmental body that the Company determines to be necessary or advisable.

 

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lawful issuance and sale of any shares of Stock hereunder, shall relieve the Company of any liability in respect of the failure to issue or sell such shares of Stock as to which such requisite authority shall not have been obtained.

 

18.14      Investment Representations.  The Committee may require any person receiving Stock pursuant to an Award under the Plan to represent and warrant in writing that the person is acquiring the shares of Stock for investment and without any present intention to sell or distribute such Stock.

 

18.15      Persons Residing Outside of the United States.  Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, in order to comply with the laws in other countries in which the Company or any of its Affiliates operates or has Employees, the Committee, in its sole discretion, shall have the power and authority to (a) determine which Affiliates shall be covered by the Plan; (b) determine which persons employed outside the United States are eligible to participate in the Plan; (c) amend or vary the terms and provisions of the Plan and the terms and conditions of any Award granted to persons who reside outside the United States; (d) establish subplans and modify exercise procedures and other terms and procedures to the extent such actions may be necessary or advisable — any subplans and modifications to Plan terms and procedures established under this Section 18.15 by the Committee shall be attached to the Plan document as Appendices; and (e) take any action, before or after an Award is made, that it deems advisable to obtain or comply with any necessary local government regulatory exemptions or approvals. Notwithstanding the above, the Committee may not take any actions hereunder, and no Awards shall be granted, that would violate the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Code, any securities law or governing statute or any other applicable law.

 

18.16      Arbitration of Disputes.  Any controversy arising out of or relating to the Plan or an Award Agreement shall be resolved by arbitration conducted pursuant to the arbitration rules of the American Arbitration Association.  The arbitration shall be final and binding on the parties.

 

18.17      Governing Law.  The provisions of the Plan and the rights of all persons claiming thereunder shall be construed, administered and governed under the laws of the State of Delaware, excluding any conflicts or choice of law rule or principle that might otherwise refer construction or interpretation of the Plan to the substantive law of another jurisdiction. Unless otherwise provided in the Award Agreement, recipients of an Award under the Plan are deemed to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the federal or state courts of Texas, to resolve any and all issues that may arise out of or relate to the Plan or any related Award Agreement.

 

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SCHEDULE A

 

INSTITUTIONAL HOLDERS

 

Investment funds and accounts managed by Paulson & Co., Inc., including:

 

Paulson Advantage Master Ltd.

Paulson Advantage Plus Master Ltd.

Paulson Advantage Select Master Ltd.

Paulson Recovery Master Fund Ltd.

Paulson Credit Opportunities Master Ltd.

BLT 8 LLC

 

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