Gibraltar Industries, Inc. 8-K
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) December 21, 2006
GIBRALTAR INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
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0-22462
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16-1445150 |
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(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
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(Commission
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(IRS Employer
Identification No.) |
3556 Lake Shore Road
P.O. Box 2028
Buffalo, New York 14219-0228
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrants telephone number, including area code (716) 826-6500
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the
filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction
A.2. below):
o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14d-2(b))
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.13e-4(c)).
ITEM 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of
Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
Amendment and Restatement of 2005 Equity Incentive Plan
On December 18, 2006, the registrant amended and restated the Gibraltar Industries, Inc. 2005
Equity Incentive Plan (the Equity Plan) to limit the form in which awards of Rights, Performance
Shares and Performance Units (all as defined in the Equity Plan) are paid to an issuance of shares
of the registrants common stock, par value $0.01 per share under the Equity Plan and to make
certain other technical changes.
The foregoing description of the terms of the amended and restated Gibraltar Industries, Inc. 2005
Equity Incentive Plan is qualified in its entirety by reference to the terms and conditions of that
First Amendment and Restatement of the Equity Plan, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto
and is incorporated herein by reference.
Amendment and Restatement of Management Stock Purchase Plan
On December 18, 2006, the registrant amended and restated the Gibraltar Industries, Inc. Management
Stock Purchase Plan (the Stock Plan) (an integral part of the Equity Plan) to permit the
registrants non-employee directors to elect to defer receipt of their Director Fees (as defined in
the Stock Plan) and to have Restricted Units (as defined in the Stock Plan) credited to an account
established for their benefit under the Stock Plan in lieu of their receipt of their Director Fees
and to make certain other technical changes.
The foregoing description of the terms of the amended and restated Gibraltar Industries, Inc.
Management Stock Purchase Plan is qualified in its entirety by reference to the terms and
conditions of that First Amendment and Restatement of the Stock Plan, a copy of which is filed as
Exhibit 10.2 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(c) Exhibits
10.1 First Amendment and Restatement of the Gibraltar Industries, Inc. 2005 Equity Incentive
Plan, dated December 18, 2006
10.2 First Amendment and Restatement of the Gibraltar Industries, Inc. Management Stock
Purchase Plan, dated December 18, 2006
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has
duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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Dated: December 21, 2006
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GIBRALTAR INDUSTRIES, INC. |
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/s/ Henning Kornbrekke |
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Name: Henning Kornbrekke |
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Title: President and |
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Chief Operating Officer |
EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit |
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Description |
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Exhibit 10.1
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First Amendment and Restatement of the Gibraltar Industries,
Inc. 2005 Equity Incentive Plan, dated December 18, 2006 |
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Exhibit 10.2
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First Amendment and Restatement of the Gibraltar Industries,
Inc. Management Stock Purchase Plan, dated December 18, 2006 |
EX-10.1
Exhibit 10.1
GIBRALTAR INDUSTRIES, INC.
2005 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
First Amendment And Restatement
Effective as of May 19, 2005, Gibraltar Industries, Inc., a Delaware corporation with offices
at 3556 Lake Shore Road, Buffalo, New York (the Company), adopted an equity based incentive
compensation plan known as the Gibraltar Industries, Inc. 2005 Equity Incentive Plan (the Plan)
for the purpose of carrying into effect its objective to provide its employees and its non-employee
directors, consultants and other service providers with equity based incentives to increase their
motivation to improve the profitability of the Company.
The Company now desires to amend and restate the Plan to limit the form in which certain
Awards are paid to an issuance of Shares and to make certain other technical changes.
In connection with the foregoing, the Company hereby adopts this document as the First
Amendment and Restatement of the Gibraltar Industries, Inc. 2005 Equity Incentive Plan.
ARTICLE 1.
DEFINITIONS
The following words and phrases, when used in this Plan, shall have the following meanings,
unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context:
1.01 Affiliate means any corporation under common control with the Company within the
meaning of Section 414(b) of the Internal Revenue Code and any trade or business (whether or not
incorporated) under common control with the Company within the meaning of Section 414(c) of the
Internal Revenue Code.
1.02 Appreciation Period means the period of time between the Date of Grant of a Right
and the date that the Right is exercised.
1.03 Award means any Option, Share, Right or Unit granted to any Person under the
Plan.
1.04 Base Price means the dollar amount used to determine the amount of the increase,
if any, in the value of the Share used to determine the value of a Right, which amount shall not be
less than the Fair Market Value of the Share, determined as of the Date of Grant of the Right.
1.05 Beneficiary means any person, firm, corporation, trust or other entity designated
by a Participant in accordance with Section 10.07 to receive any payment that is required to be
made under the Plan upon or after the Participants death.
1.06 Board of Directors means the Board of Directors of the Company.
1.07 CEO means the Chief Executive Officer of the Company.
1.08 Change in Control means the occurrence of any of the following:
(a) During any twelve-consecutive month period, any person or group of persons (within the
meaning of Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act))
other than the Company, an Affiliate of the Company, an employee benefit plan sponsored by the
Company or any one or more members of the Lipke family becomes the beneficial owner (as defined
in section 13(d) of the Exchange Act) of thirty five percent (35%) or more of the then outstanding
voting stock of the Company through a transaction which has not (or a series of transactions which
have not) been arranged by or consummated with the prior approval of the Board of Directors; or
(b) a majority of the members of the Board of Directors is replaced during any consecutive
twelve-month period by Directors whose appointment or election is not endorsed by a majority of the
members of the Board of Directors prior to the date of appointment or election;
(c) the Company enters into a Merger Sale Agreement; provided however, that the entry into a
Merger Sale Agreement shall only be deemed a Change in Control if the Eligible Persons
employment with or service to the Company and all of its Affiliates is terminated (without cause in
the case of an Eligible Person that is an Employee) during the period beginning on the date the
Merger Sale Agreement is executed and ending on the earlier of: (i) the date the transaction
contemplated by the Merger Sale Agreement is consummated; and (ii) the date the Merger Sale
Agreement is terminated; or
(d) the consummation of a Merger Sale.
1.09 Code and Internal Revenue Code mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended.
1.10 Committee means: (a) the Board of Directors, with respect to any Award that has
been or may be granted to any Eligible Person who is not an Employee; (b) with respect to any Award
that has been or may be granted to any Executive Officer, the Board of Directors upon the
recommendation of the Compensation Committee; or (c) the CEO, with respect to Awards to Employees
who are not Executive Officers but only with respect to those matters which are within the scope of
the authority granted to the CEO under Section 10.04 or delegated to the CEO by the Compensation
Committee under to Section 10.05.
1.11 Common Stock means the common stock (par value $0.01 per share) of the Company.
1.12 Company means Gibraltar Industries, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
1.13 Compensation Committee means the Compensation Committee of the Board of
Directors.
1.14 Covered Executive means, with respect to any Award granted hereunder, any
individual who at the Date of Grant of such Award is a Covered Employee of the Company for such
year for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Code.
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1.15 Covered Individual means any current or former member of the Committee, any
current or former officer or director of the Company or any individual designated by the Committee
to assist it in the administration of this Plan as provided for by the second paragraph of Section
10.02.
1.16 Date of Grant means, with respect to any Award, the date on which the Committee
approves the grant of such Award, or such later date as may be specified as the date of grant of
such Award in the instrument evidencing the grant of such Award.
1.17 Disability means, with respect to any Employee, such employees permanent and
total disability as defined in Section 22(e)(3) of the Code or any successor provision.
1.18 Dividend Equivalent Units means additional Restricted Units, additional
Performance Units or additional Rights credited to a Participant pursuant to Section 5.04, Section
6.04 or Section 7.02.
1.19 Dividend Payment Date means each date on which the Company pays a dividend on its
Common Stock.
1.20 Eligible Person means: (a) each Employee of the Company or any Affiliate; (b)
each member of the Board of Directors who is not an Employee of the Company or any Affiliate; and
(c) any natural person that is a consultant or other independent advisor providing services to the
Company or any Affiliate.
1.21 Employee means each natural person that is engaged in the performance of services
for the Company or any Affiliate for wages as defined in Section 3101(a) of the Code.
1.22 Executive Officer means: (a) the CEO; (b) the Companys President; (c) the
Companys principal financial officer; (d) the Companys principal accounting officer; (e) any Vice
President of the Company who is in charge of a principal business unit, division or function; (f)
any other officer of the Company who performs a policy making function for the Company; (g) any
officer of any Affiliate who performs policy making functions for the Company; and (h) any other
person who performs policy making functions for the Company.
1.23 Fair Market Value means, for purpose of determining the value of any Share, Unit
or Right, the closing price of a share of Common Stock as reported by the NASDAQ National Market
System on the date as of which the determination of Fair Market Value is to be made or, if no sale
of Common Stock shall have been made on the NASDAQ National Market System on that day, on the next
preceding day on which there was a sale of Common Stock.
1.24 Incentive Stock Option means an Option that is an incentive stock option within
the meaning of Section 422 of the Code.
1.25 Merger Sale means the consolidation, merger, or other reorganization of the
Company, other than: (a) any such consolidation, merger or reorganization of the Company in which
holders of Common Stock immediately prior to the earlier of: (i) the Board of Directors approval
of such consolidation, merger or other reorganization; or (ii) the date of the stockholders meeting
in which such consolidation, merger or other reorganization is approved,
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continue to hold more than eighty percent (80%) of the outstanding voting securities of the
surviving entity immediately after the consolidation, merger, or other reorganization; and (b) any
such consolidation, merger or other reorganization which is effected pursuant to the terms of a
Merger Sale Agreement which provides that the consolidation, merger or other reorganization
contemplated by the Merger Sale Agreement will not constitute a Change in Control for purposes of
this Plan.
1.26 Merger Sale Agreement means an agreement between the Company and any one or more
other persons, firms, corporations or other entities (which are not Affiliates of the Company)
providing for a consolidation, merger or other reorganization in which the holders of Common Stock
of the Company immediately prior to the Companys execution of such agreement do not hold more than
eighty percent (80%) of the outstanding voting securities of the surviving entity immediately after
the consummation of the consolidation, merger, or other reorganization contemplated by such
agreement.
1.27 Non-Qualified Stock Option means an Option that is not an Incentive Stock Option.
1.28 Option means an option to purchase Shares granted pursuant to Article 4 of the
Plan or, solely for purposes of Section 4.08(b), granted under any other stock option plan
maintained by the Company.
1.29 Option Cash Out Payment means an amount, payable to a Participant that is the
holder of Options, equal to the amount by which: (a)(i) the greatest of: (A) the Fair Market Value
of one Share, determined as of the date a Merger Sale Agreement is executed by the Company; (B) the
Fair Market Value of one Share, determined as of the day immediately preceding the date a Change in
Control occurs; and (C) the amount, if any, of cash payable with respect to one Share in connection
with the consummation of the Change in Control as provided for by the certificate filed with the
Delaware Secretary of State to effect the Change in Control; multiplied by (ii) the total number of
Shares which the Participant is entitled to acquire pursuant to all Options (whether or not such
Options are then currently exercisable pursuant to the provisions of the instruments containing the
terms of the Option Awards held by the Participant) held by the Participant on the date the Change
in Control is effective; exceeds (b) the aggregate amount which the Participant would be required
to pay to the Company in connection with the purchase by the Participant of all Shares which the
Participant is entitled to purchase pursuant to the exercise of all unexpired and unexercised
Options held by the Participant as of the date the Change in Control is effective (whether or not
such Options are then currently exercisable pursuant to the provisions of the instruments
containing the terms of the Option Awards held by the Participant).
1.30 Participant means any Eligible Person who holds an Award granted under the Plan,
and any successor, permitted transferee or Beneficiary that succeeds to such individuals interest
in such Award.
1.31 Performance Goals means the performance goals established by the Committee in
connection with Awards granted to Eligible Persons under Article 6, which performance goals must be
met in order for payment to be made with respect to such Awards.
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1.32 Performance Period means the period established by the Committee for measuring
whether, and to what extent, any Performance Goals established in connection with any Award granted
under Article 6 hereof have been met.
1.33 Performance Shares means Shares that may be issued and delivered pursuant to an
Award made to an Eligible Person under Article 6, depending on the achievement, or the level of
achievement, of one or more Performance Goals within such period, as provided in Article 6.
1.34 Performance Units means Units credited to an Eligible Person at the beginning of
a Performance Period pursuant to an Award made to such individual under Article 6, and any Dividend
Equivalent Units that are credited to the individual with respect to such Units during such
Performance Period, payment with respect to which Units and related Dividend Equivalent Units
depends on the achievement, or the level of achievement, of one or more Performance Goals within
such period, as provided in Article 6.
1.35 Plan means the Gibraltar Industries, Inc. 2005 Equity Incentive Plan, as set
forth herein and as amended from time to time hereafter.
1.36 Pro Rata Portion means, with respect to any portion of any Award of Restricted
Shares or Restricted Units made hereunder, with respect to any portion of any Award of Performance
Shares or Performance Units made hereunder, or with respect to any portion of any Award of Rights
made hereunder, the percentage determined by dividing: (a) the number of months in the period
beginning on the first day of: (i) the Restricted Period established for such portion of the
Restricted Shares or Restricted Units so granted; (ii) the Performance Period established for such
portion of the Performance Shares or Performance Units so awarded; or (iii) the Appreciation Period
established for such portion of the Rights so awarded, and ending on the date the Eligible Persons
employment with or service to the Company and each of its Affiliates is terminated; by (b) the
total number of months in such Restricted Period, in such Performance Period, or in such
Appreciation Period, whichever the case may be.
1.37 Restricted Period means the period of time during which Restricted Shares or
Restricted Units are subject to Restrictions as set forth in Article 5.
1.38 Restricted Shares means Shares which are granted subject to Restrictions pursuant
to Article 5.
1.39 Restricted Units means Units credited to an Eligible Person which are subject to
Restrictions at the beginning of a Restricted Period pursuant to an Award made to such Eligible
Person under Article 5, and any Dividend Equivalent Units that are credited to the Eligible Person
with respect to such Units during such Restricted Period as provided in Article 5.
1.40 Restrictions means the restrictions to which Restricted Shares or Restricted
Units are subject under the provisions of Section 5.02.
1.41 Retirement means the termination of a Participants employment with or service to
the Company and all of its Affiliates, provided that such termination occurs after: (a) the
Participant has either: (i) been continuously employed by or provided services (as a non-employee
director, consultant or other service provider) to the Company or any of its Affiliates
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for a period of at least five (5) years and attained at least age sixty (60); or (ii) attained
at least age sixty-five (65); and (b) the Participant has given at least thirty (30) days advance
written notice to the Company or, if applicable, the Affiliate of the Company by whom the
Participant is employed or for whom the Participant is providing services, which notice states that
the Participant will retire from his or her employment with or service to the Company and its
Affiliates.
1.42 Right means an Award which enables the Eligible Person to whom the Award has been
made to receive Shares having a Fair Market Value equal to an amount which is based on the amount
by which the Fair Market Value of one Share at the end of the Appreciation Period exceeds the Base
Price of one Share at the beginning of the Appreciation Period.
1.43 Right Cash Out Payment means an amount, payable to a Participant that is the
holder of Rights, equal to the amount by which: (a)(i) the greatest of: (A) the Fair Market Value
of one Share, determined as of the date a Merger Sale Agreement is executed by the Company; (B) the
Fair Market Value of one Share, determined as of the day immediately preceding the date a Change in
Control occurs; and (C) the amount, if any, of cash payable with respect to one Share in connection
with the consummation of the Change in Control as provided for by the certificate filed with the
Delaware Secretary of State to effect the Change in Control; multiplied by (ii) the total number of
Shares represented by the Rights held by the Participant; exceeds (b) the aggregate Base Price of
the Shares used to calculate the value of the Rights held by the Participant, determined, with
respect to each Right, as of the date the Right was granted to the Participant and adjusted, if
applicable, pursuant to Section 3.02.
1.44 Share means a share of Common Stock.
1.45 Termination of Service means: (a) with respect to any Employee, his or her
ceasing to be employed by the Company and each of its Affiliates; (b) with respect to any
non-employee director, his or her ceasing to serve as a member of the Board of Directors; and (c)
with respect to any consultant or other service provider, that is a natural person, the termination
of all consulting or other service providing arrangements which such consultant or service provider
has with the Company and each Affiliate of the Company.
1.46 Unit means a unit of measurement equivalent to one Share, with none of the
attendant rights of a shareholder of such Share, (including among the rights which the holder of a
Unit does not have are the right to vote such Share and the right to receive dividends thereon),
except to the extent otherwise specifically provided herein.
ARTICLE 2.
AWARDS
2.01 Form of Awards. Awards under the Plan may be made in the form of Options,
Restricted Shares, Restricted Units, Performance Shares, Performance Units and Rights. An Award in
any of the foregoing forms may be granted to any Eligible Person or to any group of Eligible
Persons, upon terms and conditions that differ from the terms and conditions upon which any other
Awards in the same form are made to other Eligible Persons or groups of Eligible Persons.
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2.02 Written Instrument. Each Award made to an Eligible Person under the Plan shall
be evidenced by a written instrument in such form as the Committee shall prescribe, setting forth
the terms and conditions of the Award. The instrument evidencing the grant of any Award hereunder
shall specify that the Award shall be subject to all of the terms and provisions of the Plan as in
effect from time to time but subject to the limitation on amendments set forth in Section 10.09 of
the Plan.
2.03 Surrender and Exchange of Awards. The Committee may, in its discretion, grant an
Award to a Participant who has previously been granted an Award under the Plan or an award under
any other employee compensation or benefit plan maintained by the Company or any of its Affiliates
(any such previously granted Award or award being hereinafter referred to as a Prior Award), in
exchange for the surrender and cancellation of such Prior Award or any portion thereof. The new
Award so granted may, in the discretion of the Committee, be in a form which is different than
that of the Prior Award surrendered, and may be granted subject to terms and conditions that differ
from those to which the surrendered Prior Award were subject. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no
grant of a new Award in exchange for a Prior Award may be made hereunder unless: (a) the aggregate
fair value of the new Award does not exceed the aggregate fair value of the Prior Award, determined
as of the time the new Award is granted; and (b) the grant of the new Award would not constitute a
repricing of any Option or would not otherwise be treated as a material revision of the Plan.
2.04 Limitations on Aggregate Amount of Certain Awards. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary contained in this Plan, the maximum number of Shares issuable to any Participant over
any five (5) year period in connection with all Options, Performance Shares, Performance Units and
Rights granted to such Participant during any such five (5) year period shall not exceed Two
Hundred Thousand (200,000) Shares.
ARTICLE 3.
SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN
3.01 Shares Available for Awards. Shares distributed in respect of Awards made under
the Plan may be authorized but unissued Shares, Shares held in the treasury of the Company or
Shares purchased by the Company on the open market at such time or times and in such manner as it
may determine. The Company shall be under no obligation to issue or acquire Shares in respect of
an Award made under the Plan before the time when delivery of Shares is due under the terms of the
Award. The number of Shares available for distribution in respect of Awards made under the Plan
shall be subject to the following limitations:
(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 3.02 hereof, the aggregate number of Shares that may
be distributed in respect of Awards made under the Plan shall be limited to two million two hundred
fifty thousand (2,250,000) Shares. Of that aggregate number, no more than one million three
hundred fifty thousand (1,350,000) Shares in the aggregate shall be available for issuance pursuant
to grants of Restricted Shares and Restricted Units. The maximum aggregate number of Shares that
may be issued pursuant to all Awards of Incentive Stock Options and Rights granted under the Plan
shall not exceed nine hundred thousand (900,000) Shares.
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(b) Upon the grant of any Award, the overall aggregate number of Shares available for further
Awards under the Plan, and if the Award so granted was in a form subject to a limitation on the
aggregate number of Shares available for Awards in that form, the aggregate number of Shares
available for further Awards under the Plan in that form, shall be reduced by the number of Shares
subject to the Award so granted.
(c) There shall be added back to the aggregate number of Shares available for the grant of
Awards under the Plan, as determined under (a) and (b) above, the following: (i) any Shares as to
which an Option granted hereunder has not been exercised at the time of its expiration,
cancellation or forfeiture; (ii) any Shares included in any other form of Award granted to an
Eligible Person hereunder, to the extent that the persons right to receive such Shares, or any
cash payment in settlement of such Award, is forfeited; (iii) any Shares represented by Restricted
Units granted hereunder as to which payment is made in cash instead of by the issuance and delivery
of Shares; and (iv) any Shares subject to an Option granted hereunder, or covered by any other form
of Award made hereunder, to the extent such Option or other Award is surrendered in exchange for
any other Award made hereunder.
3.02 Certain Adjustments to Shares. In the event of any change in the number of
outstanding Shares of Common Stock without receipt of consideration by the Company resulting from
any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization, reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up,
combination or exchange of Shares, or any rights offering to purchase Shares of Common Stock at a
price substantially below fair market value, or any similar change affecting the Shares of Common
Stock: (a) the maximum aggregate number and kind of Shares specified herein as available for the
grant of Awards, or for the grant of any particular form of Award, under the Plan; (b) the number
and kind of Shares that may be issued and delivered to Participants upon the exercise of any
Option, or in payment with respect to any Award of Restricted Shares or Performance Shares, that is
outstanding at the time of such change; (c) the number and kind of Shares represented by any
Restricted Units, Performance Units, Rights or Dividend Equivalent Units that are outstanding at
the time of such change; (d) the number of Shares represented by any Award of Rights; (e) the
exercise price per share of any Options granted hereunder that are outstanding at the time of such
change; and (f) the Base Price established with respect to any Rights granted hereunder that are
outstanding at the date of such change, shall be appropriately adjusted consistent with such change
in such manner as the Compensation Committee, in its sole discretion, may deem equitable to prevent
substantial dilution or enlargement of the rights granted to, or available for, the Participants
hereunder.
In the case of any outstanding Incentive Stock Option, any such change shall be made in the
manner that satisfies the requirements that must be met under Section 424 of the Code in order for
such change not to be treated as a modification of such Option as defined under Section 424 of
the Code.
The Committee shall give notice to each Participant of any adjustment made pursuant to this
Section and, upon such notice, such adjustment shall be effective and binding for all purposes.
3.03 Listing and Qualification of Shares. The Company, in its discretion, may
postpone the issuance, delivery, or distribution of Shares with respect to any Award until
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completion of such stock exchange listing or other qualification of such Shares under any
state or federal law, rule or regulation as the Company may consider appropriate, and may require
any Participant to make such representations and furnish such information as it may consider
appropriate in connection with the issuance or delivery of the Shares in compliance with applicable
laws, rules and regulations.
ARTICLE 4.
OPTIONS
4.01 Awards of Options. Subject to the limitations set forth in Article 3 above and
to the other terms and conditions of the Plan, Options may be granted under the Plan to Eligible
Persons for the purchase of such number of Shares, at such times and, upon such terms and
conditions, as the Committee in its discretion may determine.
4.02 Type of Options. Each Option granted hereunder shall be identified in the
instrument evidencing such grant as either: (a) an Option intended to be treated as an Incentive
Stock Option; or (b) an Option that shall be treated as a Non-Qualified Stock Option.
4.03 Term of Options. The period of time during which an Option may be exercised
shall be such period of time as is determined by the Committee and specified in the instrument
setting forth the terms of the Option Award; provided that, in no event may the period of time
during which an Option may be exercised exceed ten (10) years from the Date of Grant of the Option.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Plan to the contrary, no Option may be exercised after
its expiration.
4.04 Exercise of Options. Each Option granted hereunder shall become exercisable, in
whole or in part, at such time or times during its term as the instrument evidencing the grant of
such Option shall specify. To the extent that an Option has become exercisable, it may be
exercised thereafter, in whole or in part, at any time or from time to time prior to its
expiration, as to any or all Shares as to which the Option has become and remains exercisable,
subject to the provisions of Section 4.05 below.
4.05 Termination of Service. Except as the instrument evidencing the grant of an
Option may otherwise provide, the portion of any outstanding Option held by an Eligible Person on
the date of his or her Termination of Service that has not become exercisable prior to such date,
and the portion of such Option which was exercisable but had not been exercised prior to the date
of the Eligible Persons Termination of Service, shall be forfeited on such date.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Committee so determines, in its discretion, the
instrument evidencing the grant of an Option may provide that the portion of the Option that is
exercisable at the time of the Eligible Persons Termination of Service will continue to be
exercisable, and that the portion of such Option that is not exercisable at such time will become
exercisable in accordance with the terms of the Option and remain exercisable thereafter, during
such period of time after the date on which the Eligible Persons Termination of Service occurs
(but not beyond the expiration of the term of the Option), in such circumstances and subject to
such terms and conditions, as are specified in such instrument. However, to the extent that any
Option granted hereunder to an Employee as an Incentive Stock Option is exercised more than three
months after the date of such Employees Termination of Service for any reason other than
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Disability, or more than one year after such date if the Employees Termination of Service
occurred because of Disability, the Option shall be treated as a Non-Qualified Stock Option for
purposes of the Plan.
4.06 Exercise Price and Method of Exercise. The price at which Shares may be
purchased upon any exercise of an Option shall be the price per share determined by the Committee
and specified in the instrument evidencing the grant of such Option; provided that, in no event
shall the exercise price per Share be less than: (a) the Fair Market Value of a Share determined as
of the Date of Grant of the Option; or (b), if greater, the par value of a Share.
An Option shall be exercised by delivery of a written notice of exercise, in a form
satisfactory to the Committee, to the Company at its principal business office and addressed to the
attention of the Companys Secretary or such other person as the Companys Secretary may have
designated to receive such notice. The notice shall specify the number of Shares with respect to
which the Option is being exercised. The notice shall be accompanied by payment of the exercise
price of the Shares for which the Option is being exercised, which payment shall be made under one
or more of the methods of payment provided in Section 4.07 below.
4.07 Payment. Payment of the exercise price for Shares purchased upon the exercise of
an Option shall be made by one, or by a combination of any, of the following methods: (a) in cash,
which may be paid by check or other instrument acceptable to the Company, or by wire transfer of
funds, in each case in United States dollars; (b) if permitted by the Committee and subject to any
terms and conditions it may impose on the use of such methods, by: (i) the delivery to the Company
of other Shares owned by the Participant; provided that such shares have been owned by the
Participant for the requisite period necessary to avoid a charge to the Companys earnings; or (ii)
the surrender to the Company of Shares that otherwise would have been delivered to the Participant
upon exercise of the Option; (c) to the extent permissible under applicable law, through any
cashless exercise sale and remittance procedure that the Committee in its discretion may from time
to time approve; (d) to the extent permissible under applicable law and permitted by the Committee,
by the execution by the Participant and delivery to the Company of a promissory note or other
instrument evidencing the Participants agreement to pay part or all of the Option exercise price
on a deferred or installment payment basis, upon such terms and conditions (including, without
limitation, terms requiring Shares purchased upon the exercise of the Option to be pledged to the
Company to secure payment of any outstanding balance of the option exercise price) as the Committee
shall require; or (e) any other method of payment as the Committee may from time to time approve.
For purposes of determining the portion of the exercise price payable upon the exercise of an
Option that will be treated as satisfied by the delivery or surrender of Shares pursuant to clause
(b) (i) or (ii) above, Shares so delivered or surrendered shall be valued at their Fair Market
Value determined as of the business day next preceding the date on which the Option is exercised .
4.08 Incentive Stock Options. Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Plan,
Incentive Stock Options granted under the Plan shall be subject to the following provisions:
(a) No Incentive Stock Option may be granted under the Plan after February 9, 2015.
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(b) To the extent that the aggregate Fair Market Value of Shares with respect to which
Incentive Stock Options granted under the Plan and under all other stock option plans maintained by
the Company are exercisable for the first time by a Participant during any calendar year exceeds
$100,000, the Incentive Stock Options so exercisable shall be treated as Non-Qualified Stock
Options. For purposes of the foregoing, the Fair Market Value of Shares as to which any Incentive
Stock Option may be exercised shall be determined as of the Date of Grant of such Option. The
determination of whether the limitation set forth in the first sentence of this Section 4.08(b)
applies with respect to any Incentive Stock Option granted under the Plan shall be made in
accordance with applicable provisions of Section 422 of the Code and the regulations issued
thereunder.
(c) No Incentive Stock Option shall be granted to an Employee if, as of the Date of Grant of
such Option, such Employee owns stock possessing more than ten percent of the total combined voting
power of all classes of stock of the Company, unless: (i) the exercise price per Share under such
Option is at least 110% percent of the Fair Market Value of a Share determined as of the Date of
Grant of such Option; and (ii) such Option is not exercisable after the expiration of five (5)
years from the Date of Grant of such Option. If an Option, designated as an Incentive Stock
Option, is granted to an Employee who owns more than ten percent (10%) of the total combined voting
power of all classes of stock of the Company and either the price per Share at which the Option is
exercisable or the date on which the Option expires does not satisfy the limitations specified
above, such Incentive Stock Option shall be treated as a Non-Qualified Stock Option.
(d) The instrument evidencing the grant of any Incentive Stock Option shall require that if
any Shares acquired upon the exercise of such Option are disposed of within 2 years from the Date
of Grant of such Option, or within one year from the date as of which the Shares disposed of were
transferred to the Participant pursuant to the exercise of such Option, the Participant shall give
the Company written notice of such disposition, within ten days following the date of such
disposition.
4.09 Other Option Provisions. The instrument evidencing the grant of any Option
hereunder may contain such other terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the provisions of the
Plan or any applicable law, as the Committee may determine.
4.10 Rights of a Shareholder. Upon the exercise by a Participant of an Option or any
portion thereof in accordance with the Plan, the provisions of the instrument evidencing the grant
of such Option and any applicable rules and regulations established by the Committee and the
issuance to the Participant of a certificate representing the Shares with respect to which the
Option has been exercised, the Participant shall have all of the rights of a stockholder of the
Company with respect to the Shares issued as a result of such exercise. Prior to the issuance to a
Participant of a certificate representing Shares issuable to the Participant upon his or her
exercise of an Option, the Participant shall not have any rights as a stockholder of the Company
with respect to such Shares.
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ARTICLE 5.
RESTRICTED SHARES AND RESTRICTED UNITS
5.01 Awards of Restricted Shares and Restricted Units. Subject to the limitations set
forth in Article 3 and to the other terms and conditions of the Plan, Restricted Shares and
Restricted Units may be granted to such Eligible Persons, at such times, and in such amounts, as
the Committee may determine in its discretion. In addition to Awards of Restricted Shares or
Restricted Units which may be made to any Eligible Person in recognition of services provided to
the Company and its Affiliates or as an incentive for such Eligible Person to continue to
contribute to the profitability and growth of the Company and its Affiliates, the Company has,
effective as of May 19, 2005, adopted a framework under which a specific type of Restricted Unit
Awards will be made, which framework is known as the Gibraltar Industries, Inc. Management Stock
Purchase Plan (the MSPP). The MSPP is intended to be treated as an integral part of this Plan
and provides for the granting of Awards of Restricted Units to Eligible Persons in consideration
for and recognition of the agreement of such Eligible Persons to authorize the Company to credit
Restricted Units to an account established for the benefit of such Eligible Persons under the MSSP
in lieu of the payment to such Eligible Persons of all or part of the annual incentive bonus (in
the case of an Eligible Person that is an Employee) or all or part of the Director fees (in the
case of an Eligible Person that is a member of the Companys Board of Directors) which such
Eligible Persons would otherwise be entitled to receive from the Company and its Affiliates. In
this regard, the maximum number of Shares that may be issued pursuant to grants of Restricted
Shares and Restricted Units (as provided by Section 3.01(a)) shall be reduced by Awards of
Restricted Shares and Restricted Units made to Eligible Persons under the terms of the MSSP.
5.02 Restrictions and Restricted Period. At the time of each grant of Restricted
Shares or Restricted Units to any Participant, the Committee shall establish a period of time
within which the Restricted Shares or Restricted Units covered by such grant (and the Participants
right to receive payment with respect to such Restricted Units) may not be sold, assigned,
transferred (other than a transfer to the Participants Beneficiary occurring by reason of the
Participants death), made subject to gift, or otherwise disposed of, or mortgaged, pledged or
otherwise encumbered, whether voluntarily or by operation of law. The Committee in its discretion
may prescribe a separate Restricted Period for any specified portion of the Restricted Shares or
Restricted Units granted pursuant to any Award.
5.03 Rights While Restricted Shares Remain Subject to Restrictions. Restricted Shares
granted to a Participant hereunder may be issued to the Participant as of the Date of Grant as
uncertificated shares or as Shares represented by a stock certificate bearing a legend or legends
making appropriate references to the Restrictions. Until the Restrictions which apply to
Restricted Shares lapse in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.05 below or Section 9.01(c),
the Restricted Shares granted to a Participant which are not certificated shall be held in the
Participants name in a bookkeeping account maintained by the Company and Restricted Shares granted
to a Participant and represented by a stock certificate shall continue to bear the legend or
legends making reference to the Restrictions. A separate account shall be maintained for all
Restricted Shares granted to a Participant with a Restricted Period ending on the same date.
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Except for the Restrictions which apply to Restricted Shares, and subject to the forfeiture
provisions applicable under Section 5.06 below, a Participant shall have, with respect to all
Restricted Shares so held for his account, all of the rights of a stockholder of the Company,
including full voting rights with respect to such Shares and the right to receive currently with
respect to the Participants Restricted Shares all dividends and other distributions payable
generally on the Companys Shares. If any dividends or distributions so payable are paid in Shares,
the Shares paid as a dividend or distribution with respect to a Participants Restricted Shares
shall be subject to the same Restrictions and provisions relating to forfeiture as apply to the
Restricted Shares with respect to which they were paid. Such stock dividend Shares shall
themselves be treated as Restricted Shares, and shall be credited to the same account which the
Company maintains for those Restricted Shares of the Participant with respect to which such stock
dividends or distributions were paid.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the instrument evidencing the grant of any Restricted Shares
to a Participant so provides, all cash dividends and distributions payable generally on the
Companys Shares that are otherwise payable with respect to the Restricted Shares granted to the
Participant shall not be paid currently to the Participant but instead, shall be applied to the
purchase of additional Shares for the Participants account. The additional Shares so purchased
shall be subject to the same Restrictions and provisions relating to forfeiture as apply to the
Restricted Shares with respect to which they were paid. Such additional Shares shall themselves be
treated as Restricted Shares, and shall be credited to the same account which the Company maintains
for those Restricted Shares of the Participant with respect to which such dividends or
distributions were paid. The purchase of any such additional Shares shall be made in accordance
with such other procedure as may be specified in the instrument evidencing the grant of the
Restricted Shares on which such dividends are paid.
5.04 Rights While Restricted Units Remain Subject to Restrictions. No Shares shall be
issued at the time an award of Restricted Units is made. Except as provided in the following
paragraph or otherwise provided by the instrument evidencing an Award of Restricted Units, a
Participant that is the holder of an Award of Restricted Units shall not have any rights as a
shareholder with respect to such Restricted Units. Restricted Units granted to a Participant
hereunder shall be credited to a bookkeeping account maintained by the Company for the Participant.
A separate account shall be maintained for all Restricted Units granted to a Participant with a
Restricted Period ending on the same date and for all Dividend Equivalent Units that are to be
credited to such account in accordance with the next following paragraph.
If any dividends or other distributions payable on the Companys Shares are paid in Shares
during any period that a Participant holds an Award of Restricted Units, as of the applicable
Dividend Payment Date, a number of additional Restricted Units shall be credited to each account
established for the Participant to reflect the number of Restricted Units held by the Participant
as of such Dividend Payment Date. The number of additional Restricted Units to be credited shall
be determined by first multiplying: (a) the total number of Restricted Units standing to
the Participants credit in such account on the day immediately preceding such Dividend Payment
Date (including all Dividend Equivalent Units credited to such account on all previous Dividend
Payment Dates); by (b) the per share dollar amount of the dividend paid on such Dividend Payment
Date; and then, (c) dividing the resulting amount by the Fair Market Value of one Share on
such Dividend Payment Date. Dividend Equivalent Units awarded
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pursuant to this paragraph to a Participant that holds an Award of Restricted Units shall have
the same Restricted Period as the Restricted Units with respect to which such Dividend Equivalent
Units have been awarded.
5.05 Lapse of Restrictions and Payment. Upon the expiration of the Restricted Period
for any Restricted Shares or Restricted Units granted to a Participant hereunder but subject to the
provisions of Section 5.06 below, the Restrictions applicable to such Restricted Shares or
Restricted Units shall lapse, and payment with respect to such Restricted Shares or Restricted
Units (including any related Dividend Equivalent Units) shall be made in accordance with the
following provisions:
(a) In the case of Restricted Shares, payment shall be made by delivery to the Participant of
a stock certificate for the number of such Restricted Shares, free and clear of all Restrictions to
which such shares were subject. However, if the Restricted Shares with respect to which the
applicable Restrictions have lapsed includes a fractional Share, payment for such fractional Share
shall be made in cash, in an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of such fractional Share
determined as of the date on which such Restrictions lapsed. Delivery of such stock certificate
and any such cash payment shall be made to the Participant as soon as practicable following the
lapse of the applicable Restrictions.
(b) In the case of Restricted Units (including related Dividend Equivalent Units), payment
shall be made: (i) in all cases other than Restricted Units issued in connection with the MSPP, by
the issuance and delivery to the Participant of a stock certificate for a number of Shares equal to
the number of whole Restricted Units and related Dividend Equivalent Units with respect to which
the applicable Restrictions have lapsed, and (ii) by payment in cash for any fractional Restricted
Unit payable as a result of the lapse of such Restrictions, in an amount equal to the Fair Market
Value of such fractional Restricted Unit determined as of the date as of which such Restrictions
lapsed. In the case of Restricted Units issued pursuant to the terms of the MSPP, payment shall be
made, in cash, in an amount and at the time provided for in the MSPP. Issuance of certificates for
Shares shall be made in such manner and at such time or times as provided in such instrument.
Unless otherwise provided by the instrument evidencing a grant of Restricted Units, payment with
respect to any part or all of a Participants Restricted Units (including related Dividend
Equivalent Units) may be deferred, at the Participants election, upon such terms and conditions as
are specified by the Participant, in writing, subject to the restrictions on deferral of
compensation contained in Code Section 409A.
5.06 Termination of Service. Except as the instrument evidencing the grant of
Restricted Shares or Restricted Units may otherwise provide, upon an Eligible Persons Termination
of Service for any reason prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period which is in effect for
any Restricted Shares or Restricted Units (and related Dividend Equivalent Units) standing to his
or her credit immediately prior to such Termination of Service, the Eligible Persons right to
receive payment with respect to such Restricted Shares, Restricted Units and Dividend Equivalent
Units shall be forfeited and cancelled as of the date of such Termination of Service, and no
payment of any kind shall be made with respect to such Restricted Shares, Restricted Units and
Dividend Equivalent Units.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Committee so determines, in its discretion, the
instrument evidencing the Award of such Restricted Shares or Restricted Units may provide that
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if the Eligible Persons Termination of Service occurs prior to the end of the Restricted
Period established for such Restricted Shares or Restricted Units as a result of the Eligible
Persons death, Disability or Retirement (but not for any other reason), payment will be made with
respect to all or a Pro Rata Portion of such Restricted Shares or Restricted Units and any related
Dividend Equivalent Units. In such case, only the Eligible Persons right to receive payment with
respect to any remaining portion of the Restricted Shares or Restricted Units (and related Dividend
Equivalent Units) for which such Restricted Period was established shall be cancelled and
forfeited. Any payment required to be made with respect to an Eligible Persons Restricted Shares
or Restricted Units (and related Dividend Equivalent Units) pursuant to this paragraph shall be
made as soon as practicable after the date of such Eligible Persons Termination of Service, and
shall be made in the manner specified in Section 5.05.
5.07 Notice of Code Section 83(b) Election. A Participant who files an election under
Section 83(b) of the Code to include in gross income the Fair Market Value of any Restricted Shares
granted hereunder while such Shares are still subject to Restrictions shall furnish the Company
with a copy of the election so filed by the Participant, within ten days of the filing of such
election with the Internal Revenue Service.
ARTICLE 6.
PERFORMANCE SHARES AND PERFORMANCE UNITS
6.01 Awards of Performance Shares and Performance Units. Subject to the limitations
set forth in Article 3 and to the other terms and conditions of the Plan, Performance Shares or
Performance Units may be granted to such Eligible Persons, at such times, in such amounts, and
upon such terms and conditions, as the Committee may determine in its discretion. Performance
Shares and Performance Units shall be granted in accordance with the provisions set forth below.
6.02 Establishment of Performance Goals and Performance Targets. In connection with
each Award of Performance Shares or Performance Units, the Committee shall establish in writing,
and the instrument evidencing the grant of such Award shall specify: (a) the Performance Goal or
Goals and the Performance Period that will apply with respect to such Award; (b) the level or
levels of achievement of the Performance Goal or Goals that must be met in order for payment to be
made with respect to the Award; (c) the number of Performance Shares that will be issued and
delivered to the recipient of the Award, or the percentage of the Performance Units (and any
related Dividend Equivalent Units) credited to the recipient in connection with the Award as to
which payment will be made, if the Performance Goal or Goals applicable to such Award: (i) have
been fully achieved; (ii) have been exceeded; or (iii) have not been fully achieved but have been
achieved at or beyond any minimum or intermediate level of achievement specified in the instrument
evidencing the grant of such Award; and (d) such other terms and conditions pertaining to the Award
as the Committee in its discretion may determine. In connection with any such Award made to any
Covered Executive, the matters described in the preceding sentence shall be established within such
period of time as may be permitted by the regulations issued under Section 162(m) of the Code.
6.03 Rights While Performance Shares Remain subject to Achievement of Performance
Goals. Performance Shares granted to a Participant hereunder may be issued to the Participant
as of the Date of Grant as uncertificated shares or as Shares represented by a stock certificate
bearing a legend or legends making appropriate reference to the restrictions on
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transferability of such Performance Shares as hereinafter set forth. Until the Performance
Period which applies to the Performance Shares expires, the Performance Shares granted to a
Participant which are not certificated shall be held in the Participants name in a bookkeeping
account maintained by the Company and Performance Shares granted to a Participant and represented
by a stock certificate shall continue to bear the legend or legends making reference to the
restrictions on transferability of such Performance Shares as hereinafter set forth.
Until the Performance Period which applies to an award of Performance Shares has expired, the
Performance Shares shall not be sold, assigned, transferred (other than a transfer to the
Participants Beneficiary occurring by reason of the Participants death), made subject to gift or
otherwise disposed of, mortgaged, pledged or otherwise encumbered, whether voluntarily or by
operation of law. A separate account shall be maintained for all Performance Shares granted to a
Participant with a Performance Period ending on the same date.
Except for the restrictions on transferability which apply to Performance Shares, and subject
to the forfeiture provisions applicable under Section 6.11 below, a Participant shall have, with
respect to all Performance Shares so held for his account, all of the rights of a stockholder of
the Company, including full voting rights with respect to such Shares and the right to receive
currently with respect to the Participants Performance Shares, all dividends and other
distributions payable generally on the Companys Shares. If any dividends or distributions so
payable are paid in Shares, the Shares paid as a dividend or distribution with respect to a
Participants Performance Shares shall be subject to the same Performance Goals and provisions
relating to forfeiture as apply to the Performance Shares with respect to which they were paid.
Such stock dividend Shares shall themselves be treated as Performance Shares, and shall be credited
to the same account which the Company maintains for those Performance Shares of the Participant
with respect to which such stock dividends or distributions were paid.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the instrument evidencing the grant of any Performance
Shares to a Participant so provides, all cash dividends and distributions payable generally on the
Companys Shares that are otherwise payable with respect to the Performance Shares granted to the
Participant shall not be paid currently to the Participant but instead, shall be applied to the
purchase of additional Shares for the Participants account. The additional Shares so purchased
shall be subject to the same Performance Goals and provisions relating to forfeiture as apply to
the Performance Shares, and shall be credited to the same account which the Company maintains for
those Performance Shares of the Participant with respect to which such dividends or distributions
were paid. The purchase of any such additional Shares shall be made in accordance with such other
procedure as may be specified in the instrument evidencing the grant of the Performance Shares on
which such dividends are paid.
6.04 Rights While Performance Units Remain Subject to Achievement of Performance
Goals. No Shares shall be issued at the time an Award of Performance Units is made. Except as
provided in the following paragraph or otherwise provided in the instrument evidencing an Award of
Performance Units, a Participant that is the holder of an Award of Performance Units shall not have
any rights of a shareholder with respect to such Performance Units. Performance Units granted to a
Participant hereunder shall be credited to a bookkeeping account maintained by the Company for the
Participant. A separate account shall be maintained for all Performance Units granted to a
Participant with a Performance Period ending on the same date and for all
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Dividend Equivalent Units that are to be credited to such account in accordance with the
following paragraph.
If any dividends or other distributions payable on the Companys Shares are paid in Shares
during any period that a Participant holds an Award of Performance Units, as of the applicable
Dividend Payment Date, a number of additional Performance Units shall be credited to each account
established for the Participant to reflect the number of Performance Units held by the Participant
as of such Dividend Payment Date. The number of such additional Performance Units to be credited
shall be determined by first multiplying: (a) the total number of Performance Units
standing to the Participants credit in such account on the day immediately preceding such Dividend
Payment Date (including all Dividend Equivalent Units credited to such account on all previous
Dividend Payment Dates); by (b) the per Share dollar amount of the dividend paid on such Dividend
Payment Date; and then, (c) dividing the resulting amount by the Fair Market Value
of one Share on such Dividend Payment Date. Dividend Equivalent Units awarded pursuant to this
paragraph to a Participant that holds an Award of Performance Units shall have the same Performance
Goals and Performance Period as the Performance Units with respect to which such Dividend
Equivalent Units have been awarded.
6.05 Performance Goals for Covered Executives. In the case of any Award of
Performance Shares or Performance Units to any Eligible Person who is a Covered Executive, the
Performance Goal or Goals established in connection with such Award shall be based on one or more
of the following business criteria, as determined by the Committee in its discretion: (a) the
attainment of specified levels of, or increases in, the Companys after-tax or pretax return on
stockholders equity; (b) the attainment of specified levels in the fair market value of the
Companys Shares; (c) the attainment of specified levels of growth in the value of an investment in
the Companys Shares, assuming that all dividends paid on the Companys Common Stock are reinvested
in additional Shares; (d) the attainment of specified levels of, or increases in, the Companys
pre-tax or after-tax earnings, profits, net income, or earnings per share; (e) the attainment of
specified levels of, or increases in, the Companys earnings before income tax, depreciation and
amortization (EBITDA); (f) attainment of specified levels of, or increases in, the Companys net
sales, gross revenues or cash flow from operations; (g) the attainment of specified levels of, or
increases in, the Companys working capital, or in its return on capital employed or invested; (h)
the attainment of specified levels of, or decreases in, the Companys operating costs or any one or
more components thereof, or in the amount of all or any specified portion of the Companys debt or
other outstanding financial obligations.
Any of the business criteria described in the preceding paragraph which the Committee
establishes as a Performance Goal may be measured either by the performance of the Company and its
Affiliates on a consolidated basis, or by the performance of any one or more of the Companys
subsidiaries, divisions, or other business units, as the Committee in its discretion may determine.
In its discretion, the Committee may also establish Performance Goals, based on any of the
business criteria described in this Section 6.05, that require the attainment of a specified level
of performance of the Company, or any of its subsidiaries, divisions or other business units,
relative to the performance of other specified corporations, in order for such Performance Goals to
be met.
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The Committee may also, in its discretion, include in any Performance Goal the attainment of
which depends on a determination of the net earnings or income of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries, divisions or other business units, provisions which require such determination to be
made by eliminating the effects of any decreases in or charges to earnings for: (a) the effect of
foreign currency exchange rates; (b) any acquisitions, divestitures, discontinuances of business
operations, restructurings or other special charges; (c) the cumulative effect of any accounting
changes; and (d) any extraordinary items as determined under generally accepted accounting
principles, to the extent that such decreases or charges referred to in clauses (a) through (d) of
this paragraph are separately disclosed in the Companys Annual Report for each fiscal year within
the applicable Performance Period.
6.06 Performance Goals for Non-Covered Executives. In the case of Awards of
Performance Shares or Performance Units made hereunder to Eligible Persons who are not Covered
Executives, the Performance Goal or Goals applicable to such Awards shall be such corporate or
individual goals as the Committee in its discretion may determine.
6.07 Measurement of Performance. At the end of the Performance Period established in
connection with any Award of Performance Shares or Performance Units, the Committee shall determine
the extent to which the Performance Goal or Goals established for such Award have been met, and
shall determine, on that basis, the number of Performance Shares or Performance Units included in
such Award that have been earned and as to which payment will be made pursuant to Section 6.09
below, subject to the adjustments provide for in Section 6.08 and the forfeiture provisions of
Section 6.10. In the case of any Award granted to a Covered Executive, the Committee shall certify
in writing the extent to which it has determined that the Performance Goal or Goals established by
it for such Award have been met.
6.08 Adjustment of Award Amounts. The number of Shares issuable with respect to an
Award on the basis of the level of attainment of the applicable Performance Goals as determined by
the Committee under Section 6.07 shall be subject to adjustment in accordance with the following
provisions:
(a) To the extent not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan and if the instrument evidencing
the Award so provides, the number of Shares otherwise issuable with respect to an Award to an
Eligible Person who is not a Covered Executive may be increased or decreased to the extent
determined by the Committee in its discretion, based on the Committees evaluation of the Eligible
Persons individual performance or to reflect such other events, circumstances or factors as the
Committee in its discretion deems appropriate in determining the extent to which payment should be
made with respect to the Eligible Persons Award.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 6.08(a) above, the Committee shall not have any
authority to increase the number of Shares otherwise issuable with respect to any Award of
Performance Shares or Performance Units to a Covered Executive. However, if the instrument
evidencing an Award to a Covered Executive so provides, the Committee may, in its discretion,
reduce the number of Shares otherwise issuable with respect to such Award: (i) to reflect any
decreases in or charges to earnings that were not taken into account pursuant to clause (a), (b),
(c), or (d) of the last paragraph of Section 6.05 in determining net earnings or income for
purposes of any Performance Goal established in connection with such Award; (ii) to reflect any
credits to earnings for extraordinary items of income or gain that were taken into account in
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determining net earnings or income for such purposes; (iii) to reflect the Committees
evaluation of the Covered Executives individual performance; or (iv) to reflect any other events,
circumstances or factors which the Committee believes to be appropriate in determining the extent
to which payment should be made with respect to the Covered Executives Award.
6.09 Payment of Awards. Payment with respect to that number of Performance Shares or
Performance Units subject to any Award which the Committee has determined under Section 6.07 above
to have been earned, as adjusted to the extent determined by the Committee under Section 6.08,
shall be made in accordance with the following provisions:
(a) In the case of any such Performance Shares, payment shall be made by the issuance and
delivery to the Participant of a stock certificate for the requisite number of such Shares free of
the legends making reference to restrictions on transferability of the Performance Shares provided
for by this Plan. However, if the Performance Shares with respect to which payment is to be made
include a fractional Share, payment of such fractional Share shall be made in cash, in an amount
equal to the Fair Market Value of such fractional Share determined as of the end of the Performance
Period. Such Shares shall be issued and delivered, and, if applicable, such cash payment shall be
made, to the Participant as soon as practicable after the end of the Performance Period applicable
to the Award in question.
(b) In the case of Performance Units, (including related Dividend Equivalent Units), payment
shall be made: (i) by the issuance and delivery to the Participant of a stock certificate for a
number of Shares equal to the total number of such whole Performance Units and related Dividend
Equivalent Units; and (ii) by payment in cash for any fractional Unit in an amount equal to the
Fair Market Value of such fractional Unit determined as of the day immediately preceding the date
as of which payment is to be made. Payment shall be made in such manner and at such time or times
as provided in such instrument. Unless otherwise provided by the instrument evidencing the grant
of Performance Units, issuance of certificates for Shares with respect to any part or all of a
Participants Performance Units (including any related Dividend Equivalent Units) may be deferred,
at the Participants election, upon such terms and conditions as are specified by the Participant,
in writing, subject to the restrictions on deferral of compensation contained in Code Section 409A.
6.10 Termination of Service. Except as the instrument evidencing the grant of
Performance Shares or Performance Units may otherwise provide, upon an Eligible Persons
Termination of Service for any reason prior to the end of the Performance Period established for
any Award of Performance Shares or Performance Units, such Award shall be cancelled, all
Performance Shares or Performance Units included in such Award, and all Dividend Equivalent Units
that were credited with respect to such Performance Shares or Performance Units, shall be
forfeited, and no payment of any kind shall be made with respect to such Award.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Committee so determines, in its discretion, the
instrument evidencing any such Award may provide that if the Eligible Persons Termination of
Service prior to the end of the Performance Period established for such Award occurs as a result of
the Eligible Persons death, Disability or Retirement (but not for any other reason), payment will
be made at the end of the Performance Period, in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.09,
with respect to all or a Pro Rata Portion of the number of Shares and/or the amount of cash that
otherwise would have been payable to the Eligible Person, as determined in accordance with
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the provisions of Sections 6.07 and 6.08, if the Eligible Persons Termination of Service had
not occurred prior to the end of such Performance Period. In such case, only the Eligible Persons
right to receive payment with respect to any remaining portion of the Performance Shares or
Performance Units (and related Dividend Equivalent Units) included in such Award shall be cancelled
and forfeited.
6.11 Notice of Code Section 83(b) Election. A Participant who files an election under
Section 83(b) of the Code to include in gross income the Fair Market Value of any Performance
Shares granted hereunder while such Shares are still subject to achievement of Performance Goals
shall furnish the Company with a copy of the election so filed by the Participant within ten (10)
days of the filing of such election with the Internal Revenue Service.
ARTICLE 7.
RIGHTS
7.01 Awards of Rights. (a) (a) Subject to the limitations set forth in Article 3
above and to the other terms and conditions of the Plan, Rights may be granted under the Plan to
any Eligible Person at such times and upon such terms and conditions as the Committee, in its
discretion may determine. Rights shall be granted in accordance with the provisions of this
Article 7.
(b) The terms of the instrument which contains the terms of an Award of Rights shall specify
the number of Shares which shall be used as the basis for determining the value of the Rights at
the end of the Appreciation Period and the Base Price in effect for those Shares.
(c) Rights shall be exercisable at such time and upon such terms as may be established by the
Committee in the instrument setting forth the terms of the Award; provided that, in no event shall
the period of time that an Award of Rights is exercisable extend beyond the ten (10) year period
beginning on the Date of Grant.
(d) Rights shall be subject to the same transferability restrictions applicable to all Awards
and may not be transferred during the holders lifetime, except to one or more family members as
provided in Section 8.02.
(e) The holder of a Right shall not have any stockholder rights with respect to the Shares
used to determine the value of the Right.
7.02 Dividend Equivalent Units. If any dividends or other distributions payable on
the Companys Shares are paid in Shares during any period that a Participant holds an Award of
Rights, as of the applicable Dividend Payment Date, a number of additional Rights shall be credited
to any account established for the Participant to reflect the number of Rights held by the
Participant as of such Dividend Payment Date. The number of such additional Rights to be credited
shall be determined by first multiplying: (a) the total number of Rights standing to the
Participants credit in such account on the day immediately preceding such Dividend Payment Date
(including all Dividend Equivalent Units credited to such account on all previous Dividend Payment
Dates); by (b) the per share dollar amount of the dividend paid
on such Dividend Payment Date; and then (c) dividing the resulting amount by the Fair Market Value of
one Share on
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such Dividend Payment Date. Additional Rights awarded pursuant to this Section to a
Participant that holds an Award of Rights shall be exercisable at the same time and upon the same
terms as the Rights with respect to which such additional Rights are to be issued; provided that,
the Base Price of such rights shall be equal to the Fair Market Value of a Share, determined as of
the applicable Dividend Payment Date.
7.03 Termination of Service. Except as the instrument evidencing the grant of an
Award of Rights may otherwise provide, upon an Eligible Persons Termination of Service for any
reason prior to the expiration of the Appreciation Period which is in effect for any Right (and
related Dividend Equivalent Units) standing to his or her credit immediately prior to such
Termination of Service, the Eligible Persons right to exercise such Right shall be forfeited and
cancelled as of the date of such Termination of Service, and no payment of any kind shall be made
with respect to such Right and related Dividend Equivalent Units.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Committee so determines, in its discretion, the
instrument evidencing the Award of such Right may provide that if the Eligible Persons Termination
of Service occurs prior to the end of the Appreciation Period established for such Right as a
result of the Eligible Persons death, Disability or Retirement (but not for any other reason),
payment will be made with respect to all or a Pro Rata Portion of such Right and any related
Dividend Equivalent Units. In such case, only the Eligible Persons right to receive payment with
respect to any remaining portion of the Right (and related Dividend Equivalent Units) for which
such Appreciation Period was established shall be cancelled and forfeited. Any payment required to
be made with respect to an Eligible Persons Right (and related Dividend Equivalent Units) pursuant
to this paragraph shall be made as soon as practicable after the date of such persons Termination
of Service, and shall be made in the manner specified in Section 7.04.
7.04 Payment of Awards. In the case of Rights, (including related Dividend Equivalent
Units), payment shall be made: (a) by the issuance and delivery to the Participant of a stock
certificate for a number of Shares having a Fair Market Value on the date the Rights are exercised
equal to: (i) the aggregate Fair Market Value of the Shares used as the basis for determining the
value of the Rights being exercised, determined as of the date the Rights are exercised; minus (ii)
the aggregate Base Price in effect for the Rights being exercised; and (b) by payment in cash for
any fractional Shares which would be issued using the formula contained in (a) above. Issuance of
certificates for Shares shall be made in such manner and at such time or times as provided in such
instrument. Unless otherwise provided by the instrument evidencing the grant of Rights, issuance
of certificates for Shares with respect to any part or all of a Participants Rights (including any
related Dividend Equivalent Units) may be deferred, at the Participants election, upon such terms
and conditions as are specified by the Participant, in writing, subject to the restrictions on
deferral of compensation contained in Code Section 409A.
ARTICLE 8.
TRANSFERABILITY OF AWARDS
8.01 Restrictions on Transfers. Except as otherwise provided by Section 8.02 below:
(a) any Option granted to an Eligible Person under the Plan shall be nontransferable and may be
exercised during the Eligible Persons lifetime only by the Eligible Person; (b) any Restricted
Shares, Restricted Units, Performance Shares, Performance Units and Rights granted to an
Eligible Person under the Plan shall not be transferrable by the Eligible Person during his or
her
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lifetime; and (c) a Participants right to receive payment of Shares or cash with respect to
any Award granted to the Participant under the Plan shall not be subject in any manner to
anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, attachment, or
garnishment by creditors of the Participant.
8.02 Permitted Transfers. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 8.01 above, if
the instrument evidencing the grant of any Award other than an Incentive Stock Option so provides,
the recipient of such Award may transfer his or her rights with respect to such Award, or any
portion thereof, to any family member of the recipient, as that term is defined in the General
Instructions to Form S-8 promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, subject to such limitations, terms and conditions as may be specified in
such instrument.
ARTICLE 9.
EFFECTS OF CHANGE IN CONTROL
9.01 Change in Control. Notwithstanding any other provision in the Plan to the
contrary, except as otherwise provided in the Merger Sale Agreement entered into by the Company in
connection with a Change in Control, upon the occurrence of a Change in Control, the following
provisions shall apply:
(a) Each Option outstanding on the day immediately preceding the date on which the Change in
Control occurs shall be converted to a right to receive an Option Cash Out Payment. Payment of the
Option Cash Out Payment shall be made to the holder of the Option in one lump sum payment, less
applicable withholding taxes, on the date on which the Change in Control occurs.
(b) Each Right outstanding on the day immediately preceding the date on which the Change in
Control occurs shall be converted to a right to receive the Right Cash Out Payment. Payment of the
Right Cash Out Payment shall be made to the holder of the Right in one lump sum payment, less
applicable withholding taxes, on the date on which the Change in Control occurs.
(c) The Restricted Periods applicable to all Restricted Shares and Restricted Units (including
any related Dividend Equivalent Units) granted to a Participant hereunder that are still
outstanding on the day immediately preceding the date on which such Change in Control occurs shall
expire on such date; all Restrictions applicable to such outstanding Restricted Shares, Restricted
Units and related Dividend Equivalent Units shall lapse on such date; and the Participants rights
to receive delivery or payment with respect to all such outstanding Restricted Shares, Restricted
Units and related Dividend Equivalent Units shall become nonforfeitable as of such date. Payment
with respect to such outstanding Restricted Shares, Restricted Units and related Dividend
Equivalent Units shall be made on the date the Change in Control occurs. Unless the Committee
determines that payment with respect to Restricted Shares and Restricted Units is to be made in the
form of a cash payment instead of the issuance and delivery of Shares, the Company shall take
whatever steps are necessary to cause all such Restricted Shares and Shares attributable to
Restricted Units to be issued to the applicable Participants, and to be treated as outstanding, as
of the date the Change in Control occurs.
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(d) The Performance Periods applicable to all Performance Shares and Performance Units
(including any related Dividend Equivalent Units) granted to a Participant hereunder that are still
outstanding on the day immediately preceding the date on which such Change in Control occurs shall
end on such date; all Performance Goals that were established in connection with the Award of such
Performance Shares or Performance Units shall be deemed to have been satisfied in full as of such
date; the number of Performance Shares or the percentage of the Performance Units as to which
payment is to be made in the event the Performance Goal or Goals applicable to the Award of such
Shares or Units are met at the targeted level of performance, as specified in the instrument
evidencing the grant of such Award, shall be deemed to be earned in full as of such date; and the
Participant shall acquire on such date a nonforfeitable right to receive payment with respect to
such number of Performance Shares (including any cash payment for dividends payable thereon, if the
instrument evidencing the grant of such shares provides for such cash payment), or with respect to
such percentage of the Performance Units (and any related Dividend Equivalent Units), determined
without any adjustment under Section 6.09(a) or (b). Payment with respect to such Performance
Shares, Performance Units and related Dividend Equivalent Units shall be made on the date the
Change in Control occurs. Unless the Committee determines that payment with respect to such
Performance Shares and Performance Units is to be made in the form of a cash payment instead of by
the issuance and delivery of Shares, the Company shall take whatever steps are necessary to cause
all such Performance Shares and Shares attributable to Performance Units to be issued to the
applicable Participants, and to be treated as outstanding, as of the date the Change in Control
occurs.
9.02 Substitution of New Awards. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 9.01, if
provided for by a Merger Sale Agreement entered into in connection with a Change in Control, the
rights of Participants under any Awards outstanding on the day immediately preceding the Change in
Control shall be honored or assumed or new rights issued therefor by the entity which survives the
Change in Control (each such honored, assumed or substituted option being hereinafter an
Alternative Award); provided that, any such Alternative Award satisfies the following criteria:
(a) the Alternative Award must be based on stock which is traded on an established securities
market, or which will be so traded within thirty (30) days of the Change in Control;
(b) the Alternative Award must provide the Participant with rights and entitlements
substantially equivalent to or better than the rights, terms and conditions applicable under such
Award, including, but not limited to, an identical or better exercise schedule; and
(c) the Alternative Award must have economic value substantially equivalent to the value of
such Award (determined at the time of the Change in Control).
ARTICLE 10.
ADMINISTRATION
10.01 Administration of the Plan. (a) (a) Except as otherwise specifically provided
in the Plan, the Plan shall be administered by: (i) the Board of Directors, with respect to all
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pertaining to Awards that may be granted or that have been granted hereunder to any
Director that is an Eligible Person; (ii) by the Compensation Committee, with respect to all
matters pertaining to Awards that may be made or that have been made to Employees, except as
otherwise provided in (iii); and (iii) by the CEO, with respect to those specific matters
pertaining to Awards to Employees who are not Executive Officers that are within the scope of the
authority granted to the CEO under Section 10.05 below or delegated by the Compensation Committee
to the CEO pursuant to Section 10.02 below.
(b) No Covered Individual shall be liable for any action or determination made in good faith
with respect to the Plan or any Award granted under the Plan. The Company shall, to the maximum
extent permitted by applicable law and the Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws of the Company,
indemnify and hold each Covered Individual harmless from and against any loss, cost or expense
(including reasonable attorney fees) or liability (including any amount paid in settlement of a
claim with the approval of the Company) arising out of any act or omission to act in connection
with the Plan or any Award granted pursuant to the Plan. Such indemnification shall be in addition
to any rights of indemnification such individuals may have under applicable law or under the
Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws of the Company.
10.02 The Committees Power and Authority. In addition to the responsibilities and
powers assigned to the Committee elsewhere in the Plan, the Committee shall have the authority, in
its discretion, to establish, from time to time, guidelines or regulations for the administration
of the Plan, to interpret the Plan, and to make all determinations it considers necessary or
advisable for the administration of the Plan. All decisions, actions or interpretations of the
Committee under the Plan shall be final, conclusive and binding upon all parties.
The Committee may designate Employees of the Company and professional advisors to assist the
Committee in its administration of the Plan and may grant authority to Employees of the Company to
execute agreements or other documents on behalf of the Committee in connection with the
administration of the Plan. The Committee may employ such legal counsel, consultants and agents as
it may deem desirable for the administration of the Plan and may rely upon any advice and any
computation received from any such counsel, consultant or agent. The Company shall pay all
expenses and costs incurred by the Committee for the engagement of any such counsel, consultant or
agent.
10.03 Modification of Awards. (a) (a) To the extent not inconsistent with the terms
of the Plan or any provision of applicable law, the Committee, in its discretion, may waive or
modify any of the terms and conditions set forth in the instrument evidencing the grant of any
Award made to a Participant hereunder, including without limitation: (i) in the case of any Option,
to permit such Option to become exercisable as to any portion of the Shares subject to the Option
at any time earlier than the time specified in such instrument, to extend the term of such Option
beyond the date specified in such instrument as the expiration date for the term of the Option (but
not beyond the day immediately preceding the tenth anniversary of the Date of Grant of the Option),
or to permit such Option, to the extent it has become or becomes exercisable, to remain exercisable
for any period of time (including any period after the Eligible Persons Termination
of Service for any reason) beyond the period of time specified in such instrument but not
beyond the date of expiration of the Option, including any extension thereof permitted under this
clause (a); (ii) in the case of any Award of Restricted Shares or Restricted Units, to cause the
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Period applicable to such Restricted Shares or Restricted Units (including any related
Dividend Equivalent Units) to expire, and the Restrictions applicable to such Restricted Shares or
Restricted Units to lapse, as of any date earlier than the date provided for in such instrument;
(iii) in the case of any Award of Performance Shares or Performance Units (including any related
Dividend Equivalent Units), to cause the Performance Period applicable to such Performance Shares
or Performance Units to expire and to treat the Performance Goal or Goals established with respect
to such Performance Shares or Performance Units as having been met, in full or in part; and (iv) in
the case of any Award of Rights (including any related Dividend Equivalent Units), to cause the
Appreciation Period applicable to such Rights to expire as of any date earlier than the date
provided for in such instrument.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, no waiver or amendment may be authorized or directed by the
Committee pursuant to this Section 10.03 without the consent of the Participant if: (i) it would
adversely affect, to any material extent, any of the rights or obligations of the Participant with
respect to such Award; or (ii) in the case of any Option granted hereunder that was intended to
constitute an Incentive Stock Option, if such waiver or amendment would cause such Option to fail
to be treated as an incentive stock option within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code. In
addition, no such waiver or amendment may be authorized or directed by the Committee pursuant to
this Section 10.03 with respect to any Option, Restricted Shares or Restricted Units, Performance
Shares or Performance Units or Rights awarded to any Covered Executive, if such waiver or amendment
would cause the delivery of Shares or the payment of any cash amounts that are made with respect to
such Award to fail to be deductible for federal income tax purposes pursuant to the applicable
provisions of Section 162(m) of the Code and the regulations issued thereunder.
10.04 CEO Power and Authority. With respect to such number of Shares as the
Compensation Committee may in its discretion determine to be available from time to time for the
grant of Awards in any form to Employees who are not Executive Officers, the CEO shall have the
authority: (a) to determine which of such Employees shall receive Awards in each form specified by
the Compensation Committee; (b) to determine the time or times when Awards in such form shall be
made to such Eligible Employees; (c) to determine the number of Shares that will be subject to any
Option, or the number of Restricted Shares, Restricted Units, Performance Shares, Performance Units
or Rights, to be included in any Award to any such Employee; (d) with respect to any Award of
Performance Shares or Performance Units made to any such Employees, to make all determinations
which the Committee is authorized to make with respect to such Award under the provisions of
Section 6.02, Section 6.07 and Section 6.09(a); and (e) with respect to any Awards made to any such
Employees pursuant to the CEOs exercise of the authority granted to him under this Section 10.04,
to exercise all of the authority and powers granted to the Committee under Section 10.02 above and
under the second paragraph of Section 10.05 below, but only to the extent that any such exercise by
the CEO is not inconsistent with any action taken by the Compensation Committee, or with any
determination, decision or interpretation of the Plan made by the Compensation Committee, under
Section 10.02 above or any delegation made by the Compensation Committee under the second paragraph
of Section 10.05 below.
Except for the matters specified in the foregoing paragraph and any additional matters
pertaining to Awards to Employees who are not Executive Officers with respect to which
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has been granted to the CEO pursuant to this Section 10.04, the CEO shall not have any of the
authority or powers otherwise granted to the Compensation Committee under any other provisions of
the Plan.
The Compensation Committee in its discretion may at any time, by resolution duly adopted by it
and without any amendment of the Plan, revoke or modify in any manner or respect the authority and
powers granted to the CEO under this Section 10.04.
10.05 Delegation. In addition to the authority and powers granted to the CEO under
Section 10.04 above, the Compensation Committee in its discretion may, by resolution duly adopted
by it, delegate to the CEO authority with respect to such other matters pertaining to Awards to
Employees who are not Executive Officers as the Compensation Committee may specify in such
resolution. Any authority so delegated to the CEO may be revoked or modified by the Compensation
Committee, in whole or in part, at any time.
The Committee may delegate any ministerial or nondiscretionary function pertaining to the
administration of the Plan to any one or more officers or other employees of the Company or any of
its Affiliates.
10.06 Non-U.S. Participants. In order to comply with any applicable provisions of
local law and regulations in any foreign country in which the Company or any of its Affiliates
operates, the Committee may in its sole discretion: (a) modify the terms and conditions of Awards
granted under the Plan to Eligible Persons located in such foreign country; (b) establish subplans
with such modifications to the terms of the Plan as it determines to be necessary or appropriate
under the circumstances applicable in such foreign country; or (c) take any other action that it
deems necessary or appropriate in order to comply with, or obtain any exemptions from the
applicability of, the local laws and regulations in such foreign country.
10.07 Designation and Change of Beneficiary. Each Participant shall file with the
Committee, or with such Employee of the Company who has been designated by the Committee to receive
same, a written designation of one or more persons as the Beneficiary who shall be entitled to
receive any Shares or cash amount payable with respect to any Award upon or after the Participants
death. A Participant may, from time to time, revoke or change his or her Beneficiary designation
without the consent of any previously designated Beneficiary by filing a new designation with the
Committee or its designee. The last such designation received by the Committee or its designee
shall be controlling; provided, however, that no designation, or change or revocation thereof,
shall be effective unless received by the Committee prior to the Participants death, and in no
event shall it be effective as of a date prior to such receipt. If at the date of a Participants
death, there is no designation of a Beneficiary in effect for the Participant pursuant to the
provisions of this Section 10.07, or if no Beneficiary designated by the Participant in accordance
with the provisions hereof survives to receive any Shares or cash amount payable under the Plan
with respect to the Participant after his or death, the Participants estate shall be treated as
the Participants Beneficiary for purposes of the Plan.
10.08 Taxes. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, the Company and each of
its Affiliates may make such provisions and take such steps as it may deem necessary or appropriate
for the withholding of all federal, state and local taxes required by law to be withheld
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respect to the exercise of any Option or with respect any payments to be made in respect of any
other form of Award granted to a Participant under the Plan, including but not limited to: (a)
deducting the amount of taxes so required to be withheld from any other compensation or other
amounts then or thereafter payable to the Participant, and/or (b) withholding delivery of any
Shares or payment of any cash amount otherwise required to be delivered or paid to the Participant
with respect to the exercise of such Option, or with respect to such other form of Award, until the
amount of taxes so required to be withheld has been paid in full to the Company or any of its
Affiliated Companies. With the approval of the Compensation Committee and subject to such terms
and conditions as it may require, such amount may be paid in Shares previously owned by the
Participant, or by the surrender of a portion of the Shares that otherwise would be delivered or
paid to such Participant with respect to his or her Award, or by a combination of payments in cash
and Shares.
10.09 Amendment or Termination. The Board of Directors may, with prospective or
retroactive effect, amend, suspend or terminate the Plan or any portion thereof at any time;
provided, however, that: (a) no amendment, suspension or termination of the Plan shall, without the
Participants written consent, adversely affect the rights of any Participant with respect to any
Awards previously granted to the Participant; and (b) no amendment which constitutes a material
revision of the Plan, as the term material revision is defined in the applicable NASDAQ rules,
shall be effective unless approved by the stockholders of the Company in the manner required by
such rules and by applicable law.
10.10 Participant Rights Unsecured. A Participant shall have the status of a general
unsecured creditor of the Company with respect to his or her right to receive any cash payment
provided for by the instrument containing the terms of any Award made pursuant to the Plan. The
Plan and the instrument containing the terms of any Award providing for the payment of cash shall
constitute a mere promise by the Company to make payments in the future of the benefits provided
for therein. It is intended that the arrangements reflected in the Plan be treated as unfunded for
tax purposes, as well as for purposes of any applicable provisions of Title I of ERISA.
10.11 Terms of Employment Not Affected. Neither the Plan nor any Award granted to a
Participant hereunder or any other action taken in connection with the Plan shall be construed as
giving any Participant any right to be retained in the employment of the Company or any of its
Affiliates. In addition, the Plan, any Award granted to a Participant hereunder and any other
action taken by the Committee pursuant to the Plan shall not be deemed or construed to interfere
with the right of the Company or any of its Affiliates to terminate a Participants employment or
service at any time subject, however, to the Participants rights under any employment contract in
effect between the Participant and the Company or any of its Affiliates.
No Award made to a Participant under the Plan, and no payment made with respect to such Award,
shall be considered as compensation or wages payable to the Participant for purposes of determining
the amount of contributions or benefits the Participant may be entitled
to receive under any employee benefit plan of the Company or any of its Affiliates, except as
specifically provided in such plan or as otherwise determined by the Board of Directors.
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10.12 Successors. The obligations of the Company under the Plan shall be binding upon
any successor Company or organization resulting from the merger, consolidation or other
reorganization of the Company, or upon any successor Company or organization succeeding to
substantially all of the assets and business of the Company. The Company agrees that it will make
appropriate provision for the preservation of Participants rights under the Plan in any agreement
or plan which it may enter into or adopt to effect any such merger, consolidation, reorganization
or transfer of assets.
10.13 Binding Effect. The provisions of the Plan and the terms and conditions
contained in the instrument evidencing any Award made to a Participant hereunder shall be binding
upon the Participant, his or her successors and permitted transferees.
10.14 Governing Law. The Plan shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of New York without reference to its conflicts of law principles.
10.15 Effective Date. The initial adoption of the Plan was approved by the Board of
Directors on November 30, 2004, and by the stockholders of the Company on May 19, 2005. This
amendment and restatement was approved by the Board of Directors on February 16, 2006 and shall be
effective as of the date, set forth below, on which it is executed by an authorized officer of the
Company and supercedes the provisions of the Plan as in effect immediately prior to such date.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Gibraltar Industries, Inc. has caused this Plan to be executed as of the
18th day of December, 2006.
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EX-10.2
Exhibit 10.2
GIBRALTAR INDUSTRIES, INC.
MANAGEMENT STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
First Amendment and Restatement
Effective as of May 19, 2005, Gibraltar Industries, Inc., a Delaware corporation with offices
at 3556 Lake Shore Road, Buffalo, New York (the Company) established the Gibraltar Industries,
Inc. 2005 Equity Incentive Plan (the Omnibus Plan) to enable the Company to grant awards of
equity based compensation its employees and to non-employee directors, consultants and service
providers.
In addition, effective as of May 19, 2005, the Company established the Gibraltar Industries,
Inc. Management Stock Purchase Plan (the Plan) to set forth a uniform set of principals under
which certain of the Companys management employees would be permitted to purchase Restricted Stock
Units which the Company is authorized to issue pursuant to the Omnibus Plan.
Pursuant to the terms of the Plan and the Omnibus Plan, the Plan is to be treated as an
instrument evidencing the grant of an Award under the Omnibus Plan.
The Company now desires to amend and restate the Plan to permit the Companys non-Employee
Directors to elect to defer their receipt of their Director Fees and to have Restricted Stock Units
credited to an Account established for their benefit under the Plan in lieu of their receipt of
their Director Fees and to make certain other technical changes.
In connection with the foregoing, the Company hereby adopts the following as the First
Amendment and Restatement of the Gibraltar Industries, Inc. Management Stock Purchase Plan.
ARTICLE 1.
DEFINITIONS
The following words and phrases, when used in this Plan, shall have the following meanings,
unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context:
1.01 Account means the account or accounts established and maintained by the Committee
for each Participant to reflect the number of Restricted Units allocated to the Participant and to
reflect the amount which is payable to such Participant under the terms of this Plan.
1.02 Affiliate means any corporation under common control with the Company within the
meaning of Internal Revenue Code Section 414(b) and any trade or business (whether
or not
incorporated) under common control with the Company within the meaning of Internal Revenue
Code Section 414(c).
1.03 Annual Bonus Plan means the Gibraltar Industries, Inc. Annual Incentive
Compensation Plan as adopted by the Board of Directors on November 30, 2004.
1.04 Beneficiary means any person, firm, corporation, trust or other entity
designated, in writing, by a Participant to receive any payment or distribution required to be made
under this Plan upon or after the Participants death, or if none, his or her spouse, or, if
neither, his or her estate.
1.05 Applicable Interest Rate means, for each Plan Year, an annual rate of interest
equal to the sum of: (a) two percent (2%); and (b) the average of the annualized rates of interest
payable on ten (10) year U.S. Treasury Notes, as reported by the Federal Reserve Board on a weekly
average basis for the four weeks in which January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1 of the Plan Year
occur.
1.06 Board of Directors means the Board of Directors of the Company.
1.07 Bonus means the amount, if any, payable to an Eligible Employee under the terms
of the Annual Bonus Plan for services rendered by the Eligible Employee to the Company or any
Affiliate of the Company for a calendar year. The determination of the Committee of the amount of
an Eligible Employees Bonus within the meaning of the foregoing shall be conclusive.
1.08 Bonus Deferral Unit means each Restricted Unit which is allocated to the Account
of a Participant that is an Eligible Employee pursuant to the provisions of Section 4.03.
1.09 Cause means that the Committee has determined (and provided the Eligible Employee
a written statement of its determination) that the Eligible Employee has engaged in egregious acts
or omissions which have resulted in material injury to the Company and its business.
1.10 Change in Control means the occurrence of any of the following:
(a) During any twelve-consecutive month period, any person or group of persons (within the
meaning of Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act))
other than the Company, an Affiliate of the Company, an employee benefit plan sponsored by the
Company or any one or more members of the Lipke family becomes the beneficial owner (as defined
in section 13(d) of the Exchange Act) of thirty five percent (35%) or more of the then outstanding
voting stock of the Company through a transaction which has not (or a series of transactions which
have not) been arranged by or consummated with the prior approval of the Board of Directors; or
(b) a majority of the members of the Board of Directors is replaced during any consecutive
twelve-month period by Directors whose appointment or election is not endorsed by
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a majority of the members of the Board of Directors prior to the date of appointment or
election;
(c) the Company enters into a Merger Sale Agreement; provided however, that the entry into a
Merger Sale Agreement shall only be deemed a Change in Control if the Eligible Employees
employment with or service to the Company and all of its Affiliates is terminated by his Employer
without Cause or by the Eligible Employee for a Good Reason, in each case, at any time during the
period beginning on the date the Merger Sale Agreement is executed and ending on the date the
transaction contemplated by the Merger Sale Agreement is consummated; or
(d) the consummation of a Merger Sale.
1.11 Common Stock means the common stock (par value $0.01 per share) of the Company.
1.12 Committee means: (a) with respect to any Eligible Employee that is an Executive
Officer, the Board of Directors upon the recommendation of the Compensation Committee of the Board
of Directors; (b) with respect to any non-Employee member of the Board of Directors, the Board of
Directors upon the recommendation of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors; and (c)
with respect to any Eligible Employee that is not an Executive Officer, the administrative
committee appointed by the Board of Directors to administer this Plan pursuant to Article 7 hereof.
1.13 Compensation means an amount equal to the total salary or wages paid or payable
by an Employer to a Participant at the Participants regular rate for services actually rendered
including commissions, overtime and bonuses (whether or not any such salary, wages, commissions,
overtime or bonus is actually paid to the Participant as a result of the Participants election to
defer receipt of such compensation) but excluding the amount of any contributions allocated to the
account of the Participant under the terms of the Gibraltar 401(k) Plan and the amount of any other
contributions or benefits made to or for the benefit of any Participant under any qualified or
non-qualified pension, profit sharing, insurance, hospitalization or other plan or policy
maintained by the Company for the benefit of any such Participant. The decision of the Committee
as to what constitutes Compensation within the meaning of the foregoing definitions shall be
conclusive.
1.14 Deferred Bonus Election Form means the form which an Eligible Employee is
required to execute and deliver to the Committee on or prior to June 30 of a Plan Year in order to
defer his receipt of payment (due to be made in the following Plan Year) of a portion of the Bonus,
if any, payable to the Eligible Employee with respect to services performed for the Company and its
Affiliates in the Plan Year in which the Eligible Employee makes the election to defer his receipt
of payment of his Bonus. The Deferred Bonus Election Form shall specify the portion, if any, of
the Eligible Employees Bonus which the Eligible Employee is electing to defer his receipt of and
such other information as may be required by the Committee in its discretion.
1.15 Deferred Director Fee Election Form means the form which an Eligible Director is
required to executed and deliver to the Committee in order to defer his receipt of all or any
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portion of his Director Fees, which form shall be delivered to the Committee: (a) in the first year
that the Eligible Director becomes eligible to defer his receipt of any portion of his Director
Fees,
no later than thirty (30) days following the date that the Eligible Director becomes eligible
to defer his receipt of his Director Fees; and (b) with respect to any Director Fees which are to
be deferred by an Eligible Director for a calendar year following the calendar year in which the
non-Employee Director first becomes eligible to defer his Director Fees, no later than December 31
of the calendar year ending immediately prior to the calendar year in which any portion of the
Eligible Directors Fees is to be deferred.
1.16 Director Fees means the total cash amount payable to a non-Employee Director in
connection with the services he provides to the Company as a member of the Board of Directors,
including, but not limited to, the non-Employee Directors Retainer Fee, any fees payable in
connection with the attendance by such non-Employee Director at any meetings of the Board of
Directors or any committee of the Board of Directors and any fees payable in connection with duties
performed by any such non-Employee Director as chairman of any committee of the Board of Directors.
The term Director Fees shall not include any awards of restricted stock, stock options or other
equity based compensation paid to non-Employee Directors.
1.17 Director Fee Deferral Units means each Restricted Unit which is allocated,
pursuant to the provisions of Section 5.03, to the Account of a Participant that is an Eligible
Director. The term Director Fee Deferral Unit shall include Retainer Fee Deferral Units credited
to the Account of a Participant that is an Eligible Director.
1.18 Eligible Director means each non-Employee member of the Board of Directors.
1.19 Eligible Employee means each Employee who has been determined by the Committee to
be eligible for participation in this Plan. Any determination by the Committee that an Employee is
an Eligible Employee shall be conclusive and binding on all persons.
1.20 Employee means each individual engaged in rendering services to an Employer for
wages as defined in Section 3121(a) of the Code.
1.21 Employer means the Company and each Affiliate of the Company.
1.22 Executive Officer means: (a) the Companys Chief Executive Officer; (b) the
Companys President; (c) the Companys principal financial officer; (d) the Companys principal
accounting officer; (e) any Vice President of the Company who is in charge of a principal business
unit, division or function; (f) any other officer of the Company who performs a policy making
function for the Company; (g) any officer of any Affiliate who performs policy making functions for
the Company; and (h) any other person who performs policy making functions for the Company
1.23 Fair Market Value means, for purposes of determining the value of any Share or
Unit: (a) in all cases other than a determination of Fair Market Value made in connection with a
distribution to be made upon the occurrence of a Change in Control, the average of the closing
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prices of a share of Common Stock as reported by the NASDAQ National Market System on each of the
two hundred (200) consecutive trading days immediately preceding the date as of
which the determination of Fair Market Value is to be made; and (b) in connection with
distributions to be made upon the occurrence of a Change in Control, the closing price of a share
of Common Stock as reported by the NASDAQ National Market System on the date the Change in Control
occurs.
1.24 Good Reason means that: (a) the Eligible Employees annual base salary and/or
annual Bonus is reduced or any other material compensation or benefits arrangement for the Eligible
Employee is materially reduced (and such reduction is unrelated to the Companys, a Company
Affiliates or the Eligible Employees performance); (b) the Eligible Employees duties or
responsibilities are negatively and materially changed in a manner inconsistent with the Eligible
Employees position (including status, offices, titles and reporting requirements) or authority;
(c) the Company requires the Eligible Employees work location or residence to be relocated more
than 50 miles from its location as of the date the Merger Sale Agreement is executed; or (d) the
Company or its successor fails to offer the Eligible Employee a position after the Change in
Control comparable to that held by the Executive immediately prior to the Change in Control.
1.25 Internal Revenue Code, Code and IRC each mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended.
1.26 Key Employee means any Employee who, at any time during the Plan Year is: (a) a
five percent (5%) owner of the Company; (b) a one percent (1%) owner of the Company having annual
Compensation from his Employer of more than $150,000; or (c) an officer of the Employer having
annual Compensation which is greater than $130,000, adjusted for inflation at the same time and in
the same manner that adjustments to contributions and benefits under a tax qualified retirement
plan are made under Section 415(d) of the Internal Revenue Code; provided that, the base period for
making any such adjustment shall be the calendar quarter beginning July 1, 2001 and any increase in
such Compensation which is not a multiple of $5,000 shall be rounded to the next lower multiple of
$5,000. For purposes of Section 1.26(c) above, no more than fifty (50) Employees shall be treated
as officers.
1.27 Matching Percentage means the percentage (up to one hundred percent (100%)) of
the amount of the Bonus which has been deferred by an Eligible Employee which will be used to
calculate the number of Matching Units to be credited to the Account of the Eligible Employee. The
amount of an Eligible Employees Matching Percentage will be specified in the Deferred Bonus
Election Form which the Eligible Employee is required to execute and deliver in connection with his
deferral of any portion of his Bonus.
1.28 Matching Units means: (a) Restricted Units allocated to the Account of an
Eligible Employee pursuant to Section 6.01 hereof and having an aggregate value, determined as of
the date Bonus Deferral Units are allocated to the Eligible Employees Account, equal to: Ii) the
amount of the Bonus deferred by the Eligible Employee; multiplied by (ii) the Eligible Employees
matching Percentage; and (b) and Restricted Units allocated to the Account of an Eligible Director
pursuant to Section 6.01 hereof (to reflect Retainer Fee Deferral Units allocated
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to such Eligible
Directors Account pursuant to Section 5.03).
1.29 Merger Sale means the consolidation, merger, or other reorganization of the
Company, other than: (a) any such consolidation, merger or reorganization of the Company in which
holders of Common Stock immediately prior to the earlier of: (i) the Board of Directors approval
of such consolidation, merger or other reorganization; or (ii) the date of the stockholders meeting
in which such consolidation, merger or other reorganization is approved, continue to hold more than
eighty percent (80%) of the outstanding voting securities of the surviving entity immediately after
the consolidation, merger, or other reorganization; and (b) any such consolidation, merger or other
reorganization which is effected pursuant to the terms of a Merger Sale Agreement which provides
that the consolidation, merger or other reorganization contemplated by the Merger Sale Agreement
will not constitute a Change in Control for purposes of this Plan.
1.30 Merger Sale Agreement means an agreement between the Company and any one or more
other persons, firms, corporations or other entities (which are not Affiliates of the Company)
providing for a consolidation, merger or other reorganization in which the holders of Common Stock
of the Company immediately prior to the Companys execution of such agreement do not hold more than
eighty percent (80%) of the outstanding voting securities of the surviving entity immediately after
the consummation of the consolidation, merger, or other reorganization contemplated by such
agreement.
1.31 Participant means each Eligible Employee and each Eligible Director who becomes a
participant in the Plan pursuant to Article 3.
1.32 Plan means this non-qualified plan of deferred equity based incentive
compensation known as the Gibraltar Industries, Inc. Management Stock Purchase Plan.
1.33 Plan Year means the twelve (12) consecutive month period beginning January 1,
2005 and each twelve (12) consecutive month period beginning on each January 1 thereafter.
1.34 Restricted Unit means each Unit (whether a Bonus Deferral Unit, a Director Fee
Deferral Unit or a Matching Unit) credited to the Account of a Participant and any additional units
which may be credited to a Participants Account with respect to such Units pursuant to the
provisions of Section 6.03 hereof.
1.35 Restricted Stock means Shares which have been granted pursuant to the Omnibus
Plan subject to specified restrictions on the transferability of such Shares.
1.36 Retainer Fee means the annual amount payable by the Company to a non-Employee
Director as a retainer for his services as a member of the Board of Directors excluding amounts:
(a) paid to the non-Employee Director: (i) for attendance at meetings of the Board of Directors;
(ii) for attendance at meetings of any committee of the Board of Directors; (iii) to serve as a
chairman of any Committee of the Board of Directors; (b) attributable to awards of Restricted Stock
or any other equity interest in the Company; (c) attributable to the vesting of
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shares of
Restricted Stock of the Company; or (d) the exercise of any options to purchase Shares.
1.37 Retainer Fee Deferral Unit means each Restricted Unit which is allocated,
pursuant to the provisions of Section 5.03 to the Account of a Participant that is an Eligible
Director and reflects the portion, if any, of the Retainer Fee which has been deferred by the
Eligible Director.
1.38 Share means a share of Common Stock.
1.39 Unit means a unit of measurement equivalent to one Share, with none of the
attendant rights of a shareholder of such Share, (including among the rights which the holder of a
Unit does not have are the right to vote such Share and the right to receive dividends thereon),
except to the extent otherwise specifically provided herein.
ARTICLE 2.
OVERVIEW OF PLAN OPERATION
2.01 General Description of Plan Operation. In general, the Plan will be operated in
the manner described in this Section 2.01. The more specific provisions relating to the Plan and
its operation are contained in the remaining Articles of this Plan.
(a) Individual Employees will be selected for participation in the Plan by the Committee.
Each non-Employee Director will, by virtue of such status, be eligible to participate in the Plan.
(b) If an Employee is selected for participation in the Plan the Employee will be entitled to
defer receipt of up to fifty percent (50%) of the Bonus that the Employee is entitled to receive
under the Annual Bonus Plan. In addition, each Eligible Director will be entitled to defer up to
one hundred percent (100%) of his Director Fees.
(c) Due to applicable tax rules, an Eligible Employee that elects to defer his receipt of
payment of a portion of his Bonus must file his election to defer a portion of his Bonus with the
Committee no later than June 30 of the calendar year in which he performs the services which will
give rise to his entitlement to payment of the Bonus to be deferred. In addition, due to these
applicable tax rules, an Eligible Director that elects to defer any portion of his Director Fees
must file his election to defer any portion of his Director Fees with the Committee no later than
December 31 of the calendar year immediately preceding the calendar year in which the Director Fees
which he is electing to defer will be paid.
(d) If an Eligible Employee elects to defer his receipt of payment of a portion of his Bonus,
at the time his Bonus is payable (which is in the calendar year following the year in which he
makes his election to defer his Bonus), the portion of his Bonus which he has elected to defer will
not be paid to him and, instead, the Committee will credit an Account which will be established for
his benefit with a number of Restricted Units equal to the number of Shares he could have purchased
using the deferred portion of his Bonus at a price per Share equal to the
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Fair Market Value of a
Share on the date he receives payment of his Bonus.
(e) If an Eligible Director elects to defer his receipt of payment of any portion of his
Director Fees, on each date that he is entitled to payment of any portion of his Director Fees,
whether attributable to Retainer Fees, fees for attendance at meetings of the Board of Directors or
any committee thereof, or any other fees, a portion (stated as a percentage) of his Director Fees
which he has elected to defer will not be paid to him and, instead, the Committee will credit an
Account which will be established for his benefit with a number of Restricted Units equal to the
number of Shares he could have purchased using the deferred portion of his Director Fees at a price
per Share equal to the Fair Market Value of a Share determined as of the date Director Fee Deferral
Units are to be allocated to the Directors Account as provided for in the Deferred Director Fee
Election Form.
(f) In addition to the Bonus Deferral Units that are credited to the Account of a Participant
that is an Eligible Employee as described in (d) above, at the same time that Bonus Deferral Units
are credited to such Eligible Employees Account, the Committee will credit the Eligible Employees
Account with an additional number of Restricted Units (Matching Units) which have an aggregate Fair
Market Value, determined as of the date that Bonus Deferral Units are credited to the Account of
the Eligible Employee, equal to the total amount of the Bonus which was deferred by the Eligible
Employee multiplied by the Eligible Employees Matching Percentage. Similarly, in addition to the
Director Fee Deferral Units credited to the Account of a Participant that is an Eligible Director
as described in (e) above, at the same time that Director Fee Deferral Units are credited to such
Eligible Directors Account, the Committee will credit the Eligible Directors Account with an
additional number of Matching Units equal to the number of Retainer Fee Deferral Units, if any,
credited to the Eligible Directors Account.
(g) The total value of the Restricted Units credited to the Account of a Participant that is
an Eligible Employee will not be distributable to the Eligible Employee until the Eligible
Employees employment is terminated or, if earlier, the date a Change in Control occurs. However,
if the Eligible Employees employment is terminated before he has attained age sixty (60), the
Matching Units credited to the Eligible Employees Account will be forfeited and the amount which
is distributable to the Eligible Employee will only consist of an amount equal to the value of the
Bonus Deferral Units credited to the Eligible Employees Account.
(h) The total value of the Restricted Units credited to the Account of a Participant that is
an Eligible Director will not be distributable to the Eligible Director until the date on which the
Eligible Directors status as a member of the Board of Directors is terminated or, if earlier, the
date a Change in Control occurs. However, if the Eligible Directors status as a member of the
Board of Directors is terminated before he has attained age sixty (60), the Matching Units credited
to the Eligible Directors Account will be forfeited and the amount which is distributable to the
Eligible Director will only consist of an amount equal to the value of the Retainer Fee Deferral
Units credited to the Eligible Directors Account.
(i) At the time a Participant becomes entitled to a distribution, the number of Restricted
Units credited to the Participants Account (and not forfeited) will be converted (hypothetically
and for accounting purposes only) to a cash amount equal to the total number of
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Restricted Units
credited to the Participants Account (and not forfeited) multiplied by the Fair Market Value of
one Share determined as of the date the Participant becomes entitled to a
distribution. However, as indicated in Sections 2.01(g) and (h) above, if the Participants
employment or status as a member of the Board of Directors is terminated before he has attained at
least age sixty (60), the total number of Restricted Units which are credited to the Participants
Account will not include any Matching Units.
(j) If the Participant is entitled to a distribution because his employment has been
terminated or his status as a member of the Board of Directors has been terminated, the cash value
of the Participants Account will be distributed to the Participant in five (5) substantially equal
annual payments beginning in the month of January following the date the Participants employment
is terminated and continuing in each subsequent January thereafter until the full value of the
Participants Account has been distributed. This five (5) year period for distribution of the
Participants Account can be extended for up to ten (10) years subject to applicable Internal
Revenue Code provisions relating to the deferral of Compensation. The installment payments
required to be made to the Participant as described above in this Section 2.01(j) shall be paid in
cash less applicable withholding taxes.
(k) During the period between the date the Participants Account is converted to cash and the
date the entire value of the Participants Account is distributed, the value of the Account shall
be increased by interest at an annual rate equal to the Applicable Interest Rate, compounded
annually.
(l) If a Participant is entitled to a distribution because a Change in Control has occurred,
on the date such Change in Control occurs, each Participant shall be paid an amount, in one lump
sum payment less applicable withholding taxes, equal to the total number of Restricted Units
credited to the Participants Account multiplied by the Fair Market Value of one Share determined
as of the date on which the Change in Control occurs.
ARTICLE 3.
PARTICIPATION
3.01 Commencement of Participation by Eligible Employees. As soon as possible after
the Committee determines that an Employee has become an Eligible Employee, the Committee shall
deliver a written notice to such Employee informing him that he is eligible to become a Participant
in this Plan and that he will become a Participant in this Plan upon his execution and delivery to
the Committee of a Deferred Bonus Election Form. If an Employee receives a written notice from the
Committee that he is eligible to become a Participant in the Plan and the Employee does not execute
and deliver a Bonus Deferral Election Form to the Committee within the time period provided for by
the Committee, the Employee shall not thereafter be eligible to become a Participant in the Plan
with respect to any subsequently payable Bonus unless the Committee provides the Employee written
notice that he is eligible to become a Participant in the Plan with respect to any such
subsequently payable bonus, prior to the time that the Employee must deliver a Deferred Bonus
Election Form to the Committee with respect to such subsequently payable Bonus.
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3.02 Deferred Bonus Election Form. The Committee shall provide each Eligible Employee
with a Deferred Bonus Election Form within a reasonable period of time before June
30 of each year that the Eligible Employee is entitled to defer his receipt of a portion of
his Bonus. The Deferred Bonus Election Form provided to each Eligible Employee shall specify the
amount of the Eligible Employees Matching Percentage.
3.03 Commencement of Participation by Eligible Directors. Each Eligible Director
shall be eligible to become a Participant in this Plan at any time and shall become a Participant
in the Plan upon his execution and delivery to the Committee of a Deferred Director Fee Election
Form within the time provided for by the Committee.
3.04 Termination of Participation. Each individual that becomes a Participant in the Plan
shall continue to participate until the full value of his Account has been distributed to him or
his Beneficiary.
ARTICLE 4.
DEFERRAL OF BONUSES
4.01 Bonus Deferrals. Each Eligible Employee shall be entitled to defer his or her
receipt of a portion of his or her Bonus by executing and delivering a Deferred Bonus Election Form
to the Committee within the time provided for by Section 4.02 hereof. An Eligible Employees
election to defer any portion of his Bonus shall become irrevocable upon his delivery to the
Committee of his executed Bonus Deferral Election Form. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in this Plan, the maximum aggregate amount of the Bonus which a Participant shall be
permitted to defer his receipt of for any Plan Year, shall be equal to fifty percent (50%) of the
Bonus payable to the Participant under the terms of the Annual Bonus Plan for services performed in
the immediately preceding calendar year.
4.02 Procedure for Making Bonus Deferrals. In order for a Participant to defer his
receipt of the Bonus, if any, which is payable under the terms of the Annual Bonus Plan, the
Participant must execute and deliver a Deferred Bonus Election Form to the Committee on or before
June 30 of the calendar year in which the services giving rise to the payment of such Bonus are
performed.
4.03 Effect of Bonus Deferrals. If a Participant elects to defer his receipt of any
portion of the Bonus which he is entitled to receive under the Annual Bonus Plan for services
performed for the Company for a calendar year, the portion of the Bonus which the Participant has
elected to defer the receipt of (as set forth in the Deferred Bonus Election Form which the
Participant has delivered to the Committee) shall not be paid to the Participant at the time such
Bonus would otherwise have been paid and, instead, the Participants Account shall be credited with
a number of Bonus Deferral Units equal to the number of Shares (including fractional Shares) which
could have been purchased with the amount of the Bonus that has been deferred by the Participant at
a price per Share equal to the Fair Market Value of a Share determined as of the date on which the
Participant is paid the portion of his or her Bonus which has not been deferred pursuant to this
Plan.
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ARTICLE 5.
DEFERRAL OF DIRECTOR FEES
5.01 Director Fee Deferrals. Each Eligible Director shall be entitled to defer his
receipt of all or any portion of his Director Fees by executing and delivering a Deferred Director
Fee Election Form to the Committee within the time provided for by Section 5.02 hereof. An
Eligible Directors election to defer any portion of his Director Fees shall become irrevocable
upon his delivery to the Committee of his executed Deferred Director Fee Election Form.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any individual who first becomes a member of the
Board of Directors after the effective date of this amendment and restatement, the maximum amount
of the Director Fee which may be deferred by such Eligible Director in the first calendar year that
such individual is an Eligible Director shall be equal to the Director Fee payable to such Eligible
Director for the first calendar year multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number
of days remaining in the calendar year beginning on the date the Eligible Director delivers his
executed Deferred Director Fee Election Form to the Committee and the denominator of which is the
number of days remaining in the calendar year beginning on the date the Eligible Director first
becomes a member of the Board of Directors.
5.02 Procedure for Making Director Fee Deferrals. In order for an Eligible Director
to defer his receipt of any portion of the Director Fees which he is entitled to receive for any
calendar year, he must execute and deliver a Deferred Director Fee Election Form to the Committee
on or before December 31 of the calendar year immediately preceding the calendar year in which any
portion of the Director Fees to be deferred by the Eligible Director are to be paid. With respect
to Director Fees payable to an Eligible Director for the first calendar year in which the
individual is an Eligible Director, the Eligible Director must execute and deliver a Deferred
Director Fee Election Form to the Committee within thirty (30) days following his election to
membership on the Board of Directors in order to defer his receipt of any portion of such Director
Fees.
5.03 Effect of Director Fee Deferrals. If an Eligible Director elects to defer his
receipt of any portion of the Director Fees payable to the Eligible Director for a calendar year,
the portion of the Director Fees which the Eligible Director has elected to defer the receipt of
(as set forth in the Deferred Director Fee Election Form which the Eligible Director has delivered
to the Committee) shall be withheld from the Director Fees which are payable to the Eligible
Director for the calendar year in which the Eligible Director has elected to defer his receipt of
any portion of his Director Fees and instead, the Eligible Directors Account shall be credited
with a number of Director Fee Deferral Units equal to the number of Shares (including fractional
shares) which could have been purchased with the amount of the Director Fees withheld from
Directors Fees otherwise payable to the Eligible Director at a price per Share equal to the Fair
Market Value of a Share determined as of the date the Director Fee Deferral Units are allocated to
the Eligible Directors Account as provided for in the Deferred Director Fee Election Form. In
addition, if an Eligible Director has elected to defer any portion of his Retainer Fee, the total
number of Director Fee Deferral Units to be allocated to the Account of the eligible Director shall
include (in a sub-account to be established by the Committee) a number of Retainer Fee Deferral
Units equal to the number of Shares which could have been purchased with the amount of the Retainer
Fee withheld from the Eligible Directors Retainer Fee at a price per Share equal
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to the Fair
Market Value of a
Share determined as of the date the full amount of the Eligible Directors Retainer Fee (or
any applicable installment thereof) would otherwise have been paid to the Eligible Director.
ARTICLE 6.
MATCHING AND OTHER ALLOCATIONS
6.01 Matching Allocations. For each Plan Year that this Plan is in effect, the
Company shall make an allocation of Matching Units to the Account of each Eligible Employee with
respect to whom Bonus Deferral Units have been credited as provided for by Section 4.03 and, if an
Eligible Director has elected to defer any portion of his Retainer Fee, to the Account of each
Eligible Director with respect to whom Retainer Fee Deferral Units have been credited as provided
for by Section 5.03. The number of Matching Units to be credited to the Account of an Eligible
Employee for any Plan Year in which Bonus Deferral Units have been credited to such Eligible
Employees Account shall be equal to the aggregate number of Shares (including fractional shares)
which could be purchased, at a price per share equal to the Fair Market Value of a Share determined
as of the date that Bonus Deferral Units are credited to the Eligible Employees Account, with an
amount equal to: (a) the aggregate amount of the Bonus deferred by the Eligible Employee;
multiplied by (b) the Eligible Employees Matching Percentage. The number of Matching Units to be
credited to the Account of an Eligible Director for any Plan Year in which Retainer Fee Deferral
Units have been credited to such Eligible Directors Account shall be the same as the number of
Retainer Fee Deferral Units credited to the Eligible Directors Account for such Plan Year.
6.02 Forfeiture of Matching Units. If an Eligible Employees employment with the
Company is terminated before he has attained at least age sixty (60), the Matching Units credited
to the Eligible Employees Account shall be forfeited on the date the Eligible Employees
employment is terminated. If an Eligible Directors service as a member of the Board of Directors
of the Company is terminated before he has attained age sixty (60), the Matching Units credited to
the Eligible Directors Account shall be forfeited. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Eligible
Employees employment with the Company is terminated in connection with a Change in Control or if
an Eligible Directors service with the Company is terminated in connection with a Change in
Control, the number of Matching Units credited to the Account of the Eligible Employee and the
number of Matching Units credited to the Account of the Eligible Director shall not be forfeited
even though the Eligible Employee or the Eligible Director has not attained age sixty (60).
6.03 Certain Anti-Dilutive Adjustments. In the event of any change in the number of
outstanding Shares of Common Stock without receipt of consideration by the Company resulting from
any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization, reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up,
combination or exchange of Shares, or any rights offering to purchase Shares of Common Stock at a
price substantially below fair market value, or any similar change affecting the Shares of Common
Stock the number of Restricted Units credited to a Participants Account on the date of such change
shall be appropriately adjusted consistent with such change in such manner as the Committee, in its
sole discretion, may deem equitable to prevent substantial
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dilution or enlargement of the rights
granted to, or available for, the Participants hereunder.
ARTICLE 7.
ACCOUNTS
7.01 Participants Account. The Committee shall establish and maintain an Account in
the name of each Eligible Employee to which the Committee shall allocate Bonus Deferral Units and
Matching Units. In addition, the Committee shall establish and maintain an Account in the name of
each Eligible Director to which the Committee shall allocate Director Fee Deferral Units
(including, if applicable, a sub account separately identifying the number of Director Fee Deferral
Units which are Retainer Fee Deferral Units) and Matching Units. Thereafter, at the time a
Participant becomes entitled to a distribution of the value of the Restricted Units credited to his
Account, the Participants Account shall be credited (hypothetically and for accounting purposes
only) with a dollar amount determined as provided in Section 8.01 below. The Accounts established
by the Committee for Participants in connection with its administration of this Plan shall be for
recordkeeping purposes and shall not require any segregation of any assets of the Company.
7.02 Time of Allocation. In each Plan Year in which an Eligible Employee defers the
amount of the Bonus which is payable to him in such Plan Year (which Bonus deferral is based on the
Eligible Employees election, made in the preceding Plan Year, to defer the payment of any bonus
the Eligible Employee might earn for such preceding Plan Year), the Bonus Deferral Units and
Matching Units required to be allocated to the Eligible Employees Account shall be allocated to
the Eligible Employees Account as of the date payment is made to the Eligible Employee of the
portion of his Bonus (attributable to services performed in the preceding Plan Year) which has not
been deferred. In each Plan Year in which an Eligible Director defers any portion of the Director
Fees which are payable to him in such Plan Year (which Director Fee deferral is based on the
Eligible Directors election, made in the preceding Plan Year), the Director Fee Deferral Units
required to be allocated to the Eligible Directors Account shall be allocated to the Eligible
Directors Account as of the date provided for in the Deferred Director Fee Election Form and, if
the Eligible Director has elected to defer any portion of his Retainer Fee, Matching Units
attributable to the Eligible Directors deferral of a portion of his Retainer Fee shall be
allocated to the Eligible Directors Account on the date provided for in the Deferred Director Fee
Election Form.
7.03 Allocation Does Not Vest Any Interest. The fact that Bonus Deferral Units,
Director Fee Deferral Units and Matching Units have been allocated to the Account of a Participant
shall not vest in such Participant or any Beneficiary any right, title or interest in any assets of
the Company except at such time or times and upon the terms and conditions herein provided.
7.04 Statement of Account. At the time that Bonus Deferral Units, Director Fee
Deferral Units and Matching Units are credited to a Participants Account (as provided for in
Section 7.02 above) the Committee shall provide a written notice to the Participant which states
the number of Bonus Deferral Units or the number of Director Fee Deferral Units (whichever the case
may be) and the number of Matching Units credited to the Participants Account in
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the Participants deferral of his receipt of a portion of his Bonus or the Participants deferral
of his receipt of a portion of his Director Fees, together with a statement of
the total number of Bonus Deferral Units or the total number of Director Fee Deferral Units
(whichever the case may be) and the total number of Matching Units credited to the Participants
Account as of such date. In addition, as soon as practicable following the end of each Plan Year,
the Committee shall deliver: (a) to each Eligible Employee that is a Participant, a statement of
the total number of Bonus Deferral Units and Matching Units which are credited to the Eligible
Employees Account; and (b) to each Eligible Director that is a Participant, a statement of the
total number of Director Fee Deferral Units and Matching Units which are credited to the Eligible
Directors Account. Finally, if, as provided by Section 8.01 hereof, the Participants Account is
converted to cash (for accounting purposes), as soon as practicable following the end of each Plan
Year that the Participant continues to have a balance in his Account, the Committee shall deliver
to such Participant a statement of the value of the Participants Account and the amount of
interest credited to the Participants Account for the Plan Year.
ARTICLE 8.
DISTRIBUTIONS
8.01
Conversion of Account. (a) If an Eligible Employees employment with the
Company and all of its Affiliates is terminated, the Committee shall convert the total number of
Restricted Units credited to the Account of the Eligible Employee to a cash value equal to the
number of Restricted Units credited to the Eligible Employees Account determined as of the date
the Eligible Employees employment is terminated multiplied by the Fair Market Value of one Share
determined as of the day immediately preceding the date an Eligible Employees employment is
terminated. For purposes of this Section 8.01(a), the total number of Restricted Units which are
credited to a Eligible Employees Account as of the date the Eligible Employees employment is
terminated shall not include any Matching Units which are forfeited pursuant to the provisions of
Section 6.02 hereof.
(b) If an Eligible Directors membership on the Board of Directors is terminated, the
Committee shall convert the number of Restricted Units credited to the Account of the Eligible
Director to a cash value equal to the number of Restricted Units credited to the Eligible
Directors Account determined as of the date the Eligible Directors membership on the Board of
Directors is terminated multiplied by the Fair Market Value of one Share determined as of the day
immediately preceding the date the Eligible Directors membership on the Board of Directors is
terminated. For purposes of this Section 8.01(b), the total number of Restricted Units which are
credited to an Eligible Directors Account shall not include any Matching Units which are forfeited
pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.02 hereof.
(c) Upon the occurrence of a Change in Control, the Committee shall convert the total number
of Restricted Units credited to the Accounts of all Participants to a cash value equal, in the case
of each Participant, to the number of Restricted Units credited to the Participants Account
determined as of the date the Change in Control occurs multiplied by the Fair Market Value of one
Share determined as of the date the Change in Control occurs. The conversion of the Participants
Account to a cash value shall be for accounting purposes only
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and shall not require any segregation
of any assets of the Company.
8.02 Crediting of Interest. Unless a Participants Account is distributed in one lump
sum payment pursuant to Section 8.06 hereof, at the end of each Plan Year following the occurrence
of an event giving rise to such installment distribution, the Committee shall increase the cash
value of the Participants Account by interest at an annual rate equal to the Applicable Interest
Rate. The amount of the interest to be credited to the Participants Account shall be compounded
annually.
8.03 Distribution of the Participants Account. Except as provided in Section 8.04
below, if the employment of an Eligible Employee that is a Key Employee is terminated for any
reason other than death, the value of such Key Employees Account shall be distributed in five (5)
consecutive annual installments beginning in the month of January immediately following the end of
the six (6) month period beginning on the date the Key Employees employment is terminated and
continuing in each succeeding January thereafter until the fifth (5th) January following
the end of such six (6) month period, at which time the entire remaining balance in the Eligible
Employees Account shall be distributed to the Participant.
In addition, except as provided in Section 8.04 below, if the employment of a an Eligible
Employee that is not a Key Employee is terminated or if the employment of an Eligible Employee that
is a Key Employee is terminated as a result of his death, the value of such Eligible Employees
Account shall be distributed to the Eligible Employee in five (5) consecutive annual installments
beginning in the month of January immediately following the date the Eligible Employees employment
is terminated and continuing in each succeeding January thereafter until the fifth (5th)
January following the date the Eligible Employees employment is terminated, at which time the
entire remaining balance in the Eligible Employees Account shall be distributed to the Eligible
Employee.
Finally, if an Eligible Directors membership on the Board of Directors is terminated, the
value of such Eligible Directors Account shall be distributed to the Eligible Director in five (5)
consecutive annual installments beginning in the month of January immediately following the date
the Eligible Directors membership on the Board of Directors is terminated and continuing in each
succeeding January thereafter until the fifth (5th) January following the date the
Eligible Directors membership on the Board of Directors is terminated at which time the entire
remaining balance in the Eligible Directors Account shall be distributed to the Eligible Director.
For purposes of the foregoing provisions of this Section 8.03, the amount of each annual
installment shall be equal to the value of the Participants Account determined as of the day
immediately preceding the date the installment is to be paid, divided by the total number of annual
installments remaining to be paid to the Participant.
8.04 Optional Extension of Period of Distribution. Notwithstanding the provisions of
Section 8.03 hereof, a Participant shall be permitted to extend the period of time in which
distribution of the value of his Account is made to a period not to exceed ten (10) years beginning
with the first January following the date the Participants employment is terminated.
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Any such
extension shall be made in accordance with and subject to any restrictions on the rights of
individuals to defer compensation provided for by Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code
and the applicable regulations promulgated thereunder.
8.05 Payment of Account. Amounts required to be distributed to a Participant pursuant
to Sections 8.03 and 8.04 shall be paid in one payment in the month of January in which any such
distribution is to be made, in cash, less the amount of any withholding taxes due with respect to
any such payment.
8.06 Distribution on a Change in Control. Upon the occurrence of a Change in Control,
each Participant shall be paid an amount equal to the number of Restricted Units credited to his
Account, determined as of the date the Change in Control occurs, multiplied by the Fair Market
Value of a Share, determined as of the date the Change in Control occurs, less any applicable
withholding taxes. Upon the occurrence of a Change in Control, the amount required to be paid to a
Participant shall be paid to the Participant in cash in one lump sum payment on the date the Change
in Control occurs.
8.07 Distributions on Death. Any payment or distribution required to be made to a
Participant under the terms of this Plan shall, in the event of the death of the Participant, be
paid to the Participants Beneficiary at the same time and in the same manner as the payments would
have been made to the Participant if he had not died.
ARTICLE 9.
ADMINISTRATION
9.01 The Committee. Except as provided in Section 1.12 hereof with respect to
Executive Officers and non-Employee Directors, the Committee shall consist of not less than three
(3) persons appointed by the Board of Directors and shall be the administrative committee which
administers the Plan as the plan administrator. Any member of the Committee may resign by
delivering his written resignation to the Board of Directors. Vacancies arising by resignation,
death, removal or otherwise shall be filled by the Board of Directors of the Company. If at any
time no members are currently serving as the Committee, or if no Committee is appointed, the Board
of Directors of the Company shall be deemed to be the Committee.
9.02 General Duties and Responsibilities. The Committee shall administer the Plan in
accordance with its terms and shall have all powers necessary to carry out the provisions of the
Plan. Any interpretation, construction or determination made in good faith shall be final and
conclusive. The Committee may correct any defect, supply any omission, or reconcile any
inconsistency in such manner and to such extent as shall be deemed necessary or advisable to carry
out the purpose of this Plan.
9.03 Allocation and Delegation of Responsibilities. The Committee may engage agents
to assist it in carrying out the ministerial, clerical and recordkeeping portion of its
administrative functions hereunder. The Committee members are expressly authorized to allocate
among themselves and/or delegate to other named persons or parties, any ministerial,
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clerical and
recordkeeping responsibilities of the Committee relating to the administration of the Plan.
9.04 Records, Reporting and Disclosure. The Committee shall maintain all the records
necessary for the administration of the Plan. The Committee shall also be responsible for
preparing and filing such annual reports and tax forms as may be required by law. The Committee
shall furnish and/or make available for inspection by each Participant covered under the Plan and
to each Beneficiary who is entitled to receive benefits under the Plan, such information and
reports as may be required by law.
9.05 Expenses and Compensation. The expenses necessary to administer the Plan shall
be borne by the Company. Expenses include, but are not limited to, those involved in retaining
necessary professional assistance from an attorney, an accountant or an actuary. The Company shall
furnish the Committee with such ministerial, clerical and other administrative assistance as is
necessary in the performance of its duties.
9.06 Information from the Company. To enable the Committee to perform its functions,
the Company shall supply full and timely information to the Committee on all matters relating to
the Compensation of all Participants that are Eligible Employees, their employment, their
retirement, death, disability or termination of employment, and such other pertinent facts as the
Committee may require. The Committee is entitled to rely on such information as is supplied by the
Company and shall have no duty or responsibility to verify such information.
9.07 Multiple Signatures. In the event that more than one person has been duly
nominated to serve on the Committee, one signature may be relied upon by any interested party as
conclusive evidence that the Committee has duly authorized the action therein set forth and as
representing the will of and binding upon the whole Committee. No person receiving such documents
or written instructions and acting in good faith and in reliance thereon shall be obliged to
ascertain the validity of such action under the terms of this Plan. The Committee shall act by a
majority of its members at the time in office and such action may be taken either by a vote at a
meeting or in writing without a meeting.
9.08 General Fiduciary Liability. The Company, its Board of Directors, the Committee
and each member of the Committee shall not be liable for any actions taken or omitted by any of
them except for such acts involving gross negligence or willful misconduct of the party to be
charged. Nothing contained in this Section 9.08 shall be deemed to release, discharge or otherwise
limit the liability of the Company, and any successor in interest to the Company for payment to
Participants of the amounts described in this Plan.
ARTICLE 10.
AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION
10.01 Amendment. The Board of Directors of the Company shall have the right at any
time and from time to time, without the consent of any Participant or Beneficiary, to amend, in
whole or in part, any or all of the provisions of this Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no
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amendment to the Plan shall be effective to the extent that it has the effect of decreasing the
value of a Participants Account determined as of the date any such amendment is adopted or to the
extent it has the effect of depriving any Participant or the Beneficiary of any Participant of any
amount which, as of the date such amendment is adopted, has irrevocably become payable
(whether immediately or in the future) to such Participant or Beneficiary under the terms of this
Plan as in effect on the day immediately preceding the date on which such amendment is executed.
10.02 Termination. Subject to the limitation on the right to amend this Plan
contained in Section 10.01 hereof, the Company, by action of its Board of Directors shall have the
right at any time to discontinue its allocations hereunder and to terminate this Plan. Upon
termination of this Plan, any amounts payable to any Participants or Beneficiaries at the time this
Plan is terminated shall continue to be payable to such Participants or Beneficiaries as provided
for by this Plan.
ARTICLE 11.
MISCELLANEOUS
11.01 No Rights Created by Plan Terms of Employment Not Affected. Neither the
establishment of the Plan nor any modification hereof, nor the creation of any fund or account, nor
the payment of any benefits, shall be construed as giving to any Participant, Beneficiary or other
person any legal or equitable right against the Company, his Employer or any officer or Employee
thereof or the Committee, except as herein provided. Under no circumstances shall participation in
this Plan by an Employee constitute a contract of continuing employment or in any manner obligate
the Employer to continue the services of an Employee. In addition, under no circumstances shall
participation in this Plan by a non-Employee Director constitute an agreement of the Company, the
Board of Directors or the shareholders of the Company to continue to nominate and elect the
non-Employee Director as a member of the Board of Directors.
11.02 Participants Rights Unsecured. The Plan shall at all times be entirely unfunded
and no provision shall at any time be made with respect to segregating any assets of the Company
for payment of any distributions hereunder. The rights of a Participant or his Beneficiary to
receive a distribution hereunder shall be an unsecured claim against the general assets of the
Company and neither the Participant nor his Beneficiary shall have any rights in or against any
specific assets of the Company.
11.03 No Guaranty of Benefits. This Plan has been established, in part, to provide
for the deferral of compensation of a select group of highly compensated Employees of the Company.
This Plan is unfunded for tax purposes and for purposes of Title I of the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974, as amended. Nothing contained in this Plan shall be deemed to
constitute a guaranty by the Company or any other entity or person that the assets of the Company
will be sufficient to pay the benefits hereunder.
11.04 Benefits Non-Assignable. No benefit which shall be payable to any person under
this Plan, (including a Participant or his Beneficiary), shall be subject in any manner to
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anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance or charge, and any
attempt to anticipate, alienate, sell, transfer, assign, pledge, encumber or charge the same shall
be void and no such benefit shall in any manner be liable for, or subject to, the debts, contracts,
liabilities, engagements or torts of any such person, nor shall it be subject to attachment or
legal
process for or against such person, and the same shall not be recognized by the Committee,
except to such extent as may be required by law.
11.05 Construed Under Applicable Federal Law and New York Law. This Plan shall be
construed according to applicable Federal Law and the laws of the State of New York and all
provisions hereof shall be administered according to such laws.
11.06 Masculine Gender to Include Feminine; Singular to Include Plural. Wherever any
words are used herein in the masculine gender they shall be construed as though they were also used
in the feminine gender in all cases where they would so apply, and wherever any words are used
herein in the singular form, they shall be construed as though they were also used in the plural
form in all cases where they would so apply.
11.07 Headings No Part of Plan. Heading of sections and subsections of this Plan are
inserted for convenience of reference only. They constitute no part of this Plan are not to be
construed in the construction hereof.
11.08 Effective Date of Amendment and Restatement. This amendment and restatement of
the Plan amends and restates the provisions of the Plan effective as of the date, set forth below,
on which it is executed by an authorized officer of the Company and supercedes the provisions of
the Plan as in effect immediately prior to such date.
11.09 Counterparts. This Plan may be executed in several counterparts, each of which
shall be deemed an original, and said counterparts shall constitute but one and the same Plan and
may be sufficiently evidenced by any one counterpart.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Gibraltar Industries, Inc. has caused this Plan to be executed as of
the 18th day of December, 2006.
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GIBRALTAR INDUSTRIES, INC. |
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/s/Henning Kornbrekke |
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Henning Kornbrekke |
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