OTHER MATTERS
The Board of Directors, at the time of the preparation of this proxy statement, knows of no business to come before the Annual Meeting other than that referred to herein. If any other business should come before the Annual Meeting, the persons named in the enclosed proxy will have discretionary authority to vote all proxies received and not theretofore revoked in accordance with their best judgment.
Upon the written request of any record holder or beneficial owner of Common Stock or Class A Common Stock entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting, the Company, without charge, will provide a copy of its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2013, as filed with the SEC. Requests should be directed to Timothy F. Michno, Secretary, Movado Group, Inc., 650 From Road, Ste. 375, Paramus, New Jersey 07652-3556.
May 2, 2013
ANNEX A
MOVADO GROUP, INC.
1996 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
(Amended and Restated as of April 4, 2013)
1. Purpose
The purpose of the Plan is to provide a means through which the Company and its Affiliates may attract able persons to enter and remain in the employ of the Company and its Affiliates and to provide a means whereby employees, directors and consultants of the Company and its Affiliates can acquire and maintain Common Stock ownership, or be paid incentive compensation measured by reference to the value of Common Stock, thereby strengthening their commitment to the welfare of the Company and its Affiliates and promoting an identity of interest between stockholders and these persons.
So that the appropriate incentive can be provided, the Plan provides for granting Incentive Stock Options, Nonqualified Stock Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock Awards, Phantom Stock Units, Performance Share Units and Stock Bonuses, or any combination of the foregoing.
This Plan is an amendment and restatement of the Movado Group, Inc. 1996 Stock Incentive Plan as amended and restated as of April 8, 2004 (the “2004 Plan”); provided, however, that all awards granted under the 2004 Plan will continue to be governed by the terms of the 2004 Plan and the award agreements issued thereunder and all awards granted under the Movado Group, Inc. 1996 Stock Incentive Plan prior to its amendment and restatement (the “1996 Plan”) will continue to be governed by the terms of the 1996 Plan and the award agreements issued thereunder.
2. Definitions
The following definitions shall be applicable throughout the Plan.
(a) “Affiliate” means (i) any person or entity that directly or indirectly is controlled by, controls or is under common control with the Company and (ii) any person or entity in which the Company has a significant interest, in either case as determined by the Committee.
(b) “Award” means, individually or collectively, any Incentive Stock Option, Nonqualified Stock Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock Award, Phantom Stock Unit Award, Performance Share Unit Award or Stock Bonus Award.
(c) “Award Period” means a period of time within which performance is measured for the purpose of determining whether an Award of Performance Share Units has been earned.
(d) “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.
(e) “Change in Control,” shall, unless in the case of a particular Award, the applicable Award agreement states otherwise or contains a different definition of “Change in Control,” be deemed to occur upon:
(i) the acquisition by any individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) (a “Person”) of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d 3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) (“Beneficial Ownership”) of 30% or more (on a fully diluted basis) of (A) the then outstanding shares of common stock of the Company, taking into account as outstanding for this purpose such common stock issuable upon the exercise of options or warrants, the conversion of convertible stock or debt, and the exercise of any similar right to acquire such common stock (the “Outstanding Company Common Stock”) and (B) the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (the “Outstanding Company Voting Securities”); provided, however, that for purposes of this Agreement, the following acquisitions shall not constitute a Change of Control: (I) any acquisition by the Company or any Affiliate, (II) any acquisition by any employee benefit plan sponsored or maintained by the Company or any Affiliate, (III) any acquisition by a “Permitted Transferee,” as defined in the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, (IV) any acquisition which complies with clauses (A), (B) and (C) of subsection (iv) of this Section 2(e), or (V) in respect of an Award held by a particular Participant, any acquisition by the Participant or any group of persons including the Participant (or any entity controlled by the Participant or any group of persons including the Participant);
(ii) individuals who, on the date hereof, constitute the Board (the “Incumbent Directors”) cease for any reason during any 12-month period to constitute at least a majority of the Board, provided that any person becoming a director subsequent to the date hereof, whose election or nomination for election was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the Incumbent Directors then on the Board (either by a specific vote or by approval of the proxy statement of the Company in which such person is named as a nominee for director, without written objection to such nomination) shall be an Incumbent Director; provided, however, that no individual initially elected or nominated as a director of the Company as a result of an actual or threatened election contest with respect to directors or as a result of any other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of any person other than the Board shall be deemed to be an Incumbent Director;
(iii) irrevocable termination and liquidation of the Plan within 12 months of the dissolution of the Company taxed under Section 331 of the Code, or with the approval of a bankruptcy court pursuant to 11 U.S.C. Section 503(b)(1)(A);
(iv) the consummation of a merger, consolidation, statutory share exchange or similar form of corporate transaction involving the Company that requires the approval of the Company’s stockholders, whether for such transaction or the issuance of securities in the transaction (a “Business Combination”), or sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the business assets of the Company to an entity that is not an Affiliate of the Company (a “Sale”) unless immediately following such Business Combination or Sale: (A) at least 50% of the total voting power of the corporation resulting from such Business Combination or the entity that acquired that business or assets of the Company in such Sale (in either case, the “Surviving Company”), or if applicable, the ultimate parent corporation that directly or indirectly has Beneficial Ownership of sufficient voting securities eligible to elect a majority of the board of directors (or analogous governing body) of the Surviving Company (the “Parent Company”), is represented by the Outstanding Company Voting Securities that were outstanding immediately prior to such Business Combination or Sale (or, if applicable, is represented by shares into which the Outstanding Company Voting Securities were converted pursuant to such Business Combination or Sale), and such voting power among the holders thereof is in substantially the same proportion as the voting power of the Outstanding Company Voting Securities among the holders thereof immediately prior to the Business Combination or Sale, (B) no Person (other than any employee benefit plan sponsored or maintained by the Surviving Company or the Parent Company or a “Permitted Transferee,” as defined in the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation), is or becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of 20% or more of the total voting power of the outstanding voting securities eligible to elect the board of directors (or analogous governing body) of the Parent Company (or, if there is no Parent Company, the Surviving Company) and (C) at least a majority of the members of the board of directors (or analogous governing body) of the Parent Company (or, if there is no Parent Company, the Surviving Company) following the consummation of the Business Combination or Sale were Board members at the time of the Board’s approval of the execution of the initial agreement providing for such Business Combination or Sale.
(f) “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Reference in the Plan to any section of the Code shall be deemed to include any amendments or successor provisions to such section and any regulations or other interpretive guidance under such section.
(g) “Committee” means a committee of at least two people as the Board may appoint to administer the Plan or, if no such committee has been appointed by the Board, the Board. Unless the Board is acting as the Committee or the Board specifically determines otherwise, each member of the Committee shall, at the time he takes any action with respect to an Award under the Plan, be an Eligible Director. However, the mere fact that a Committee member shall fail to qualify as an Eligible Director shall not invalidate any Award made by the Committee which is otherwise validly granted under the Plan.
(h) “Common Stock” means the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company, but does not include the Class A common stock of the Company.
(i) “Company” means Movado Group, Inc.
(j) “Date of Grant” means the date on which the granting of an Award is authorized, or such other date as may be specified in such authorization or, if there is no such date, the date indicated on the applicable Award agreement.
(k) “Effective Date” of this amendment and restatement means April 4, 2013.
(l) “Eligible Director” means a person who is (i) a “non-employee director” within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act, or a person meeting any similar requirement under any successor rule or regulation, (ii) an “outside director” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code and/or (iii) an “independent director” under the rules of any national securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation system on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted.
(m) “Eligible Person” means any (i) individual regularly employed by the Company, a Subsidiary or Affiliate who satisfies all of the requirements of Section 6; provided, however, that no such employee covered by a collective bargaining agreement shall be an Eligible Person unless and to the extent that such eligibility is set forth in such collective bargaining agreement or in an agreement or instrument relating thereto; (ii) director of the Company, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate, (iii) consultant or advisor to the Company, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate who may be offered securities pursuant to Form S-8 of the Securities Act, or (iv) any prospective employees, directors, officers, consultants or advisors who have accepted offers of employment or consultancy from the Company, its Subsidiaries or its Affiliates.
(n) “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
(o) “Fair Market Value”, on a given date means (i) if the Stock is listed on a national securities exchange, the closing sale price reported as having occurred on the primary exchange with which the Stock is listed and traded on that date, or, if there is no such sale on that date, then on the last preceding date on which such a sale was reported; (ii) if the Stock is not listed on any national securities exchange but is quoted in the National Market System of the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System (“NASDAQ”) on a last sale basis, the last sale price reported on that date, or, if there is no such sale on that date, then on the last preceding date on which a sale was reported; or (iii) if the Stock is not listed on a national securities exchange nor quoted in NASDAQ on a last sale basis, the amount determined by the Committee to be the fair market value based upon a good faith attempt to value the Stock accurately and computed in accordance with applicable regulations of the Internal Revenue Service.
(p) “Incentive Stock Option” means an Option granted by the Committee to a Participant under the Plan which is designated by the Committee as an incentive stock option as described in Section 422 of the Code and otherwise meets the requirements set forth herein.
(q) “Nonqualified Stock Option” means an Option granted by the Committee to a Participant under the Plan which is not designated by the Committee as an Incentive Stock Option.
(r) “Option” means an Award granted under Section 7.
(s) “Option Period” means the period described in Section 7(c).
(t) “Option Price” means the exercise price for an Option as described in Section 7(a).
(u) “Participant” means an Eligible Person who has been selected by the Committee to participate in the Plan and to receive an Award pursuant to Section 6.
(v) “Performance Goals” means the performance objectives of the Company or Affiliate during an Award Period or Restricted Period established for the purpose of determining whether, and to what extent, Awards will be earned for an Award Period or Restricted Period. To the extent an Award is intended to qualify as “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code, the Performance Goals may be based on the attainment of specific levels of performance of the Company (and/or one or more Affiliates, divisions or operational and/or business units, product lines, brands, business segments, administrative departments, units, or any combination of the foregoing) and shall be established with reference to one or more of the following: (i) net earnings or net income (before or after taxes); (ii) basic or diluted earnings per share (before or after taxes); (iii) net revenue or net revenue growth; (iv) gross revenue or gross revenue growth, gross profit or gross profit growth; (v) net operating profit (before or after taxes); (vi) return measures (including, but not limited to, return on investment, assets, capital, gross revenue or gross revenue growth, invested capital, equity, or sales); (vii) cash flow (including, but not limited to, operating cash flow, free cash flow, and cash flow return on capital), which may but are not required to be measured on a per share basis; (viii) earnings before or after taxes, interest, depreciation and/or amortization (including EBIT and EBITDA); (ix) gross or net operating margins; (x) productivity ratios; (xi) share price (including, but not limited to, growth measures and total shareholder return); (xii) expense targets or cost reduction goals, general and administrative expense savings; (xiii) margins; (xiv) operating efficiency; (xv) objective measures of customer satisfaction; (xvi) working capital targets; (xvii) measures of economic value added
or other ‘value creation’ metrics; (xviii) inventory control; (xix) enterprise value; (xx) sales; (xxi) stockholder return; (xxii); client retention; (xxiii) competitive market metrics; (xxiv) employee retention; (xxv) timely completion of new product rollouts; (xxvi) timely launch of new facilities; (xxvii) objective measures of personal targets, goals or completion of projects (including but not limited to succession and hiring projects, completion of specific acquisitions, reorganizations or other corporate transactions or capital-raising transactions, expansions of specific business operations and meeting divisional or project budgets); (xxviii) system-wide revenues; (xxix) royalty income; (xxx) cost of capital, debt leverage year-end cash position or book value; (xxxi) strategic objectives, development of new product lines and related revenue, sales and margin targets, or international operations; or (xxxii) any combination of the foregoing.
(w) “Performance Share Unit” means a hypothetical investment equivalent to one share of Stock granted in connection with an Award made under Section 9.
(x) “Phantom Stock Unit” means a hypothetical investment equivalent to one share of Stock granted in connection with an Award made under Section 10.
(y) “Plan” means this Movado Group, Inc. 1996 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated as of April 4, 2013.
(z) “Restricted Period” means, with respect to any share of Restricted Stock or any Phantom Stock Unit, the period of time determined by the Committee during which such Award is subject to the restrictions set forth in Section 10.
(aa) “Restricted Stock” means shares of Stock issued or transferred to a Participant subject to forfeiture and the other restrictions set forth in Section 10.
(bb) “Restricted Stock Award” means an Award of Restricted Stock granted under Section 10.
(cc) “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
(dd) “Stock” means the Common Stock or such other authorized shares of stock of the Company as the Committee may from time to time authorize for use under the Plan, provided that such shares of stock constitute ‘service recipient stock’ for purposes of Section 409A of the Code.
(ee) “Stock Appreciation Right” or “SAR” means an Award granted under Section 8 of the Plan.
(ff) “Stock Bonus” means an Award granted under Section 11.
(gg) “Stock Option Agreement” means any agreement between the Company and a Participant who has been granted an Option pursuant to Section 7 which defines the rights and obligations of the parties thereto.
(hh) “Strike Price” means, in respect of a SAR, (i) in the case of a SAR granted in tandem with an Option, the Option Price of the related Option, or (ii) in the case of a SAR granted independent of an Option, the Fair Market Value on the Date of Grant.
(ii) “Subsidiary” means any subsidiary of the Company as defined in Section 424(f) of the Code.
(jj) “Vested Unit” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 10(d).
3. Effective Date, Duration and Shareholder Approval
The amendment and restatement of the Plan is effective as of the Effective Date;
provided
that the validity and exercisability of any and all Awards granted on or after the Effective Date pursuant to the amended and restated Plan (i) in respect of shares of Stock in excess of that available under the Plan immediately prior to the Effective Date, (ii) of a type not available under the Plan immediately prior to the Effective Date or (iii) to any person not eligible to receive Awards under the Plan immediately prior to the Effective Date, is contingent upon approval of the Plan by the shareholders of the Company following the Effective Date, in a manner intended to comply with the shareholder approval requirements of Sections 162(m) and 422 of the Code, and of the New York Stock Exchange. No Option shall be treated as an Incentive Stock Option unless the Plan has been approved by the shareholders of the Company in a manner intended to comply with the shareholder approval requirements of Section 422(b)(i) of the Code; provided that any Option intended to be an Incentive Stock Option shall not fail to be effective solely on
account of a failure to obtain such approval, but rather such Option shall be treated as a Nonqualified Stock Option unless and until such approval is obtained.
The expiration date of the Plan, on and after which no Awards may be granted hereunder, shall be the day prior to the tenth anniversary of the Effective Date; provided, however, that the administration of the Plan shall continue in effect until all matters relating to Awards previously granted have been settled.
4. Administration
The Committee shall administer the Plan. The majority of the members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum. The acts of a majority of the members present at any meeting at which a quorum is present or acts approved in writing by a majority of the Committee shall be deemed the acts of the Committee.
(a) Subject to the provisions of the Plan and applicable law, the Committee shall have the power, and in addition to other express powers and authorizations conferred on the Committee by the Plan, to: (i) designate Participants; (ii) determine the type or types of Awards to be granted to a Participant; (iii) determine the number of shares of Stock to be covered by, or with respect to which payments, rights, or other matters are to be calculated in connection with, Awards; (iv) determine the terms and conditions of any Award; (v) determine whether, to what extent, and under what circumstances Awards may be settled or exercised in cash, shares of Stock, other securities, other Awards or other property, or canceled, forfeited, or suspended and the method or methods by which Awards may be settled, exercised, canceled, forfeited, or suspended; (vi) determine whether, to what extent, and under what circumstances the delivery of cash, Stock, other securities, other Options, other property and other amounts payable with respect to an Award shall be deferred either automatically or at the election of the holder thereof or of the Committee; (vii) interpret, administer, reconcile any inconsistency, correct any default and/or supply any omission in the Plan and any instrument or agreement relating to, or Award made under, the Plan; (viii) establish, amend, suspend, or waive such rules and regulations and appoint such agents as it shall deem appropriate for the proper administration of the Plan; (ix) accelerate the vesting, delivery, or exercisability of payment for or lapse of restrictions on, or waive any condition in respect of, Awards; and (x) make any other determination and take any other action specified under the Plan or that the Committee deems necessary or desirable for the administration of the Plan or to comply with any applicable law, including Section 162(m) of the Code. To the extent required to comply with the provisions of Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act (if applicable and if the Board is not acting as the Committee under the Plan) or necessary to obtain the exception for performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code, or any exception or exemption under the rules of NYSE or any other securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation system on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted, as applicable, it is intended that each member of the Committee shall, at the time he takes any action with respect to an Award under the Plan, be an Eligible Director. However, the fact that a Committee member shall fail to qualify as an Eligible Director shall not invalidate any Award granted or action taken by the Committee that is otherwise validly granted or taken under the Plan.
(b) The Committee may allocate all or any portion of its responsibilities and powers to any one or more of its members and may delegate all or any part of its responsibilities and powers to any person(s) selected by it, except for grants of Awards to persons (i) who are non-employee members of the Board or otherwise are subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act or (ii) who are or may reasonably be expected to be “covered employees” for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Code. Any such allocation or delegation may be revoked by the Committee at any time.
(c) Unless otherwise expressly provided in the Plan, all designations, determinations, interpretations, and other decisions under or with respect to the Plan or any Award or any documents evidencing Awards granted pursuant to the Plan shall be within the sole discretion of the Committee, may be made at any time and shall be final, conclusive and binding upon all parties, including, without limitation, the Company, any Affiliate, any Participant, any holder or beneficiary of any Award, and any shareholder.
(d) As further set forth in Section12(l) of the Plan, the Committee shall have the authority to amend the Plan and Awards to the extent necessary to permit participation in the Plan by Eligible Persons who are located outside of the United States on terms and conditions comparable to those afforded to Eligible Persons located within the United States; provided, however, that no such action shall be taken without shareholder approval if such approval is required by applicable law or regulation.
(e) No member of the Board, the Committee or any employee or agent of the Company (each such person, an “Indemnifiable Person”) shall be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken or any determination made with respect to the Plan or any Award hereunder (unless constituting fraud or a willful criminal act or
omission). Each Indemnifiable Person shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company against and from any loss, cost, liability, or expense (including attorneys’ fees) that may be imposed upon or incurred by such Indemnifiable Person in connection with or resulting from any action, suit or proceeding to which such Indemnifiable Person may be involved as a party, witness or otherwise by reason of any action taken or omitted to be taken or determination made under the Plan or any Award agreement and against and from any and all amounts paid by such Indemnifiable Person with the Company’s approval (not to be unreasonably withheld), in settlement thereof, or paid by such Indemnifiable Person in satisfaction of any judgment in any such action, suit or proceeding against such Indemnifiable Person, and the Company shall advance to such Indemnifiable Person any such expenses promptly upon written request (which request shall include an undertaking by the Indemnifiable Person to repay the amount of such advance if it shall ultimately be determined as provided below that the Indemnifiable Person is not entitled to be indemnified); provided that the Company shall have the right, at its own expense, to assume and defend any such action, suit or proceeding and once the Company gives notice of its intent to assume the defense, the Company shall have sole control over such defense with counsel of recognized standing of the Company’s choice. The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be available to an Indemnifiable Person to the extent that a final judgment or other final adjudication (in either case not subject to further appeal) binding upon such Indemnifiable Person determines that the acts or omissions or determinations of such Indemnifiable Person giving rise to the indemnification claim resulted from such Indemnifiable Person’s fraud or willful criminal act or omission or that such right of indemnification is otherwise prohibited by law or by the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation. The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be exclusive of or otherwise supersede any other rights of indemnification to which such Indemnifiable Persons may be entitled under the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, as a matter of law, individual indemnification agreement or contract or otherwise, or any other power that the Company may have to indemnify such Indemnifiable Persons or hold them harmless.
(f) The Board may at any time and from time to time, grant Awards and administer the Plan with respect to such Awards. In any such case, the Board shall have all the authority granted to the Committee under the Plan.
5. Grant of Awards; Shares Subject to the Plan
The Committee may, from time to time, grant Awards of Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock, Phantom Stock Units, Performance Share Units and/or Stock Bonuses to one or more Eligible Persons; provided, however, that:
(a) Subject to Section 13 and subsection (f) below, the aggregate number of shares of Stock in respect of which Awards may be made under the Plan is 11,000,000 shares, and the aggregate number of shares of Stock in respect of which Incentive Stock Options may be made under the Plan is 11,000,000;
(b) Shares of Stock shall be deemed to have been used in settlement of Awards whether they are actually delivered or the Fair Market Value equivalent of such shares is paid in cash; provided, however, that shares of Stock or Company Class A common stock delivered (either directly or by means of attestation) in full or partial payment of the Option Price in accordance with the third sentence of Section 7(b) shall be deducted from the number of shares of Stock delivered to the Participant pursuant to such Option for purposes of determining the number of shares of Stock acquired pursuant to the Plan. In accordance with (and without limitation upon) the preceding sentence, if and to the extent an Award under the Plan expires, terminates or is canceled for any reason whatsoever without the Participant having received any benefit therefrom, the shares covered by such Award shall again become available for future Awards under the Plan; provided, further, that in no event shall such shares increase the number of shares of Common Stock that may be delivered pursuant to Incentive Stock Options. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, a Participant shall not be deemed to have received any “benefit” (i) in the case of forfeited Restricted Stock Awards by reason of having enjoyed voting rights and dividend rights prior to the date of forfeiture or (ii) in the case of an Award canceled by reason of a new Award being granted in substitution therefor;
(c) Stock delivered by the Company in settlement of Awards may be authorized and unissued Stock or Stock held in the treasury of the Company or purchased on the open market or by private purchase;
(d) Subject to Section 13, no more than 1,200,000 shares of stock may be granted to a single person pursuant to Options or SARs under the Plan during any calendar year; provided that such number shall be adjusted pursuant to Section 13, and shares otherwise counted against such number, only in a manner which will not cause Options or SARs granted under the Plan to fail to qualify as “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code;
(e) Subject to Section 13, with respect to awards of Performance Share Units, Restricted Stock or Phantom Stock Units intended to qualify as “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code, (i) no more than 1,200,000 shares of Stock may be granted to a single person pursuant to Performance Share Units, Restricted Stock or Phantom Stock Units denominated in shares of Stock under the Plan for a single Award Period (or with respect to each single fiscal year in the event an Award Period extends beyond a single fiscal year), and (ii) no more than the Fair Market Value of 1,200,000 shares of Stock may be paid to a single person on the last day of an applicable Award Period in the event that any Performance Share Units, Restricted Stock or Phantom Stock Units are paid in cash, other securities, other Awards or other property; provided that such number shall be adjusted pursuant to Section 13, and shares otherwise counted against such number, only in a manner which will not cause such Performance Share Units, Restricted Stock or Phantom Stock Units granted under the Plan to fail to qualify as “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code.
(f) The Committee may grant Awards in assumption of, or in substitution for, outstanding awards previously granted by any Affiliate or an entity directly or indirectly acquired by the Company or with which the Company combines (“Substitute Awards”), and such Substitute Awards shall not be counted against the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock available for Awards; provided, further, that Substitute Awards issued or intended as “incentive stock options” within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code shall be counted against the aggregate number of Incentive Stock Options available under the Plan.
6. Eligibility
Participation shall be limited to Eligible Persons who have received written notification from the Committee, or from a person designated by the Committee, that they have been selected to participate in the Plan.
7. Options
The Committee is authorized to grant one or more Incentive Stock Options or Nonqualified Stock Options to any Eligible Person; provided, however, that Incentive Stock Options shall be granted only subject to and in compliance with Section 422 of the Code, and only to Eligible Persons who are employees of the Company or a Subsidiary and who are eligible to receive an Incentive Stock Option under the Code. Each Option so granted shall be subject to the following conditions, or to such other conditions as may be reflected in the applicable Stock Option Agreement.
(a) Option Price. Subject to Section 7(e), the exercise price (“Option Price”) per share of Stock for each Option shall be set by the Committee at the time of grant but shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock at the Date of Grant.
(b) Manner of Exercise and Form of Payment. No shares of Stock shall be delivered pursuant to any exercise of an Option until payment in full of the Option Price therefor is received by the Company. Options which have become exercisable may be exercised by delivery of written notice of exercise to the Committee accompanied by payment of the Option Price and an amount equal to any U.S. Federal, state and local income employment taxes and non-U.S. income and employment taxes, Social contributions and any state tax related item, required to be withheld. The Option Price and all applicable required withholding taxes shall be payable (i) in cash, check, cash equivalent and/or shares of Stock valued at the Fair Market Value at the time the Option is exercised (including, pursuant to procedures approved by the Committee, by means of attestation of ownership of a sufficient number of shares of Stock in lieu of actual delivery of such shares to the Company); provided that such shares of Stock are not subject to any pledge or other security interest, (ii) to the extent provided in the Stock Option Agreement, by delivery of, or attestation as to ownership of, shares of the Company’s Class A common stock convertible into an equivalent number of shares of Stock with a fair market value equal to the portion of the Option Price to be paid thereby; or (iii) by such other method as the Committee may permit, including without limitation: (A) in other property having a fair market value equal to the Option Price and all applicable required withholding taxes or (B) if there is a public market for the shares of Stock at such time, by means of a broker-assisted “cashless exercise” pursuant to which the Company is delivered a copy of irrevocable instructions to a stockbroker to sell the shares of Stock otherwise deliverable upon the exercise of the Option and to deliver promptly to the Company an amount equal to the Option Price and all applicable required withholding taxes; or (C) by means of a “net exercise” procedure effected by withholding the minimum number of shares of Stock otherwise deliverable in respect of an Option that are needed to pay for the Exercise Price and all applicable required withholding taxes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless otherwise determined by the Committee, if on the last day of the Option Period, the Fair Market Value exceeds the Option Price, the Participant has not exercised the Option, and the Option has not expired, such Option shall be deemed to have been exercised by the Participant on such last day by means of a “net exercise” procedure described above. Any fractional shares of Stock shall be settled in cash.
(c) Vesting, Option Period and Expiration. Options shall vest and become exercisable in such manner and on such date or dates determined by the Committee and shall expire after such period, not to exceed ten years, as may be determined by the Committee (the “Option Period”) unless the Option Period (other than in the case of an Incentive Stock Option) would expire at a time when trading in the shares of Common Stock is prohibited by the Company’s securities trading policy or Company-imposed “blackout period”, in which case the Option Period shall be automatically extended until the 30th day following the expiration of such prohibition (so long as such extension shall not violate Section 409A of the Code); provided, however, that notwithstanding any vesting dates set by the Committee, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, accelerate the exercisability of any Option, which acceleration shall not affect the terms and conditions of such Option other than with respect to exercisability. If an Option is exercisable in installments, such installments or portions thereof which become exercisable shall remain exercisable until the Option expires.
(d) Stock Option Agreement - Other Terms and Conditions. Each Option granted under the Plan shall be evidenced by a Stock Option Agreement. Except as specifically provided otherwise in such Stock Option Agreement, each Option granted under the Plan shall be subject to the following terms and conditions:
(i) Each Option or portion thereof that is exercisable shall be exercisable for the full amount or for any part thereof.
(ii) Each share of Stock purchased through the exercise of an Option shall be paid for in full at the time of the exercise. Each Option shall cease to be exercisable, as to any share of Stock, when the Participant purchases the share or exercises a related SAR or when the Option expires.
(iii) Subject to Section 12(j), Options shall not be transferable by the Participant except by will or the laws of descent and distribution and shall be exercisable during the Participant’s lifetime only by him.
(iv) Each Option shall vest and become exercisable by the Participant in accordance with the vesting schedule established by the Committee and set forth in the Stock Option Agreement.
(v) At the time of any exercise of an Option, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, require a Participant to deliver to the Committee a written representation that the shares to be acquired upon such exercise are to be acquired for investment and not for resale or with a view to the distribution thereof. Upon such a request by the Committee, delivery of such representation prior to the delivery of any shares issued upon exercise of an Option shall be a condition precedent to the right of the Participant or such other person to purchase any shares. In the event certificates for Stock are delivered under the Plan with respect to which such investment representation has been obtained, the Committee may cause a legend or legends to be placed on such certificates to make appropriate reference to such representation and to restrict transfer in the absence of compliance with applicable federal or state securities laws.
(vi) Each Participant awarded an Incentive Stock Option under the Plan shall notify the Company in writing immediately after the date he or she makes a disqualifying disposition of any Stock acquired pursuant to the exercise of such Incentive Stock Option. A disqualifying disposition is any disposition (including any sale) of such Stock before the later of (A) two years after the Date of Grant of the Incentive Stock Option or (B) one year after the date the Participant acquired the Stock by exercising the Incentive Stock Option. The Company may, if determined by the Committee and in accordance with procedures established by it, retain possession of any Stock acquired pursuant to the exercise of an Incentive Stock Option as agent for the applicable Participant until the end of the period described in the preceding sentence, subject to complying with any instructions from such Participant as to the sale of such Stock.
(e) Incentive Stock Option Grants to 10% Stockholders. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 7, if an Incentive Stock Option is granted to a Participant who owns stock representing more than ten percent of the voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or of a Subsidiary, the Option Period shall not exceed five years from the Date of Grant of such Option and the Option Price shall be at least 110% of the Fair Market Value (on the Date of Grant) of the Stock subject to the Option.
(f) $100,000 Per Year Limitation for Incentive Stock Options. To the extent the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined as of the Date of Grant) of Stock for which Incentive Stock Options are exercisable for the first time by any Participant during any calendar year (under all plans of the Company) exceeds $100,000, such excess Incentive Stock Options shall be treated as Nonqualified Stock Options.
(g) Reload Options. The Committee may provide for the grant to any Participant of additional Options (“Reload Options”) upon the exercise of Options, including Reload Options, through the delivery of shares of Stock or shares of Class A common stock of the Company; provided, however, that the Reload Options (i) may only be granted in connection with a grant of Nonqualified Stock Options; (ii) may only be granted with respect to the same number of shares of Stock or Class A common stock as were surrendered to exercise the Nonqualified Stock Options and the number of shares of Stock withheld for tax purposes pursuant to Section 12(d)(ii), (iii) shall have an exercise price per share not less than the greater of (A) five dollars more than the exercise price of the Nonqualified Stock Options, the exercise of which resulted in the grant of the Reload Options, or (B) 110% of the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the date of exercise of the Nonqualified Stock Options which resulted in the grant of the Reload Options, (iv) shall not be exercisable until six months after the exercise of the Nonqualified Stock Options which resulted in the grant of the Reload Options, (v) shall not be exercisable after the expiration of the term of the Nonqualified Stock Options, the exercise of which resulted in the grant of the Reload Options, and (vi) shall otherwise be subject to the same terms and conditions of the Nonqualified Stock Options, the exercise of which resulted in the grant of the Reload Options. Notwithstanding any provision of this Plan or a Stock Option Agreement to the contrary, unless the Stock Option Agreement specifically provides for the grant of Reload Options pursuant to Section 7(g) of the Plan, no grant of a Nonqualified Stock Option shall include a grant of Reload Options.
8. Stock Appreciation Rights
Any Option granted under the Plan may include SARS, either at the Date of Grant or, except in the case of an Incentive Stock Option, by subsequent amendment. The Committee also may award SARs to Eligible Persons independent of any Option. A SAR shall be subject to such terms and conditions not inconsistent with the Plan as the Committee shall impose, including, but not limited to, the following:
(a) Vesting, Transferability and Expiration. SARs granted in connection with an Option shall become exercisable, be transferable and shall expire according to the same vesting schedule, transferability rules and expiration provisions as the corresponding Option. A SAR granted independent of an Option shall become exercisable, be transferable and shall expire in accordance with a vesting schedule, transferability rules and expiration provisions as established by the Committee and reflected in an Award agreement.
(b) Automatic exercise. If on the last day of the Option Period (or in the case of a SAR independent of an option, the SAR Period), the Fair Market Value exceeds the Strike Price, the Participant has not exercised the SAR or the corresponding Option, and neither the SAR nor the corresponding Option has expired, such SAR shall be deemed to have been exercised by the Participant on such last day and the Company shall make the appropriate payment therefor.
(c) Payment. Upon the exercise of an SAR, the Company shall pay to the Participant an amount equal to the number of shares subject to the SAR multiplied by the excess, if any, of the Fair Market Value of one share of Stock on the exercise date over the Strike Price, less an amount equal to any U.S. Federal, state and local income and employment taxes and non-U.S. income and employment taxes, social contributions and any other tax-related items required to be withheld. The Company shall pay such excess in cash, in shares of Stock valued at Fair Market Value, or any combination thereof, as determined by the Committee. Fractional shares shall be settled in cash.
(d) Method of Exercise. A Participant may exercise an SAR at such time or times as may be determined by the Committee at the time of grant by filing an irrevocable written notice with the Committee or its designee, specifying the number of SARs to be exercised, and the date on which such SARs were awarded.
(e) Expiration. Except as otherwise provided in the case of SARs granted in connection with Options, an SAR shall expire on a date designated by the Committee which is not later than ten years after the Date of Grant of the SAR (the “SAR Period”); provided, however, that notwithstanding any vesting or exercisability dates set by the Committee, the Committee may accelerate the vesting and/or exercisability of any SAR, which acceleration shall not affect the terms and conditions of such SAR other than with respect to vesting and/or exercisability. If the SAR Period would expire at a time when trading in the shares of Common Stock is prohibited by the Company’s securities trading policy (or the Company-imposed “blackout period”), the SAR Period shall be automatically extended until the 30th day following the expiration of such prohibition (so long as such extension shall not violate Section 409A of the Code).
9. Performance Share Units
(a) Award Grants. The Committee is authorized to establish Performance Share Unit programs to be effective over designated Award Periods determined by the Committee. At the beginning of each Award Period, the Committee will establish in writing Performance Goals based for such Award Period and a schedule relating the accomplishment of the Performance Goals to the Awards to be earned by Participants. The Committee shall determine the number of Performance Share Units to be awarded, if any, to each Participant who is selected to receive such an Award. The Committee may add new Participants to a Performance Share program after its commencement by making pro-rata grants.
(b) Determination of Award. At the completion of a Performance Share Unit Award Period, or at other times as specified by the Committee, the Committee shall calculate the number of shares of Stock earned with respect to each Participant’s Performance Share Unit Award by multiplying the number of Performance Share Units granted to the Participant by a performance factor representing the degree of attainment of the Performance Goals.
(c) Partial Awards. A Participant for less than a full Award Period, whether by reason of commencement or termination of employment or otherwise, shall receive such portion of an Award, if any, for that Award Period as the Committee shall determine.
(d) Payment of Performance Share Unit Awards. Performance Share Unit Awards shall be payable in that number of shares of Stock determined in accordance with Section 9(b); provided, however, that, at its discretion, the Committee may make payment to any Participant in the form of cash. The amount of any payment made in cash shall be based upon the Fair Market Value of the Stock on the day prior to payment. Payments of Performance Share Unit Awards shall be made as soon as practicable after the completion of an Award Period; provided, however, that in all cases, all such payments shall be made on or before the fifteenth day of the third month following the end of the Participant's tax year or the Company's tax year, whichever is later, in which the Participant's right to the payment is no longer subject to a 'substantial risk of forfeiture' for purposes of Section 409A of the Code.
(e) Adjustment of Performance Goals. The Committee may, during the Award Period, or if such Award is intended to qualify as “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m), during the first 90 days of an Award Period (or within the maximum period allowed under Section 162(m) of the Code), or at any time thereafter if the change would not cause any Award to fail to qualify as “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m), make such adjustments to Performance Goals as it may deem appropriate to reflect any of the following events: (i) asset write-downs; (ii) litigation or claim judgments or settlements; (iii) the effect of changes in tax laws, accounting principles, or other laws or regulatory rules affecting reported results; (iv) any reorganization and restructuring programs; (v) extraordinary nonrecurring items as described in Accounting Standards Codification Topic 225-20 (or any successor pronouncement thereto) and/or in management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations appearing in the Company’s annual report to shareholders for the applicable year; (vi) acquisitions or divestitures; (vii) any other specific unusual or nonrecurring events, or objectively determinable category thereof; (viii) foreign exchange gains and losses; (ix) discontinued operations and nonrecurring charges; and (x) a change in the Company’s fiscal year.
(f) Applicability of Section 162(m). With respect to Awards of Performance Share Units intended to qualify as “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code, this Section 9 (including the substance of the Performance Goals, the timing of establishment of the Performance Goals, the adjustment of the Performance Goals and the determination and certification of the Award) shall be implemented by the Committee in a manner designed to preserve such Awards as such “performance-based compensation.”
10. Restricted Stock Awards and Phantom Stock Units
(a) Award of Restricted Stock and Phantom Stock Units.
(i) The Committee shall have the authority (1) to grant Restricted Stock and Phantom Stock Unit Awards to Eligible Persons, (2) to issue or transfer Restricted Stock to Participants, and (3) to establish terms, conditions and restrictions applicable to such Restricted Stock and Phantom Stock Units, including the Restricted Period, which may differ with respect to each grantee, the time or times at which Restricted Stock or Phantom Stock Units shall be granted or become vested and the number of shares or units to be covered by each grant. The Committee may accelerate the vesting and/or the lapse of any or all of the restrictions on the Restricted Stock and Phantom Stock Units, which acceleration shall not affect any other terms and conditions of such Awards.
(ii) Each Participant granted a Restricted Stock Award shall execute and deliver to the Company an Award agreement with respect to the Restricted Stock setting forth the restrictions and other terms and conditions applicable to such Restricted Stock. If the Committee determines that the Restricted Stock shall be held in escrow rather than delivered to the Participant pending the release of the applicable restrictions, the Committee may require the Participant to additionally execute and deliver to the Company (i) an escrow agreement satisfactory to the Committee and (ii) the appropriate blank stock powers with respect to the Restricted Stock covered by such agreement. If a Participant shall fail to execute a Restricted Stock agreement and, if applicable, an escrow agreement and stock powers, the Award shall be null and void. Subject to the restrictions set forth in Section 10(b), the Participant generally shall have the rights and privileges of a stockholder as to such Restricted Stock, including the right to vote such Restricted Stock. At the discretion of the Committee, cash dividends and stock dividends with respect to the Restricted Stock may be either currently paid to the Participant or withheld by the Company for the Participant’s account, and interest may be credited on the amount of cash dividends withheld at a rate and subject to such terms as determined by the Committee. The cash dividends or stock dividends so withheld by the Committee and attributable to any particular share of Restricted Stock (and earnings thereon, if applicable) shall be distributed to the Participant upon the release of restrictions on such share and, if such share is forfeited, the Participant shall have no right to such cash dividends, stock dividends or earnings.
(iii) Upon the Award of Restricted Stock, the Committee shall cause a stock certificate registered in the name of the Participant to be issued and, if it so determines, deposited together with the stock powers with an escrow agent designated by the Committee. If an escrow arrangement is used, the Committee may cause the escrow agent to issue to the Participant a receipt evidencing any stock certificate held by it registered in the name of the Participant.
(iv) The terms and conditions of a grant of Phantom Stock Units shall be reflected in a written Award agreement. No shares of Stock shall be issued at the time a Phantom Stock Unit Award is made, and the Company will not be required to set aside a fund for the payment of any such Award. At the discretion of the Committee, each Phantom Stock Unit (representing one share of Stock) awarded to a Participant may be credited with cash and stock dividends paid by the Company in respect of one share of Stock (“Dividend Equivalents”). At the discretion of the Committee, Dividend Equivalents may be either currently paid to the Participant or withheld by the Company for the Participant’s account, and interest may be credited on the amount of cash Dividend Equivalents withheld at a rate and subject to such terms as determined by the Committee. Dividend Equivalents credited to a Participant’s account and attributable to any particular Phantom Stock Unit (and earnings thereon, if applicable) shall be distributed to the Participant upon settlement of such Phantom Stock Unit and, if such Phantom Stock Unit is forfeited, the Participant shall have no right to such Dividends Equivalents.
(b) Restrictions.
(i) Restricted Stock awarded to a Participant shall be subject to the following restrictions until the expiration of the Restricted Period, and to such other terms and conditions as may be set forth in the applicable Award agreement: (1) if an escrow arrangement is used, the Participant shall not be entitled to delivery of the stock certificate; and (2) the shares shall be subject to forfeiture during the Restricted Period and restrictions on transferability, each as set forth in the Award agreement and, to the extent such shares are forfeited, the stock certificates shall be returned to the Company, and all rights of the Participant to such shares and as a shareholder shall terminate without further obligation on the part of the Company.
(ii) Phantom Stock Units awarded to any Participant shall be subject to (1) forfeiture until the expiration of the Restricted Period, to the extent provided in the applicable Award agreement, and to the extent such Phantom Stock Units are forfeited, all rights of the Participant to such Phantom Stock Units shall terminate without further obligation on the part of the Company and (2) such other terms and conditions as may be set forth in the applicable Award agreement.
(iii) The Committee shall have the authority to remove any or all of the restrictions on the Restricted Stock and Phantom Stock Units whenever it may determine that, by reason of changes in applicable laws or other changes in circumstances arising after the date of the Restricted Stock Award or Phantom Stock Award, such action is appropriate.
(c) Restricted Period. The Restricted Period of Restricted Stock and Phantom Stock Units shall commence on the Date of Grant and shall expire from time to time as to that part of the Restricted Stock and Phantom Stock Units indicated in a schedule established by the Committee in the applicable Award agreement.
(d) Delivery of Restricted Stock and Settlement of Phantom Stock Units. Upon the expiration of the Restricted Period with respect to any shares of Stock covered by a Restricted Stock Award, the restrictions set forth in Section 10(b) and the applicable Award agreement shall be of no further force or effect with respect to shares of Restricted Stock which have not then been forfeited, except as otherwise set forth in the applicable Award agreement. If an escrow arrangement is used, upon such expiration, the Company shall deliver to the Participant, or his beneficiary, without charge, the stock certificate evidencing the shares of Restricted Stock which have not then been forfeited and with respect to which the Restricted Period has expired (to the nearest full share) and any cash dividends or stock dividends credited to the Participant’s account with respect to such Restricted Stock and the interest thereon, if any.
Upon the expiration of the Restricted Period with respect to any Phantom Stock Units covered by a Phantom Stock Unit Award, the Company shall deliver to the Participant, or his beneficiary, without charge, one share of Stock for each Phantom Stock Unit which has not then been forfeited and with respect to which the Restricted Period has expired (“Vested Unit”); provided, however, that, if so noted in the applicable Award agreement, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, (i) elect to pay cash or part cash and part Stock in lieu of delivering only Stock for Vested Units or (ii) defer the delivery of Stock (or cash or part Stock and part cash, as the case may be) beyond the expiration of the Restricted Period if such extension would not cause adverse tax consequences under Section 409A of the Code. If cash payment is made in lieu of delivering Stock, the amount of such payment shall be equal to the Fair Market Value of the Stock as of the date on which the Restricted Period lapsed with respect to such Vested Unit. To the extent provided in an Award agreement, the holder of outstanding Vested Units shall be entitled to be credited with dividend equivalent payments (upon the payment by the Company of dividends on shares of Stock) either in cash or, if determined by the Committee, in shares of Stock having a Fair Market Value equal to the amount of such dividends (and interest may, if determined by the Committee, be credited on the amount of cash dividend equivalents at a rate and subject to such terms as determined by the Committee), which accumulated dividend equivalents (and interest thereon, if applicable) shall be payable at the same time as the underlying Phantom Stock Units are settled following the release of restrictions on such Phantom Stock Units, and, if such Phantom Stock Units are forfeited, the Participant shall have no right to such dividend equivalent payments.
(e) Stock Restrictions. Each certificate representing Restricted Stock awarded under the Plan shall bear a legend substantially in the form of the following until the lapse of all restrictions with respect to such Stock:
Transfer of this certificate and the shares represented hereby is restricted pursuant to the terms of the Amended and Restated Movado Group, Inc. 1996 Stock Incentive Plan and a Restricted Stock Purchase and Award Agreement, dated as of _____________, between Movado Group, Inc. and __________________. A copy of such Agreement is on file at the offices of Movado Group, Inc.
Stop transfer orders shall be entered with the Company’s transfer agent and registrar against the transfer of legended securities.
(f) Applicability of Section 162(m). With respect to Awards of Restricted Stock or Phantom Stock Units intended to qualify as “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code, the Committee shall establish and administer Performance Goals in the manner described in Section 9 as an additional condition to the vesting and payment of such Awards.
11. Stock Bonus Awards
The Committee may issue unrestricted Stock, or other awards denominated in Stock, under the Plan to Eligible Persons, alone or in tandem with other Awards, in such amounts and subject to such terms and conditions as the Committee shall from time to time in its sole discretion determine. Stock Bonus Awards under the Plan shall be granted as, or in payment of, a bonus, or to provide incentives or recognize special achievements or contributions. With respect to Stock Bonus Awards intended to qualify as “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code, the Committee shall establish and administer Performance Goals in the manner described in Section 9 as an additional condition to the vesting and payment of such Stock Bonus Awards.
12. General
(a) Award Agreements; Other Agreements; Additional Provisions of an Award.
(i) Each Award under the Plan shall be evidenced by an Award agreement, which shall be delivered to the Participant and shall specify the terms and conditions of the Award and any rules applicable thereto.
An Award agreement may be in written or electronic form and shall be signed (either in written or electronic form) by the Participant and a duly authorized representative of the Company. The terms of any Award agreement, or any employment, change-in-control, severance or other agreement in effect with the Participant, may have terms or features different from and/or additional to those set forth in the Plan, and, unless expressly provided otherwise in such Award or other agreement, shall control in the event of any conflict with the terms of the Plan.
(ii) Awards to a Participant under the Plan also may be subject to such other provisions (whether or not applicable to the benefit awarded to any other Participant) as the Committee determines appropriate including, without limitation, provisions to assist the Participant in financing the purchase of Stock upon the exercise of Options (provided, that the Committee determines that providing such financing does not violate the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002), provisions for the forfeiture of or restrictions on resale or other disposition of shares of Stock acquired under any Award, provisions giving the Company the right to repurchase shares of Stock acquired under any Award in the event the Participant elects to dispose of such shares, provisions allowing the Participant to elect to defer the receipt of payment in respect of Awards for a specified period or until a specified event, and provisions to comply with Federal and state securities laws and Federal and state tax withholding requirements. Any such provisions shall be reflected in the applicable Award agreement.
(b) Privileges of Stock Ownership. Except as otherwise specifically provided in the Plan, no person shall be entitled to the privileges of ownership in respect of shares of Stock which are subject to Awards hereunder until such shares have been issued or delivered to that person.
(c) Government and Other Regulations.
(i) Nothing in this Plan shall be deemed to authorize the Committee or Board or any members thereof to take any action contrary to applicable law or regulation, or rules of NYSE.
(ii) The obligation of the Company to settle Awards in Stock shall be subject to all applicable laws, rules, and regulations, and to such approvals by governmental agencies as may be required. Notwithstanding any terms or conditions of any Award to the contrary, the Company shall be under no obligation to offer to sell or to sell and shall be prohibited from offering to sell or selling any shares of Stock pursuant to an Award unless such shares have been properly registered for sale pursuant to the Securities Act with the Securities and Exchange Commission or unless the Company has received an opinion of counsel, satisfactory to the Company, that such shares may be offered or sold without such registration pursuant to an available exemption therefrom and the terms and conditions of such exemption have been fully complied with. The Company shall be under no obligation to register for sale under the Securities Act any of the shares of Stock to be offered or sold under the Plan. If the shares of Stock offered for sale or sold under the Plan are offered or sold pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act, the Company may restrict the transfer of such shares and may legend the Stock certificates representing such shares in such manner as it deems advisable to ensure the availability of any such exemption. The Committee shall have the authority to provide that all shares of Stock or other securities of the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate delivered under the Plan shall be subject to such stop transfer orders and other restrictions as the Committee may deem advisable under the Plan, the applicable Award agreement, the U.S. Federal securities laws, or the rules, regulations and other requirements of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, any securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation service upon which such shares or other securities of the Company are then listed or quoted and any other applicable Federal, state, local or non-U.S. laws, rules, regulations and other requirements, and, without limiting the generality of Section 10 of the Plan, the Committee may cause a legend or legends to be put on any such certificates of Common Stock or other securities of the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate delivered under the Plan to make appropriate reference to such restrictions or may cause such Stock or other securities of the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate delivered under the Plan in book-entry form to be held subject to the Company’s instructions or subject to appropriate stop-transfer orders.
(iii) The Committee may cancel an Award or any portion thereof if it determines that legal or contractual restrictions and/or blockage and/or other market considerations would make the Company’s acquisition of shares of Stock from the public markets, the Company’s issuance of Stock to the Participant, the Participant’s acquisition of Stock from the Company and/or the Participant’s sale of Stock to the public markets, illegal, impracticable or inadvisable. If the Committee determines to cancel all or any portion of an Award in accordance with the foregoing, unless prevented by applicable laws, the Company shall pay to the Participant an amount equal to the excess of (A) the aggregate Fair Market Value of the shares of Stock subject to such Award or portion thereof canceled (determined as of the applicable exercise date, or the date that the shares would have been vested or delivered, as applicable), over (B) the aggregate Exercise Price or Strike Price (in the case of an Option or SAR, respectively) or any amount payable as a condition of delivery of shares of Stock (in the case of any other Award).
Such amount shall be delivered to the Participant as soon as practicable following the cancellation of such Award or portion thereof.
(d) Tax Withholding.
(i) A Participant may be required to pay to the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate and the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate shall have the right and is hereby authorized to withhold from any cash, shares of Stock or other property deliverable under any Award or from any compensation or other amounts owing to a Participant the amount (in cash, Stock or other property) of any required tax withholding and payroll taxes in respect of an Award, its exercise, or any payment or transfer under an Award or under the Plan and to take such other action as may be necessary in the opinion of the Company to satisfy all obligations for the payment of such taxes.
(ii) Without limiting the generality of clause (i) above, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, permit a Participant to satisfy, in whole or in part, the foregoing withholding liability (but no more than the minimum required withholding liability) by (A) delivery of shares of Stock owned by the Participant with a Fair Market Value equal to such withholding liability or (B) having the Company withhold from the number of shares of Stock otherwise issuable pursuant to the exercise or settlement of the Award a number of shares with a Fair Market Value equal to such withholding liability.
(e) Claim to Awards and Employment Rights. No employee of the Company, a Subsidiary or Affiliate, or other person, shall have any claim or right to be granted an Award under the Plan or, having been selected for the grant of an Award, to be selected for a grant of any other Award. There is no obligation for uniformity of treatment of Participants or holders or beneficiaries of Awards. The terms and conditions of Awards and the Committee’s determinations and interpretations with respect thereto need not be the same with respect to each Participant and may be made selectively among Participants, whether or not such Participants are similarly situated. Neither the Plan nor any action taken hereunder shall be construed as giving any Participant any right to be retained in the employ or service of the Company, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate, nor shall it be construed as giving any Participant any right to continued service on the Board.
(f) Designation and Change of Beneficiary. Each Participant shall file with the Committee a written designation of one or more persons as the beneficiary who shall be entitled to receive the amounts payable with respect to an Award, if any, due under the Plan upon his death. A Participant may, from time to time, revoke or change his beneficiary designation without the consent of any prior beneficiary by filing a new designation with the Committee. The last such designation received by the Committee shall be controlling; provided, however, that no designation, or change or revocation thereof, shall be effective unless received by the Committee prior to the Participant’s death, and in no event shall it be effective as of a date prior to such receipt. If no beneficiary designation is filed by a Participant, the Beneficiary shall be deemed to be his or her spouse or, if the Participant is unmarried at the time of death, his or her estate.
(g) Payments to Persons Other Than Participants. If the Committee shall find that any person to whom any amount is payable under the Plan is unable to care for his affairs because of illness or accident, or is a minor, or has died, then any payment due to such person or his estate (unless a prior claim therefor has been made by a duly appointed legal representative) may, if the Committee so directs the Company, be paid to his spouse, child, relative, an institution maintaining or having custody of such person, or any other person deemed by the Committee to be a proper recipient on behalf of such person otherwise entitled to payment. Any such payment shall be a complete discharge of the liability of the Committee and the Company therefor.
(h) Governing law. The Plan shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and performed wholly within the State of New York.
(i) Funding. Neither the Plan nor any Award shall create or be construed to create a trust or separate fund of any kind or a fiduciary relationship between the Company or any Affiliate, on the one hand, and a Participant or other person or entity, on the other hand. No provision of the Plan shall require the Company, for the purpose of satisfying any obligations under the Plan, to purchase assets or place any assets in a trust or other entity to which contributions are made or otherwise to segregate any assets, nor shall the Company maintain separate bank accounts, books, records or other evidence of the existence of a segregated or separately maintained or administered fund for such purposes. Holders shall have no rights under the Plan other than as unsecured general creditors of the Company, except that insofar as they may have become entitled to payment of additional compensation by performance of services, they shall have the same rights as other employees under general law.
(j) Nontransferability.
(i) Each Award shall be exercisable only by a Participant during the Participant’s lifetime, or, if permissible under applicable law, by the Participant’s legal guardian or representative. No Award may be assigned, alienated, pledged, attached, sold or otherwise transferred or encumbered by a Participant otherwise than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution and any such purported assignment, alienation, pledge, attachment, sale, transfer or encumbrance shall be void and unenforceable against the Company, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate; provided that the designation of a beneficiary shall not constitute an assignment, alienation, pledge, attachment, sale, transfer or encumbrance.
(ii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, permit Awards other than Incentive Stock Options to be transferred by a Participant, without consideration, subject to such rules as the Committee may adopt consistent with any applicable Award agreement to preserve the purposes of the Plan, to:
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any person who is a “family member” of the Participant, as such term is used in the instructions to Form S-8 (collectively, the “Immediate Family Members”);
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a trust solely for the benefit of the Participant and his or her Immediate Family Members;
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a partnership or limited liability company whose only partners or shareholders are the Participant and his or her Immediate Family Members; or
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any other transferee as may be approved either (a) by the Board or the Committee in its sole discretion, or (b) as provided in the applicable Award agreement;
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(each transferee described in clauses (A), (B), (C) and (D) above is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Transferee”); provided that the Participant gives the Committee advance written notice describing the terms and conditions of the proposed transfer and the Committee notifies the Participant in writing that such a transfer would comply with the requirements of the Plan.
(iii) The terms of any Award transferred in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence shall apply to the Permitted Transferee and any reference in the Plan, or in any applicable Award Agreement, to a Participant shall be deemed to refer to the Permitted Transferee, except that (A) Permitted Transferees shall not be entitled to transfer any Awards, other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution; (B) Permitted Transferees shall not be entitled to exercise any transferred Option unless there shall be in effect a registration statement on an appropriate form covering the shares of Stock to be acquired pursuant to the exercise of such Option if the Committee determines, consistent with any applicable Award agreement, that such a registration statement is necessary or appropriate, (C) the Committee or the Company shall not be required to provide any notice to a Permitted Transferee, whether or not such notice is or would otherwise have been required to be given to the Participant under the Plan or otherwise, and (D) the consequences of the termination of the Participant’s employment by, or services to, the Company, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate under the terms of the Plan and the applicable Award agreement shall continue to be applied with respect to the Participant, following which any transferred Options shall be exercisable by the Permitted Transferee only to the extent, and for the periods, specified in the Plan and the applicable Award agreement.
(k) Dividends and Dividend Equivalents. The Committee may provide a Participant as part of an Award with dividends or dividend equivalents, payable in cash, shares of Stock, other securities, other Awards or other property, on a current or deferred basis, on such terms and conditions as may be determined by the Committee, including without limitation, payment directly to the Participant, withholding of such amounts by the Company subject to vesting of the Award or reinvestment in additional shares of Stock, Restricted Stock or other Awards; provided, that no dividends or dividend equivalents shall be payable in respect of outstanding (i) Options or SARs or (ii) unearned Performance Share Unit Awards or other unearned Awards subject to performance conditions (other than or in addition to the passage of time); provided, however, that dividend equivalents may be accumulated in respect of unearned Awards and paid as soon as administratively practicable, but no more than 60 days, after such Awards are earned and become payable or distributable (and the right to any such accumulated dividends or dividend equivalents shall be forfeited upon the forfeiture of the Award to which such dividends or dividend equivalents relate).
(l) International Participants. With respect to Participants who reside or work outside of the United States and who are not “covered employees” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code, the Committee may amend the terms of the Plan or appendices thereto, or outstanding Awards in order to conform such terms with or accommodate the requirements of local laws, procedures or practices or to obtain more favorable tax or other treatment for a Participant, the Company or its Affiliates. Without limiting the generality of this subsection, the Committee is specifically authorized to adopt rules, procedures and sub-plans with provisions that limit or modify rights on death, disability, retirement or other termination of employment, available methods of exercise or settlement of an award, payment of income, social insurance contributions or payroll taxes, withholding procedures and handling of any stock certificates or other indicia of ownership which vary with local requirements. The Committee may also adopt rules, procedures or sub-plans applicable to particular Affiliates or locations.
(m) No Section 83(b) Elections Without Consent of Company. No election under Section 83(b) of the Code or under a similar provision of law may be made unless expressly permitted by the terms of the applicable Award agreement or by action of the Committee in writing prior to the making of such election. If a Participant, in connection with the acquisition of shares of Stock under the Plan or otherwise, is expressly permitted to make such election and the Participant makes the election, the Participant shall notify the Company of such election within ten days of filing notice of the election with the Internal Revenue Service or other governmental authority, in addition to any filing and notification required pursuant to Section 83(b) of the Code or other applicable provision.
(n) Reliance on Reports. Each member of the Committee and each member of the Board shall be fully justified in relying, acting or failing to act, and shall not be liable for having so relied, acted or failed to act in good faith, upon any report made by the independent public accountant of the Company and its Affiliates and upon any other information furnished in connection with the Plan by any person or persons other than himself.
(o) Relationship to Other Benefits. No payment under the Plan shall be taken into account in determining any benefits under any pension, retirement, profit sharing, group insurance or other benefit plan of the Company or any Subsidiary except as otherwise specifically provided in such other plan.
(p) Expenses. The expenses of administering the Plan shall be borne by the Company and its Affiliates.
(q) Pronouns. Masculine pronouns and other words of masculine gender shall refer to both men and women.
(r) Titles and Headings. The titles and headings of the sections in the Plan are for convenience of reference only, and in the event of any conflict, the text of the Plan, rather than such titles or headings shall control.
(s) Termination of Employment or Service. Except as otherwise provided in an Award agreement, or any employment, consulting, change in control, severance or other agreement between a Participant and the Company, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate, unless determined otherwise by the Committee: (i) neither a temporary absence from employment or service due to illness, vacation or leave of absence (including, without limitation, a call to active duty for military service through a Reserve or National Guard unit) nor a transfer from employment or service with the Company to employment or service with, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate (or vice-versa) shall be considered a termination of employment or service with the Company, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate; and (ii) if a Participant’s employment with the Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates terminates, but such Participant continues to provide services to the Company or its Subsidiaries and Affiliates in a non-employee capacity (including as a Non-Employee Director) (or vice-versa), such change in status shall not be considered a termination of employment or service with the Company, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate for purposes of the Plan.
(t) Severability. If any provision of the Plan or any Award agreement is or becomes or is deemed to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any jurisdiction or as to any person or Award, or would disqualify the Plan or any Award under any law deemed applicable by the Committee, such provision shall be construed or deemed amended to conform to the applicable laws, or if it cannot be construed or deemed amended without, in the determination of the Committee, materially altering the intent of the Plan or the Award, such provision shall be stricken as to such jurisdiction, person or Award and the remainder of the Plan and any such Award shall remain in full force and effect.
(u) Clawback/Forfeiture. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, an Award agreement may provide that the Committee may cancel such Award if the Participant, without the consent of the Company, has engaged in or engages in activity that is in conflict with or adverse to the interest of the Company or any Affiliate while employed by or providing services to the Company or any Affiliate, including fraud or conduct contributing to any financial restatements or irregularities, or violates a non-competition, non-solicitation, non-
disparagement or non-disclosure covenant or agreement with the Company or any Affiliate, as determined by the Committee. The Committee may also provide in an Award agreement that in such event, the Participant will forfeit any compensation, gain or other value realized thereafter on the vesting, exercise or settlement of such Award, the sale or other transfer of such Award, or the sale of shares of Common Stock acquired in respect of such Award, and must promptly repay such amounts to the Company. The Committee may also provide in an Award agreement that if the Participant receives any amount in excess of what the Participant should have received under the terms of the Award for any reason (including without limitation by reason of a financial restatement, mistake in calculations or other administrative error), all as determined by the Committee, then the Participant shall be required to promptly repay any such excess amount to the Company. To the extent required by applicable law (including without limitation Section 304 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and Section 954 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act) and/or the rules and regulations of NYSE or other securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation system on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted, or if so required pursuant to a written policy adopted by the Company, Awards shall be subject (including on a retroactive basis) to clawback, forfeiture or similar requirements (and such requirements shall be deemed incorporated by reference into all outstanding Award agreements).
(v) No Representations or Covenants With Respect To Tax Qualification. Although the Company may endeavor to (i) qualify an Award for favorable U.S. or non-U.S. tax treatment or (ii) avoid adverse tax treatment, the Company makes no representation to that effect and expressly disavows any covenant to maintain favorable or avoid unfavorable tax treatment. The Company shall be unconstrained in its corporate activities without regard to the potential negative tax impact on holders of Awards under the Plan.
13. Changes in Capital Structure
With respect to Awards granted under the Plan and any agreements evidencing such Awards, the maximum number of shares of Stock subject to all Awards stated in Section 5(a) and the maximum number of shares of Stock with respect to which any one person may be granted Awards during any period stated in Sections 5(d) or 5(e), the Committee shall make an equitable adjustment or substitution in order to prevent substantial enlargement or dilution of a Participant’s rights, in a manner consistent with the purposes of the Plan, as to the number, price or kind of a share of Stock or other consideration subject to such Awards or as otherwise determined by the Committee to be equitable (i) in the event of changes in the outstanding Stock or in the capital structure of the Company by reason of stock or extraordinary cash dividends, stock splits, reverse stock splits, recapitalization, reorganizations, mergers, consolidations, combinations, exchanges, or other relevant changes in capitalization occurring after the Date of Grant of any such Award or (ii) in the event of any change in applicable laws or any change in circumstances which results in or would result in any substantial dilution or enlargement of the rights granted to, or available for, Participants, or which otherwise warrants equitable adjustment because it interferes with the intended operation of the Plan; provided, however, that the manner of any such equitable adjustment shall be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee shall make an equitable or proportionate adjustment to outstanding Awards to reflect any “equity restructuring” (within the meaning of Financial Standards Codification Topic 718 (or any successor pronouncement thereto)). Any adjustment in Incentive Stock Options under this Section 13 shall be made only to the extent not constituting a “modification” within the meaning of Section 424(h)(3) of the Code, and any adjustments under this Section 13 shall be made in a manner which does not adversely affect the exemption provided pursuant to Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act. Further, with respect to Awards intended to qualify as “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code, such adjustments or substitutions shall be made only to the extent that the Committee determines that such adjustments or substitutions may be made without causing the Company to be denied a tax deduction on account of Section 162(m) of the Code. The Company shall give each Participant notice of an adjustment hereunder and, upon notice, such adjustment shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes.
Notwithstanding the above, in the event of any of the following:
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The Company is merged or consolidated with another corporation or entity and, in connection therewith, consideration is received by shareholders of the Company in a form other than stock or other equity interests of the surviving entity;
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The reorganization or liquidation of the Company; or
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then the Committee may, in its discretion and upon at least 10 days advance notice to the affected persons, cancel any one or more outstanding Awards (or awards of an acquiring company) and cause to be paid to the holders thereof, in cash, shares of Stock, other securities or other property, or any combination thereof, the value of such Awards, if any, as determined by the Committee (which if applicable may be based upon the price per share of Stock received or to be received by other shareholders of the Company in such event), including without limitation, in the case of an outstanding Option or SAR, a cash payment in an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the Fair Market Value (as of a date specified by the Committee) of the shares of Stock subject to such Option or SAR over the aggregate Exercise Price or Strike Price of such Option or SAR, respectively (it being understood that, in such event, any Option or SAR having a per share Exercise Price or Strike Price equal to, or in excess of, the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock subject thereto may be canceled and terminated without any payment or consideration therefor). The terms of this Section 13 may be varied by the Committee in any particular Award agreement.
14. Effect of Change in Control
Except to the extent reflected in a particular Award agreement:
(a) In the event of a Change in Control, notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, all Options and SARs shall become immediately exercisable with respect to 100 percent of the shares subject to such Option or SAR, and the Restricted Period shall expire immediately with respect to 100% of such Phantom Stock Units or shares of Restricted Stock (including a waiver of any applicable Performance Goals) and, to the extent practicable, such acceleration of exercisability and expiration of the Restricted Period (as applicable) shall occur in a manner and at a time which allows affected Participants the ability to participate in the Change in Control transaction with respect to the Stock subject to their Awards.
(b) In the event of a Change in Control, all incomplete Award Periods in effect on the date the Change in Control occurs shall end on the date of such change, and the Committee shall (i) determine the extent to which Performance Goals with respect to each such Award Period have been met based upon such audited or unaudited financial information then available as it deems relevant, (ii) cause to be paid to each Participant partial or full Awards with respect to Performance Goals for each such Award Period based upon the Committee’s determination of the degree of attainment of Performance Goals, and (iii) cause all previously deferred Awards to be settled in full as soon as possible.
(c) In addition, in the event of a Change in Control, the Committee may in its discretion and upon at least 10 days’ advance notice to the affected persons, cancel any outstanding Awards and pay to the holders thereof, in cash or stock, or any combination thereof, the value of such Awards based upon the price per share of Stock received or to be received by other shareholders of the Company in the event.
(d) The obligations of the Company under the Plan shall be binding upon any successor corporation or organization resulting from the merger, consolidation or other reorganization of the Company, or upon any successor corporation or organization succeeding to substantially all of the assets and business of the Company. The Company agrees that it will make appropriate provisions 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.
15. Nonexclusivity of the Plan
Neither the adoption of this Plan by the Board nor the submission of this Plan to the stockholders of the Company for approval shall be construed as creating any limitations on the power of the Board to adopt such other incentive arrangements as it may deem desirable, including, without limitation, the granting of stock options otherwise than under this Plan, and such arrangements may be either applicable generally or only in specific cases.
16. Amendments and Termination
(a) Amendment and Termination of the Plan. The Board may amend, alter, suspend, discontinue, or terminate the Plan or any portion thereof at any time; provided that no such amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuation or termination shall be made without shareholder approval if such approval is necessary to comply with any tax or regulatory requirement applicable to the Plan (including as necessary to comply with any applicable stock exchange listing requirement or to prevent the Company from being denied a tax deduction on account of
Section 162(m) of the Code); and provided further that any such amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuance or termination that would materially and adversely impair the rights of any Participant or any holder or beneficiary of any Award theretofore granted shall not to that extent be effective without the consent of the affected Participant, holder or beneficiary unless the Committee determines that such is required or advisable in order for the Company, the Plan or the Award to satisfy any applicable law or regulation.
(b) Amendment of Award Agreements. The Committee may, to the extent consistent with the terms of any applicable Award agreement, waive any conditions or rights under, amend any terms of, or alter, suspend, discontinue, cancel or terminate, any Award theretofore granted or the associated Award agreement, prospectively or retroactively; provided that any such waiver, amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuance, cancellation or termination that would materially and adversely impair the rights of any Participant or any holder or beneficiary of any Option theretofore granted shall not to that extent be effective without the consent of the affected Participant, holder or beneficiary unless the Committee determines that such is required or advisable in order for the Company, the Plan or the Award to satisfy any applicable law or regulation; and provided further that, without stockholder approval, (i) no amendment or modification may reduce the exercise price of any Option or the Strike Price of any SAR, (ii) the Committee may not cancel any outstanding Option or SAR and replace it with a new Option or SAR (with a lower exercise price or Strike Price as the case may be) or other Award or cash in a manner which would either (A) be reportable on the Company’s proxy statement as Options which have been “repriced” (as such term is used in Item 402 of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Exchange Act), or (B) result in any Option being accounted for under the “variable” method for financial statement reporting purposes (or otherwise cause the Award to fail to qualify for equity accounting treatment) and (iii) the Committee may not take any other action which is considered a “repricing” for purposes of the shareholder approval rules of any applicable stock exchange.
17. Section 409A.
(a) It is intended that this Plan and Awards granted hereunder comply with, or be exempt from, Section 409A of the Code, and all provisions of this Plan shall be construed and interpreted in a manner consistent with the requirements for avoiding taxes or penalties under Section 409A of the Code. Each Participant is solely responsible and liable for the satisfaction of all taxes and penalties that may be imposed on or in respect of such Participant in connection with this Plan or any other plan maintained by the Company (including any taxes and penalties under Section 409A of the Code), and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary or Affiliate shall have any obligation to indemnify or otherwise hold such Participant (or any beneficiary) harmless from any or all of such taxes or penalties. With respect to any Award that is considered “deferred compensation” subject to Section 409A of the Code, references in the Plan to “termination of employment” (and substantially similar phrases) shall mean “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code. For purposes of Section 409A of the Code, each of the payments that may be made in respect of any Award granted under the Plan is designated as a separate payment.
(b) Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, if a Participant is a “specified employee” within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code, no payments or deliveries in respect of any Awards that are “deferred compensation” subject to Section 409A of the Code shall be made to such Participant prior to the date that is six months after the date of such Participant’s “separation from service” (as defined in Section 409A of the Code) or, if earlier, the Participant’s date of death. Following any applicable six month delay, all such delayed payments or deliveries will be paid or delivered (without interest) in a single lump sum on the earliest date permitted under Section 409A of the Code that is also a business day.
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As amended and restated by the Board of
Directors of Movado Group, Inc. at a meeting
held on April 4, 2013
ANNEX B
MOVADO GROUP, INC.
AMENDED AND RESTATED
DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN FOR EXECUTIVES
Effective June 1, 1995
Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 1998
Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 2002
Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 2008
Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 2013
MOVADO GROUP, INC.
AMENDED AND RESTATED
DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN FOR EXECUTIVES
Table of Contents
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ARTICLE I Definitions
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1.1
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Account
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1
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1.2
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Administrator
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1
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1.3
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Affiliate
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1
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1.4
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Base Salary
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1
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1.5
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Base Salary Deferrals
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1
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1.6
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Bonus
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1
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1.7
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Bonus Deferrals
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1
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1.8
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Change in Control
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1.9
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Class Year Account
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1.10
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Code
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1.11
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Company
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1.12
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Company Stock
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1.13
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Compensation
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2
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1.14
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Compensation Deferrals
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2
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1.15
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Compensation Deferral Election
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2
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1.16
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Distributable Amount
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2
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1.17
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Effective Date
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2
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1.18
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Eligible Employee
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1.19
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Employee
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1.20
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Employers
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1.21
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Employer Contribution
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1.22
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ERISA
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1.23
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Fair Market Value
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3
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1.24
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Group I Employee
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1.25
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Group II Employee
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1.26
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Matching Contribution
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1.27
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Participant
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1.28
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Plan
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1.29
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Plan Year
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3
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1.30
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Scheduled Distribution
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3
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1.31
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Termination of Service
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1.32
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Total and Permanent Disability
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3
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1.33
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Trust
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1.34
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Trustee
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1.35
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Unforeseeable Emergency
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ARTICLE II Participation
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2.1
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Eligibility for Participation
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4
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2.2
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Commencement of Participation
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2.3
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Benefits
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ARTICLE III Contributions
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3.1
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Compensation Deferrals
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4
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3.2
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Matching Contributions
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3.3
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Company Stock
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3.4
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Employer Contributions
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3.5
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Time of Contributions
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5
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3.6
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Form of Contributions
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ARTICLE IV Vesting
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4.1
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Vesting
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ARTICLE V Accounts
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5.1
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Accounts
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5.2
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Investments, Gains and Losses
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5.3
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Forfeitures
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ARTICLE VI Distributions
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6.1
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Payment
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6.2
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Commencement of Payment
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ARTICLE VII Beneficiaries
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Beneficiaries
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7.2
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Lost Beneficiary
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ARTICLE VIII Funding
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8.1
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Prohibition Against Funding
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8.2
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Deposits in Trust
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8.3
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Indemnification of Trustee
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8.4
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Withholding of Employee Contributions
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ARTICLE IX Claims Procedure
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9.1
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General
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9.2
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Claim Review
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9.3
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Right of Appeal
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9.4
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Review of Appeal
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9.5
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Designation
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ARTICLE X Administration of the Plan
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10.1
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Committee as Administrator
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10.2
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Actions Taken by the Committee
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10.3
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Bond and Compensation
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10.4
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Duties of the Committee
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10.5
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Employers to Furnish Information
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10.6
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Expenses
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10.7
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Indemnification
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ARTICLE XI General Provisions
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11.1
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No Assignment
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11
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11.2
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No Employment Rights
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11.3
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Incompetence
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11.4
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Identity
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11.5
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Amendment and Termination
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11.6
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Employer Determinations
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11.7
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Construction
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11.8
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Governing Law
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11.9
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Severability
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11.10
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Headings
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11.11
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Terms
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11.12
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Top Hat Plan
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11.13
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Section 409A
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ARTICLE XII Adoption
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12.1
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Execution
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MOVADO GROUP, INC.
AMENDED AND RESTATED
DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN FOR EXECUTIVES
Movado Group, Inc., a New York corporation and Movado Retail Group, Inc. a New Jersey corporation, hereby adopt this Amended and Restated Movado Group, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan for Executives.
ARTICLE I
Definitions
1.1 Account. The bookkeeping account established for each Participant as provided in Section 5.1 hereof.
1.2 Administrator. The committee appointed pursuant to ARTICLE X.
1.3 Affiliate. Any entity (i) that directly or indirectly is controlled by, controls or is under common control with the Company, or (ii) in which the Company has a significant equity interest, in either case as determined by the Board.
1.4 Base Salary. The base salary payable to a Participant by an Employer attributable to services performed in a Plan Year. Base Salary shall only include regularly scheduled salary payable throughout the year, as determined by an Employer.
1.5 Base Salary Deferrals. The portion of Base Salary that a Participant elects to defer under the Plan as part of a Compensation Deferral Election.
1.6 Bonus. The annual incentive bonus, if any, payable by an Employer to a Participant who is not classified by the Employer as a sales executive, upon the satisfaction of certain specified performance goals.
1.7 Bonus Deferrals. The portion of Bonus that a Participant who is not classified by the Employer as a sales executive elects to defer under the Plan as part of a Compensation Deferral Election.
1.8 Change in Control. The occurrence of:
(i) the acquisition by any individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) (a “Person”) of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d 3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) (“Beneficial Ownership”) of 30% or more (on a fully diluted basis) of (A) the then outstanding shares of common stock of the Company, taking into account as outstanding for this purpose such common stock issuable upon the exercise of options or warrants, the conversion of convertible stock or debt, and the exercise of any similar right to acquire such common stock (the “Outstanding Company Common Stock”) and (B) the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (the “Outstanding Company Voting Securities”); provided, however, that for purposes of the Plan, the following acquisitions shall not constitute a Change in Control: (I) any acquisition by the Company or any Affiliate, (II) any acquisition by any employee benefit plan sponsored or maintained by the Company or any Affiliate, (III) any acquisition by a “Permitted Transferee,” as defined in the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, (IV) any acquisition which complies with clauses (A), (B) and (C) of subsection (iv) of this Section 1.8, or (V) with respect to the Plan benefit of a particular Participant, any acquisition by such Participant or any group of persons including such Participant (or any entity controlled by such Participant or any group of persons including such Participant);
(ii) individuals who, on the date hereof, constitute the Board (the “Incumbent Directors”) cease for any reason during any 12-month period to constitute at least a majority of the Board, provided that any person becoming a director subsequent to the date hereof, whose election or nomination for election was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the Incumbent Directors then on the Board (either by a specific vote or by approval of the proxy statement of the Company in which such person is named as a nominee for director, without written objection to such nomination) shall be an Incumbent Director; provided, however, that no individual initially elected or nominated as a director of the Company as a result of an actual or threatened election contest with respect to directors or as a result of any other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of any person other than the Board shall be deemed to be an Incumbent Director;
(iii) irrevocable termination and liquidation of the Plan within 12 months of the dissolution of the Company taxed under Section 331 of the Code, or with the approval of a bankruptcy court pursuant to 11 U.S.C. Section 503(b)(1)(A);
(iv) the consummation of a merger, consolidation, statutory share exchange or similar form of corporate transaction involving the Company that requires the approval of the Company’s stockholders, whether for such transaction or the issuance of securities in the transaction (a “Business Combination”), or sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the business assets of the Company to an entity that is not an Affiliate of the Company (a “Sale”) unless immediately following such Business Combination or Sale: (A) at least 50% of the total voting power of the corporation resulting from such Business Combination or the entity that acquired that business or assets of the Company in such Sale (in either case, the “Surviving Company”), or if applicable, the ultimate parent corporation that directly or indirectly has Beneficial Ownership of sufficient voting securities eligible to elect a majority of the board of directors (or analogous governing body) of the Surviving Company (the “Parent Company”), is represented by the Outstanding Company Voting Securities that were outstanding immediately prior to such Business Combination or Sale (or, if applicable, is represented by shares into which the Outstanding Company Voting Securities were converted pursuant to such Business Combination or Sale), and such voting power among the holders thereof is in substantially the same proportion as the voting power of the Outstanding Company Voting Securities among the holders thereof immediately prior to the Business Combination or Sale, (B) no Person (other than any employee benefit plan sponsored or maintained by the Surviving Company or the Parent Company or a “Permitted Transferee,” as defined in the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation), is or becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of 20% or more of the total voting power of the outstanding voting securities eligible to elect the board of directors (or analogous governing body) of the Parent Company (or, if there is no Parent Company, the Surviving Company) and (C) at least a majority of the members of the board of directors (or analogous governing body) of the Parent Company (or, if there is no Parent Company, the Surviving Company) following the consummation of the Business Combination or Sale were Board members at the time of the Board’s approval of the execution of the initial agreement providing for such Business Combination or Sale.
1.9 Class Year Account. The bookkeeping subaccounts established for each Participant as provided in Section 5.1.
1.10 Code. The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
1.11 Company. Movado Group, Inc., a New York corporation.
1.12 Company Stock. Common stock of the Company.
1.13 Compensation. For a Participant who is not classified by an Employer as a sales executive, the Participant’s Base Salary and Bonus, and for a Participant who is classified by an Employer as a sales executive, the Participant’s Base Salary only.
1.14 Compensation Deferrals. A Participant’s Base Salary Deferrals, and if the Eligible Employee is not classified by an Employer as a sales executive, Bonus Deferrals or both, as applicable.
1.15 Compensation Deferral Election. The written agreement submitted to the Administrator, by which an Eligible Employee agrees to participate in the Plan and make Compensation Deferrals under the Plan in accordance with Section 3.1.
1.16 Distributable Amount. The vested balance in an Account as determined under Article IV.
1.17 Effective Date. The Plan was originally effective on June 1, 1995. This amendment and restatement of the Plan is effective January 1, 2013.
1.18 Eligible Employee. An Employee of an Employer who is a "management or highly compensated" Employee within the meaning of Sections 201(2), 301(a)(3) and 401(a)(1) of ERISA.
1.19 Employee. Any person employed by an Employer.
1.20 Employers. Movado Group, Inc., a New York corporation and Movado Retail Group, Inc., a New Jersey corporation.
1.21 Employer Contribution. A discretionary contribution made by the Employers to the Trust that is credited to one or more Participant’s Accounts in accordance with Section 3.3.
1.22 ERISA. The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
1.23 Fair Market Value. On a given date means (i) if the Company Stock is listed on a national securities exchange, the closing sale price reported as having occurred on the primary exchange with which the Company Stock is listed and traded on that date, or, if there is no such sale on that date, then on the last preceding date on which such a sale was reported; (ii) if the Company Stock is not listed on any national securities exchange but is quoted in the National Market System of the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System (“NASDAQ”) on a last sale basis, the last sale price reported on that date, or, if there is no such sale on that date, then on the last preceding date on which a sale was reported; or (iii) if the Company Stock is not listed on a national securities exchange nor quoted in NASDAQ on a last sale basis, the amount determined by the Administrator to be the fair market value based upon a good faith attempt to value the Company Stock accurately and computed in accordance with applicable regulations of the Internal Revenue Service.
1.24 Group I Employee. An Employee who is designated as a Group I Employee by an Employer on Schedule A attached hereto, as such Schedule A may be amended by the Employer from time to time.
1.25 Group II Employee. An Employee who is designated as a Group II Employee by an Employer on Schedule A attached hereto, as such Schedule A may be amended by the Employer from time to time.
1.26 Matching Contribution. A contribution made by the Employers to the Trust that is credited to one or more Participant’s Accounts in accordance with Section 3.2.
1.27 Participant. An Eligible Employee who has become a Participant as provided in Section 2.1 and whose Account has not been fully distributed.
1.28 Plan. This Amended and Restated Movado Group, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan for Executives.
1.29 Plan Year. The twelve (12) month period commencing each January 1 and ending each December 31.
1.30 Scheduled Distribution. A scheduled distribution date elected by a Participant for distribution of Compensation Deferrals as provided under Section 6.2(e).
1.31 Termination of Service. The date of the Participant’s “separation from service” as defined under Code Section 409A and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder.
1.32 Total and Permanent Disability. Any medically determinable physical or mental disorder that renders a Participant incapable of continuing in the employment of an Employer and which is expected to continue for the remainder of a Participant’s life, as determined by the Administrator in its sole discretion.
1.33 Trust. The trust under the Plan, which trust shall at all times constitute a "rabbi trust".
1.34 Trustee. The trustee under the Trust and any successor Trustee appointed pursuant to the Trust.
1.35 Unforeseeable Emergency. A severe financial hardship to a Participant resulting from (i) an illness or accident of the Participant, the Participant's spouse, the Participant's beneficiary, or the Participant's dependent (as defined in Section 152 of the Code, without regard to Section 152(b)(1), 152(b)(2) and 152(d)(1)(B)); (ii) loss of the Participant's property due to casualty (including the need to rebuild a home following damage to a home which is not otherwise covered by insurance); or (iii) other similar extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising as a result of events beyond the Participant's control, including (a) the imminent foreclosure of or eviction from the Participant's primary residence, (b) the need to pay for medical expenses, including non-refundable deductibles, as well as for the costs of prescription drug medication, or (c) to pay for the funeral expenses of the Participant's spouse, beneficiary or dependent (as defined in Section 152 of the Code, without regard to Section 152(b)(1), 152(b)(2) and 152(d)(1)(B)).
ARTICLE II
Participation
2.1 Eligibility for Participation.
(a) The Employers shall determine which Eligible Employees shall become Participants and the category of benefits, under Section 2.3, to which they will be entitled. The Employers’ determination under this Section 2.1 and under Section 2.3 shall be set forth in Schedule A, attached hereto.
(b) An Employer may determine that a Participant shall cease being a Participant as of any date specified by it; provided, however, that the Employer may not reduce the Account of any such Participant as of the date such determination is made. Any such determination shall be specified in Schedule B, attached hereto.
2.2 Commencement of Participation.
(a) Each Eligible Employee selected to become a Participant (pursuant to Section 2.1) shall become a Participant as of the date specified by an Employer.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 2.2(a), a Compensation Deferral Election with respect to a Plan Year shall not be effective except to the extent it complies with Section 3.1.
2.3 Benefits. The Employers shall determine, from time to time, whether a Participant is to be treated as a Group I or Group II Employee. An Employer may change the classification of any Participant as of any date specified by it; provided, however, that the Account of any such Participant shall not be reduced by such change of classification. The classification of any Participant shall be set forth in Schedule A, attached hereto. Participants shall cease to contribute hereunder after they cease to be employed by any of the Employers.
ARTICLE III
Contributions
3.1 Compensation Deferrals.
(a) The Employers shall credit to the Account of a Participant an amount equal to the amount designated in the Participant’s Compensation Deferral Election for each Plan Year. Such amounts shall not be made available to such Participant, except as provided in ARTICLE VI, and shall reduce such Participant’s Compensation from an Employer in accordance with the provisions of the applicable Compensation Deferral Election; provided, however, that all such amounts shall be subject to the rights of the general creditors of each of the Employers as provided in ARTICLE VIII.
(b) Each Eligible Employee shall deliver a Compensation Deferral Election to his or her Employer before any Compensation Deferrals become effective. Such Compensation Deferral Election shall be void with respect to any Compensation Deferral unless submitted before the beginning of the calendar year during which the amount to be deferred will be earned. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the year in which an Employee is first eligible to participate in this Plan (and has not previously been eligible to participate in any other individual account nonqualified deferred compensation plan maintained by any of the Employers), a Compensation Deferral Election may be filed within thirty (30) days of the date on which the Employee is first eligible to so participate with respect to Compensation earned during the remainder of the calendar year and a Bonus Deferral Election may be submitted as late as by the end of the sixth month (6th) of the applicable Bonus performance period; provided that (i) the performance period is at least twelve (12) months long, (ii) the Participant performs services to his or her Employer continuously from the later of the beginning of the performance period or the date the performance criteria are established through the date the election is made, and (iii) the Bonus Deferral Election is not made after such Bonus has become readily ascertainable.
(c) The Compensation Deferral Election shall designate the amount of Compensation deferred by each Participant and such other items as the Administrator may prescribe. A new Compensation Deferral Election shall be required for purposes of each Bonus Deferral. With respect to Base Salary Deferrals, once an initial Compensation Deferral Election has been made, the Participant's Base Salary Deferrals shall remain in effect until revoked by the Participant by his or her effecting a new Compensation Deferral Election with respect to Base Salary Deferrals, which revocation shall be effective as of the next Plan Year following the filing of such subsequent Compensation Deferral Election. There shall be no maximum limit on the Compensation Deferrals permitted for each Participant.
3.2 Matching Contributions.
(a) For each Plan Year, each Employer shall credit to the Account of each Participant who (i) is employed thereby, (ii) is a Group I Employee and (iii) has made Compensation Deferrals for such Plan Year, a Matching Contribution in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the amount of such Participant’s Compensation Deferrals for such Plan Year, up to a maximum annual amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the amount of such Participant’s Base Salary in effect as of the last day of such Plan Year.
(b) Each Employer shall credit to the Account of each Participant who (i) is employed thereby, (ii) is a Group II Employee and (iii) has made Compensation Deferrals for such Plan Year, a Matching Contribution in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the amount of such Participant’s Compensation Deferrals for such Plan Year, up to a maximum annual amount equal to five percent (5%) of the amount of such Participant’s Base Salary in effect as of the last day of such Plan Year.
(c) Matching Contributions for a Plan Year will be credited to the Account of a Participant under this Section 3.2 only if the Participant is an Employee on the last day of such Plan Year; provided, however, that this requirement shall be waived in the event of: (i) the death of a Participant during such Plan Year, (ii) the termination of the Participant’s employment with the Employers during such Plan Year after having incurred a Total and Permanent Disability, or (iii) the termination of the Participant’s employment with the Employers during such Plan Year after having attained the age of sixty-five (65).
(d) Twenty percent (20%) of the amount of each Matching Contribution made for a Participant shall be made in rights to receive shares of Company Stock under Section 3.3.
3.3 Company Stock.
(a) Matching Contributions for a Participant in the form of rights to receive shares of Company Stock shall consist of bookkeeping credits to the Accounts and Class Year Accounts for such Participant. Such credits will initially be determined by crediting to such Participant’s Accounts and Class Year Accounts the number of shares (including fractional shares) of Company Stock that such Matching Contribution could purchase based upon the Fair Market Value of the Company Stock on the date on which such Matching Contribution is so credited.
(b) Dividends declared on Company Stock shall not be credited to the Accounts and Class Year Accounts of any Participant in connection with any rights to receive bookkeeping credits for Company Stock pursuant to Section 3.3(a).
(c) When a Participant or Beneficiary is entitled to a lump sum distribution pursuant to ARTICLE VI, the Company shall issue to the Participant or Beneficiary, as the case may be, the number of shares of Company Stock that equal the number of full shares then credited to such Participant’s Account. If payment to the Participant or Beneficiary is being made in installments, each installment shall include a proportionate portion of the aggregate number of shares then credited to such Participant’s Account. In all cases, the Company shall pay any fractional shares in cash.
3.4 Employer Contributions. The Employers reserve the right to make discretionary contributions to Participants’ Accounts in such amount and in such manner as may be determined by the Employers.
3.5 Time of Contributions.
(a) Compensation Deferrals shall be transferred to the Trust as soon as administratively feasible following each payroll period. Matching Contributions (other than rights to receive shares of Company Stock) shall be transferred to the Trust no later than thirty (30) days following the last day of the Plan Year. The Employers shall also transmit at the same time any necessary instructions regarding the allocation of such amounts among the Accounts of Participants.
(b) Employer Contributions shall be transferred to the Trust at such times as the Employers shall determine. The Employers shall also transmit at those times any necessary instructions regarding the allocation of such amounts among the Accounts of Participants.
3.6 Form of Contributions. All Compensation Deferrals, Matching Contributions and Employer Contributions to the Trust shall be made in the form of cash or cash equivalents of United States currency, except as otherwise provided herein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Compensation Deferrals may be made in the form of rights to receive shares of Company Stock if the Participant would otherwise be entitled to receive Company Stock as Compensation.
ARTICLE IV
Vesting
4.1 Vesting.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section 4.1, a Participant shall have a nonforfeitable right to the vested portion of his or her Class Year Accounts; provided, however, that all such amounts shall be subject to the rights of the general creditors of the Employers as provided in ARTICLE VII.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in this Section 4.1 and subject to the Participant’s continued status as an Employee, each Class Year Account of a Participant will vest twenty percent (20%) on the last day of each Plan Year beginning with the Plan Year of such Class Year Account. Therefore, a Class Year Account shall be fully vested on the last day of the fourth Plan Year following the first Plan Year of such Class Year Account provided that the Participant continues to be an Employee through such period. For the avoidance of doubt, vesting shall cease once a Participant is no longer an Employee and any amounts credited to a Participant’s Account that are not vested at the time of his or her termination of employment with the Employers (after giving effect to any acceleration of vesting pursuant to events described in Sections 4.1(d), (e), (f) and (g) if such events occur upon or prior to termination of employment) shall be forfeited upon such termination of employment.
(c) The portion of a Participant’s Class Year Accounts attributable to Compensation Deferrals, and earnings thereon, shall be fully vested at all times.
(d) A Participant shall become fully vested in all the amounts credited to his or her Account upon (i) attaining the age of sixty-five (65) or (ii) such Participant’s Termination of Service after attaining the age of fifty-five (55), provided the Participant has been employed by the Company or any Affiliate for at least 10 years and further subject to the approval of the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors including any limitations or conditions such committee may, in its discretion, impose which are not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan (including, without limitation, a covenant not to compete with the Company or any Company Affiliate).
(e) A Participant whose employment with the Employers is terminated following such Participant’s Total and Permanent Disability shall thereupon become fully vested in all the amounts credited to his or her Account.
(f) If a Change in Control occurs, all amounts attributable to Matching Contributions and Employer Contributions shall thereupon become fully vested as of the date of such Change in Control.
(g) Upon a Participant’s death, he or she shall thereupon become fully vested in all amounts credited to his or her Account.
ARTICLE V
Accounts
5.1 Accounts.
(a) (1) The Administrator shall establish and maintain an Account in the name of each Participant. Unless otherwise directed by the Employers, the Trustee shall also maintain and invest separate omnibus accounts that correspond to each Participant’s Account.
(2) The Administrator shall also establish and maintain subaccounts in each Participant’s Account that shall be denominated as Class Year Accounts. The Administrator shall also establish and maintain subaccounts in each Participant’s Account for rights to receive Company Stock. The Administrator may also establish any subaccounts that it deems to be appropriate.
(b) (1) Each Participant’s Account shall be credited with Compensation Deferrals, any Matching Contributions allocable thereto, any Employer Contributions, and any investment earnings, gains and/or
losses on the foregoing. Each Participant’s Account shall be reduced by any distributions made and any federal, state and local taxes as may be required by law.
(2) Separate Class Year Accounts for a Participant shall consist of the Participant’s Compensation Deferrals, allocable Matching Contributions and Employer Contributions that are made with respect to a given Plan Year, and any investment earnings, gains and/or losses on such amounts. Class Year Accounts shall be separately maintained for Participants for each Plan Year until such Class Year Accounts are fully vested (as provided in ARTICLE IV), at which time such fully vested Class Year Accounts shall be merged into one subaccount.
5.2 Investments, Gains and Losses.
(a) (1) By written investment directions to the Administrator from time to time, each Participant may request the investment funds (or a change thereof), and the relative portions of each if more than one investment fund is desired, to be used to credit investment earnings, gains and losses with respect to his or her Account (other than the subaccount for rights to receive Company Stock) among the investment funds available under the Plan.
(2) The Administrator and the Trustee shall take each Participant’s request under Section 5.2(a)(1) into account in making its determination as to how to invest the amounts credited to the Participant’s Account among the investment funds available for purposes of the Plan. Where a Participant has no written request under Section 5.2(a)(1) on file with the Administrator, the Administrator may direct the Trustee to invest such amount in a money market fund selected by the Administrator.
(3) The Employers, or the Trustee if an Employer so directs, shall, from time to time, establish the investment funds available for purposes of the Plan.
(b) The Administrator shall adjust the amounts credited to each Participant’s Account to reflect Compensation Deferrals, Matching Contributions, Employer Contributions, investment experience, distributions and any other appropriate adjustments. Such adjustments shall be made as frequently as is administratively feasible.
5.3 Forfeitures. Any forfeitures from a Participant’s Account shall continue to be held in the Trust, shall be separately invested by the Trustee and shall be applied towards future Matching Contributions and Employer Contributions until such forfeitures have been entirely so applied. As of the time it is determined that no further Matching Contributions or Employee Contributions will be made under the Plan, such forfeitures shall be returned to the Employer which employed the forfeiting Participant.
ARTICLE VI
Distributions
6.1 Payment.
(a) A Participant may elect to receive his or her Distributable Amount in a single lump sum or in ten (10) annual installments. If a Participant elects to receive his or her Distributable Amount in the form of ten (10) annual installments, each payment shall be equal to the Participant’s Account balance as of the payment date, divided by the number of then remaining installment payments. Distributions shall be made to the Participant or, if the Participant is deceased, to the Participant’s Beneficiary. The method of distribution (i.e., lump sum or installments) must be elected as part of the Participant’s Compensation Deferral Election(s).
(b) A Participant’s subsequent election to delay a payment under the Plan or to change the form of a payment under the Plan shall be permitted only if (i) the new payment election does not take effect until at least twelve (12) months after the date on which the new payment election is made, (ii) in the case of payments made on account of Termination of Service or a Scheduled Distribution, the new payment election delays payment for at least five (5) years from the date that payment would otherwise have been made, absent the new payment election and (iii) in the case of payments made according to a Scheduled Distribution, the new election is made not less than twelve (12) months before the date on which payment would have been made (or, in the case of installment payments, the first installment payment would have been made) absent the new election.
(c) Payment shall be made in Company Stock to the extent the Participant’s Account has been denominated in Company Stock (under Section 3.3 or otherwise). Otherwise, payment shall be made in cash.
6.2 Commencement of Payment.
(a) Except as otherwise provided herein, payments to a Participant of his or her Distributable Amounts shall commence within ninety (90) days of the date of the Participant’s Termination of Service.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 6.2(a), and except as provided in the next succeeding sentence, all payments to a Participant in connection with the Participant's Termination of Service shall be delayed for six (6) months from the date of the Participant's Termination of Service, and the aggregate of all such delayed payments shall be paid to the Participant in a lump sum on the first day following the last day of the sixth (6th) complete calendar month following the date of the Participant's Termination of Service. No delay shall be required for any payments to a Participant pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence to the extent that such payments are payable to the Participant during the short-term deferral period set forth in Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(4).
(c) Upon the death of a Participant, Distributable Amounts shall be paid to his or her beneficiary or beneficiaries, as determined under ARTICLE VII, in a lump sum within ninety (90) days of the date of the Participant’s death.
(d) (1) A Participant who has experienced an Unforeseeable Emergency, as determined by the Administrator on the basis of the applicable facts and circumstances, in its sole discretion, shall be permitted to receive, in a lump-sum payment, a distribution of up to fifty percent (50%) of the vested portion of his or her Account, exclusive of the subaccount for Company Stock, subject to the remaining provisions of this Section 6.2(d).
(2) A Participant who receives an Unforeseeable Emergency distribution under Section 6.2(d)(1) shall not receive any Matching Contributions or Employer Contributions and shall not be permitted to make any further Compensation Deferrals for the balance of the Plan Year and for the following Plan Year.
(3) A distribution on account of an Unforeseeable Emergency under Section 6.2(d)(1) may not be made to the extent that such Unforeseeable Emergency is or may be relieved through reimbursement or compensation from insurance or otherwise, by liquidation of the Participant's assets, to the extent the liquidation of such assets would not cause severe financial hardship, or by cessation of Compensation Deferrals under the Plan. Such distributions shall further be limited to the amount reasonably necessary to satisfy the Unforeseeable Emergency need (which includes amounts necessary to pay any federal, state, local or foreign income taxes or penalties reasonably anticipated to result from the distribution). For purposes of the immediately preceding sentence, the determination of the amounts reasonably necessary to satisfy an Unforeseeable Emergency need shall take into account any additional Compensation that will be available to the Participant in connection with the requirement to discontinue the Participant's Compensation Deferrals pursuant to Section 6.2(d)(2).
(4) A Participant shall not be permitted to receive more than two (2) hardship distributions under Section 6.2(d)(1).
(e) As part of a Participant's Compensation Deferral Election, the Participant may elect to receive (in a single lump sum or as the first payment date of ten (10) annual installments) any portion or all of the Compensation deferred under such Compensation Deferral Election on a fixed date elected by the Participant as part of such Compensation Deferral Election, and which date may be prior to the Termination of Service. Any such election shall be subject to all of the applicable requirements of the Plan, including but not limited to those provided for under Sections 3.1 and 6.l(b). In the event of a Participant’s Termination of Service prior to or after commencement of a Scheduled Distribution, the remaining Scheduled Distributions shall be distributed in the form applicable to such Termination of Service under Sections 6.2(a), (b), (c) hereof. The method of distribution (i.e., lump sum or installments) must be elected as part of the Participant’s Compensation Deferral Election(s).
ARTICLE VII
Beneficiaries
7.1 Beneficiaries. Each Participant may from time to time designate one or more persons (who may be any one or more members of such Participant’s family or other persons, administrators, trusts, foundations or other entities) as his or her beneficiary under the Plan. Such designation shall be made on a form prescribed by the
Administrator. Each Participant may at any time and from time to time, change any previous beneficiary designation, without notice to or consent of any previously designated beneficiary, by amending his or her previous designation on a form prescribed by the Administrator. If the beneficiary does not survive the Participant (or is otherwise unavailable to receive payment), or if no beneficiary is validly designated, then the amounts payable under the Plan shall be paid to the Participant’s surviving spouse, if any, and, if none, to the Participant’s estate, and such person shall be deemed to be the Participant’s beneficiary hereunder. If more than one person is the beneficiary of a deceased Participant, each such person shall receive a pro rata share of any death benefit payable unless otherwise designated on the applicable form. If a beneficiary who is receiving benefits dies, all benefits that were payable to such beneficiary shall then be payable to the estate of that beneficiary.
7.2 Lost Beneficiary.
(a) All Participants and beneficiaries shall have the obligation to keep the Administrator informed of their current address until such time as all benefits due under the Plan have been fully paid.
(b) If a Participant or beneficiary cannot be located by the Administrator after it has exercised reasonable diligence for a period of three (3) years, then, in its sole discretion, the Administrator may presume that the Participant or beneficiary is deceased for purposes of this Plan and all unpaid amounts owed to the Participant or beneficiary shall be paid accordingly or, if a beneficiary cannot be so located, then such amounts shall be forfeited and returned to the Employer which employed the forfeiting Participant.
ARTICLE VIII
Funding
8.1 Participant as General Unsecured Creditor Only. Should any investment be acquired in connection with the liabilities assumed under this Plan, it is expressly understood and agreed that the Participants and beneficiaries shall not have any right with respect to, or claim against, such assets nor shall any such purchase be construed to create a fiduciary relationship between the Employers and the Participants, their beneficiaries or any other person. Any such assets (including any amounts deferred by a Participant or contributed by the Employers pursuant to ARTICLE III) shall be and shall remain a part of the general, unpledged, unrestricted assets of the Employers, subject to the claims of their general creditors. It is the express intention of the Employers that the Plan shall be unfunded for tax purposes and for purposes of Title I of ERISA. Each Participant and beneficiary shall be required to look to the provisions of the Plan and to the Employers themselves for enforcement of any and all benefits due under the Plan, and to the extent any such person acquires a right to receive payment under the Plan, such right shall be no greater than the right of any unsecured general creditor of the Employers. The Employers or the Trust shall be designated as the owner and beneficiary of each and every investment acquired in connection with any obligations under the Plan.
8.2 Deposits in Trust. Notwithstanding Section 8.1, or any other provision of this Plan to the contrary, the Employers may deposit into the Trust any amounts they deem appropriate to pay the benefits under this Plan. The amounts so deposited may include contributions made pursuant to Compensation Deferrals, Employer Contributions and Matching Contributions.
8.3 Indemnification of Trustee. (a) The Trustee shall not be liable for the making, retention, or sale of any investment or reinvestment made by it, as herein provided, nor for any loss to, or diminution of, the Trust assets, unless due to its own negligence, willful misconduct or lack of good faith.(b) Such Trustee shall be indemnified and saved harmless by the Employers from and against all personal liability to which it may be subject by reason of any act done or omitted to be done in its official capacity as Trustee in good faith in the administration of this Plan and the Trust, including all expenses reasonably incurred in its defense in the event an Employer fails to provide such defense upon the request of the Trustee. The Trustee is relieved of all responsibility in connection with its duties hereunder to the fullest extent permitted by law, short of breach of duty to the beneficiaries.
8.4 Withholding of Employee Contributions. The Administrator is authorized to make any and all necessary arrangements with the Employers in order to withhold Participants’ Compensation Deferrals under Section 3.1 from their Compensation.
ARTICLE IX
Claims Procedure
9.1 General. In the event that a Participant or his or her beneficiary does not receive any Plan benefit that is claimed, such Participant or beneficiary shall be entitled to consideration and review as provided in this ARTICLE IX.
9.2 Claim Review. Upon receipt of any written claim for a benefit under the Plan, the Administrator shall be notified and shall give due consideration to the claim presented. If the claim is denied to any extent by the Administrator, the Administrator shall furnish the claimant, within ninety (90) days of its receipt of the claim, with a written notice setting forth (in a manner calculated to be understood by the claimant):
(a) the specific reason or reasons for denial of the claim;
(b) a specific reference to the Plan provisions upon which the denial is based;
(c) a description of any additional material or information necessary for the claimant to perfect the claim and an explanation of why such material or information is necessary; and
(d) an explanation of the provisions of this ARTICLE IX.
9.3 Right of Appeal. A claimant who has a claim denied under Section 9.2 may appeal to the Administrator for reconsideration of that claim. A request for reconsideration under this Section 9.3 must be filed by written notice within sixty (60) days after receipt by the claimant of the notice of denial under Section 9.2.
9.4 Review of Appeal. Upon receipt of an appeal, the Administrator shall promptly take action to give due consideration to the appeal. Such consideration may include a hearing of the parties involved, if the Administrator feels such a hearing is necessary. In preparing for the appeal, the claimant shall be given the right to review pertinent documents and the right to submit in writing a statement of issues and comments. After consideration of the merits of the appeal, the Administrator shall issue a written decision which shall be binding on all parties. The decision shall be written in a manner calculated to be understood by the claimant and shall specifically state its reasons and pertinent Plan provisions on which it relies. The Administrator’s decision shall be issued within sixty (60) days after the appeal is filed, except that if a hearing is held the decision may be issued within one hundred twenty (120) days after the appeal is filed.
9.5 Designation. The Administrator may designate one or more of its members or any other person of its choosing to make any determination otherwise required under this ARTICLE IX.
ARTICLE X
Administration of the Plan
10.1 Committee as Administrator. The committee designated in this Section 10.1 shall be the Administrator. The name of the committee shall be the "Deferred Compensation Committee" and shall consist of such individuals, corporations or other entities as the Employers shall from time to time appoint. Until otherwise designated by the Employers, the members of the Deferred Compensation Committee shall be those persons holding the following positions (or their nearest equivalent) at the Company: Chief Financial Officer; Treasurer; President and Chief Operating Officer; and Vice President, Human Resources.
10.2 Actions Taken by the Committee. All resolutions or other actions taken by the Deferred Compensation Committee at a meeting shall be by the affirmative vote of a majority of those present at the meeting. More than half of the members must be present to constitute a quorum for a meeting. Any member of the Deferred Compensation Committee may sign any document or instrument requiring the signature of the Deferred Compensation Committee or otherwise act on behalf of the Deferred Compensation Committee, unless otherwise directed by the Deferred Compensation Committee. The Deferred Compensation Committee may adopt such additional rules of procedures and conduct as it deems appropriate.
10.3 Bond and Compensation. The members of the Deferred Compensation Committee shall serve without bond, except as otherwise required by law, and without remuneration for their services as such.
10.4 Duties of the Committee. The Deferred Compensation Committee shall undertake all duties assigned to it under the Plan and Trust and shall undertake all actions, express or implied, necessary for the proper administration of the Plan. All actions and decisions of the Deferred Compensation Committee shall be made in its sole discretion, unless expressly otherwise provided in the Plan. The Deferred Compensation Committee’s duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:
(a) adopting and enforcing such rules and regulations that it deems necessary or appropriate for the administration of the Plan in accordance with applicable law;
(b) interpreting the Plan, in its sole discretion, with its good faith interpretation thereof to be final and conclusive on any Employee, former Employee, Participant, former Participant, beneficiary or other party;
(c) deciding all questions concerning the Plan, including the eligibility of any person to participate in the Plan in accordance with the Plan’s provisions;
(d) computing the amounts to be distributed to any Participant, former Participant or beneficiary in accordance with the provisions of the Plan, determining the person or persons to whom such amounts will be distributed and determining when such amounts will be distributed;
(e) authorizing the payment of distributions;
(f) keeping such records and submitting such filings, elections, applications, returns or other documents or forms as may be required under the Code and applicable regulations, or under other federal, state or local law and regulations; and
(g) appointing such agents, counsel, accountants and consultants as may be required to assist in administering the Plan.
10.5 Employers to Furnish Information. To enable the Deferred Compensation Committee to perform its functions, the Employers shall supply full and timely information to the Deferred Compensation Committee on all matters relating to the remuneration of all Participants, their retirement, death or other cause of separation from service, and such other pertinent facts as the Deferred Compensation Committee may require.
10.6 Expenses. All expenses of Plan administration and operation, including the fees of any agents or counsel employed and including any expenses attributable to a termination of the Plan, shall be paid by the Employers. To the extent that the Employers may be liable for any federal, state or local tax, the Administrator, in its sole discretion, may charge such expenses to the benefits due to the applicable Participant or Beneficiary.
10.7 Indemnification. The Employers hereby agree to indemnify each and every member of the Deferred Compensation Committee or Employee acting on behalf of the Deferred Compensation Committee for any expenses or liabilities (other than those due to willful misconduct) actually incurred in or arising out of the performance of their duties under the Plan, including, but not limited to, litigation expenses and attorneys’ fees.
ARTICLE XI
General Provisions
11.1 No Assignment. Benefits or payments under the Plan shall not be subject in any manner to anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, attachment, or garnishment by creditors of any Participant or any Participant’s beneficiary, whether voluntary or involuntary, and any attempt to so anticipate, alienate, sell, transfer, assign, pledge, encumber, attach or garnish the same shall not be valid, nor shall any such benefit or payment be in any way liable for or subject to the debts, contracts, liabilities, engagement or torts of any Participant or beneficiary, or any other person entitled to such benefit or payment pursuant to the terms of the Plan, except to such extent as may be required by law. If any Participant or beneficiary or any other person entitled to a benefit or payment pursuant to the terms of the Plan becomes bankrupt or attempts to anticipate, alienate, sell, transfer, assign, pledge, encumber, attach or garnish any benefit or payment under the Plan, in whole or in part, or if any attempt is made to subject any such benefit or payment, in whole or in part, to the debts, contracts, liabilities, engagements or torts of any Participant or beneficiary or any other person entitled to any such benefit or payment pursuant to the terms of the Plan, then such benefit or payment, in the discretion of the Administrator, shall cease and terminate with respect to such Participant or beneficiary, or any other such person.
11.2 No Employment Rights. Participation in the Plan shall not be construed to confer upon any Participant the legal right to be retained in the employ of the Employers, or to give a Participant or beneficiary, or any other person, any right to any payment whatsoever, except to the extent of the benefits provided for hereunder. Each Participant shall remain subject to discharge by the Employers to the same extent as if the Plan had never been adopted.
11.3 Incompetence. If the Administrator determines that any person to whom a benefit is payable under the Plan is incompetent by reason of physical or mental disability, the Administrator shall have the power to cause the payments becoming due to such person to be made to another for his or her benefit without responsibility of the Administrator or the Employers to see to the application of such payments. Any payment made pursuant to such power shall, as to such payment, operate as a complete discharge of the Employers, the Administrator and the Trustee.
11.4 Identity. If, at any time, any doubt exists as to the identity of any person entitled to any payment hereunder or as to the amount or time of any such payment, the Administrator shall be entitled to hold such sum until such identity or amount or time is determined or until an order of a court of competent jurisdiction is obtained in regard thereto. The Administrator shall also be entitled to pay such sum into court in accordance with the appropriate rules of law.
11.5 Amendment and Termination. The Employers shall have the sole authority to modify, amend or terminate the Plan; provided, however, that any modification or termination of the Plan shall not reduce, alter or impair, without the consent of the Participant, such Participant’s right to any amounts already credited to his or her Account on the day before the effective date of such modification or termination.
11.6 Employer Determinations. Any determinations, actions or decisions of the Employers (including but not limited to, Plan amendments and Plan termination) shall be made by the boards of directors of the Employers in accordance with their established procedures or by such other individuals, groups or organizations that have been properly delegated by such boards of directors to make such determination or decision.
11.7 Construction. All questions of interpretation, construction or application arising under or concerning the terms of this Plan shall be decided by the Administrator, in its sole and final discretion, the decision of which shall be final, binding and conclusive upon all persons.
11.8 Governing Law. The Plan shall be governed by, construed and administered in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, other than its laws respecting choice of law.
11.9 Severability. If any provision of the Plan is held invalid or unenforceable, its invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision of the Plan and the Plan shall be construed and enforced as if such provision had not been included therein.
11.10 Headings. The headings contained herein are inserted only as a matter of convenience and for reference and in no way define, limit, enlarge or describe the scope or intent of the Plan nor in any way shall they affect the Plan or the construction of any provision hereof.
11.11 Terms. Capitalized terms shall have the meanings as defined herein. Singular nouns shall be read as plural, masculine pronouns shall be read as feminine, and vice versa, as appropriate.
11.12 Top Hat Plan. The Plan is intended to constitute a "top-hat plan" which is unfunded and maintained "primarily for the purpose of providing deferred compensation for a select group of management or highly compensated employees" for purposes of ERISA.
11.13 Section 409A. The Plan and all Compensation Deferral Elections are intended to comply with the applicable requirements of Section 409A of the Code, and shall be so interpreted and construed. Any provision of the Plan that is determined to violate any applicable requirement of Section 409A of the Code shall be void and without effect. Neither the Company nor any Participant, individually or in combination, may accelerate any payment under the Plan, except in compliance with Section 409A of the Code, and no amount shall be paid under the Plan prior to the earliest date on which it is permitted to be paid under Section 409A of the Code. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 11.5, no amendment or termination of the Plan will be permitted if it would cause the Plan or any payment to be made under the Plan to not be in compliance with any applicable requirement of Section 409A of the Code. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Company or any Employer shall be liable to, and each Participant shall be solely liable and responsible for, any taxes or penalties that may be imposed on such Participant under Section 409A of the Code with respect to such Participant’s participation in the Plan.
11.14 Term of Plan. This Plan shall continue in effect, unless sooner terminated as provided herein, for a term expiring on June 13, 2023. Such term may be extended only by the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast by the shareholders of Movado Group, Inc., present in person or represented by proxy, at a duly called meeting of such shareholders. Any expiration of this Plan under this Section 11.14, shall be treated in the same manner as termination of the Plan under Section 11.5.
ARTICLE XII
Adoption
12.1 Execution. To record the adoption of this Amendment and Restatement of the Plan by the Employers, the Employers have caused this instrument to be executed this day of ___________, 2013.
Attest:
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MOVADO GROUP, INC.
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Attest:
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MOVADO RETAIL GROUP, INC.
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SCHEDULE A
Eligible Employees
Group I Employees:
Group II Employees:
Movado Group, Inc.
650 From Road
Paramus, NJ 07652
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VOTE BY INTERNET -
www.proxyvote.com
Use the Internet to transmit your voting instructions and for electronic delivery of information up until 11:59 P.M. Eastern Time the day before the cut-off date or meeting date. Have your proxy card in hand when you access the web site and follow the instructions to obtain your records and to create an electronic voting instruction form.
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If you would like to help us reduce our costs for mailing proxy materials, you can consent to receiving all future proxy statements, proxy cards and annual reports electronically via e-mail or the Internet. To sign up for electronic delivery, please follow the instructions above to vote using the Internet and, when prompted, indicate that you agree to receive or access proxy materials electronically in future years.
VOTE BY PHONE - 1-800-690-6903
Use any touch-tone telephone to transmit your voting instructions up until 11:59 P.M. Eastern Time the day before the cut-off date or meeting date. Have your proxy card in hand when you call and then follow the instructions.
VOTE BY MAIL
Mark, sign and date your proxy card and return it in the postage-paid envelope we have provided or return it to Vote Processing, c/o Broadridge, 51 Mercedes Way, Edgewood, NY 11717.
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TO VOTE, MARK BLOCKS BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS FOLLOWS:
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KEEP THIS PORTION FOR YOUR RECORDS
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DETACH AND RETURN THIS PORTION ONLY
THIS PROXY CARD IS VALID ONLY WHEN SIGNED AND DATED.
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To withhold authority to vote for any individual nominee(s), mark “For All Except” and write the number(s) of the nominee(s) on the line below.
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The Board of Directors recommends you vote
FOR the following:
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Election of Directors
Nominees
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Margaret Hayes Adame
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Richard Coté
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Efraim Grinberg
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Alan H. Howard
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Richard Isserman
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The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR proposals 2, 3, 4 and 5:
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Abstain
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To ratify the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's independent accountants for the fiscal year ending January 31, 2014.
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To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers, as described in the proxy statement under "Executive Compensation".
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To approve the performance-based provisions of the Movado Group, Inc. 1996 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated as of April 8, 2004, and as further amended and restated as of April 4, 2013.
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To approve the amended and restated Deferred Compensation Plan for Executives.
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NOTE
: To transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any postponement or adjournment thereof.
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Please indicate if you plan to attend this meeting
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Please sign exactly as your name(s) appear(s) hereon. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, or other fiduciary, please give full title as such. Joint owners should each sign personally. All holders must sign. If a corporation or partnership, please sign in full corporate or partnership name, by authorized officer.
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Signature [PLEASE SIGN WITHIN BOX]
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0000178335_1 R1.0.0.51160
Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Meeting:
The Annual Report, Notice & Proxy Statement, Shareholder Letter is/are available at
www.proxyvote.com
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MOVADO GROUP, INC.
THIS PROXY IS SOLICTED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS - June 13, 2013
The shareholder(s) hereby appoint(s) Timothy F. Michno and Sallie A. DeMarsilis, or either of them, as proxies, each with the power to appoint his or her substitute, and hereby authorizes them to represent and to vote, as designated on the reverse side of this ballot, all of the shares of Common Stock and class A Common Stock of MOVADO GROUP, INC. that the shareholder(s) is/are entitled to vote at the annual meeting of shareholders to be held at 10:00 AM, Eastern Time on June 13, 2013, at 25 West 39th Street, 15th Floor, New York, NY 10018, and any adjournment or postponement thereof.
THIS PROXY, WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED, WILL BE VOTED AS DIRECTED BY THE SHAREHOLDER(S). IF NO SUCH DIRECTIONS ARE MADE, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED FOR THE ELECTION OF THE NOMINEES LISTED ON THE REVERSE SIDE FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND FOR PROPOSALS 2,3,4, AND 5. IN THEIR DISCRETION, THE PROXIES ARE AUTHORIZED TO VOTE UPON SUCH OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE MEETING OR ANY ADJOURNMENT THEREOF.
PLEASE MARK, SIGN, DATE AND RETURN THIS PROXY CARD PROMPTLY USING THE ENCLOSED REPLY ENVELOPE
Continued and to be signed on reverse side
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