UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.  20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 18, 2009

 

INTERNATIONAL BANCSHARES CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Texas

 

0-9439

 

74-2157138

(State or other jurisdiction

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

of incorporation or organization)

 

 

 

Identification No.)

 

1200 San Bernardo, Laredo, Texas

 

78040-1359

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(ZIP Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code : (956) 722-7611

 

None

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2.below):

 

o    Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o    Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 250.13e-4(c))

 

 

 



 

Item 5.02   Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

In a Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities Exchange Commission on December 23, 2008, International Bancshares Corporation, a Texas corporation (“IBC”), reported that it had entered into an agreement with the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) to sell preferred stock and warrants to the Treasury under the Capital Purchase Program (“CPP”).  In accordance with the terms of that agreement and the Interim Final Rule on TARP Standards for Compensation and Corporate Governance issued in June 2009 by the Treasury, which implements the provisions of Section 111 of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act 2008, as amended by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, IBC is subject to certain compensation restrictions, which include a prohibition on the payment or accrual of any bonuses (including equity-based incentive compensation) to certain officers and employees except for awards of CPP-compliant long-term restricted stock and stock units.

 

In light of these restrictions, on December 18, 2009, IBC’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) adopted the 2009 International Bancshares Corporation Long-Term Restricted Stock Unit Plan (the “Plan”) to give IBC additional flexibility in the compensation of its officers, employees, consultants and advisors in compliance with all applicable laws and restrictions.  A copy of the Plan is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1.

 

The Plan authorizes IBC to issue Restricted Stock Units (“RSUs”) to officers, employees, consultants and advisors of IBC and its subsidiaries.  The Plan provides that RSUs shall be issued by a committee of the Board appointed by the Board from time to time consisting of at least two (2) members of the Board, each of whom is both a non-employee director and an outside director.  On December 18, 2009, the Board adopted resolutions creating the Long-Term Restricted Stock Unit Plan Committee (the “Committee”) to administer the Plan.  RSUs issued under the Plan are not equity and are payable only in cash.

 

RSUs that are required to be CPP-compliant long-term RSUs (a “CPP-Compliant RSU”) will be issued pursuant to the form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit 10.2.  In accordance with CPP and other applicable law, the form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement provides that (i) CPP-Compliant RSUs shall be subject to certain vesting and distribution limitations and annual compensation limits and (ii) the Company may recover payments made pursuant to CPP-Compliant RSUs if the payments were based on materially inaccurate financial statements.

 

Dennis E. Nixon, IBC’s President, Chairman of the Board, and a director of IBC, received an award of CPP-Compliant RSUs, granted as of December 18, 2009, in the amount of $250,000 worth of RSUs for his performance during 2009.  In order to meet the requirements of a CPP-Compliant RSU, Mr. Nixon’s RSUs do not exceed one-third of his total annual compensation.  The Committee determined to grant Mr. Nixon CPP-Compliant RSUs after considering the compensation structures utilized by other CPP participants for their executive officers.

 

2



 

The foregoing description of the Plan and the form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Plan and the form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement. This description should be read in conjunction with the Plan and the form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement, copies of which are attached hereto as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2, respectively, and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 5.03   Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year

 

On December 18, 2009, the Board of Directors adopted an amendment and restatement of the By-Laws of IBC, to be effective January 1, 2010 (“Effective Date”).  As described in IBC’s proxy statement filed on April 18, 2009, the amended and restated By-Laws update provisions regarding meetings and notices, as well as indemnification provisions of IBC’s directors and officers in order to be consistent with the Texas Business Organizations Code (“BOC”), which will be effective on the Effective Date, and to clarify that the annual meeting of shareholders of the Company will be held on the third Monday in May each year or on such date, and at such time and place, within or without the State of Texas, as may be designated by the Board of Directors.  IBC’s current By-Laws reference the Texas Business Corporation Act, which will expire on the Effective Date and be replaced with the BOC.

 

A copy of the Amended and Restated By-Laws, effective January 1, 2010, is included as an Exhibit to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference into this Item 5.03.  The foregoing summary of certain provisions of the By-Laws is qualified in its entirety by reference thereto.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

3.1

Amended and Restated By-Laws of IBC as amended effective January 1, 2010.

 

 

10.1

2009 International Bancshares Corporation Long-Term Restricted Stock Unit Plan.

 

 

10.2

Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement.

 

“Safe Harbor” statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: The statements contained in this report which are not historical facts contain forward-looking information with respect to plans, projections or future performance of IBC and its subsidiaries, the occurrence of which involve certain risks and uncertainties detailed in IBC’s filings with the SEC.

 

3



 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

INTERNATIONAL BANCSHARES CORPORATION

 

(Registrant)

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ DENNIS E. NIXON

 

 

DENNIS E. NIXON, President and

 

 

Chairman of the Board

 

 

 

 

Date: December 22, 2009

 

 

4


EXHIBIT 3.1

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED

 

BY-LAWS

 

OF

 

INTERNATIONAL BANCSHARES CORPORATION

 

AS OF JANUARY 1, 2010

 

ARTICLE I

 

OFFICES

 

Section 1.       Principal Office.    The principal office of the Corporation shall be in Laredo, Texas.

 

Section 2.       Other Offices.    The Corporation may also have offices at such other places both within and without the State of Texas as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may require.

 

ARTICLE II

 

SHAREHOLDERS

 

Section 1.       Annual Meetings.    The annual meeting of the shareholders for the election of directors and for the transaction of such other business as properly may come before such meeting shall be held on the third Monday in May or on such date, and at such time and place, within or without the State of Texas, as may be designated by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 2.       Special Meetings.    Special meetings of the shareholders for any proper purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, or the President, to be held on such date and at such time and place, within or without the State of Texas, as the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board of Directors or the President, whichever has called the meeting, shall direct. A special meeting of the shareholders shall be called by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, President, or Secretary whenever shareholders holding at least fifty percent (50%) of all the shares entitled to vote at the proposed special meeting make application therefor in writing. Any such request shall state the proper purpose or purposes of the meeting and shall be delivered to the Chairman of the Board of Directors or the President.

 

Section 3.       Notice.    Written or printed notice stating the place, day and hour of any shareholders’ meeting, and the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the

 



 

meeting, either personally or by mail, by or at the direction of the President, Secretary, or the officer or person calling the meeting, to each shareholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, to the shareholder at his address as it appears on the stock transfer books of the Corporation. Any notice required to be given to a shareholder pursuant to this Section 3 or any other provision of these By-Laws, the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation or any provision of the Texas Business Organizations Code (herein called the “Code”) need not be given to such shareholder if (a) notice of two (2) consecutive annual meetings of shareholders of the Corporation, and all notices of meetings of shareholders of the Corporation held during the period between such annual meetings, if any, or (b) all (but in no event less than two (2)) payments (if sent by first class mail) of distributions or interest on securities of the Corporation during any twelve-month period, have been mailed to such shareholder at his address as shown on the share transfer records of the Corporation and have been returned undeliverable, and any action or meeting of shareholders of the Corporation taken or held without notice to such shareholder shall have the same force and effect as if notice had been duly given to such shareholder; provided, however, that if such shareholder delivers to the Corporation a written notice setting forth his or her then current address, the requirement that notice be given to such shareholder shall be reinstated.

 

Section 4.       Record Date.    The Board of Directors may fix in advance a record date for the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders, such record date to be not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days prior to such meeting, or the Board of Directors may close the stock transfer records for such purpose for a stated period of not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days prior to such meeting. In the absence of any action by the Board of Directors, the date upon which the notice of the meeting is mailed shall be the record date. In the event that a special meeting of shareholders is called by shareholders, the record date for determining shareholders entitled to call such meeting shall be the date on which the first shareholder calling such special meeting signs the call or notice of that meeting. A determination of shareholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting except where the determination has been made through the closing of the share transfer records and the stated period of closing has expired.

 

Section 5.       List of Shareholders.    The officer or agent of the Corporation having charge of the stock transfer records for shares of the Corporation shall make, at least ten (10) days before each meeting of the shareholders, a complete list of the shareholders entitled to vote at such meeting or any adjournment thereof, arranged in alphabetical order, with the address of and the number of voting shares held by each, which list, for a period of ten (10) days prior to such meeting, shall be kept on file at the registered office of the Corporation and shall be subject to inspection by any such shareholder at any time during usual business hours. Such list shall also be produced and kept open at the time and place of the meeting and shall be subject to the inspection of any shareholder during the whole time of the meeting. The original stock transfer records shall be prima facie evidence as

 



 

to who are the shareholders entitled to examine such list or transfer records or to vote at any meeting of shareholders.

 

Section 6.       Quorum.    The holders of a majority of the issued and outstanding shares entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the shareholders for the transaction of business, except as otherwise provided by the Code. If, however, such quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of the shareholders, the shareholders entitled to vote, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. When any adjourned meeting is reconvened and a quorum shall be present or represented, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally noticed. Once a quorum is constituted, the shareholders present or represented by proxy at a meeting may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the subsequent withdrawal therefrom of such number of shareholders as to leave less than a quorum.

 

Section 7.       Voting.    When a quorum is present at any meeting, the vote of the holders of a majority of the shares present or represented by proxy at such meeting and entitled to vote shall be the Code of the shareholders, unless the vote of a different number is required by the Code, the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation or these By-Laws. Each shareholder shall at every meeting of the shareholders be entitled to one vote in person or by proxy for each share having voting power held by such shareholder.

 

Section 8.       Proxy.    Every proxy must be executed in writing by the shareholder or by his duly authorized attorney-in-fact, and shall be filed with the Secretary of the Corporation prior to or at the time of the meeting. No proxy shall be valid after eleven (11) months from the date of its execution unless otherwise provided therein. Each proxy shall be revocable unless the proxy form conspicuously states that the proxy is irrevocable and the proxy is coupled with an interest. Proxies coupled with an interest include the appointment as proxy of:

 

(a) a pledgee;

 

(b) person who purchased or agreed to purchase, or owns or holds an option to purchase, the shares covered by such proxy;

 

(c) a creditor of the Corporation who extended credit to the Corporation under terms requiring appointment of the creditor as proxy;

 

(d)  an employee of the Corporation whose employment contract requires appointment of the employee as proxy; and

 

(e) a party to a voting agreement entered into pursuant to and in compliance with applicable provisions of the Code.

 

Section 9.       Judges of Election.    The Board of Directors may appoint judges of election to serve at any election of directors and at balloting on any other matter that may properly come before a meeting of shareholders. If no such appointment shall be made, or if any of

 



 

the judges so appointed shall fail to attend, or refuse or be unable to serve, then such appointment may be made by the presiding officer at the meeting.

 

Section 10.     Action by Written Consent.    Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the shareholders may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holder or holders of outstanding shares having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to take such action at a meeting at which the holders of all shares entitled to vote on the action were present and voted. Prompt notice of the taking of any corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those shareholders who shall not have consented thereto in writing.

 

Section 11.     Meetings by Conference Telephone.    Shareholders may participate in and hold meetings of shareholders by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment, or another suitable electronic communications system, including videoconferencing technology or the Internet, or any combination, if the telephone or other equipment or system permits each person participating in the meeting to communicate with all other persons participating in the meeting, and participation in such a meeting shall constitute presence in person at such meeting, except where a person participates in the meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.

 

Section 12.     Notice of Shareholder Business and Nominations.

 

(A)    Annual Meetings of Shareholders.    (1) Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors of the Corporation and the proposal of business to be considered by the shareholders may be made at an annual meeting of shareholders (a) pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting, (b) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (c) by any shareholder of the Corporation who was a shareholder of record at the time of giving of notice provided for in this Section 12, who is entitled to vote at the meeting and who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 12.

 

(2)     For nominations or other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a shareholder pursuant to clause (c) of paragraph (A)(1) of this Section 12, the shareholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation and such other business must otherwise be a proper matter for shareholder action. To be timely, a shareholder’s notice shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the 60th day nor earlier than the close of business on the 90th day prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting; provided, however, that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is more than 30 days before or more than 60 days after such anniversary date, notice by the shareholder to be timely must be so delivered not earlier than the close of business on the 90th day prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the 60th day prior to such annual meeting or the 10th day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made by the Corporation. In no event shall the public announcement of an

 



 

adjournment of an annual meeting commence a new time period for the giving of a shareholder’s notice as described above. Such shareholder’s notice shall set forth (a) as to each person whom the shareholder proposes to nominate for election or re-election as a director all information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of directors in an election contest, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”); (b) as to any other business that the shareholder proposes to bring before the meeting, a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting, the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting and any material interest in such business of such shareholder and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made; and (c) as to the shareholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made (i) the name and address of such shareholder, as they appear on the Corporation’s books, and of such beneficial owner and (ii) the class and number of shares of the Corporation which are owned beneficially and of record by such shareholder and such beneficial owner.

 

(3)     Notwithstanding anything in the second sentence of paragraph (A)(2) of this Section 12 to the contrary, in the event that the number of directors to be elected to the Board of Directors of the Corporation is increased and there is no public announcement by the Corporation naming all of the nominees for director or specifying the size of the increased Board of Directors at least 70 days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting, a shareholder’s notice required by this Section 12 shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for any new positions created by such increase, if it shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the 10th day following the day on which such public announcement is first made by the Corporation.

 

(B)    Special Meetings of Shareholders.    Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting of shareholders as shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting. Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors may be made at a special meeting of shareholders at which directors are to be elected pursuant to the notice of meeting pursuant to Article II, Section 3 hereof (a) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (b) provided that the Board of Directors has determined that directors shall be elected at such meeting, by any shareholder of the Corporation who is a shareholder of record at the time of giving of notice provided for in this Section 12, who shall be entitled to vote at the meeting and who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 12. In the event a special meeting of shareholders for the purpose of electing one or more directors to the Board of Directors is called pursuant to Article II, Section 2 hereof, any such shareholder may nominate a person or persons (as the case may be), for election to such position(s) as specified in the Corporation’s notice of meeting, if the shareholder’s notice required by paragraph (A)(2) of this Section 12 shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not earlier than the close of business on the 90th day prior to such special meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the 60th day prior to such special meeting or the 10th day following the day on which public announcement is first made of the date of the special meeting and of the nominees proposed by the Board of

 



 

Directors to be elected at such meeting. In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment of a special meeting commence a new time period for the giving of a shareholder’s notice as described above.

 

(C)    General.    (1) Only such persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 12 shall be eligible to serve as directors and only such business shall be conducted at a meeting of shareholders as shall have been brought before the meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 12. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the Chairman of the meeting shall have the power and duty to determine whether a nomination or any business proposed to be brought before the meeting was made or proposed, as the case may be, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 12 and, if any proposed nomination or business is not in compliance with this Section 12, to declare that such defective proposal or nomination shall be disregarded.

 

(2)     For purposes of this Section 12, “public announcement” shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or comparable national news service or in a document publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

 

(3)     Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 12, a shareholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this Section 12. Nothing in this Section 12 shall be deemed to affect any rights or obligations of shareholders requesting inclusion of proposals in the Corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act.

 

ARTICLE III

 

DIRECTORS

 

Section 1.       Number of Directors.    The number of directors which shall constitute the whole Board of Directors shall be fixed from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors but shall not be less than three. No decrease in the number of directors shall have the effect of reducing the term of any incumbent director. Directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of the shareholders, except as provided in Section 2 of this Article III, and each director shall hold office until his successor is elected and qualified. Directors need not be shareholders of the Corporation or residents of the State of Texas.

 

Section 2.       Vacancies; Removal.    Notwithstanding the fact that the remaining directors may constitute less than a quorum of the Board of Directors as fixed by Section 9 of this Article, the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors may fill any vacancy occurring in the Board of Directors and, during the period between any two successive annual meetings of the shareholders, may fill a maximum of two (2) vacant directorships resulting from an increase in the number of directors. A director elected to fill a vacancy shall be elected for the unexpired term of his predecessor in office. A directorship to be

 



 

filled by reason of an increase in the number of directors may be filled by the Board of Directors for a term of office continuing only until the next election of one or more directors by the shareholders. Any directorship to be filled by reason of an increase in the number of directors may also be filled by election at an annual meeting or at a special meeting of shareholders called for that purpose. At any special meeting of shareholders called for such purpose, any director may be removed from office, for or without cause, though his term may not have expired, by an affirmative vote of the holders of shares representing a majority of votes of all the shares of stock outstanding and entitled to vote for the election of directors.

 

Section 3.       General Powers.    The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by its Board of Directors, which may exercise any and all powers of the Corporation and do any and all such lawful acts and things as are not by the Code, the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation or by these By-Laws directed or required to be exercised or done by the shareholders.

 

Section 4.       Chairman of the Board.    The Board of Directors shall appoint one of its members to be Chairman of the Board to serve at the pleasure of the Board. He shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors. The Chairman of the Board shall have no responsibility or duties with respect to the management of the day to day affairs of the Corporation and shall not be deemed to be or considered an officer of the Corporation.

 

Section 5.       Place of Meetings.    The directors of the Corporation may hold their meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State of Texas.

 

Section 6.       Annual Meetings.    A meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held for organization, for the election of officers and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting, within thirty days after each annual election of directors.

 

Section 7.       Regular Meetings.    The Board of Directors by resolution may provide for the holding of regular meetings and may fix the times and places at which such meetings shall be held. Notice of regular meetings shall not be required to be given, provided that whenever the time or place of regular meetings shall be fixed or changed, notice of such action shall be mailed promptly to each director who shall not have been present at the meeting at which such action was taken, addressed to him at his residence or usual place of business.

 

Section 8.       Special Meetings.    Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President or any three directors. Except as otherwise required by statute, notice of each special meeting shall be mailed to each director, addressed to him at his residence or usual place of business, or shall be sent to him at such place by telegram, electronic facsimile, radio or cable, or telephoned or delivered to him personally, not later than two days before the day on which the meeting is to be held. Such notice shall state the time and place of such meeting, but, unless otherwise required by statute, the Articles of Incorporation or these By-laws, need not state the purposes thereof.

 



 

Section 9.       Quorum and Voting.    At all meetings of the Board of Directors the presence of at least one-third of the number of directors fixed by or in the manner provided in, Section 1 of this Article, but in no event less than two (2), shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the number of directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the Code of the Board of Directors, except as may be otherwise specifically provided by the Code, the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation or these By-Laws. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of directors, a majority of the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.

 

Section 10.     Compensation of Directors.    Directors shall receive such reasonable compensation for their services as such, whether in the form of salary or a fixed fee for attendance at meetings, with expenses, if any, as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.

 

Section 11.     Action by Written Consent.    Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee designated by the Board of Directors may be taken without a meeting if a written consent, setting forth the action so taken, is signed by all the members of the Board of Directors or of such committee, and such consent shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote at a meeting.

 

Section 12.     Meetings by Conference Telephone.    Members of the Board of Directors or members of any committee designated by the Board of Directors may participate in and hold a meeting of such Board or committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment, or another suitable electronic communications system, including videoconferencing technology or the Internet, or any combination, if the telephone or other equipment or system permits each person participating in the meeting to communicate with all other persons participating in the meeting, and participation in such a meeting shall constitute presence in person at such meeting, except where a person participates in the meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.

 

Section 13.     Resignations.    Each director shall have the right to resign at any time upon written notice of such resignation to the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President, any Vice-President or the Secretary of the Corporation. Unless otherwise specified in such written notice, the resignation shall take effect upon the receipt thereof, and acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make same effective.

 

Section 14.     Advisory Directors.    Any number of persons may be appointed “advisory directors” by a vote of a majority of the directors present at any meeting. An advisory director shall have the right to attend and to participate in any and all meetings of the Board to the same extent as any director, except that an advisory director shall not have the right to vote on any question or issue considered by the Board of Directors. Advisory

 



 

directors may be appointed by the Board of Directors to serve as members of the Executive Committee (as hereinafter defined) but shall not have the right to vote on any question or issue considered by said Committee. The Board of Directors may designate advisory directors from time to time whose residence, citizenship or principal place of business is not the United States. These directors shall be called “international directors” and will have the same function as advisory directors.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD

 

Section 1.       Executive Committee.    There shall be an Executive Committee consisting of the Chairman of the Board and the President of the Corporation as ex-officio members, and such other directors as the Board of Directors may from time to time select. Members of the Executive Committee shall serve until the next annual meeting of the Board of Directors and until their successors are appointed. The Board of Directors shall designate one of the members of the Executive Committee as Chairman of the Committee and one or more additional members as Vice Chairman of the Committee, and the Chairman of the Executive Committee shall preside at meetings of the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee shall have and may exercise such powers and authority in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation as the Board shall specifically delegate to it consistent with the corporate law of the State of Texas.

 

Section 2.       Audit Committee.    There shall be an Audit Committee consisting of three (3) of the directors of the Corporation who are not serving as officers of the Corporation. The Board of Directors shall designate one of the members of the Audit Committee as Chairman of the Committee and one or more additional members as Vice Chairman of the Committee, and the Chairman of the Audit Committee shall preside at meetings of the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee shall meet periodically (not less than once annually) with the independent public accounting firm serving as auditors of the Corporation and the internal auditing staff of the Corporation and its subsidiaries to discuss their procedures and findings and hear their recommendations with respect to financial accounting matters.

 

Section 3.       Other Committees.    The Board of Directors may from time to time, by resolution adopted by a majority of the whole board, designate one or more other committees, each committee to consist of two or more directors of the Corporation. Any such committee shall exercise such powers as may be assigned to it by the Board of Directors.

 

ARTICLE V

 

NOTICES

 

Section 1.       Form of Notice.    Whenever under the provisions of the Code, the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation or these By-Laws notice is required to be given to any director or shareholder, and no provision is made as to how such notice shall be

 



 

given, notice shall not be construed to mean personal notice, but any such notice may be given in writing, by mail, postage prepaid, addressed to such director or shareholder at such address as appears on the books of the Corporation, or by telex, telegraph or mailgram. Any notice required or permitted to be given by mail shall be deemed to be given at the time when the same is deposited, postage prepaid, in the United States mail as aforesaid.

 

Section 2.       Waiver.    Whenever any notice is required to be given to any director or shareholder of the Corporation under the provisions of the Code, the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation or these By-Laws, a waiver thereof in writing signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether signed before or after the time stated in such waiver, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice. Attendance of a director at a meeting of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a director attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

OFFICERS

 

Section 1.       In General.    The officers of the Corporation shall be elected by the Board of Directors and shall be a President, one or more Vice Presidents, a Secretary and a Treasurer. The Board of Directors may also, if it chooses to do so, elect one or more Assistant Secretaries, one or more Assistant Treasurers and such other officers and agents as it shall deem necessary, all of whom shall also be officers of the Corporation. Two or more offices may be held by the same person, except where otherwise provided by statute or the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation.

 

Section 2.       Election, Term and Qualifications.    Each officer shall be elected by the Board of Directors and shall hold his office until the first meeting of the Board of Directors following the next annual meeting of shareholders and until his successor shall have been elected, or until his death, or until he shall have resigned or shall have been removed in the manner provided in these By-laws. Any officer elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed, for or without cause, at any time by a majority vote of the whole Board of Directors. Election or appointment of an officer or agent shall not of itself create contract rights.

 

Section 3.       Resignations.    Each officer shall have the right to resign at any time upon written notice of such resignation to the President or the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President, any Vice-President or the Secretary. Unless otherwise specified in such written notice, the resignation shall take effect upon the receipt thereof, and acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make same effective.

 

Section 4.       Vacancies.    A vacancy in any office by reason of death, resignation, removal, disqualification or any other cause shall be filled for the unexpired portion of

 



 

the term in the manner prescribed by these By-laws for regular election or appointment to such office.

 

Section 5.       President.    The President shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation, shall have general and active management of the business of the Corporation and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect. He shall execute bonds, mortgages and other contracts requiring a seal, under the seal of the Corporation, except where required or permitted by law to be otherwise signed and executed and except where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board of Directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation.

 

Section 6.       Vice Presidents.    In the absence of the President or in the event of his inability or refusal to act, the Vice Presidents, in the order of their seniority, shall perform the duties of the President, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the President. The Vice Presidents shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

Section 7.       Secretary.    The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board of Directors and all meetings of the shareholders and shall record the proceedings of the meetings in books to be kept for that purpose. He shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the shareholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or by the President, under whose supervision he shall be. He shall have custody of the corporate seal and he, or an Assistant Secretary, shall have authority to affix the same to any instrument requiring it and when so affixed, it may be attested by his signature or by the signature of such Assistant Secretary. The Board of Directors may give general authority to any other officer to affix the corporate seal and to attest the affixing by his signature.

 

Section 8.       Assistant Secretaries.    The Assistant Secretaries, in the order of their seniority, shall, in the absence of the Secretary or in the event of his inability or refusal to act, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

Section 9.       Treasurer.    The Treasurer shall have custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all monies and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the Board of Directors. He shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the President and the Board of Directors, when the Board so requires, an account of all his transactions as Treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation.

 

Section 10.     Assistant Treasurers.    The Assistant Treasurers, in the order of their seniority, shall, in the absence of the Treasurer or in the event of his inability or refusal to

 



 

act, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Treasurer and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

Section 11.     Salaries.    The salaries of the officers of the Corporation shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors. No officer shall be prevented from receiving such salary by reason of the fact that he is also a director of the Corporation.

 

ARTICLE VII

 

CERTIFICATES REPRESENTING SHARES; UNCERTIFICATED SHARES

 

Section 1.       Form of Certificates.    Shares of stock of the Corporation may, at the discretion of the Board of Directors, be issued in certificated or uncertificated form.  Shares of the Corporation issued in uncertificated form may be evidenced by a book entry system maintained by the Corporation or its transfer agent, or a combination of both.  Shares of the Corporation issued in certificated form shall be in such form as shall be determined by the Board of Directors and shall be numbered consecutively and entered in the stock transfer records of the Corporation as they are issued. Each certificate shall state on the face thereof the holder’s name, the number and class of shares, and the par value of the shares or a statement that the shares are without par value. Each certificate shall be signed by the President or a Vice President and the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation, and may be sealed with the seal of the Corporation or a facsimile thereof if the Corporation shall then have a seal. The signatures of the Corporation’s officers on any such certificate or certificates may be facsimiles. In case any officer or officers who have signed, or whose facsimile signature or signatures have been used on, such certificate or certificates shall cease to be such officer or officers of the Corporation, whether because of death, resignation or otherwise, before such certificate or certificates have been issued, such certificate or certificates may nevertheless be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if the person or persons who signed the certificate or certificates or whose facsimile signature or signatures have been used thereon had not ceased to be such officer or officers of the Corporation.  Upon written request to the Corporation from any shareholder holding uncertificated shares, the Corporation shall issue a stock certificate or certificates representing such uncertificated shares in the form prescribed above.

 

Section 2.       Lost Certificates.    The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate or uncertificated shares, to be issued in place of any certificate theretofore issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be lost, stolen or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate or uncertificated shares, the Board of Directors may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or his legal representative, to advertise the same in such manner as the Board shall require and/or to give the Corporation a bond in such sum as the Board may direct as indemnity against

 



 

any claim that may be made against the Corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed.

 

Section 3.       Transfer of Shares.    Shares of stock shall be transferable only on the books of the Corporation by the holder or holders thereof in person or by his, her or their duly authorized attorney or attorneys and, upon surrender to the Corporation or to the transfer agent of the Corporation of a certificate representing shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignment or authority to transfer, or other evidence if no certificate shall have been issued accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignment or authority to transfer, it shall be the duty of the Corporation or the transfer agent of the Corporation to issue a new certificate or uncertificated shares to the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate or uncertificated shares and record the transaction upon its books.

 

Section 4.       Registered Shareholders.    The Corporation shall be entitled to recognize the holder or holders of record of any share or shares of stock as the holder or holders in fact thereof, and, accordingly, shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by law.

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

Section 1.       Instruments.    The Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President, any Vice President, the Secretary or the Treasurer, subject to the approval of the Board of Directors, may enter into any contract or execute and deliver any instrument in the name and on behalf of the Corporation. The Board of Directors may authorize any officer or officers, or agent or agents, to enter into any contract or to execute and deliver any instrument in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, and any such authorization may be general or confined to specific instance.

 

Section 2.       Borrowing.    No loans or advances shall be obtained or contracted for, by or on behalf of the Corporation and no negotiable paper shall be issued in its name, unless and except as authorized by the Board of Directors. Such authorization may be general or confined to specific instances. Any officer or agent of the Corporation thereunto so authorized may obtain loans and advances for the Corporation, and for such loans and advances may make, execute and deliver promissory notes, bonds or other evidence of indebtedness of the Corporation. Any officer or agent of the Corporation thereunto so authorized may pledge, hypothecate or transfer as security for the payment of any and all loans, advances, indebtedness and liabilities of the Corporation, any and all stocks, bonds, other securities and other personal property at any time held by the Corporation, and to that end may endorse, assign and deliver the same and do every act and thing necessary or proper in connection therewith.

 

Section 3.       Deposits.    All funds of the Corporation not otherwise employed shall be deposited from time to time to its credit in such banks or trust companies or with such

 



 

bankers or other depositories as the Board of Directors may select or as may be selected by any officer or officers or agent or agents authorized so to do by the Board of Directors. Endorsements for deposit to the credit of the Corporation in any of its duly authorized depositories shall be made in such manner as the Board of Directors from time to time may determine.

 

Section 4.       Checks.    All checks of the Corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers or such other person or persons as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate.

 

Section 5.       Dividends and Other Distributions.    Dividends and other distributions made upon or with respect to the outstanding shares of the Corporation, subject to the provisions of the act and of the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation, may be declared by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting. Dividends may be declared and paid in cash, in property or in certificated or uncertificated shares of the Corporation, and other distributions may be declared and paid in cash or property, provided that all such declarations and payments of dividends and other distributions shall be in strict compliance with all applicable laws and the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation. The Board of Directors may fix in advance a record date for the purposes of determining shareholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution, such record date to be not more than sixty (60) days prior to the payment date of such dividend or other distribution, or the Board of Directors may close the stock transfer records for such purpose for a period of not more than sixty (60) days prior to the payment date of such dividend or other distribution. In the absence of any action by the Board of Directors, the date upon which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution declaring such dividend or other distribution shall be the record date. Any dividend or other distribution declared pursuant to this Section 5 shall be payable to the persons registered as shareholders of the Corporation in the Corporation’s stock transfer records as of the record date for such dividend or other distribution as set pursuant to this Section 5, and the person in whose name shares are registered in the stock transfer records of the Corporation as of such record date shall be deemed to be the owner of the shares so registered in his name at such time.

 

Section 6.       Fiscal Year.    The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors.

 

Section 7.       Seal.    The Corporation may by resolution of the Board of Directors adopt and have a seal, and said seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or in any manner reproduced. Any officer of the Corporation shall have authority to affix the seal to any document requiring it.

 

Section 8.       Precedence of Articles of Incorporation.  To the extent any provision of these By-Laws is inconsistent with the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation, including any Certificates of Designations, as to any matter, such inconsistent provision shall be of no force and effect solely with respect to such matter.

 



 

ARTICLE IX

 

INDEMNITY

 

Section 1.       Indemnification of Directors and Former Directors.  Each person who was or is a respondent or defendant or is threatened to be made a respondent or defendant, or testifies or otherwise participates, in any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, arbitrative or investigative, any appeal in such an action, suit or proceeding, or any inquiry or investigation that could lead to such an action, suit, or proceeding (any of the foregoing hereinafter called a “Proceeding”), whether or not by or in the right of the Corporation, because such person is or was a director of the Corporation or, while a director of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, partner, venturer, proprietor, trustee, employee, administrator, agent or similar functionary (a “Representative”) of another foreign or domestic corporation, limited or general partnership, limited liability company, business trust, real estate investment trust, joint venture, joint stock company, cooperative, association, bank, insurance company, credit union, association, proprietorship, trust, employee benefit plan, other enterprise or other organization (each, an “Organization”) (hereinafter a “Covered Director”) shall be indemnified by the Corporation to the fullest extent authorized or permitted by applicable law, as the same exists or may hereafter be changed, against all judgments (including arbitration awards), court costs, penalties, excise and similar taxes, fines, settlements, reasonable attorneys’ fees and other reasonable expenses (all of the foregoing hereinafter referred to as “Expenses”) actually incurred by such person in connection with such Proceeding and such right to indemnification shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director or Representative and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors and administrators.  It is expressly acknowledged that the indemnification provided in this Article IX could involve indemnification for negligence or under theories of strict liability.

 

Section 2.       Indemnification of Officers and Former Officers.  The Corporation shall indemnify each person who was or is a respondent or defendant or threatened to be made a respondent or defendant, or testifies or otherwise participates, in any Proceeding, whether or not by or in the right of the Corporation, because such person is or was an officer of the Corporation or, while an officer of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a Representative of another Organization (hereinafter a “Covered Officer” and together with a Covered Director, a “Covered Person”), to the same extent that the Corporation may indemnify and advance Expenses to a director of the Corporation under the Code, and such right to indemnification shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be an officer or Representative and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors and administrators.

 

Section 3.       Right to Advancement of Expenses.  In addition to the right to indemnification conferred in Section 1 or Section 2 , as the case may be, a Covered Person shall also have the right to be paid or reimbursed by the Corporation the

 



 

reasonable Expenses incurred in defending, testifying or otherwise participating in any such Proceeding, in advance of the final disposition of the Proceeding (hereinafter an “Advancement of Expenses”) and without any determination as to the person’s ultimate entitlement to indemnification; provided, however, that, an Advancement of Expenses incurred by a Covered Person in advance of the final disposition of a Proceeding shall be made only upon delivery to the Corporation of a written affirmation by such person of such person’s good faith belief that he or she has met the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification under the Code and a written undertaking (hereinafter an “Undertaking”), by or on behalf of such person, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall be ultimately determined by final judicial decision from which there is no further right to appeal (hereinafter, a “Final Adjudication”) that the Covered Person has not met that standard or that indemnification of the Covered Person against Expenses incurred by such person in connection with that Proceeding is prohibited by the Code.

 

Section 4.       Right of Indemnitee to Bring Suit.  If a claim under Section 1, Section 2 or Section 3 is not paid in full by the Corporation within sixty (60) days after a written claim therefor has been received by the Corporation, except in the case of a claim for an Advancement of Expenses, in which case the applicable period shall be twenty (20) days, the Covered Person may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim.  If successful in whole or in part in any such suit, or in a suit brought by the Corporation to recover an Advancement of Expenses pursuant to the terms of an Undertaking, the Covered Person shall also be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting or defending such suit.  In (a) any suit brought by the Covered Person to enforce a right to indemnification hereunder (but not in a suit brought by a Covered Person to enforce a right to an Advancement of Expenses) it shall be a defense that, and (b) in any suit brought by the Corporation to recover an Advancement of Expenses pursuant to the terms of an Undertaking, the Corporation shall be entitled to recover such Expenses upon a Final Adjudication that the Covered Person has not met any applicable standard for indemnification set forth in the Code.  Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its directors who are not parties to such action, a committee of such directors, special legal counsel, or its shareholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such suit that indemnification of the Covered Person is proper in the circumstances because the Covered Person has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the Code, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including a determination by its directors who are not parties to such action, a committee of such directors, special legal counsel, or its shareholders) that the Covered Person has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall create a presumption that the Covered Person has not met the applicable standard of conduct or, in the case of such a suit brought by the Covered Person, shall be a defense to such suit.  In any suit brought by the Covered Person to enforce a right to indemnification or to an Advancement of Expenses hereunder, or by the Corporation to recover an Advancement of Expenses pursuant to the terms of an Undertaking, the burden of proving that the Covered Person is not entitled to be indemnified, or to such Advancement of Expenses, under this Article IX or otherwise shall be on the Corporation.

 



 

Section 5.       Indemnification of Other Persons.  This Article IX shall not limit the right of the Corporation to the extent and in the manner authorized or permitted by law to indemnify and to advance Expenses to persons other than Covered Persons.  Without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Board, grant rights to indemnification and to the Advancement of Expenses to any employee or agent of the Corporation and to any person who is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a Representative of another Organization to the same extent that it may indemnify and advance Expenses to Covered Persons under this Article IX and to any such further extent as may be authorized or permitted by law.

 

Section 6.       Non-Exclusivity of Rights.  The rights provided to a Covered Person pursuant to this Article IX shall not be exclusive of any other right which any such person may have or hereafter acquire under any law (common or statutory), provision of the Articles of Association or these Bylaws, agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise.

 

Section 7.       Insurance and Other Arrangements.  The Corporation may, to the extent permitted by law, purchase and maintain insurance, create a trust fund, establish any form of self-insurance (including a contract to indemnify), secure its indemnity obligation by grant of a security interest or other lien on assets of the Corporation, establish a letter of credit guaranty or security arrangement, or establish and maintain any other arrangement (any of the foregoing hereinafter called an “Arrangement”) on behalf of any person who is or was serving as a director, officer, employee, or agent of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a Representative of another Organization against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in such a capacity or arising out of his or her status as such a person, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability.  If the insurance or other Arrangement involves self-insurance or is with a person or entity that is not regularly engaged in the business of providing insurance coverage, the insurance or Arrangement may provide for payment of a liability with respect to which the Company would not have the power to indemnify the person only if the insurance or Arrangement has been approved by the shareholders

 

Section 8.       Shareholder Notification.  To the extent required by law, any indemnification of or Advancement of Expenses to a director by the Corporation shall be reported in writing to the shareholders with or before the notice or waiver of notice of the next shareholders’ meeting or with or before the next submission to shareholders of a consent to action without a meeting and, in any case, within the 12-month period immediately following the date of the indemnification or advance.

 

Section 9.       Amendments.  Any repeal or amendment of this Article IX by the Board or the shareholders of the Corporation or by changes in applicable law, or the adoption of any other provision of these Bylaws inconsistent with this Article IX, will, to the extent permitted by applicable law, be prospective only (except to the extent such amendment or change in applicable law permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification

 



 

rights on a retroactive basis than permitted prior thereto), and will not in any way diminish or adversely affect any right or protection existing hereunder in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to such repeal or amendment or adoption of such inconsistent provision.

 

Section 10.     Certain Definitions.  For purposes of this Article IX, (a) the Corporation shall be deemed to have requested a director or officer of the Corporation to serve as a Representative of an employee benefit plan whenever the performance by such person of his or her duties to the Corporation also imposes duties on or otherwise involves services by such person to the plan or participants or beneficiaries of the plan, and (b) any action taken or omitted by a such a person with respect to an employee benefit plan in the performance of such person’s duties for a purpose reasonably believed by such person to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of the plan shall be deemed to be for a purpose which is “not opposed to the best interests” of the Corporation for purposes of Section 8.001 of the Code.

 

Section 11.     Contract Rights.  The rights provided to Covered Persons pursuant to this Article IX shall be contract rights and such rights shall continue as to a Covered Person who has ceased to be a director, officer, agent or employee and shall inure to the benefit of the Covered Person’s heirs, executors and administrators.

 

Section 12.     Severability.  If any provision or provisions of this Article IX shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever:  (a) the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Article IX shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby; and (b) to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of this Article IX (including, without limitation, each such portion of this Article IX containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested by the provision held invalid, illegal or unenforceable.

 

ARTICLE X

 

BY-LAWS

 

Section 1.       Amendments.    These By-Laws may be altered, amended or repealed and new By-Laws may be adopted by the shareholders or the Board of Directors at any regular meeting of the shareholders or of the Board of Directors, or at any special meeting of the shareholders or of the Board of Directors, if notice of such alteration, amendment, repeal or adoption be contained in the notice of such special meeting.

 

Section 2.       When By-Laws Silent.    It is expressly recognized that when the By-Laws are silent as to the manner of performing any corporate function, the provisions of the Code shall control.

 


EXHIBIT 10.1

 

2009 INTERNATIONAL BANCSHARES CORPORATION

LONG-TERM RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT PLAN

 

Article 1.

Establishment, Purpose, and Duration

 

1.1           Establishment of the Plan . On December 18, 2009, the Board of Directors of International Bancshares Corporation adopted this long-term restricted stock unit plan known as the “2009 International Bancshares Corporation Long-Term Restricted Stock Unit Plan” (hereinafter referred to as the “Plan”).  Under the Plan, no transfers of, or transaction in, the Stock of the Company are involved.

 

1.2           Purpose of the Plan . The purpose of the Plan is to promote the success of the Company and its shareholders by providing incentives to officers, employees, consultants and advisors of the Company and its Subsidiaries to make the maximum contribution to the profitable development of the Company and any Subsidiaries through the grant of Restricted Stock Units under the terms set forth herein.  The Company seeks to motivate, attract, and retain the services of present officers, employees, consultants and advisors whose judgment, initiative, leadership, and continued special effort will contribute to the success of the Company and its Subsidiaries.

 

Article 2.

Definitions and Construction

 

2.1           Definitions . Whenever used in the Plan, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below and, when the meaning is intended, the initial letter of the word is capitalized:

 

(a)           “Award” means a Restricted Stock Unit Award granted under the Plan.

 

(b)           “Award Agreement” means the written agreement between the Company and the Participant by which an Award shall be evidenced, including any amendment or modification thereof.

 

(c)           “Beneficiary” means the person or persons who are to receive upon a Participant’s death the distributions that otherwise would have been paid to the Participant.

 

(d)           “Board” or “Board of Directors” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

 



 

(e)           “Change in Control” means the occurrence of any change in the ownership of the Company as defined in Treasury Regulation 1.409A-3(i)(5).

 

(f)            “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any successor statute, provided that any specific reference herein to a particular section of the Code will, to the extent applicable, refer to the corresponding section or provision of any such successor statute.

 

(g)           “Committee” means a committee of the Board appointed by the Board from time to time consisting of at least two (2) members of the Board, each of whom is both a Non-Employee Director and an Outside Director.

 

(h)           “Company” means INTERNATIONAL BANCSHARES CORPORATION, a Texas corporation, which is an eligible issuer of service recipient stock as defined under Treasury Regulation 1.409A-1(b)(5)(iii)(E).

 

(i)            “Disability” or “Disabled” means totally and permanently disabled as from time to time defined under the long-term disability plan of the Company or a Subsidiary applicable to Participant, or in the case where there is no applicable plan, permanent and total disability as defined in Section 22(e)(3) of the Code (or any successor Section); provided, however, that to the extent an amount payable under this Plan which constitutes deferred compensation subject to Section 409A the Code would become payable upon Disability, “Disability” for purposes of such payment shall not be deemed to have occurred unless the disability also satisfies the requirements of Treasury Regulation 1.409A-3.

 

(j)            “Effective Date” means the date as defined in Article 12 hereof.

 

(k)           “Eligible Person” means any officer, employee, consultant or advisor of the Company or any Subsidiary, as may be designated from time to time by the Committee as eligible to receive a Restricted Stock Unit subject to the conditions set forth herein.

 

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

 

(m)          “Fair Market Value” means, unless otherwise required by the Code, as of any date, the last sales price reported for the Stock on the applicable date, (i) as reported by the national securities exchange in the United States on which it is then traded or The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. or (ii) if not traded on any such national securities exchange or The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc., as quoted on an automated quotation system sponsored by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., or if the Stock shall not have been reported or quoted on such date, on the first day prior thereto on which the Stock was reported or quoted; provided, however, that the Committee may modify the definition of Fair Market Value to reflect any changes in the trading practices of any exchange or

 



 

automated system sponsored by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. on which the Stock is listed or traded. If the Stock is not readily traded on a national securities exchange, The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. or any system sponsored by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., the Fair Market Value shall be determined in good faith by the Committee.

 

(n)           “Non-Employee Director” means as defined in Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act.

 

(o)           “Outside Director” means given to it in the Regulations promulgated under Section 162(m) of the Code, as may be amended from time to time.

 

(p)           “Participant” means an Eligible Person who has been granted a Restricted Stock Unit hereunder.

 

(q)           “Plan” means this 2009 International Bancshares Corporation Long-Term Restricted Stock Unit Plan, as herein described and as hereafter from time to time amended.

 

(r)            “Restricted Stock Unit” means a phantom (notional) unit granted under the Plan to receive an amount in cash, subject to the terms of the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement.

 

(s)           “Stock” or “Shares” means the common stock, par value $1.00 per share, issued by the Company.

 

(t)            “Subsidiary” means any subsidiary corporation, as defined in Section 424(f) of the Code, to which the Committee has determined to extend the application of this Plan.

 

(u)           “Treasury Regulation” means the regulations promulgated under the Code.

 

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

 



 

Article 3.

Administration

 

3.1           Authority of the Committee .

 

(a)                                   The Plan and all Award Agreements shall be administered, and all grants of Restricted Stock Units under this Plan shall be granted, by the Committee. The Committee shall have full authority and absolute sole discretion:

 

(i)            To determine, consistent with the provisions of this Plan, which of the Eligible Persons shall be granted Restricted Stock Units under the Plan;

 

(ii)           To determine the form, terms, conditions, and amount of Restricted Stock Units and the Award Agreements;

 

(iii)          To determine the timing of when Restricted Stock Units are to be granted and any conditions which must be satisfied before an Award is made;

 

(iv)          To determine the period over which the Restricted Stock Units shall vest;

 

(v)           To determine the terms of each Award Agreement and any amendments or modifications thereof, which need not be identical;

 

(vi)          To establish objectives and conditions for earning Restricted Stock Units and whether the conditions for earning Restricted Stock Units have been met and whether an Award will be paid;

 

(vii)         To determine the guidelines and/or procedures for the payment of Restricted Stock Units;

 

(viii)        To modify and amend outstanding Award Agreements unilaterally in any manner;

 

(ix)          To construe and interpret this Plan and the Award Agreements;

 

(x)           To make adjustments in the performance goals that may be required for any Award in recognition of unusual or nonrecurring events affecting the Company or the financial statements of the Company (to the extent not inconsistent with Section 162(m) of the Code, if applicable), or in response to changes in applicable laws, regulations, or accounting principles;

 



 

(xi)           To make all other determinations and take all other actions deemed necessary or advisable for the proper administration of this Plan; and

 

(xii)          To adopt, alter, and repeal such rules, regulations, agreements, guidelines, and practices for administration of this Plan and for its own acts and proceedings as it shall deem advisable; to interpret the terms and provisions of this Plan and any Award (including related Award Agreements); to make all determinations it deems advisable for the administration of this Plan; to decide all disputes arising in connection with this Plan; and to otherwise supervise the administration of this Plan.

 

(b)                                 The decision and determinations of the Committee as to all questions of interpretation and application of the Plan and the Award Agreements shall be final, binding and conclusive on all persons.  The Committee may correct any defect or supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan or in any Award Agreement granted hereunder in the manner and to the extent it shall deem expedient to carry the Plan into effect and shall be the sole and final judge of such expediency.

 

3.2           Advisors to Committee .  The Committee may designate employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries and professional advisors to assist the Committee in the administration of the Plan and may grant authority to employees of the Company to execute agreements or other documents on behalf of the Committee in connection with the administration of the Plan. The Committee may employ such legal counsel, consultants, and agents as it may deem desirable for the administration of the Plan and may rely upon any advice and any computation received from any such counsel, consultant, or agent. The Company shall pay all expenses and costs incurred by the Committee for the engagement of any such counsel, consultant, or agent.

 

3.3           Participants. In order to conform with the provisions of local laws and regulations, the Committee shall have the sole discretion to (i) determine which Subsidiaries shall be covered by the Plan; (ii) modify the terms and conditions of the Awards granted under the Plan to Eligible Persons located in other states or jurisdictions; (iii) establish subplans with such modifications as may be necessary or advisable under the circumstances present by local laws and regulations; and (iv) take any action which it deems advisable to comply with or otherwise reflect any necessary governmental regulatory procedures, or to obtain any exemptions or approvals necessary with respect to the Plan or any subplan established hereunder.  Notwithstanding the above, the Committee may not take any actions hereunder, and no Restricted Stock Units shall be granted, that would violate applicable law.

 

3.4           Adjustments in Authorized Shares and Limitations.   In the event that the outstanding shares of Stock of the Company are changed into or exchanged for a different number or kind of shares or other securities of the Company or of another corporation or

 



 

other entity by reason of any reorganization, merger, consolidation, recapitalization, reclassification, stock split-up, combination of shares, or dividends payable in capital stock, appropriate adjustment shall be made to the number and kind of Shares subject to outstanding Awards and other value determinations applicable to outstanding Awards in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of Participants’ rights under the Plan.  Such adjustment shall be made by the Committee, whose determination in that respect shall be final, binding and conclusive on all persons.  Except as expressly provided herein, no issuance by the Company of shares of Stock of any class, or securities convertible into shares of Stock of any class, shall affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with respect to, the number, type or price of Stock subject to a Restricted Stock Unit.

 

Article 4.

Restricted Stock Units

 

4.1           Participation and Grant of Award . Subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan, a grant of a Restricted Stock Unit under this Plan may be made by the Committee to any Eligible Person.  In determining the eligibility of an individual to be granted an Award, the Committee shall take into account the position and responsibilities of the individual being considered, the nature and value to the Company or its Subsidiaries of his or her service and accomplishments, his or her present and potential contribution to the success of the Company or its Subsidiaries, and such other factors as the Committee may deem relevant.

 

4.2           Grants and Agreement .  Each grant of a Restricted Stock Unit under this Plan shall be evidenced by a written Award Agreement dated as of the date of the grant and executed by the Company and the Participant.  The rights of a grantee in and to an Award shall become effective only upon execution and delivery by the Company of the Award Agreement.  Such Award Agreement shall set forth the terms and conditions of such Award, as may be determined by the Committee consistent with this Plan and need not be the same in all cases.  As soon as practicable after a determination is made by the Committee to grant an Award to an Eligible Person, the appropriate officer or officers of the Company shall give notice (written or oral) to such effect to each such Eligible Person, which notice shall be accompanied by a copy or copies of the Award Agreement to be executed by such Eligible Person and the Company.  If the Plan and an Award Agreement are inconsistent, the provisions of the Award Agreement will control the terms of the Award.  Such terms and conditions of the Plan are incorporated into and made part of the Award Agreement by reference.  Interpretations of the Plan and the Award Agreement by the Committee are binding on the Participant and the Company.

 

4.3           Transferability . Except as specifically provided by a duly executed Award Agreement or unless approved by the Committee, an Award granted hereunder or the rights thereunder may not be sold, sold, transferred, assigned, pledged, hypothecated, encumbered or otherwise disposed of (whether voluntarily, involuntarily or by operation of law, including, without limitation, the laws of bankruptcy, intestacy, descent and

 



 

distribution and succession) or be subject to execution, attachment or similar process; provided, however, that the Committee may approve a transfer of a Restricted Stock Unit relating to a beneficiary designation or may provide for a transfer by will or the laws of descent and distribution.  Upon any attempt to so sell, transfer, assign, pledge, hypothecate, encumber or otherwise dispose of any Award, such Award and all rights thereunder shall immediately become null and void.

 

4.4          Vesting .   The Award Agreement shall specify the date or dates on which the Restricted Stock Units subject to such Award Agreement shall vest and the date or dates on which the Participant may receive a distribution related to such Award.

 

4.5           Other Restrictions . The Committee shall impose such other restrictions on any Restricted Stock Units granted pursuant to the Plan as it may deem advisable, including, but not limited to, attainment of performance goals.

 

4.6          Distribution of Account .  Payment of each Restricted Stock Unit will be made in cash pursuant to the terms of the Award Agreement.

 

Article 5.

Plan Accounts; Unfunded Plan

 

5.1          Accounts .  The Company shall establish on its books a plan account for each Participant, and the Restricted Stock Units awarded under an Award Agreement shall be credited to his plan account in accordance with the terms of the Award Agreement.

 

5.2          Unfunded Plan .  The Company’s obligations under this Plan and any Award Agreement shall not be funded or secured in any manner or at any time (including in connection with the change of the financial health of the Company), and no person or entity shall be required or permitted to establish any special or separate fund or to make any other segregation of funds or assets to insure the payment of any Awards as to the claims of general creditors of the Company.  Assets may not be set aside for the payment of any Awards in a trust or other arrangement that is located outside the United States.

 

Article 6.

Forfeiture

 

6.1           Termination of Employment or Service Other Than Due to Death, Disability or Change in Control . Except as otherwise provided in the terms of the applicable Award Agreement, if the employment or service of a Participant shall terminate for any reason other than death, Disability or Change in Control, which provide for immediate vesting, all non-vested Restricted Stock Unit Awards shall be automatically forfeited.

 



 

Article 7.

Beneficiary Designation

 

7.1          Beneficiary Designation .  Each Participant under the Plan may, from time to time, name any Beneficiary or Beneficiaries (who may be named contingently or successively and who may include a trustee under a will or living trust) to whom any benefit under the Plan is to be paid in case of his death before he receives any or all of such benefit. Each designation will revoke all prior designations by the same Participant, shall be in a form prescribed by the Committee, and will be effective only when filed by the Participant in writing or electronically with the Committee during his lifetime. In the absence of any such designation or if all designated Beneficiaries predecease the Participant, benefits remaining unpaid at the Participant’s death shall be paid to the Participant’s estate.

 

Article 8.

Rights of Participants

 

8.1           Employment or Service . Nothing in the Plan or any Award shall interfere with or limit in any way the right of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to terminate any Participant’s employment or service at any time, nor confer upon any Participant any right to continue in the employ or to so serve the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

8.2           Participation . No Eligible Person shall have a right to be selected as a Participant, or, having been so selected, to be selected again as a Participant.

 

8.3           No Implied Rights . Neither the establishment of the Plan nor any amendment thereof shall be construed as giving any Participant, Beneficiary, or any other person any legal or equitable right unless such right shall be specifically provided for in the Plan or Award or conferred by specific action of the Committee in accordance with the terms and provisions of the Plan. Except as expressly provided in this Plan or Award, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall be required or be liable to make any payment under the Plan.

 

8.4           No Right to Company Assets . Neither the Participant nor any other person shall acquire, by reason of the Plan, any right in or title to any assets, funds or property of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries whatsoever including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any specific funds, assets, or other property which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, in its sole discretion, may set aside in anticipation of a liability hereunder. Any benefits which become payable hereunder shall be paid from the general assets of the Company or the applicable Subsidiary. The Participant shall have only a contractual right to the amounts, if any, payable hereunder unsecured by any asset of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Nothing contained in the Plan constitutes a guarantee by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that the assets of the Company or the applicable Subsidiary shall be sufficient to pay any benefit to any person.

 



 

8.5           Other Restrictions, Limitations and Clawback . The Committee may specify in an Award Agreement that the Participant’s rights, payments, and benefits with respect to an Award shall be subject to reduction, cancellation, forfeiture, or recoupment upon the occurrence of certain specified events, in addition to any otherwise applicable vesting or performance conditions of an Award. Such events may include, but shall not be limited to, (a) termination of employment for cause, (b) fraudulent, illegal or misconduct, (c) violation of any Company and/or Subsidiary code of ethics, conflict of interest, insider trading or similar policy or code of conduct applicable to Participant, (d) breach of any noncompetition, nonsolicitation, confidentiality, or other restrictive covenant that may apply to the Participant, or (e) other conduct by the Participant that is detrimental to the business or reputation of the Company and/or its Subsidiaries. If the Company is required to prepare an accounting restatement due to the material noncompliance of the Company, as a result of misconduct, with any financial reporting requirement under the securities laws, if the Participant knowingly or grossly negligently engaged in the misconduct, or knowingly or grossly negligently failed to prevent the misconduct, or if the Participant is one of the individuals subject to automatic forfeiture under Section 304 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (and not otherwise exempted), the Participant shall reimburse the Company the amount of any payment in settlement of an Award earned or accrued during the twelve (12) month period following the first public issuance or filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (whichever just occurred) of the financial document embodying such financial reporting requirement.

 

Article 9.

Change in Control and Other Corporate Events

 

9.1           Change in Control . Unless otherwise provided in a Award Agreement, upon the occurrence of a Change in Control, the Committee may in its sole and absolute discretion, provide on a case by case basis that some or all outstanding Awards may automatically vest without regard to any limitation imposed pursuant to this Plan.

 

9.2           Change in Status of Subsidiary . Unless otherwise provided in a Award Agreement or otherwise determined by the Committee, in the event that an entity which was previously a Subsidiary is no longer a Subsidiary, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion, the Committee may, in its sole and absolute discretion (i) provide on a case by case basis that some or all outstanding Awards held by a Participant employed by or performing service for such entity may become immediately vested, without regard to any limitation imposed pursuant to this Plan and/or (ii) treat the employment or other services of a Participant employed by such entity as terminated if such Participant is not employed by the Company or any Subsidiary immediately after such event.

 



 

Article 10.

Amendment, Modification, and Termination

 

10.1        Amendment, Modification and Termination of Plan. The Board of Directors may at any time terminate or suspend, and may at any time and from time to time and in any respect amend or modify, this Plan or any portion thereof, and may amend or modify the Plan from time to time in such respects as the Board may deem advisable in order that any Awards thereunder shall conform to any change in applicable laws or regulations or in any other respect the Board may deem to be in the best interests of the Company.

 

10.2        Amendment or Modification of Awards . The Committee may amend or modify any outstanding Awards in any manner to the extent that the Committee would have had the authority under the Plan initially to make such Award as so modified or amended, including without limitation, to change the date or dates as of which Awards vest to remove the restrictions on Awards, or to modify the manner in which Awards are determined and paid. The Committee may make adjustments in the terms and conditions of, and the criteria included in, Awards in recognition of unusual or nonrecurring events affecting the Company or the financial statements of the Company or of changes in applicable laws, regulations, or accounting principles, whenever the Committee determines that such adjustments are appropriate in order to prevent unintended dilution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available under the Plan. The determination of the Committee as to the foregoing adjustments, if any, shall be conclusive and binding on Participants under the Plan.

 

10.3        Effect on Outstanding Awards . No such amendment, modification or termination of the Plan, or amendment or modification of an Award, shall materially adversely alter or impair any outstanding Awards without the consent of the Participant affected thereby.

 

Article 11.

Miscellaneous Provisions

 

11.1        Applicable Law . To the extent that state law shall not have been preempted by any laws of the United States, this Plan shall be construed, regulated, interpreted and administered according to the laws of the State of Texas, without regard to conflicts of law principles.

 

11.2       Expenses . The cost of benefit payments from this Plan and the expenses of administering this Plan shall be borne by the Company; provided, however, that except as otherwise specifically provided in this Plan or the applicable Award Agreement between the Company and a Participant, the Company shall not be obligated to pay any costs or expenses (including legal fees) incurred by any Participant in connection with any Award Agreement or this Plan.

 



 

11.3       Gender and Number . Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the masculine pronoun whenever used shall include the feminine and neuter pronoun, the singular shall include the plural, and vice versa.

 

11.4       Headings Not Part Of Plan . Headings of Articles and Sections are inserted for convenience and reference; they constitute no part of this Plan.

 

11.5       Indemnification . No member of the Board of Directors or the Committee shall be liable for any action or determination taken or made in good faith with respect to this Plan nor shall any member of the Board of Directors or the Committee be liable for any Award Agreement issued pursuant to this Plan or any grants under it. Without limiting any other rights to indemnification, each member of the Board of Directors and of the Committee shall be indemnified by the Company against any losses incurred in such administration of this Plan to the fullest extent permitted by the Texas Business Organizations Code, as amended.

 

11.6       Limitation of Rights .  Neither the adoption and maintenance of this Plan or Award Agreement nor anything contained herein, shall with respect to any Participant, be deemed to limit the right of the Company or any Subsidiary to discharge or discipline any such person, or otherwise terminate or modify the terms of his employment, or create any contract or other right or interest under this Plan other than as specifically provided in this Plan and a Award Agreement.

 

11.7        Arbitration .  The parties further agree that any and all controversies between the Participant and the Company shall be settled by arbitration in accordance with any agreement or policy providing for arbitration of disputes to which the Participant is subject and that is then in effect for or with the Company or any of its subsidiaries.

 

11.8       Non-Assignability . Except as otherwise set forth herein, a Participant’s interest under this Plan shall not be subject at any time or in any manner to alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, attachment, garnishment or encumbrance of any kind and any attempt to deliver, sell, transfer, assign, pledge, attach, garnish or otherwise encumber such interest shall be null and void and any interest so encumbered will terminate.

 

11.9       Other Compensation Plans . The adoption of this Plan shall not affect any other existing or future incentive or compensation plans for directors, officers or employees of the Company or its Subsidiaries. Moreover, the adoption of this Plan shall not preclude the Company or its Subsidiaries from:

 

(a)           Establishing any other forms of incentive or other compensation for officers, employees, consultants or advisors or directors of the Company or its Subsidiaries; or

 



 

(b)           Assuming any forms of incentives or other compensation of any person or entity in connection with the acquisition or the business or assets, in whole or in part, of any person or entity.

 

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

 

11.11     Non-Contravention of Laws . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary expressed in this Plan, any provisions hereof that vary from or conflict with any applicable Federal or state laws (including any regulations promulgated thereunder) shall be deemed to be modified to conform to and comply with such laws.

 

Article 12.

Effective Date

 

12.1       Effective Date . This Plan shall become effective upon its adoption by the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Effective Date”).

 


EXHIBIT 10.2

 

2009 INTERNATIONAL BANCSHARES CORPORATION

LONG-TERM RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT PLAN

RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT

 

This RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT (this “Award Agreement”) dated as of the          day of            , 2009 (the “Grant Date”) by and between International Bancshares Corporation, a Texas corporation (the “Company”) and                                            (the “Participant”).

 

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company has adopted the 2009 International Bancshares Corporation Long-Term Restricted Stock Unit Plan (the “Plan”);

 

WHEREAS, the Plan is incorporated by reference herein, and unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms shall have the meaning given such terms in the Plan;

 

WHEREAS, a copy of the Plan has been previously provided to the Participant; and

 

WHEREAS, the Committee, appointed by the Board of Directors of the Company to administer the Plan, has decided to award Participant Restricted Stock Units contingent upon vesting and subject to other terms and conditions set forth in the Company’s Plan and this Award Agreement;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, of the mutual promises hereinafter set forth and of other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, do hereby agree as follows:

 

1.                                       Restricted Stock Unit Award.

 

The maximum value of Awards granted each fiscal year may not exceed one third of the Participant’s Annual Compensation, as defined herein, for that fiscal year (that is, not using the look-back method for the prior year) (the “Maximum Value”), and as required under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, as amended by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, and as further amended from time to time (collectively the “Act”), and any rules, regulations, programs, and interpretations promulgated thereunder, including the TARP Standards for Compensation and Corporate Governance; Interim Final Rule (the “Rule”).  The maximum number of Restricted Stock Units granted under this Award Agreement shall be no more than the Maximum Value divided by the Fair Market Value of the Stock on the trading day prior to the Grant Date.  The Committee shall reduce any Awards that exceed 1/3 of the Participant’s Annual Compensation as determined for that fiscal year.

 



 

2.                                       Grant of Restricted Stock Unit Award .  The Company hereby grants to the Participant the equivalent of $                           worth of Restricted Stock Units, which divided by the Fair Market Value of the Stock on the trading day prior to the Grant Date of $             represents                             Restricted Stock Units (the “Award”).  This grant must be made in accordance with the Plan and the terms and conditions set forth herein, and the value of the Award may not exceed the Maximum Value.

 

All or any portion of the Award may be cancelled or amended without notice to or approval by the Participant by action of the Committee in its sole discretion.

 

3.                                       Vesting .  The Restricted Stock Units will vest at the earliest to occur of the following dates:

 

a.                                        100% following two years of continued performance of substantial services from Grant Date; or

 

b.                                       100% as of the date of the Participant’s death; or

 

c.                                        100% as of the date on which Participant is Disabled; or

 

d.                                       100% as of the date of a Change in Control.

 

In accordance with the Act and the Rule, the Participant is required to, and shall automatically be deemed to, forfeit all Restricted Stock Units granted hereunder if the Participant fails to perform substantial services for the Company for at least two years from the Grant Date, other than due to death, Disability, or a Change in Control.

 

4.                                       Distribution Limitations .  Each Restricted Stock Unit will be paid in cash.  Restricted Stock Units will be distributed on the later of vesting of the Award or the repayment of financial assistance under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (“TARP”) as provided below (the “Settlement Date”).  The amount to be paid will be equal to the number of vested Restricted Stock Units multiplied by the Fair Market Value of one share of Stock on the Settlement Date.

 

If all financial assistance under TARP is paid by the date of vesting, the payments will be made in cash no later than 2 ½ months following the Settlement Date in order to comply with the short-term deferral exception to Section 409A of the Code provided for in Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(4).  However, should all financial assistance under TARP not be repaid by the date of vesting, then pursuant to the Preamble to the Rule, the Restricted Stock Unit will be paid promptly upon the repayment of all financial assistance received under TARP, but in no event later than 30 days after the TARP period ends, as provided for under the Rule.

 

In accordance with the Act and the Rule, notwithstanding any vesting described above or any other term of the Plan or this Award Agreement, no Restricted Stock Units granted under this award shall be payable earlier than the following schedule (except as necessary to reflect a merger or acquisition of the TARP recipient):

 



 

a.                                        25% of the Restricted Stock Units at the time the Company repays 25% of the aggregate financial assistance received by the Company under TARP;

 

b.                                       An additional 25% of the Restricted Stock Units at the time the Company repays 50% of the aggregate financial assistance received by the Company under TARP;

 

c.                                        An additional 25% of the Restricted Stock Units at the time the Company repays 75% of the aggregate financial assistance received by the Company under TARP; and

 

d.                                       An additional 25% of the Restricted Stock Units at the time the Company repays 100% of the aggregate financial assistance received by the Company under TARP.

 

5.                                       Annual Compensation .  Annual Compensation means the definition in the Rule, which provides that the dollar value for total compensation for the applicable fiscal year as determined pursuant to Item 402(a) of Regulation S–K under the Federal securities laws (17 CFR 229.402(a)). Accordingly, for this purpose the amounts required to be disclosed pursuant to paragraph (c)(2)(viii) of Item 402(a) of Regulation S–K (actuarial increases in pension plans and above market earnings on deferred compensation) are not required to be included in Annual Compensation.  For purposes of this paragraph, in determining an employee’s Annual Compensation, all equity-based compensation granted in fiscal years ending after June 15, 2009 will only be included in the calculation in the year in which it is granted at its total fair market value on the grant date, and all equity-based compensation granted in fiscal years ending prior to June 15, 2009 will not be included in the calculation of Annual Compensation for any subsequent fiscal year. For purposes of this paragraph, in determining the value of the grant of long-term restricted stock, as defined in the Rule, the long-term restricted stock granted in accordance with this paragraph will only be included in the calculation in the year in which the restricted stock is granted at its total fair market value on the grant date.

 

6.                                       Voting Rights and Dividend Equivalents .  No Restricted Stock Unit will include any rights to receive dividends, dividend equivalents, or voting rights.

 

7.                                       Restrictions .  No Restricted Stock Unit, nor any interest or right therein, may be sold, assigned, transferred, exchanged, pledged, hypothecated or otherwise encumbered. If Participant is deceased at the time Restricted Stock Units are distributed, the Company will make such payment pursuant to a beneficiary designation, attached as Exhibit A.  In the absence of any such designation, payment will be made to the executor or administrator of Participant’s estate or to Participant’s other legal representative as determined in good faith by the Company.

 

Notwithstanding anything in the Award Agreement, the Company will not be required to comply with any term or condition of the Award Agreement if and to the

 



 

extent prohibited by law, including but not limited to the Act, Rule, federal banking and securities regulations, or as otherwise directed by one or more regulatory agencies having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

8.                                       Section 409A of the Code .  It is the intention of the parties that the Plan, this Award Agreement, and the awards and distributions made pursuant to the Award Agreement will not be subject to Section 409A of the Code.  Distribution payments under this plan are intended to comply with the short-term deferral exception to Section 409A of the Code provided for in Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(4).  To the extent, if any, that Section 409A of the Code is applicable to the Award Agreement, the Award Agreement will be administered by the Company in a manner consistent with this intent to comply with Section 409A of the Code.

 

Awards are structured as to meet U.S. Department of Treasury guidance provided in the Preamble to the Rule, which provides that no violation of 409A will occur, and a payment that otherwise would have been a short-term deferral under Internal Revenue Code Section 409A regulations will not be treated as a payment of deferred compensation if the payment is made promptly following the first date upon which the payment could be made without violating the terms of the TARP recipient’s agreement with the U.S. Department of Treasury.

 

If any payments or benefits hereunder may be deemed to constitute nonconforming deferred compensation subject to taxation under the provisions of Section 409A of the Code, Participant agrees that the Company may, without the consent of Participant, modify the Award Agreement and the awards made pursuant to this Award Agreement to the extent and in the manner the Company deems necessary or advisable or take such other action or actions, including an amendment or action with retroactive effect, that the Company deems appropriate in order either to preclude any such payments or benefits from being deemed “deferred compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code or to provide such payments or benefits in a manner that complies with the provisions of Section 409A of the Code such that the Participant will not be subject to interest and excise taxes thereunder.

 

9.                                       Incorporation of Plan Terms .  This Award and Award Agreement are subject to the provisions of the Plan. If the Plan and this Award Agreement are inconsistent, the provisions of the Award will control, except to the extent the inconsistent provision in the Award Agreement would broaden the Award in a manner beyond the scope of the Plan.  Such terms and conditions of the Plan are incorporated into and made part of this Award Agreement by reference.  Interpretations of the Plan and this Award Agreement by the Committee are binding on the Participant and the Company.

 

10.                                 Clawback .  Any bonus, commission, or other compensation received, including but not limited to payments made to Participant under the Plan and an Award, are subject to recovery, or “clawback” by the Company if the payments were based on materially inaccurate financial statements or any other materially inaccurate performance

 



 

metric criteria in accordance with the Act and the Rule.  In addition, Participant acknowledges that all Company executive compensation plans may be amended as necessary to comply with the requirements and/or limitations under the Act and the Rule, or any other federal requirements up to and including a revocation of this Award.

 

11.                                 Notices .  Any notices given in connection with this Award Agreement shall, if issued to Participant, be delivered to Participant’s current address on file with the Company, or if issued to the Company, be delivered to the Company’s principal offices.

 

12.                                 Execution of Receipts and Releases .  Any payment of cash or any transfer of property to Participant or to Participant’s Beneficiaries in accordance with the provisions hereof, shall, to the extent hereof, be in full satisfaction of all claims of such persons hereunder.  The Company may require Participant or Participant’s Beneficiaries as a condition precedent to such payment or issuance, to execute a release and receipt therefor in such form as it shall determine.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Participant have executed this Award Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

 

INTERNATIONAL BANCSHARES

 

 

CORPORATION, a Texas corporation

ATTEST:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

By:

 

Secretary

 

Name:

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

The undersigned Participant represents that he or she has read this Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement and the 2009 International Bancshares Corporation Long-Term Restricted Stock Unit Plan and acknowledges that the Award he or she receives is subject to the terms of both.

 

WITNESS:

 

PARTICIPANT:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

EXHIBIT A

 

2009 INTERNATIONAL BANCSHARES CORPORATION

LONG-TERM RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT PLAN

RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT

 

BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION FORM

 

 

 

 

 

 

EMPLOYEE NAME

 

SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER

 

 

 

 

 

MARRIED:

 

 

SINGLE:

 

PRESENT MAILING ADDRESS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DATE OF BIRTH:

 

CITY                      STATE                      ZIP CODE

 

 

 

 

 

As a participant in the 2009 International Bancshares Corporation Long-Term Restricted Stock Unit Plan (the “Plan”), you have been provided with information concerning the payment of certain compensation which you are or you may become eligible to receive.  In the event of your death, the Plan will pay your benefits to the beneficiary of your choice.  You may revoke or change this Beneficiary Designation at any time.

 

I.                                         BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION .  I hereby revoke each prior beneficiary designation executed by me, and hereby designate the following beneficiary (beneficiaries) of any amounts payable under the Plan by reason of my death:

 

BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION

 

Understanding the effect of my designation, I hereby designate the following beneficiary(ies) to receive any death benefit that is payable under the Plan:

 

Primary Beneficiary

 

Name:

 

 

Relationship:

 

 

 

 

Mailing Address:

 

 

 

 

Percentage:

 

 

Social Security No.:

 

 



 

Primary Beneficiary

 

Name:

 

 

Relationship:

 

 

 

 

Mailing Address:

 

 

 

 

Percentage:

 

 

Social Security No.:

 

 

In the event my named primary beneficiary(ies) fails to survive me or are ineligible to receive the death benefit under the Plan, I designate the following person(s) to be contingent beneficiary(ies), in the percentage designated, to receive the amount to which I am entitled under the Plan upon my death:

 

Contingent Beneficiary

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Relationship:

 

 

 

 

Mailing Address:

 

 

 

 

Percentage:

 

 

Social Security No.:

 

 

 

 

Contingent Beneficiary

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Relationship:

 

 

 

 

Mailing Address:

 

 

 

 

Percentage:

 

 

Social Security No.:

 

 

 

 

Contingent Beneficiary

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Relationship:

 

 

 

 

Mailing Address:

 

 

 

 

Percentage:

 

 

Social Security No.:

 

 

If more than one beneficiary of the same class (Primary or Contingent) is designated, but no percentage is specified for one or more such beneficiaries, the beneficiaries will receive payments in equal shares.

 



 

If selecting multiple Primary or Contingent Beneficiaries above, please indicate below how such proceeds shall be paid in the event of the death or ineligibility of one of the co-Beneficiaries prior to the death of the Participant:

 

o                                    All to the survivor(s) of the multiple Beneficiaries in equal shares.

 

o                                    To the personal representative of the estate of the deceased Participant.

 

o                                    To the descendant(s) per stirpes of the deceased co-Beneficiary(ies); if no such descendant(s) are living on the death of the Participant, then to the personal representative of the estate of the deceased Participant.

 

If none of the named beneficiaries (both Primary and Contingent) are living at the date of my death or are eligible to receive the death benefit under the Plan, the amount to which I am entitled under the Plan will be distributed to my spouse, if my spouse is then living or, if not, to my estate.

 

I understand that I may change my beneficiary designation at any time.

 

SIGNATURES FOR BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION

 

 

 

 

Signature of Participant

 

Print or Type Name

 

 

 

 

 

 

Social Security Number

 

Date

of Participant

 

 

 

 

 

Spousal consent (required if naming a primary beneficiary other than, or in addition to, your spouse):

 

 

 

Signature of Spouse

 

Print or Type Name

 

 

 

 

 

 

Social Security Number

 

Date

of Spouse

 

 

 

 

 

Please return to:

 

 

 

 

 

Participants do not write below this line.

 

 

 

 

 

This distribution request has been reviewed and approved.

 

 

 

 

 

Administrator Approval

 

Date Received