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 16, 2010

 

Quad/Graphics, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Wisconsin

 

001-34806

 

39-1152983

(State or other
jurisdiction of
incorporation)

 

(Commission File
Number)

 

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

N63 W23075 Highway 74 Sussex, Wisconsin 53089-2827

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

(414) 566-6000

(Registrant’s telephone number)

 

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:

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

o     Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 



 

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

 

On December 16, 2010, the Compensation Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Quad/Graphics, Inc. (the “Company”) determined the structure of annual cash incentive awards for 2010 for its executive officers, including its named executive officers, under its 2010 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). Under the annual cash incentive awards, the potential payment levels consist of a “threshold” level, a “target” level and a “maximum” level.  These potential payment levels are expressed as a percentage of base salary that participants are eligible to receive if the Company’s corporate performance achieves a given level.  The respective percentages of base salary that the named executive officers are eligible to receive range from 55%-60% for the “threshold” level, 75%-115% for the “target” level and 150%-200% for the “maximum” level.  The corporate performance level at which payments will be made will be determined by the Committee based on the Company’s achievement of strategic objectives relating to one or more of the following: operating goals, cost of capital, return on equity, price per share, net sales and the Company’s acquisition of World Color Press Inc. that was completed in July 2010.  In addition, the payment amount for an individual executive officer may be adjusted above or below the ranges indicated by the applicable corporate performance level by up to 10% of the executive officer’s base salary based on his individual performance.

 

On December 16, 2010, the Committee and its Compensation Subcommittee also approved form award agreements that it intends to use under the Company’s 2010 Omnibus Incentive Plan for future awards of stock options, restricted stock and restricted stock units, and on December 17, 2010 the Board approved the form award agreement that it intends to use under the Plan for future awards of deferred stock units.  These form award agreements are attached hereto as Exhibits 10.1, 10.2, 10.3 and 10.4, respectively, and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01 .             Financial Statements and Exhibits .

 

(a)           Not applicable.

 

(b)           Not applicable.

 

(c)           Not applicable.

 

(d)           Exhibits .  The following exhibits are being filed herewith:

 

(10.1)                 Form of Stock Option Award Agreement under the Quad/Graphics, Inc. 2010 Omnibus Incentive Plan

 

(10.2)                 Form of Restricted Stock Award Agreement under the Quad/Graphics, Inc. 2010 Omnibus Incentive Plan

 

(10.3)                 Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement under the Quad/Graphics, Inc. 2010 Omnibus Incentive Plan

 

(10.4)                 Form of Deferred Stock Unit Award Agreement under the Quad/Graphics, Inc. 2010 Omnibus Incentive Plan

 

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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.

 

Date:  December 17, 2010

 

 

QUAD/GRAPHICS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Andrew R. Schiesl

 

 

Andrew R. Schiesl

 

 

Vice President & General Counsel

 

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QUAD/GRAPHICS, INC.

 

Exhibit Index to Current Report on Form 8-K

Dated December 16, 2010

 

Exhibit

 

 

Number

 

 

 

 

 

(10.1)

 

Form of Stock Option Award Agreement under the Quad/Graphics, Inc. 2010 Omnibus Incentive Plan

 

 

 

(10.2)

 

Form of Restricted Stock Award Agreement under the Quad/Graphics, Inc. 2010 Omnibus Incentive Plan

 

 

 

(10.3)

 

Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement under the Quad/Graphics, Inc. 2010 Omnibus Incentive Plan

 

 

 

(10.4)

 

Form of Deferred Stock Unit Award Agreement under the Quad/Graphics, Inc. 2010 Omnibus Incentive Plan

 

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Exhibit 10.1

 

QUAD/GRAPHICS, INC.

2010 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN

STOCK OPTION AWARD

 

[Name and Address of Option Recipient]

 

You have been granted an option (your “Option”) to purchase shares of the Class A Common Stock (“Shares”) of Quad/Graphics, Inc. (the “Company”) under the Quad/Graphics, Inc. 2010 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) with the following terms and conditions:

 

Grant Date:

 

[                          ]

 

 

 

Type of Option:

 

Nonqualified Stock Option

 

 

 

Number of Option Shares:

 

[                          ]

 

 

 

Exercise Price per Share:

 

U.S. $[    .    ]

 

 

 

Vesting:

 

One-third of your Option will vest and become exercisable on each of the second, third and fourth anniversaries of the Grant Date, provided, in the case of each one-third, that you remain in continuous employment or service until the applicable vesting date.

 

The vesting of your Option will accelerate in the following circumstances:

 

·                                           If you are continuously employed with, or in the service of, the Company or its Affiliates through the date preceding the date of a “Change in Control” (as defined below), then this Option will vest in full on the date of such Change in Control

 

·                                           If your employment or service relationship with the Company and its Affiliates is terminated as a result of your death or disability (within the meaning of Code Section 22(e)(3)), then this Option will vest in full on the date of such termination.

 

·                                           If your employment or service relationship with the Company and its Affiliates terminates as a result of your retirement upon or after age 65, then this Option will vest in full on the date of retirement.

 

Except as otherwise provided above, upon your termination of employment with, or cessation of services to, the Company and its Affiliates, the unvested portion of your Option will immediately terminate.

 



 

 

 

For purposes of this Award, a “Change in Control” means any event which results in the legal or beneficial ownership of shares of voting stock of the Company granting the holder or holders thereof a majority of the votes for the election of the majority of the Board of Directors (or other supervisory board) of the Company being owned by any person or entity (or group of persons or entities acting in concert) other than any one or more of the following acting alone or in concert: (i) the respective spouses and descendants of Harry V. Quadracci, Harry R. Quadracci or Thomas A. Quadracci and/or the spouses of any such descendants, (ii) the respective executors, administrators, guardians or conservators of the estates of any Harry V. Quadracci, Harry R. Quadracci, Thomas A Quadracci or the Persons descried in clause (i) above, (iii) trustees holding shares of voting stock of the Company for the benefit of any of the persons described in clause (i) or (ii) above and (iv) any employee stock ownership or other benefit plan of the Company (together, the “Permitted Holders”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the transfer of legal or beneficial ownership of any of the shares of voting stock of the Company to a new entity shall not be a Change in Control if a majority of the voting stock of such new entity is owned by Permitted Holders. In the event such a transfer occurs, the foregoing definition of “Change in Control” shall be construed with respect to the new entity that owns all of the voting stock of the Company (as opposed to the Company itself).

 

 

 

Termination Date:

 

Your Option expires at, and cannot be exercised after, the close of business at the Company’s headquarters on the earliest to occur of:

 

·                                           The tenth (10 th ) anniversary of the Grant Date;

 

·                                           24 months after your termination of employment or service as a result of death;

 

·                                           36 months after your termination of employment or service upon retirement or as a result of disability (within the meaning of Code Section 22(e)(3)); or

 

·                                           90 days after your termination of employment or service for any other reason, provided that if you die during this 90-day period, the exercise period will be extended until 24 months after the date of your death.

 

If the date this Option terminates as specified above falls on a day on which the stock market is not open for trading or on a date on which you are prohibited by Company policy (such as an insider trading policy) from exercising the Option, the termination date shall be automatically extended to the first available trading day following

 

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the original termination date, but not beyond the tenth (10 th ) anniversary of the Grant Date.

 

 

 

Manner of Exercise:

 

You may exercise your Option only to the extent vested and only if it has not terminated. To exercise your Option, you must complete the “Notice of Stock Option Exercise” form provided by the Company and return it to the address or send it via facsimile or email as indicated on the form. The form will be effective when it is received by the Company, but exercise will not be completed until you pay the total exercise price and all applicable withholding taxes due as a result of the exercise to the Company.

 

If someone else wants to exercise your Option after your death, that person must contact the Company and prove to the Company’s satisfaction that he or she is entitled to do so.

 

Your ability to exercise your Option may be restricted by the Company if required by applicable law.

 

 

 

Restrictions on Resale:

 

By accepting your Option, you agree not to sell any Shares acquired under your Option at a time when applicable laws, Company policies or an agreement between the Company and its underwriters prohibit a sale.

 

 

 

Restrictions on Transfer:

 

During your lifetime, this Option is only exercisable by you. You may not transfer, pledge or assign this Option, by operation of law or otherwise, except pursuant to your will or the laws of descent and distribution. If you attempt to transfer, assign, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of this Option, except as provided above, or in the event this Option is subject to levy or attachment, execution or similar process, the Company may terminate this Option by providing written notice to you.

 

 

 

Recoupment; Rescission of Exercise

 

If the Committee determines that recoupment of incentive compensation paid to you pursuant to your Option is required under any law or any recoupment policy of the Company, then your Option will terminate immediately on the date of such determination to the extent required by such law or recoupment policy, any prior exercise of such Option may be deemed to be rescinded, and the Committee may recoup any such incentive compensation in accordance with such recoupment policy or as required by law. The Company shall have the right to offset against any other amounts due from the Company to you the amount owed by you hereunder and any exercise price and withholding amount tendered by you with respect to any such incentive compensation.

 

 

 

Miscellaneous:

 

·                                           As a condition of the granting of your Option, you agree, for yourself and your legal representatives or guardians, that this

 

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Stock Option Award shall be interpreted by the Committee and that any interpretation by the Committee of the terms of this Stock Option Award or the Plan and any determination made by the Committee pursuant to this Stock Option Award or the Plan shall be final, binding and conclusive.

 

·                                           Subject to the terms of the Plan, the Committee may modify or amend this Stock Option Award without your consent as permitted by Section 17(a) of the Plan or: (i) to the extent such action is deemed necessary by the Committee to comply with any applicable law or the listing requirements of any principal securities exchange or market on which shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock are then traded; (ii) to the extent the action is deemed necessary by the Committee to preserve favorable accounting or tax treatment of any Award for the Company; or (iii) to the extent the Committee determines that such action does not materially and adversely affect the value of this Stock Option Award or that such action is in the best interest of you or any other person who may then have an interest in this Stock Option Award.

 

·                                           Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Stock Option Award may not be amended, and the Company may not take any other action the effect of which is,  to reduce the Exercise Price per Share other than (i) pursuant to Section 17(a) of the Plan, and in accordance with Section 1.409A-1(b)(5)(v)(B) of the Treasury Regulations, or (ii) in connection with a transaction which is considered the grant of a new option for purposes of Section 409A of the Code, provided that the new Exercise Price per Share is not less than Fair Market Value of a Share on the new grant date.

 

·                                           As a condition of the granting of your Option, you acknowledge and agree that this Stock Option Award and the Plan constitute the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter of this Stock Option Award and the Plan.

 

·                                           This Stock Option Award may be executed in counterparts.

 

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Your Option is granted under and governed by the terms and conditions of the Plan.  Additional provisions regarding your Option and definitions of capitalized terms used and not defined in your Option can be found in the Plan.

 

BY SIGNING BELOW AND ACCEPTING THIS STOCK OPTION AWARD, YOU AGREE TO ALL OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS DESCRIBED HEREIN AND IN THE PLAN.  YOU ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF THE PLAN.

 

QUAD/GRAPHICS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

[Name of Authorized Officer]

 

[Name of Option Recipient], Optionee

 

 

 

Date:

 

 

 

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QUAD/GRAPHICS, INC.

NOTICE OF STOCK OPTION EXERCISE

 

Your completed form should be delivered to:                                                   ,                                                         .  Phone:

Fax:                                                                           .  Email:                                                     

Incomplete forms may cause a delay in processing your option exercise.

 

OPTIONEE INFORMATION

 

Please complete the following.  PLEASE WRITE YOUR FULL LEGAL NAME SINCE THIS NAME MAY BE ON YOUR STOCK CERTIFICATE.

 

Name:

 

Street Address:

 

City:

 

State:

 

Zip Code:

 

Work Phone #: (          ) -               -                 

Home Phone #: (          ) -               -

 

Social Security #:              -            -

 

DESCRIPTION OF OPTION(S) BEING EXERCISED

 

Please complete the following for each option that you wish to exercise.

 

Grant Date

 

Exercise Price
Per Share

 

Number of Option
Shares Being
Purchased

 

Total Exercise Price
(multiply Exercise Price
Per Share by Number of
Option Shares Being
Purchased)

 

 

 

$

 

 

 

 

$

 

 

 

 

$

 

 

 

 

$

 

 

 

 

$

 

 

 

 

$

 

 

 

 

$

 

 

 

 

$

 

 

 

 

$

 

 

 

 

$

 

 

 

 

Aggregate Exercise Price

 

$

 

 

 

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Exhibit 10.2

 

QUAD/GRAPHICS, INC.

2010 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN

RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD

 

[Name and Address of Recipient]

 

You have been granted an award of shares of Class A Common Stock of Quad/Graphics, Inc. (the “Company”) constituting a Restricted Stock Award under the Quad/Graphics, Inc. 2010 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) with the following terms and conditions:

 

Grant Date:

 

[                          ]

 

 

 

Number of Shares of Restricted Stock (“Restricted Shares”):

 

 

 

 

 

Vesting Schedule:

 

One hundred percent (100%) of the Restricted Shares will vest on the third anniversary of the Grant Date, provided you are continuously employed by the Company or an Affiliate of the Company until the vesting date.

 

The vesting of the Restricted Shares will accelerate in the following circumstances:

 

·                                           If you are continuously employed with, or in the service of, the Company or its Affiliates through the date preceding the date of a “Change in Control” (as defined below), then 100% the Restricted Shares will vest in full on the date of such Change in Control.

 

·                                           If your employment or service relationship with the Company and its Affiliates is terminated as a result of your death or disability (within the meaning of Code Section 22(e)(3)), then 100% of the Restricted Shares will vest in full on the date of such termination.

 

·                                           If your employment or service relationship with the Company and its Affiliates terminates as a result of your retirement upon or after age 65, then, provided such retirement is approved by an authorized senior executive of the Company (other than yourself), a portion of the Restricted Shares will vest on the date of the retirement. Such portion shall be equal to the total number of Restricted Shares multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days from the Grant Date until the date of the retirement and the denominator of which is the total number of days from the Grant Date until the third anniversary of the Grant Date.

 

Except as otherwise provided above, upon your termination of employment with, or cessation of services to, the Company and its

 

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Affiliates prior to the date the Restricted Shares are vested, you will forfeit the unvested Restricted Shares.

 

For purposes of this Award, a “Change in Control” means any event which results in the legal or beneficial ownership of shares of voting stock of the Company granting the holder or holders thereof a majority of the votes for the election of the majority of the Board of Directors (or other supervisory board) of the Company being owned by any person or entity (or group of persons or entities acting in concert) other than any one or more of the following acting alone or in concert: (i) the respective spouses and descendants of Harry V. Quadracci, Harry R. Quadracci or Thomas A. Quadracci and/or the spouses of any such descendants, (ii) the respective executors, administrators, guardians or conservators of the estates of any Harry V. Quadracci, Harry R. Quadracci, Thomas A Quadracci or the Persons described in clause (i) above, (iii) trustees holding shares of voting stock of the Company for the benefit of any of the persons described in clause (i) or (ii) above and (iv) any employee stock ownership or other benefit plan of the Company (together, the “Permitted Holders”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the transfer of legal or beneficial ownership of any of the shares of voting stock of the Company to a new entity shall not be a Change in Control if a majority of the voting stock of such new entity is owned by Permitted Holders. In the event such a transfer occurs, the foregoing definition of “Change in Control” shall be construed with respect to the new entity that owns all of the voting stock of the Company (as opposed to the Company itself).

 

 

 

Release of Shares:

 

The Restricted Shares will be held in an account at the Company’s transfer agent pending vesting. As soon as practicable after any Restricted Shares vest, the applicable restrictions on the Restricted Shares will be removed and such Shares will be issued according to your instructions.

 

 

 

Transferability of Restricted Shares:

 

You may not sell, transfer or otherwise alienate or hypothecate any of your Restricted Shares until they are vested. In addition, by accepting this Award, you agree not to sell any Shares acquired under this Award other than as set forth in the Plan and at a time when applicable laws, Company policies or an agreement between the Company and its underwriters do not prohibit a sale. The Company also may require you to enter into a shareholder’s agreement that will include additional restrictions on the transfer of Shares acquired under this Award that will remain effective after such Shares have vested.

 

 

 

Voting and Dividends:

 

While the Restricted Shares are subject to forfeiture, you may exercise full voting rights and will be credited with all dividends and

 

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other distributions paid with respect to the Restricted Shares, in each case so long as the applicable record date occurs before you forfeit the Restricted Shares; provided that any such dividends and other distributions will be held in the custody of the Company and will be subject to the same risk of forfeiture, restrictions on transferability and other terms of this Award that apply to the Restricted Shares with respect to which such distributions were made. All such dividends or other distributions shall be paid to you within 45 days following the full vesting of the Restricted Shares with respect to which such distributions were made.

 

 

 

Transferability of Award:

 

You may not transfer or assign this Award for any reason, other than as set forth in the Plan. Any attempted transfer or assignment will be null and void.

 

 

 

Market Stand-Off:

 

In connection with any underwritten public offering by the Company of its equity securities pursuant to an effective registration statement filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, you agree that you shall not directly or indirectly sell, make any short sale of, loan, hypothecate, pledge, offer, grant or sell any option or other contract for the purchase of, purchase any option or other contract for the sale of, or otherwise dispose of or transfer or agree to engage in any of the foregoing transactions with respect to, any Shares acquired under this Award without the prior written consent of the Company. Such restriction shall be in effect for such period of time following the date of the final prospectus for the offering as may be determined by the Company. In no event, however, shall such period exceed one hundred eighty (180) days.

 

 

 

Tax Withholding:

 

You understand that you (and not the Company or any Affiliate) shall be responsible for your own federal, state, local or foreign tax liability and any of your other tax consequences that may arise as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Award. You shall rely solely on the determinations of your tax advisors or your own determinations, and not on any statements or representations by the Company or any of its agents, with regard to all such tax matters. You understand that you may alter the tax treatment of the Shares subject to this Award by filing an election under Section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). Such election may be filed only within thirty (30) days after the date of this Award. You should consult with your tax advisor to determine the tax consequences of acquiring the Shares and the advantages and disadvantages of filing the Code Section 83(b) election. You acknowledge that it is your sole responsibility, and not the Company’s, to file a timely election under Code Section 83(b), even if you request the Company or its representatives to make this filing on your behalf.

 

To the extent that the receipt or the vesting of the Restricted Shares, or the payment of dividends on the Restricted Shares, results in

 

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income to you for federal, state or local income tax purposes, except as otherwise provided in the following paragraph, you shall deliver to the Company at the time the Company is obligated to withhold taxes in connection with such receipt, vesting or payment, as the case may be, such amount as the Company requires to meet its withholding obligation under applicable tax laws or regulations. If you fail to do so, the Company has the right and authority to deduct or withhold from other compensation payable to you an amount sufficient to satisfy its withholding obligations.

 

If you do not make an election under Code Section 83(b) in connection with this Award, you may satisfy the withholding requirement in connection with the vesting of the Restricted Shares, in whole or in part, by electing to have the Company withhold for its own account that number of Restricted Shares otherwise deliverable to you from escrow hereunder on the date the tax is to be determined having an aggregate Fair Market Value on the date the tax is to be determined equal to the minimum statutory total tax that the Company must withhold in connection with the vesting of such Restricted Shares. Your election must be irrevocable, in writing, and submitted to the Secretary of the Company before the applicable vesting date. The Fair Market Value of any fractional Share not used to satisfy the withholding obligation (as determined on the date the tax is determined) will be paid to you in cash.

 

 

 

Miscellaneous:

 

As a condition of the granting of this Restricted Stock Award, you agree, for yourself and your legal representatives or guardians, that this Restricted Stock Award shall be interpreted by the Committee and that any interpretation by the Committee of the terms of this Restricted Stock Award or the Plan and any determination made by the Committee pursuant to this Restricted Stock Award shall be final, binding and conclusive.

 

Subject to the terms of the Plan, the Committee may modify or amend this Restricted Stock Award without your consent as permitted by Section 17(a) of the Plan or: (i) to the extent such action is deemed necessary by the Committee to comply with any applicable law or the listing requirements of any principal securities exchange or market on which shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock are then traded; (ii) to the extent the action is deemed necessary by the Committee to preserve favorable accounting or tax treatment of any Award for the Company; or (iii) to the extent the Committee determines that such action does not materially and adversely affect the value of this Restricted Stock Award or that such action is in the best interest of you or any other person who may then have an interest in this Restricted Stock Award.

 

This Restricted Stock Award may be executed in counterparts.

 

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This Restricted Stock Award is granted under and governed by the terms and conditions of the Plan.  Additional provisions regarding your Award and definitions of capitalized terms used and not defined in this Award can be found in the Plan.

 

BY SIGNING BELOW AND ACCEPTING THIS RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD, YOU AGREE TO ALL OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS DESCRIBED HEREIN AND IN THE PLAN.  YOU ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF THE PLAN.

 

QUAD/GRAPHICS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

[Name of Authorized Officer]

 

[Name of Recipient]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date:

 

 

 

 

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Exhibit 10.3

 

QUAD/GRAPHICS, INC.

2010 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN

RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD

 

[Name and Address of Recipient]

 

You have been granted an award of Restricted Stock Units (an “Award”) under the 2010 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) of Quad/Graphics, Inc. (the “Company”) with the following terms and conditions:

 

Grant Date:

 

[                          ]

 

 

 

Number of Restricted Stock Units:

 

 

 

 

 

Vesting Schedule:

 

One hundred percent (100%) of the Restricted Stock Units will vest on the third anniversary of the Grant Date, provided you are continuously employed by the Company or an Affiliate of the Company until the vesting date.

 

The vesting of the Restricted Stock Units will accelerate in the following circumstances:

 

·                                           If you are continuously employed with, or in the service of, the Company or its Affiliates through the date preceding the date of a “Change in Control” (as defined below), then 100% the Restricted Stock Units will vest in full on the date of such Change in Control.

 

·                                           If your employment or service relationship with the Company and its Affiliates is terminated as a result of your death or disability (within the meaning of Code Section 22(e)(3)), then 100% of the Restricted Stock Units will vest in full on the date of such termination.

 

·                                           If your employment or service relationship with the Company and its Affiliates terminates as a result of your retirement upon or after age 65, then, provided such retirement is approved by the Committee, a portion of the Restricted Stock Units will vest on the date of the retirement. Such portion shall be equal to the total number of Restricted Stock Units multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days from the Grant Date until the date of the retirement and the denominator of which is the total number of days from the Grant Date until the third anniversary of the Grant Date.

 

Except as otherwise provided above, upon your termination of employment, or cessation of services to, the Company and its Affiliates prior to the date the Restricted Stock Units are vested, you

 

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will forfeit the unvested Restricted Stock Units.

 

For purposes of this Award, a “Change in Control” means any event which results in the legal or beneficial ownership of shares of voting stock of the Company granting the holder or holders thereof a majority of the votes for the election of the majority of the Board of Directors (or other supervisory board) of the Company being owned by any person or entity (or group of persons or entities acting in concert) other than any one or more of the following acting alone or in concert: (i) the respective spouses and descendants of Harry V. Quadracci, Harry R. Quadracci or Thomas A. Quadracci and/or the spouses of any such descendants, (ii) the respective executors, administrators, guardians or conservators of the estates of any Harry V. Quadracci, Harry R. Quadracci, Thomas A Quadracci or the Persons described in clause (i) above, (iii) trustees holding shares of voting stock of the Company for the benefit of any of the persons described in clause (i) or (ii) above and (iv) any employee stock ownership or other benefit plan of the Company (together, the “Permitted Holders”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the transfer of legal or beneficial ownership of any of the shares of voting stock of the Company to a new entity shall not be a Change in Control if a majority of the voting stock of such new entity is owned by Permitted Holders. In the event such a transfer occurs, the foregoing definition of “Change in Control” shall be construed with respect to the new entity that owns all of the voting stock of the Company (as opposed to the Company itself).

 

 

 

Settlement of Restricted Stock Units:

 

As soon as practicable after your Restricted Stock Units vest (but no later than two-and-one-half months from the end of the fiscal year in which vesting occurs), the Company will settle such vested Restricted Stock Units by electing either to (i) issue in your name certificate(s) or make an appropriate book entry for a number of Shares equal to the number of Restricted Stock Units that have vested or (ii) deliver an amount of cash equal to the Fair Market Value, determined as of the vesting date, of a number of Shares equal to the number of Restricted Stock Units that have vested.

 

 

 

Transferability of Restricted Stock Units:

 

You may not sell, transfer or otherwise alienate or hypothecate any of your Restricted Stock Units until they are vested. In addition, by accepting this Award, you agree not to sell any Shares acquired under this Award other than as set forth in the Plan and at a time when applicable laws, Company policies or an agreement between the Company and its underwriters do not prohibit a sale. The Company also may require you to enter into a shareholder’s agreement that will include additional restrictions on the transfer of Shares acquired under this Award that will remain effective after such Shares have vested.

 

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Rights as Shareholder:

 

You will not be deemed for any purposes (including entitlement to dividends) to be a shareholder of the Company with respect to any of the Restricted Stock Units unless and until a certificate for Shares is issued upon vesting of the Restricted Stock Units.

 

 

 

Transferability of Award:

 

You may not transfer or assign this Award for any reason, other than as set forth in the Plan. Any attempted transfer or assignment will be null and void.

 

 

 

Market Stand-Off:

 

In connection with any underwritten public offering by the Company of its equity securities pursuant to an effective registration statement filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, you agree that you shall not directly or indirectly sell, make any short sale of, loan, hypothecate, pledge, offer, grant or sell any option or other contract for the purchase of, purchase any option or other contract for the sale of, or otherwise dispose of or transfer or agree to engage in any of the foregoing transactions with respect to, any Shares acquired under this Award without the prior written consent of the Company. Such restriction shall be in effect for such period of time following the date of the final prospectus for the offering as may be determined by the Company. In no event, however, shall such period exceed one hundred eighty (180) days.

 

 

 

Tax Withholding:

 

You understand that you (and not the Company or any Affiliate) shall be responsible for your own federal, state, local or foreign tax liability and any of your other tax consequences that may arise as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Award. You shall rely solely on the determinations of your tax advisors or your own determinations, and not on any statements or representations by the Company or any of its agents, with regard to all such tax matters.

 

To the extent that the receipt or the vesting of the Restricted Stock Units results in income to you for federal, state or local income tax purposes, except as otherwise provided in the following paragraph, you shall deliver to the Company at the time the Company is obligated to withhold taxes in connection with such receipt, vesting or payment, as the case may be, such amount as the Company requires to meet its withholding obligation under applicable tax laws or regulations. If you fail to do so, the Company has the right and authority to deduct or withhold from other compensation payable to you an amount sufficient to satisfy its withholding obligations.

 

You may satisfy the withholding requirement in connection with the vesting of the Restricted Stock Units, in whole or in part, by electing to have the Company withhold for its own account that number of Shares otherwise deliverable to you upon vesting having an aggregate Fair Market Value on the date the tax is to be determined equal to the minimum statutory total tax that the Company must withhold in connection with the vesting of such Restricted Stock Units. Your

 

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election must be irrevocable, in writing, and submitted to the Secretary of the Company before the applicable vesting date. The Fair Market Value of any fractional Share not used to satisfy the withholding obligation (as determined on the date the tax is determined) will be paid to you in cash.

 

 

 

Miscellaneous:

 

As a condition of the granting of this Restricted Stock Unit Award, you agree, for yourself and your legal representatives or guardians, that this Restricted Stock Unit Award shall be interpreted by the Committee and that any interpretation by the Committee of the terms of this Restricted Stock Unit Award or the Plan and any determination made by the Committee pursuant to this Restricted Stock Unit Award shall be final, binding and conclusive.

 

Subject to the terms of the Plan, the Committee may modify or amend this Restricted Stock Unit Award without your consent as permitted by Section 17(a) of the Plan or: (i) to the extent such action is deemed necessary by the Committee to comply with any applicable law or the listing requirements of any principal securities exchange or market on which shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock are then traded; (ii) to the extent the action is deemed necessary by the Committee to preserve favorable accounting or tax treatment of any Award for the Company; or (iii) to the extent the Committee determines that such action does not materially and adversely affect the value of this Restricted Stock Unit Award or that such action is in the best interest of you or any other person who may then have an interest in this Restricted Stock Unit Award.

 

The Restricted Stock Units constitute a mere promise by the Company to make specified payments in the future if such benefits come due under the Award. You will have the status of a general creditor of the Company with respect to any vested Award.

 

This Restricted Stock Unit Award may be executed in counterparts.

 

This Restricted Stock Unit Award is granted under and governed by the terms and conditions of the Plan.  Additional provisions regarding your Award and definitions of capitalized terms used and not defined in this Award can be found in the Plan.

 

BY SIGNING BELOW AND ACCEPTING THIS RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD, YOU AGREE TO ALL OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS DESCRIBED HEREIN AND IN THE PLAN.  YOU ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF THE PLAN.

 

QUAD/GRAPHICS, INC.

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

[Name of Authorized Officer]

 

[Name of Recipient]

 

 

 

 

Date:

 

 

 

 

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Exhibit 10.4

 

QUAD/GRAPHICS, INC.

2010 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN

DEFERRED STOCK UNIT AWARD

 

[Name and Address of Recipient]

 

You have been granted an award (this “Award”) of Deferred Stock Units (“Units”) constituting an Award under the Quad/Graphics, Inc. 2010 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) with the following terms and conditions:

 

Grant Date:

 

 

 

 

 

Number of Deferred Stock Units:

 

 

 

 

 

Vesting:

 

The Units will be fully vested on the Grant Date.

 

 

 

Issuance of Shares:

 

Subject to the terms of the Plan and this Award, each Unit entitles you to receive one share (a “Share”) of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.025, of Quad/Graphics, Inc. (the “Company”) as soon as reasonably practicable following the Settlement Date (as defined below).

 

The “Settlement Date” shall initially be the earlier of (i) the date of your separation from service with the Company, subject to deferral in the event you are a “key employee” as described below, and (ii) the second anniversary of the Grant Date; provided that you may elect a later Settlement Date with respect to any Unit by completing and delivering the election form attached as Exhibit A at least 12 months before the then-scheduled Settlement Date for the Unit to which the election applies so long as that the newly elected Settlement Date is at least five years later than the then-scheduled Settlement Date.

 

The Settlement Date for all of the Units will also accelerate in the following circumstances:

 

·                                           If you are continuously in the service of the Company or its Affiliates through the date preceding the date of a “Change in Control” (as defined below), the Settlement Date shall be the date preceding the date of the Change in Control.

 

·                                           If your employment or service relationship with the Company and its Affiliates is terminated as a result of your death or disability (within the meaning of Code Section 22(e)(3)), the Settlement Date shall be the date of such termination.

 

As soon as reasonably practicable following the Settlement Date, but in no event later than the end of the year in which the Settlement Date occurs or, if later, two and one-half months after the Settlement Date, the Company shall direct its transfer agent to issue to you in book

 

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entry form the number of Shares equal to the number of Units issued to you in satisfaction of this Award.

 

Shares shall be issued and delivered to you in accordance with the immediately preceding paragraph upon compliance to the satisfaction of the Committee with all requirements under applicable laws or regulations in connection with such issuance and with the requirements hereof and of the Plan. The determination of the Committee as to such compliance shall be final and binding on you.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in the Plan, if you are a “key employee” (as defined in Section 416(i) of the Code, without regard to paragraph 5 thereof), any issuance of Shares on account of your cessation of service shall be delayed until at least six months after such cessation of service to the extent necessary to avoid any additional taxes imposed by Section 409A of the Code.

 

For purposes of this Agreement, a “Change in Control” shall occur on the date that any of the following occur:

 

(1)                                  Any person (including an entity) or persons acting as a group:

 

(A)                                Acquires “beneficial ownership” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of more than fifty percent (50%) of the securities representing the total fair market value or total voting power of the Company (the “Total Outstanding Securities”), or

 

(B)                                Acquires (or has acquired during the 12-month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by such person or persons) beneficial ownership of thirty percent (30%) of the outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (“Company Voting Securities”);

 

(2)                                  A majority of the Company’s Board of Directors on the date of this Award (the “Incumbent Board”) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board during any 12-month period, provided that any individual becoming a director whose election or nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then comprising the Incumbent Board, shall be considered as though such individual were a member of the Incumbent Board; or

 

(3)                                  Any person (including an entity) or more than one person acting as a group acquires (or has acquired during the 12-month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by such person or persons) assets from the Company that have a total gross fair market value equal to more than fifty percent (50%) of the total gross fair market value of all of the assets of the Company

 

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immediately prior to such acquisition or acquisitions; provided that no Change in Control shall result from an acquisition by:

 

(A)                                a shareholder of the Company (immediately before the asset transfer) in exchange for or with respect to its Company stock;

 

(B)                                an entity fifty percent (50%) or more of, respectively, the then total value or total voting power of the then outstanding stock is then owned by the Company;

 

(C)                                a person, or more than one person acting as a group, that owns directly or indirectly, fifty percent (50%) or more of the Total Outstanding Company Securities or Company Voting Securities; or

 

(D)                                an entity, at least fifty percent (50%) of the total value or voting power of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by a person described in clause (C).

 

For purposes hereof, “gross fair market value” means the value of the assets without regard to any liabilities associated with such assets.

 

All determinations of whether persons are considered to be “beneficial owner(s)” or “acting as a group” and any other determination regarding whether a Change in Control has occurred shall be determined in a manner consistent with and intended to comply with Code Section 409A.

 

 

 

Transferability of Units:

 

You may not sell, transfer or otherwise alienate or hypothecate this Award or any of your Units. In addition, by accepting this Award, you agree not to sell any Shares acquired under this Award other than as set forth in the Plan and at a time when applicable laws, Company policies or an agreement between the Company and its underwriters do not prohibit a sale. The Company also may require you to enter into a shareholder’s agreement that will include additional restrictions on the transfer of Shares acquired under this Award that will remain effective after such Shares have been issued.

 

 

 

Voting and Dividends:

 

Until such time as Shares are issued to you pursuant to the foregoing, you shall have no rights as a shareholder of the Company with respect to any Shares underlying the Units, including but not limited to any voting rights, provided, however, that any dividends or other distributions paid with respect to the Shares underlying the Units shall accrue and shall be converted into additional Units based on the closing price of the Stock on any such distribution date and any such additional Units shall be subject to the same conditions and restrictions as are the Units with respect to which they were paid.

 

 

 

Market Stand-Off:

 

In connection with any underwritten public offering by the Company

 

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of its equity securities pursuant to an effective registration statement filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, you agree that you shall not directly or indirectly sell, make any short sale of, loan, hypothecate, pledge, offer, grant or sell any option or other contract for the purchase of, purchase any option or other contract for the sale of, or otherwise dispose of or transfer or agree to engage in any of the foregoing transactions with respect to, any Shares acquired under this Award without the prior written consent of the Company. Such restriction shall be in effect for such period of time following the date of the final prospectus for the offering as may be determined by the Company. In no event, however, shall such period exceed one hundred eighty (180) days.

 

 

 

Responsibility for Taxes

 

You understand that you (and not the Company or any Affiliate) shall be responsible for your own federal, state, local or foreign tax liability and any of your other tax consequences that may arise as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Award. You shall rely solely on the determinations of your tax advisors or your own determinations, and not on any statements or representations by the Company or any of its agents, with regard to all such tax matters.

 

 

 

Tax Withholding:

 

To the extent that the receipt of the Units, or the payment of dividends in connection therewith, results in income to you for federal, state or local income tax purposes, and the Company is obligated to withhold taxes in connection with such receipt or payment, you shall deliver to the Company at the time the Company is obligated to withhold such amount as the Company requires to meet its withholding obligation under applicable tax laws or regulations, and if you fail to do so, the Company has the right and authority to deduct or withhold from other compensation payable to you an amount sufficient to satisfy its withholding obligations.

 

 

 

Miscellaneous:

 

As a condition of the granting of this Award, you agree, for yourself and your legal representatives or guardians, that this Award shall be interpreted by the Committee and that any interpretation by the Committee of the terms of this Award or the Plan and any determination made by the Committee pursuant to this Award shall be final, binding and conclusive.

 

Subject to the terms of the Plan, the Committee may modify or amend this Award without your consent as permitted by Section 17(a) of the Plan or: (i) to the extent such action is deemed necessary by the Committee to comply with any applicable law or the listing requirements of any principal securities exchange or market on which the Shares are then traded; (ii) to the extent the action is deemed necessary by the Committee to preserve favorable accounting or tax treatment of any Award for the Company; or (iii) to the extent the Committee determines that such action does not materially and adversely affect the value of this Award or that such action is in the best interest of you or any other person who may then have an interest

 

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in this Award.

 

This Award may be executed in counterparts.

 

This Award is granted under and governed by the terms and conditions of the Plan.  Additional provisions regarding your Award and definitions of capitalized terms used and not defined in this Award can be found in the Plan.

 

BY SIGNING BELOW AND ACCEPTING THIS AWARD, YOU AGREE TO ALL OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS DESCRIBED HEREIN AND IN THE PLAN. YOU ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF THE PLAN.

 

QUAD/GRAPHICS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

[Name of Authorized Officer]

 

[Name of Recipient]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date:

 

 

 

 

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Exhibit A

 

DEFERRAL ELECTION

 

Name                                   Social Security Number

 

I elect to defer the Settlement Date for my Deferred Stock Units (“Units”) granted pursuant to my Deferred Stock Unit Award (the “Award”) with Quad/Graphics, Inc. (the “Company”) past the current Settlement Date, as follows:

 

Units covered by this election:

 

Deferred Settlement Date:                               ,

 

The Units described above shall be delivered to the undersigned on or as soon as reasonably practicable following the earliest of the following:

 

·                                           The Deferred Settlement Date designated above.

 

·                                           The date of your separation from service as a director of the Company, subject to deferral in the event you are a “key employee” as described in the Award.

 

·                                           The date preceding the date of a “Change in Control” (as defined in the Award), if you are continuously in service with the Company and its Affiliates through such date.

 

·                                           The date of termination of your service relationship with the Company and its Affiliates as a result of your death or disability (within the meaning of Code Section 22(e)(3)).

 

This Deferral Election shall be ineffective if made less than 12 months before the previously designated Settlement Date or if the Deferred Settlement Date is not at least five years later than the previously designated Settlement Date.

 

Signature:

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

 

 

Date signed

 

,

 

 

 

 

Accepted by the Company:

 

 

 

 

 

Signature:

 

 

Name of Authorized Officer:

 

 

 

 

 

Date accepted:

 

,