As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 29, 2012

Registration No. 333-             

 

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM S-8

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Under

The Securities Act of 1933

 


 

ALEXANDER & BALDWIN, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 


 

Hawaii

 

45-4849780

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

 

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

822 Bishop Street

Honolulu, Hawaii 96813

(Address of principal registered offices) (Zip Code)

 


 

Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. 2012 Incentive Compensation Plan

(Full title of the Plan)

 


 

Alyson J. Nakamura

Secretary and Assistant General Counsel

Alexander & Baldwin, Inc.

822 Bishop Street

Honolulu, Hawaii 96813

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

(808) 525-6611

(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 


 

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer

x

 

Accelerated filer

o

Non-accelerated filer

o   (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

 

Smaller reporting company

o

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

Title of Securities to be Registered

 

Amount to be
Registered(1)

 

Proposed Maximum
Offering Price
Per Share(2)

 

Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering
Price(2)

 

Amount of
Registration Fee

 

Common Stock, no par value, to be issued pursuant to the Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. 2012 Incentive Compensation Plan

 

4,300,000 shares

 

$

25.59

 

$

110,037,000

 

$

12,610.24

 

Total

 

4,300,000 shares

 

$

25.59

 

$

110,037,000

 

$

12,610.24

 

(1)                    This Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of Common Stock which become issuable under the Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without the Registrant’s receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of the outstanding shares of Registrant’s Common Stock.

(2)                    Calculated solely for purposes of this offering under Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on the basis of the average of the high and low prices per share of the Registrant’s Common Stock on June 25, 2012, as reported on a when-issued basis by the New York Stock Exchange.

 

 

 



 

PART II
Information Required in the Registration Statement

 

Item 3.     Incorporation of Documents by Reference

 

Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. (the “ Registrant ”) hereby incorporates by reference into this Registration Statement the following documents:

 

(a)          Amendment No. 4 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 10 (No. 001-35492) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“ SEC ”) on June 8, 2012, which contains audited financial statements for the Registrant’s fiscal year ended December 31, 2011;

 

(b)          All other reports filed by Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”), since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Registrant’s Form 10 Registration Statement referred to in (a) above;

 

(c)          Registrant’s Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation filed with the SEC on June 8, 2012 as Exhibit 2.1 to Amendment No. 4 to the Registrant’s Form 10 Registration Statement referred to in (a) above, in which there is described the terms, rights and provisions applicable to the Registrant’s outstanding Common Stock; and

 

(d)          Registrant’s Registration Statement No. 001-35492 on Form 8-A filed with the SEC on June 13, 2012, together with any exhibits thereto, in which there is described the terms, rights and provisions applicable to the Registrant’s Common Stock purchase rights.

 

All reports and definitive proxy or information statements filed pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which de-registers all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Unless expressly incorporated into this Registration Statement, a report furnished on Form 8-K shall not be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document which also is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

 

Item 4.     Description of Securities

 

Not Applicable.

 

Item 5.     Interests of Named Experts and Counsel

 

Not Applicable.

 

Item 6.     Indemnification of Directors and Officers

 

The indemnity provisions of the Registrant’s Charter require the Registrant to indemnify its directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by law. Section 414-242 of the Hawaii Business Corporation Act (the “HBCA”) provides that a corporation may indemnify a director, who is a party to a proceeding in his/her capacity as a director of the corporation, against liability incurred in the proceeding if the individual conducted himself or herself in good faith and the individual reasonably believed (i) in the case of conduct in the individual’s official capacity, that the individual’s conduct was in the best interests of the corporation, and (ii) in all other cases, that the individual’s conduct was at least not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and (A) in the case of any criminal proceeding, the individual had no reasonable cause to believe the individual’s conduct was unlawful, or (B) the individual engaged in conduct for which broader indemnification has been made permissible or obligatory under a provision of the articles of incorporation.  To the extent that a director is wholly successful in the defense of any proceeding to which the director was a party in his/her capacity as director of the corporation, the corporation is required by Section 414-243 of the HBCA to indemnify such director for reasonable expenses incurred thereby.

 

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Under Section 414-244 of the HBCA, a corporation, before final disposition of a proceeding, may advance funds to pay for or reimburse the reasonable expenses incurred by a director, who is a party to a proceeding in his/her capacity as a director of the corporation, if the director delivers certain written affirmations and certain undertakings. Under certain circumstances, under Section 414-245 of the HBCA a director may apply for and obtain indemnification or an advance for expenses to the court conducting the proceeding or to another court of competent jurisdiction.

 

Furthermore, under Section 414-246 of the HBCA, indemnification may be made only as authorized in a specific case upon a determination that indemnification is proper in the circumstances because a director has met the applicable standard, with such determination to be made: (i) by the board of directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to the proceeding or who do not have a familial, financial, professional or employment relationship with the director whose indemnification is the subject of the decision being made, which relationship would reasonably be expected to influence the director’s judgment when voting on the decision being made; (ii) by special legal counsel; or (iii) by a majority vote of the shareholders.

 

Under Section 414-247 of the HBCA, a corporation may indemnify and advance expenses to an officer, who is a party to a proceeding because the officer is an officer of the corporation, to the same extent such indemnification may be provided to a director, and if the person is an officer, but not a director, to such extent as may be provided by the articles of incorporation, the bylaws, a resolution of the board of directors, or contract except for liability in connection with a proceeding by or in the right of the corporation other than for reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the proceeding, or liability arising out of conduct that constitutes (i) receipt by the officer of a financial benefit to which the officer is not entitled, (ii) an intentional infliction of harm on the corporation or the shareholders; or (iii) an intentional violation of criminal law.

 

The above described provision applies to an officer who is also a director if the basis on which the officer is made a party to the proceeding is an act or omission solely as an officer. Furthermore, an officer of a corporation who is not a director is entitled to mandatory indemnification under Section 414-243 of the HBCA and may apply to a court under Section 414-245 of the HBCA for indemnification or an advance for expenses, in each case to the same extent to which a director may be entitled to indemnification or advance for expenses.

 

The Registrant intends to obtain policies that insure its directors and officers and those of its subsidiaries against certain liabilities they may incur in their capacity as directors and officers.

 

Item 7.     Exemption from Registration Claimed

 

Not Applicable.

 

Item 8.     Exhibits

 

Exhibit Number

 

Exhibit

3.1

 

Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Amendment No. 4 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 10 filed on June 8, 2012)

 

 

 

3.2

 

Registrant’s Registration Statement No. 001-35492 on Form 8-A filed on June 13, 2012, together with any exhibits thereto (incorporated by reference)

 

 

 

5.1

 

Opinion and consent of Cades Schutte LLP

 

 

 

23.1

 

Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

 

 

23.2

 

Consent of Cades Schutte LLP is contained in Exhibit 5.1

 

 

 

24.1

 

Power of Attorney. Reference is made to page 6 of this Registration Statement

 

 

 

99.1

 

Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. 2012 Incentive Compensation Plan

 

 

 

99.2

 

Form of Notice of Stock Option Grant

 

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99.3

 

Form of Stock Option Agreement for Non-Executive Employees

 

 

 

99.4

 

Form of Stock Option Agreement for Executive Employees

 

 

 

99.5

 

Form of Notice of Time-Based Restricted Stock Unit Grant

 

 

 

99.6

 

Form of Time-Based Restricted Stock Unit Agreement for Non-Executive Employees

 

 

 

99.7

 

Form of Time-Based Restricted Stock Unit Agreement for Executive Employees

 

 

 

99.8

 

Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement for Non-Employee Directors

 

 

 

99.9

 

Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement for Non-Employee Directors (Deferral Election)

 

 

 

99.10

 

Form of Notice of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Grant

 

 

 

99.11

 

Form of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Agreement for Non-Executive Employees

 

 

 

99.12

 

Form of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Agreement for Executive Employees

 

 

 

99.13

 

Form of Universal Stock Option Agreement for Substitute Options — Executive Officer (2007 Plan)

 

 

 

99.14

 

Form of Universal Stock Option Agreement for Substitute Options — Non-executive Officer (2007 Plan)

 

 

 

99.15

 

Form of Universal Stock Option Agreement for Substitute Options (1998 Plan)

 

 

 

99.16

 

Form of Universal Stock Option Agreement for Substitute Options (1998 Non-employee Director Plan)

 

 

 

99.17

 

Form of Universal Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement for Substitute Awards — Executive Officer (2007 Plan)

 

 

 

99.18

 

Form of Universal Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement for Substitute Awards — Non-executive Officer (2007 Plan)

 

 

 

99.19

 

Form of Universal Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement for Substitute Awards — Non-employee Board Member

 

 

 

99.20

 

Form of Universal Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement for Substitute Awards — Non-employee Board Member (Deferral Elections)

 

 

 

99.21

 

Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement for Substitute 2012 Performance-Based Award — Executive Officer

 

 

 

99.22

 

Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement for Substitute 2012 Performance-Based Award — Non-Executive Officer

 

Item 9.     Undertakings

 

A.                           The Registrant hereby undertakes: (1) to file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement: (i) to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), (ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement, and (iii) to include any material

 

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information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this Registration Statement; provided, however, that clauses (1)(i) and (1)(ii) shall not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those clauses is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement; (2) that, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof; and (3) to remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the Plan.

 

B.         The Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

C.         Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the indemnification provisions summarized in Item 6 above, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that, in the opinion of the Commission, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Honolulu, State of Hawaii, on June 28, 2012.

 

 

ALEXANDER & BALDWIN, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Stanley M. Kuriyama

 

 

Stanley M. Kuriyama

 

 

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, the undersigned hereby constitute and appoint Stanley M. Kuriyama and Christopher J. Benjamin and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, each with full power of substitution and re-substitution, and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, or any related registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This Power of Attorney may be signed in several counterparts.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of the date indicated.

 

Signature

 

Title

 

Date

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Stanley M. Kuriyama

 

Chairman of the Board, Director and Chief Executive Officer

 

June 28, 2012

Stanley M. Kuriyama

 

(Principal Executive Officer)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Paul K. Ito

 

Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Controller

 

June 28, 2012

Paul K. Ito

 

(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ W. Allen Doane

 

Director

 

June 28, 2012

W. Allen Doane

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Walter A. Dods, Jr.

 

Director

 

June 28, 2012

Walter A. Dods, Jr.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Robert S. Harrison

 

Director

 

June 28, 2012

Robert S. Harrison

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Charles G. King

 

Director

 

June 28, 2012

Charles G. King

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Douglas M. Pasquale

 

Director

 

June 28, 2012

Douglas M. Pasquale

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Michele K. Saito

 

Director

 

June 28, 2012

Michele K. Saito

 

 

 

 

 

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/s/ Jeffrey N. Watanabe

 

Director

 

June 28, 2012

Jeffrey N. Watanabe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Eric K. Yeaman

 

Director

 

June 28, 2012

Eric K. Yeaman

 

 

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit Number

 

Exhibit

3.1

 

Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Amendment No. 4 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 10 filed on June 8, 2012)

 

 

 

3.2

 

Registrant’s Registration Statement No. 001-35492 on Form 8-A filed on June 13, 2012, together with any exhibits thereto (incorporated by reference)

 

 

 

5.1

 

Opinion and consent of Cades Schutte LLP

 

 

 

23.1

 

Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

 

 

23.2

 

Consent of Cades Schutte LLP is contained in Exhibit 5.1

 

 

 

24.1

 

Power of Attorney. Reference is made to page 6 of this Registration Statement

 

 

 

99.1

 

Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. 2012 Incentive Compensation Plan

 

 

 

99.2

 

Form of Notice of Stock Option Grant

 

 

 

99.3

 

Form of Stock Option Agreement for Non-Executive Employees

 

 

 

99.4

 

Form of Stock Option Agreement for Executive Employees

 

 

 

99.5

 

Form of Notice of Time-Based Restricted Stock Unit Grant

 

 

 

99.6

 

Form of Time-Based Restricted Stock Unit Agreement for Non-Executive Employees

 

 

 

99.7

 

Form of Time-Based Restricted Stock Unit Agreement for Executive Employees

 

 

 

99.8

 

Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement for Non-Employee Directors

 

 

 

99.9

 

Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement for Non-Employee Directors (Deferral Election)

 

 

 

99.10

 

Form of Notice of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Grant

 

 

 

99.11

 

Form of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Agreement for Non-Executive Employees

 

 

 

99.12

 

Form of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Agreement for Executive Employees

 

 

 

99.13

 

Form of Universal Stock Option Agreement for Substitute Options — Executive Officer (2007 Plan)

 

 

 

99.14

 

Form of Universal Stock Option Agreement for Substitute Options — Non-executive Officer (2007 Plan)

 

 

 

99.15

 

Form of Universal Stock Option Agreement for Substitute Options (1998 Plan)

 

 

 

99.16

 

Form of Universal Stock Option Agreement for Substitute Options (1998 Non-employee Director Plan)

 

 

 

99.17

 

Form of Universal Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement for Substitute Awards — Executive Officer (2007 Plan)

 

 

 

99.18

 

Form of Universal Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement for Substitute Awards — Non-executive Officer (2007 Plan)

 

 

 

99.19

 

Form of Universal Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement for Substitute Awards — Non-employee Board

 

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Member

 

 

 

99.20

 

Form of Universal Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement for Substitute Awards — Non-employee Board Member (Deferral Elections)

 

 

 

99.21

 

Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement for Substitute 2012 Performance-Based Award — Executive Officer

 

 

 

99.22

 

Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement for Substitute 2012 Performance-Based Award — Non-Executive Officer

 

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EXHIBIT 5.1

 

OPINION AND CONSENT OF CADES SCHUTTE LLP

 

June 28, 2012

 

Alexander & Baldwin, Inc.

822 Bishop Street

Honolulu, Hawaii 96813

 

Re:                                Alexander & Baldwin, Inc.—Registration Statement on Form S-8 of an aggregate of 4,300,000
Shares of Common Stock (the “ Shares ”)

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

We have acted as special counsel to Alexander & Baldwin, Inc., a Hawaii corporation (the “ Company ”), in connection with the registration on Form S-8 (the “ Registration Statement ”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of 4,300,000 shares of the Company’s common stock reserved for issuance under the Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. 2012 Incentive Compensation Plan (the “ 2012 Plan ”).

 

This opinion is being furnished in accordance with the requirements of Item 8 of Form S-8 and Item 601(b)(5)(i) of Regulation S-K.

 

We have reviewed the Company’s charter documents and the corporate proceedings taken by Alexander & Baldwin Holdings, Inc. (“Holdings”), the sole shareholder of the Company, and by the Company, including enabling resolutions of the Company’s Board of Directors and the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors, in connection with the establishment and implementation of the 2012 Plan and the issuance of special substitute equity awards under the 2012 Plan as anti-dilution grants to reflect the spin-off distribution of the Company’s common stock to the holders of the outstanding common stock of Holdings to be effected at the close of market on June 29, 2012.

 

Based on such review, we are of the opinion that if, as and when the Shares are issued (and any required cash consideration for the Shares is in fact received) pursuant to duly-authorized award agreements made from time to time under the 2012 Plan and in accordance with the Registration Statement, such shares will be duly authorized, legally issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

 

We consent to your filing this letter as Exhibit 5 to the Registration Statement. In giving the opinion set forth in this letter, we do not hereby admit that we are acting within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the rules or regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder.

 

This opinion letter is rendered as of the date first written above and we disclaim any obligation to advise you of facts, circumstances, events or developments which hereafter may be brought to our attention and which may alter, affect or modify the opinion expressed herein. Our opinion is expressly limited to the matters set forth above and we render no opinion, whether by implication or otherwise, as to any other matters relating to the Company, the 2012 Plan or the Shares.

 

Very truly yours,

 

/s/ CADES SCHUTTE LLP

CADES SCHUTTE LLP

 


EXHIBIT 23.1

 

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated April 2, 2012 (May 21, 2012 as to the change in the method of presenting comprehensive income as discussed in Note 2 and the effects of the discontinued operations as discussed in Note 4), relating to the combined financial statements of A&B for the year ended December 31, 2011, appearing in Amendment No. 4 to Registration Statement No. 001-35492 on Form 10.

 

 

/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

 

 

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

 

June 28, 2012

 

 


Exhibit 99.1

 

ALEXANDER & BALDWIN, INC.

 

2012 INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN

 

ARTICLE ONE

 

GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

I.                                          PURPOSE OF THE PLAN

 

This 2012 Incentive Compensation Plan is intended to promote the interests of Alexander & Baldwin, Inc., a Hawaii corporation, by providing eligible persons in the Corporation’s service with the opportunity to participate in one or more cash or equity incentive compensation programs designed to encourage them to continue their service relationship with the Corporation.

 

Following the A&B Distribution (as defined in the attached Legacy Addendum), the Corporation shall be known as Alexander & Baldwin, Inc.

 

Capitalized terms shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the attached Appendix.

 

II.                                      STRUCTURE OF THE PLAN

 

A.                                    The Plan shall be divided into a series of separate incentive compensation programs:

 

·                                           the Discretionary Grant Program under which eligible persons may, at the discretion of the Plan Administrator, be granted options to purchase shares of Common Stock or stock appreciation rights tied to the value of such Common Stock,

 

·                                           the Stock Issuance Program under which eligible persons may, at the discretion of the Plan Administrator, be issued shares of Common Stock pursuant to restricted stock awards, restricted stock units, performance shares or other stock-based awards which vest upon the completion of a designated service period or the attainment of pre-established performance milestones, or such shares of Common Stock may be issued through direct purchase or as a bonus for services rendered the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary),

 

·                                           the Incentive Bonus Program under which eligible persons may, at the discretion of the Plan Administrator, be provided with incentive bonus opportunities through performance unit awards and special cash incentive programs tied to the attainment of pre-established performance milestones, and

 



 

·                                           the Automatic Grant Program under which eligible non-employee Board members will automatically receive equity awards at designated intervals over their period of continued Board service.

 

B.                                      The provisions of Articles One and Six shall apply to all incentive compensation programs under the Plan and shall govern the interests of all persons under the Plan.

 

III.                                  ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN

 

A.                                    The Compensation Committee (either acting directly or through a subcommittee of two or more members of the Compensation Committee) shall have sole and exclusive authority to administer the Discretionary Grant, Stock Issuance and Incentive Bonus Programs with respect to Section 16 Insiders.  Administration of the Discretionary Grant, Stock Issuance and Incentive Bonus Programs with respect to all other persons eligible to participate in those programs may, at the Board’s discretion, be vested in the Compensation Committee or a Secondary Board Committee, or the Board may retain the power to administer those programs with respect to all such persons.  However, all Awards to non-employee Board members (other than pursuant to the Automatic Grant Program) shall be made by the Compensation Committee (or subcommittee thereof) which shall at the time of any such Award be comprised solely of independent directors, as determined in accordance with the governance standards established by the Stock Exchange on which the Common Stock is at the time primarily traded (the “ Independent Directors ”).  In addition, any Awards for members of the Compensation Committee (other than pursuant to the Automatic Grant Program) must be authorized by a disinterested majority of the Independent Directors.

 

B.                                      Members of the Compensation Committee or any Secondary Board Committee shall serve for such period of time as the Board may determine and may be removed by the Board at any time.  The Board may also at any time terminate the functions of any Secondary Board Committee and reassume all powers and authority previously delegated to such committee.

 

C.                                      Each Plan Administrator shall, within the scope of its administrative functions under the Plan, have full power and authority (subject to the provisions of the Plan) to establish such rules and regulations as it may deem appropriate for proper administration of the Discretionary Grant, Stock Issuance and Incentive Bonus Programs and to make such determinations under, and issue such interpretations of, the provisions of those programs and any outstanding Awards thereunder as it may deem necessary or advisable.  Decisions of the Plan Administrator within the scope of its administrative functions under the Plan shall be final and binding on all parties who have an interest in the Discretionary Grant, Stock Issuance and Incentive Bonus Programs under its jurisdiction or any Award thereunder.

 

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D.                                     Service as a Plan Administrator by the members of the Compensation Committee or the Secondary Board Committee shall constitute service as Board members, and the members of each such committee shall accordingly be entitled to full indemnification and reimbursement as Board members for their service on such committee.  No member of the Compensation Committee or the Secondary Board Committee shall be liable for any act or omission made in good faith with respect to the Plan or any Award thereunder.

 

E.                                       Administration of the Automatic Grant Program shall be self-executing in accordance with the terms of that program, and no Plan Administrator shall exercise any discretionary functions with respect to any Awards made under that program, except that the Compensation Committee (or subcommittee thereof) shall have the express authority to establish from time to time the applicable dollar amount to be used to determine the specific number of shares of Common Stock for which the initial and annual Awards are to be made to the non-employee Board members in accordance with the dollar value formula set forth in Article Five.

 

IV.                                 ELIGIBILITY

 

A.                                    The persons eligible to participate in the Plan are as follows:

 

(i)                                      Employees,

 

(ii)                                   non-employee members of the Board or the board of directors of any Parent or Subsidiary,

 

(iii)                                consultants and other independent advisors who provide services to the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary), and

 

(iv)                               the Legacy Participants who qualify for Substitute Awards or Substitute Director Awards pursuant to the provisions of the Legacy Addendum.

 

B.                                      The Plan Administrator shall have full authority to determine, (i) with respect to Awards made under the Discretionary Grant Program, which eligible persons are to receive such Awards, the time or times when those Awards are to be made, the number of shares to be covered by each such Award, the time or times when the Award is to become exercisable, the vesting schedule (if any) applicable to the Award, the maximum term for which such Award is to remain outstanding and the status of a granted option as either an Incentive Option or a Non-Statutory Option; (ii) with respect to Awards under the Stock Issuance Program, which eligible persons are to receive such Awards, the time or times when the Awards are to be made, the number of shares subject to each such Award, the vesting and issuance schedules applicable to the shares which are the subject of such Award, the cash consideration (if any) payable for those shares and the form (cash or shares of Common Stock) in which the Award is to be settled; and (iii) with respect to Awards under the Incentive Bonus Program, which eligible persons are to receive such Awards, the time or times when the Awards are to be made, the performance objectives for each such Award, the amounts payable at designated levels of attained performance, any applicable service vesting requirements, the payout schedule for each such Award and the form (cash or shares of Common Stock) in which the Award is to be settled.

 

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C.                                      The Plan Administrator shall have the absolute discretion to grant options or stock appreciation rights in accordance with the Discretionary Grant Program, to effect stock issuances and other stock-based awards in accordance with the Stock Issuance Program and to grant incentive bonus awards in accordance with the Incentive Bonus Program.

 

D.                                     The individuals who shall be eligible to participate in the Automatic Grant Program shall be limited to (i) those individuals who first become non-employee Board members on or after the Plan Effective Date, whether through appointment by the Board or election by the Corporation’s stockholders, and (ii) those individuals who continue to serve as non-employee Board members on or after the Plan Effective Date.  A non-employee Board member who has previously been in the employ of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) shall not be eligible to receive a grant under the Automatic Grant Program at the time he or she first becomes a non-employee Board member, but shall be eligible to receive periodic grants under the Automatic Grant Program while he or she continues to serve as a non-employee Board member.

 

V.                                     STOCK SUBJECT TO THE PLAN

 

A.                                    The stock issuable under the Plan shall be shares of authorized but unissued or reacquired Common Stock, including shares repurchased by the Corporation on the open market.  The number of shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance over the term of the Plan shall be limited to Four Million Three Hundred Thousand (4,300,000) shares.

 

B.                                      The maximum number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued pursuant to Incentive Options granted under Plan shall not exceed Four Million Three Hundred Thousand (4,300,000) shares.

 

C.                                      Each person participating in the Plan shall be subject the following limitations:

 

·                                           for Awards denominated in terms of shares of Common Stock (whether payable in Common Stock, cash or a combination of both), the maximum number of shares of Common Stock for which such Awards (including, without limitation, stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units and performance shares) may be made to such person in any calendar year shall not exceed Five Hundred Thousand (500,000) shares of Common Stock in the aggregate, and

 

·                                           for Awards denominated in terms of cash dollars (whether payable in cash, Common Stock or a combination of both), the maximum dollar amount for which such Awards may be made to such person in any calendar year shall not exceed Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00), with such limitation to be measured at the time the Award is made and not at the time the Award becomes payable.

 

D.                                     Shares of Common Stock subject to outstanding Awards made under the Plan shall be available for subsequent issuance under the Plan to the extent those Awards expire or terminate for any reason prior to the issuance of the shares of Common Stock subject to those Awards.  Unvested shares issued under the Plan and subsequently forfeited or repurchased by the

 

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Corporation, at a price per share not greater than the original issue price paid per share, pursuant to the Corporation’s repurchase rights under the Plan shall be added back to the number of shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under the Plan and shall accordingly be available for subsequent reissuance.  Should the exercise price of an option under the Plan be paid with shares of Common Stock, then the authorized reserve of Common Stock under the Plan shall be reduced by the gross number of shares for which that option is exercised, and not by the net number of shares issued under the exercised stock option.  Upon the exercise of any stock appreciation right under the Plan, the share reserve shall be reduced by the gross number of shares as to which such right is exercised, and not by the net number of shares actually issued by the Corporation upon such exercise. If shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable under the Plan are withheld by the Corporation in satisfaction of the withholding taxes incurred in connection with the issuance, vesting or exercise of an Award or the issuance of Common Stock thereunder, then the number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Plan shall be reduced on the basis of the gross number of shares issued, vested or exercised under such Award, calculated in each instance prior to any such share withholding.

 

E.                                       Should any change be made to the Common Stock by reason of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, combination of shares, exchange of shares, spin-off transaction or other change affecting the outstanding Common Stock as a class without the Corporation’s receipt of consideration, or should the value of outstanding shares of Common Stock be substantially reduced as a result of a spin-off transaction or an extraordinary dividend or distribution, or should there occur any merger, consolidation or other reorganization, then equitable adjustments shall be made by the Plan Administrator to (i) the maximum number and/or class of securities issuable under the Plan, (ii) the maximum number and/or class of securities that may be issued pursuant to Incentive Options granted under the Plan, (iii) the maximum number and/or class of securities for which any one person may be granted Common Stock-denominated Awards under the Plan per calendar year, (iv) the number and/or class of securities and the exercise or base price per share in effect under each outstanding Award under the Discretionary Grant Program, (v) the number and/or class of securities subject to each outstanding Award under the Stock Issuance Program and the cash consideration (if any) payable per share, (vi) the number and/or class of securities subject to each outstanding Award under the Automatic Grant Program, (vii) the number and/or class of securities for which Awards may subsequently be made to new and continuing non-employee Board members under the Automatic Grant Program, (vii) the number and/or class of securities subject to each outstanding Award under the Incentive Bonus Program denominated in shares of Common Stock and (ix) the number and/or class of securities subject to the Corporation’s outstanding repurchase rights under the Plan and the repurchase price payable per share.  The adjustments shall be made in such manner as the Plan Administrator deems appropriate in order to prevent the dilution or enlargement of benefits under the Plan and the outstanding Awards thereunder, and such adjustments shall be final, binding and conclusive. However, no such adjustments shall be made pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Paragraph E to reflect the impact of the A&B Distribution (as that term is defined in the Legacy Addendum) upon the outstanding Common Stock or the value of such Common Stock. In the event of a Change in Control, the adjustments (if any) shall be made solely in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Plan governing Change in Control transactions.

 

F.                                       Outstanding Awards granted pursuant to the Plan shall in no way affect the right of the Corporation to adjust, reclassify, reorganize or otherwise change its capital or business structure or to merge, consolidate, dissolve, liquidate or sell or transfer all or any part of its business or assets.

 

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ARTICLE TWO

 

DISCRETIONARY GRANT PROGRAM

 

I.                                          OPTION TERMS

 

Each option shall be evidenced by one or more documents in the form approved by the Plan Administrator; provided , however, that each such document shall comply with the terms specified below.  Each document evidencing an Incentive Option shall, in addition, be subject to the provisions of the Plan applicable to such options.

 

A.                                    Exercise Price .

 

1.                                        The exercise price per share shall be fixed by the Plan Administrator; provided, however, that, except for the Substitute Awards and Substitute Director Awards made pursuant to the provisions of the Legacy Addendum, such exercise price shall not be less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on the grant date.

 

2.                                        The exercise price shall become immediately due upon exercise of the option and shall, subject to the provisions of the documents evidencing the option, be payable in one or more of the forms specified below:

 

(i)                                      cash or check made payable to the Corporation,

 

(ii)                                   shares of Common Stock (whether delivered in the form of actual stock certificates or through attestation of ownership) held for the requisite period (if any) necessary to avoid any resulting charge to the Corporation’s earnings for financial reporting purposes and valued at Fair Market Value on the Exercise Date,

 

(iii)                                shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable under the option but withheld by the Corporation in satisfaction of the exercise price, with such withheld shares to be valued at Fair Market Value on the exercise date, and

 

(iv)                               to the extent the option is exercised for vested shares, through a special sale and remittance procedure pursuant to which the Optionee shall concurrently provide instructions to (a) a brokerage firm (reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation for purposes of administering such procedure in compliance with the Corporation’s pre-clearance/pre-notification policies) to effect the immediate sale of the purchased shares and remit to the Corporation, out of the sale proceeds available on the settlement date, sufficient funds to cover the aggregate exercise price payable for the purchased shares plus all applicable income and employment taxes required to be withheld by the Corporation by reason of such exercise and (b) the Corporation to deliver the certificates for the purchased shares directly to such brokerage firm on such settlement date in order to complete the sale.

 

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Except to the extent such sale and remittance procedure is utilized, payment of the exercise price for the purchased shares must be made on the Exercise Date.

 

B.                                      Exercise and Term of Options .

 

1.                                        Each option shall be exercisable at such time or times, during such period and for such number of shares as shall be determined by the Plan Administrator and set forth in the documents evidencing the option.  However, no option shall have a term in excess of ten (10) years measured from the option grant date.

 

2.                                        The Plan Administrator shall also have the discretionary authority, consistent with Code Section 162(m), to structure one or more Awards under the Discretionary Grant Program so that those Awards shall vest and become exercisable only after the achievement of pre-established corporate performance objectives based on one or more Performance Goals and measured over the performance period specified by the Plan Administrator at the time of the Award

 

3.                                        Notwithstanding the foregoing, the following limitations shall apply with respect to the vesting schedules established for the Awards made under the Discretionary Grant Program, subject to the acceleration provisions in Paragraph C.2 below and Section IV of this Article Two:

 

(i)                                      for any such Award which is to vest on the basis of Service, the minimum vesting period shall be three (3) years, with the rate of vesting over that period to be determined by the Plan Administrator; and

 

(ii)                                   for any such Award which is to vest on the basis of performance objectives, the performance period shall have a duration of at least one year.

 

C.                                      Effect of Termination of Service .

 

1.                                        The following provisions shall govern the exercise of any options granted pursuant to the Discretionary Grant Program that are outstanding at the time of the Optionee’s cessation of Service or death:

 

(i)                                      Any option outstanding at the time of the Optionee’s cessation of Service for any reason shall remain exercisable for such period of time thereafter as shall be determined by the Plan Administrator and set forth in the documents evidencing the option, but no such option shall be exercisable after the expiration of the option term.

 

(ii)                                   Any option held by the Optionee at the time of the Optionee’s death and exercisable in whole or in part at that time may be subsequently exercised by the personal representative of the Optionee’s estate or

 

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by the person or persons to whom the option is transferred pursuant to the Optionee’s will or the laws of inheritance or by the Optionee’s designated beneficiary or beneficiaries of that option.

 

(iii)                                Should the Optionee’s Service be terminated for Cause or should the Optionee otherwise engage in conduct constituting grounds for a termination for Cause while holding one or more outstanding options granted under this Article Two, then all of those options shall terminate immediately and cease to be outstanding.

 

(iv)                               During the applicable post-Service exercise period, the option may not be exercised for more than the number of vested shares for which the option is at the time exercisable; provided, however, that one or more options under the Discretionary Grant Program may be structured so that those options continue to vest in whole or part during the applicable post-Service exercise period. Upon the expiration of the applicable exercise period or (if earlier) upon the expiration of the option term, the option shall terminate and cease to be outstanding for any shares for which the option has not been exercised.

 

2.                                        The Plan Administrator shall have complete discretion, exercisable either at the time an option is granted or at any time while the option remains outstanding, to:

 

(i)                                      extend the period of time for which the option is to remain exercisable following the Optionee’s cessation of Service from the limited exercise period otherwise in effect for that option to such greater period of time as the Plan Administrator shall deem appropriate, but in no event beyond the expiration of the option term,

 

(ii)                                   include an automatic extension provision whereby the specified post-Service exercise period in effect for any option granted under this Article Two shall automatically be extended by an additional period of time equal in duration to any interval within the specified post-Service exercise period during which the exercise of that option or the immediate sale of the shares acquired under such option could not be effected in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws, but in no event shall such an extension result in the continuation of such option beyond the expiration date of the term of that option, and/or

 

(iii)                                permit the option to be exercised, during the applicable post-Service exercise period, not only with respect to the number of vested shares of Common Stock for which such option is exercisable at the time

 

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of the Optionee’s cessation of Service but also with respect to one or more additional installments in which the Optionee would have vested had the Optionee continued in Service.

 

D.                                     Stockholder Rights .   The holder of an option shall have no stockholder rights with respect to the shares subject to the option until such person shall have exercised the option, paid the exercise price and become a holder of record of the purchased shares.

 

E.                                       Repurchase Rights .  The Plan Administrator shall have the discretion to grant options which are exercisable for unvested shares of Common Stock.  Should the Optionee cease Service while such shares are unvested, the Corporation shall have the right to repurchase any or all of those unvested shares at a price per share equal to the lower of (i) the exercise price paid per share or (ii) the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock at the time of repurchase.  The terms upon which such repurchase right shall be exercisable (including the period and procedure for exercise and the appropriate vesting schedule for the purchased shares) shall be established by the Plan Administrator and set forth in the document evidencing such repurchase right.

 

F.                                       Transferability of Options . The transferability of options granted under the Plan shall be governed by the following provisions:

 

(i)                                    Incentive Options :  During the lifetime of the Optionee, Incentive Options shall be exercisable only by the Optionee and shall not be assignable or transferable other than by will or the laws of inheritance following the Optionee’s death.

 

(ii)                                 Non-Statutory Options .  Non-Statutory Options shall be subject to the same limitation on transfer as Incentive Options, except that the Plan Administrator may structure one or more Non-Statutory Options so that the option may be assigned in whole or in part during the Optionee’s lifetime to one or more Family Members of the Optionee or to a trust established exclusively for the Optionee and/or such Family Members, to the extent such assignment is in connection with the Optionee’s estate plan or pursuant to a domestic relations order.  The assigned portion may only be exercised by the person or persons who acquire a proprietary interest in the option pursuant to the assignment.  The terms applicable to the assigned portion shall be the same as those in effect for the option immediately prior to such assignment and shall be set forth in such documents issued to the assignee as the Plan Administrator may deem appropriate.

 

(iii)                              Beneficiary Designations .  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Optionee may designate one or more persons as the beneficiary or beneficiaries of his or her outstanding options under this Article Two (whether Incentive Options or Non-Statutory Options), and those options shall, in accordance with such designation, automatically be transferred to such beneficiary or beneficiaries upon the Optionee’s death while holding those options.  Such beneficiary or beneficiaries shall take the transferred options subject to all the terms and conditions of the applicable agreement evidencing each such transferred option, including (without limitation) the limited time period during which the option may be exercised following the Optionee’s death.

 

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II.                                      INCENTIVE OPTIONS

 

The terms specified below shall be applicable to all Incentive Options.  Except as modified by the provisions of this Section II, all the provisions of Articles One, Two and Six shall be applicable to Incentive Options.  Options which are specifically designated as Non-Statutory Options when issued under the Plan shall not be subject to the terms of this Section II.

 

A.                                    Eligibility .   Incentive Options may only be granted to Employees.

 

B.                                      Dollar Limitation .   The aggregate Fair Market Value of the shares of Common Stock (determined as of the respective date or dates of grant) for which one or more options granted to any Employee under the Plan (or any other option plan of the Corporation or any Parent or Subsidiary) may for the first time become exercisable as Incentive Options during any one calendar year shall not exceed the sum of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000).

 

To the extent the Employee holds two (2) or more such options which become exercisable for the first time in the same calendar year, then for purposes of the foregoing limitations on the exercisability of those options as Incentive Options, such options shall be deemed to become first exercisable in that calendar year on the basis of the chronological order in which they were granted, except to the extent otherwise provided under applicable law or regulation.

 

C.                                      10% Stockholder .   If any Employee to whom an Incentive Option is granted is a 10% Stockholder, then the exercise price per share shall not be less than one hundred ten percent (110%) of the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on the option grant date, and the option term shall not exceed five (5) years measured from the option grant date.

 

III.                                  STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS

 

A.                                    Authority .  The Plan Administrator shall have full power and authority, exercisable in its sole discretion, to grant stock appreciation rights in accordance with this Section III to selected Optionees or other individuals eligible to receive option grants under the Discretionary Grant Program.

 

B.                                      Types .  Two types of stock appreciation rights shall be authorized for issuance under this Section III: (i) tandem stock appreciation rights (“ Tandem Rights ”) and (ii) stand-alone stock appreciation rights (“ Stand-alone Rights ”).

 

C.                                      Tandem Rights .  The following terms and conditions shall govern the grant and exercise of Tandem Rights.

 

1.                                        One or more Optionees may be granted a Tandem Right, exercisable upon such terms and conditions as the Plan Administrator may establish, to elect between the exercise of the underlying option for shares of Common Stock or the surrender of that option in exchange for a distribution from the Corporation in an amount equal to the excess of (i) the Fair Market Value (on the option surrender date) of the number of shares in which the Optionee is at the time vested under the surrendered option (or surrendered portion thereof) over (ii) the aggregate exercise price payable for such vested shares.

 

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2.                                       Any distribution to which the Optionee becomes entitled upon the exercise of a Tandem Right may be made in (i) shares of Common Stock valued at Fair Market Value on the option surrender date, (ii) cash or (iii) a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock, as specified in the applicable Award agreement.

 

D.                                     Stand-Alone Rights .  The following terms and conditions shall govern the grant and exercise of Stand-alone Rights:

 

1.                                       One or more individuals eligible to participate in the Discretionary Grant Program may be granted a Stand-alone Right not tied to any underlying option under this Discretionary Grant Program.  The Stand-alone Right shall relate to a specified number of shares of Common Stock and shall be exercisable upon such terms and conditions as the Plan Administrator may establish.  In no event, however, may the Stand-alone Right have a maximum term in excess of ten (10) years measured from the grant date.  The provisions and limitations of Paragraphs B.2 and B.3 of Section I of this Article Two shall also be applicable to any Stand-Alone Right awarded under the Plan.

 

2.                                       Upon exercise of the Stand-alone Right, the holder shall be entitled to receive a distribution from the Corporation in an amount equal to the excess of (i) the aggregate Fair Market Value (on the exercise date) of the shares of Common Stock underlying the exercised right over (ii) the aggregate base price in effect for those shares.

 

3.                                       The number of shares of Common Stock underlying each Stand-alone Right and the base price in effect for those shares shall be determined by the Plan Administrator in its sole discretion at the time the Stand-alone Right is granted.  In no event, however, may the base price per share be less than the Fair Market Value per underlying share of Common Stock on the grant date.

 

4.                                       Stand-alone Rights shall be subject to the same transferability restrictions applicable to Non-Statutory Options and may not be transferred during the holder’s lifetime, except if such assignment is in connection with the holder’s estate plan and is to one or more Family Members of the holder or to a trust established for the holder and/or one or more such Family Members or pursuant to a domestic relations order covering the Stand-alone Right as marital property.  In addition, one or more beneficiaries may be designated for an outstanding Stand-alone Right in accordance with substantially the same terms and provisions as set forth in Section I.F of this Article Two.

 

5.                                       The distribution with respect to an exercised Stand-alone Right may be made in (i) shares of Common Stock valued at Fair Market Value on the exercise date, (ii) cash or (iii) a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock, as specified in the applicable Award agreement.

 

6.                                       The holder of a Stand-alone Right shall have no stockholder rights with respect to the shares subject to the Stand-alone Right unless and until such person shall have exercised the Stand-alone Right and become a holder of record of the shares of Common Stock issued upon the exercise of such Stand-alone Right.

 

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E.                                      Post-Service Exercise .  The provisions governing the exercise of Tandem and Stand-alone Rights following the cessation of the recipient’s Service shall be substantially the same as those set forth in Section I.C.1 of this Article Two for the options granted under the Discretionary Grant Program, and the Plan Administrator’s discretionary authority under Section I.C.2 of this Article Two shall also extend to any outstanding Tandem or Stand-alone Appreciation Rights.

 

IV.                                CHANGE IN CONTROL

 

A.                                     In the event of an actual Change in Control transaction, each outstanding Award under the Discretionary Grant Program shall automatically accelerate so that each such Award shall, immediately prior to the effective date of that Change in Control, become exercisable as to all the shares of Common Stock at the time subject to such Award and may be exercised as to any or all of those shares as fully vested shares of Common Stock.  However, an outstanding Award under the Discretionary Grant Program shall not become exercisable on such an accelerated basis if and to the extent: (i) such Award is to be assumed by the successor corporation (or parent thereof) or is otherwise to continue in full force and effect pursuant to the terms of the Change in Control transaction or (ii) such Award is to be replaced with a cash incentive program of the successor corporation which preserves the spread existing at the time of the Change in Control on any shares as to which the Award is not otherwise at that time exercisable and provides for the subsequent vesting and concurrent payout of that spread in accordance with the same exercise/vesting schedule in effect for that Award or (iii) the acceleration of such Award is subject to other limitations imposed by the Plan Administrator.  No such cash incentive program shall be established for any Award under the Discretionary Grant Program to the extent such program would otherwise be deemed to constitute a deferred compensation arrangement subject to the requirements of Code Section 409A and the Treasury Regulations thereunder.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Award outstanding under the Discretionary Grant Program on the date of such Change in Control shall be subject to cancellation and termination, without cash payment or other consideration due the Award holder, if the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on the date of such Change in Control (or any earlier date specified in the definitive agreement for the Change in Control transaction) is less than the per share exercise or base price in effect for such Award.

 

B.                                     All outstanding repurchase rights under the Discretionary Grant Program shall automatically terminate, and the shares of Common Stock subject to those terminated rights shall immediately vest in full, immediately prior to the effective date of an actual Change in Control transaction, except to the extent: (i) those repurchase rights are to be assigned to the successor corporation (or parent thereof) or are otherwise to continue in full force and effect pursuant to the terms of the Change in Control transaction or (ii) such accelerated vesting is precluded by other limitations imposed by the Plan Administrator.

 

C.                                     Immediately following the consummation of the Change in Control, all outstanding Awards under the Discretionary Grant Program shall terminate and cease to be outstanding, except to the extent assumed by the successor corporation (or parent thereof) or are otherwise continued in full force and effect pursuant to the terms of the Change in Control transaction.

 

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D.                                     Each Award which is assumed in connection with a Change in Control or otherwise continued in effect shall be appropriately adjusted, immediately after such Change in Control, to apply to the number and class of securities into which the shares of Common Stock subject to that Award would have been converted in consummation of such Change in Control had those shares actually been outstanding at that time.  Appropriate adjustments to reflect such Change in Control shall also be made to (i) the exercise or base price per share in effect under each outstanding Award, provided the aggregate exercise or base price in effect for such securities shall remain the same, (ii) the maximum number and/or class of securities available for issuance over the remaining term of the Plan, (iii) the maximum number and/or class of securities that may be issued pursuant to Incentive Options granted under the Plan, (iv) the maximum number and/or class of securities for which any one person may be granted Common Stock-denominated Awards under the Plan per calendar year, (v) the number and/or class of securities and the exercise or base price per share in effect under each outstanding Award under the Discretionary Grant Program, (vi) the number and/or class of securities subject to each outstanding Award under the Stock Issuance Program and the cash consideration (if any) payable per share, (vii) the number and/or class of securities subject to each outstanding Award under the Incentive Bonus Program denominated in shares of Common Stock, (vii) the number and/or class of securities subject to each outstanding Award under the Automatic Grant Program, (ix) the number and/or class of securities for which Awards may subsequently be made to new and continuing non-employee Board members under the Automatic Grant Program and (x) the number and/or class of securities subject to the Corporation’s outstanding repurchase rights under the Plan and the repurchase price payable per share. To the extent the actual holders of the Corporation’s outstanding Common Stock receive cash consideration for their Common Stock in consummation of the Change in Control, the successor corporation may, in connection with the assumption or continuation of the outstanding Awards under the Discretionary Grant Program, substitute, for the securities underlying those assumed rights, one or more shares of its own common stock with a fair market value equivalent to the cash consideration paid per share of Common Stock in such Change in Control transaction, provided such common stock is readily traded on an established U.S. securities exchange or market.

 

E.                                      The Plan Administrator shall have the discretionary authority to structure one or more outstanding Awards under the Discretionary Grant Program so that those Awards shall, immediately prior to the effective date of an actual Change in Control transaction, become exercisable as to all the shares of Common Stock at the time subject to those Awards and may be exercised as to any or all of those shares as fully vested shares of Common Stock, whether or not those Awards are to be assumed in the Change in Control transaction or otherwise continued in effect.  In addition, the Plan Administrator shall have the discretionary authority to structure one or more of the Corporation’s repurchase rights under the Discretionary Grant Program so that those rights shall terminate immediately prior to the effective date of an actual Change in Control transaction, and the shares subject to those terminated rights shall thereupon vest in full.

 

F.                                       The Plan Administrator shall have full power and authority to structure one or more outstanding Awards under the Discretionary Grant Program so that those Awards shall become exercisable as to all the shares of Common Stock at the time subject to those Awards in the event the Optionee’s Service is subsequently terminated by reason of an Involuntary Termination within a designated period following the effective date of any Change in Control transaction in which those Awards do not otherwise fully accelerate.  In addition, the

 

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Plan Administrator may structure one or more of the Corporation’s repurchase rights so that those rights shall immediately terminate with respect to any shares held by the Optionee at the time of such Involuntary Termination, and the shares subject to those terminated repurchase rights shall accordingly vest in full at that time.

 

G.                                     The portion of any Incentive Option accelerated in connection with a Change in Control shall remain exercisable as an Incentive Option only to the extent the applicable One Hundred Thousand Dollar ($100,000) limitation is not exceeded.  To the extent such dollar limitation is exceeded, the accelerated portion of such option shall be exercisable as a Non-statutory Option under the Federal tax laws.

 

V.                                     PROHIBITION ON REPRICING PROGRAMS

 

The Plan Administrator shall not (i) implement any cancellation/regrant program pursuant to which outstanding options or stock appreciation rights under the Plan are cancelled and new options or stock appreciation rights are granted in replacement with a lower exercise price per share, (ii) cancel outstanding options or stock appreciation rights under the Plan with exercise or base prices per share in excess of the then current Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock for consideration payable in cash, equity securities of the Corporation or in the form of any other Award under the Plan, except in connection with a Change in Control transaction, or (iii) otherwise directly reduce the exercise price in effect for outstanding options or stock appreciation rights under the Plan, without in each such instance obtaining stockholder approval.

 

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ARTICLE THREE

 

STOCK ISSUANCE PROGRAM

 

I.                                         STOCK ISSUANCE TERMS

 

Shares of Common Stock may be issued under the Stock Issuance Program, either as vested or unvested shares, through direct and immediate issuances.  Each such stock issuance shall be evidenced by a Stock Issuance Agreement which complies with the terms specified below.  Shares of Common Stock may also be issued under the Stock Issuance Program pursuant to performance shares or restricted stock units which entitle the recipients to receive the shares underlying those Awards upon the attainment of designated performance goals or the satisfaction of specified Service requirements or upon the expiration of a designated time period following the vesting of those Awards.

 

A.                                     Issue Price .

 

1.                                       The issue price per share shall be fixed by the Plan Administrator, but, except as to the Substitute Awards or Substitute Director Awards made pursuant to the provisions of the Legacy Addendum, shall not be less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on the Award date.

 

2.                                       Shares of Common Stock may be issued under the Stock Issuance Program for any of the following items of consideration which the Plan Administrator may deem appropriate in each individual instance:

 

(i)             cash or check made payable to the Corporation,

 

(ii)            past services rendered to the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary); or

 

(iii)           any other valid consideration under the State in which the Corporation is at the time incorporated.

 

B.                                     Vesting Provisions .

 

1.                                       Shares of Common Stock issued under the Stock Issuance Program may, in the discretion of the Plan Administrator, be fully and immediately vested upon issuance as a bonus for Service rendered or may vest in one or more installments over the Participant’s period of Service or upon the attainment of specified performance objectives.  The elements of the vesting schedule applicable to any unvested shares of Common Stock issued under the Stock Issuance Program shall be determined by the Plan Administrator and incorporated into the Stock Issuance Agreement.  Shares of Common Stock may also be issued under the Stock Issuance Program pursuant to performance shares or restricted stock units which entitle the recipients to receive the shares underlying those Awards upon the attainment of designated performance goals or the satisfaction of specified Service requirements or upon the expiration of a designated time

 

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period following the vesting of those Awards, including (without limitation) a deferred distribution date following the termination of the Participant’s Service. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the following limitations shall apply with respect to the vesting schedules established for the Awards made under the Stock Issuance Program, subject to the acceleration provisions in Paragraphs B.6 and B.7 below and Section II of this Article Three:

 

(i)             for any such Award which is to vest on the basis of Service, the minimum vesting period shall be three (3) years, with the rate of vesting over that period to be determined by the Plan Administrator; and

 

(ii)            for any such Award which is to vest on the basis of performance objectives, the performance period shall have a duration of at least one year.

 

The foregoing minimum vesting requirements shall not be applicable to any Awards made under the Stock Issuance Program to an individual who is at the time of such Award serving solely in the capacity of a non-employee Board member; provided, however, that any Award made under the Stock Issuance Program to such non-employee Board member must have a minimum vesting period of at least one year, with not greater than monthly pro-rated vesting over that period.

 

2.                                       The Plan Administrator shall also have the discretionary authority, consistent with Code Section 162(m), to structure one or more Awards under the Stock Issuance Program so that the shares of Common Stock subject to those Awards shall vest (or vest and become issuable) upon the achievement of pre-established corporate performance objectives based on one or more Performance Goals and measured over the performance period specified by the Plan Administrator at the time of the Award.

 

3.                                       Any new, substituted or additional securities or other property (including money paid other than as a regular cash dividend) which the Participant may have the right to receive with respect to the Participant’s unvested shares of Common Stock by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization, combination of shares, exchange of shares, spin-off transaction, extraordinary dividend or distribution or other change affecting the outstanding Common Stock as a class without the Corporation’s receipt of consideration shall be issued subject to (i) the same vesting requirements applicable to the Participant’s unvested shares of Common Stock and (ii) such escrow arrangements as the Plan Administrator shall deem appropriate.  Equitable adjustments to reflect each such transaction shall also be made by the Plan Administrator to the repurchase price payable per share by the Corporation for any unvested securities subject to its existing repurchase rights under the Plan; provided the aggregate repurchase price shall in each instance remain the same.

 

4.                                       The Participant shall have full stockholder rights with respect to any shares of Common Stock issued to the Participant under the Stock Issuance Program, whether or not the Participant’s interest in those shares is vested.  Accordingly, the Participant shall have the right to vote such shares and to receive any dividends paid on such shares, subject to any applicable vesting requirements, including (without limitation) the requirement that any dividends paid on shares subject to performance-vesting conditions shall be held in escrow by

 

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the Corporation and shall not vest or actually be paid to the Award holder prior to the time those shares vest. The Participant shall not have any stockholder rights with respect to the shares of Common Stock subject to a performance share or restricted stock unit Award until that Award vests and the shares of Common Stock are actually issued thereunder.  However, dividend-equivalent units may be paid or credited, either in cash or in actual or phantom shares of Common Stock, on outstanding performance share or restricted stock unit Awards, subject to such terms and conditions as the Plan Administrator may deem appropriate; provided, however, that no such dividend-equivalent units relating to Awards subject to performance-vesting conditions shall vest or otherwise become payable prior to the time the underlying Award (or portion thereof to which such dividend-equivalents units relate) vests upon the attainment of the applicable performance goals and shall accordingly be subject to cancellation and forfeiture to the same extent as the underlying Award.

 

5.                                       Should the Participant cease to remain in Service while holding one or more unvested shares of Common Stock issued under the Stock Issuance Program or should the performance objectives not be attained with respect to one or more such unvested shares of Common Stock, then those shares shall be immediately surrendered to the Corporation for cancellation, and the Participant shall have no further stockholder rights with respect to those shares.  To the extent the surrendered shares were previously issued to the Participant for consideration paid in cash or cash equivalent, the Corporation shall repay to the Participant the lower of (i) the cash consideration paid for the surrendered shares or (ii) the Fair Market Value of those shares at the time of cancellation.

 

6.                                       The Plan Administrator may in its discretion waive the surrender and cancellation of one or more unvested shares of Common Stock which would otherwise occur upon the cessation of the Participant’s Service or the non-attainment of the performance objectives applicable to those shares, but only to the extent such waiver is effected in connection with (i) the Participant’s cessation of Service by reason of death, Permanent Disability, Retirement or Involuntary Termination or (ii) the consummation of a Change in Control transaction.  Any such waiver shall result in the immediate vesting of the Participant’s interest in the shares of Common Stock as to which the waiver applies. However, no vesting requirements tied to the attainment of performance objectives may be waived with respect to shares which were intended at the time of issuance to qualify as performance-based compensation under Code Section 162(m), except in the event of the Participant’s cessation of Service by reason of death or Permanent Disability or as otherwise provided in Section II of this Article Three.

 

7.                                       Outstanding performance shares or restricted stock units under the Stock Issuance Program shall automatically terminate, and no shares of Common Stock shall actually be issued in satisfaction of those Awards, if the performance goals or Service requirements established for those Awards are not attained or satisfied.  The Plan Administrator, however, shall have the discretionary authority to issue vested shares of Common Stock under one or more outstanding Awards of performance shares or restricted stock units as to which the designated performance goals or Service requirements have not been attained or satisfied, but only in connection with (i) the Participant’s cessation of Service by reason of death, Permanent Disability, Retirement or Involuntary Termination or (ii) the consummation of a Change in Control transaction.  However, no vesting requirements tied to the attainment of performance goals may be waived with respect to Awards which were intended, at the time those Awards

 

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were made, to qualify as performance-based compensation under Code Section 162(m), except in the event of the Participant’s death or Permanent Disability or as otherwise provided in Section II of this Article Three.

 

8.                                       The following additional requirements shall be in effect for any performance shares awarded under this Article Three:

 

(i)             At the end of the performance period, the Plan Administrator shall determine the actual level of attainment for each performance objective and the extent to which the performance shares awarded for that period are to vest and become payable based on the attained performance levels.

 

(ii)            The performance shares which so vest shall be paid as soon as practicable following the end of the performance period, unless such payment is to be deferred for the period specified by the Plan Administrator at the time the performance shares are awarded or the period selected by the Participant in accordance with the applicable requirements of Code Section 409A.

 

(iii)           Performance shares may be paid in (i) cash, (ii) shares of Common Stock or (iii) any combination of cash and shares of Common Stock, as determined by the Plan Administrator in its sole discretion.

 

(iv)           Performance shares may also be structured so that the shares are convertible into shares of Common Stock, but the rate at which each performance share is to so convert shall be based on the attained level of performance for each applicable performance objective.

 

II.                                    CHANGE IN CONTROL

 

A.                                     Each Award outstanding under the Stock Issuance Program on the effective date of an actual Change in Control transaction may be (i) assumed by the successor corporation (or parent thereof) or otherwise continued in full force and effect pursuant to the terms of the Change in Control transaction or (ii) replaced with a cash incentive program of the successor corporation which preserves the Fair Market Value of the underlying shares of Common Stock at the time of the Change in Control and provides for the subsequent vesting and payment of that value in accordance with the same vesting and payment schedules in effect for those shares at the time of such Change in Control. To the extent any such Award is at the time subject to performance-vesting requirements tied to the attainment of one or more specified performance goals and the Plan Administrator does not at the time provide otherwise, those performance-vesting requirements shall upon the assumption, continuation or replacement of that Award be cancelled, and such Award shall thereupon be converted into a Service-vesting Award, based on an assumed attainment of the applicable performance goals at target level, that will vest in one or more increments over the Service-vesting period in effect for that Award immediately prior to the effective date of the Change in Control.  However, to the extent any Award outstanding under the Stock Issuance Program on the effective date of such Change in Control Transaction is not to be so assumed, continued or replaced, that Award shall vest in full immediately prior to the effective date of the actual Change in Control transaction, and the shares of Common Stock

 

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underlying the portion of the Award that vests on such accelerated basis shall be issued in accordance with the applicable Award Agreement, unless such accelerated vesting is precluded by other limitations imposed in the Stock Issuance Agreement.

 

B.                                     Each outstanding Award under the Stock Issuance Program which is assumed in connection with a Change in Control or otherwise continued in effect shall be adjusted immediately after the consummation of that Change in Control so as to apply to the number and class of securities into which the shares of Common Stock subject to that Award immediately prior to the Change in Control would have been converted in consummation of such Change in Control had those shares actually been outstanding at that time, and appropriate adjustments shall also be made to the cash consideration (if any) payable per share thereunder, provided the aggregate amount of such consideration shall remain the same.  To the extent the actual holders of the Corporation’s outstanding Common Stock receive cash consideration for their Common Stock in consummation of the Change in Control, the successor corporation may, in connection with the assumption or continuation of the outstanding Awards, substitute one or more shares of its own common stock with a fair market value equivalent to the cash consideration paid per share of Common Stock in such Change in Control transaction, provided such common stock is readily traded on an established U.S. securities exchange or market.

 

C.                                     The Plan Administrator shall have the discretionary authority to structure one or more unvested Awards under the Stock Issuance Program so that the shares of Common Stock subject to those Awards shall automatically vest (or vest and become issuable) in whole or in part immediately prior to the effective date of an actual Change in Control transaction or upon the subsequent termination of the Participant’s Service by reason of an Involuntary Termination within a designated period following the effective date of that Change in Control transaction. The Plan Administrator’s authority under this Section II.C shall also extend to any Awards intended to qualify as performance-based compensation under Code Section 162(m), even though the automatic vesting of those Awards pursuant to this Section II.C may result in their loss of performance-based status under Code Section 162(m).

 

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ARTICLE FOUR

 

INCENTIVE BONUS PROGRAM

 

I.                                         INCENTIVE BONUS TERMS

 

The Plan Administrator shall have full power and authority to implement one or more of the following incentive bonus programs under the Plan:

 

(i)                                      cash bonus awards (“ Cash Awards ”),

 

(ii)                                   performance unit awards (“ Performance Unit Awards ”), and

 

(iii)                                dividend equivalent rights (“ DER Awards ”)

 

A.                                     Cash Awards .   The Plan Administrator shall have the discretionary authority under the Plan to make Cash Awards which are to vest in one or more installments over the Participant’s continued Service with the Corporation or upon the attainment of specified performance goals.  Each such Cash Award shall be evidenced by one or more documents in the form approved by the Plan Administrator; provided however, that each such document shall comply with the terms specified below.

 

1.                                       The elements of the vesting schedule applicable to each Cash Award shall be determined by the Plan Administrator and incorporated into the Incentive Bonus Award Agreement.

 

2.                                       The Plan Administrator shall also have the discretionary authority, consistent with Code Section 162(m), to structure one or more Cash Awards so that those Awards shall vest upon the achievement of pre-established corporate performance objectives based upon one or more Performance Goals.

 

3.                                       Should the Participant cease to remain in Service while holding one or more unvested Cash Awards or should the performance objectives not be attained with respect to one or more such Cash Awards, then those Awards shall be immediately terminate, and the Participant shall not be entitled to any cash payment or other consideration with respect to those terminated Awards.

 

4.                                       Outstanding Cash Awards shall automatically terminate, and no cash payment or other consideration shall be due the holders of those Awards, if the performance goals or Service requirements established for the Awards are not attained or satisfied. The Plan Administrator may in its discretion waive the cancellation and termination of one or more unvested Cash Awards which would otherwise occur upon the cessation of the Participant’s Service or the non-attainment of the performance objectives applicable to those Awards.  Any such waiver shall result in the immediate vesting of the Participant’s interest in the Cash Award as to which the waiver applies.  Such wavier may be effected at any time, whether before or after

 

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the Participant’s cessation of Service or the attainment or non-attainment of the applicable performance objectives.  However, no vesting requirements tied to the attainment of performance goals may be waived with respect to awards which were intended, at the time those awards were granted, to qualify as performance-based compensation under Code Section 162(m), except in the event of the Participant’s death or Permanent Disability or as otherwise provided in Section II of this Article Four.

 

5.                                       Cash Awards which become due and payable following the attainment of the applicable performance goals or satisfaction of the applicable Service requirement (or the waiver of such goals or Service requirement) may be paid in (i) cash, (ii) shares of Common Stock valued at Fair Market Value on the payment date or (iii) a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock as the Plan Administrator shall determine.

 

B.                                     Performance Unit Awards .   The Plan Administrator shall have the discretionary authority to make Performance Unit Awards in accordance with the terms of this Article Four.  Each such Performance Unit Award shall be evidenced by one or more documents in the form approved by the Plan Administrator; provided however, that each such document shall comply with the terms specified below.

 

1.                                       A Performance Unit shall represent either (i) a unit with a dollar value range tied to the level at which pre-established performance objectives based on one or more Performance Goals are attained or (ii) a participating interest in a special bonus pool tied to the attainment of pre-established corporate performance objectives based on one or more Performance Goals. The amount of the bonus pool may vary with the level at which the applicable performance objectives are attained, and the value of each Performance Unit which becomes due and payable upon the attained level of performance shall be determined by dividing the amount of the resulting bonus pool (if any) by the total number of Performance Units issued and outstanding at the completion of the applicable performance period.

 

2.                                       Performance Units may also be structured to include a Service requirement which the Participant must satisfy following the completion of the performance period in order to vest in the Performance Units awarded with respect to that performance period.

 

3.                                       Performance Units which become due and payable following the attainment of the applicable performance objectives and the satisfaction of any applicable Service requirement may be paid in (i) cash, (ii) shares of Common Stock valued at Fair Market Value on the payment date or (iii) a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock as the Plan Administrator shall determine.

 

C.                                     DER Awards .  The Plan Administrator shall have the discretionary authority to make DER Awards in accordance with the terms of this Article Four.  Each such DER Award shall be evidenced by one or more documents in the form approved by the Plan Administrator; provided however , that each such document shall comply with the terms specified below.

 

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1.                                       The DER Awards may be made as stand-alone awards or in tandem with other Awards made under the Plan.  The term of each such DER Award shall be established by the Plan Administrator at the time of grant, but no DER Award shall have a term in excess of ten (10) years.

 

2.                                       Each DER shall represent the right to receive the economic equivalent of each dividend or distribution, whether in cash, securities or other property (other than shares of Common Stock), which is made per issued and outstanding share of Common Stock during the term the DER remains outstanding. A special account on the books of the Corporation shall be maintained for each Participant to whom a DER Award is made, and that account shall be credited per DER with each such dividend or distribution made per issued and outstanding share of Common Stock during the term of that DER remains outstanding.

 

3.                                       Payment of the amounts credited to such book account may be made to the Participant either concurrently with the actual dividend or distribution made per issued and outstanding share of Common Stock or may be deferred for a period specified by the Plan Administrator at the time the DER Award is made or selected by the Participant in accordance with the requirements of Code Section 409A.  In no event, however, shall any DER Award made with respect to an Award subject to performance-vesting conditions under the Stock Issuance or Incentive Bonus Program vest or become payable prior to the vesting of that Award (or the portion thereof to which the DER Award relates) upon the attainment of the applicable performance goals and shall accordingly be subject to cancellation and forfeiture to the same extent as the underlying Award.

 

4.                                       Payment may be paid in (i) cash, (ii) shares of Common Stock or (iii) a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock as the Plan Administrator shall determine If payment is to be made in the form of Common Stock, the number of shares of Common Stock into which the cash dividend or distribution amounts are to be converted for purposes of the Participant’s book account may be based on the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on the date of conversion, a prior date or an average of the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock over a designated period, as the Plan Administrator shall determine in its sole discretion.

 

5.                                       The Plan Administrator shall also have the discretionary authority, consistent with Code Section 162(m), to structure one or more DER Awards so that those Awards shall vest only after the achievement of pre-established corporate performance objectives based upon one or more Performance Goals.

 

II.                                    CHANGE IN CONTROL

 

A.                                     The Plan Administrator shall have the discretionary authority to structure one or more Awards under the Incentive Bonus Program so that those Awards shall automatically vest in whole or in part immediately prior to the effective date of an actual Change in Control transaction or upon the subsequent termination of the Participant’s Service by reason of an Involuntary Termination within a designated period following the effective date of such Change in Control. To the extent any such Award is, at the time of such Change in Control,

 

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subject to performance vesting upon the attainment of one or more specified performance goals and the Plan Administrator does not at that time provide otherwise, the performance vesting condition shall automatically be cancelled on the effective date of such Change in Control, and such Award shall thereupon be converted into a Service-vesting Award, based on an assumed attainment of each applicable performance goal at target level, that will vest in one or more increments over the Service-vesting schedule in effect for that Award immediately prior to the Change in Control.

 

B.                                     The Plan Administrator’s authority under Section II.A shall also extend to any performance bonus awards intended to qualify as performance-based compensation under Code Section 162(m), even though the automatic vesting of those awards pursuant to such Paragraph A may result in their loss of performance-based status under Code Section 162(m).

 

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ARTICLE FIVE

 

AUTOMATIC GRANT PROGRAM

 

I.                                         AWARD TERMS

 

A.                                     Automatic Grants .   The Awards to be made pursuant to the Automatic Grant Program shall be as follows:

 

1.                                       Each individual who (i) is first elected or appointed as a non-employee Board member at any time on or after June 4, 2012 but prior to the Distribution Date (as defined in the attached Legacy Addendum) and (ii) was not a non-employee member of the Board of Directors of Alexander & Baldwin Holdings, Inc. prior to such election or appointment or did not otherwise have his or her outstanding A&B Holdings Awards (as such term is defined in the attached Legacy Addendum) replaced under the Legacy Addendum with substitute awards covering shares of the Corporation’s common stock shall automatically be granted, on the first trading day following the Distribution Date, an Award in the form of restricted stock units covering that number of shares of Common Stock (rounded up to the next whole share) determined by dividing the Applicable Dollar Amount by the Fair Market Value per share on such date, provided that individual has not been in the employ of the Corporation or any Parent or Subsidiary during the preceding twelve (12) months. For such purpose, the Applicable Dollar Amount shall be Eight Three Thousand Three Hundred Thirty-Three Dollars ($83,333.00) per non-employee Board member.

 

2.                                       Each individual who is first elected or appointed as a non-employee Board member at any time after the Distribution Date shall automatically be granted, on the date of such initial election or appointment, an Award in the form of restricted stock units covering that number of shares of Common Stock (rounded up to the next whole share) determined by dividing the Applicable Dollar Amount by the Fair Market Value per share on such date, provided that individual has not been in the employ of the Corporation or any Parent or Subsidiary during the preceding twelve (12) months. The Applicable Dollar Amount shall be determined by the Plan Administrator at the time of each such grant, but in no event shall such amount exceed Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000.00) per non-employee Board member.

 

3.                                       On the date of each annual stockholders meeting, beginning with the 2013 Annual Meeting, each individual who will continue to serve as a non-employee Board member, whether or not such individual is standing for re-election at that particular meeting, shall automatically be granted an Award in the form of restricted stock units covering that number of shares of Common Stock (rounded up to the next whole share) determined by dividing the Applicable Annual Amount by the Fair Market Value per share on such date. There shall be no limit on the number of such annual grants any one continuing non-employee Board member may receive over his or her period of Board service, and non-employee Board members who have previously been in the employ of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) shall be eligible to receive one or more such annual grants over their period of continued Board service.  The Applicable Annual Amount shall be determined by the Plan Administrator on or before the date of the annual stockholders meeting at which those annual grants are to be made, but in no event shall exceed Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000.00).

 

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3.                                       Each restricted unit awarded under this Article Five shall entitle the non-employee Board member to one share of Common Stock on the applicable issuance date following the vesting of that unit.

 

B.                                     Vesting of Awards and Issuance of Shares Each restricted stock unit award made under this Article Five shall vest in a series of in three (3) successive equal annual installments upon the non-employee Board member’s completion of each year of Board service over the three (3)-year period measured from the Award date; provided, however , that should such non-employee Board member cease Board service by reason of (i) death or Permanent Disability or (ii) retirement at or after age seventy two (72), then each restricted stock unit award made to such individual under this Article Five and outstanding at the time of such cessation of Board service shall immediately vest in full at that time.  The shares of Common Stock underlying each restricted stock unit award which vests in accordance with the foregoing vesting provisions shall be issued as they vest; provided, however , that the Plan Administrator may allow one or more non-employee Board members to defer, in accordance with the applicable requirements of Code Section 409A and the regulations thereunder, the issuance of the shares beyond the vesting date to a designated date or until cessation of Board service or an earlier Change in Control.

 

C.                                     Dividend Equivalent Rights .  Each restricted stock unit under this Article Five shall include a dividend equivalent right pursuant to which a book account shall be established for the non-employee Board member and credited from time to time with each dividend or distribution, whether in cash, securities or other property (other than shares of Common Stock) which is made per issued and outstanding share of Common Stock during the period the share of Common Stock underlying that restricted stock unit remains unissued.  The amount credited to the book account with respect to such restricted stock unit shall be paid to the non-employee Board member concurrently with the issuance of the share of Common Stock underlying that unit, subject to the Corporation’s collection of any applicable withholding taxes.

 

II.                                    CHANGE IN CONTROL

 

Should the non-employee Board member continue in Board service until the effective date of an actual Change in Control transaction, then the shares of Common Stock subject to each outstanding restricted stock unit award made to such Board member under this Article Five shall, immediately prior to the effective date of that Change in Control transaction, vest in full and shall be issued to him or her as soon as administratively practicable thereafter, but in no event more than fifteen (15) business days after such effective date, except to the extent such issuance is subject to a deferred distribution date under Code Section 409A, or shall otherwise be converted into the right to receive the same consideration per share of Common Stock payable to the other stockholders in the Change in Control and distributed at the same time as such stockholder payments, subject to any applicable deferred distribution date under Code Section 409A.

 

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ARTICLE SIX

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

I.                                         DEFERRED COMPENSATION

 

A.                                     The Plan Administrator may, in its sole discretion, structure one or more Awards under the Stock Issuance or Incentive Bonus Programs so that the Participants may be provided with an election to defer the compensation associated with those Awards for federal income tax purposes. Any such deferral opportunity shall comply with all applicable requirements of Code Section 409A.

 

B.                                     The Plan Administrator may implement a non-employee Board member retainer fee deferral program under the Plan that allows the non-employee Board members the opportunity to elect, prior to the start of each calendar year, to convert the Board and Board committee retainer fees to be earned for that year into restricted stock units under the Stock Issuance Program that will defer the issuance of the shares of Common Stock that vest under those restricted stock units to a permissible date or event under Code Section 409A.  If such program is implemented, the Plan Administrator shall have the authority to establish such rules and procedures as it deems appropriate for the filing of such deferral elections and the designation of the permissible distribution events under Code Section 409A.

 

C.                                     To the extent the Corporation maintains one or more separate non-qualified deferred compensation arrangements which allow the participants the opportunity to make notional investments of their deferred account balances in shares of Common Stock, the Plan Administrator may authorize the share reserve under the Plan to serve as the source of any shares of Common Stock that become payable under those deferred compensation arrangements.  In such event, the share reserve under the Plan shall be reduced on a share-for-one share basis for each share of Common Stock issued under the Plan in settlement of the deferred compensation owed under those separate arrangements.

 

D.                                     To the extent there is any ambiguity as to whether any provision of any Award made under the Plan that is deemed to constitute a deferred compensation arrangement under Code Section 409A would otherwise contravene one or more requirements or limitations of such Code Section 409A and the Treasury Regulations thereunder, such provision shall be interpreted and applied in a manner that complies with the applicable requirements of Code Section 409A and the Treasury Regulations thereunder.

 

II.                                    TAX WITHHOLDING

 

A.                                     The Corporation’s obligation to deliver shares of Common Stock upon the exercise, issuance or vesting of an Award under the Plan shall be subject to the satisfaction of all applicable income and employment tax withholding requirements.

 

B.                                     The Plan Administrator may, in its discretion, structure one or more Awards so that shares of Common Stock may be used as follows to satisfy all or part of the Withholding Taxes to which such holders of those Awards may become subject in connection with the issuance, exercise, vesting or settlement of those Awards:

 

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1.                                       Stock Withholding :  The Corporation may be provided with the right to withhold, from the shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable upon the issuance, exercise or vesting of such Award or the issuance of shares of Common Stock thereunder, a portion of those shares with an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to the applicable Withholding Taxes. The shares of Common Stock so withheld shall reduce the number of shares of Common Stock authorized for issuance under the Plan.

 

2.                                       Stock Delivery :  The Award holder may be provided with the right to deliver to the Corporation, at the time of the issuance, exercise or vesting of such Award or the issuance of shares of Common Stock thereunder, one or more shares of Common Stock previously acquired by such individual (other than in connection with the exercise, share issuance or share vesting triggering the Withholding Taxes) with an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to the percentage of the Withholding Taxes (not to exceed one hundred percent (100%)) designated by the individual.  The shares of Common Stock so delivered shall neither reduce the number of shares of Common Stock authorized for issuance under the Plan nor be added to the number of shares of Common Stock authorized for issuance under the Plan.

 

III.                               EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERM OF THE PLAN

 

A.                                     The Plan shall become effective on the Plan Effective Date. The Plan shall be subject to the approval, prior to the Distribution Date, of Alexander & Baldwin Holdings, Inc. as the Corporation’s sole stockholder, and if such stockholder approval is not obtained prior to the Distribution Date, the Plan and all outstanding Awards thereunder shall terminate.

 

B.                                     Except otherwise provided in Section III.A of this Article Six, the Plan shall terminate upon the earliest to occur of (i) June 26, 2022, (ii) the date on which all shares available for issuance under the Plan shall have been issued as fully vested shares or (iii) the termination of all outstanding Awards in connection with a Change in Control.  Should the Plan terminate on June 26, 2022, then all Awards outstanding at that time shall continue to have force and effect in accordance with the provisions of the documents evidencing those Awards.

 

IV.                                AMENDMENT OF THE PLAN

 

A.                                     The Board shall have complete and exclusive power and authority to amend or modify the Plan in any or all respects; provided, however, that stockholder approval shall be required for any amendment to the Plan which materially increases the number of shares of Common Stock authorized for issuance under the Plan (other than pursuant to Section V.F of Article One), materially increases the benefits accruing to Optionees or Participants, materially expands the class of individuals eligible to participate in the Plan, expands the types of awards which may be made under the Plan or extends the term of the Plan or to the extent such stockholder approval may otherwise required under applicable law or regulation or pursuant to the listing standards of the Stock Exchange on which the Common Stock is at the time primarily traded. However, no such amendment or modification shall adversely affect the rights and obligations with respect to Awards at the time outstanding under the Plan unless the Optionee or the Participant consents to such amendment or modification.

 

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B.                                     The Compensation Committee shall have the discretionary authority to adopt and implement from time to time such addenda or subplans to the Plan as it may deem necessary in order to bring the Plan into compliance with applicable laws and regulations of any foreign jurisdictions in which grants or awards are to be made under the Plan and/or to obtain favorable tax treatment in those foreign jurisdictions for the individuals to whom the grants or awards are made.

 

C.             Except as otherwise provided in Section IV.B of this Article Six, Awards may be made under the Plan that involve shares of Common Stock in excess of the number of shares then available for issuance under the Plan, provided no shares shall actually be issued pursuant to those Awards until the number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Plan is sufficiently increased by stockholder approval of an amendment of the Plan authorizing such increase.  If such stockholder approval is not obtained within twelve (12) months after the date the first excess Award is made, then all Awards granted on the basis of such excess shares shall terminate and cease to be outstanding.

 

V.                                     USE OF PROCEEDS

 

Any cash proceeds received by the Corporation from the sale of shares of Common Stock under the Plan shall be used for general corporate purposes.

 

VI.                                REGULATORY APPROVALS

 

A.                                     The implementation of the Plan, the granting of any Award under the Plan and the issuance of any shares of Common Stock in connection with the issuance, exercise or vesting of any Award under the Plan shall be subject to the Corporation’s procurement of all approvals and permits required by regulatory authorities having jurisdiction over the Plan, the Awards made under the Plan and the shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to those Awards.

 

B.                                     No shares of Common Stock or other assets shall be issued or delivered under the Plan unless and until there shall have been compliance with all applicable requirements of applicable securities laws, including the filing and effectiveness of the Form S-8 registration statement for the shares of Common Stock issuable under the Plan, and all applicable listing requirements of any Stock Exchange on which Common Stock is then listed for trading.

 

VII.                           NO EMPLOYMENT/SERVICE RIGHTS

 

Nothing in the Plan shall confer upon the Optionee or the Participant any right to continue in Service for any period of specific duration or interfere with or otherwise restrict in any way the rights of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary employing or retaining such person) or of the Optionee or the Participant, which rights are hereby expressly reserved by each, to terminate such person’s Service at any time for any reason, with or without cause.

 

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APPENDIX

 

The following definitions shall be in effect under the Plan:

 

A.                                     2013 Annual Meeting shall mean the 2013 annual meeting of the Corporation’s stockholders.

 

B.                                     Automatic Grant Program shall mean the automatic grant program in effect for non-employee Board members under Article Five of the Plan.

 

C.                                     Award shall mean any of the following awards authorized for issuance or grant under the Plan: stock options, stock appreciation rights, direct stock issuances, restricted stock or restricted stock unit awards, performance shares, performance units, dividend-equivalent rights and cash incentive awards.

 

D.                                     Award Agreement shall mean the agreement(s) between the Corporation and the Optionee or Participant evidencing a particular Award made to that individual under the Plan, as such agreement(s) may be in effect from time to time

 

E.                                      Board shall mean the Corporation’s Board of Directors.

 

F.                                       Cause shall, with respect to each Award made under the Plan, be defined in accordance with the following provisions:

 

·                                           Cause shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Award Agreement for the particular Award or in any other agreement incorporated by reference into the Award Agreement for purposes of defining such term.

 

·                                           In the absence of any other Cause definition in the Award Agreement for a particular Award (or in any other agreement incorporated by reference into the Award Agreement), an individual’s termination of Service shall be deemed to be for Cause if such termination occurs by reason his or her commission of any act of fraud, embezzlement or dishonesty, any unauthorized use or disclosure by such person of confidential information or trade secrets of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary), or any other intentional misconduct by such person adversely affecting the business or affairs of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) in a material manner.

 

G.                                     Change in Control shall, with respect to each Award made under the Plan, be defined in accordance with the following provisions:

 

·                                           Change in Control shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Award Agreement for the particular Award or in any other agreement incorporated by reference into the Award Agreement for purposes of defining such term.

 

·                                           In the absence of any other Change in Control definition in the Award Agreement (or in any other agreement incorporated by reference into the Award Agreement), Change in Control shall mean a change in ownership or control of the Corporation effected through any of the following transactions:

 

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(i)             a merger, consolidation or other reorganization approved by the Corporation’s stockholders, unless securities representing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power of the voting securities of the successor corporation are immediately thereafter beneficially owned, directly or indirectly and in substantially the same proportion, by the persons who beneficially owned the Corporation’s outstanding voting securities immediately prior to such transaction,

 

(ii)            a sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s assets,

 

(iii)           the closing of any transaction or series of related transactions pursuant to which any person or any group of persons comprising a “group” within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) of the 1934 Act (other than the Corporation or a person that, prior to such transaction or series of related transactions, directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by or is under common control with, the Corporation) acquires directly or indirectly (whether as a result of a single acquisition or by reason of one or more acquisitions within the twelve (12)-month period ending with the most recent acquisition) beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the 1934 Act) of securities possessing (or convertible into or exercisable for securities possessing) thirty-five percent (35%) of the total combined voting power of the Corporation’s securities (as measured in terms of the power to vote with respect to the election of Board members) outstanding immediately after the consummation of such transaction or series of related transactions, whether such transaction involves a direct issuance from the Corporation or the acquisition of outstanding securities held by one or more of the Corporation’s existing stockholders, or

 

(iv)           a change in the composition of the Board over a period of twelve (12) consecutive months or less such that a majority of the Board members ceases, by reason of one or more contested elections for Board membership, to be comprised of individuals who either (A) have been Board members continuously since the beginning of such period or (B) have been elected or nominated for election as Board members during such period by at least a majority of the Board members described in clause (A) who were still in office at the time the Board approved such election or nomination.

 

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

 

I.              Common Stock shall mean the Corporation’s common stock.

 

J.              Compensation Committee shall mean the Compensation Committee of the Board comprised of two (2) or more non-employee Board members.

 

K.             Corporation shall mean Alexander & Baldwin, Inc., a Hawaii corporation (formerly known as A & B II, Inc.), and any corporate successor to all or substantially all of the assets or voting stock of Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. which has by appropriate action assumed the Plan.

 

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L.             Discretionary Grant Program shall mean the discretionary grant program in effect under Article Two of the Plan pursuant to which stock options and stock appreciation rights may be granted to one or more eligible individuals.

 

M.            Employee shall mean an individual who is in the employ of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary, whether now existing or subsequently established), subject to the control and direction of the employer entity as to both the work to be performed and the manner and method of performance.

 

N.             Exercise Date shall mean the date on which the Corporation shall have received written notice of the option exercise.

 

O.             Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on any relevant date shall be the closing selling price per share of Common Stock at the close of regular hours trading (i.e., before after-hours trading begins) on date on question on the Stock Exchange serving as the primary market for the Common Stock, as such price is reported by the National Association of Securities Dealers (if primarily traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market) or as officially quoted in the composite tape of transactions on any other Stock Exchange on which the Common Stock is then primarily traded.  If there is no closing selling price for the Common Stock on the date in question, then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing selling price on the last preceding date for which such quotation exists.

 

P.              Family Member means, with respect to a particular Optionee or Participant, any child, stepchild, grandchild, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, former spouse, sibling, niece, nephew, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law or sister-in-law.

 

Q.             Good Reason shall, with respect to each Award made under the Plan, be defined in accordance with the following provisions:

 

·               Good Reason shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Award Agreement for the particular Award or in any other agreement incorporated by reference into the Award Agreement for purposes of defining such term.

 

·               In the absence of any other Good Reason definition in the Award Agreement (or in any other agreement incorporated by reference into the Award Agreement), Good Reason shall mean an individual’s voluntary resignation following the occurrence of any of the following events effected without such individual’s consent: (A) a change in his or her position with the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) which materially reduces his or her duties and responsibilities or the level of management to which he or she reports, (B) a reduction in his or her level of compensation (including base salary, fringe benefits and target bonus under any corporate-performance based bonus or incentive programs) by more than fifteen percent (15%) or (C) a relocation of such individual’s place of employment by more than fifty (50) miles or (D) the failure by the Corporation to continue in effect any stock option or other equity-based plan in which such individual is participating, or in which such individual is entitled to

 

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participate, immediately prior to a change in control of the Corporation, unless an equitable arrangement (embodied in an ongoing substitute or alternative plan) has been made with respect to such plan; or the failure by the Corporation to continue such individual’s participation therein (or in such substitute or alternative plan) on a substantially equivalent basis, both in terms of the amount or timing of payment of benefits provided and the level of such individual’s participation relative to other participants, as existed immediately prior to the change in control of the Corporation.

 

R.             Incentive Bonus Program shall mean the incentive bonus program in effect under Article Four of the Plan.

 

S.              Incentive Option shall mean an option which satisfies the requirements of Code Section 422.

 

T.             Involuntary Termination shall mean the termination of the Service of any individual which occurs by reason of:

 

(i)             such individual’s involuntary dismissal or discharge by the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) for reasons other than for Cause, or

 

(ii)            such individual’s voluntary resignation for Good Reason.

 

U.             Legacy Addendum shall mean the Legacy Addendum to the Corporation’s 2012 Incentive Compensation Plan, as such addendum may be amended from time to time.

 

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

 

W.            Non-Statutory Option shall mean an option not intended to satisfy the requirements of Code Section 422.

 

X.             Optionee shall mean any person to whom an option is granted under the Discretionary Grant or Automatic Grant Program.

 

Y.             Parent shall mean any corporation (other than the Corporation) in an unbroken chain of corporations ending with the Corporation, provided each corporation in the unbroken chain (other than the Corporation) owns, at the time of the determination, stock possessing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in such chain.

 

Z.             Participant shall mean any person who is issued (i) shares of Common Stock, restricted stock units, performance shares, performance units or other stock-based awards under the Stock Issuance Program or (ii) an incentive bonus award under the Incentive Bonus Program.

 

AA.          Permanent Disability or Permanently Disabled shall mean the inability of the Optionee or the Participant to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment expected to result in death or to be of

 

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continuous duration of twelve (12) months or more.  However, solely for purposes of the Automatic Grant Program, Permanent Disability or Permanently Disabled shall mean the inability of the non-employee Board member to perform his or her usual duties as a Board member by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment expected to result in death or to be of continuous duration of twelve (12) months or more.

 

BB.          Performance Goals shall mean any of the following performance criteria upon which the vesting of one or more Awards under the Plan may be based: (i) cash flow; (ii) earnings (including earnings before interest and taxes, earnings before taxes, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization and charges for stock-based compensation, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, and net earnings); (iii) earnings per share; (iv) growth in earnings or earnings per share; (v) stock price; (vi) return on equity or average stockholder equity; (vii) total stockholder return or growth in total stockholder return either directly or in relation to a comparative group; (viii) return on capital; (ix) return on assets or net assets; (x) invested capital, required rate of return on capital or return on invested capital; (xi) revenue, growth in revenue or return on sales; (xii) income or net income; (xiii) operating income, net operating income or net operating income after tax; (xiv) operating profit or net operating profit; (xv) operating margin or gross margin; (xvi) return on operating revenue or return on operating profit; (xvii) collections and recoveries, (xviii) property purchases, sales, investments and construction goals, (xix) application approvals, (xx) litigation and regulatory resolution goals, (xxi) occupancy or occupancy rates, (xxii) leases, contracts or financings, including renewals, (xxiii) overhead, savings, G&A and other expense control goals, (xxiv) budget comparisons, (xxv) growth in stockholder value relative to the growth of the S&P 400 or S&P 400 Index, the S&P Global Industry Classification Standards (“ GICS ”) or GICS Index, or another peer group or peer group index; (xxvi) credit rating; (xxvii) development and implementation of strategic plans and/or organizational restructuring goals; (xxviii) development and implementation of risk and crisis management programs; (xxix) improvement in workforce diversity; (xxx) net cost per ton; (xxxi) number of units or size of units delivered; (xxxii) compliance requirements and compliance relief; (xxxiii) safety goals; (xxxiv) productivity goals; (xxxv) workforce management and succession planning goals; (xxxvi) economic value added (including typical adjustments consistently applied from generally accepted accounting principles required to determine economic value added performance measures); (xxxvii) measures of customer satisfaction, employee satisfaction or staff development; (xxxviii) development or marketing collaborations, formations of joint ventures or partnerships or the completion of other similar transactions intended to enhance the Corporation’s revenue or profitability or enhance its customer base; (xxxix) merger and acquisitions; and (xl) other similar criteria consistent with the foregoing. In addition, such performance criteria may be based upon the attainment of specified levels of the Corporation’s performance under one or more of the measures described above relative to the performance of other entities and may also be based on the performance of any of the Corporation’s business units or divisions or any Parent or Subsidiary.  Each applicable Performance Goal may include a minimum threshold level of performance below which no Award will be earned, levels of performance at which specified portions of an Award will be earned and a maximum level of performance at which an Award will be fully earned. Each applicable performance goal may be structured at the time of the Award to provide for appropriate adjustment for one or more of the following items: (A) asset impairments or write-downs; (B) litigation judgments or claim settlements; (C) the effect of changes in tax law, accounting principles or other such laws or provisions affecting reported

 

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results; (D) accruals for reorganization and restructuring programs; (E) any extraordinary nonrecurring items; (F) the operations of any business acquired by the Corporation; (G) the divestiture of one or more business operations or the assets thereof; (H) the effects of any corporate transaction, such as a merger, consolidation, separation (including spin-off or other distributions of stock or property by the Corporation) or reorganization (whether or not such reorganization is within the definition of that term in Code Section 368) any (I) other adjustment consistent with the operation of the Plan.

 

CC.          Plan shall mean the Corporation’s 2012 Incentive Compensation Plan, as amended and restated from time to time.

 

DD.          Plan Administrator shall mean the particular entity, whether the Compensation Committee (or subcommittee thereof), the Board or the Secondary Board Committee, which is authorized to administer the Discretionary Grant and Stock Issuance Programs with respect to one or more classes of eligible persons, to the extent such entity is carrying out its administrative functions under the Plan with respect to the persons under its jurisdiction.

 

EE.           Plan Effective Date shall mean the June 28, 2012 date on which the Plan was approved by the Board, subject to the approval of Alexander & Baldwin Holdings, Inc. as the Corporation’s sole stockholder.

 

FF.           Retirement shall mean (i) the Participant’s termination of Service on or after attainment of age sixty-five (65) or (ii) the Participant’s early retirement, with the prior approval of the Corporation (or Parent or Subsidiary employing Participant), on or after attainment of age fifty-five (55) and completion of at least five (5) years of Service.

 

GG.          Secondary Board Committee shall mean a committee of one or more Board members appointed by the Board to administer the Plan with respect to eligible persons other than Section 16 Insiders.

 

HH.         Section 16 Insider shall mean an officer or director of the Corporation subject to the short-swing profit liabilities of Section 16 of the 1934 Act.

 

II.             Service shall mean the performance of services for the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary, whether now existing or subsequently established) by a person in the capacity of an Employee, a non-employee member of the board of directors or a consultant or independent advisor, except to the extent otherwise specifically provided in the documents evidencing the option grant or stock issuance.  For purposes of the Plan (but subject to the provisions of Legacy Addendum applicable to Substitute Awards and Substitute Director Awards thereunder), an Optionee or Participant shall be deemed to cease Service immediately upon the occurrence of the either of the following events: (i) the Optionee or Participant no longer performs services in any of the foregoing capacities for the Corporation or any Parent or Subsidiary or (ii) the entity for which the Optionee or Participant is performing such services ceases to remain a Parent or Subsidiary of the Corporation, even though the Optionee or Participant may subsequently continue to perform services for that entity. Service shall not be deemed to cease during a period of military leave, sick leave or other personal leave approved by

 

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the Corporation; provided, however, that should such leave of absence exceed three (3) months, then for purposes of determining the period within which an Incentive Option may be exercised as such under the federal tax laws, the Optionee’s Service shall be deemed to cease on the first day immediately following the expiration of such three (3)-month period, unless Optionee is provided with the right to return to Service following such leave either by statute or by written contract.  Except to the extent otherwise required by law or expressly authorized by the Plan Administrator or by the Corporation’s written policy on leaves of absence, no Service credit shall be given for vesting purposes for any period the Optionee or Participant is on a leave of absence.

 

JJ.             Stock Exchange shall mean the American Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq Global Market or the New York Stock Exchange.

 

KK.         Stock Issuance Agreement shall mean the agreement entered into by the Corporation and the Participant at the time of issuance of shares of Common Stock under the Stock Issuance Program.

 

LL.           Stock Issuance Program shall mean the stock issuance program in effect under Article Three of the Plan.

 

MM.        Subsidiary shall mean any corporation (other than the Corporation) in an unbroken chain of corporations beginning with the Corporation, provided each corporation (other than the last corporation) in the unbroken chain owns, at the time of the determination, stock possessing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in such chain. The term Subsidiary shall also include any wholly-owned limited liability company in such chain of subsidiaries that is disregarded for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

 

NN.          10% Stockholder shall mean the owner of stock (as determined under Code Section 424(d)) possessing more than ten percent (10%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary).

 

OO.          Withholding Taxes shall mean the applicable federal and state income and employment withholding taxes to which the holder of an Award under the Plan may become subject in connection with the issuance, exercise or vesting of that Award or the issuance of shares of Common Stock thereunder.

 

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LEGACY ADDENDUM

TO

ALEXANDER & BALDWIN, INC.

2012 INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN

 

I.                                         PURPOSE OF THE ADDENDUM

 

This Addendum to the Plan (the “ Legacy Addendum ”) shall provide the Compensation Committee in its capacity as Plan Administrator with the authority to effect the equity awards contemplated by the terms of Article VII of the Employee Matters Agreement between Alexander & Baldwin Holdings, Inc. (“ A&B Holdings ”) and the Corporation (known at that time as A & B II, Inc.) dated as of June 8, 2012 (the “ Employee Matters Agreement ”) in connection with the separation of the Corporation from A&B Holdings through the spin-off distribution of all the outstanding shares of the Corporation’s common stock to the holders of the outstanding A&B Holdings common stock (the “ A&B Distribution ”) on the specified record date as set forth in the Separation and Distribution Agreement between A&B Holdings and the Corporation, dated as of June 8, 2012.  The date on which the A&B Distribution is effected is hereby designated the “ Distribution Date.

 

Pursuant to the Employee Matters Agreement, all stock options and restricted stock unit awards (with and without dividend equivalent rights) pertaining to shares of A&B Holdings common stock that are outstanding at the close of market on the Distribution Date (collectively referred to as “ A&B Holdings Awards ”) and held by the New A&B Employees (as defined in the Employee Matters Agreement) shall be cancelled at that time and immediately replaced with substitute awards covering shares of the Corporation’s common stock (referred to herein as the “ Substitute Awards ”), adjusted as set forth in the Employee Matters Agreement and in this Legacy Addendum.

 

In addition, this Legacy Addendum shall provide the Compensation Committee in its capacity as Plan Administrator with the authority to issue equity awards to members of the Board of Directors of A&B Holdings who, prior to the Distribution Date and in connection with the A&B Distribution, resign from that Board and become members of the Corporation’s Board (“ Transferred Directors ”) which will replace their stock options and restricted stock unit awards (with and without dividend equivalent rights) pertaining to shares of A&B Holdings common stock that are outstanding at the close of market on the Distribution Date.  However, the term Transferred Directors shall also include any individual who is a member of the Board of Directors of both the Corporation and A&B Holdings immediately prior to the A&B Distribution and who is also at that time serving as the lead independent director of the Corporation’s Board of Directors.

 

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II.                                    ASSUMED A&B PLANS

 

Each A&B Holdings Award that is (i) outstanding under any of the following Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. equity incentive plans assumed by A&B Holdings in connection with the June 2012 merger of Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. with a wholly-owned A&B Holdings subsidiary (collectively, the “ Assumed A&B Plans ”) and (ii) held by a New A&B Employee at the close of market on the Distribution Date will be cancelled at that time and will be immediately replaced with a Substitute Award covering shares of the Corporation’s common stock (“ Shares ”) pursuant to the provisions of Article V of this Legacy Addendum:

 

(i)             Amended and Restated Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. 2007 Incentive Compensation Plan;

 

(ii)            Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. 1998 Stock Option/Stock Incentive Plan, as amended on October 25, 2000, January 24, 2002, February 24, 2005, June 22, 2006, and October 26, 2006, respectively; and

 

(iii)           Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. 1998 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan, as amended on October 25, 2000, February 26, 2004, June 24, 2004, and October 26, 2006.

 

In addition, any outstanding equity awards held under any of the Assumed A&B Plans at the close of market on the Distribution Day by the Transferred Directors will be cancelled at that time and immediately replaced with Director Substitute Awards in accordance with the provisions of Article V of this Legacy Addendum.

 

III.                               ADMINISTRATION

 

A.             All equity awards under this Legacy Addendum shall be made and administered by the Compensation Committee (or any subcommittee comprised of two (2) or members of the Compensation Committee).

 

B.             The Compensation Committee shall have full power and authority to interpret the provisions of this Legacy Addendum or any Substitute Award or Substitute Director Award made pursuant to this Legacy Addendum or any agreement evidencing such award.  All decisions and determinations by the Compensation Committee with respect thereto shall be final, binding, and conclusive on all parties.

 

IV.                                RECIPIENTS OF GRANTS PURSUANT TO THIS ADDENDUM

 

The individuals eligible to receive Substitute Awards and Substitute Director Awards pursuant to this Legacy Addendum shall be limited to those New A&B Employees and Transferred Directors who hold one or more A&B Holdings Awards under one or more of the Assumed A&B Plans (“ Legacy Participants ”) at the close of market on the Distribution Date.  No awards other than such Substitute Awards or Substitute Director Awards will be made to Legacy Participants pursuant to this Legacy Addendum.

 

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V.                                     TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR SUBSTITUTION OF AWARDS IN CANCELLATION OF OUTSTANDING AWARDS UNDER THE ASSUMED PLANS

 

Each outstanding A&B Holdings Award held by a New A&B Employee or Transferred Director at the close of market on the Distribution Date shall be cancelled at that time and shall be immediately replaced with the appropriate Substitute Award or Substitute Director Award determined in accordance with the following parameters.

 

The substitution shall be effected by cancelling the outstanding A&B Holdings Award (with the shares of A&B Holdings common stock subject to each cancelled award to be returned to the Amended and Restated Alexander & Baldwin 2007 Incentive Compensation Plan as assumed by A&B Holdings) and by issuing a new award under this Legacy Addendum in substitution for such cancelled award in accordance with the following parameters:

 

(i)             The number of shares of the Corporation’s common stock subject to the Substitute Award or Substitute Director Award (as the case may be) shall be determined by multiplying the number of shares of A&B Holdings common stock subject to the A&B Holdings Award immediately prior to cancellation by a fraction the numerator of which is the sum of the closing “when issued” price per share of the Corporation’s common stock on the Distribution Date plus the closing price of A&B Holdings common stock as traded on an ex-distribution basis on that same trading day and the denominator is the closing “when issued” price of the Corporation’s common stock on the Distribution Date.  Any fractional share per award will be rounded down to the next whole share.

 

(ii)            The exercise price per share for each Substitute Award or Substitute Director Award that is a stock option grant shall be determined by multiplying the exercise per share in effect for the A&B Holdings Award immediately prior to cancellation by a fraction the numerator of which is the closing “when issued” price per share of the Corporation’s common stock on the Distribution Date and the denominator is the sum of that “when issued” price plus the closing price per share of A&B Holdings common stock as traded on an ex-distribution basis on such Distribution Date. Any fractional cent will be rounded up to the nearest whole cent.

 

(iii)           The foregoing calculations as to the number of shares of the Corporation’s common stock subject to the Substitute Award or Substitute Director Award and the exercise price in effect for each Substitute Award or Substitute Director Award that is a stock option grant are intended to ensure that the spread between the aggregate fair market value of the adjusted number of shares of the Corporation’s common stock purchasable under each Substitute Award or Substitute Director Award and the aggregate Exercise Price (if any) payable for those shares immediately after the A&B Distribution remains substantially equal to (and not greater than) the same spread that existed immediately prior to the A&B Distribution between the aggregate fair market value of the number of shares of A&B Holdings common stock subject to the

 

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cancelled A&B Holdings Award immediately prior to cancellation and the aggregate exercise price (if any) in effect at that time for those shares under the cancelled award. Such calculations are also intended to preserve on a per-share basis, immediately after the A&B Distribution, the same ratio of exercise price per option share to fair market value per share which existed under each cancelled A&B Holdings Award (to the extent that award is a stock option grant) immediately prior to the A&B Distribution.

 

(iv)           Notwithstanding the cancellation of the A&B Holdings Award, any amounts that are at the time of cancellation credited to the Participant under that award pursuant to any dividend-equivalent rights provided under that award but that have not yet been distributed shall subsequently be distributed to the Participant in accordance with the distribution provisions (including the timing and method of distribution) applicable to such dividend equivalent rights, and nothing in the Substitute Award or Substitute Director Award shall affect the Participant’s right and entitlement to receive such credited amount in accordance with the terms and conditions of those distribution provisions.  However, the Participant shall have no further dividend equivalent rights under the cancelled A&B Holdings Award with respect to any dividends or distributions paid on A&B Holdings common stock on or after the cancellation date, but shall have continuing dividend-equivalent rights under the Substitute Award or Substitute Director Award with respect to any dividends or distribution paid on the Corporation’s common stock; provided, however , that no such dividend-equivalent rights shall be provided with respect to any stock option grants made pursuant to this Addendum.

 

(v)            The remaining terms and provisions of each such Substitute Award or Substitute Director Award shall be the same as the terms and provisions that are in effect under the cancelled A&B Holdings Award to which it pertains immediately prior to cancellation, including (without limitation) the same vesting schedule and applicable issuance dates, the same expiration date and other applicable termination provisions, the same applicable exercise procedures and the same dividend equivalent rights (if applicable), except that (A) all references in the cancelled A&B Holdings Award to A&B Holdings shall be replaced with references to the Corporation, (B) the shares of common stock issuable under Substitute Award or Substitute Director Award shall be shares of the Corporation’s common stock and (iii) the foregoing adjustments to the number of shares and the exercise price (if any) shall be reflected in the new award agreement.

 

In addition, each such Substitute Award or Substitute Director Award shall contain the following special Service credit and Separation from Service provisions:

 

A.             For purposes of the Award, the following provisions shall govern the determination of the Legacy Participant’s period of Service:

 

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(i)             The Legacy Participant shall be deemed to continue in Service for so long as the Legacy Participant performs services for the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) in one or more of the following capacities specified in the applicable A&B Holdings Award that the Substitute Award or Substitute Director Award replaces: Employee, non-employee member of the board of directors or a consultant or independent advisor.

 

(ii)            The Legacy Participant shall be deemed to cease Service immediately upon the occurrence of the either of the following events: (a) the Legacy Participant no longer performs services for the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) in any of the specified service capacities set forth in the applicable A&B Holdings Award that the Substitute Award or Substitute Director Award replaces or (b) the entity for which the Legacy Participant performs such services ceases to remain a Parent or Subsidiary of the Corporation, even though the Legacy Participant may subsequently continue to perform services for that entity.

 

(iii)           Notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraph (ii) above, should A&B Holdings effect a distribution of all of the outstanding common stock of the Corporation to the holders of the outstanding common stock of A&B Holdings in a spin-off transaction, then the Legacy Participant shall be deemed to continue in Service for so long as the Legacy Participant performs services following such spin-off distribution (and prior to the Legacy Participant’s Separation from Service date), in one or more of the service capacities set forth in the applicable A&B Holdings Award that the Substitute Award or Substitute Director Award replaces, with the Corporation (or any Parent (other than A&B Holdings) or Subsidiary of the Corporation), if the Legacy Participant’s Service relationship is with any of those entities immediately prior to the spin-off distribution.  Accordingly, for so long as the Legacy Participant remains in such Service relationship following the spin-off distribution (and prior to the Legacy Participant’s Separation from Service date), the Award shall remain in full force and effect and the Legacy Participant shall continue to vest in such Award; and any post-Service exercise period for the Award shall not commence until the Legacy Participant no longer remains in the applicable Service relationship. However, should the Legacy Participant be a member of the Board of Directors of both A&B Holdings and the Corporation immediately prior to the spin-off distribution, then that Legacy Participant shall, for purposes of the foregoing provisions of this Service definition and the Separation from Service definition set forth below, be deemed to be solely in service of A&B Holdings immediately prior to the spin-off distribution, unless that Legacy Participant is also serving as the lead independent director of the Corporation’s Board of Directors immediately prior to the spin-off distribution, in which event that Legacy Participant shall be deemed hereunder to be solely in the service of the Corporation immediately prior to the spin-off distribution and shall accordingly be treated as a Transferred Director.

 

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(iv)           For purposes of any existing service-vesting schedule in effect for any such Substitute Award or Substitute Director Award, the Legacy Participant will receive appropriate service credit under each such Substitute Award or Substitute Director Award for his or her period of continuous service with A&B Holdings or its subsidiaries, in one or more of the service capacities set forth in the applicable A&B Holdings Award that such Substitute Award or Substitute Director Award replaces, through the date of the A&B Distribution.

 

(v)            Service as an Employee shall not be deemed to cease during a period of military leave, sick leave or other personal leave approved by the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) employing the Legacy Participant; provided, however, that the following special provisions shall be in effect for any such leave:

 

a.              Should the period of such leave (other than a disability leave) exceed six (6) months, then the Legacy Participant shall be deemed to cease Service and to incur a Separation from Service upon the expiration of the initial six (6)-month period of that leave, unless the Legacy Participant retains a right to re-employment under applicable law or by contract with the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) employing the Legacy Participant.

 

b.              Should the period of a disability leave exceed twenty-nine (29) months, then the Legacy Participant shall be deemed to cease Service and to incur a Separation from Service upon the expiration of the initial twenty-nine (29)-month period of that leave, unless the Legacy Participant retains a right to re-employment under applicable law or by contract with the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) employing Participant For such purpose, a disability leave shall be a leave of absence due to any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or to last for a continuous period of not less than six (6) months and causes the Legacy Participant to be unable to perform the duties of his or her position of employment (or any substantially similar position of employment) with the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary).

 

c.              Except to the extent otherwise required by law or expressly authorized by the Plan Administrator or by the written policy on leaves of absence of the Corporation, no Service credit shall be given for vesting purposes for any period the Legacy Participant is on a leave of absence.

 

(vi)           Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing provisions of this Service definition, the Legacy Participant shall in all events be deemed to cease Service for all purposes of this Award immediately upon the Legacy Participant’s incurrence of a Separation from Service.

 

B.             The following provision shall be added to the “ Separation from Service definition in each Substitute Award or Substitute Director Award:

 

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·               Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this definition, a Separation from Service will not be deemed to occur in the event that (i) A&B Holdings effects a distribution of all of the outstanding common stock of the Corporation to the holders of the outstanding common stock of A&B Holdings in a spin-off transaction and (ii) the Legacy Participant, if in the Service of the Corporation (or any Subsidiary of the Corporation) immediately prior to the spin-off distribution, continues to remain in such Service relationship immediately after the spin-off distribution. However, should the Legacy Participant experience a permanent reduction in his or her level of services to the less than fifty percent (50%) level specified in the preceding provisions of this Separation from Service definition, whether that reduction occurs before or after the spin-off distribution, then the Legacy Participant shall immediately upon such permanent reduction in the level of his or her services incur a Separation from Service.

 

VI.                                AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION

 

The Board or the Compensation Committee may amend this Legacy Addendum from time to time or terminate this Legacy Addendum at any time; provided, however , that unless expressly provided otherwise in a Legacy Participant’s Substitute Award or Substitute Director Award, no such action shall adversely affect the terms and provisions of such award without the Legacy Participant’s consent.

 

VII.                           EFFECTIVE DATE OF LEGACY ADDENDUM

 

This Legacy Addendum shall become effective on the Distribution Date, and all Substitute Awards or Substitute Director Awards made hereunder shall become effective immediately upon the close of business on the Distribution Date.

 

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Exhibit 99.2

 

ALEXANDER & BALDWIN, INC.

 

NOTICE OF GRANT OF STOCK OPTION

 

Notice is hereby given of the following option grant (the “Option”) to purchase shares of the Common Stock of Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. (the “Corporation”):

 

Optionee:

 

 

 

 

 

Grant Date:

                                     , 201    

 

 

 

 

Exercise Price:

$             per share

 

 

 

 

Number of Option Shares:

                                     shares

 

 

 

 

Expiration Date:

                                     , 20   

 

 

 

 

Type of Option:

Non-Statutory Stock Option

 

 

 

 

Exercise Schedule:

 

 

 

 

 

Number of Option Shares:

First Date Exercisable:

 

 

 

 

 

                                        , 201   

 

 

 

 

 

                                        , 201   

 

 

 

 

 

                                        , 201   

 

 

The Option shall become exercisable in a series of three (3) successive equal annual installments, as set forth above, upon Optionee’s completion of each successive year of Service over the three (3)-year period measured from the Grant Date. Except as provided in Paragraph 5 of the form Stock Option Agreement, the Option shall not become exercisable for any additional Option Shares after Optionee’s cessation of Service.

 

Optionee understands and agrees that the Option is granted subject to and in accordance with the terms of the Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. 2012 Incentive Compensation Plan (the “Plan”). Optionee further agrees to be bound by the terms of the Plan and the terms of the Option as set forth in the form Stock Option Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit A . A copy of the Plan is available upon request made to the Human Resources Department at the Corporation’s principal offices at 822 Bishop Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813.

 



 

Coverage under Recoupment Policy . By accepting this Option, Optionee hereby agrees that should Optionee at this time be, or at any time hereafter become, either an executive officer of the Corporation subject to Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or a participant in the Corporation’s Performance Improvement Incentive Plan, then:

 

(a)           Optionee shall be subject to the Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. Policy Regarding Recoupment of Certain Compensation, effective as of June 29, 2012, the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and receipt of a copy of which Optionee hereby acknowledges; and

 

(b)           any incentive compensation that is paid or granted to, or received by, Optionee on or after June 29, 2012 (including any incentive compensation that is paid to, or received by, Optionee on or after June 29, 2012 pursuant to an incentive compensation award made to Optionee prior to June 29, 2012, whether made by the Corporation or any predecessor entity) and during the three-year period preceding the date on which the Corporation is required to prepare an accounting restatement due to material non-compliance with any applicable financial reporting requirements under the federal securities laws shall, accordingly, be subject to recovery and recoupment pursuant to the terms of such policy.

 

For purposes of such recoupment policy, “incentive compensation” means any cash or equity-based award (e.g., any stock award, restricted stock unit award or stock option grant or shares of Common Stock issued thereunder) or any profit sharing payment or distribution that is based upon the achievement of financial performance metrics. An additional copy of the recoupment policy is available upon request made to the Corporate Secretary at the Corporation’s principal offices.

 

Continuing Consent . Optionee further acknowledges and agrees that, except to the extent the Plan Administrator notifies Optionee in writing to the contrary, each subsequent option grant made to him or her under the Plan shall be subject to the same terms and conditions set forth in the form Stock Option Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit A, and Optionee hereby accepts those terms and conditions for each such subsequent option grant that may be made to him or her under the Plan and hereby agrees to be bound by those terms and conditions for any such option grants, without any further consent or acceptance required on his or her part at the time or times when those option grants may be made. However, Optionee may, at any time he or she holds an outstanding option under the Plan, request a written copy of the form Stock Option Agreement from the Corporation by contacting the Corporation’s Human Resources Department at the Corporation’s principal offices.

 

Employment at Will .  Nothing in this Notice or in the form Stock Option Agreement or in the Plan shall confer upon Optionee any right to continue in Service for any period of specific duration or interfere with or otherwise restrict in any way the rights of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary employing or retaining Optionee) or of Optionee, which rights are hereby expressly reserved by each, to terminate Optionee’s Service at any time for any reason, with or without cause.

 



 

Definitions . All capitalized terms in this Notice shall have the meaning assigned to them in this Notice or in the form Stock Option Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit A .

 

DATED:

 

, 201  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ALEXANDER & BALDWIN, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OPTIONEE

 

 

 

 

 

 

Address:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Exhibit 99.3

 

Non-Executive Employee

 

EXHIBIT A

 

ALEXANDER & BALDWIN, INC.
STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

 

RECITALS

 

A.                                    The Corporation has implemented the Plan for the purpose of providing eligible persons in the Corporation’s service with the opportunity to participate in one or more cash or equity incentive compensation programs designed to encourage them to continue their service relationship with the Corporation.

 

B.                                      Optionee is to render valuable services to the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary), and this Agreement is executed pursuant to, and is intended to carry out the purposes of, the Plan in connection with the Corporation’s grant of an option to Optionee.

 

C.                                      All capitalized terms in this Agreement shall have the meaning assigned to them in the attached Appendix.

 

NOW, THEREFORE , it is hereby agreed as follows:

 

1.                                        Grant of Option .  The Corporation hereby grants to Optionee, as of the Grant Date, an option to purchase up to the number of Option Shares specified in the Grant Notice.  The Option Shares shall be purchasable from time to time during the option term specified in Paragraph 2 at the Exercise Price.

 

2.                                        Option Term .  The term of this option shall commence on the Grant Date and continue in effect until the close of business on the Expiration Date, unless sooner terminated in accordance with Paragraph 5 or 6.

 

3.                                        Limited Transferability .

 

(a)                                   Except to the limited extent provided in Paragraph 3(b), this option shall be neither transferable nor assignable by Optionee other than by will or the laws of inheritance following Optionee’s death and may be exercised, during Optionee’s lifetime, only by Optionee.  However, Optionee may designate one or more persons as the beneficiary or beneficiaries of this option, and this option shall, in accordance with such designation, automatically be transferred to such beneficiary or beneficiaries upon the Optionee’s death while holding this option.  Such beneficiary or beneficiaries shall take the transferred option subject to all the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including (without limitation) the limited time period during which this option may, pursuant to Paragraph 5, be exercised following Optionee’s death.

 

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(b)                                  This option may be assigned in whole or in part during Optionee’s lifetime to a revocable living trust established for the exclusive benefit of Optionee or Optionee and his or her spouse (the “Trust”).  The assigned portion shall be exercisable only by the Trust, and the terms applicable to that assigned portion shall be the same as those in effect for this option immediately prior to such assignment.

 

4.                                        Dates of Exercise .  This option shall become exercisable for the Option Shares in one or more installments in accordance with the Exercise Schedule set forth in the Grant Notice.  As the option becomes exercisable for such installments, those installments shall accumulate, and the option shall remain exercisable for the accumulated installments until the Expiration Date or sooner termination of the option term under Paragraph 5 or 6.

 

5.                                        Cessation of Service .  The option term specified in Paragraph 2 shall terminate (and this option shall cease to be outstanding) prior to the Expiration Date should any of the following provisions become applicable:

 

(a)                                   Except as otherwise expressly provided in subparagraphs (b) through (e) of this Paragraph 5, should Optionee cease to remain in Service for any reason  while this option is outstanding, then Optionee (or any Trust to which this option is transferred pursuant to a permitted transfer under Paragraph 3) shall have a three (3)-month period measured from the date of such cessation of Service during which to exercise this option for any or all of the Option Shares for which this option is vested and exercisable at the time of Optionee’s cessation of Service, but in no event shall this option be exercisable at any time after the Expiration Date.

 

(b)                                  Should Optionee’s Service terminate by reason of his or her death  while this option is outstanding, then this option, to the extent not otherwise at that time vested and exercisable for all the Option Shares, shall immediately vest and become exercisable for all the Option Shares.  Upon Optionee’s death (whether before or after termination of Service) this option may be exercised, for any or all of the Option Shares for which this option is vested and exercisable at the time of Optionee’s cessation of Service (including any Option Shares which vest on an accelerated basis should such cessation of Service occur by reason of Optionee’s death), by (i) the personal representative of Optionee’s estate or (ii) the person or persons to whom the option is transferred pursuant to Optionee’s will or the laws of inheritance following Optionee’s death or (iii) any Trust to which the option is transferred during Optionee’s lifetime pursuant to a permitted transfer under Paragraph 3, as the case may be. However, if Optionee dies while holding this option and has an effective beneficiary designation in effect for this option at the time of his or her death, then the designated beneficiary or beneficiaries shall have the exclusive right to exercise this option following Optionee’s death.  Any right to exercise this option in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Paragraph 5(b) shall lapse, and this option shall cease to be outstanding, upon the earlier of (i) the expiration of the twelve (12)-month period measured from the date of Optionee’s death or (ii) the Expiration Date.  Upon the expiration of such limited exercise period or (if earlier) upon the Expiration Date, this option shall terminate and cease to be outstanding for any exercisable Option Shares for which the option has not otherwise been exercised.

 

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(c)                                   Should Optionee cease Service by reason of Early Retirement,  Normal Retirement or Permanent Disability while this option is outstanding, then Optionee (or any Trust to which this option is transferred pursuant to a permitted transfer under Paragraph 3) shall have a thirty-six (36)-month period measured from the date of such cessation of Service during which to exercise this option for (i) any or all Option Shares for which this option is vested and exercisable at the time of such cessation of Service and (ii) any additional Option Shares for which this option vests and becomes exercisable during such thirty-six (36)-month period.  In no event, however, shall this option be exercisable at any time after the Expiration Date. To the extent this option is not otherwise vested and exercisable for all of the Option Shares at the time of Optionee’s cessation of Service by reason of Early Retirement, Normal Retirement or Permanent Disability, this option shall, during the limited period of post-Service exercisability following such cessation of Service, continue to vest and become exercisable for one or more additional Option Shares in accordance with the Exercise Schedule specified in the Grant Notice or the special vesting acceleration provisions of Paragraph 6, as if Optionee continued in Service throughout that limited exercise period. Upon the expiration of such limited exercise period or (if earlier) upon the Expiration Date, this option shall terminate and cease to be outstanding for any exercisable Option Shares for which the option has not otherwise been exercised.

 

(d)                                  The applicable period of post-Service exercisability in effect pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Paragraph 5 shall automatically be extended by an additional period of time equal in duration to any interval within such post-Service exercise period during which the exercise of this option or the immediate sale of the Option Shares acquired under this option cannot be effected in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws, but in no event shall such an extension result in the continuation of this option beyond the Expiration Date.

 

(e)                                   Should Optionee’s Service be terminated for Cause, or should Optionee (i) engage in any post-Service activity, whether as an Employee, consultant or advisor or in any other capacity, that is competitive with the business operations of the Corporation (or any Subsidiary or Parent) or (ii) engage in any other conduct, while in Service or following cessation of Service, that is materially detrimental to the business or affairs of the Corporation (or any Subsidiary or Parent), as determined in the sole discretion of the Plan Administrator, then this option, whether or not vested and exercisable, shall terminate immediately and cease to be outstanding.

 

(f)                                     Except as otherwise expressly provided in the preceding subparagraphs of this Paragraph 5, during the limited period of post-Service exercisability, this option may not be exercised in the aggregate for more than the number of Option Shares for which this option is, at the time of Optionee’s cessation of Service, vested and exercisable pursuant to the Exercise Schedule specified in the Grant Notice or the special vesting acceleration provisions of Paragraph 6.  Except as otherwise provided in this Paragraph 5 or except to the extent (if any) specifically authorized by the Plan Administrator pursuant to an express written agreement with the Optionee, this option shall not vest or become exercisable for any additional Option Shares, whether pursuant to the normal Exercise Schedule specified in the Grant Notice or the special vesting acceleration provisions of Paragraph 6, following the

 

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Optionee’s cessation of Service.  Upon the expiration of such limited exercise period or (if earlier) upon the Expiration Date, this option shall terminate and cease to be outstanding for any exercisable Option Shares for which the option has not otherwise been exercised.

 

6.                                        Special Acceleration of Option .

 

(a)                                   This option, to the extent outstanding at the time of an actual Change in Control but not otherwise fully exercisable, shall automatically accelerate so that this option shall, immediately prior to the effective date of such Change in Control, become exercisable for all of the Option Shares at the time subject to this option and may be exercised for any or all of those Option Shares as fully vested shares of Common Stock.  However, this option shall not become exercisable on such an accelerated basis, if and to the extent: (i) this option is to be assumed by the successor corporation (or parent thereof) or is otherwise to be continued in full force and effect pursuant to the terms of the Change in Control transaction or (ii) this option is to be replaced with a cash retention program of the successor corporation which preserves the spread existing at the time of the Change in Control on any Option Shares for which this option is not otherwise at that time vested and exercisable (the excess of the Fair Market Value of those Option Shares over the aggregate Exercise Price payable for such shares) and provides for the subsequent vesting and concurrent payout of that spread, over Optionee’s period of continued Service, at the same time or times as this option would have vested and become exercisable for those Option Shares in accordance with the Exercise Schedule set forth in the Grant Notice. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such cash retention program shall be established for this option (or any other option granted to Optionee under the Plan) to the extent such program would otherwise be deemed to constitute a deferred compensation arrangement subject to the requirements of Code Section 409A and the Treasury Regulations thereunder.

 

(b)                                  Immediately following the Change in Control, this option shall terminate and cease to be outstanding, except to the extent assumed by the successor corporation (or parent thereof) or otherwise continued in effect pursuant to the terms of the Change in Control transaction.

 

(c)                                   If this option is assumed in connection with a Change in Control or otherwise continued in effect, then this option shall be appropriately adjusted, immediately after such Change in Control, to apply to the number and class of securities into which the shares of Common Stock subject to this option would have been converted in consummation of such Change in Control had those shares actually been outstanding at the time. Appropriate adjustments shall also be made to the Exercise Price, provided the aggregate Exercise Price shall remain the same.  To the extent the actual holders of the Corporation’s outstanding Common Stock receive cash consideration for their Common Stock in consummation of the Change in Control, the successor corporation may, in connection with the assumption or continuation of this option but subject to the Plan Administrator’s approval prior to the Change in Control, substitute one or more shares of its own common stock with a fair market value equivalent to the cash consideration paid per share of Common Stock in such Change in Control, provided such common stock is readily tradable on an established U.S. securities exchange or market.

 

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(d)                                  Immediately upon an Involuntary Termination of Optionee’s Service as an Employee within twelve (12) months following a Change in Control in which this option is assumed or otherwise continued in effect, this option, to the extent outstanding at the time but not otherwise fully exercisable, shall automatically accelerate so that this option shall become immediately exercisable for all the Option Shares at the time subject to the option and may be exercised for any or all of those Option Shares as fully vested shares. Should this option be replaced with a cash retention program in accordance with Paragraph 6(a), then the balance credited to Optionee under that program at the time of such Involuntary Termination shall vest and be immediately paid to Optionee in a lump sum, subject to the Corporation’s collection of all applicable withholding taxes; provided, however, that Optionee shall be entitled to such payment only if the Optionee’s Involuntary Termination occurs within twelve (12) months following the Change in Control.

 

(e)                                   This Agreement shall not in any way affect the right of the Corporation to adjust, reclassify, reorganize or otherwise change its capital or business structure or to merge, consolidate, dissolve, liquidate or sell or transfer all or any part of its business or assets.

 

7.                                        Adjustment in Option Shares .  Should any change be made to the Common Stock by reason of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, combination of shares, exchange of shares, spin-off transaction, extraordinary dividend or distribution or other change affecting the outstanding Common Stock as a class without the Corporation’s receipt of consideration, or should the value of the outstanding shares of Common Stock be substantially reduced as a result of a spin-off transaction or an extraordinary dividend or distribution, or should there occur any merger, consolidation or other reorganization, then equitable adjustments shall be made by the Plan Administrator to (i) the total number and/or class of securities subject to this option and (ii) the Exercise Price. The adjustments shall be made in such manner as the Plan Administrator deems appropriate in order to reflect such change and thereby prevent the dilution or enlargement of benefits hereunder, and those adjustments shall be final, binding and conclusive upon Optionee and any other person or persons having an interest in the option. In the event of any Change in Control transaction, the adjustment provisions of Paragraph 6(c) shall be controlling.

 

8.                                        Stockholder Rights .  The holder of this option shall not have any stockholder rights with respect to the Option Shares until such person shall have exercised the option, paid the Exercise Price and become a holder of record of the purchased shares.

 

9.                                        Manner of Exercising Option .

 

(a)                                   In order to exercise this option with respect to all or any part of the Option Shares for which this option is at the time exercisable, Optionee (or any other person or persons exercising the option) must take the following actions:

 

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(i)                                      Execute and deliver to the Corporation a Notice of Exercise as to the Option Shares for which the option is exercised or comply with such other procedures as the Corporation may establish for notifying the Corporation of the exercise of this option for one or more Option Shares.

 

(ii)                                   Pay the aggregate Exercise Price for the purchased shares in one or more of the following forms:

 

(A)                               cash or check made payable to the Corporation;

 

(B)                                 shares of Common Stock (whether delivered in the form of actual stock certificates or through attestation of ownership in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation) held for the requisite period (if any) necessary to avoid any resulting charge to the Corporation’s earnings for financial reporting purposes and valued at Fair Market Value on the Exercise Date; or

 

(C)                                 through a special sale and remittance procedure pursuant to which Optionee (or any other person or persons exercising the option) shall concurrently provide irrevocable instructions (i) to a brokerage firm (reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation for purposes of administering such procedure in accordance with the Corporation’s pre-clearance/pre-notification policies) to effect the immediate sale of the purchased shares and remit to the Corporation, out of the sale proceeds available on the settlement date, sufficient funds to cover the aggregate Exercise Price payable for the purchased shares plus all applicable Withholding Taxes required to be withheld by the Corporation by reason of such exercise and (ii) to the Corporation to deliver the certificates for the purchased shares directly to such brokerage firm on such settlement date in order to complete the sale.

 

Except to the extent the sale and remittance procedure is utilized in connection with the option exercise, payment of the Exercise Price must accompany the Notice of Exercise (or other notification procedure) delivered to the Corporation in connection with the option exercise.

 

(iii)                                Furnish to the Corporation appropriate documentation that the person or persons exercising the option (if other than Optionee) have the right to exercise this option.

 

(b)                                  As soon as practical after the Exercise Date, the Corporation shall issue to or on behalf of Optionee (or any other person or persons exercising this option) a certificate for the purchased Option Shares (either in paper or electronic form), with the appropriate legends affixed thereto: provided, however, that in the event this option is exercised

 

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other than pursuant to the sale and remittance procedure described in Paragraph 9(a)(ii)(C), ownership of the purchased Option Shares shall only be noted as a book entry, and no certificates for the purchased shares shall actually be issued unless and until expressly requested by Optionee or any other person having an interest at the time in those shares.

 

(c)                                   In no event may this option be exercised for any fractional shares.

 

10.                                  Compliance with Laws and Regulations .

 

(a)                                   The exercise of this option and the issuance of the Option Shares upon such exercise shall be subject to compliance by the Corporation and Optionee with all applicable requirements of law relating thereto and with all applicable regulations of any Stock Exchange on which the Common Stock may be listed for trading at the time of such exercise and issuance.

 

(b)                                  The inability of the Corporation to obtain approval from any regulatory body having authority deemed by the Corporation to be necessary to the lawful issuance and sale of any Common Stock pursuant to this option shall relieve the Corporation of any liability with respect to the non-issuance or sale of the Common Stock as to which such approval shall not have been obtained.  The Corporation, however, shall use its best efforts to obtain all such approvals.

 

11.                                  Successors and Assigns .  Except to the extent otherwise provided in Paragraphs 3 and 6, the provisions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the Corporation and its successors and assigns and Optionee, Optionee’s assigns, the legal representatives, heirs and legatees of Optionee’s estate and any beneficiaries of this option designated by Optionee.

 

12.                                  Change in Control Benefits Agreement .  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, if Optionee is, at the time of a change in control or ownership of the Corporation (whether or not that transaction constitutes a Change in Control hereunder), a party to a Change in Control Benefits Agreement with the Corporation, then the provisions of that agreement shall (to the extent applicable to this option) govern Optionee’s rights and benefits with respect to the option evidenced by this Agreement, and in the event of any conflict between the provisions of that Change in Control Benefits Agreement and this Agreement, the provisions of the Change in Control Benefits Agreement shall be controlling.

 

13.                                  Notices .  Any notice required to be given or delivered to the Corporation under the terms of this Agreement shall be in writing and addressed to the Corporation at its principal corporate offices.  Any notice required to be given or delivered to Optionee shall be in writing and addressed to Optionee at the address indicated below Optionee’s signature line on the Grant Notice.  All notices shall be deemed effective upon personal delivery or upon deposit in the U.S. mail, postage prepaid and properly addressed to the party to be notified.

 

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Plan and any applicable Change in Control Benefits Agreement.  All decisions of the Plan Administrator with respect to any question or issue arising under the Plan or this Agreement shall be conclusive and binding on all persons having an interest in this option.

 

15.                                  Governing Law .  The interpretation, performance and enforcement of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Hawaii without resort to that State’s conflict-of-laws rules.

 

16.                                  Excess Shares .  If the Option Shares covered by this Agreement exceed, as of the Grant Date, the number of shares of Common Stock which may without stockholder approval be issued under the Plan, then this option shall be void with respect to those excess shares, unless stockholder approval of an amendment sufficiently increasing the number of shares of Common Stock issuable under the Plan is obtained in accordance with the provisions of the Plan.  In no event shall the Option be exercisable with respect to any of the excess Option Shares unless and until such stockholder approval is obtained.

 

17.                                  Withholding Taxes .

 

(a)                                   The Corporation’s obligation to deliver shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of this option shall be subject to the Corporation’s collection of all applicable Withholding Taxes.

 

(b)                                  Unless Optionee (i) otherwise makes satisfactory arrangements with the Corporation’s Human Resources Department, on or before the expiration of the designated notification period preceding the exercise of this option, to pay the applicable Withholding Taxes through the delivery of a check or wire transfer payable to the Corporation in the amount of such Withholding Taxes and (ii) in fact delivers such check or wire transfer to the Corporation not later than the exercise date of the option, the Corporation shall collect the applicable Withholding Taxes through the following automatic share withholding method:

 

·                                           The Corporation shall withhold, at the time of the option exercise, a portion of the purchased Option Shares with an aggregate Fair Market Value (measured on the exercise date) equal to the applicable Withholding Taxes; provided, however , that the number of the Option Shares so withheld shall not exceed in Fair Market Value the amount necessary to satisfy the Corporation’s required tax withholding obligations using the minimum statutory withholding rates for federal and state tax purposes, including payroll taxes, that are applicable to supplemental taxable income.

 

18.                                  Coverage under Recoupment Policy . If Optionee is on the Grant Date, or at any time thereafter becomes, either an executive officer of the Corporation subject to Section 16 of the 1934 Act, or a participant in the Corporation’s Performance Improvement Incentive Plan, then Optionee shall be subject to the Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. Policy Regarding Recoupment of Certain Compensation, effective as of June 29, 2012 (the “Recoupment Policy”), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and receipt of a copy of which Optionee hereby acknowledges. If Optionee is subject to the Recoupment Policy, then any incentive compensation that is paid or granted to, or received by,

 

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Optionee on or after June 29, 2012 (including, without limitation, any incentive compensation that the Corporation pays to Optionee on or after June 29, 2012 pursuant to an incentive compensation award made to Optionee prior to June 29, 2012, whether that award was made by the Corporation or any predecessor entity) and during the three-year period preceding the date on which the Corporation is required to prepare an accounting restatement due to material non-compliance with any applicable financial reporting requirements under the federal securities laws shall be subject to recovery and recoupment pursuant to the terms of such policy.  For purposes of such Recoupment Policy, “incentive compensation” means any cash or equity-based awards (e.g., stock award, restricted stock unit award or stock option grant or shares of Common Stock issued thereunder) or any profit sharing payment or distribution that is based upon the achievement of financial performance metrics.  An additional copy of the Recoupment Policy is available upon request made to the Corporate Secretary at the Corporation’s principal offices.

 

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APPENDIX

 

The following definitions shall be in effect under the Agreement:

 

A.             Agreement shall mean this Stock Option Agreement.

 

B.             Board shall mean the Corporation’s Board of Directors.

 

C.             Cause shall mean the commission of any act of fraud, embezzlement or dishonesty by Optionee, any unauthorized use or disclosure by Optionee of confidential information or trade secrets of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary), or any other intentional misconduct by Optionee adversely affecting the business or affairs of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) in a material manner; provided, however , that in the event Optionee is, at the time the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) purports to terminate Optionee’s Employee status for Cause, a party to a Change in Control Benefits Agreement applicable to the option evidenced by this Agreement, the term Cause shall have the meaning ascribed to that term in such Change in Control Benefits Agreement. The foregoing definition shall not in any way preclude or restrict the right of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) to discharge or dismiss Optionee or any other person in the Service of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) for any other acts or omissions, but such other acts or omissions shall not be deemed, for purposes of the Plan or this Agreement, to constitute grounds for termination for Cause.

 

D.             Change in Control shall mean a change in ownership or control of the Corporation effected through any of the following transactions:

 

(i)             a merger, consolidation or other reorganization approved by the Corporation’s stockholders, unless securities representing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power of the voting securities of the successor corporation are immediately thereafter beneficially owned, directly or indirectly and in substantially the same proportion, by the persons who beneficially owned the Corporation’s outstanding voting securities immediately prior to such transaction,

 

(ii)            a sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s assets,

 

(iii)           the closing of any transaction or series of related transactions pursuant to which any person or any group of persons comprising a “group” within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) of the 1934 Act (other than the Corporation or a person that, prior to such transaction or series of related transactions, directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by or is under common control with, the Corporation) acquires directly or indirectly (whether as a result of a single acquisition or by reason of one or more acquisitions within the twelve (12)-month period ending with the most recent acquisition) beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the 1934 Act) of securities possessing (or

 

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convertible into or exercisable for securities possessing) thirty-five percent (35%) or more of the total combined voting power of the Corporation’s securities (as measured in terms of the power to vote with respect to the election of Board members) outstanding immediately after the consummation of such transaction or series of related transactions, whether such transaction involves a direct issuance from the Corporation or the acquisition of outstanding securities held by one or more of the Corporation’s existing stockholders, or

 

(iv)           a change in the composition of the Board over a period of twelve (12) consecutive months or less such that a majority of the Board members ceases, by reason of one or more contested elections for Board membership, to be comprised of individuals who either (A) have been Board members continuously since the beginning of such period or (B) have been elected or nominated for election as Board members during such period by at least a majority of the Board members described in clause (A) who were still in office at the time the Board approved such election or nomination;

 

provided, however , that in the event Optionee is a party to a Change in Control Benefits Agreement applicable to the  option evidenced by this Agreement, the term Change in Control shall have the meaning ascribed to that term in such Change in Control Benefits Agreement.

 

E.              Change in Control Benefits Agreement shall mean any separate agreement between Optionee and the Corporation which provides Optionee with special vesting acceleration and/or other special benefits with respect to one or more option grants made to Optionee to purchase shares of Common Stock, including (to the extent applicable) the option evidenced by this Agreement, in the event of a change in control or ownership of the Corporation (whether or not constituting a Change in Control hereunder).

 

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

 

G.             Common Stock shall mean shares of the Corporation’s common stock.

 

H.             Corporation shall mean Alexander & Baldwin, Inc., a Hawaii corporation (formerly known as A & B II, Inc.), and any successor corporation to all or substantially all of the assets or voting stock of Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. which shall by appropriate action adopt the Plan.

 

I.               Early Retirement shall mean Optionee’s retirement from Service, with the prior approval of the Corporation (or the Parent or Subsidiary employing Participant), on or after the attainment of age fifty-five (55) and the completion of at least five (5) years of Service.

 

J.              Employee shall mean an individual who is in the employ of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary), subject to the control and direction of the employer entity as to both the work to be performed and the manner and method of performance.

 

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K.             Exercise Date shall mean the date on which the option shall have been exercised in accordance with Paragraph 9 of the Agreement.

 

L.              Exercise Price shall mean the exercise price per Option Share as specified in the Grant Notice.

 

M.            Exercise Schedule shall mean the schedule set forth in the Grant Notice pursuant to which the option is to vest and become exercisable for the Option Shares in one or more installments over the Optionee’s period of Service.

 

N.             Expiration Date shall mean the date on which the option expires as specified in the Grant Notice.

 

O.             Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on any relevant date shall be the closing selling price per share of Common Stock at the close of regular hours trading (i.e., before after-hours trading beings) on date in question on the Stock Exchange serving as the primary market for the Common Stock, as such price is reported by the National Association of Securities Dealers (if primarily traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market) or as officially quoted in the composite tape of transactions on any other Stock Exchange on which the Common Stock is then primarily traded.  If there is no closing selling price for the Common Stock on the date in question, then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing selling price on the last preceding date for which such quotation exists.

 

P.              Good Reason shall mean the occurrence of any of the following events effected without Optionee’s consent: (A) a change in Optionee’s position with the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary employing Optionee) which materially reduces Optionee’s duties and responsibilities or the level of management to which Optionee reports, (B) a relocation of Optionee’s principal place of employment by more than fifty (50) miles, (C) a reduction in Optionee’s level of compensation, as measured in terms of base salary, fringe benefits, target annual incentive payment, by more than ten percent (10%) or (D) the failure by the Corporation to continue in effect any stock option or other equity-based plan in which Optionee is participating, or in which Optionee is entitled to participate, immediately prior to a change in control of the Corporation, unless an equitable arrangement (embodied in an ongoing substitute or alternative plan) has been made with respect to such plan; or the failure by the Corporation to continue Optionee’s participation therein (or in such substitute or alternative plan) on a substantially equivalent basis, both in terms of the amount or timing of payment of benefits provided and the level of Optionee’s participation relative to other participants, as existed immediately prior to the change in control of the Corporation.

 

However, in the event Optionee is at the time of his or her cessation of Employee status a party to a Change in Control Benefits Agreement applicable to the Award evidenced by this Agreement, the term Good Reason shall have the meaning ascribed to that term in such Change in Control Benefits Agreement.

 

Q.             Grant Date shall mean the date of grant of the option as specified in the Grant Notice.

 

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R.             Grant Notice shall mean the Notice of Grant of Stock Option informing Optionee of the basic terms of the option subject to this Agreement.

 

S.              Involuntary Termination shall mean the termination of Optionee’s  Service as an Employee by reason of:

 

(i)             Optionee’s involuntary dismissal or discharge by the Corporation for reasons other than for Cause, or

 

(ii)            Optionee’s voluntary resignation for Good Reason.

 

T.             1934 Act shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.

 

U.             Non-Statutory Option shall mean an option not intended to satisfy the requirements of Code Section 422.

 

V.             Normal Retirement shall mean the cessation of Service by reason of retirement at or after the attainment of age sixty-five (65).

 

W.            Notice of Exercise shall mean the notice of option exercise in the form prescribed by the Corporation.

 

X.             Option Shares shall mean the number of shares of Common Stock subject to the option as specified in the Grant Notice.

 

Y.             Optionee shall mean the person to whom the option is granted as specified in the Grant Notice.

 

Z.             Parent shall mean any corporation (other than the Corporation) in an unbroken chain of corporations ending with the Corporation, provided each corporation in the unbroken chain (other than the Corporation) owns, at the time of the determination, stock possessing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in such chain.

 

AA.         Permanent Disability shall mean the inability of Optionee to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which is expected to result in death or to be of continuous duration of twelve (12) months or more.

 

BB.           Plan shall mean the Corporation’s 2012 Incentive Compensation Plan.

 

CC.           Plan Administrator shall mean either the Board or a committee of the Board acting in its capacity as administrator of the Plan.

 

 

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DD.          Service shall mean Optionee’s performance of services for the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary, whether now existing or subsequently established) in the capacity of an Employee, a non-employee member of the board of directors or a consultant or independent advisor.  However, Optionee shall be deemed to cease Service immediately upon the occurrence of either of the following events:  (i) Optionee no longer performs services in any of the foregoing capacities for the Corporation or any Parent or Subsidiary or (ii) the entity for which Optionee is performing such services ceases to remain a Parent or Subsidiary of the Corporation, even though the Optionee may subsequently continue to perform services for that entity.  Service shall not be deemed to cease during a period of military leave, sick leave or other personal leave approved by the Corporation.  However, except to the extent otherwise required by law or expressly authorized by the Plan Administrator or by the Corporation’s written policy on leaves of absence, no Service credit shall be given for vesting purposes for any period the Optionee is on a leave of absence.

 

EE.           Stock Exchange shall mean the American Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq Global or Global Select Market or the New York Stock Exchange.

 

FF.           Subsidiary shall mean any corporation (other than the Corporation) in an unbroken chain of corporations beginning with the Corporation, provided each corporation (other than the last corporation) in the unbroken chain owns, at the time of the determination, stock possessing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in such chain.  The term Subsidiary shall also include any wholly-owned limited liability company in such chain of subsidiaries that is disregarded for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

 

GG.           Withholding Taxes shall mean the federal, state and local income taxes and the employee portion of the federal, state and local employment taxes required to be withheld by the Corporation in connection with the exercise of the option.

 

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Exhibit 99.4

 

Executive Officer

 

EXHIBIT A

 

ALEXANDER & BALDWIN, INC.
STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

 

RECITALS

 

A.             The Corporation has implemented the Plan for the purpose of providing eligible persons in the Corporation’s service with the opportunity to participate in one or more cash or equity incentive compensation programs designed to encourage them to continue their service relationship with the Corporation.

 

B.             Optionee is to render valuable services to the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary), and this Agreement is executed pursuant to, and is intended to carry out the purposes of, the Plan in connection with the Corporation’s grant of an option to Optionee.

 

C.             All capitalized terms in this Agreement, to the extent not otherwise defined in one or more provisions of this Agreement, shall have the meaning assigned to them in the attached Appendix A.

 

NOW, THEREFORE , it is hereby agreed as follows:

 

1.              Grant of Option .  The Corporation hereby grants to Optionee, as of the Grant Date, an option to purchase up to the number of Option Shares specified in the Grant Notice.  The Option Shares shall be purchasable from time to time during the option term specified in Paragraph 2 at the Exercise Price.

 

2.              Option Term .  The term of this option shall commence on the Grant Date and continue in effect until the close of business on the Expiration Date, unless sooner terminated in accordance with Paragraph 5 or 6.

 

3.              Limited Transferability .

 

(a)            Except to the limited extent provided in Paragraph 3(b), this option shall be neither transferable nor assignable by Optionee other than by will or the laws of inheritance following Optionee’s death and may be exercised, during Optionee’s lifetime, only by Optionee.  However, Optionee may designate one or more persons as the beneficiary or beneficiaries of this option, and this option shall, in accordance with such designation, automatically be transferred to such beneficiary or beneficiaries upon the Optionee’s death while holding this option.  Such beneficiary or beneficiaries shall take the transferred option subject to all the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including (without limitation) the limited time period during which this option may, pursuant to Paragraph 5, be exercised following Optionee’s death.

 



 

(b)            This option may be assigned in whole or in part during Optionee’s lifetime to a revocable living trust established for the exclusive benefit of Optionee or Optionee and his or her spouse (the “Trust”).  The assigned portion shall be exercisable only by the Trust, and the terms applicable to that assigned portion shall be the same as those in effect for this option immediately prior to such assignment.

 

4.              Dates of Exercise .  This option shall become exercisable for the Option Shares in one or more installments in accordance with the Exercise Schedule set forth in the Grant Notice.  As the option becomes exercisable for such installments, those installments shall accumulate, and the option shall remain exercisable for the accumulated installments until the Expiration Date or sooner termination of the option term under Paragraph 5 or 6.

 

5.              Cessation of Service .  The option term specified in Paragraph 2 shall terminate (and this option shall cease to be outstanding) prior to the Expiration Date should any of the following provisions become applicable:

 

(a)            Except as otherwise expressly provided in subparagraphs (b) through (e) of this Paragraph 5, should Optionee cease to remain in Service for any reason  while this option is outstanding, then Optionee (or any Trust to which this option is transferred pursuant to a permitted transfer under Paragraph 3) shall have a three (3)-month period measured from the date of such cessation of Service during which to exercise this option for any or all of the Option Shares for which this option is vested and exercisable at the time of Optionee’s cessation of Service, but in no event shall this option be exercisable at any time after the Expiration Date.

 

(b)            Should Optionee’s Service terminate by reason of his or her death  while this option is outstanding, then this option, to the extent not otherwise at that time vested and exercisable for all the Option Shares, shall immediately vest and become exercisable for all the Option Shares.  Upon Optionee’s death (whether before or after termination of Service) this option may be exercised, for any or all of the Option Shares for which this option is vested and exercisable at the time of Optionee’s cessation of Service (including any Option Shares which vest on an accelerated basis should such cessation of Service occur by reason of Optionee’s death), by (i) the personal representative of Optionee’s estate or (ii) the person or persons to whom the option is transferred pursuant to Optionee’s will or the laws of inheritance following Optionee’s death or (iii) any Trust to which the option is transferred during Optionee’s lifetime pursuant to a permitted transfer under Paragraph 3, as the case may be. However, if Optionee dies while holding this option and has an effective beneficiary designation in effect for this option at the time of his or her death, then the designated beneficiary or beneficiaries shall have the exclusive right to exercise this option following Optionee’s death.  Any right to exercise this option in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Paragraph 5(b) shall lapse, and this option shall cease to be outstanding, upon the earlier of (i) the expiration of the twelve (12)-month period measured from the date of Optionee’s death or (ii) the Expiration Date.  Upon the expiration of such limited exercise period or (if earlier) upon the Expiration Date, this option shall terminate and cease to be outstanding for any exercisable Option Shares for which the option has not otherwise been exercised.

 

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(c)            Should Optionee cease Service by reason of Early Retirement,  Normal Retirement or Permanent Disability while this option is outstanding, then Optionee (or any Trust to which this option is transferred pursuant to a permitted transfer under Paragraph 3) shall have a thirty-six (36)-month period measured from the date of such cessation of Service during which to exercise this option for (i) any or all Option Shares for which this option is vested and exercisable at the time of such cessation of Service and (ii) any additional Option Shares for which this option vests and becomes exercisable during such thirty-six (36)-month period.  In no event, however, shall this option be exercisable at any time after the Expiration Date. To the extent this option is not otherwise vested and exercisable for all of the Option Shares at the time of Optionee’s cessation of Service by reason of Early Retirement, Normal Retirement or Permanent Disability, this option shall, during the limited period of post-Service exercisability following such cessation of Service, continue to vest and become exercisable for one or more additional Option Shares in accordance with the Exercise Schedule specified in the Grant Notice or the special vesting acceleration provisions of Paragraph 6, as if Optionee continued in Service throughout that limited exercise period. Upon the expiration of such limited exercise period or (if earlier) upon the Expiration Date, this option shall terminate and cease to be outstanding for any exercisable Option Shares for which the option has not otherwise been exercised.

 

(d)            The applicable period of post-Service exercisability in effect pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Paragraph 5 shall automatically be extended by an additional period of time equal in duration to any interval within such post-Service exercise period during which the exercise of this option or the immediate sale of the Option Shares acquired under this option cannot be effected in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws, but in no event shall such an extension result in the continuation of this option beyond the Expiration Date.

 

(e)            Should Optionee’s Service be terminated for Cause, or should Optionee (i) engage in any post-Service activity, whether as an Employee, consultant or advisor or in any other capacity, that is competitive with the business operations of the Corporation (or any Subsidiary or Parent) or (ii) engage in any other conduct, while in Service or following cessation of Service, that is materially detrimental to the business or affairs of the Corporation (or any Subsidiary or Parent), as determined in the sole discretion of the Plan Administrator, then this option, whether or not vested and exercisable, shall terminate immediately and cease to be outstanding.

 

(f)             Except as otherwise expressly provided in the preceding subparagraphs of this Paragraph 5, during the limited period of post-Service exercisability, this option may not be exercised in the aggregate for more than the number of Option Shares for which this option is, at the time of Optionee’s cessation of Service, vested and exercisable pursuant to the Exercise Schedule specified in the Grant Notice or the special vesting acceleration provisions of Paragraph 6.  Except as otherwise provided in this Paragraph 5 or except to the extent (if any) specifically authorized by the Plan Administrator pursuant to an express written agreement with the Optionee, this option shall not vest or become exercisable for any additional Option Shares, whether pursuant to the normal Exercise Schedule specified in the Grant Notice or the special vesting acceleration provisions of Paragraph 6, following the

 

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Optionee’s cessation of Service.  Upon the expiration of such limited exercise period or (if earlier) upon the Expiration Date, this option shall terminate and cease to be outstanding for any exercisable Option Shares for which the option has not otherwise been exercised.

 

6.              Special Acceleration of Option .

 

(a)            This option, to the extent outstanding at the time of an actual Change in Control but not otherwise fully exercisable, shall automatically accelerate so that this option shall, immediately prior to the effective date of such Change in Control, become exercisable for all of the Option Shares at the time subject to this option and may be exercised for any or all of those Option Shares as fully vested shares of Common Stock.  However, this option shall not become exercisable on such an accelerated basis, if and to the extent: (i) this option is to be assumed by the successor corporation (or parent thereof) or is otherwise to be continued in full force and effect pursuant to the terms of the Change in Control transaction or (ii) this option is to be replaced with a cash retention program of the successor corporation which preserves the spread existing at the time of the Change in Control on any Option Shares for which this option is not otherwise at that time vested and exercisable (the excess of the Fair Market Value of those Option Shares over the aggregate Exercise Price payable for such shares) and provides for the subsequent vesting and concurrent payout of that spread, over Optionee’s period of continued Service, at the same time or times as this option would have vested and become exercisable for those Option Shares in accordance with the Exercise Schedule set forth in the Grant Notice. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such cash retention program shall be established for this option (or any other option granted to Optionee under the Plan) to the extent such program would otherwise be deemed to constitute a deferred compensation arrangement subject to the requirements of Code Section 409A and the Treasury Regulations thereunder.

 

(b)            Immediately following the Change in Control, this option shall terminate and cease to be outstanding, except to the extent assumed by the successor corporation (or parent thereof) or otherwise continued in effect pursuant to the terms of the Change in Control transaction.

 

(c)            If this option is assumed in connection with a Change in Control or otherwise continued in effect, then this option shall be appropriately adjusted, immediately after such Change in Control, to apply to the number and class of securities into which the shares of Common Stock subject to this option would have been converted in consummation of such Change in Control had those shares actually been outstanding at the time. Appropriate adjustments shall also be made to the Exercise Price, provided the aggregate Exercise Price shall remain the same. To the extent the actual holders of the Corporation’s outstanding Common Stock receive cash consideration for their Common Stock in consummation of the Change in Control, the successor corporation may, in connection with the assumption or continuation of this option but subject to the Plan Administrator’s approval prior to the Change in Control, substitute one or more shares of its own common stock with a fair market value equivalent to the cash consideration paid per share of Common Stock in such Change in Control, provided such common stock is readily tradable on an established U.S. securities exchange or market.

 

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(d)            Immediately upon an Involuntary Termination of Optionee’s Service as an Employee within twenty-four (24) months following a Change in Control in which this option is assumed or otherwise continued in effect, this option, to the extent outstanding at the time but not otherwise fully exercisable, shall automatically accelerate so that this option shall become immediately exercisable for all the Option Shares at the time subject to the option and may be exercised for any or all of those Option Shares as fully vested shares. Should this option be replaced with a cash retention program in accordance with Paragraph 6(a), then the balance credited to Optionee under that program at the time of such Involuntary Termination shall vest and be immediately paid to Optionee in a lump sum, subject to the Corporation’s collection of all applicable withholding taxes; provided, however, that Optionee shall be entitled to such payment only if the Optionee’s Involuntary Termination occurs within twenty-four (24) months following the Change in Control.

 

(e)            This Agreement shall not in any way affect the right of the Corporation to adjust, reclassify, reorganize or otherwise change its capital or business structure or to merge, consolidate, dissolve, liquidate or sell or transfer all or any part of its business or assets.

 

7.              Adjustment in Option Shares .  Should any change be made to the Common Stock by reason of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, combination of shares, exchange of shares, spin-off transaction, extraordinary dividend or distribution or other change affecting the outstanding Common Stock as a class without the Corporation’s receipt of consideration, or should the value of the outstanding shares of Common Stock be substantially reduced as a result of a spin-off transaction or an extraordinary dividend or distribution, or should there occur any merger, consolidation or other reorganization, then equitable adjustments shall be made by the Plan Administrator to (i) the total number and/or class of securities subject to this option and (ii) the Exercise Price. The adjustments shall be made in such manner as the Plan Administrator deems appropriate in order to reflect such change and thereby prevent the dilution or enlargement of benefits hereunder, and those adjustments shall be final, binding and conclusive upon Optionee and any other person or persons having an interest in the option. In the event of any Change in Control transaction, the adjustment provisions of Paragraph 6(c) shall be controlling.

 

8.              Stockholder Rights .  The holder of this option shall not have any stockholder rights with respect to the Option Shares until such person shall have exercised the option, paid the Exercise Price and become a holder of record of the purchased shares.

 

9.              Manner of Exercising Option .

 

(a)            In order to exercise this option with respect to all or any part of the Option Shares for which this option is at the time exercisable, Optionee (or any other person or persons exercising the option) must take the following actions:

 

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(i)             Execute and deliver to the Corporation a Notice of Exercise as to the Option Shares for which the option is exercised or comply with such other procedures as the Corporation may establish for notifying the Corporation of the exercise of this option for one or more Option Shares.

 

(ii)            Pay the aggregate Exercise Price for the purchased shares in one or more of the following forms:

 

(A)           cash or check made payable to the Corporation;

 

(B)            shares of Common Stock (whether delivered in the form of actual stock certificates or through attestation of ownership in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation) held for the requisite period (if any) necessary to avoid any resulting charge to the Corporation’s earnings for financial reporting purposes and valued at Fair Market Value on the Exercise Date; or

 

(C)            through a special sale and remittance procedure pursuant to which Optionee (or any other person or persons exercising the option) shall concurrently provide irrevocable instructions (i) to a brokerage firm (reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation for purposes of administering such procedure in accordance with the Corporation’s pre-clearance/pre-notification policies) to effect the immediate sale of the purchased shares and remit to the Corporation, out of the sale proceeds available on the settlement date, sufficient funds to cover the aggregate Exercise Price payable for the purchased shares plus all applicable Withholding Taxes required to be withheld by the Corporation by reason of such exercise and (ii) to the Corporation to deliver the certificates for the purchased shares directly to such brokerage firm on such settlement date in order to complete the sale.

 

Except to the extent the sale and remittance procedure is utilized in connection with the option exercise, payment of the Exercise Price must accompany the Notice of Exercise (or other notification procedure) delivered to the Corporation in connection with the option exercise.

 

(iii)           Furnish to the Corporation appropriate documentation that the person or persons exercising the option (if other than Optionee) have the right to exercise this option.

 

(b)            As soon as practical after the Exercise Date, the Corporation shall issue to or on behalf of Optionee (or any other person or persons exercising this option) a certificate for the purchased Option Shares (either in paper or electronic form), with the appropriate legends affixed thereto: provided, however, that in the event this option is exercised other than pursuant to the sale and remittance procedure described in Paragraph 9(a)(ii)(C),

 

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ownership of the purchased Option Shares shall only be noted as a book entry, and no certificates for the purchased shares shall actually be issued unless and until expressly requested by Optionee or any other person having an interest at the time in those shares.

 

(c)            In no event may this option be exercised for any fractional shares.

 

10.            Compliance with Laws and Regulations .

 

(a)            The exercise of this option and the issuance of the Option Shares upon such exercise shall be subject to compliance by the Corporation and Optionee with all applicable requirements of law relating thereto and with all applicable regulations of any Stock Exchange on which the Common Stock may be listed for trading at the time of such exercise and issuance.

 

(b)            The inability of the Corporation to obtain approval from any regulatory body having authority deemed by the Corporation to be necessary to the lawful issuance and sale of any Common Stock pursuant to this option shall relieve the Corporation of any liability with respect to the non-issuance or sale of the Common Stock as to which such approval shall not have been obtained.  The Corporation, however, shall use its best efforts to obtain all such approvals.

 

11.            Successors and Assigns .  Except to the extent otherwise provided in Paragraphs 3 and 6, the provisions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the Corporation and its successors and assigns and Optionee, Optionee’s assigns, the legal representatives, heirs and legatees of Optionee’s estate and any beneficiaries of this option designated by Optionee.

 

12.            Change in Control Benefits Agreement .  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, if Optionee is, at the time of a change in control or ownership of the Corporation (whether or not that transaction constitutes a Change in Control hereunder), a party to a Change in Control Benefits Agreement with the Corporation, then the provisions of that agreement shall (to the extent applicable to this option) govern Optionee’s rights and benefits with respect to the option evidenced by this Agreement, and in the event of any conflict between the provisions of that Change in Control Benefits Agreement and this Agreement, the provisions of the Change in Control Benefits Agreement shall be controlling.

 

13.            Notices .  Any notice required to be given or delivered to the Corporation under the terms of this Agreement shall be in writing and addressed to the Corporation at its principal corporate offices.  Any notice required to be given or delivered to Optionee shall be in writing and addressed to Optionee at the address indicated below Optionee’s signature line on the Grant Notice.  All notices shall be deemed effective upon personal delivery or upon deposit in the U.S. mail, postage prepaid and properly addressed to the party to be notified.

 

14.            Construction .  This Agreement and the option evidenced hereby are made and granted pursuant to the Plan and are in all respects limited by and subject to the terms of the Plan and any applicable Change in Control Benefits Agreement.  All decisions of the Plan

 

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Administrator with respect to any question or issue arising under the Plan or this Agreement shall be conclusive and binding on all persons having an interest in this option.

 

15.            Governing Law .  The interpretation, performance and enforcement of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Hawaii without resort to that State’s conflict-of-laws rules.

 

16.            Excess Shares .  If the Option Shares covered by this Agreement exceed, as of the Grant Date, the number of shares of Common Stock which may without stockholder approval be issued under the Plan, then this option shall be void with respect to those excess shares, unless stockholder approval of an amendment sufficiently increasing the number of shares of Common Stock issuable under the Plan is obtained in accordance with the provisions of the Plan.  In no event shall the Option be exercisable with respect to any of the excess Option Shares unless and until such stockholder approval is obtained.

 

17.            Withholding Taxes .

 

(a)            The Corporation’s obligation to deliver shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of this option shall be subject to the Corporation’s collection of all applicable Withholding Taxes.

 

(b)            Unless Optionee (i) otherwise makes satisfactory arrangements with the Corporation’s Human Resources Department, on or before the expiration of the designated notification period preceding the exercise of this option, to pay the applicable Withholding Taxes through the delivery of a check or wire transfer payable to the Corporation in the amount of such Withholding Taxes and (ii) in fact delivers such check or wire transfer to the Corporation not later than the exercise date of the option, the Corporation shall collect the applicable Withholding Taxes through the following automatic share withholding method:

 

·               The Corporation shall withhold, at the time of the option exercise, a portion of the purchased Option Shares with an aggregate Fair Market Value (measured on the exercise date) equal to the applicable Withholding Taxes; provided, however , that the number of the Option Shares so withheld shall not exceed in Fair Market Value the amount necessary to satisfy the Corporation’s required tax withholding obligations using the minimum statutory withholding rates for federal and state tax purposes, including payroll taxes, that are applicable to supplemental taxable income.

 

18.            Coverage under Recoupment Policy . If Optionee is on the Grant Date, or at any time thereafter becomes, either an executive officer of the Corporation subject to Section 16 of the 1934 Act, or a participant in the Corporation’s Performance Improvement Incentive Plan, then Optionee shall be subject to the Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. Policy Regarding Recoupment of Certain Compensation, effective as of June 29, 2012 (the “Recoupment Policy”), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and receipt of a copy of which Optionee hereby acknowledges. If Optionee is subject to the Recoupment Policy, then any incentive compensation that is paid or granted to, or received by, Optionee on or after June 29, 2012 (including, without limitation, any incentive compensation

 

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that the Corporation pays to Optionee on or after June 29, 2012 pursuant to an incentive compensation award made to Optionee prior to June 29, 2012, whether that award was made by the Corporation or any predecessor entity) and during the three-year period preceding the date on which the Corporation is required to prepare an accounting restatement due to material non-compliance with any applicable financial reporting requirements under the federal securities laws shall be subject to recovery and recoupment pursuant to the terms of such policy.  For purposes of such Recoupment Policy, “incentive compensation” means any cash or equity-based award (e.g., stock award, restricted stock unit award or stock option grant or shares of Common Stock issued thereunder) or any profit sharing payment or distribution that is based upon the achievement of financial performance metrics.  An additional copy of the Recoupment Policy is available upon request made to the Corporate Secretary at the Corporation’s principal offices.

 

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Executive Officer

 

APPENDIX

 

The following definitions shall be in effect under the Agreement:

 

A.             Agreement shall mean this Stock Option Agreement.

 

B.             Board shall mean the Corporation’s Board of Directors.

 

C.             Cause shall mean the commission of any act of fraud, embezzlement or dishonesty by Optionee, any unauthorized use or disclosure by Optionee of confidential information or trade secrets of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary), or any other intentional misconduct by Optionee adversely affecting the business or affairs of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) in a material manner; provided, however , that in the event Optionee is, at the time the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) purports to terminate Optionee’s Employee status for Cause, a party to a Change in Control Benefits Agreement applicable to the option evidenced by this Agreement, the term Cause shall have the meaning ascribed to that term in such Change in Control Benefits Agreement. The foregoing definition shall not in any way preclude or restrict the right of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) to discharge or dismiss Optionee or any other person in the Service of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) for any other acts or omissions, but such other acts or omissions shall not be deemed, for purposes of the Plan or this Agreement, to constitute grounds for termination for Cause.

 

D.             Change in Control shall mean a change in ownership or control of the Corporation effected through any of the following transactions:

 

(i)             a merger, consolidation or other reorganization approved by the Corporation’s stockholders, unless securities representing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power of the voting securities of the successor corporation are immediately thereafter beneficially owned, directly or indirectly and in substantially the same proportion, by the persons who beneficially owned the Corporation’s outstanding voting securities immediately prior to such transaction,

 

(ii)            a sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s assets,

 

(iii)           the closing of any transaction or series of related transactions pursuant to which any person or any group of persons comprising a “group” within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) of the 1934 Act (other than the Corporation or a person that, prior to such transaction or series of related transactions, directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by or is under common control with, the Corporation) acquires directly or indirectly (whether as a result of a single acquisition or by reason of one or more acquisitions within the twelve (12)-month period ending with the most recent acquisition) beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the 1934 Act) of securities possessing (or

 



 

convertible into or exercisable for securities possessing) thirty-five percent (35%) or more of the total combined voting power of the Corporation’s securities (as measured in terms of the power to vote with respect to the election of Board members) outstanding immediately after the consummation of such transaction or series of related transactions, whether such transaction involves a direct issuance from the Corporation or the acquisition of outstanding securities held by one or more of the Corporation’s existing stockholders, or

 

(iv)           a change in the composition of the Board over a period of twelve (12) consecutive months or less such that a majority of the Board members ceases, by reason of one or more contested elections for Board membership, to be comprised of individuals who either (A) have been Board members continuously since the beginning of such period or (B) have been elected or nominated for election as Board members during such period by at least a majority of the Board members described in clause (A) who were still in office at the time the Board approved such election or nomination;

 

provided, however , that in the event Optionee is a party to a Change in Control Benefits Agreement applicable to the  option evidenced by this Agreement, the term Change in Control shall have the meaning ascribed to that term in such Change in Control Benefits Agreement.

 

E.              Change in Control Benefits Agreement shall mean any separate agreement between Optionee and the Corporation which provides Optionee with special vesting acceleration and/or other special benefits with respect to one or more option grants made to Optionee to purchase shares of Common Stock, including (to the extent applicable) the option evidenced by this Agreement, in the event of a change in control or ownership of the Corporation (whether or not constituting a Change in Control hereunder).

 

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

 

G.             Common Stock shall mean shares of the Corporation’s common stock.

 

H.             Corporation shall mean Alexander & Baldwin, Inc., a Hawaii corporation (formerly known as A & B II, Inc.), and any successor corporation to all or substantially all of the assets or voting stock of Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. which shall by appropriate action adopt the Plan.

 

I.               Early Retirement shall mean Optionee’s retirement from Service, with the prior approval of the Corporation (or the Parent or Subsidiary employing Participant), on or after the attainment of age fifty-five (55) and the completion of at least five (5) years of Service.

 

J.              Employee shall mean an individual who is in the employ of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary), subject to the control and direction of the employer entity as to both the work to be performed and the manner and method of performance.

 

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K.             Exercise Date shall mean the date on which the option shall have been exercised in accordance with Paragraph 9 of the Agreement.

 

L.              Exercise Price shall mean the exercise price per Option Share as specified in the Grant Notice.

 

M.            Exercise Schedule shall mean the schedule set forth in the Grant Notice pursuant to which the option is to vest and become exercisable for the Option Shares in one or more installments over the Optionee’s period of Service.

 

N.             Expiration Date shall mean the date on which the option expires as specified in the Grant Notice.

 

O.             Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on any relevant date shall be the closing selling price per share of Common Stock at the close of regular hours trading (i.e., before after-hours trading beings) on date in question on the Stock Exchange serving as the primary market for the Common Stock, as such price is reported by the National Association of Securities Dealers (if primarily traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market) or as officially quoted in the composite tape of transactions on any other Stock Exchange on which the Common Stock is then primarily traded.  If there is no closing selling price for the Common Stock on the date in question, then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing selling price on the last preceding date for which such quotation exists.

 

P.              Good Reason shall mean the occurrence of any of the following events effected without Optionee’s consent: (A) a change in Optionee’s position with the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary employing Optionee) which materially reduces Optionee’s duties and responsibilities or the level of management to which Optionee reports, (B) a relocation of Optionee’s principal place of employment by more than fifty (50) miles, (C) a reduction in Optionee’s level of compensation, as measured in terms of base salary, fringe benefits, target annual incentive payment, by more than ten percent (10%) or (D) the failure by the Corporation to continue in effect any stock option or other equity-based plan in which Optionee is participating, or in which Optionee is entitled to participate, immediately prior to a change in control of the Corporation, unless an equitable arrangement (embodied in an ongoing substitute or alternative plan) has been made with respect to such plan; or the failure by the Corporation to continue Optionee’s participation therein (or in such substitute or alternative plan) on a substantially equivalent basis, both in terms of the amount or timing of payment of benefits provided and the level of Optionee’s participation relative to other participants, as existed immediately prior to the change in control of the Corporation.

 

However, in the event Optionee is at the time of his or her cessation of Employee status a party to a Change in Control Benefits Agreement applicable to the Award evidenced by this Agreement, the term Good Reason shall have the meaning ascribed to that term in such Change in Control Benefits Agreement.

 

Q.             Grant Date shall mean the date of grant of the option as specified in the Grant Notice.

 

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R.             Grant Notice shall mean the Notice of Grant of Stock Option informing Optionee of the basic terms of the option subject to this Agreement.

 

S.              Involuntary Termination shall mean the termination of Optionee’s Service as an Employee by reason of:

 

(i)             Optionee’s involuntary dismissal or discharge by the Corporation for reasons other than for Cause, or

 

(ii)            Optionee’s voluntary resignation for Good Reason.

 

T.             1934 Act shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.

 

U.             Non-Statutory Option shall mean an option not intended to satisfy the requirements of Code Section 422.

 

V.             Normal Retirement shall mean the cessation of Service by reason of retirement at or after the attainment of age sixty-five (65).

 

W.            Notice of Exercise shall mean the notice of option exercise in the form prescribed by the Corporation.

 

X.             Option Shares shall mean the number of shares of Common Stock subject to the option as specified in the Grant Notice.

 

Y.             Optionee shall mean the person to whom the option is granted as specified in the Grant Notice.

 

Z.             Parent shall mean any corporation (other than the Corporation) in an unbroken chain of corporations ending with the Corporation, provided each corporation in the unbroken chain (other than the Corporation) owns, at the time of the determination, stock possessing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in such chain.

 

AA.         Permanent Disability shall mean the inability of Optionee to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which is expected to result in death or to be of continuous duration of twelve (12) months or more.

 

BB.           Plan shall mean the Corporation’s 2012 Incentive Compensation Plan.

 

CC.           Plan Administrator shall mean either the Board or a committee of the Board acting in its capacity as administrator of the Plan.

 

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DD.          Service shall mean Optionee’s performance of services for the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary, whether now existing or subsequently established) in the capacity of an Employee, a non-employee member of the board of directors or a consultant or independent advisor.  However, Optionee shall be deemed to cease Service immediately upon the occurrence of either of the following events:  (i) Optionee no longer performs services in any of the foregoing capacities for the Corporation or any Parent or Subsidiary or (ii) the entity for which Optionee is performing such services ceases to remain a Parent or Subsidiary of the Corporation, even though the Optionee may subsequently continue to perform services for that entity.  Service shall not be deemed to cease during a period of military leave, sick leave or other personal leave approved by the Corporation.  However, except to the extent otherwise required by law or expressly authorized by the Plan Administrator or by the Corporation’s written policy on leaves of absence, no Service credit shall be given for vesting purposes for any period the Optionee is on a leave of absence.

 

EE.           Stock Exchange shall mean the American Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq Global or Global Select Market or the New York Stock Exchange.

 

FF.           Subsidiary shall mean any corporation (other than the Corporation) in an unbroken chain of corporations beginning with the Corporation, provided each corporation (other than the last corporation) in the unbroken chain owns, at the time of the determination, stock possessing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in such chain.  The term Subsidiary shall also include any wholly-owned limited liability company in such chain of subsidiaries that is disregarded for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

 

GG.           Withholding Taxes shall mean the federal, state and local income taxes and the employee portion of the federal, state and local employment taxes required to be withheld by the Corporation in connection with the exercise of the option.

 

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Exhibit 99.5

 

ALEXANDER & BALDWIN, INC.

NOTICE OF AWARD OF TIME-BASED RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS

 

The Corporation hereby awards to Participant, as of the Award Date indicated below, an award (the “Award”) of restricted stock units under the Corporation’s 2012 Incentive Compensation Plan (the “Plan”).  Each restricted stock unit represents the right to receive one share of Common Stock on the applicable issuance date following the vesting of that unit.  The number of shares of Common Stock subject to the awarded restricted stock units and the applicable vesting schedule for those units and the underlying shares are set forth below. The remaining terms and conditions governing the Award, including the issuance date or dates for the shares of Common Stock that vest under the Award, shall be as set forth in the form Time-Based Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement for service-vesting Awards.

 

AWARD SUMMARY

 

Participant

 

 

 

 

 

Award Date:

 

                          , 201      

 

 

 

Number of Shares Subject to Award:

 

                                 shares of Common Stock (the “Shares”)

 

 

 

Vesting Schedule:

 

The Shares shall vest in a series of three (3) successive equal annual installments upon Participant’s completion of each successive year of Service over the three (3)-year period measured from the Award Date. Each such installment vesting date is hereby designated a “Vesting and Issuance Date.” However, one or more Shares may be subject to accelerated vesting in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph 3 or Paragraph 5 of the form Time-Based Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement.

 

Participant understands and agrees that the Award is granted subject to and in accordance with the terms of the Plan and hereby agrees to be bound by the terms of the Plan and the terms of the Award as set forth in the form Timed-Based Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit A .  Participant hereby acknowledges the receipt of a copy of the official prospectus for the Plan.  A copy of the Plan is available upon request made to the Human Resources Department at the Corporation’s principal offices at 822 Bishop Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813.

 

Coverage under Recoupment Policy . By accepting this Award, Participant hereby agrees that should Participant at this time be, or at any time hereafter become, either an executive officer of the Corporation subject to Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or a participant in the Corporation’s Performance Improvement Incentive Plan, then:

 

(a)           Participant shall be subject to the Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. Policy Regarding Recoupment of Certain Compensation, effective as of June 29, 2012, the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and receipt of a copy of which Participant hereby acknowledges; and

 



 

(b)           any incentive compensation that is paid or granted to, or received by, Participant on or after June 29, 2012 (including any incentive compensation that is paid to, or received by, Participant on or after June 29, 2012 pursuant to an incentive compensation award made to Participant prior to June 29, 2012, whether by the Corporation or any predecessor entity) and during the three-year period preceding the date on which the Corporation is required to prepare an accounting restatement due to material non-compliance with any applicable financial reporting requirements under the federal securities laws shall, accordingly, be subject to recovery and recoupment pursuant to the terms of such policy.

 

For purposes of such recoupment policy, “incentive compensation” means any cash or equity-based award (e.g., any stock award, restricted stock unit award or stock option grant or shares of Common Stock issued thereunder) or any profit sharing payment or distribution that is based upon the achievement of financial performance metrics.  An additional copy of the recoupment policy is available upon request made to the Corporate Secretary at the Corporation’s principal offices.

 

Continuing Consent . Participant further acknowledges and agrees that, except to the extent the Plan Administrator notifies Participant in writing to the contrary, each subsequent award of service-vesting restricted stock units made to him or her under the Plan shall be subject to the same terms and conditions set forth in the Time-Based Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement hereto attached as Exhibit A , and Participant hereby accepts those terms and conditions for each such subsequent service-vesting restricted stock unit award that may be made to him or her under the Plan and hereby agrees to be bound by those terms and conditions for any such restricted stock unit awards, without any further consent or acceptance required on his or her part at the time or times when those awards may be made.  However, Participant may, at any time he or she holds an outstanding service-vesting restricted stock unit award under the Plan, request a written copy of the form Time-Based Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement from the Corporation by contacting the Corporation’s Human Resources Department at the Corporation’s principal offices.

 

Employment at Will .  Nothing in this Notice or in the form Time-Based Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement or in the Plan shall confer upon Participant any right to continue in Service for any period of specific duration or interfere with or otherwise restrict in any way the rights of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary employing or retaining Participant) or of Participant, which rights are hereby expressly reserved by each, to terminate Participant’s Service at any time for any reason, with or without cause.

 

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Definitions .  All capitalized terms in this Notice shall have the meaning assigned to them in this Notice or in the form Time-Based Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement for service-vesting Awards.

 

DATED:                               , 201     

 

 

 

ALEXANDER & BALDWIN, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PARTICIPANT

 

 

 

 

Address:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Exhibit 99.6

 

Non-Executive Employee

 

EXHIBIT A

 

ALEXANDER & BALDWIN, INC.

 

TIME-BASED RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT

AWARD AGREEMENT

 

RECITALS

 

A.             The Corporation has implemented the Plan for the purpose of providing eligible persons in the Corporation’s service with the opportunity to participate in one or more cash or equity incentive compensation programs designed to encourage them to continue their service relationship with the Corporation.

 

B.             Participant is to render valuable services to the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary), and this Agreement is executed pursuant to, and is intended to carry out the purposes of, the Plan in connection with the Corporation’s issuance of shares of Common Stock to Participant under the Stock Issuance Program.

 

C.             All capitalized terms in this Agreement shall have the meaning assigned to them in the attached Appendix A.

 

NOW, THEREFORE , it is hereby agreed as follows:

 

1.              Grant of Restricted Stock Units .  The Corporation hereby awards to Participant, as of the Award Date, restricted stock units under the Plan.  The number of shares of Common Stock underlying the awarded restricted stock units and the applicable service vesting requirements for those units and the underlying Shares are set forth in the Award Notice.  The remaining terms and conditions governing the Award shall be as set forth in this Agreement.

 

2.              Limited Transferability .  Prior to the actual issuance of the Shares which vest hereunder, Participant may not transfer any interest in the restricted stock units subject to the Award or the underlying Shares or pledge or otherwise hedge the sale of those units or Shares, including (without limitation) any short sale or any acquisition or disposition of any put or call option or other instrument tied to the value of those Shares.  However, any Shares which vest hereunder but otherwise remain unissued at the time of Participant’s death may be transferred pursuant to the provisions of Participant’s will or the laws of inheritance or to Participant’s designated beneficiary or beneficiaries of this Award. Participant may also direct the Corporation to record the ownership of any Shares which in fact vest and become issuable hereunder in the name of a revocable living trust established for the exclusive benefit of Participant or Participant and his or her spouse. Participant may make such a beneficiary designation or ownership directive at any time by filing the appropriate form with the Plan Administrator or its designee.

 



 

3.              Cessation of Service .

 

(a)            Except to the extent otherwise provided in this Paragraph 3 or Paragraph 5 below, should Participant cease Service for any reason prior to vesting in one or more Shares subject to this Award, then the Award shall be immediately cancelled with respect to those unvested Shares, and the number of restricted stock units shall be reduced accordingly.  Participant shall thereupon cease to have any right or entitlement to receive any Shares under those cancelled units.

 

(b)            Should Participant’s Service terminate by reason of his or her death or Permanent Disability prior to vesting in one or more Shares subject to this Award, then the restricted stock units shall vest in full upon Participant’s termination of Service. The Shares subject to those vested units shall be issued in accordance with the applicable provisions of Paragraph 7.

 

(c)            Should Participant’s Service terminate by reason of his or her Early Retirement or Normal Retirement prior to vesting in all the Shares subject to this Award in accordance with the annual installment vesting schedule set forth in the Award Notice, then Participant shall immediately vest in that number of additional Shares (if any) in which Participant would have otherwise been vested at the time of such termination had the Shares subject to this Award vested in a series of successive equal monthly installments over the duration of the vesting schedule set forth in the Award Notice.  The Shares which are deemed to vest on the basis of such monthly installment vesting schedule shall, together with any other Shares which are at the time vested but unissued, be issued in accordance with the applicable provisions of Paragraph 7.  The balance of the Award shall be immediately cancelled and cease to be outstanding upon such termination of Service.

 

4.              Stockholder Rights and Dividend Equivalents

 

(a)            The holder of this Award shall not have any stockholder rights, including voting, dividend or liquidation rights, with respect to the Shares subject to the Award until Participant becomes the record holder of those Shares following their actual issuance upon the Corporation’s collection of the applicable Withholding Taxes.

 

(b)            Notwithstanding the foregoing, should any dividend or other distribution payable other than in shares of Common Stock be declared and paid on the Corporation’s outstanding Common Stock in one or more calendar years during which Shares remain subject to this Award (i.e., those Shares are not otherwise issued and outstanding for purposes of entitlement to the dividend or distribution), then a special book account shall be established for Participant and credited with a phantom dividend equivalent to the actual dividend or distribution which would have been paid on those Shares had they been issued and outstanding and entitled to that dividend or distribution. The phantom dividend equivalents so credited to the Participant’s book account for each calendar quarter this Award remains outstanding in whole or in part shall be distributed to Participant (in cash or such other form as the Plan Administrator may deem appropriate in its sole discretion) on the last business day of

 

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that calendar quarter. However, each such distribution shall be subject to the Corporation’s collection of the Withholding Taxes applicable to that distribution.

 

5.              Change in Control

 

(a)            This Award, to the extent outstanding at the time of a Change in Control, may be assumed by the successor entity or otherwise continued in full force and effect or may be replaced with a cash retention account established by the successor entity.  Any such assumption or continuation of this Award shall be effected in accordance with Paragraph 5(b) below. Any cash retention account established in replacement of this Award shall initially be credited with the fair market value (at the effective time of the Change in Control) of the Shares subject to the Award at that time, and interest shall accrue on the outstanding balance of such account, for the period commencing with the closing date of the Change in Control and continuing through the date of the final payment of the account, including any deferred payment date under Paragraph 8, at a variable per annum rate, compounded semi-annually, equal to the prime rate of interest as in effect from time to time during such period, as determined on the basis of the prime rate quotations published in The Wall Street Journal .  The cash retention account shall vest and be paid out in accordance with the same vesting and payment schedule applicable to the Award, as set forth in Paragraphs 1 and 7, and the Participant’s interest in such account shall at all times be that of a general, unsecured creditor.  In the event of such assumption or continuation of this Award or such replacement of the Award with a cash retention account, no accelerated vesting of the restricted stock units subject to this Award or the underlying Shares shall occur at the time of the Change in Control, and the Service-vesting provisions set forth in the Award Notice shall continue in full force and effect.

 

(b)            In the event this Award is assumed or otherwise continued in effect, the restricted stock units subject to the Award shall be adjusted immediately after the consummation of the Change in Control so as to apply to the number and class of securities into which the Shares subject to those units immediately prior to the Change in Control would have been converted in consummation of that Change in Control had those Shares actually been issued and outstanding at that time.  To the extent the actual holders of the outstanding Common Stock receive cash consideration for their Common Stock in consummation of the Change in Control,  the successor corporation (or parent entity) may, in connection with the assumption or continuation of the restricted stock units subject to the Award at that time, but subject to the Plan Administrator’s approval prior to the Change in Control, substitute one or more shares of its own common stock with a fair market value equivalent to the cash consideration paid per share of Common Stock in the Change in Control transaction, provided such common stock is readily tradable on an established U.S. securities exchange or market.

 

(c)            Upon Participant’s Separation from Service due to an Involuntary Termination occurring within twelve (12) months after a Change in Control in which this Award is assumed or continued in effect, all of the restricted stock units at the time subject to this Award shall vest, and the Shares underlying those units shall be issued to Participant in accordance with the applicable provisions of Paragraph 7.  Should the restricted stock units be replaced with a cash retention account in accordance with Paragraph 5(a), then the balance credited to Participant under that account at the time of his Separation from Service due to an

 

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Involuntary Termination shall immediately vest and shall be distributed to Participant in accordance with the applicable provisions of Paragraph 7; provided, however, that Participant shall vest and be entitled to such distribution only if such Involuntary Termination occurs within twelve (12) months following the Change in Control.

 

(d)            If the restricted stock units subject to this Award at the time of the Change in Control are not assumed or otherwise continued in effect or replaced with a cash retention account in accordance with Paragraph 5(a), then those units shall vest immediately prior to the closing of the Change in Control, and Participant shall become entitled to a vested distribution in accordance with the applicable provisions of Paragraph 7.

 

(e)            This Agreement shall not in any way affect the right of the Corporation to adjust, reclassify, reorganize or otherwise change its capital or business structure or to merge, consolidate, dissolve, liquidate or sell or transfer all or any part of its business or assets.

 

6.              Adjustment in Shares .  Should any change be made to the Common Stock by reason of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, combination of shares, exchange of shares, spin-off transaction, extraordinary dividend or distribution or other change affecting the outstanding Common Stock as a class without the Corporation’s receipt of consideration, or should the value of the outstanding shares of Common Stock be substantially reduced as a result of a spin-off transaction or an extraordinary dividend or distribution, or should there occur any merger, consolidation or other reorganization, then equitable adjustments shall be made by the Plan Administrator to the total number and/or class of securities issuable pursuant to this Award in order to reflect such change and thereby prevent a dilution or enlargement of benefits hereunder. In making such equitable adjustments, the Plan Administrator shall take into account any amounts credited to Participant’s book account under Paragraph 4(b) in connection with the transaction, and the determination of the Plan Administrator shall be final, binding and conclusive.  In the event of any Change in Control transaction, the adjustment provisions of Paragraph 5(b) shall be controlling.

 

7.              Issuance or Distribution of Shares or Other Vested Amounts.

 

(a)            The following provisions shall govern the issuance of the Shares (or any replacement or substitute amounts under Paragraph 5) which vest in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement:

 

(i)             On each Vesting and Issuance Date specified in the Award Notice, the Shares which vest at that time or which are otherwise deemed to have vested during the twelve (12)-month period ending with that date but have not otherwise been issued in accordance with any other applicable provision of this Paragraph 7(a) shall be issued.

 

(ii)            Shares which vest on an accelerated basis upon the Participant’s cessation of Service under Paragraph 3(b) or 3(c) or his or her Involuntary Termination under Paragraph 5(c) shall be issued on the date of

 

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Participant’s Separation from Service due to such cessation of Service. Any distribution from the cash retention account to which Participant is entitled under Paragraph 5(c) upon his or her Involuntary Termination shall be paid in a lump sum on the date of his or her Separation from Service due to such Involuntary Termination.  However, any issuance or distribution pursuant to the provisions of this subparagraph (ii) shall be subject to the deferred issuance provisions of Paragraph 8, to the extent applicable.

 

(iii)           Shares which vest under Paragraph 5(d) shall be converted into the right to receive the same consideration per share of Common Stock payable to the other stockholders of the Corporation in consummation of the Change in Control transaction, and such consideration per Share shall be distributed to Participant upon the earliest to occur of (i) the Vesting and Issuance Date on which the particular Shares to which such consideration relates would have been issued in the absence of such Change in Control, (ii) the date of Participant’s Separation from Service or (iii) the first date following a Qualifying Change in Control on which the distribution can be made without contravention of any applicable provisions of Code Section 409A.

 

(iv)           To the extent the consideration payable per share of Common Stock in the Change in Control is in the form of cash, a fully-vested cash retention account shall be established by the successor entity at the time of such Change in Control for any Shares subject to this Award that vest on an accelerated basis under Paragraph 5(d).  Such account shall be credited with the cash consideration payable for the Shares, and interest shall accrue on the outstanding balance of that account, for the period commencing with the closing date of the Change in Control and continuing through the date of the final payment of the account, including any deferred payment date under Paragraph 8, at a variable per annum rate, compounded semi-annually, equal to the prime rate of interest as in effect from time to time during such period, as determined on the basis of the prime rate quotations published in The Wall Street Journal . The cash retention account, together with all accrued interest thereon through the actual payment date, shall be distributed in accordance with the same distribution provisions in effect under Paragraph 7(a)(iii), and the Participant’s interest in the account shall at all times be that of a general, unsecured creditor.

 

(v)            Any issuance or distribution to be made pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Paragraph 7(a) shall be made on the designated issuance or distribution date or as soon as administratively practicable thereafter. In no event, however, shall such issuance or distribution be made later than the fifteenth (15th) day of the third (3rd) calendar month following that date.

 

(vi)           Each issuance or distribution to be made pursuant to this Paragraph 7(a) shall be subject to the Corporation’s collection of all applicable Withholding Taxes, in accordance with the provisions of Paragraphs 7(b) and 7(c).

 

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(vii)          Any Shares to be issued to Participant in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Paragraph 7(a) shall in the form of a book entry evidencing ownership of those Shares. Actual certificates for any vested Shares evidenced by book entry ownership shall be promptly delivered upon the request of Participant or any other person having an interest at the time in those Shares.

 

(b)            The Corporation shall collect the Withholding Taxes with respect to each non-Share distribution by withholding a portion of that distribution equal to the amount of the applicable Withholding Taxes, with the cash portion of the distribution to be the first portion so withheld.

 

(c)            Unless Participant (i) otherwise makes satisfactory arrangements with the Corporation’s Human Resources Department, on or before the expiration of the designated notification period preceding each applicable issuance date of the Shares, to pay the applicable Withholding Taxes through the delivery of a check payable to the Corporation in the amount of such Withholding Taxes and (ii) in fact delivers such check to the Corporation not later than that issuance date, the Corporation shall collect the Withholding Taxes applicable to the Share issuance through the following automatic share withholding method:

 

·               On each applicable issuance date, the Corporation shall withhold, from the vested Shares otherwise issuable to Participant at that time, a portion of those Shares with a Fair Market Value (measured as of the issuance date) equal to the applicable Withholding Taxes;  provided, however , that the number of Shares which the Corporation shall be required to so withhold shall not exceed in Fair Market Value the amount necessary to satisfy the Corporation’s required tax withholding obligations using the minimum statutory withholding rates for federal and state tax purposes, including payroll taxes, that are applicable to supplemental taxable income.

 

(d)            Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Paragraph 7, the employee portion of the federal, state and local employment taxes required to be withheld by the Corporation in connection with the vesting of the Shares or any other amounts hereunder (the “Employment Taxes”) shall in all events be collected from the Participant no later than the last business day of the calendar year in which the Shares or other amounts vest hereunder.  Accordingly, to the extent the applicable issuance date for one or more vested Shares or the distribution date for such other amounts is to occur in a year subsequent to the calendar year in which those Shares or other amounts vest, the Participant shall, on or before the last business day of the calendar year in which the Shares or other amounts vest, deliver to the Corporation a check payable to its order in the dollar amount equal to the Employment Taxes required to be withheld with respect to those Shares or other amounts.  The provisions of this Paragraph 7(d) shall be applicable only to the extent necessary to comply with the applicable tax withholding requirements of Code Section 3121(v).

 

(e)            Except as otherwise provided in Paragraph 5 or this Paragraph 7, the settlement of all restricted stock units which vest under the Award shall be made solely in shares of Common Stock.  In no event, however, shall any fractional shares be issued.  Accordingly, the total number of shares of Common Stock to be issued at the time the Award

 

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vests shall, to the extent necessary, be rounded down to the next whole share in order to avoid the issuance of a fractional share.

 

8.              Deferred Issue Date.   Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Agreement, to the extent this Award may be deemed to create a deferred compensation arrangement under Code Section 409A, then the following limitation shall apply:

 

·               No Shares or other amounts which become issuable or distributable under this Agreement upon Participant’s Separation from Service shall actually be issued or distributed to Participant prior to the earlier of (i) the first (1st) day of the seventh (7th) month following the date of such Separation from Service or (ii) the date of Participant’s death, if Participant is deemed at the time of such Separation from Service to be a specified employee under Section 1.409A-1(i) of the Treasury Regulations issued under Code Section 409A, as determined by the Plan Administrator in accordance with consistent and uniform standards applied to all other Code Section 409A arrangements of the Corporation, and such delayed commencement is otherwise required in order to avoid a prohibited distribution under Code Section 409A(a)(2).  The deferred Shares or other distributable amount shall be issued or distributed in a lump sum on the first (1st) day of the seventh (7th) month following the date of Participant’s Separation from Service or, if earlier, the first day of the month immediately following the date the Corporation receives proof of Participant’s death.

 

·               Participant’s right to receive each installment of Shares or other installment distribution pursuant to the terms of this Agreements shall, for purposes of Code Section 409A, be treated as a right to receive a series of separate payments.

 

9.              Compliance with Laws and Regulations .  The issuance of shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Award shall be subject to compliance by the Corporation and Participant with all applicable requirements of law relating thereto and with all applicable regulations of any Stock Exchange on which the Common Stock may be listed for trading at the time of such issuance.

 

10.            Change in Control Benefits Agreement .  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, if Participant is, at the time of a change in control or ownership of the Corporation (whether or not that transaction constitutes a Change in Control hereunder), a party to a Change in Control Benefits Agreement with the Corporation, then the provisions of that agreement shall, to the extent applicable to this Award, govern Participant’s rights and benefits with respect to the restricted stock units and underlying Shares subject to this Agreement, and in the event of any conflict between the provisions of that Change in Control Benefits Agreement and this Agreement, the provisions of the Change in Control Benefits Agreement shall be controlling; provided, however, that in the event there is any conflict between the issuance or distribution provisions of this Agreement and the issuance or distribution provisions of the Change in Control Benefits Agreement, the issuance and distribution provisions of this Agreement shall be controlling.

 

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11.            Notices .  Any notice required to be given or delivered to the Corporation under the terms of this Agreement shall be in writing and addressed to the Corporation at its principal corporate offices.  Any notice required to be given or delivered to Participant shall be in writing and addressed to Participant at the address indicated below Participant’s signature line on the Award Notice.  All notices shall be deemed effective upon personal delivery or upon deposit in the U.S. mail, postage prepaid and properly addressed to the party to be notified.

 

12.            Successors and Assigns .  Except to the extent otherwise provided in this Agreement, the provisions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the Corporation and its successors and assigns and Participant, Participant’s assigns, the legal representatives, heirs and legatees of Participant’s estate and any beneficiaries of the Award designated by Participant.

 

13.            Construction .

 

(a)            This Agreement and the Award evidenced hereby are made and granted pursuant to the Plan and are in all respects limited by and subject to the terms of the Plan and any applicable Change in Control Benefits Agreement.  All decisions of the Plan Administrator with respect to any question or issue arising under the Plan or this Agreement shall be conclusive and binding on all persons having an interest in the Award.

 

(b)            To the extent there is any ambiguity as to whether any provision of this Agreement would otherwise contravene one or more requirements or limitations of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder, such provision shall be interpreted and applied in a manner that complies with the applicable requirements of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder.

 

(c)            Participant hereby acknowledges the receipt of a copy of the official prospectus for the Plan.   A copy of the Plan is available upon request made to the Human Resources Department at the Corporation’s principal offices (822 Bishop Street, Honolulu, HI 96813).

 

14.            Governing Law .  The interpretation, performance and enforcement of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Hawaii without resort to that State’s conflict-of-laws rules.

 

15.            Coverage under Recoupment Policy . If Participant is on the Award Date, or at any time thereafter becomes, either an executive officer of the Corporation subject to Section 16 of the 1934 Act, or a participant in the Corporation’s Performance Improvement Incentive Plan, then Participant shall be subject to the Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. Policy Regarding Recoupment of Certain Compensation, effective as of June 29, 2012 (the “ Recoupment Policy ”), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and receipt of a copy of which Participant hereby acknowledges. If Participant is subject to the Recoupment Policy, then any incentive compensation that is paid or granted to, or received by, Participant on or after June 29, 2012 (including, without limitation, any incentive compensation that the Corporation pays to Participant on or after June 29, 2012 pursuant to an incentive

 

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compensation award made to Participant prior to June 29, 2012, whether by the Corporation or any predecessor entity) and during the three-year period preceding the date on which the Corporation is required to prepare an accounting restatement due to material non-compliance with any applicable financial reporting requirements under the federal securities laws shall be subject to recovery and recoupment pursuant to the terms of such policy.  For purposes of such Recoupment Policy, “ incentive compensation ” means any cash or equity-based award (e.g., stock award, restricted stock unit award or stock option grant or shares of Common Stock issued thereunder) or any profit sharing payment or distribution that is based upon the achievement of financial performance metrics.  An additional copy of the Recoupment Policy is available upon request made to the Corporate Secretary at the Corporation’s principal offices.

 

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APPENDIX A

 

DEFINITIONS

 

The following definitions shall be in effect under the Agreement:

 

A.             Agreement shall mean this Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement.

 

B.             Award shall mean the award of restricted stock units made to Participant pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

 

C.             Award Date shall mean the date the restricted stock units are awarded to Participant pursuant to the Agreement and shall be the date specified in the Award Notice.

 

D.             Award Notice shall mean the Notice of Award of Time-Based Restricted Stock Units delivered to Participant in which there is set forth the basic terms of the restricted stock units subject to this Agreement, including (without limitation) the applicable vesting schedule for those units.

 

E.              Board shall mean the Corporation’s Board of Directors.

 

F.              Cause shall mean the commission of any act of fraud, embezzlement or dishonesty by Participant, any unauthorized use or disclosure by Participant of confidential information or trade secrets of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary), or any other intentional misconduct by Participant adversely affecting the business or affairs of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) in a material manner; provided, however , that in the event Participant is, at the time the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) purports to terminate Participant’s Employee status for Cause, a party to a Change in Control Benefits Agreement applicable to the Award, the term Cause shall have the meaning ascribed to that term in such Change in Control Benefits Agreement.  The foregoing definition shall not in any way preclude or restrict the right of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) to discharge or dismiss Participant or any other person in the Service of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) for any other acts or omissions, but such other acts or omissions shall not be deemed, for purposes of the Plan and this Agreement, to constitute grounds for termination for Cause.

 

G.             Change in Control shall mean a change of ownership or control of the Corporation effected through any of the following transactions:

 

(i)             a merger, consolidation or other reorganization approved by the Corporation’s stockholders, unless securities representing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power of the voting securities of the successor corporation are immediately thereafter beneficially owned, directly or indirectly and in substantially the same proportion, by the persons who beneficially owned the Corporation’s outstanding voting securities immediately prior to such transaction,

 



 

(ii)            a sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s assets,

 

(iii)           the closing of any transaction or series of related transactions pursuant to which any person or any group of persons comprising a “group” within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) of the 1934 Act (other than the Corporation or a person that, prior to such transaction or series of related transactions, directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by or is under common control with, the Corporation) acquires directly or indirectly (whether as a result of a single acquisition or by reason of one or more acquisitions within the twelve (12)-month period ending with the most recent acquisition) beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the 1934 Act) of securities possessing (or convertible into or exercisable for securities possessing) thirty-five percent (35%) or more of the total combined voting power of the Corporation’s securities (as measured in terms of the power to vote with respect to the election of Board members) outstanding immediately after the consummation of such transaction or series of related transactions, whether such transaction involves a direct issuance from the Corporation or the acquisition of outstanding securities held by one or more of the Corporation’s existing stockholders, or

 

(iv)           a change in the composition of the Board over a period of twelve (12) consecutive months or less such that a majority of the Board members ceases, by reason of one or more contested elections for Board membership, to be comprised of individuals who either (A) have been Board members continuously since the beginning of such period or (B) have been elected or nominated for election as Board members during such period by at least a majority of the Board members described in clause (A) who were still in office at the time the Board approved such election or nomination;

 

provided, however , that in the event Participant is a party to a Change in Control Benefits Agreement applicable to the Award, the term Change in Control shall have the meaning ascribed to that term in such Change in Control Benefits Agreement.

 

H.             Change in Control Benefits Agreement shall mean any separate agreement between Participant and the Corporation which provides Participant with special vesting acceleration and/or other special benefits with respect to one or more awards of restricted stock units made to Participant for shares of Common Stock, including (to the extent applicable) the restricted stock units evidenced by this Agreement, in the event of a change in control or ownership of the Corporation (whether or not constituting a Change in Control hereunder).

 

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

 

J.              Common Stock shall mean shares of the Corporation’s common stock.

 

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K.             Corporation shall mean Alexander & Baldwin, Inc., a Hawaii corporation, and any successor corporation to all or substantially all of the assets or voting stock of Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. which shall by appropriate action adopt the Plan.

 

L.              Early Retirement shall mean the Participant’s retirement from Service, with the prior approval of the Corporation (or Parent or Subsidiary employing Participant), on or after the attainment of age fifty-five (55) and the completion of at least five (5) years of Service.

 

M.            Employee shall mean an individual who is in the employ of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary), subject to the control and direction of the employer entity as to both the work to be performed and the manner and method of performance.

 

N.             Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on any relevant date shall be the closing selling price per share of Common Stock at the close of regular hours trading (i.e., before after-hours trading beings) on date in question on the Stock Exchange serving as the primary market for the Common Stock, as such price is reported by the National Association of Securities Dealers (if primarily traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market) or as officially quoted in the composite tape of transactions on any other Stock Exchange on which the Common Stock is then primarily traded.  If there is no closing selling price for the Common Stock on the date in question, then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing selling price on the last preceding date for which such quotation exists.

 

O.             Good Reason shall mean the occurrence of any of the following events effected without Participant’s consent: (A) a change in Participant’s position with the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary employing Participant) which materially reduces Participant’s duties and responsibilities or the level of management to which Participant reports, (B) a relocation of Participant’s principal place of employment by more than fifty (50) miles, (C) a reduction in Participant’s level of compensation, as measured in terms of base salary, fringe benefits and target annual incentive payment, by more than ten percent (10%) or (D) the failure by the Corporation to continue in effect any stock option or other equity-based plan in which Participant is participating, or in which Participant is entitled to participate, immediately prior to a change in control of the Corporation, unless an equitable arrangement (embodied in an ongoing substitute or alternative plan) has been made with respect to such plan; or the failure by the Corporation to continue Participant’s participation therein (or in such substitute or alternative plan) on a substantially equivalent basis, both in terms of the amount or timing of payment of benefits provided and the level of Participant’s participation relative to other participants, as existed immediately prior to the change in control of the Corporation.

 

However, in the event Participant is at the time of his or her cessation of Employee status a party to a Change in Control Benefits Agreement applicable to the Award evidenced by this Agreement, the term Good Reason shall have the meaning ascribed to that term in such Change in Control Benefits Agreement.

 

P.              Involuntary Termination shall mean the Participant’s Separation from Service by reason of:

 

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(i)             Participant’s involuntary dismissal or discharge by the Corporation for reasons other than for Cause, or

 

(ii)            Participant’s voluntary resignation for Good Reason.

 

Q.             1934 Act shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.

 

R.             Normal Retirement shall mean shall mean the cessation of Service by reason of retirement at or after the attainment of age sixty-five (65).

 

S.              Participant shall mean the person to whom the Award is made pursuant to the Agreement.

 

T.             Parent shall mean any corporation (other than the Corporation) in an unbroken chain of corporations ending with the Corporation, provided each corporation in the unbroken chain (other than the Corporation) owns, at the time of the determination, stock possessing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in such chain.

 

U.             Permanent Disability shall mean the inability of Participant to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment expected to result in death or to be of continuous duration of twelve (12) months or more.

 

V.             Plan shall mean the Corporation’s 2012 Incentive Compensation Plan.

 

W.            Plan Administrator shall mean either the Board or a committee of the Board acting in its capacity as administrator of the Plan.

 

X.             Qualifying Change in Control shall mean the date on which there occurs a Change in Control that also qualifies as: (i) a change in the ownership of the Corporation, as determined in accordance with  Section 1.409A-3(i)((5)(v) of the Treasury Regulations, (ii) a change in the effective control of the Corporation, as determined in accordance with  Section 1.409A-3(i)((5)(vi) of the Treasury Regulations, or (iii) a change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the Corporation, as determined in accordance with  Section 1.409A-3(i)((5)(vii) of the Treasury Regulations.

 

Y.             Separation from Service shall mean the Participant’s cessation of Employee status by reason of his or her death, retirement or termination of employment.  The Participant shall be deemed to have terminated employment for such purpose at such time as the level of his or her bona fide services to be performed as an Employee (or as a consultant or independent contractor) permanently decreases to a level that is less than fifty percent (50%) of the average level of services he or she rendered as an Employee during the immediately preceding thirty-six (36) months (or such shorter period for which he or she may have rendered such services).  Solely for purposes of determining when a Separation from Service occurs,

 

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Participant will be deemed to continue in “Employee” status for so long as he or she remains in the employ of one or more members of the Employer Group, subject to the control and direction of the employer entity as to both the work to be performed and the manner and method of performance. “Employer Group” means the Corporation and any Parent or Subsidiary and any other corporation or business controlled by, controlling or under common control with, the Corporation, as determined in accordance with Sections 414(b) and (c) of the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder, except that in applying Sections 1563(1), (2) and (3) of the Code for purposes of determining the controlled group of corporations under Section 414(b), the phrase “at least 50 percent” shall be used instead of “at least 80 percent” each place the latter phrase appears in such sections and in applying Section 1.414(c)-2 of the Treasury Regulations for purposes of determining trades or businesses that are under common control for purposes of Section 414(c), the phrase “at least 50 percent” shall be used instead of “at least 80 percent” each place the latter phrase appears in Section  1.4.14(c)-2 of the Treasury Regulations.  Any such determination as to Separation from Service, however, shall be made in accordance with the applicable standards of the Treasury Regulations issued under Section 409A of the Code.

 

Z.             Service shall mean Participant’s performance of services for the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) in the capacity of an Employee, a non-employee member of the board of directors or a consultant or independent advisor.  In addition, the following provisions shall govern the determination of Participant’s period of Service:

 

(i)             Participant shall be deemed to continue in Service for so long as Participant performs services for the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) in the capacity of an Employee, a non-employee member of the board of directors or a consultant or independent advisor.

 

(ii)            Participant shall be deemed to cease Service immediately upon the occurrence of the either of the following events: (a) Participant no longer performs services in any of the foregoing capacities for the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) or (b) the entity for which Participant performs such services ceases to remain a Parent or Subsidiary of the Corporation, even though Participant may subsequently continue to perform services for that entity.

 

(iii)           Service as an Employee shall not be deemed to cease during a period of military leave, sick leave or other personal leave approved by the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) employing Participant; provided, however, that the following special provisions shall be in effect for any such leave:

 

a.              Should the period of such leave (other than a disability leave) exceed six (6) months, then Participant shall be deemed to cease Service and to incur a Separation from Service upon the expiration of the initial six (6)-month period of that leave, unless Participant retains a right to re-employment under applicable law or by contract with the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) employing Participant.

 

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b.              Should the period of a disability leave exceed twenty-nine (29) months, then Participant shall be deemed to cease Service and to incur a Separation from Service upon the expiration of the initial twenty-nine (29)-month period of that leave, unless Participant retains a right to re-employment under applicable law or by contract with the Corporation.  For such purpose, a disability leave shall be a leave of absence due to any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or to last for a continuous period of not less than six (6) months and causes Participant to be unable to perform the duties of his or her position of employment (or any substantially similar position of employment) with the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary).

 

c.              Except to the extent otherwise required by law or expressly authorized by the Plan Administrator or by the written policy on leaves of absence of the Corporation no Service credit shall be given for vesting purposes for any period Participant is on a leave of absence.

 

(iv)           Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing provisions of this Service definition, the Participant shall in all events be deemed to cease Service for all purposes of this Award immediately upon Participant’s incurrence of a Separation from Service.

 

AA.         Stock Exchange shall mean the American Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq Global or Global Select Market or the New York Stock Exchange.

 

BB.           Subsidiary shall mean any corporation (other than the Corporation) in an unbroken chain of corporations beginning with the Corporation, provided each corporation (other than the last corporation) in the unbroken chain owns, at the time of the determination, stock possessing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in such chain.  The term Subsidiary shall also include any wholly-owned limited liability company in such chain of subsidiaries that is disregarded for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

 

CC.           Withholding Taxes shall mean the federal, state and local income taxes and the employee portion of the federal, state and local employment taxes required to be withheld by the Corporation in connection with the issuance of the shares of Common Stock which vest under the Award and any phantom dividend equivalents distributed with respect to those shares.

 

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Exhibit 99.7

 

Executive

 

ALEXANDER & BALDWIN, INC.

 

TIME-BASED RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT

AWARD AGREEMENT

 

RECITALS

 

A.             The Corporation has implemented the Plan for the purpose of providing eligible persons in the Corporation’s service with the opportunity to participate in one or more cash or equity incentive compensation programs designed to encourage them to continue their service relationship with the Corporation.

 

B.             Participant is to render valuable services to the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary), and this Agreement is executed pursuant to, and is intended to carry out the purposes of, the Plan in connection with the Corporation’s issuance of shares of Common Stock to Participant under the Stock Issuance Program.

 

C.             All capitalized terms in this Agreement shall have the meaning assigned to them in the attached Appendix A.

 

NOW, THEREFORE , it is hereby agreed as follows:

 

1.              Grant of Restricted Stock Units .  The Corporation hereby awards to Participant, as of the Award Date, restricted stock units under the Plan.  The number of shares of Common Stock underlying the awarded restricted stock units and the applicable service vesting requirements for those units and the underlying Shares are set forth in the Award Notice.  The remaining terms and conditions governing the Award shall be as set forth in this Agreement.

 

2.              Limited Transferability .  Prior to the actual issuance of the Shares which vest hereunder, Participant may not transfer any interest in the restricted stock units subject to the Award or the underlying Shares or pledge or otherwise hedge the sale of those units or Shares, including (without limitation) any short sale or any acquisition or disposition of any put or call option or other instrument tied to the value of those Shares.  However, any Shares which vest hereunder but otherwise remain unissued at the time of Participant’s death may be transferred pursuant to the provisions of Participant’s will or the laws of inheritance or to Participant’s designated beneficiary or beneficiaries of this Award. Participant may also direct the Corporation to record the ownership of any Shares which in fact vest and become issuable hereunder in the name of a revocable living trust established for the exclusive benefit of Participant or Participant and his or her spouse. Participant may make such a beneficiary designation or ownership directive at any time by filing the appropriate form with the Plan Administrator or its designee.

 



 

3.              Cessation of Service .

 

(a)            Except to the extent otherwise provided in this Paragraph 3 or Paragraph 5 below, should Participant cease Service for any reason prior to vesting in one or more Shares subject to this Award, then the Award shall be immediately cancelled with respect to those unvested Shares, and the number of restricted stock units shall be reduced accordingly.  Participant shall thereupon cease to have any right or entitlement to receive any Shares under those cancelled units.

 

(b)            Should Participant’s Service terminate by reason of his or her death or Permanent Disability prior to vesting in one or more Shares subject to this Award, then the restricted stock units shall vest in full upon Participant’s termination of Service. The Shares subject to those vested units shall be issued in accordance with the applicable provisions of Paragraph 7.

 

(c)            Should Participant’s Service terminate by reason of his or her Early Retirement or Normal Retirement prior to vesting in all the Shares subject to this Award in accordance with the annual installment vesting schedule set forth in the Award Notice, then Participant shall immediately vest in that number of additional Shares (if any) in which Participant would have otherwise been vested at the time of such termination had the Shares subject to this Award vested in a series of successive equal monthly installments over the duration of the vesting schedule set forth in the Award Notice.  The Shares which are deemed to vest on the basis of such monthly installment vesting schedule shall, together with any other Shares which are at the time vested but unissued, be issued in accordance with the applicable provisions of Paragraph 7.  The balance of the Award shall be immediately cancelled and cease to be outstanding upon such termination of Service.

 

4.              Stockholder Rights and Dividend Equivalents

 

(a)            The holder of this Award shall not have any stockholder rights, including voting, dividend or liquidation rights, with respect to the Shares subject to the Award until Participant becomes the record holder of those Shares following their actual issuance upon the Corporation’s collection of the applicable Withholding Taxes.

 

(b)            Notwithstanding the foregoing, should any dividend or other distribution payable other than in shares of Common Stock be declared and paid on the Corporation’s outstanding Common Stock in one or more calendar years during which Shares remain subject to this Award (i.e., those Shares are not otherwise issued and outstanding for purposes of entitlement to the dividend or distribution), then a special book account shall be established for Participant and credited with a phantom dividend equivalent to the actual dividend or distribution which would have been paid on those Shares had they been issued and outstanding and entitled to that dividend or distribution. The phantom dividend equivalents so credited to the Participant’s book account for each calendar quarter this Award remains outstanding in whole or in part shall be distributed to Participant (in cash or such other form as the Plan Administrator may deem appropriate in its sole discretion) on the last business day of that calendar quarter. However, each such distribution shall be subject to the Corporation’s collection of the Withholding Taxes applicable to that distribution.

 

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5.              Change in Control

 

(a)            This Award, to the extent outstanding at the time of a Change in Control, may be assumed by the successor entity or otherwise continued in full force and effect or may be replaced with a cash retention account established by the successor entity.  Any such assumption or continuation of this Award shall be effected in accordance with Paragraph 5(b) below. Any cash retention account established in replacement of this Award shall initially be credited with  the fair market value (at the effective time of the Change in Control) of the  Shares subject to the Award at that time, and interest shall accrue on the outstanding balance of such account, for the period commencing with the closing date of the Change in Control and continuing through the date of the final payment of the account, including any deferred payment date under Paragraph 8, at a variable per annum rate, compounded semi-annually, equal to the prime rate of interest as in effect from time to time during such period, as determined on the basis of the prime rate quotations published in The Wall Street Journal .  The cash retention account shall vest and be paid out in accordance with the same vesting and payment schedule applicable to the Award, as set forth in Paragraphs 1 and 7, and the Participant’s interest in such account shall at all times be that of a general, unsecured creditor.  In the event of such assumption or continuation of this Award or such replacement of the Award with a cash retention account, no accelerated vesting of the restricted stock units subject to this Award or the underlying Shares shall occur at the time of the Change in Control, and the Service-vesting provisions set forth in the Award Notice shall continue in full force and effect.

 

(b)            In the event this Award is assumed or otherwise continued in effect, the restricted stock units subject to the Award shall be adjusted immediately after the consummation of the Change in Control so as to apply to the number and class of securities into which the Shares subject to those units immediately prior to the Change in Control would have been converted in consummation of that Change in Control had those Shares actually been issued and outstanding at that time.  To the extent the actual holders of the outstanding Common Stock receive cash consideration for their Common Stock in consummation of the Change in Control,  the successor corporation (or parent entity) may, in connection with the assumption or continuation of the restricted stock units subject to the Award at that time, but subject to the Plan Administrator’s approval prior to the Change in Control, substitute one or more shares of its own common stock with a fair market value equivalent to the cash consideration paid per share of Common Stock in the Change in Control transaction, provided such common stock is readily tradable on an established U.S. securities exchange or market.

 

(c)            Upon Participant’s Separation from Service due to an Involuntary Termination occurring within twenty-four (24) months after a Change in Control in which this Award is assumed or continued in effect, all of the restricted stock units at the time subject to this Award shall vest, and the Shares underlying those units shall be issued to Participant in accordance with the applicable provisions of Paragraph 7.  Should the restricted stock units be replaced with a cash retention account in accordance with Paragraph 5(a), then the balance credited to Participant under that account at the time of his Separation from Service due to an

 

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Involuntary Termination shall immediately vest and shall be distributed to Participant in accordance with the applicable provisions of Paragraph 7; provided, however, that Participant shall vest and be entitled to such distribution only if such Involuntary Termination occurs within twenty-four (24) months following the Change in Control.

 

(d)            If the restricted stock units subject to this Award at the time of the Change in Control are not assumed or otherwise continued in effect or replaced with a cash retention account in accordance with Paragraph 5(a), then those units shall vest immediately prior to the closing of the Change in Control, and Participant shall become entitled to a vested distribution in accordance with the applicable provisions of Paragraph 7.

 

(e)            This Agreement shall not in any way affect the right of the Corporation to adjust, reclassify, reorganize or otherwise change its capital or business structure or to merge, consolidate, dissolve, liquidate or sell or transfer all or any part of its business or assets.

 

6.              Adjustment in Shares .  Should any change be made to the Common Stock by reason of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, combination of shares, exchange of shares, spin-off transaction, extraordinary dividend or distribution or other change affecting the outstanding Common Stock as a class without the Corporation’s receipt of consideration, or should the value of the outstanding shares of Common Stock be substantially reduced as a result of a spin-off transaction or an extraordinary dividend or distribution, or should there occur any merger, consolidation or other reorganization, then equitable adjustments shall be made by the Plan Administrator to the total number and/or class of securities issuable pursuant to this Award in order to reflect such change and thereby prevent a dilution or enlargement of benefits hereunder. In making such equitable adjustments, the Plan Administrator shall take into account any amounts credited to Participant’s book account under Paragraph 4(b) in connection with the transaction, and the determination of the Plan Administrator shall be final, binding and conclusive.  In the event of any Change in Control transaction, the adjustment provisions of Paragraph 5(b) shall be controlling.

 

7.              Issuance or Distribution of Shares or Other Vested Amounts.

 

(a)            The following provisions shall govern the issuance of the Shares (or any replacement or substitute amounts under Paragraph 5) which vest in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement:

 

(i)             On each Vesting and Issuance Date specified in the Award Notice, the Shares which vest at that time or which are otherwise deemed to have vested during the twelve (12)-month period ending with that date but have not otherwise been issued in accordance with any other applicable provision of this Paragraph 7(a) shall be issued.

 

(ii)            Shares which vest on an accelerated basis upon the Participant’s cessation of Service under Paragraph 3(b) or 3(c) or upon his Involuntary Termination under Paragraph 5(c) shall be issued on the date of

 

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Participant’s Separation from Service due to such cessation of Service. Any distribution from the cash retention account to which Participant is entitled under Paragraph 5(c) upon his Involuntary Termination shall be paid in a lump sum on the date of his or her Separation from Service due to such Involuntary Termination.  However, any issuance or distribution pursuant to the provisions of this subparagraph (ii) shall be subject to the deferred issuance provisions of Paragraph 8, to the extent applicable.

 

(iii)           Shares which vest under Paragraph 5(d) shall be converted into the right to receive the same consideration per share of Common Stock payable to the other stockholders of the Corporation in consummation of the Change in Control transaction, and such consideration per Share shall be distributed to Participant upon the earliest to occur of (i) the Vesting and Issuance Date on which the particular Shares to which such consideration relates would have been issued in the absence of such Change in Control, (ii) the date of Participant’s Separation from Service or (iii) the first date following a Qualifying Change in Control on which the distribution can be made without contravention of any applicable provisions of Code Section 409A.

 

(iv)           To the extent the consideration payable per share of Common Stock in the Change in Control is in the form of cash, a fully-vested cash retention account shall be established by the successor entity at the time of such Change in Control for any Shares subject to this Award that vest on an accelerated basis under Paragraph 5(d).  Such account shall be credited with the cash consideration payable for the Shares, and interest shall accrue on the outstanding balance of that account, for the period commencing with the closing date of the Change in Control and continuing through the date of the final payment of the account, including any deferred payment date under Paragraph 8, at a variable per annum rate, compounded semi-annually, equal to the prime rate of interest as in effect from time to time during such period, as determined on the basis of the prime rate quotations published in The Wall Street Journal . The cash retention account, together with all accrued interest thereon through the actual payment date, shall be distributed in accordance with the same distribution provisions in effect under  Paragraph 7(a)(iii), and the Participant’s interest in the account shall at all times be that of a general, unsecured creditor.

 

(v)            Any issuance or distribution to be made pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Paragraph 7(a) shall be made on the designated issuance or distribution date or as soon as administratively practicable thereafter. In no event, however, shall such issuance or distribution be made later than the fifteenth (15th) day of the third (3rd) calendar month following that date.

 

(vi)           Each issuance or distribution to be made pursuant to  this Paragraph 7(a) shall be subject to the Corporation’s collection of all applicable Withholding Taxes, in accordance with the provisions of Paragraphs 7(b) and 7(c).

 

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(vii)          Any Shares to be issued to Participant in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Paragraph 7(a) shall in the form of a book entry evidencing ownership of those Shares. Actual certificates for any vested Shares evidenced by book entry ownership shall be promptly delivered upon the request of Participant or any other person having an interest at the time in those Shares.

 

(b)            The Corporation shall collect the Withholding Taxes with respect to each non-Share distribution by withholding a portion of that distribution equal to the amount of the applicable Withholding Taxes, with the cash portion of the distribution to be the first portion so withheld.

 

(c)            Unless Participant (i) otherwise makes satisfactory arrangements with the Corporation’s Human Resources Department, on or before the expiration of the designated notification period preceding each applicable issuance date of the Shares, to pay the applicable Withholding Taxes through the delivery of  a check payable to the Corporation in the amount of such Withholding Taxes and (ii) in fact delivers such check to the Corporation not later than that issuance date, the Corporation shall collect the Withholding Taxes applicable to the Share issuance through the following automatic share withholding method:

 

·               On each applicable issuance date, the Corporation shall withhold, from the vested Shares otherwise issuable to Participant at that time, a portion of those Shares with a Fair Market Value (measured as of the issuance date) equal to the applicable Withholding Taxes;  provided, however , that the number of  Shares which the Corporation shall be required to so withhold shall not exceed in Fair Market Value the amount necessary to satisfy the Corporation’s required tax withholding obligations using the minimum statutory withholding rates for federal and state tax purposes, including payroll taxes, that are applicable to supplemental taxable income.

 

(d)            Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Paragraph 7, the employee portion of the federal, state and local employment taxes required to be withheld by the Corporation in connection with the vesting of the Shares or any other amounts hereunder (the “Employment Taxes”) shall in all events be collected from the Participant no later than the last business day of the calendar year in which the Shares or other amounts vest hereunder.  Accordingly, to the extent the applicable issuance date for one or more vested Shares or the distribution date for such other amounts is to occur in a year subsequent to the calendar year in which those Shares or other amounts vest, the Participant shall, on or before the last business day of the calendar year in which the Shares or other amounts vest, deliver to the Corporation a check payable to its order in the dollar amount equal to the Employment Taxes required to be withheld with respect to those Shares or other amounts.  The provisions of this Paragraph 7(d) shall be applicable only to the extent necessary to comply with the applicable tax withholding requirements of Code Section 3121(v).

 

(e)            Except as otherwise provided in Paragraph 5 or this Paragraph 7, the settlement of all restricted stock units which vest under the Award shall be made solely in shares of Common Stock.  In no event, however, shall any fractional shares be issued.  Accordingly, the total number of shares of Common Stock to be issued at the time the Award vests shall, to the extent necessary, be rounded down to the next whole share in order to avoid the issuance of a fractional share.

 

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8.              Deferred Issue Date.   Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Agreement, to the extent this Award may be deemed to create a deferred compensation arrangement under Code Section 409A, then the following limitation shall apply:

 

·               No Shares or other amounts which become issuable or distributable under this Agreement upon Participant’s Separation from Service shall actually be issued or distributed to Participant prior to the earlier of (i) the first (1st) day of the seventh (7th) month following the date of such Separation from Service or (ii) the date of Participant’s death, if Participant is deemed at the time of such Separation from Service to be a specified employee under Section 1.409A-1(i) of the Treasury Regulations issued under Code Section 409A, as determined by the Plan Administrator in accordance with consistent and uniform standards applied to all other Code Section 409A arrangements of the Corporation, and such delayed commencement is otherwise required in order to avoid a prohibited distribution under Code Section 409A(a)(2).  The deferred Shares or other distributable amount shall be issued or distributed in a lump sum on the first (1st) day of the seventh (7th) month following the date of Participant’s Separation from Service or, if earlier, the first day of the month immediately following the date the Corporation receives proof of Participant’s death.

 

·               Participant’s right to receive each installment of Shares or other installment distribution pursuant to the terms of this Agreements shall, for purposes of Code Section 409A, be treated as a right to receive a series of separate payments.

 

9.              Compliance with Laws and Regulations .  The issuance of shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Award shall be subject to compliance by the Corporation and Participant with all applicable requirements of law relating thereto and with all applicable regulations of any Stock Exchange on which the Common Stock may be listed for trading at the time of such issuance.

 

10.            Change in Control Benefits Agreement .  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, if Participant is, at the time of a change in control or ownership of the Corporation (whether or not that transaction constitutes a Change in Control hereunder), a party to a Change in Control Benefits Agreement with the Corporation, then the provisions of that agreement shall, to the extent applicable to this Award, govern Participant’s rights and benefits with respect to the restricted stock units and underlying Shares subject to this Agreement, and in the event of any conflict between the provisions of that Change in Control Benefits Agreement and this Agreement, the provisions of the Change in Control Benefits Agreement shall be controlling; provided, however, that in the event there is any conflict between the issuance or distribution provisions of this Agreement and the issuance or distribution provisions of the Change in Control Benefits Agreement, the issuance and distribution provisions of this Agreement shall be controlling.

 

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11.            Notices .  Any notice required to be given or delivered to the Corporation under the terms of this Agreement shall be in writing and addressed to the Corporation at its principal corporate offices.  Any notice required to be given or delivered to Participant shall be in writing and addressed to Participant at the address indicated below Participant’s signature line on the Award Notice.  All notices shall be deemed effective upon personal delivery or upon deposit in the U.S. mail, postage prepaid and properly addressed to the party to be notified.

 

12.            Successors and Assigns .  Except to the extent otherwise provided in this Agreement, the provisions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the Corporation and its successors and assigns and Participant, Participant’s assigns, the legal representatives, heirs and legatees of Participant’s estate and any beneficiaries of the Award designated by Participant.

 

13.            Construction .

 

(a)            This Agreement and the Award evidenced hereby are made and granted pursuant to the Plan and are in all respects limited by and subject to the terms of the Plan and any applicable Change in Control Benefits Agreement.  All decisions of the Plan Administrator with respect to any question or issue arising under the Plan or this Agreement shall be conclusive and binding on all persons having an interest in the Award.

 

(b)            To the extent there is any ambiguity as to whether any provision of this Agreement would otherwise contravene one or more applicable requirements or limitations of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder, such provision shall be interpreted and applied in a manner that complies with the applicable requirements of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder.

 

(c)            Participant hereby acknowledges the receipt of a copy of the official prospectus for the Plan.   A copy of the Plan is available upon request made to the Human Resources Department at the Corporation’s principal offices (822 Bishop Street, Honolulu, HI 96813).

 

14.            Governing Law .  The interpretation, performance and enforcement of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Hawaii without resort to that State’s conflict-of-laws rules.

 

15.            Coverage under Recoupment Policy . If Participant is on the Award Date, or at any time thereafter becomes, either an executive officer of the Corporation subject to Section 16 of the 1934 Act, or a participant in the Corporation’s Performance Improvement Incentive Plan, then Participant shall be subject to the Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. Policy Regarding Recoupment of Certain Compensation, effective as of June 29, 2012 (the “ Recoupment Policy ”), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and receipt of a copy of which Participant hereby acknowledges. If Participant is subject to the Recoupment Policy, then any incentive compensation that is paid or granted to, or received by, Participant on or after June 29, 2012 (including, without limitation, any incentive compensation

 

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that the Corporation pays to Participant on or after June 29, 2012 pursuant to an incentive compensation award made to Participant prior to June 29, 2012, whether by the Corporation or any predecessor entity) and during the three-year period preceding the date on which the Corporation is required to prepare an accounting restatement due to material non-compliance with any applicable financial reporting requirements under the federal securities laws shall be subject to recovery and recoupment pursuant to the terms of such policy.  For purposes of such Recoupment Policy, “ incentive compensation ” means any cash or equity-based award (e.g., stock award, restricted stock unit award or stock option grant or shares of Common Stock issued thereunder) or any profit sharing payment or distribution that is based upon the achievement of financial performance metrics.  An additional copy of the Recoupment Policy is available upon request made to the Corporate Secretary at the Corporation’s principal offices.

 

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APPENDIX A

 

DEFINITIONS

 

The following definitions shall be in effect under the Agreement:

 

A.             Agreement shall mean this Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement.

 

B.             Award shall mean the award of restricted stock units made to Participant pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

 

C.             Award Date shall mean the date the restricted stock units are awarded to Participant pursuant to the Agreement and shall be the date specified in the Award Notice.

 

D.             Award Notice shall mean the Notice of Award of Time-Based Restricted Stock Units delivered to Participant in which there is set forth the basic terms of the restricted stock units subject to this Agreement, including (without limitation) the applicable vesting schedule for those units.

 

E.              Board shall mean the Corporation’s Board of Directors.

 

F.              Cause shall mean the commission of any act of fraud, embezzlement or dishonesty by Participant, any unauthorized use or disclosure by Participant of confidential information or trade secrets of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary), or any other intentional misconduct by Participant adversely affecting the business or affairs of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) in a material manner; provided, however , that in the event Participant is, at the time the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) purports to terminate Participant’s Employee status for Cause, a party to a Change in Control Benefits Agreement applicable to the Award, the term Cause shall have the meaning ascribed to that term in such Change in Control Benefits Agreement.  The foregoing definition shall not in any way preclude or restrict the right of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) to discharge or dismiss Participant or any other person in the Service of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) for any other acts or omissions, but such other acts or omissions shall not be deemed, for purposes of the Plan and this Agreement, to constitute grounds for termination for Cause.

 

G.             Change in Control shall mean a change of ownership or control of the Corporation effected through any of the following transactions:

 

(i)             a merger, consolidation or other reorganization approved by the Corporation’s stockholders, unless securities representing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power of the voting securities of the successor corporation are immediately thereafter beneficially owned, directly or indirectly and in substantially the same proportion, by the persons who beneficially owned the Corporation’s outstanding voting securities immediately prior to such transaction,

 



 

(ii)            a sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s assets,

 

(iii)           the closing of any transaction or series of related transactions pursuant to which any person or any group of persons comprising a “group” within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) of the 1934 Act (other than the Corporation or a person that, prior to such transaction or series of related transactions, directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by or is under common control with, the Corporation) acquires directly or indirectly (whether as a result of a single acquisition or by reason of one or more acquisitions within the twelve (12)-month period ending with the most recent acquisition) beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the 1934 Act) of securities possessing (or convertible into or exercisable for securities possessing) thirty-five percent (35%) or more of the total combined voting power of the Corporation’s securities (as measured in terms of the power to vote with respect to the election of Board members) outstanding immediately after the consummation of such transaction or series of related transactions, whether such transaction involves a direct issuance from the Corporation or the acquisition of outstanding securities held by one or more of the Corporation’s existing stockholders, or

 

(iv)           a change in the composition of the Board over a period of twelve (12) consecutive months or less such that a majority of the Board members ceases, by reason of one or more contested elections for Board membership, to be comprised of individuals who either (A) have been Board members continuously since the beginning of such period or (B) have been elected or nominated for election as Board members during such period by at least a majority of the Board members described in clause (A) who were still in office at the time the Board approved such election or nomination;

 

provided, however , that in the event Participant is a party to a Change in Control Benefits Agreement applicable to the Award, the term Change in Control shall have the meaning ascribed to that term in such Change in Control Benefits Agreement.

 

H.             Change in Control Benefits Agreement shall mean any separate agreement between Participant and the Corporation which provides Participant with special vesting acceleration and/or other special benefits with respect to one or more awards of restricted stock units made to Participant for shares of Common Stock, including (to the extent applicable) the restricted stock units evidenced by this Agreement, in the event of a change in control or ownership of the Corporation (whether or not constituting a Change in Control hereunder).

 

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

 

J.              Common Stock shall mean shares of the Corporation’s common stock.

 

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K.             Corporation shall mean Alexander & Baldwin, Inc., a Hawaii corporation, and any successor corporation to all or substantially all of the assets or voting stock of Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. which shall by appropriate action adopt the Plan.

 

L.              Early Retirement shall mean the Participant’s retirement from Service, with the prior approval of the Corporation (or Parent or Subsidiary employing Participant), on or after the attainment of age fifty-five (55) and the completion of at least five (5) years of Service.

 

M.            Employee shall mean an individual who is in the employ of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary), subject to the control and direction of the employer entity as to both the work to be performed and the manner and method of performance.

 

N.             Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on any relevant date shall be the closing selling price per share of Common Stock at the close of regular hours trading (i.e., before after-hours trading beings) on date in question on the Stock Exchange serving as the primary market for the Common Stock, as such price is reported by the National Association of Securities Dealers (if primarily traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market) or as officially quoted in the composite tape of transactions on any other Stock Exchange on which the Common Stock is then primarily traded.  If there is no closing selling price for the Common Stock on the date in question, then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing selling price on the last preceding date for which such quotation exists.

 

O.             Good Reason shall mean the occurrence of any of the following events effected without Participant’s consent: (A) a change in Participant’s position with the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary employing Participant) which materially reduces Participant’s duties and responsibilities or the level of management to which Participant reports, (B) a relocation of Participant’s principal place of employment by more than fifty (50) miles, (C) a reduction in Participant’s level of compensation, as measured in terms of base salary, fringe benefits and target annual incentive payment, by more than ten percent (10%) or (D) the failure by the Corporation to continue in effect any stock option or other equity-based plan in which Participant is participating, or in which Participant is entitled to participate, immediately prior to a change in control of the Corporation, unless an equitable arrangement (embodied in an ongoing substitute or alternative plan) has been made with respect to such plan; or the failure by the Corporation to continue Participant’s participation therein (or in such substitute or alternative plan) on a substantially equivalent basis, both in terms of the amount or timing of payment of benefits provided and the level of Participant’s participation relative to other participants, as existed immediately prior to the change in control of the Corporation.

 

However, in the event Participant is at the time of his or her cessation of Employee status a party to a Change in Control Benefits Agreement applicable to the Award evidenced by this Agreement, the term Good Reason shall have the meaning ascribed to that term in such Change in Control Benefits Agreement.

 

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P.              Involuntary Termination shall mean the Participant’s Separation from Service by reason of:

 

(i)             Participant’s involuntary dismissal or discharge by the Corporation for reasons other than for Cause, or

 

(ii)            Participant’s voluntary resignation for Good Reason.

 

Q.             1934 Act shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.

 

R.             Normal Retirement shall mean shall mean the cessation of Service by reason of retirement at or after the attainment of age sixty-five (65).

 

S.              Participant shall mean the person to whom the Award is made pursuant to the Agreement.

 

T.             Parent shall mean any corporation (other than the Corporation) in an unbroken chain of corporations ending with the Corporation, provided each corporation in the unbroken chain (other than the Corporation) owns, at the time of the determination, stock possessing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in such chain.

 

U.             Permanent Disability shall mean the inability of Participant to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment expected to result in death or to be of continuous duration of twelve (12) months or more.

 

V.             Plan shall mean the Corporation’s 2012 Incentive Compensation Plan.

 

W.            Plan Administrator shall mean either the Board or a committee of the Board acting in its capacity as administrator of the Plan.

 

X.             Qualifying Change in Control shall mean the date on which there occurs a Change in Control that also qualifies as: (i) a change in the ownership of the Corporation, as determined in accordance with  Section 1.409A-3(i)((5)(v) of the Treasury Regulations, (ii) a change in the effective control of the Corporation, as determined in accordance with  Section 1.409A-3(i)((5)(vi) of the Treasury Regulations, or (iii) a change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the Corporation, as determined in accordance with  Section 1.409A-3(i)((5)(vii) of the Treasury Regulations.

 

Y.             Separation from Service shall mean the Participant’s cessation of Employee status by reason of his or her death, retirement or termination of employment.  The Participant shall be deemed to have terminated employment for such purpose at such time as the level of his or her bona fide services to be performed as an Employee (or as a consultant or independent contractor) permanently decreases to a level that is less than fifty percent (50%) of the average level of services he or she rendered as an Employee during the immediately preceding thirty-six (36) months (or such shorter period for which he or she may have rendered such services).  Solely for purposes of determining when a Separation from Service occurs,

 

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Participant will be deemed to continue in “Employee” status for so long as he or she remains in the employ of one or more members of the Employer Group, subject to the control and direction of the employer entity as to both the work to be performed and the manner and method of performance. “Employer Group” means the Corporation and any Parent or Subsidiary and any other corporation or business controlled by, controlling or under common control with, the Corporation, as determined in accordance with Sections 414(b) and (c) of the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder, except that in applying Sections 1563(1), (2) and (3) of the Code for purposes of determining the controlled group of corporations under Section 414(b), the phrase “at least 50 percent” shall be used instead of “at least 80 percent” each place the latter phrase appears in such sections and in applying Section 1.414(c)-2 of the Treasury Regulations for purposes of determining trades or businesses that are under common control for purposes of Section 414(c), the phrase “at least 50 percent” shall be used instead of “at least 80 percent” each place the latter phrase appears in Section  1.4.14(c)-2 of the Treasury Regulations.  Any such determination as to Separation from Service, however, shall be made in accordance with the applicable standards of the Treasury Regulations issued under Section 409A of the Code.

 

Z.             Service shall mean Participant’s performance of services for the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) in the capacity of an Employee, a non-employee member of the board of directors or a consultant or independent advisor.  In addition, the following provisions shall govern the determination of Participant’s period of Service:

 

(i)             Participant shall be deemed to continue in Service for so long as Participant performs services for the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) in the capacity of an Employee, a non-employee member of the board of directors or a consultant or independent advisor.

 

(ii)            Participant shall be deemed to cease Service immediately upon the occurrence of the either of the following events: (a) Participant no longer performs services in any of the foregoing capacities for the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) or (b) the entity for which Participant performs such services ceases to remain a Parent or Subsidiary of the Corporation, even though Participant may subsequently continue to perform services for that entity.

 

(iii)           Service as an Employee shall not be deemed to cease during a period of military leave, sick leave or other personal leave approved by the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) employing Participant; provided, however, that the following special provisions shall be in effect for any such leave:

 

a.              Should the period of such leave (other than a disability leave) exceed six (6) months, then Participant shall be deemed to cease Service and to incur a Separation from Service upon the expiration of the initial six (6)-month period of that leave, unless Participant retains a right to re-employment under applicable law or by contract with the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) employing Participant.

 

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b.              Should the period of a disability leave exceed twenty-nine (29) months, then Participant shall be deemed to cease Service and to incur a Separation from Service upon the expiration of the initial twenty-nine (29)-month period of that leave, unless Participant retains a right to re-employment under applicable law or by contract with the Corporation.  For such purpose, a disability leave shall be a leave of absence due to any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or to last for a continuous period of not less than six (6) months and causes Participant to be unable to perform the duties of his or her position of employment (or any substantially similar position of employment) with the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary).

 

c.              Except to the extent otherwise required by law or expressly authorized by the Plan Administrator or by the written policy on leaves of absence of the Corporation no Service credit shall be given for vesting purposes for any period Participant is on a leave of absence.

 

(iv)           Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing provisions of this Service definition, the Participant shall in all events be deemed to cease Service for all purposes of this Award immediately upon Participant’s incurrence of a Separation from Service.

 

AA.         Stock Exchange shall mean the American Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq Global or Global Select Market or the New York Stock Exchange.

 

BB.           Subsidiary shall mean any corporation (other than the Corporation) in an unbroken chain of corporations beginning with the Corporation, provided each corporation (other than the last corporation) in the unbroken chain owns, at the time of the determination, stock possessing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in such chain.  The term Subsidiary shall also include any wholly-owned limited liability company in such chain of subsidiaries that is disregarded for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

 

CC.           Withholding Taxes shall mean the federal, state and local income taxes and the employee portion of the federal, state and local employment taxes required to be withheld by the Corporation in connection with the issuance of the shares of Common Stock which vest under the Award and any phantom dividend equivalents distributed with respect to those shares.

 

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Exhibit 99.8

 

ALEXANDER & BALDWIN, INC.

RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT

NON-EMPLOYEE BOARD MEMBER—NO DEFERRAL

 

RECITALS

 

A.             The Corporation has implemented an automatic award program under the Plan pursuant to which eligible non-employee Board members will automatically receive special awards of restricted stock units at periodic intervals over their period of Board service in order to provide such individuals with a meaningful incentive to continue to serve as Board members.

 

B.             Participant is an eligible non-employee Board member, and this Agreement is executed pursuant to, and is intended to carry out the purposes of, the Plan in connection with the automatic award of restricted stock units under the Plan.

 

C.             All capitalized terms in this Agreement shall have the meaning assigned to them in the attached Appendix A.

 

NOW, THEREFORE , it is hereby agreed as follows:

 

1.              Grant of Restricted Stock Units .  The Corporation hereby awards to Participant, as of the Award Date, an award (the “Award”) of restricted stock units under the Plan.  Each restricted stock unit represents the right to receive one share of Common Stock on the vesting date of that unit.  The number of shares of Common Stock subject to the awarded restricted stock units, the applicable vesting schedule for the restricted stock units and the underlying shares of Common Stock, the dates on which those vested shares shall be issued to Participant and the remaining terms and conditions governing the Award shall be as set forth in this Agreement.

 

AWARD SUMMARY

 

Participant

 

                                      

 

 

 

Award Date:

 

                   , 201           

 

 

 

Number of Shares Subject to Award:

 

               shares of Common Stock (the “Shares”)

 

 

 

Vesting Schedule:

 

The Shares shall vest in a series of three (3) successive equal annual installments upon Participant’s completion of each year of Board service over the three (3)-year period measured from the Award Date. The Shares may vest in whole or in part on an accelerated basis in accordance with the provisions of Paragraphs 3 and 5 of this Agreement. In no event shall any Shares vest after the date of Participant’s termination of Board service.

 



 

Issuance Schedule

 

Subject to the provisions of Paragraph 7(a), each Share in which the Participant vests in accordance with the foregoing Vesting Schedule or pursuant to the vesting acceleration provisions of Paragraph 3 or 5 of this Agreement shall be issued on the date that Share vests or as soon thereafter as administratively practicable, but in no event later than the later of (i) the close of the calendar year in which that Share vests or (ii) the fifteenth day of the third calendar month following such vesting date (the “Issuance Date”).

 

2.              Limited Transferability .  Prior to the actual issuance of the Shares which vest hereunder, Participant may not transfer any interest in the restricted stock units subject to the Award or the underlying Shares or pledge or otherwise hedge the sale of those units or Shares, including (without limitation) any short sale or any acquisition or disposition of any put or call option or other instrument tied to the value of those Shares. However, any Shares which vest hereunder but otherwise remain unissued at the time of Participant’s death may be transferred pursuant to the provisions of Participant’s will or the laws of inheritance or to Participant’s designated beneficiary or beneficiaries of this Award. Participant may also direct the Corporation to issue the stock certificates for any Shares which in fact vest and become issuable hereunder to one or more designated Family Members or a trust established for Participant and/or his or her Family Members. Participant may make such a beneficiary designation or certificate directive at any time by filing the appropriate form with the Plan Administrator or its designee.

 

3.              Cessation of Service .  The restricted stock units subject to this Award shall immediately vest in full upon Participant’s cessation of Board service by reason of death, Permanent Disability or Retirement. Should Participant cease Board service for any other reason prior to vesting in one or more Shares subject to this Award, then the Award will be immediately cancelled with respect to those unvested Shares, and the number of restricted stock units will be reduced accordingly. Participant shall thereupon cease to have any right or entitlement to receive any Shares under those cancelled units.

 

4.              Stockholder Rights and Dividend Equivalents

 

(a)            Participant shall not have any stockholder rights, including voting, dividend or liquidation rights, with respect to the Shares subject to the Award until Participant becomes the record holder of those Shares following their actual issuance.

 

(b)            Notwithstanding the foregoing, should any dividend or other distribution payable other than in shares of Common Stock be declared and paid on the outstanding Common Stock while one or more Shares remain subject to this Award (i.e., those Shares are not otherwise issued and outstanding for purposes of entitlement to the dividend or distribution), then a special book account shall be established for Participant and credited with a phantom dividend equivalent to the actual dividend or distribution which would have been paid on those Shares had they been issued and outstanding and entitled to that dividend or distribution. As the Shares vest hereunder, the phantom dividend equivalents that are

 

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credited to those Shares in the book account shall concurrently vest, and those vested dividend equivalents shall subsequently be distributed to Participant (in cash or such other form as the Plan Administrator may deem appropriate in its sole discretion) at the same time the vested Shares to which those phantom dividend equivalents relate are issued.

 

5.              Special Vesting Acceleration .  The restricted stock units subject to this Award shall immediately vest in full upon Participant’s continuation in Board service until the effective date of any Change in Control transaction. The vested Shares will be issued immediately upon such effective date or as soon as administratively practicable thereafter, but in no event more than fifteen (15) business days after such effective date. Alternatively, the Participant’s right to the Shares may, pursuant to the terms of the Change in Control transaction, be converted into the right to receive the same consideration per share of Common Stock payable to the other shareholders of the Corporation in consummation of the Change in Control and distributed at the same time as such shareholder payments, but such distribution to Participant shall in all events be completed no later than the later of (i) the close of the calendar year in which such Change in Control is effected or (ii) the fifteenth (15th) of the third (3rd) calendar month following the effective date of that Change in Control.

 

6.              Adjustment in Shares .  Should any change be made to the Common Stock by reason of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, combination of shares, exchange of shares, spin-off transaction or other change affecting the outstanding Common Stock as a class without the Corporation’s receipt of consideration, or should the value of the outstanding shares of Common Stock be substantially reduced as a result of a spin-off transaction or an extraordinary dividend or distribution, or should there occur any merger, consolidation or other reorganization, then equitable adjustments shall be made by the Plan Administrator to the total number and/or class of securities issuable pursuant to this Award in order to reflect such change and thereby prevent a dilution or enlargement of benefits hereunder.  In making such equitable adjustments, the Plan Administrator shall take into account any amounts to be credited to Participant’s book account under Paragraph 4(b) in connection with the transaction, and the determination of the Plan Administrator shall be final, binding and conclusive.

 

7.              Issuance of Shares of Common Stock .

 

(a)            Except as otherwise provided in Paragraph 5, on each applicable Issuance Date for the Shares which vest in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the Corporation shall issue to or on behalf of Participant a certificate (which may be in electronic form) for the vested shares of Common Stock to be issued on such date and shall concurrently distribute to Participant any phantom dividend equivalents with respect to those vested Shares. Notwithstanding the foregoing, should Participant attain Retirement age prior to completion of the normal Vesting Schedule set forth in Paragraph 1, then any Shares in which Participant may, pursuant to Code Section 409A, be deemed to vest at that time shall be issued upon the earliest to occur of (i) the Issuance Date which would otherwise apply to those Shares under this Agreement had Participant not reached Retirement age, (ii) the date of Participant’s cessation of Board service or (iii) the effective date of a Change in Control (with the issuance in such latter event to be governed by the terms of Paragraph 5 above).

 

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(b)            Except as otherwise provided in Paragraph 5, the settlement of all restricted stock units which vest under this Award shall be made solely in shares of Common Stock.  In no event, however, shall any fractional shares be issued.  Accordingly, the total number of shares of Common Stock to be issued at the time the Award vests shall, to the extent necessary, be rounded down to the next whole share in order to avoid the issuance of a fractional share.

 

8.              Compliance with Laws and Regulations .

 

(a)            The issuance of shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Award shall be subject to compliance by the Corporation and Participant with all applicable requirements of law relating thereto and with all applicable regulations of any stock exchange on which the Common Stock may be listed for trading at the time of such issuance.

 

(b)            The inability of the Corporation to obtain approval from any regulatory body having authority deemed by the Corporation to be necessary to the lawful issuance of any Common Stock hereby shall relieve the Corporation of any liability with respect to the non-issuance of the Common Stock as to which such approval shall not have been obtained.  The Corporation, however, shall use its best efforts to obtain all such approvals.

 

9.              Successors and Assigns .  Except to the extent otherwise provided in this Agreement, the provisions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the Corporation and its successors and assigns and Participant, Participant’s assigns, the legal representatives, heirs and legatees of Participant’s estate and any beneficiaries of the Award designated by Participant.

 

10.            Notices .  Any notice required to be given or delivered to the Corporation under the terms of this Agreement shall be in writing and addressed to the Corporation at its principal corporate offices.  Any notice required to be given or delivered to Participant shall be in writing and addressed to Participant at the address indicated below Participant’s signature line on this Agreement.  All notices shall be deemed effective upon personal delivery or upon deposit in the U.S. mail, postage prepaid and properly addressed to the party to be notified.

 

11.            Construction .  This Agreement and the Award evidenced hereby are made and granted pursuant to the Plan and are in all respects limited by and subject to the terms of the Plan.  All decisions of the Plan Administrator with respect to any question or issue arising under the Plan or this Agreement shall be conclusive and binding on all persons having an interest in the Award.

 

12.            Governing Law .  The interpretation, performance and enforcement of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Hawaii without resort to that State’s conflict-of-laws rules.

 

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13.            No Impairment of Rights.   This Agreement shall not in any way affect the right of the Corporation to adjust, reclassify, reorganize or otherwise make changes in its capital or business structure or to merge, consolidate, dissolve, liquidate or sell or transfer all or any part of its business or assets.  In addition, this Agreement shall not in any way be construed or interpreted so as to affect adversely or otherwise impair the right of the Corporation or its shareholders to remove Participant from the Board at any time in accordance with the provisions of applicable law.

 

14.            Section 409A Compliance . Should there occur any ambiguity as to whether any provision of this Agreement would otherwise contravene one or more applicable requirements or limitations of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder, that that provision shall be interpreted and applied in a manner that complies with the applicable requirements of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the parties have executed this Agreement on the Award Date first indicated above.

 

 

 

ALEXANDER & BALDWIN, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Address:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PARTICIPANT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Signature:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Address:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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APPENDIX A

DEFINITIONS

 

A.             Agreement shall mean this Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement.

 

B.             Award shall mean the award of restricted stock units made to Participant pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

 

C.             Award Date shall mean the date the restricted stock units are awarded to Participant pursuant to the Agreement and shall be the date indicated in Paragraph 1 of the Agreement.

 

D.             Board shall mean the Corporation’s Board of Directors.

 

E.              Change in Control shall mean a change of ownership or control of the Corporation effected through any of the following transactions:

 

(i)             a merger, consolidation or other reorganization approved by the Corporation’s stockholders, unless securities representing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power of the voting securities of the successor corporation are immediately thereafter beneficially owned, directly or indirectly and in substantially the same proportion, by the persons who beneficially owned the Corporation’s outstanding voting securities immediately prior to such transaction,

 

(ii)            a sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s assets,

 

(iii)           the closing of any transaction or series of related transactions pursuant to which any person or any group of persons comprising a “group” within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) of the 1934 Act (other than the Corporation or a person that, prior to such transaction or series of related transactions, directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by or is under common control with, the Corporation) acquires directly or indirectly (whether as a result of a single acquisition or by reason of one or more acquisitions within the twelve (12)-month period ending with the most recent acquisition) beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the 1934 Act) of securities possessing (or convertible into or exercisable for securities possessing) thirty-five percent (35%) or more of the total combined voting power of the Corporation’s securities (as measured in terms of the power to vote with respect to the election of Board

 

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members) outstanding immediately after the consummation of such transaction or series of related transactions, whether such transaction involves a direct issuance from the Corporation or the acquisition of outstanding securities held by one or more of the Corporation’s existing stockholders, or

 

(iv)           a change in the composition of the Board over a period of twelve (12) consecutive months or less such that a majority of the Board members ceases, by reason of one or more contested elections for Board membership, to be comprised of individuals who either (A) have been Board members continuously since the beginning of such period or (B) have been elected or nominated for election as Board members during such period by at least a majority of the Board members described in clause (A) who were still in office at the time the Board approved such election or nomination.

 

The foregoing definition of Change in Control shall in all instances be applied and interpreted in such manner that the applicable Change in Control transaction will also qualify as: (i) a change in the ownership of the Corporation, as determined in accordance with Section 1.409A-3(i)(5)(v) of the Treasury Regulations, (ii) a change in the effective control of the Corporation, as determined in accordance with Section 1.409A-3(i)(5)(vi) of the Treasury Regulations, or (iii) a change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the Corporation, as determined in accordance with Section 1.409A-3(i)(5)(vii) of the Treasury Regulations.

 

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

 

G.             Common Stock shall mean shares of the Corporation’s common stock.

 

H.             Corporation shall mean Alexander & Baldwin, Inc., a Hawaii corporation, and any successor corporation to all or substantially all of the assets or voting stock of Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. which shall by appropriate action adopt the Plan.

 

I.               Family Members shall mean, with respect to the Participant, any child, stepchild, grandchild, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, former spouse, sibling, niece, nephew, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law or sister-in-law.

 

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

 

K.             Participant shall mean the non-employee Board member to whom the Award is made pursuant to the Automatic Grant Program.

 

L.              Permanent Disability shall mean the inability of Participant to perform his or her usual duties as a Board member by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment expected to result in death or to be of continuous duration of twelve (12) months or more.

 

M.            Plan shall mean the Corporation’s 2012 Incentive Compensation Plan.

 

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N.             Plan Administrator shall mean either the Board or a committee of the Board acting in its capacity as administrator of the Plan.

 

O.             Retirement shall mean the cessation of Board service by reason of retirement at or after the attainment of age seventy-two (72).

 

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Exhibit 99.9

 

ALEXANDER & BALDWIN, INC.

RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT

NON-EMPLOYEE BOARD MEMBER—DEFERRAL ELECTION

 

RECITALS

 

A.            The Corporation has implemented an automatic award program under the Plan pursuant to which eligible non-employee members of the Board will automatically receive special awards of restricted stock units at periodic intervals over their period of Board service in order to provide such individuals with a meaningful incentive to continue to serve as members of the Board.

 

B.            Participant is an eligible non-employee Board member, and this Agreement is executed pursuant to, and is intended to carry out the purposes of, the Plan in connection with the automatic award of restricted stock units under the Plan.

 

C.            All capitalized terms in this Agreement shall have the meaning assigned to them in the attached Appendix A.

 

NOW, THEREFORE , it is hereby agreed as follows:

 

1.             Grant of Restricted Stock Units .  The Corporation hereby awards to Participant, as of the Award Date, an award (the “Award”) of restricted stock units under the Plan.  Each restricted stock unit represents the right to receive one share of Common Stock on the vesting date of that unit.  The number of shares of Common Stock subject to the awarded restricted stock units, the applicable vesting schedule for the restricted stock units and the underlying shares of Common Stock, the dates on which those vested shares shall be issued to Participant and the remaining terms and conditions governing the Award shall be as set forth in this Agreement.

 

AWARD SUMMARY

 

Participant

 

                                       

 

 

 

Award Date:

 

                           , 201       

 

 

 

Number of Shares Subject to Award:

 

                     shares of Common Stock (the “Shares”)

 

 

 

Vesting Schedule:

 

The Shares shall vest in a series of three (3) successive equal annual installments upon Participant’s completion of each year of Board service over the three (3)-year period measured from the Award Date. The Shares may vest in whole or in part on an accelerated basis in accordance with the provisions of Paragraphs 3 and 5 of this Agreement. In no event shall any Shares vest after the date of Participant’s termination of Board service.

 



 

Issuance Schedule

 

The Shares in which the Participant vests pursuant to the foregoing Vesting Schedule or the vesting acceleration provisions of Paragraph 3 or Paragraph 5 of this Agreement shall be issued in accordance with the Participant’s Deferral Election.

 

2.             Limited Transferability .  Prior to the actual issuance of the Shares that vest hereunder, Participant may not transfer any interest in the restricted stock units subject to the Award or the underlying Shares or pledge or otherwise hedge the sale of those units or Shares, including (without limitation) any short sale or any acquisition or disposition of any put or call option or other instrument tied to the value of those Shares. However, any Shares which vest hereunder but otherwise remain unissued at the time of Participant’s death may be transferred pursuant to the provisions of Participant’s will or the laws of inheritance or to Participant’s designated beneficiary or beneficiaries of this Award, and in such event, the Shares shall be issued to the applicable transferee(s) in accordance with the distribution date or event and method of distribution specified by Participant in his or her Deferral Election.  Participant may also direct the Corporation to issue the stock certificates for any Shares which in fact vest and become issuable hereunder to Participant during his or her lifetime to one or more designated Family Members or a trust established for Participant and/or his or her Family Members. Any such issuance shall be effected in accordance with the distribution date or event and method of distribution specified by Participant in his or her Deferral Election for that Substitute Award. Participant may make such a beneficiary designation or certificate directive at any time by filing the appropriate form with the Plan Administrator or its designee.

 

3.             Cessation of Service .  The restricted stock units subject to this Award shall immediately vest in full upon Participant’s cessation of Board service by reason of death, Permanent Disability or Retirement. Should Participant cease Board service for any other reason prior to vesting in one or more Shares subject to this Award, then the Award will be immediately cancelled with respect to those unvested Shares, and the number of restricted stock units will be reduced accordingly.  Participant shall thereupon cease to have any right or entitlement to receive any Shares under those cancelled units.

 

4.             Stockholder Rights and Dividend Equivalents

 

(a)           Participant shall not have any stockholder rights, including voting, dividend or liquidation rights, with respect to the Shares subject to the Award until Participant becomes the record holder of those Shares following their actual issuance.

 

(b)           Notwithstanding the foregoing, should any dividend or other distribution payable other than in shares of Common Stock be declared and paid on the outstanding Common Stock while one or more Shares remain subject to this Award (i.e., those Shares are not otherwise issued and outstanding for purposes of entitlement to the dividend or distribution), then a special book account shall be established for Participant and credited with a phantom dividend equivalent to the actual dividend or distribution which would have been paid on those Shares had they been issued and outstanding and entitled to that dividend or distribution. As the Shares vest hereunder, the phantom dividend equivalents credited to those Shares in the book account shall concurrently vest, and those vested dividend equivalents shall

 

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subsequently be distributed to Participant (in cash or such other form as the Plan Administrator may deem appropriate in its sole discretion) at that time or at such later time as may be specified in the Participant’s Deferral Election for this Award. Should Participant elect on his or her Deferral Election to defer the Shares but not the phantom dividend equivalents pertaining to those Shares, then any dividend equivalents credited from time to time on those Shares after the date those Shares vest shall be paid to Participant within thirty (30) days after the date of the actual dividend or distribution to which those particular dividend equivalents relate. Should the Deferral Election provide for an installment distribution of the Shares and the deferral of the phantom dividend equivalents with respect to those Shares, then any additional amounts that are, during the installment distribution period, credited to the Participant’s special book account hereunder pursuant to the phantom dividend equivalents attributable to the undistributed portion of the Shares shall also be deferred and shall not be paid until the deferred Shares to which those additional amounts pertain are issued in satisfaction of the elected installment distribution.  In no event shall such phantom dividend equivalents vest or become distributable unless the Shares to which they relate vest in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

5.             Special Vesting Acceleration .  The restricted stock units subject to this Award shall immediately vest in full upon Participant’s continuation in Board service until the effective date of any Change in Control transaction, and the Shares underlying those vested units shall be issued in accordance with Participant’s Deferral Election. Alternatively, the Participant’s right to the Shares may, pursuant to the terms of the Change in Control transaction, be converted into the right to receive the same consideration per share of Common Stock payable to the other shareholders of the Corporation in consummation of the Change in Control.  In such event, the consideration for the Shares shall be distributed to Participant in accordance with the distribution provisions of his or her Deferral Election.

 

6.             Adjustment in Shares .  Should any change be made to the Common Stock by reason of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, combination of shares, exchange of shares, spin-off transaction or other change affecting the outstanding Common Stock as a class without the Corporation’s receipt of consideration, or should the value of the outstanding shares of Common Stock be substantially reduced as a result of a spin-off transaction or an extraordinary dividend or distribution, or should there occur any merger, consolidation or other reorganization, then equitable adjustments shall be made by the Plan Administrator to the total number and/or class of securities issuable pursuant to this Award in order to reflect such change and thereby prevent a dilution or enlargement of benefits hereunder. In making such equitable adjustments, the Plan Administrator shall take into account any amounts to be credited to Participant’s book account under Paragraph 4(b) in connection with the transaction, and the determination of the Plan Administrator shall be final, binding and conclusive.

 

7.             Issuance of Shares of Common Stock .

 

(a)           Except as otherwise provided in Paragraph 5, on each applicable issuance date or dates designated in the Deferral Election for the Shares which vest in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the Corporation shall issue to or on behalf of Participant a certificate (which may be in electronic form) for the vested shares of Common Stock to be issued on that date and shall concurrently distribute to Participant any deferred phantom dividend equivalents accumulated with respect to those particular vested Shares.

 

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(b)           Except as otherwise provided in Paragraph 5, the settlement of all restricted stock units which vest under this Award shall be made solely in shares of Common Stock.  In no event, however, shall any fractional shares be issued.  Accordingly, the total number of shares of Common Stock to be issued at the time the Award vests shall, to the extent necessary, be rounded down to the next whole share in order to avoid the issuance of a fractional share.

 

8.             Compliance with Laws and Regulations .

 

(a)           The issuance of shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Award shall be subject to compliance by the Corporation and Participant with all applicable requirements of law relating thereto and with all applicable regulations of any stock exchange on which the Common Stock may be listed for trading at the time of such issuance.

 

(b)           The inability of the Corporation to obtain approval from any regulatory body having authority deemed by the Corporation to be necessary to the lawful issuance of any Common Stock hereby shall relieve the Corporation of any liability with respect to the non-issuance of the Common Stock as to which such approval shall not have been obtained.  The Corporation, however, shall use its best efforts to obtain all such approvals.

 

9.             Successors and Assigns .  Except to the extent otherwise provided in this Agreement, the provisions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the Corporation and its successors and assigns and Participant, Participant’s assigns, the legal representatives, heirs and legatees of Participant’s estate and any beneficiaries of the Award designated by Participant.

 

10.           Notices .  Any notice required to be given or delivered to the Corporation under the terms of this Agreement shall be in writing and addressed to the Corporation at its principal corporate offices.  Any notice required to be given or delivered to Participant shall be in writing and addressed to Participant at the address indicated below Participant’s signature line on this Agreement, unless Participant notifies the Corporation of a change in address in writing.  All notices shall be deemed effective upon personal delivery or upon deposit in the U.S. mail, postage prepaid and properly addressed to the party to be notified.

 

11.           Construction .  This Agreement and the Award evidenced hereby are made and granted pursuant to the Plan and are in all respects limited by and subject to the terms of the Plan.  All decisions of the Plan Administrator with respect to any question or issue arising under the Plan or this Agreement shall be conclusive and binding on all persons having an interest in the Award.

 

12.           Governing Law .  The interpretation, performance and enforcement of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Hawaii without resort to that State’s conflict-of-laws rules.

 

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13.           No Impairment of Rights.   This Agreement shall not in any way affect the right of the Corporation to adjust, reclassify, reorganize or otherwise make changes in its capital or business structure or to merge, consolidate, dissolve, liquidate or sell or transfer all or any part of its business or assets.  In addition, this Agreement shall not in any way be construed or interpreted so as to affect adversely or otherwise impair the right of the Corporation or its shareholders to remove Participant from the Board at any time in accordance with the provisions of applicable law.

 

14.           Section 409A Compliance . Should there occur any ambiguity as to whether any provision of this Agreement would otherwise contravene one or more applicable requirements or limitations of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder, that that provision shall be interpreted and applied in a manner that complies with the applicable requirements of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the parties have executed this Agreement as of the Award Date first indicated above.

 

 

 

ALEXANDER & BALDWIN, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Address:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PARTICIPANT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Signature:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Address:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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APPENDIX A

DEFINITIONS

 

A.            Agreement shall mean this Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement.

 

B.            Award shall mean the award of restricted stock units made to Participant pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

 

C.            Award Date shall mean the date the restricted stock units are awarded to Participant pursuant to the Agreement and shall be the date indicated in Paragraph 1 of the Agreement.

 

D.            Board shall mean the Corporation’s Board of Directors.

 

E.             Change in Control shall mean a change of ownership or control of the Corporation effected through any of the following transactions:

 

(i)            a merger, consolidation or other reorganization approved by the Corporation’s stockholders, unless securities representing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power of the voting securities of the successor corporation are immediately thereafter beneficially owned, directly or indirectly and in substantially the same proportion, by the persons who beneficially owned the Corporation’s outstanding voting securities immediately prior to such transaction,

 

(ii)           a sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s assets,

 

(iii)          the closing of any transaction or series of related transactions pursuant to which any person or any group of persons comprising a “group” within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) of the 1934 Act (other than the Corporation or a person that, prior to such transaction or series of related transactions, directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by or is under common control with, the Corporation) acquires directly or indirectly (whether as a result of a single acquisition or by reason of one or more acquisitions within the twelve (12)-month period ending with the most recent acquisition) beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the 1934 Act) of securities possessing (or convertible into or exercisable for securities possessing) thirty-five percent (35%) or more of the total combined voting power of the Corporation’s securities (as measured in terms of the power to vote with respect to the election of Board members) outstanding immediately after the consummation of such transaction or series of related transactions, whether such transaction involves a direct issuance from the Corporation or the acquisition of outstanding securities held by one or more of the Corporation’s existing stockholders, or

 

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(iv)          a change in the composition of the Board over a period of twelve (12) consecutive months or less such that a majority of the Board members ceases, by reason of one or more contested elections for Board membership, to be comprised of individuals who either (A) have been Board members continuously since the beginning of such period or (B) have been elected or nominated for election as Board members during such period by at least a majority of the Board members described in clause (A) who were still in office at the time the Board approved such election or nomination.

 

The foregoing definition of Change in Control shall in all instances be applied and interpreted in such manner that the applicable Change in Control transaction will also qualify as: (i) a change in the ownership of the Corporation, as determined in accordance with Section 1.409A-3(i)(5)(v) of the Treasury Regulations, (ii) a change in the effective control of the Corporation, as determined in accordance with Section 1.409A-3(i)(5)(vi) of the Treasury Regulations, or (iii) a change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the Corporation, as determined in accordance with Section 1.409A-3(i)(5)(vii) of the Treasury Regulations.

 

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

 

G.            Common Stock shall mean shares of the Corporation’s common stock.

 

H.            Corporation shall mean Alexander & Baldwin, Inc., a Hawaii corporation, and any successor corporation to all or substantially all of the assets or voting stock of Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. which shall by appropriate action adopt the Plan.

 

I.              Deferral Election shall mean the election made by Participant, prior to the start of the calendar year in which this Award is made, in which Participant has, in accordance with the applicable requirements of Code Section 409A and the Treasury Regulations thereunder, designated a deferred commencement date or event for the issuance of the Shares in which he or she vests under this Award and the method of issuance (lump sum or installment) for those vested and deferred Shares and any deferred phantom dividend equivalents pertaining to those Shares.

 

J.             Family Members shall mean, with respect to the Participant, any child, stepchild, grandchild, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, former spouse, sibling, niece, nephew, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law or sister-in-law.

 

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

 

L.             Participant shall mean the non-employee Board member to whom the Award is made pursuant to the Automatic Grant Program.

 

M.           Permanent Disability shall mean the inability of Participant to perform his or her usual duties as a Board member by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment expected to result in death or to be of continuous duration of twelve (12) months or more.

 

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N.            Plan shall mean the Corporation’s 2012 Incentive Compensation Plan.

 

O.            Plan Administrator shall mean either the Board or a committee of the Board acting in its capacity as administrator of the Plan.

 

P.             Retirement shall mean the cessation of Board service by reason of retirement at or after the attainment of age seventy-two (72).

 

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Exhibit 99.10

 

ALEXANDER & BALDWIN, INC.

NOTICE OF AWARD OF PERFORMANCE-BASED RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS

 

The Corporation hereby awards to Participant, as of the Award Date indicated below, an award (the “Award”) of restricted stock units under the Corporation’s 2012 Incentive Compensation Plan (the “Plan”).  Each restricted stock unit represents the right to receive one share of Common Stock on the applicable issuance date following the vesting of that unit.  The number of shares of Common Stock subject to the awarded restricted stock units and the applicable performance- vesting requirements for those units and the underlying shares are set forth below. The remaining terms and conditions governing the Award, including the applicable service-vesting requirements and the applicable issuance date or dates for the shares of Common Stock that vest under the Award, shall be as set forth in the form Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement for Awards with combined performance and service vesting requirements.

 

AWARD SUMMARY

 

Participant

 

 

 

 

 

Award Date:

 

                  , 201    

 

 

 

Number of Shares Subject to Award:

 

The number of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Award shall be determined in accordance with the Vesting Schedule below. For purposes of the percentage calculations set forth in the Performance Vesting section of such schedule, the designated number of shares of Common Stock to be utilized is           shares (the “Designated Shares”).

 

 

 

Vesting Schedule:

 

The number of shares of Common Stock which may actually vest and become issuable pursuant to the Award shall be determined pursuant to a two-step process: (i) first there shall be calculated the maximum number of shares of Common Stock in which Participant can vest under the Performance Vesting section below based upon the actual level at which each of the Performance Goals specified on attached Schedule I is attained and (ii) then the number of shares calculated under clause (i) in which Participant may actually vest shall be determined on the basis of his or her satisfaction of the applicable Service vesting requirements set forth in the form Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement.

 

Performance Vesting : Attached Schedule I specifies each of the Performance Goals established for the Performance Period. For each Performance Goal, there are three designated levels of attainment set forth in Schedule I: Threshold, Target and Extraordinary. The Designated Shares subject to this Award are hereby allotted to each Performance Goal as follows: (i)              percent (    %) of the Designated Shares is allotted to Performance Goal One set forth in Schedule I, and (ii) the remaining            percent (      %) of the Designated Shares is allotted to Performance Goal Two set forth in Schedule I. Within sixty (60) days after the completion of

 

 



 

 

 

the Performance Period, the Plan Administrator shall determine and certify the actual level of attainment for each Performance Goal and shall then measure that level of attainment against the Threshold, Target and Extraordinary Levels set forth for that Performance Goal in attached Schedule I. The maximum number of shares of Common Stock in which Participant can vest based upon the actual level of attainment of each Performance Goal shall be determined by applying the corresponding percentage below for that level of attainment to the number of Designated Shares allotted to that particular Performance Goal in accordance with the forgoing allocation (the “Allotted Shares”):

 

 

 

 Attainment below the Threshold Level:

0% of the Allotted Shares

 

 

 Attainment at the Threshold Level:

50% of the Allotted Shares

 

 

 Attainment at the Target Level:

100% of the Allotted Shares

 

 

 Attainment at Extraordinary Level:

200% of the Allotted Shares

 

 

 

 

 

To the extent the actual level of attainment of a Performance Goal is at a point between the Threshold and Target Levels, the maximum number of shares of Common Stock allotted to that Performance Goal in which Participant can vest shall be pro-rated between the two points on a straight line basis.

 

To the extent the actual level of attainment of a Performance Goal is at a point between the Target and Extraordinary Levels, the maximum number of shares of Common Stock allotted to that Performance Goal in which Participant can vest shall be pro-rated between the two points on a straight line basis.

 

The maximum number of shares of Common Stock in which Participant can vest on the basis of the foregoing performance measures shall be hereinafter designated the “Performance Shares” and shall in no event exceed in the aggregate 200% of the number of Designated Shares set forth in the Number of Shares Subject to Award section above.

 

Service Vesting. The number of Performance Shares in which Participant actually vests shall be determined on the basis of his or her satisfaction of the Service-vesting requirements set forth in Paragraph 3 of the form Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement.

 

Participant understands and agrees that the Award is granted subject to and in accordance with the terms of the Plan and hereby agrees to be bound by the terms of the Plan and the terms of the Award as set forth in the form Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit A .  A copy of the Plan is available upon request made to the Human Resources Department at the Corporation’s principal offices at 822 Bishop Street, Honolulu,, Hawaii 96813.

 

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Coverage under Recoupment Policy . By accepting this Award, Participant hereby agrees that should Participant at this time be, or at any time hereafter become, either an executive officer of the Corporation subject to Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or a participant in the Corporation’s Performance Improvement Incentive Plan, then:

 

(a)           Participant shall be subject to the Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. Policy Regarding Recoupment of Certain Compensation, effective as of June 29, 2012, the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and receipt of a copy of which Participant hereby acknowledges; and

 

(b)           any incentive compensation that is paid or granted to, or received by, Participant on or after June 29, 2012 (including any incentive compensation that is paid to, or received by, Participant on or after June 29, 2012 pursuant to an incentive compensation award made to Participant prior to June 29, 2012, whether by the Corporation or any predecessor entity) and during the three-year period preceding the date on which the Corporation is required to prepare an accounting restatement due to material non-compliance with any applicable financial reporting requirements under the federal securities laws shall, accordingly, be subject to recovery and recoupment pursuant to the terms of such policy.

 

For purposes of such recoupment policy, “incentive compensation” means any cash or equity-based awards (e.g., any stock award, restricted stock unit award or stock option grant or shares of Common Stock issued thereunder) or any profit sharing payment or distribution that is based upon the achievement of financial performance metrics.  An additional copy of the recoupment policy is available upon request made to the Corporate Secretary at the Corporation’s principal offices.

 

Continuing Consent . Participant further acknowledges and agrees that, except to the extent the Plan Administrator notifies Participant in writing to the contrary, each subsequent award of combined performance and service-vesting  restricted stock units made to him or her under the Plan shall be subject to the same terms and conditions set forth in the form   Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit A , and Participant hereby accepts those terms and conditions for each such subsequent performance and service-vesting restricted stock unit award that may be made to him or her under the Plan and hereby agrees to be bound by those terms and conditions for any such restricted stock unit awards, without any further consent or acceptance required on his or her part at the time or times when those awards may be made.  However, Participant may, at any time he or she holds an outstanding performance and service-vesting restricted stock unit award under the Plan, request a written copy of the form Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement from the Corporation by contacting the Corporation’s Human Resources Department at the Corporation’s principal offices.

 

Employment at Will .  Nothing in this Notice or in the form Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement or in the Plan shall confer upon Participant any right to continue in Service for any period of specific duration or interfere with or otherwise restrict in any way the rights of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary employing or retaining Participant) or of Participant, which rights are hereby expressly reserved by each, to terminate Participant’s Service at any time for any reason, with or without cause.

 

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Definitions .  All capitalized terms in this Notice shall have the meaning assigned to them in this Notice or in the form Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement for performance and service-vesting Awards.

 

DATED:                             , 201

 

 

 

ALEXANDER & BALDWIN, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PARTICIPANT

 

 

 

 

Address:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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SCHEDULE I

 

PERFORMANCE PERIOD, PERFORMANCE GOALS AND LEVELS OF ATTAINMENT

 

The Performance Period shall be coincident with the Corporation’s 201         fiscal year and shall accordingly commence on January 1, 201         and end on December 31, 201        .

 

The Performance Goals which shall determine the number of shares of Common Stock which are to vest as Performance Shares under the Award shall be as follows:

 

Performance Goal One to which          percent (      %) of the Designated Shares subject to this Award is allotted shall be tied to the Corporation’s pre-tax income for the Performance Period. The required levels of attainment of pre-tax income for the Performance Period at the Threshold, Target and Extraordinary Levels are as follows:

 

Threshold Level:

 

$

 

million*

 

 

 

 

 

Target Level:

 

$

 

million*

 

 

 

 

 

Extraordinary Level

 

$

 

million*

 

Performance Goal Two to which the remaining            percent (    %) of the Designated Shares subject to this Award is allotted shall be tied to the Corporation’s return on invested capital (“ROIC”) for the Performance Period. The required levels of attainment of ROIC for the Performance Period at the Threshold, Target and Extraordinary Levels are as follows:

 

Threshold Level:

 

        % **

 

 

 

Target Level:

 

        % **

 

 

 

Extraordinary Level

 

        % **

 

Pre-tax income and ROIC shall be calculated on a consolidated basis with the Corporation’s consolidated subsidiaries for financial reporting purposes and shall be determined on the basis of the Corporation’s audited financial statements for the Performance Period, subject to any adjustments as determined by the Plan Administrator that are needed to accurately reflect the performance of the Corporation (e.g., because of changes in accounting rules, extraordinary gains from the sale of the Corporation’s assets, unforeseen extraordinary events affecting the Corporation or any of its business operations, or other similar or dissimilar circumstances occurring during the Performance Period that may or may not have been beyond the control of the Corporation).

 


* The actual level of pre-tax income achieved shall be adjusted to exclude the effect of unplanned pension, post retirement and non-qualified expenses.

 

** The calculation of the actual ROIC performance measure will be adjusted for the effect of unplanned accumulated other comprehensive income changes included in shareholders’ equity as of December 31, 201        .

 


Exhibit 99.11

 

Non-Executive Employee

 

ALEXANDER & BALDWIN, INC.

 

PERFORMANCE-BASED RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT

AWARD AGREEMENT

 

RECITALS

 

A.                                    The Corporation has implemented the Plan for the purpose of providing eligible persons in the Corporation’s service with the opportunity to participate in one or more cash or equity incentive compensation programs designed to encourage them to continue their service relationship with the Corporation.

 

B.                                      Participant is to render valuable services to the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary), and this Agreement is executed pursuant to, and is intended to carry out the purposes of, the Plan in connection with the Corporation’s issuance of shares of Common Stock to Participant under the Stock Issuance Program.

 

C.                                      All capitalized terms in this Agreement shall have the meaning assigned to them in the attached Appendix A.

 

NOW, THEREFORE , it is hereby agreed as follows:

 

1.                                        Grant of Restricted Stock Units .  The Corporation hereby awards to Participant, as of the Award Date, restricted stock units under the Plan.  The number of shares of Common Stock underlying the awarded restricted stock units and the applicable performance- vesting requirements for those units and the underlying Shares are set forth in the Award Notice.  The remaining terms and conditions governing the Award shall be as set forth in this Agreement.

 

2.                                        Limited Transferability .  Prior to the actual issuance of the Shares which vest hereunder, Participant may not transfer any interest in the restricted stock units subject to the Award or the underlying Shares or pledge or otherwise hedge the sale of those units or Shares, including (without limitation) any short sale or any acquisition or disposition of any put or call option or other instrument tied to the value of those Shares.  However, any Shares which vest hereunder but otherwise remain unissued at the time of Participant’s death may be transferred pursuant to the provisions of Participant’s will or the laws of inheritance or to Participant’s designated beneficiary or beneficiaries of this Award. Participant may also direct the Corporation to record the ownership of any Shares which in fact vest and become issuable hereunder in the name of a revocable living trust established for the exclusive benefit of Participant or Participant and his or her spouse. Participant may make such a beneficiary designation or ownership directive at any time by filing the appropriate form with the Plan Administrator or its designee.

 



 

3.                                        Vesting Requirements .  The Shares subject to the Award shall initially be unvested and shall vest only in accordance with the vesting provisions of this Paragraph 3 or the special vesting acceleration provisions of Paragraph 5. The actual number of Shares in which Participant shall vest under this Paragraph 3 shall be determined pursuant to a two-step process:  (i) first there shall be calculated the maximum number of Shares in which Participant can vest based upon the level at which the Performance Goals specified on Schedule I to the Award Notice are actually attained and (ii) then the number of the Performance Shares resulting from the clause (i) calculation in which Participant shall actually vest shall be determined on the basis of his or her completion of the applicable Service-vesting provisions set forth below.  Accordingly, the vesting of the Shares shall be calculated as follows:

 

(a)                                   Performance Vesting :  Within sixty (60) days following the completion of the Performance Period, the Plan Administrator shall determine the applicable number of Performance Shares in accordance with the provisions of the Award Notice and Schedule I attached thereto.

 

(b)                                  Service Vesting :  The Performance Shares so determined represent the maximum number of Shares in which Participant can vest hereunder.  The actual number of Shares in which Participant shall vest shall be determined as follows:

 

(i)                                      If Participant continues in Service through the completion of the Performance Period, Participant shall vest in one third of the Performance Shares.  If the Performance Period is coincident with the calendar year, then the Shares underlying those particular Performance Shares shall be issued to Participant during the period beginning with the first business day of the succeeding calendar year and ending on March 15th of that year. If the Performance Period is not coincident with the calendar year, then the Shares underlying those particular Performance Shares shall be issued within sixty (60) days following the completion date of that Performance Period or as soon as administratively practicable thereafter, but in no event later than the fifteenth (15th) day of the third (3rd) calendar month following such completion date. The Participant shall vest in the balance of the Performance Shares in two (2) successive equal annual installments upon his or her completion of each year of Service over the two-year period measured from the first anniversary of the start date of the Performance Period. The Shares in which Participant vests on each such Service-vesting date shall be issued on that date or as soon as administratively practicable thereafter, but in no event later than the fifteenth (15th) day of the third (3rd) calendar month following such Service-vesting date.

 

(ii)                                   If Participant ceases Service prior to the completion of the Performance Period by reason of Early Retirement, Normal Retirement, death or Permanent Disability, then Participant shall, upon the completion of such Performance Period, vest in a portion of the Performance Shares determined by multiplying (x) the maximum number of Performance Shares in which Participant would have vested, based on the actual level of Performance Goal attainment for the Performance Period, had Participant completed the three (3)-year Service

 

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vesting requirement set forth in subparagraph (i) above by (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of months of actual Service completed by Participant in such Performance Period (rounded to the closest whole month), and the denominator of which is thirty-six (36) months.  If the Performance Period is coincident with the calendar year, then the Shares underlying the Performance Shares in which Participant vests in accordance with this subparagraph (ii) shall be issued to Participant during the period beginning with the first business day of the succeeding calendar year and ending on March 15th of that year. If the Performance Period is not coincident with the calendar year, then the Shares underlying those vested Performance Shares shall be issued within sixty (60) days following the completion date of that Performance Period or as soon as administratively practicable thereafter, but in no event later than the fifteenth (15th) day of the third (3rd) calendar month following such completion date.

 

(iii)                                If Participant ceases Service on or after the completion of the Performance Period by reason of Early Retirement or Normal Retirement but prior to vesting in all the Performance Shares that become subject to this Award on the basis of actual Performance Goal attainment for the completed Performance Period, then Participant shall vest in a portion of those unvested Performance Shares determined by multiplying (x) the number of Performance Shares in which Participant would have vested at the end of the one-year Service-vesting period in which such cessation of Service occurs had Participant continued in Service throughout that one-year period by (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of months of actual Service completed by Participant during that particular one-year Service-vesting period (rounded to the closest whole month), and the denominator of which is twelve (12) months. The Shares underlying the Performance Shares in which Participant vests pursuant to this subparagraph (iii) shall be issued on the date of Participant’s Separation of Service due to his or her Early Retirement or Normal Retirement or as soon as administratively practicable thereafter but in no event later than the fifteenth (15th) day of the third (3rd) calendar month following the date of such Separation from Service.

 

(iv)                               If Participant ceases Service on or after the completion of the Performance Period by reason of death or Permanent Disability but prior to vesting in all the Performance Shares that become subject to this Award on the basis of actual Performance Goal attainment for the completed Performance Period, then Participant shall immediately vest in all those unvested Performance Shares, and the Shares underlying those Performance Shares shall be issued on the date of Participant’s Separation of Service due to his or her death or Permanent Disability or as soon as administratively practicable thereafter but in no event later than the fifteenth (15th) day of the third (3rd) calendar month following the date of such Separation from Service.

 

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(v)                                  If Participant’s Service ceases for any other reason, whether before or after the completion of the Performance Period but prior to the completion of the Service-vesting provisions of this Agreement, then Participant shall cease to have any further right or entitlement to the unvested Shares at the time subject to this Award and shall not vest in those unvested Shares.

 

Schedule I attached to this Agreement sets forth examples illustrating the calculation of the number of Shares in which the Participant may vest based upon hypothetical levels of Performance Goal attainment and service vesting requirements.

 

4.                                        Stockholder Rights and Dividend Equivalents

 

(a)                                   The holder of this Award shall not have any stockholder rights, including voting, dividend or liquidation rights, with respect to the Shares subject to the Award until Participant becomes the record holder of those Shares upon their actual issuance following the Corporation’s collection of the applicable Withholding Taxes.

 

(b)                                  Notwithstanding the foregoing, should any dividend or other distribution payable other than in shares of Common Stock be declared and paid on the Corporation’s outstanding Common Stock in one or more calendar years during which Shares remain subject to this Award (i.e., those Shares are not otherwise issued and outstanding for purposes of entitlement to the dividend or distribution), then a special book account shall be established for Participant and credited with a phantom dividend equivalent in accordance with the following parameters:

 

(i)                                            For any dividend or distribution payable on or before the scheduled completion date of the Performance Period, such phantom dividend shall be equivalent to the actual dividend or distribution which would have been paid on the number of Shares issuable under this Award at Extraordinary Level Attainment had that number of Shares been issued and outstanding and entitled to that dividend or distribution. The phantom dividend equivalents so credited shall be distributed to Participant in a lump sum (in cash or such other form as the Plan Administrator may deem appropriate in its sole discretion) within the sixty (60)-day period following the scheduled completion date of that Performance Period or as soon as administratively practicable thereafter, but in no event later than the fifteenth (15th) day of the third (3rd) calendar month following such scheduled completion date.  However, to the extent one or more Shares subject to this Award are cancelled due to the failure to achieve Extraordinary Level Attainment of the Performance Goal applicable to those Shares, no phantom dividend equivalents shall be paid with respect to those particular Shares, and those phantom dividend equivalents shall be cancelled.

 

(ii)                                   For dividends or distributions payable on the outstanding Common Stock after the scheduled completion date of the Performance Period, such phantom dividend shall be equivalent to the actual dividend or distribution which would have been paid on the number of Shares at

 

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the time subject to this Award based on actual Performance Goal attainment, had that number of Shares been issued and outstanding and entitled to that dividend or distribution. The phantom dividend equivalents so credited to the Participant’s book account on one or more dates in any calendar quarter following the scheduled completion date of the Performance Period shall be distributed to Participant in a lump sum (in cash or such other form as the Plan Administrator may deem appropriate in its sole discretion) on the last business day of that calendar quarter.

 

(iii)                                Each such distribution under this Paragraph 4(b) shall be subject to the Corporation’s collection of the Withholding Taxes applicable to that distribution.

 

5.                                        Change in Control Prior to Completion of Performance Period .  The following provisions shall apply only to the extent a Change in Control is consummated prior to the completion of the applicable Performance Period and shall have no force or effect in the event the closing of the Change in Control occurs on or after the completion of such Performance Period.

 

(a)                                   This Award may be assumed by the successor entity or otherwise continued in full force and effect or may be replaced with a cash retention account established by the successor entity.  In such event, the following provisions shall be in effect:

 

(i)                                      Unless the Plan Administrator determines otherwise at the time, the Performance-Vesting requirements of this Agreement shall terminate, and the assumption or continuation of this Award shall be effected in accordance with Paragraph 5(b) below on the basis of the number of Shares that would have been issuable under this Award had there been Target Level Attainment of each of the Performance Goals. The Service-vesting and issuance provisions of Paragraph 3(b) shall continue in effect with respect to the assumed or continued Award.

 

(ii)                                   If Participant ceases Service prior to the completion of the Performance Period by reason of Early Retirement, Normal Retirement, death or Disability, then Participant shall, upon the closing of the Change in Control or (if later) such cessation of Service, vest in that number of Shares determined by multiplying (x) the number of Performance Shares which would have resulted had the Corporation achieved each applicable Performance Goal at Target Level Attainment and Participant completed the three (3)-year Service vesting requirement of Paragraph 3(b) by (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of months of actual Service completed by Participant in such Performance Period (rounded to the closest whole month), and the denominator of which is thirty-six (36) months.  The Shares in which Participant so vests shall be issued to Participant on the date the Shares would have otherwise been issued pursuant to the provisions of Paragraph 3(b)(ii) in the absence of such Change in Control or, should such cessation of Service occur after such Change in Control

 

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but within twelve (12) months after the closing of a Qualifying Change in Control, on the date of Participant’s Separation from Service (if earlier) due to such cessation of Service.

 

(iii)                                Any cash retention account established in replacement of this Award shall initially be credited with the fair market value (at the effective time of the Change in Control) of the number of Shares that would have been issuable under this Award had there been Target Level Attainment of each of the Performance Goals, and interest shall accrue on the outstanding balance of such account, for the period commencing with the closing date of the Change in Control and continuing through the date of the final payment of the account, including any deferred payment date under Paragraph 10, at a variable per annum rate, compounded semi-annually, equal to the prime rate of interest as in effect from time to time during such period, as determined on the basis of the prime rate quotations published in The Wall Street Journal .  The cash retention account shall vest and be paid out in accordance with the Service-vesting and issuance provisions of Paragraph 3(b) or (to the extent applicable) in accordance with the Service-vesting and issuance provisions of Paragraph 5(a)(ii) above. The Participant’s interest in the account shall at all times be that of a general, unsecured creditor.

 

(iv)                               In the event of such assumption or continuation of this Award or such replacement of the Award with a cash retention account, no accelerated vesting of the restricted stock units subject to this Award or the underlying Shares shall occur at the time of the Change in Control, and the Service-vesting provisions of Paragraph 3(b) shall continue in full force and effect.

 

(b)                                  In the event this Award is assumed or otherwise continued in effect in connection with such Change in Control, the securities subject to the Award shall be adjusted immediately after the consummation of that Change in Control so as to apply to the number and class of securities into which the number of Shares issuable under this Award at Target Level Attainment of each Performance Goal would have been converted in consummation of that Change in Control had that number of Shares actually been issued and outstanding at that time. To the extent the actual holders of the outstanding Common Stock receive cash consideration for their Common Stock in consummation of the Change in Control, the successor corporation (or parent entity) may, in connection with the assumption or continuation of the restricted stock units subject to the Award at that time, but subject to the Plan Administrator’s approval prior to the Change in Control, substitute one or more shares of its own common stock with a fair market value equivalent to the cash consideration paid per share of Common Stock in the Change in Control transaction, provided such common stock is readily tradable on an established U.S. securities exchange or market.

 

(c)                                   Upon Participant’s Separation from Service due to an Involuntary Termination occurring within twelve (12) months after a Change in Control in which this Award is assumed or continued in effect, Participant shall immediately vest in that number of Shares

 

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equal to the Performance Shares which would have resulted had the Corporation achieved each applicable Performance Goal at Target Level Attainment and Participant completed the three (3)-year Service vesting requirement of Paragraph 3(b), and that number of Shares shall be issued to Participant on the date those Shares would have otherwise been issued pursuant to the provisions of Paragraph 3(b) in the absence of such Change in Control or, should such cessation of Service occur within twelve (12) months after the closing of a Qualifying Change in Control, on the date of Participant’s Separation from Service (if earlier) due to such cessation of Service. Should this Award be replaced with a cash retention account in accordance with Paragraph 5(a), then that account shall vest upon Participant’s Separation from Service due to the Involuntary Termination, provided and only if such Involuntary Termination occurs within twelve (12) months following the Change in Control. Such vested balance, together with all accrued interest thereon through the actual payment date, shall be distributed, as to each Share to which the cash retention account pertains, on the earlier of (x) the date that Share would have otherwise been issued pursuant to the Service-vesting and issuance provisions set forth in Paragraph 3(b) in the absence of such Change in Control or (y) the date of Participant’s Separation from Service, provided such Separation from Service occurs within twelve (12) months after a Qualifying Change in Control. Except for the number of Shares and the cash retention balance distributed in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Paragraph 5(c), Participant shall have no further right or entitlement to any additional Shares or other cash amounts hereunder upon such Separation from Service.

 

(d)                                  If the Award is not assumed by the successor entity or otherwise continued in effect or replaced with a cash retention account in accordance with Paragraph 5(a), then the following provisions shall apply in the event the Change in Control is effected prior to the completion of the Performance Period:

 

(i)                                            If Participant continues in Service through the effective date of the Change in Control, then Participant shall, upon the closing of such Change in Control, vest in that number of Shares equal to the Performance Shares which would have resulted had the Corporation achieved each applicable Performance Goal at Target Level Attainment and Participant completed the three (3)-year Service vesting requirement of Paragraph 3(b). The Shares in which Participant so vests shall be converted into the right to receive the same consideration per share of Common Stock payable to the other stockholders of the Corporation in consummation of the Change in Control. Such consideration per Share shall be distributed to Participant on the earliest to occur of (x) the date the Share would have otherwise been issued pursuant to the Service-vesting and issuance provisions set forth in Paragraph 3(b) in the absence of such Change in Control, (y) the date of Participant’s Separation from Service, provided such Separation from Service occurs within twelve (12) months after a Qualifying Change in Control, or (z) the first date following a Qualifying Change in Control transaction on which the distribution can be made without contravention of any applicable provisions of Code Section 409A or as soon as administratively practicable following the applicable distribution date, but in no event later than the fifteenth (15th) day of the third (3rd) calendar month following that date.

 

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(ii)                                         To the extent the consideration payable per share of Common Stock in the Change in Control is in the form of cash, a fully-vested cash retention account shall be established by the successor entity at the time of such Change in Control for each Share that vests on an accelerated basis in accordance with Section 5(d)(i) above. Such account shall be credited with the amount of the cash consideration payable for the Shares, and interest shall accrue on the outstanding balance of that account, for the period commencing with the closing date of the Change in Control and continuing through the date of the final payment of the account, including any deferred payment date under Paragraph 10, at a variable per annum rate, compounded semi-annually, equal to the prime rate of interest as in effect from time to time during such period, as determined on the basis of the prime rate quotations published in The Wall Street Journal . The cash retention account, together with all accrued interest thereon through the actual payment date, shall be distributed, as to each Share to which that cash retention account pertains, in accordance with the foregoing distribution provisions of Paragraph 5(d)(i) above, and the Participant’s interest in the account shall at all times be that of a general, unsecured creditor.

 

(iii)                                      If Participant ceases Service prior to the effective date of the Change in Control by reason of Early Retirement, Normal Retirement, death or Disability then Participant shall, upon the closing of such Change in Control, vest in that number of Shares determined by multiplying (x) the number of Performance Shares which would have resulted had the Corporation achieved each applicable Performance Goal at Target Level Attainment and Participant completed the three (3)-year Service vesting requirement of Paragraph 3(b) by (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of months of actual Service completed by Participant in such Performance Period (rounded to the closest whole month), and the denominator of which is thirty-six (36) months. The Shares in which Participant so vests shall be converted into the right to receive the same consideration per share of Common Stock payable to the other stockholders of the Corporation in consummation of the Change in Control. Such consideration per Share shall be distributed to Participant on the earlier of (A) the date the Share would have otherwise been issued pursuant to the provisions of Paragraph 3(b)(ii) in the absence of such Change in Control or (B) the first date following a Qualifying Change in Control transaction on which the distribution can be made without contravention of any applicable provisions of Code Section 409A.

 

(iv)                                     Except for the amount of consideration so calculated, Participant shall have no further right or entitlement to any additional Shares or consideration under this Award.

 

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6.                                        Change in Control On or After Completion of Performance Period .  The following provisions shall apply only to the extent a Change in Control is consummated on or after the completion of the applicable Performance Period and shall have no force or effect in the event the closing of the Change in Control occurs prior to the completion of such Performance Period.

 

(a)                                   This Award may be assumed by the successor entity or otherwise continued in full force and effect or may be replaced with a cash retention account established by the successor entity.  Any such assumption or continuation of this Award shall be effected in accordance with Paragraph 6(b) below. Any cash retention account established in replacement of this Award shall initially be credited with the fair market value (at the effective time of the Change in Control) of the Performance Shares subject to the Award at that time on the basis of actual Performance Goal attainment, and interest shall accrue on the outstanding balance of such account, for the period commencing with the closing date of the Change in Control and continuing through the date of the final payment of the account, including any deferred payment date under Paragraph 10, at a variable per annum rate, compounded semi-annually, equal to the prime rate of interest as in effect from time to time during such period, as determined on the basis of the prime rate quotations published in The Wall Street Journal .  The cash retention account shall vest and be paid out in accordance with the Service-vesting and issuance provisions of Paragraph 3(b), and the Participant’s interest in the account shall at all times be that of a general, unsecured creditor. In the event of such assumption or continuation of this Award or such replacement of the Award with a cash retention account, no accelerated vesting of the restricted stock units subject to this Award or the underlying Shares shall occur at the time of the Change in Control, and the Service-vesting provisions of Paragraph 3 shall continue in full force and effect.

 

(b)                                  In the event this Award is assumed or otherwise continued in effect in connection with the Change in Control, the securities subject to the Award shall be adjusted immediately after the consummation of that Change in Control so as to apply to the number and class of securities into which the Shares at the time subject to this Award would have been converted in consummation of that Change in Control had those Shares actually been issued and outstanding at that time.  To the extent the actual holders of the outstanding Common Stock receive cash consideration for their Common Stock in consummation of the Change in Control, the successor corporation (or parent entity) may, in connection with the assumption or continuation of the restricted stock units subject to the Award at that time, but subject to the Plan Administrator’s approval prior to the Change in Control, substitute one or more shares of its own common stock with a fair market value equivalent to the cash consideration paid per share of Common Stock in the Change in Control transaction, provided such common stock is readily tradable on an established U.S. securities exchange or market.

 

(c)                                   Upon Participant’s Separation from Service due to an Involuntary Termination occurring within twelve (12) months following the Change in Control in which this Award is assumed or otherwise continued in effect, Participant shall immediately vest in all the Performance Shares subject to the Award at that time on the basis of actual Performance Goal attainment for such Performance Period. The Shares underlying those vested Performance Shares shall be issued to Participant on the date of such Separation from Service or as soon as

 

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administratively practicable thereafter but in no event later than the fifteenth (15th) day of the third (3rd) calendar month following the date of such Separation from Service. Should this Award be replaced with a cash retention account in accordance with Paragraph 6(a), then the balance credited to that account at the time of such Involuntary Termination shall vest upon his or her Separation from Service due to such Involuntary Termination, provided and only if such Separation from Service occurs within twelve (12) months following the Change in Control. The distribution of such vested balance, together with all accrued interest thereon through the actual payment date, shall be made to Participant on the date of such Separation from Service or as soon as administratively practicable thereafter but in no event later than the fifteenth (15th) day of the third (3rd) calendar month following the date of such Separation from Service.

 

(d)                                  If the Award is not assumed by the successor entity or otherwise continued in effect or replaced with a cash retention program in accordance with Paragraph 6(a), then the following provisions shall apply in the event the Change in Control is effected on or after the completion of the Performance Period:

 

(i)                                            If Participant continues in Service through the effective date of the Change in Control, then Participant shall, upon the closing of such Change in Control, vest in all the Shares that are at the time subject to this Award on the basis of actual Performance Goal attainment.

 

(ii)                                         The Shares in which Participant so vests shall be converted into the right to receive the same consideration per share of Common Stock payable to the other stockholders of the Corporation in consummation of the Change in Control. Such consideration per Share shall be distributed to Participant on the earliest to occur of (x) the date the Share would have otherwise been issued pursuant to the Service-vesting and issuance provisions set forth in Paragraph 3(b) in the absence of such Change in Control, (y) the date of Participant’s Separation from Service or (z) the first date following a Qualifying Change in Control transaction on which the distribution can be made without contravention of any applicable provisions of Code Section 409A or as soon as administratively practicable following the applicable distribution date, but in no event later than the fifteenth (15th) day of the third (3rd) calendar month following that date.

 

(iii)                                      To the extent the consideration payable per share of Common Stock in the Change in Control is in the form of cash, a fully-vested cash retention account shall be established by the successor entity at the time of such Change in Control.  Such account shall be credited with the amount of the cash consideration payable for the Shares that are at the time subject to this Award on the basis of actual Performance Goal attainment, and interest shall accrue on the outstanding balance of that account, for the period commencing with the closing date of the Change in Control and continuing through the date of the final payment of the account, including any deferred payment date under Paragraph 10, at a variable per annum rate, compounded semi-annually, equal to the prime rate of interest as in effect from time to time during such period, as

 

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determined on the basis of the prime rate quotations published in The Wall Street Journal . The cash retention account, together with all accrued interest thereon through the actual payment date, shall be distributed, as to each Share to which that cash retention account pertains, in accordance with the distribution provisions of subparagraph (ii) of this Paragraph 6(d), and the Participant’s interest in the account shall at all times be that of a general, unsecured creditor.

 

7.                                        Change in Control Benefits Agreement .  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, if Participant is, at the time of a change in control or ownership of the Corporation (whether or not that transaction constitutes a Change in Control hereunder), a party to a Change in Control Benefits Agreement with the Corporation, then the provisions of that agreement shall, to the extent applicable to this Award, govern Participant’s rights and benefits with respect to the restricted stock units and underlying Shares subject to this Agreement, and in the event of any conflict between the provisions of that Change in Control Benefits Agreement and this Agreement, the provisions of the Change in Control Benefits Agreement shall be controlling; provided, however, that in the event there is any conflict between the issuance or distribution provisions of this Agreement and the issuance or distribution provisions of the Change in Control Benefits Agreement, the issuance and distribution provisions of this Agreement shall be controlling.

 

8.                                        Adjustment in Shares .  Should any change be made to the Common Stock by reason of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, combination of shares, exchange of shares, spin-off transaction, extraordinary dividend or distribution or other change affecting the outstanding Common Stock as a class without the Corporation’s receipt of consideration, or should the value of the outstanding shares of Common Stock be substantially reduced as a result of a spin-off transaction or an extraordinary dividend or distribution, or should there occur any merger, consolidation or other reorganization, then equitable adjustments shall be made by the Plan Administrator to the total number and/or class of securities issuable pursuant to this Award in order to reflect such change and thereby prevent a dilution or enlargement of benefits hereunder. In making such equitable adjustments, the Plan Administrator shall take into account any amounts credited to Participant’s book account under Paragraph 4(b) in connection with the transaction, and the determination of the Plan Administrator shall be final, binding and conclusive.  In the event of any Change in Control transaction, the adjustment provisions of Paragraph 5(b) or 6(b), as applicable, shall be controlling.

 

9.                                        Issuance of Vested Shares and Applicable Withholding Taxes .

 

(a)                                   Any Shares to be issued to Participant in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Agreement shall be in the form of a book entry evidencing ownership of those Shares. Actual certificates for the vested Shares evidenced by book entry ownership shall be promptly delivered upon the request of Participant or any other person having an interest at the time in those Shares.

 

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(b)                                  The Corporation shall collect the Withholding Taxes with respect to each non-Share distribution by withholding a portion of that distribution equal to the amount of the applicable Withholding Taxes, with the cash portion of the distribution to be the first portion so withheld.

 

(c)                                   Unless Participant (i) otherwise makes satisfactory arrangements with the Corporation’s Human Resources Department, on or before the expiration of the designated notification period preceding the applicable issuance date of the Shares, to pay the applicable Withholding Taxes through the delivery of a check payable to the Corporation in the amount of such Withholding Taxes and (ii) in fact delivers such check to the Corporation not later than that issuance date, the Corporation shall collect the Withholding Taxes applicable to the Share issuance through the following automatic share withholding method:

 

·                                           On the applicable issuance date, the Corporation shall withhold, from the vested Shares otherwise issuable to Participant at that time, a portion of those Shares with a Fair Market Value (measured as of the issuance date) equal to the applicable Withholding Taxes; provided , however , that the number of Shares which the Corporation shall be required to so withhold shall not exceed in Fair Market Value the amount necessary to satisfy the Corporation’s required tax withholding obligations using the minimum statutory withholding rates for federal and state tax purposes, including payroll taxes, that are applicable to supplemental taxable income.

 

(d)                                  Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Paragraph 9, the employee portion of the federal, state and local employment taxes required to be withheld by the Corporation in connection with the vesting of the Shares or any other amounts hereunder (the “Employment Taxes”) shall in all events be collected from the Participant no later than the last business day of the calendar year in which the Shares or other amounts vest hereunder.  Accordingly, to the extent the applicable issuance date for one or more vested Shares or the distribution date for such other amounts is to occur in a year subsequent to the calendar year in which those Shares or other amounts vest, the Participant shall, on or before the last business day of the calendar year in which the Shares or other amounts vest, deliver to the Corporation a check payable to its order in the dollar amount equal to the Employment Taxes required to be withheld with respect to those Shares or other amounts. The provisions of this Paragraph 9(d) shall be applicable only to the extent necessary to comply with the applicable tax withholding requirements of Code Section 3121(v).

 

(e)                                   Except as otherwise provided in Paragraph 5 or this Paragraph 9, the settlement of all restricted stock units which vest under the Award shall be made solely in shares of Common Stock.  In no event, however, shall any fractional shares be issued.  Accordingly, the total number of shares of Common Stock to be issued at the time the Award vests shall, to the extent necessary, be rounded down to the next whole share in order to avoid the issuance of a fractional share.

 

10.                                  Code Section 409A.   Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Agreement, to the extent this Award may be deemed to create a deferred compensation arrangement under Code Section 409A, then the following limitation and provisions shall apply:

 

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·                                           No Shares or other amounts which become issuable or distributable under this Agreement upon Participant’s Separation from Service shall actually be issued or distributed to Participant prior to the earlier of (i) the first (1st) day of the seventh (7th) month following the date of such Separation from Service or (ii) the date of Participant’s death, if Participant is deemed at the time of such Separation from Service to be a specified employee under Section 1.409A-1(i) of the Treasury Regulations issued under Code Section 409A, as determined by the Plan Administrator in accordance with consistent and uniform standards applied to all other Code Section 409A arrangements of the Corporation, and such delayed commencement is otherwise required in order to avoid a prohibited distribution under Code Section 409A(a)(2). The deferred Shares or other distributable amount shall be issued or distributed in a lump sum on the first (1st) day of the seventh (7th) month following the date of Participant’s Separation from Service or, if earlier, the first day of the month immediately following the date the Corporation receives proof of Participant’s death.

 

·                                           Participant’s right to receive each installment of Shares or other installment distribution pursuant to the terms of this Agreements shall, for purposes of Code Section 409A, be treated as a right to receive a series of separate payments.

 

11.                                  Compliance with Laws and Regulations .  The issuance of shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Award shall be subject to compliance by the Corporation and Participant with all applicable requirements of law relating thereto and with all applicable regulations of any Stock Exchange on which the Common Stock may be listed for trading at the time of such issuance.

 

12.                                  Notices .  Any notice required to be given or delivered to the Corporation under the terms of this Agreement shall be in writing and addressed to the Corporation at its principal corporate offices.  Any notice required to be given or delivered to Participant shall be in writing and addressed to Participant at the address indicated below Participant’s signature line on the Award Notice.  All notices shall be deemed effective upon personal delivery or upon deposit in the U.S. mail, postage prepaid and properly addressed to the party to be notified.

 

13.                                  Successors and Assigns .  Except to the extent otherwise provided in this Agreement, the provisions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the Corporation and its successors and assigns and Participant, Participant’s assigns, the legal representatives, heirs and legatees of Participant’s estate and any beneficiaries of the Award designated by Participant.

 

14.                                  Construction .

 

(a)                                   This Agreement and the Award evidenced hereby are made and granted pursuant to the Plan and are in all respects limited by and subject to the terms of the Plan and any applicable Change in Control Benefits Agreement.  All decisions of the Plan Administrator with respect to any question or issue arising under the Plan or this Agreement shall be conclusive and binding on all persons having an interest in the Award.

 

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(b)                                  To the extent there is any ambiguity as to whether any provision of this Agreement would otherwise contravene one or more applicable requirements or limitations of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder, such provision shall be interpreted and applied in a manner that complies with the applicable requirements of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder.

 

(c)                                   This Agreement shall not in any way affect the right of the Corporation to adjust, reclassify, reorganize or otherwise change its capital or business structure or to merge, consolidate, dissolve, liquidate or sell or transfer all or any part of its business or assets.

 

15.                                  Governing Law .  The interpretation, performance and enforcement of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Hawaii without resort to that State’s conflict-of-laws rules.

 

16.                                  Coverage under Recoupment Policy . If Participant is on the Award Date, or at any time thereafter becomes, either an executive officer of the Corporation subject to Section 16 of the 1934 Act, or a participant in the Corporation’s Performance Improvement Incentive Plan, then Participant shall be subject to the Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. Policy Regarding Recoupment of Certain Compensation, effective as of June 29, 2012 (the “Recoupment Policy”), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and receipt of a copy of which Participant hereby acknowledges.  If Participant is subject to the Recoupment Policy, then any incentive compensation that is paid or granted to, or received by, Participant on or after June 29, 2012 (including any incentive compensation that is paid to, or received by, Participant on or after June 29, 2012 pursuant to an incentive compensation award made to Participant prior to June 29, 2012, whether by the Corporation or any predecessor entity) and during the three-year period preceding the date on which the Corporation is required to prepare an accounting restatement due to material non-compliance with any applicable financial reporting requirements under the federal securities laws shall be subject to recovery and recoupment pursuant to the terms of such policy.  For purposes of such Recoupment Policy, “incentive compensation” means any cash or equity-based award (e.g., stock award, restricted stock unit award or stock option grant or shares of Common Stock issued thereunder) or any profit sharing payment or distribution that is based upon the achievement of financial performance metrics.  An additional copy of the Recoupment Policy is available upon request made to the Corporate Secretary at the Corporation’s principal offices.

 

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APPENDIX A

 

DEFINITIONS

 

The following definitions shall be in effect under the Agreement:

 

A.                                    Agreement shall mean this Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement.

 

B.                                      Award shall mean the award of restricted stock units made to Participant pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

 

C.                                      Award Date shall mean the date the restricted stock units are awarded to Participant pursuant to the Agreement and shall be the date specified in the Award Notice.

 

D.                                     Award Notice shall mean the Notice of Award of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units delivered to Participant in which there is set forth the basic terms of the restricted stock units subject to this Agreement.

 

E.                                       Board shall mean the Corporation’s Board of Directors.

 

F.                                       Cause shall mean the commission of any act of fraud, embezzlement or dishonesty by Participant, any unauthorized use or disclosure by Participant of confidential information or trade secrets of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary), or any other intentional misconduct by Participant adversely affecting the business or affairs of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) in a material manner; provided, however , that in the event Participant is, at the time the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) purports to terminate Participant’s Employee status for Cause, a party to a Change in Control Benefits Agreement applicable to the Award, the term Cause shall have the meaning ascribed to that term in such Change in Control Benefits Agreement.  The foregoing definition shall not in any way preclude or restrict the right of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) to discharge or dismiss Participant or any other person in the Service of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) for any other acts or omissions, but such other acts or omissions shall not be deemed, for purposes of the Plan and this Agreement, to constitute grounds for termination for Cause.

 

G.                                      Change in Control shall mean a change of ownership or control of the Corporation effected through any of the following transactions:

 

(i)                                      a merger, consolidation or other reorganization approved by the Corporation’s stockholders, unless securities representing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power of the voting securities of the successor corporation are immediately thereafter beneficially owned, directly or indirectly and in substantially the same proportion, by the persons who beneficially owned the Corporation’s outstanding voting securities immediately prior to such transaction,

 

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(ii)                                   a sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s assets,

 

(iii)                                the closing of any transaction or series of related transactions pursuant to which any person or any group of persons comprising a “group” within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) of the 1934 Act (other than the Corporation or a person that, prior to such transaction or series of related transactions, directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by or is under common control with, the Corporation) acquires directly or indirectly (whether as a result of a single acquisition or by reason of one or more acquisitions within the twelve (12)-month period ending with the most recent acquisition) beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the 1934 Act) of securities possessing (or convertible into or exercisable for securities possessing) thirty-five percent (35%) or more of the total combined voting power of the Corporation’s securities (as measured in terms of the power to vote with respect to the election of Board members) outstanding immediately after the consummation of such transaction or series of related transactions, whether such transaction involves a direct issuance from the Corporation or the acquisition of outstanding securities held by one or more of the Corporation’s existing stockholders, or

 

(iv)                               a change in the composition of the Board over a period of twelve (12) consecutive months or less such that a majority of the Board members ceases, by reason of one or more contested elections for Board membership, to be comprised of individuals who either (A) have been Board members continuously since the beginning of such period or (B) have been elected or nominated for election as Board members during such period by at least a majority of the Board members described in clause (A) who were still in office at the time the Board approved such election or nomination;

 

provided, however , that in the event Participant is a party to a Change in Control Benefits Agreement applicable to the Award, the term Change in Control shall have the meaning ascribed to that term in such Change in Control Benefits Agreement.

 

H.                                     Change in Control Benefits Agreement shall mean any separate agreement between Participant and the Corporation which provides Participant with special vesting acceleration and/or other special benefits with respect to one or more awards of restricted stock units made to Participant for shares of Common Stock, including (to the extent applicable) the restricted stock units evidenced by this Agreement, in the event of a change in control or ownership of the Corporation (whether or not constituting a Change in Control hereunder).

 

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

 

J.                                         Common Stock shall mean shares of the Corporation’s common stock.

 

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K.                                     Corporation shall mean Alexander & Baldwin, Inc., a Hawaii corporation, and any successor corporation to all or substantially all of the assets or voting stock of Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. which shall by appropriate action adopt the Plan.

 

L.                                       Early Retirement shall mean Participant’s retirement from Service, with the prior approval of the Corporation (or the Parent or Subsidiary employing Participant), on or after the attainment of age fifty-five (55) and the completion of at least five (5) years of Service.

 

M.                                  Employee shall mean an individual who is in the employ of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary), subject to the control and direction of the employer entity as to both the work to be performed and the manner and method of performance.

 

N.                                     Extraordinary Level Attainment shall mean the Corporation’s achievement of each Performance Goal set forth in Schedule I to the Award Notice at the level designated as Extraordinary Level attainment for that goal.

 

O.                                     Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on any relevant date shall be the closing selling price per share of Common Stock at the close of regular hours trading (i.e., before after-hours trading beings) on date in question on the Stock Exchange serving as the primary market for the Common Stock, as such price is reported by the National Association of Securities Dealers (if primarily traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market) or as officially quoted in the composite tape of transactions on any other Stock Exchange on which the Common Stock is then primarily traded.  If there is no closing selling price for the Common Stock on the date in question, then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing selling price on the last preceding date for which such quotation exists.

 

P.                                       Good Reason shall mean the occurrence of any of the following events effected without Participant’s consent: (A) a change in Participant’s position with the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary employing Participant) which materially reduces Participant’s duties and responsibilities or the level of management to which Participant reports, (B) a relocation of Participant’s principal place of employment by more than fifty (50) miles, (C) a reduction in Participant’s level of compensation, as measured in terms of base salary, fringe benefits and target annual incentive payment, by more than ten percent (10%) or (D) the failure by the Corporation to continue in effect any stock option or other equity-based plan in which Participant is participating, or in which Participant is entitled to participate, immediately prior to a change in control of the Corporation, unless an equitable arrangement (embodied in an ongoing substitute or alternative plan) has been made with respect to such plan; or the failure by the Corporation to continue Participant’s participation therein (or in such substitute or alternative plan) on a substantially equivalent basis, both in terms of the amount or timing of payment of benefits provided and the level of Participant’s participation relative to other participants, as existed immediately prior to the change in control of the Corporation.

 

However, in the event Participant is at the time of his or her cessation of Employee status a party to a Change in Control Benefits Agreement applicable to the Award evidenced by this Agreement, the term Good Reason shall have the meaning ascribed to that term in such Change in Control Benefits Agreement.

 

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Q.                                     Involuntary Termination shall mean the Participant’s Separation from Service by reason of:

 

(i)                                      Participant’s involuntary dismissal or discharge by the Corporation for reasons other than for Cause, or

 

(ii)                                   Participant’s voluntary resignation for Good Reason.

 

R.                                      1934 Act shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.

 

S.                                       Normal Retirement shall mean shall mean the cessation of Service by reason of retirement at or after the attainment of age sixty-five (65).

 

T.                                      Participant shall mean the person to whom the Award is made pursuant to the Agreement.

 

U.                                     Parent shall mean any corporation (other than the Corporation) in an unbroken chain of corporations ending with the Corporation, provided each corporation in the unbroken chain (other than the Corporation) owns, at the time of the determination, stock possessing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in such chain.

 

V.                                      Performance Goals shall mean the performance goals specified on Schedule I of the Award Notice.

 

W.                                 Performance Period shall mean the period specified on Schedule I of the Award Notice over which the attainment of the Performance Goals is to be measured.

 

X.                                     Performance Shares shall mean the maximum number of Shares in which Participant can vest based on the level at which the Performance Goals for the Performance Period are attained and shall be calculated in accordance with the provisions of the Award Notice.  In no event shall the number of such Performance Shares exceed two hundred percent (200%) of the designated number of Shares set forth in the Number of Shares Subject to Award section of the Award Notice.

 

Y.                                      Permanent Disability shall mean the inability of Participant to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment expected to result in death or to be of continuous duration of twelve (12) months or more.

 

Z.                                      Plan shall mean the Corporation’s 2012 Incentive Compensation Plan.

 

AA.                          Plan Administrator shall mean either the Board or a committee of the Board acting in its capacity as administrator of the Plan.

 

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BB.                              Qualifying Change in Control shall mean the date on which there occurs a Change in Control that also qualifies as: (i) a change in the ownership of the Corporation, as determined in accordance with Section 1.409A-3(i)((5)(v) of the Treasury Regulations, (ii) a change in the effective control of the Corporation, as determined in accordance with Section 1.409A-3(i)((5)(vi) of the Treasury Regulations, or (iii) a change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the Corporation, as determined in accordance with Section 1.409A-3(i)((5)(vii) of the Treasury Regulations.

 

CC.                              Separation from Service shall mean the Participant’s cessation of Employee status by reason of his or her death, retirement or termination of employment.  The Participant shall be deemed to have terminated employment for such purpose at such time as the level of his or her bona fide services to be performed as an Employee (or as a consultant or independent contractor) permanently decreases to a level that is less than fifty percent (50%) of the average level of services he or she rendered as an Employee during the immediately preceding thirty-six (36) months of employment (or such shorter period for which he or she may have rendered such services). Solely for purposes of determining when a Separation from Service occurs, Participant will be deemed to continue in “Employee” status for so long as he or she remains in the employ of one or more members of the Employer Group, subject to the control and direction of the employer entity as to both the work to be performed and the manner and method of performance. “Employer Group” means the Corporation and any Parent or Subsidiary and any other corporation or business controlled by, controlling or under common control with, the Corporation, as determined in accordance with Sections 414(b) and (c) of the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder, except that in applying Sections 1563(1), (2) and (3) of the Code for purposes of determining the controlled group of corporations under Section 414(b), the phrase “at least 50 percent” shall be used instead of “at least 80 percent” each place the latter phrase appears in such sections and in applying Section 1.414(c)-2 of the Treasury Regulations for purposes of determining trades or businesses that are under common control for purposes of Section 414(c), the phrase “at least 50 percent” shall be used instead of “at least 80 percent” each place the latter phrase appears in Section 1.4.14(c)-2 of the Treasury Regulations.  Any such determination as to Separation from Service, however, shall be made in accordance with the applicable standards of the Treasury Regulations issued under Section 409A of the Code.

 

DD.                            Service shall mean Participant’s performance of services for the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) in the capacity of an Employee, a non-employee member of the board of directors or a consultant or independent advisor. For purposes of this Agreement, Participant shall be deemed to cease Service immediately upon the occurrence of the either of the following events: (i) Participant no longer performs services in any of the foregoing capacities for the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) or (ii) the entity for which Participant performs such services ceases to remain a Parent or Subsidiary of the Corporation, even though Participant may subsequently continue to perform services for that entity. Service as an Employee shall not be deemed to cease during a period of military leave, sick leave or other personal leave approved by the Corporation; provided, however , that the following special provisions shall be in effect for any such leave:

 

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(i)                                      Should the period of such leave (other than a disability leave) exceed six (6) months, then Participant shall be deemed to cease Service and to incur a Separation from Service upon the expiration of the initial six (6)-month period of that leave, unless Participant retains a right to re-employment under applicable law or by contract with the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary).

 

(ii)                                   Should the period of a disability leave exceed twenty-nine (29) months, then Participant shall be deemed to cease Service and to incur a Separation from Service upon the expiration of the initial twenty-nine (29)-month period of that leave, unless Participant retains a right to re-employment under applicable law or by contract with the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary).  For such purpose, a disability leave shall be a leave of absence due to any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or to last for a continuous period of not less than six (6) months and causes Participant to be unable to perform the duties of his or her position of employment with the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) or any substantially similar position of employment with the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary).

 

(iii)                                Except to the extent otherwise required by law or expressly authorized by the Plan Administrator or by the Corporation’s written policy on leaves of absence, no Service credit shall be given for vesting purposes for any period Participant is on a leave of absence.

 

(iv)                               Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the provisions of this Service definition, Participant shall in all events be deemed to cease Service for purpose of this Award immediately upon Participant’s incurrence of a Separation from Service.

 

EE.                                Shares shall mean the shares of Common Stock which may vest and become issuable under the Award pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and the Award Notice.

 

FF.                                Stock Exchange shall mean the American Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq Global or Global Select Market or the New York Stock Exchange.

 

GG.                              Subsidiary shall mean any corporation (other than the Corporation) in an unbroken chain of corporations beginning with the Corporation, provided each corporation (other than the last corporation) in the unbroken chain owns, at the time of the determination, stock possessing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in such chain.  The term Subsidiary shall also include any wholly-owned limited liability company in such chain of subsidiaries that is disregarded for federal income tax purposes.

 

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HH.                            Target Level Attainment shall mean the Corporation’s achievement of each Performance Goal set forth in Schedule I to the Award Notice at the level designated as Target Level attainment for that goal.

 

II.                                      Withholding Taxes shall mean the federal, state and local income taxes and the employee portion of the federal, state and local employment taxes required to be withheld by the Corporation in connection with the vesting and issuance of the shares of Common Stock which vest under the Award and any phantom dividend equivalents distributed with respect to those shares.

 

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SCHEDULE I

 

ILLUSTRATION OF VESTING CALCULATIONS

 

The following examples are for illustration purposes only:

 

1.                Participant receives an Award for 3,000 Shares at Target Level and Participant continues in Service until the expiration of the requisite three (3)-year Service vesting period. If each of the Performance Goals is attained at the Target Level, Participant shall vest in 1,000 Shares following the completion of the Performance Period and shall vest in the remaining 2,000 shares in two successive equal annual installments upon his or her completion of each of the two remaining years in the Service vesting period.  If each of the Performance Goals is attained at the Extraordinary Level, Participant shall vest in an additional 1,000 Shares for a total of 2,000 Shares following the completion of the Performance Period and shall vest in the remaining 4,000 shares in two successive equal annual installments upon his or her completion of each of the two remaining years in the Service vesting period.

 

2.                Participant receives an Award for 3,000 Shares at Target Level and Participant ceases Service due to Permanent Disability halfway through the Performance Period.  If each of the Performance Goals is attained at the Target Level, Participant shall vest in 500 of the Shares.  On the other hand, if each of the Performance Goals is attained at the Extraordinary Level, Participant shall vest in an additional 500 Shares for a total of 1,000 Shares. If Participant ceases Service due to Permanent Disability after completing 18 months of Service since the start of the Performance Period, then he or she would vest in all 3,000 Shares at Target Level Attainment and all 6,000 Shares at Extraordinary Level Attainment.

 

3.                Participant receives an Award for 3,000 Shares at Target Level and Participant continues in Service through the completion of the three (3)-year Service vesting period.  If each of the Performance Goals is attained at a point halfway between the Threshold and Target Levels, Participant would vest in 750 of the Shares following the completion of the Performance Period and would vest in the remaining 1,500 shares in two successive equal annual installments upon his or her completion of each of the two remaining years in the Service vesting period.  On the other hand, if each of the Performance Goals is attained at a point halfway between the Target and Extraordinary Levels, Participant would vest in 1,500 of the Shares following the completion of the Performance Period and would vest in the remaining 3,000 shares in two successive equal annual installments upon his or her completion of each of the two remaining years in the Service vesting period.

 

4.                Participant receives an Award for 3,000 Shares at Target Level and Participant ceases Service due to Permanent Disability halfway through the Performance Period.  If each of the Performance Goals is attained at a point halfway between the Threshold and Target Levels, Participant would vest in 375 of the Shares following the completion of the Performance Period. On the other hand, if each of the Performance Goals is attained at a point halfway between the Target and Extraordinary Levels, Participant would vest in 750 of the Shares following the completion of the Performance Period.

 


Exhibit 99.12

 

Executive

 

ALEXANDER & BALDWIN, INC.

 

PERFORMANCE-BASED RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT

AWARD AGREEMENT

 

RECITALS

 

A.                                    The Corporation has implemented the Plan for the purpose of providing eligible persons in the Corporation’s service with the opportunity to participate in one or more cash or equity incentive compensation programs designed to encourage them to continue their service relationship with the Corporation.

 

B.                                      Participant is to render valuable services to the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary), and this Agreement is executed pursuant to, and is intended to carry out the purposes of, the Plan in connection with the Corporation’s issuance of shares of Common Stock to Participant under the Stock Issuance Program.

 

C.                                      All capitalized terms in this Agreement shall have the meaning assigned to them in the attached Appendix A.

 

NOW, THEREFORE , it is hereby agreed as follows:

 

1.                                        Grant of Restricted Stock Units .  The Corporation hereby awards to Participant, as of the Award Date, restricted stock units under the Plan.  The number of shares of Common Stock underlying the awarded restricted stock units and the applicable performance- vesting requirements for those units and the underlying Shares are set forth in the Award Notice.  The remaining terms and conditions governing the Award shall be as set forth in this Agreement.

 

2.                                        Limited Transferability .  Prior to the actual issuance of the Shares which vest hereunder, Participant may not transfer any interest in the restricted stock units subject to the Award or the underlying Shares or pledge or otherwise hedge the sale of those units or Shares, including (without limitation) any short sale or any acquisition or disposition of any put or call option or other instrument tied to the value of those Shares.  However, any Shares which vest hereunder but otherwise remain unissued at the time of Participant’s death may be transferred pursuant to the provisions of Participant’s will or the laws of inheritance or to Participant’s designated beneficiary or beneficiaries of this Award. Participant may also direct the Corporation to record the ownership of any Shares which in fact vest and become issuable hereunder in the name of a revocable living trust established for the exclusive benefit of Participant or Participant and his or her spouse. Participant may make such a beneficiary designation or ownership directive at any time by filing the appropriate form with the Plan Administrator or its designee.

 

3.                                        Vesting Requirements .  The Shares subject to the Award shall initially be unvested and shall vest only in accordance with the vesting provisions of this Paragraph 3 or the special vesting acceleration provisions of Paragraph 5. The actual number of Shares in which Participant shall vest under this Paragraph 3 shall be determined pursuant to a two-step process:

 



 

(i) first there shall be calculated the maximum number of Shares in which Participant can vest based upon the level at which the Performance Goals specified on Schedule I to the Award Notice are actually attained and (ii) then the number of the Performance Shares resulting from the clause (i) calculation in which Participant shall actually vest shall be determined on the basis of his or her completion of the applicable Service-vesting provisions set forth below.  Accordingly, the vesting of the Shares shall be calculated as follows:

 

(a)                                   Performance Vesting :  Within sixty (60) days following the completion of the Performance Period, the Plan Administrator shall determine the applicable number of Performance Shares in accordance with the provisions of the Award Notice and Schedule I attached thereto.

 

(b)                                  Service Vesting :  The Performance Shares so determined represent the maximum number of Shares in which Participant can vest hereunder.  The actual number of Shares in which Participant shall vest shall be determined as follows:

 

(i)                                      If Participant continues in Service through the completion of the Performance Period, Participant shall vest in one third of the Performance Shares.  If the Performance Period is coincident with the calendar year, then the Shares underlying those particular Performance Shares shall be issued to Participant during the period beginning with the first business day of the succeeding calendar year and ending on March 15th of that year. If the Performance Period is not coincident with the calendar year, then the Shares underlying those particular Performance Shares shall be issued within sixty (60) days following the completion date of that Performance Period or as soon as administratively practicable thereafter, but in no event later than the fifteenth (15th) day of the third (3rd) calendar month following such completion date. The Participant shall vest in the balance of the Performance Shares in two (2) successive equal annual installments upon his or her completion of each year of Service over the two-year period measured from the first anniversary of the start date of the Performance Period. The Shares in which Participant vests on each such Service-vesting date shall be issued on that date or as soon as administratively practicable thereafter, but in no event later than the fifteenth (15th) day of the third (3rd) calendar month following such Service-vesting date.

 

(ii)                                   If Participant ceases Service prior to the completion of the Performance Period by reason of Early Retirement, Normal Retirement, death or Permanent Disability, then Participant shall, upon the completion of such Performance Period, vest in a portion of the Performance Shares determined by multiplying (x) the maximum number of Performance Shares in which Participant would have vested, based on the actual level of Performance Goal attainment for the Performance Period, had Participant completed the three (3)-year Service vesting requirement set forth in subparagraph (i) above by (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of months of actual Service completed by Participant in such Performance Period (rounded to the closest whole month), and the denominator of which is thirty-six (36) months.  If the Performance Period is

 

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coincident with the calendar year, then the Shares underlying the Performance Shares in which Participant vests in accordance with this subparagraph (ii) shall be issued to Participant during the period beginning with the first business day of the succeeding calendar year and ending on March 15th of that year. If the Performance Period is not coincident with the calendar year, then the Shares underlying those vested Performance Shares shall be issued within sixty (60) days following the completion date of that Performance Period or as soon as administratively practicable thereafter, but in no event later than the fifteenth (15th) day of the third (3rd) calendar month following such completion date.

 

(iii)                                If Participant ceases Service on or after the completion of the Performance Period by reason of Early Retirement or Normal Retirement but prior to vesting in all the Performance Shares that become subject to this Award on the basis of actual Performance Goal attainment for the completed Performance Period, then Participant shall vest in a portion of those unvested Performance Shares determined by multiplying (x) the number of Performance Shares in which Participant would have vested at the end of the one-year Service-vesting period in which such cessation of Service occurs had Participant continued in Service throughout that one-year period by (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of months of actual Service completed by Participant during that particular one-year Service- vesting period (rounded to the closest whole month), and the denominator of which is twelve (12) months. The Shares underlying the Performance Shares in which Participant vests pursuant to this subparagraph (iii) shall be issued on the date of Participant’s Separation of Service due to his or her Early Retirement or Normal Retirement or as soon as administratively practicable thereafter but in no event later than the fifteenth (15th) day of the third (3rd) calendar month following the date of such Separation from Service.

 

(iv)                               If Participant ceases Service on or after the completion of the Performance Period by reason of death or Permanent Disability but prior to vesting in all the Performance Shares that become subject to this Award on the basis of actual Performance Goal attainment for the completed Performance Period, then Participant shall immediately vest in all those unvested Performance Shares, and the Shares underlying those Performance Shares shall be issued on the date of Participant’s Separation of Service due to his or her death or Permanent Disability or as soon as administratively practicable thereafter but in no event later than the fifteenth (15th) day of the third (3rd) calendar month following the date of such Separation from Service.

 

(v)                              If Participant’s Service ceases for any other reason, whether before or after the completion of the Performance Period but prior to the completion of the Service- vesting provisions of this Agreement, then Participant shall cease to have any further right or entitlement to the unvested Shares at the time subject to this Award and shall not vest in those unvested Shares.

 

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Schedule I attached to this Agreement sets forth examples illustrating the calculation of the number of Shares in which the Participant may vest based upon hypothetical levels of Performance Goal attainment and service vesting requirements.

 

4.                                        Stockholder Rights and Dividend Equivalents

 

(a)                                   The holder of this Award shall not have any stockholder rights, including voting, dividend or liquidation rights, with respect to the Shares subject to the Award until Participant becomes the record holder of those Shares upon their actual issuance following the Corporation’s collection of the applicable Withholding Taxes.

 

(b)                                  Notwithstanding the foregoing, should any dividend or other distribution payable other than in shares of Common Stock be declared and paid on the Corporation’s outstanding Common Stock in one or more calendar years during which Shares remain subject to this Award (i.e., those Shares are not otherwise issued and outstanding for purposes of entitlement to the dividend or distribution), then a special book account shall be established for Participant and credited with a phantom dividend equivalent in accordance with the following parameters:

 

(i)                                            For any dividend or distribution payable on or before the scheduled completion date of the Performance Period, such phantom dividend shall be equivalent to the actual dividend or distribution which would have been paid on the number of Shares issuable under this Award at Extraordinary Level Attainment had that number of Shares been issued and outstanding and entitled to that dividend or distribution. The phantom dividend equivalents so credited shall be distributed to Participant in a lump sum (in cash or such other form as the Plan Administrator may deem appropriate in its sole discretion) within the sixty (60)-day period following the scheduled completion date of that Performance Period or as soon as administratively practicable thereafter, but in no event later than the fifteenth (15th) day of the third (3rd) calendar month following such scheduled completion date.  However, to the extent one or more Shares subject to this Award are cancelled due to the failure to achieve Extraordinary Level Attainment of the Performance Goal applicable to those Shares, no phantom dividend equivalents shall be paid with respect to those particular Shares, and those phantom dividend equivalents shall be cancelled.

 

(ii)                                   For dividends or distributions payable on the outstanding Common Stock after the scheduled completion date of the Performance Period, such phantom dividend shall be equivalent to the actual dividend or distribution which would have been paid on the number of Shares at the time subject to this Award based on actual Performance Goal attainment, had that number of Shares been issued and outstanding and entitled to that dividend or distribution. The phantom dividend equivalents so credited to the Participant’s book account on one or more dates in any calendar quarter following the scheduled completion date of the Performance Period shall be distributed to Participant in a lump sum (in cash or such other form as the Plan Administrator may deem appropriate in its sole discretion) on the last business day of that calendar quarter.

 

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(iii)                                Each such distribution under this Paragraph 4(b) shall be subject to the Corporation’s collection of the Withholding Taxes applicable to that distribution.

 

5.                                        Change in Control Prior to Completion of Performance Period .  The following provisions shall apply only to the extent a Change in Control is consummated prior to the completion of the applicable Performance Period and shall have no force or effect in the event the closing of the Change in Control occurs on or after the completion of such Performance Period.

 

(a)                                   This Award may be assumed by the successor entity or otherwise continued in full force and effect or may be replaced with a cash retention account established by the successor entity.  In such event, the following provisions shall be in effect:

 

(i)                                      Unless the Plan Administrator determines otherwise at the time, the Performance-Vesting requirements of this Agreement shall terminate, and the assumption or continuation of this Award shall be effected in accordance with Paragraph 5(b) below on the basis of the number of Shares that would have been issuable under this Award had there been Target Level Attainment of each of the Performance Goals. The Service-vesting and issuance provisions of Paragraph 3(b) shall continue in effect with respect to the assumed or continued Award.

 

(ii)                                         If Participant ceases Service prior to the completion of the Performance Period by reason of Early Retirement, Normal Retirement, death or Disability, then Participant shall, upon the closing of the Change in Control or (if later) such cessation of Service, vest in that number of Shares determined by multiplying (x) the number of Performance Shares which would have resulted had the Corporation achieved each applicable Performance Goal at Target Level Attainment and Participant completed the three (3)-year Service vesting requirement of Paragraph 3(b) by (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of months of actual Service completed by Participant in such Performance Period (rounded to the closest whole month), and the denominator of which is thirty-six (36) months.  The Shares in which Participant so vests shall be issued to Participant on the date the Shares would have otherwise been issued pursuant to the provisions of Paragraph 3(b)(ii) in the absence of such Change in Control or, should such cessation of Service occur after such Change in Control but within twenty-four (24) months after the closing of a Qualifying Change in Control, on the date of Participant’s Separation from Service (if earlier) due to such cessation of Service.

 

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(iii)                                Any cash retention account established in replacement of this Award shall initially be credited with the fair market value (at the effective time of the Change in Control) of the number of Shares that would have been issuable under this Award had there been Target Level Attainment of each of the Performance Goals, and interest shall accrue on the outstanding balance of such account, for the period commencing with the closing date of the Change in Control and continuing through the date of the final payment of the account, including any deferred payment date under Paragraph 10, at a variable per annum rate, compounded semi-annually, equal to the prime rate of interest as in effect from time to time during such period, as determined on the basis of the prime rate quotations published in The Wall Street Journal .  The cash retention account shall vest and be paid out in accordance with the Service-vesting and issuance provisions of Paragraph 3(b) or (to the extent applicable) in accordance with the Service-vesting and issuance provisions of Paragraph 5(a)(ii) above. The Participant’s interest in the account shall at all times be that of a general, unsecured creditor.

 

(iv)                               In the event of such assumption or continuation of this Award or such replacement of the Award with a cash retention account, no accelerated vesting of the restricted stock units subject to this Award or the underlying Shares shall occur at the time of the Change in Control, and the Service-vesting provisions of Paragraph 3(b) shall continue in full force and effect.

 

(b)                                  In the event this Award is assumed or otherwise continued in effect in connection with such Change in Control, the securities subject to the Award shall be adjusted immediately after the consummation of that Change in Control so as to apply to the number and class of securities into which the number of Shares issuable under this Award at Target Level Attainment of each Performance Goal would have been converted in consummation of that Change in Control had that number of Shares actually been issued and outstanding at that time. To the extent the actual holders of the outstanding Common Stock receive cash consideration for their Common Stock in consummation of the Change in Control, the successor corporation (or parent entity) may, in connection with the assumption or continuation of the restricted stock units subject to the Award at that time, but subject to the Plan Administrator’s approval prior to the Change in Control, substitute one or more shares of its own common stock with a fair market value equivalent to the cash consideration paid per share of Common Stock in the Change in Control transaction, provided such common stock is readily tradable on an established U.S. securities exchange or market.

 

(c)                                   Upon Participant’s Separation from Service due to an Involuntary Termination occurring within twenty-four (24) months after a Change in Control in which this Award is assumed or continued in effect, Participant shall immediately vest in that number of Shares equal to the Performance Shares which would have resulted had the Corporation achieved each applicable Performance Goal at Target Level Attainment and Participant completed the three (3)-year Service vesting requirement of Paragraph 3(b), and that number of Shares shall be issued to Participant on the date those Shares would have otherwise been issued pursuant to the

 

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provisions of Paragraph 3(b) in the absence of such Change in Control or, should such cessation of Service occur within twenty-four (24) months after the closing of a Qualifying Change in Control on the date of Participant’s Separation from Service (if earlier) due to such cessation of Service. Should this Award be replaced with a cash retention account in accordance with Paragraph 5(a), then that account shall vest upon Participant’s Separation from Service due to the Involuntary Termination, provided and only if such Involuntary Termination occurs within twenty-four (24) months following the Change in Control. Such vested balance, together with all accrued interest thereon through the actual payment date, shall be distributed, as to each Share to which the cash retention account pertains, on the earlier of (x) the date that Share would have otherwise been issued pursuant to the Service-vesting and issuance provisions set forth in Paragraph 3(b) in the absence of such Change in Control or (y) the date of Participant’s Separation from Service, provided such Separation from Service occurs within twenty-four (24) months after a Qualifying Change in Control. Except for the number of Shares and the cash retention balance distributed in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Paragraph 5(c), Participant shall have no further right or entitlement to any additional Shares or other cash amounts hereunder upon such Separation from Service.

 

(d)                                  If the Award is not assumed by the successor entity or otherwise continued in effect or replaced with a cash retention account in accordance with Paragraph 5(a), then the following provisions shall apply in the event the Change in Control is effected prior to the completion of the Performance Period:

 

(i)                                            If Participant continues in Service through the effective date of the Change in Control, then Participant shall, upon the closing of such Change in Control, vest in that number of Shares equal to the Performance Shares which would have resulted had the Corporation achieved each applicable Performance Goal at Target Level Attainment and Participant completed the three (3)-year Service vesting requirement of Paragraph 3(b).  The Shares in which Participant so vests shall be converted into the right to receive the same consideration per share of Common Stock payable to the other stockholders of the Corporation in consummation of the Change in Control. Such consideration per Share shall be distributed to Participant on the earliest to occur of (x) the date the Share would have otherwise been issued pursuant to the Service vesting and issuance provisions set forth in Paragraph 3(b) in the absence of such Change in Control, (y) the date of Participant’s Separation from Service, provided such Separation from Service occurs within twenty-four (24) months after a Qualifying Change in Control, or (z) the first date following a Qualifying Change in Control transaction on which the distribution can be made without contravention of any applicable provisions of Code Section 409A or as soon as administratively practicable following the applicable distribution date, but in no event later than the fifteenth (15th) day of the third (3rd) calendar month following that date.

 

(ii)                                         To the extent the consideration payable per share of Common Stock in the Change in Control is in the form of cash, a fully-vested cash retention account shall be established by the successor entity at the time of such Change in Control for each Share that vests on an accelerated basis in

 

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accordance with Section 5(d)(i) above.  Such account shall be credited with the amount of the cash consideration payable for the Shares, and interest shall accrue on the outstanding balance of that account, for the period commencing with the closing date of the Change in Control and continuing through the date of the final payment of the account, including any deferred payment date under Paragraph 10, at a variable per annum rate, compounded semi-annually, equal to the prime rate of interest as in effect from time to time during such period, as determined on the basis of the prime rate quotations published in The Wall Street Journal .  The cash retention account, together with all accrued interest thereon through the actual payment date, shall be distributed, as to each Share to which that cash retention account pertains, in accordance with the foregoing distribution provisions of Paragraph 5(d)(i) above, and the Participant’s interest in the account shall at all times be that of a general, unsecured creditor.

 

(iii)                                      If Participant ceases Service prior to the effective date of the Change in Control by reason of Early Retirement, Normal Retirement, death or Disability then Participant shall, upon the closing of such Change in Control, vest in that number of Shares determined by multiplying (x) the number of Performance Shares which would have resulted had the Corporation achieved each applicable Performance Goal at Target Level Attainment and Participant completed the three (3)-year Service vesting requirement of Paragraph 3(b) by (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of months of actual Service completed by Participant in such Performance Period (rounded to the closest whole month), and the denominator of which is thirty-six (36) months. The Shares in which Participant so vests shall be converted into the right to receive the same consideration per share of Common Stock payable to the other stockholders of the Corporation in consummation of the Change in Control. Such consideration per Share shall be distributed to Participant on the earlier of (A) the date the Share would have otherwise been issued pursuant to the provisions of Paragraph 3(b)(ii) in the absence of such Change in Control or (B) the first date following a Qualifying Change in Control transaction on which the distribution can be made without contravention of any applicable provisions of Code Section 409A.

 

(iv)                                     Except for the amount of consideration so calculated, Participant shall have no further right or entitlement to any additional Shares or consideration under this Award.

 

6.                                        Change in Control On or After Completion of Performance Period .  The following provisions shall apply only to the extent a Change in Control is consummated on or after the completion of the applicable Performance Period and shall have no force or effect in the event the closing of the Change in Control occurs prior to the completion of such Performance Period.

 

(a)                                   This Award may be assumed by the successor entity or otherwise continued in full force and effect or may be replaced with a cash retention account established by the successor entity.  Any such assumption or continuation of this Award shall be effected in

 

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accordance with Paragraph 6(b) below. Any cash retention account established in replacement of this Award shall initially be credited with the fair market value (at the effective time of the Change in Control) of the Performance Shares subject to the Award at that time on the basis of actual Performance Goal attainment, and interest shall accrue on the outstanding balance of such account, for the period commencing with the closing date of the Change in Control and continuing through the date of the final payment of the account, including any deferred payment date under Paragraph 10, at a variable per annum rate, compounded semi-annually, equal to the prime rate of interest as in effect from time to time during such period, as determined on the basis of the prime rate quotations published in The Wall Street Journal .  The cash retention account shall vest and be paid out in accordance with the Service-vesting and issuance provisions of Paragraph 3(b), and the Participant’s interest in the account shall at all times be that of a general, unsecured creditor. In the event of such assumption or continuation of this Award or such replacement of the Award with a cash retention account, no accelerated vesting of the restricted stock units subject to this Award or the underlying Shares shall occur at the time of the Change in Control, and the Service-vesting provisions of Paragraph 3 shall continue in full force and effect.

 

(b)                                  In the event this Award is assumed or otherwise continued in effect in connection with the Change in Control, the securities subject to the Award shall be adjusted immediately after the consummation of that Change in Control so as to apply to the number and class of securities into which the Shares at the time subject to this Award would have been converted in consummation of that Change in Control had those Shares actually been issued and outstanding at that time.  To the extent the actual holders of the outstanding Common Stock receive cash consideration for their Common Stock in consummation of the Change in Control,  the successor corporation (or parent entity) may, in connection with the assumption or continuation of the restricted stock units subject to the Award at that time, but subject to the Plan Administrator’s approval prior to the Change in Control, substitute one or more shares of its own common stock with a fair market value equivalent to the cash consideration paid per share of Common Stock in the Change in Control transaction, provided such common stock is readily tradable on an established U.S. securities exchange or market.

 

(c)                                   Upon Participant’s Separation from Service due to an Involuntary Termination occurring within twenty-four (24) months following the Change in Control in which this Award is assumed or otherwise continued in effect, Participant shall immediately vest in all the Performance Shares subject to the Award at that time on the basis of actual Performance Goal attainment for such Performance Period. The Shares underlying those vested Performance Shares shall be issued to Participant on the date of such Separation from Service or as soon as administratively practicable thereafter but in no event later than the fifteenth (15th) day of the third (3rd) calendar month following the date of such Separation from Service. Should this Award be replaced with a cash retention account in accordance with Paragraph 6(a), then the balance credited to that account at the time of such Involuntary Termination shall vest upon his or her Separation from Service due to such Involuntary Termination, provided and only if such Separation from Service occurs within twenty-four (24) months following the Change in Control. The distribution of such vested balance, together with all accrued interest thereon through the actual payment date, shall be made to Participant on the date of such Separation from Service or as soon as administratively practicable thereafter but in no event later than the fifteenth (15th) day of the third (3rd) calendar month following the date of such Separation from Service.

 

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(d)                                  If the Award is not assumed by the successor entity or otherwise continued in effect or replaced with a cash retention program in accordance with Paragraph 6(a), then the following provisions shall apply in the event the Change in Control is effected on or after the completion of the Performance Period:

 

(i)                                            If Participant continues in Service through the effective date of the Change in Control, then Participant shall, upon the closing of such Change in Control, vest in all the Shares that are at the time subject to this Award on the basis of actual Performance Goal attainment.

 

(ii)                                         The Shares in which Participant so vests shall be converted into the right to receive the same consideration per share of Common Stock payable to the other stockholders of the Corporation in consummation of the Change in Control. Such consideration per Share shall be distributed to Participant on the earliest to occur of (x) the date the Share would have otherwise been issued pursuant to the Service-vesting and issuance provisions set forth in Paragraph 3(b) in the absence of such Change in Control, (y) the date of Participant’s Separation from Service or (z) the first date following a Qualifying Change in Control transaction on which the distribution can be made without contravention of any applicable provisions of Code Section 409A or as soon as administratively practicable following the applicable distribution date, but in no event later than the fifteenth (15th) day of the third (3rd) calendar month following that date.

 

(iii)                                      To the extent the consideration payable per share of Common Stock in the Change in Control is in the form of cash, a fully-vested cash retention account shall be established by the successor entity at the time of such Change in Control.  Such account shall be credited with the amount of the cash consideration payable for the Shares that are at the time subject to this Award on the basis of actual Performance Goal attainment, and interest shall accrue on the outstanding balance of that account, for the period commencing with the closing date of the Change in Control and continuing through the date of the final payment of the account, including any deferred payment date under Paragraph 10, at a variable per annum rate, compounded semi-annually, equal to the prime rate of interest as in effect from time to time during such period, as determined on the basis of the prime rate quotations published in The Wall Street Journal . The cash retention account, together with all accrued interest thereon through the actual payment date, shall be distributed, as to each Share to which that cash retention account pertains, in accordance with the distribution provisions of subparagraph (ii) of this Paragraph 6(d), and the Participant’s interest in the account shall at all times be that of a general, unsecured creditor.

 

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7.                                        Change in Control Benefits Agreement .  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, if Participant is, at the time of a change in control or ownership of the Corporation (whether or not that transaction constitutes a Change in Control hereunder), a party to a Change in Control Benefits Agreement with the Corporation, then the provisions of that agreement shall, to the extent applicable to this Award, govern Participant’s rights and benefits with respect to the restricted stock units and underlying Shares subject to this Agreement, and in the event of any conflict between the provisions of that Change in Control Benefits Agreement and this Agreement, the provisions of the Change in Control Benefits Agreement shall be controlling; provided, however, that in the event there is any conflict between the issuance or distribution provisions of this Agreement and the issuance or distribution provisions of the Change in Control Benefits Agreement, the issuance and distribution provisions of this Agreement shall be controlling.

 

8.                                        Adjustment in Shares .  Should any change be made to the Common Stock by reason of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, combination of shares, exchange of shares, spin-off transaction, extraordinary dividend or distribution or other change affecting the outstanding Common Stock as a class without the Corporation’s receipt of consideration, or should the value of the outstanding shares of Common Stock be substantially reduced as a result of a spin-off transaction or an extraordinary dividend or distribution, or should there occur any merger, consolidation or other reorganization, then equitable adjustments shall be made by the Plan Administrator to the total number and/or class of securities issuable pursuant to this Award in order to reflect such change and thereby prevent a dilution or enlargement of benefits hereunder. In making such equitable adjustments, the Plan Administrator shall take into account any amounts credited to Participant’s book account under Paragraph 4(b) in connection with the transaction, and the determination of the Plan Administrator shall be final, binding and conclusive.  In the event of any Change in Control transaction, the adjustment provisions of Paragraph 5(b) or 6(b), as applicable, shall be controlling.

 

9.                                        Issuance of Vested Shares and Applicable Withholding Taxes .

 

(a)                                   Any Shares to be issued to Participant in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Agreement shall be in the form of a book entry evidencing ownership of those Shares. Actual certificates for the vested Shares evidenced by book entry ownership shall be promptly delivered upon the request of Participant or any other person having an interest at the time in those Shares.

 

(b)                                  The Corporation shall collect the Withholding Taxes with respect to each non-Share distribution by withholding a portion of that distribution equal to the amount of the applicable Withholding Taxes, with the cash portion of the distribution to be the first portion so withheld.

 

(c)                                   Unless Participant (i) otherwise makes satisfactory arrangements with the Corporation’s Human Resources Department, on or before the expiration of the designated notification period preceding the applicable issuance date of the Shares, to pay the applicable Withholding Taxes through the delivery of a check payable to the Corporation in the amount of such Withholding Taxes and (ii) in fact delivers such check to the Corporation not later than that issuance date, the Corporation shall collect the Withholding Taxes applicable to the Share issuance through the following automatic share withholding method:

 

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·                                           On the applicable issuance date, the Corporation shall withhold, from the vested Shares otherwise issuable to Participant at that time, a portion of those Shares with a Fair Market Value (measured as of the issuance date) equal to the applicable Withholding Taxes; provided , however , that the number of Shares which the Corporation shall be required to so withhold shall not exceed in Fair Market Value the amount necessary to satisfy the Corporation’s required tax withholding obligations using the minimum statutory withholding rates for federal and state tax purposes, including payroll taxes, that are applicable to supplemental taxable income.

 

(d)                                  Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Paragraph 9, the employee portion of the federal, state and local employment taxes required to be withheld by the Corporation in connection with the vesting of the Shares or any other amounts hereunder (the “Employment Taxes”) shall in all events be collected from the Participant no later than the last business day of the calendar year in which the Shares or other amounts vest hereunder.  Accordingly, to the extent the applicable issuance date for one or more vested Shares or the distribution date for such other amounts is to occur in a year subsequent to the calendar year in which those Shares or other amounts vest, the Participant shall, on or before the last business day of the calendar year in which the Shares or other amounts vest, deliver to the Corporation a check payable to its order in the dollar amount equal to the Employment Taxes required to be withheld with respect to those Shares or other amounts.  The provisions of this Paragraph 9(d) shall be applicable only to the extent necessary to comply with the applicable tax withholding requirements of Code Section 3121(v).

 

(e)                                   Except as otherwise provided in Paragraph 5 or this Paragraph 9, the settlement of all restricted stock units which vest under the Award shall be made solely in shares of Common Stock.  In no event, however, shall any fractional shares be issued.  Accordingly, the total number of shares of Common Stock to be issued at the time the Award vests shall, to the extent necessary, be rounded down to the next whole share in order to avoid the issuance of a fractional share.

 

10.                                  Code Section 409A.   Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Agreement, to the extent this Award may be deemed to create a deferred compensation arrangement under Code Section 409A, then the following limitation and provisions shall apply:

 

·                                           No Shares or other amounts which become issuable or distributable under this Agreement upon Participant’s Separation from Service shall actually be issued or distributed to Participant prior to the earlier of (i) the first (1st) day of the seventh (7th) month following the date of such Separation from Service or (ii) the date of Participant’s death, if Participant is deemed at the time of such Separation from Service to be a specified employee under Section 1.409A-1(i) of the Treasury Regulations issued under Code Section 409A, as determined by the Plan Administrator in accordance with consistent and uniform standards applied to all other Code Section 409A arrangements of the

 

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Corporation, and such delayed commencement is otherwise required in order to avoid a prohibited distribution under Code Section 409A(a)(2).  The deferred Shares or other distributable amount shall be issued or distributed in a lump sum on the first (1st) day of the seventh (7th) month following the date of Participant’s Separation from Service or, if earlier, the first day of the month immediately following the date the Corporation receives proof of Participant’s death.

 

·                                           Participant’s right to receive each installment of Shares or other installment distribution pursuant to the terms of this Agreements shall, for purposes of Code Section 409A, be treated as a right to receive a series of separate payments.

 

11.                                  Compliance with Laws and Regulations .  The issuance of shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Award shall be subject to compliance by the Corporation and Participant with all applicable requirements of law relating thereto and with all applicable regulations of any Stock Exchange on which the Common Stock may be listed for trading at the time of such issuance.

 

12.                                  Notices .  Any notice required to be given or delivered to the Corporation under the terms of this Agreement shall be in writing and addressed to the Corporation at its principal corporate offices.  Any notice required to be given or delivered to Participant shall be in writing and addressed to Participant at the address indicated below Participant’s signature line on the Award Notice.  All notices shall be deemed effective upon personal delivery or upon deposit in the U.S. mail, postage prepaid and properly addressed to the party to be notified.

 

13.                                  Successors and Assigns .  Except to the extent otherwise provided in this Agreement, the provisions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the Corporation and its successors and assigns and Participant, Participant’s assigns, the legal representatives, heirs and legatees of Participant’s estate and any beneficiaries of the Award designated by Participant.

 

14.                                  Construction .

 

(a)                                   This Agreement and the Award evidenced hereby are made and granted pursuant to the Plan and are in all respects limited by and subject to the terms of the Plan and any applicable Change in Control Benefits Agreement.  All decisions of the Plan Administrator with respect to any question or issue arising under the Plan or this Agreement shall be conclusive and binding on all persons having an interest in the Award.

 

(b)                                  To the extent there is any ambiguity as to whether any provision of this Agreement would otherwise contravene one or more requirements or limitations of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder, such provision shall be interpreted and applied in a manner that complies with the applicable requirements of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder.

 

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(c)                                   This Agreement shall not in any way affect the right of the Corporation to adjust, reclassify, reorganize or otherwise change its capital or business structure or to merge, consolidate, dissolve, liquidate or sell or transfer all or any part of its business or assets.

 

15.                                  Governing Law .  The interpretation, performance and enforcement of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Hawaii without resort to that State’s conflict-of-laws rules.

 

16.                                  Coverage under Recoupment Policy . If Participant is on the Award Date, or at any time thereafter becomes, either an executive officer of the Corporation subject to Section 16 of the 1934 Act, or a participant in the Corporation’s Performance Improvement Incentive Plan, then Participant shall be subject to the Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. Policy Regarding Recoupment of Certain Compensation, effective as of June 29, 2012 (the “Recoupment Policy”), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and receipt of a copy of which Participant hereby acknowledges. If Participant is subject to the Recoupment Policy, then any incentive compensation that is paid or granted to, or received by, Participant on or after June 29, 2012 (including any incentive compensation that is paid to, or received by, Participant on or after June 29, 2012 pursuant to an incentive compensation award made to Participant prior to June 29, 2012, whether by the Corporation or any predecessor entity) and during the three-year period preceding the date on which the Corporation is required to prepare an accounting restatement due to material non-compliance with any applicable financial reporting requirements under the federal securities laws shall be subject to recovery and recoupment pursuant to the terms of such policy.  For purposes of such Recoupment Policy, “incentive compensation” means any cash or equity-based award (e.g., stock award, restricted stock unit award or stock option grant or shares of Common Stock issued thereunder) or any profit sharing payment or distribution that is based upon the achievement of financial performance metrics.  An additional copy of the Recoupment Policy is available upon request made to the Corporate Secretary at the Corporation’s principal offices.

 

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APPENDIX A

 

DEFINITIONS

 

The following definitions shall be in effect under the Agreement:

 

A.                                    Agreement shall mean this Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement.

 

B.                                      Award shall mean the award of restricted stock units made to Participant pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

 

C.                                      Award Date shall mean the date the restricted stock units are awarded to Participant pursuant to the Agreement and shall be the date specified in the Award Notice.

 

D.                                     Award Notice shall mean the Notice of Award of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units delivered to Participant in which there is set forth the basic terms of the restricted stock units subject to this Agreement.

 

E.                                       Board shall mean the Corporation’s Board of Directors.

 

F.                                       Cause shall mean the commission of any act of fraud, embezzlement or dishonesty by Participant, any unauthorized use or disclosure by Participant of confidential information or trade secrets of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary), or any other intentional misconduct by Participant adversely affecting the business or affairs of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) in a material manner; provided, however , that in the event Participant is, at the time the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) purports to terminate Participant’s Employee status for Cause, a party to a Change in Control Benefits Agreement applicable to the Award, the term Cause shall have the meaning ascribed to that term in such Change in Control Benefits Agreement.  The foregoing definition shall not in any way preclude or restrict the right of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) to discharge or dismiss Participant or any other person in the Service of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) for any other acts or omissions, but such other acts or omissions shall not be deemed, for purposes of the Plan and this Agreement, to constitute grounds for termination for Cause.

 

G.                                      Change in Control shall mean a change of ownership or control of the Corporation effected through any of the following transactions:

 

(i)                                      a merger, consolidation or other reorganization approved by the Corporation’s stockholders, unless securities representing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power of the voting securities of the successor corporation are immediately thereafter beneficially owned, directly or indirectly and in substantially the same proportion, by the persons who beneficially owned the Corporation’s outstanding voting securities immediately prior to such transaction,

 

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(ii)                                   a sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s assets,

 

(iii)                                the closing of any transaction or series of related transactions pursuant to which any person or any group of persons comprising a “group” within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) of the 1934 Act (other than the Corporation or a person that, prior to such transaction or series of related transactions, directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by or is under common control with, the Corporation) acquires directly or indirectly (whether as a result of a single acquisition or by reason of one or more acquisitions within the twelve (12)-month period ending with the most recent acquisition) beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the 1934 Act) of securities possessing (or convertible into or exercisable for securities possessing) thirty-five percent (35%) or more of the total combined voting power of the Corporation’s securities (as measured in terms of the power to vote with respect to the election of Board members) outstanding immediately after the consummation of such transaction or series of related transactions, whether such transaction involves a direct issuance from the Corporation or the acquisition of outstanding securities held by one or more of the Corporation’s existing stockholders, or

 

(iv)                               a change in the composition of the Board over a period of twelve (12) consecutive months or less such that a majority of the Board members ceases, by reason of one or more contested elections for Board membership, to be comprised of individuals who either (A) have been Board members continuously since the beginning of such period or (B) have been elected or nominated for election as Board members during such period by at least a majority of the Board members described in clause (A) who were still in office at the time the Board approved such election or nomination;

 

provided, however , that in the event Participant is a party to a Change in Control Benefits Agreement applicable to the Award, the term Change in Control shall have the meaning ascribed to that term in such Change in Control Benefits Agreement.

 

H.                                     Change in Control Benefits Agreement shall mean any separate agreement between Participant and the Corporation which provides Participant with special vesting acceleration and/or other special benefits with respect to one or more awards of restricted stock units made to Participant for shares of Common Stock, including (to the extent applicable) the restricted stock units evidenced by this Agreement, in the event of a change in control or ownership of the Corporation (whether or not constituting a Change in Control hereunder).

 

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

 

J.                                         Common Stock shall mean shares of the Corporation’s common stock.

 

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K.                                     Corporation shall mean Alexander & Baldwin, Inc., a Hawaii corporation, and any successor corporation to all or substantially all of the assets or voting stock of Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. which shall by appropriate action adopt the Plan.

 

L.                                       Early Retirement shall mean Participant’s retirement from Service, with the prior approval of the Corporation (or the Parent or Subsidiary employing Participant)  on or after the attainment of age fifty-five (55) and the completion of at least five (5) years of Service.

 

M.                                  Employee shall mean an individual who is in the employ of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary), subject to the control and direction of the employer entity as to both the work to be performed and the manner and method of performance.

 

N.                                     Extraordinary Level Attainment shall mean the Corporation’s achievement of each Performance Goal set forth in Schedule I to the Award Notice at the level designated as Extraordinary Level attainment for that goal.

 

O.                                     Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on any relevant date shall be the closing selling price per share of Common Stock at the close of regular hours trading (i.e., before after-hours trading beings) on date in question on the Stock Exchange serving as the primary market for the Common Stock, as such price is reported by the National Association of Securities Dealers (if primarily traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market) or as officially quoted in the composite tape of transactions on any other Stock Exchange on which the Common Stock is then primarily traded.  If there is no closing selling price for the Common Stock on the date in question, then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing selling price on the last preceding date for which such quotation exists.

 

P.                                       Good Reason shall mean the occurrence of any of the following events effected without Participant’s consent: (A) a change in Participant’s position with the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary employing Participant) which materially reduces Participant’s duties and responsibilities or the level of management to which Participant reports, (B) a relocation of Participant’s principal place of employment by more than fifty (50) miles, (C) a reduction in Participant’s level of compensation, as measured in terms of base salary, fringe benefits and target annual incentive payment, by more than ten percent (10%) or (D) the failure by the Corporation to continue in effect any stock option or other equity-based plan in which Participant is participating, or in which Participant is entitled to participate, immediately prior to a change in control of the Corporation, unless an equitable arrangement (embodied in an ongoing substitute or alternative plan) has been made with respect to such plan; or the failure by the Corporation to continue Participant’s participation therein (or in such substitute or alternative plan) on a substantially equivalent basis, both in terms of the amount or timing of payment of benefits provided and the level of Participant’s participation relative to other participants, as existed immediately prior to the change in control of the Corporation.

 

However, in the event Participant is at the time of his or her cessation of Employee status a party to a Change in Control Benefits Agreement applicable to the Award evidenced by this Agreement, the term Good Reason shall have the meaning ascribed to that term in such Change in Control Benefits Agreement.

 

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Q.                                     Involuntary Termination shall mean the Participant’s Separation from Service by reason of:

 

(i)                                      Participant’s involuntary dismissal or discharge by the Corporation for reasons other than for Cause, or

 

(ii)                                   Participant’s voluntary resignation for Good Reason.

 

R.                                      1934 Act shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.

 

S.                                       Normal Retirement shall mean shall mean the cessation of Service by reason of retirement at or after the attainment of age sixty-five (65).

 

T.                                      Participant shall mean the person to whom the Award is made pursuant to the Agreement.

 

U.                                     Parent shall mean any corporation (other than the Corporation) in an unbroken chain of corporations ending with the Corporation, provided each corporation in the unbroken chain (other than the Corporation) owns, at the time of the determination, stock possessing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in such chain.

 

V.                                      Performance Goals shall mean the performance goals specified on Schedule I of the Award Notice.

 

W.                                 Performance Period shall mean the period specified on Schedule I of the Award Notice over which the attainment of the Performance Goals is to be measured.

 

X.                                     Performance Shares shall mean the maximum number of Shares in which Participant can vest based on the level at which the Performance Goals for the Performance Period are attained and shall be calculated in accordance with the provisions of the Award Notice.  In no event shall the number of such Performance Shares exceed two hundred percent (200%) of the designated number of Shares set forth in the Number of Shares Subject to Award section of the Award Notice.

 

Y.                                      Permanent Disability shall mean the inability of Participant to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment expected to result in death or to be of continuous duration of twelve (12) months or more.

 

Z.                                      Plan shall mean the Corporation’s 2007 Incentive Compensation Plan.

 

AA.                          Plan Administrator shall mean either the Board or a committee of the Board acting in its capacity as administrator of the Plan.

 

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BB.                              Qualifying Change in Control shall mean the date on which there occurs a Change in Control that also qualifies as: (i) a change in the ownership of the Corporation, as determined in accordance with Section 1.409A-3(i)((5)(v) of the Treasury Regulations, (ii) a change in the effective control of the Corporation, as determined in accordance with Section 1.409A-3(i)((5)(vi) of the Treasury Regulations, or (iii) a change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the Corporation, as determined in accordance with Section 1.409A-3(i)((5)(vii) of the Treasury Regulations.

 

CC.                              Separation from Service shall mean the Participant’s cessation of Employee status by reason of his or her death, retirement or termination of employment.  The Participant shall be deemed to have terminated employment for such purpose at such time as the level of his or her bona fide services to be performed as an Employee (or as a consultant or independent contractor) permanently decreases to a level that is less than fifty percent (50%) of the average level of services he or she rendered as an Employee during the immediately preceding thirty-six (36) months of employment (or such shorter period for which he or she may have rendered such services).  Solely for purposes of determining when a Separation from Service occurs, Participant will be deemed to continue in “Employee” status for so long as he or she remains in the employ of one or more members of the Employer Group, subject to the control and direction of the employer entity as to both the work to be performed and the manner and method of performance. “Employer Group” means the Corporation and any Parent or Subsidiary and any other corporation or business controlled by, controlling or under common control with, the Corporation, as determined in accordance with Sections 414(b) and (c) of the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder, except that in applying Sections 1563(1), (2) and (3) of the Code for purposes of determining the controlled group of corporations under Section 414(b), the phrase “at least 50 percent” shall be used instead of “at least 80 percent” each place the latter phrase appears in such sections and in applying Section 1.414(c)-2 of the Treasury Regulations for purposes of determining trades or businesses that are under common control for purposes of Section 414(c), the phrase “at least 50 percent” shall be used instead of “at least 80 percent” each place the latter phrase appears in Section 1.4.14(c)-2 of the Treasury Regulations.  Any such determination as to Separation from Service, however, shall be made in accordance with the applicable standards of the Treasury Regulations issued under Section 409A of the Code.

 

DD.                            Service shall mean Participant’s performance of services for the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) in the capacity of an Employee, a non-employee member of the board of directors or a consultant or independent advisor. For purposes of this Agreement, Participant shall be deemed to cease Service immediately upon the occurrence of the either of the following events: (i) Participant no longer performs services in any of the foregoing capacities for the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) or (ii) the entity for which Participant performs such services ceases to remain a Parent or Subsidiary of the Corporation, even though Participant may subsequently continue to perform services for that entity. Service as an Employee shall not be deemed to cease during a period of military leave, sick leave or other personal leave approved by the Corporation; provided, however , that the following special provisions shall be in effect for any such leave:

 

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(i)                                      Should the period of such leave (other than a disability leave) exceed six (6) months, then Participant shall be deemed to cease Service and to incur a Separation from Service upon the expiration of the initial six (6)-month period of that leave, unless Participant retains a right to re-employment under applicable law or by contract with the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary).

 

(ii)                                   Should the period of a disability leave exceed twenty-nine (29) months, then Participant shall be deemed to cease Service and to incur a Separation from Service upon the expiration of the initial twenty-nine (29)-month period of that leave, unless Participant retains a right to re-employment under applicable law or by contract with the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary).   For such purpose, a disability leave shall be a leave of absence due to any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or to last for a continuous period of not less than six (6) months and causes Participant to be unable to perform the duties of his or her position of employment with the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) or any substantially similar position of employment with the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary).

 

(iii)                                Except to the extent otherwise required by law or expressly authorized by the Plan Administrator or by the Corporation’s written policy on leaves of absence, no Service credit shall be given for vesting purposes for any period Participant is on a leave of absence.

 

(iv)                               Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the provisions of this Service definition, Participant shall in all events be deemed to cease Service for purpose of this Award immediately upon Participant’s incurrence of a Separation from Service.

 

EE.                                Shares shall mean the shares of Common Stock which may vest and become issuable under the Award pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and the Award Notice.

 

FF.                                Stock Exchange shall mean the American Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq Global or Global Select Market or the New York Stock Exchange.

 

GG.                              Subsidiary shall mean any corporation (other than the Corporation) in an unbroken chain of corporations beginning with the Corporation, provided each corporation (other than the last corporation) in the unbroken chain owns, at the time of the determination, stock possessing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in such chain.   The term Subsidiary shall also include any wholly-owned limited liability company in such chain of subsidiaries that is disregarded for federal income tax purposes.

 

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HH.                            Target Level Attainment shall mean the Corporation’s achievement of each Performance Goal set forth in Schedule I to the Award Notice at the level designated as Target Level attainment for that goal.

 

II.                                      Withholding Taxes shall mean the federal, state and local income taxes and the employee portion of the federal, state and local employment taxes required to be withheld by the Corporation in connection with the vesting and issuance of the shares of Common Stock which vest under the Award and any phantom dividend equivalents distributed with respect to those shares.

 

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SCHEDULE I

 

ILLUSTRATION OF VESTING CALCULATIONS

 

The following examples are for illustration purposes only:

 

1.                Participant receives an Award for 3,000 Shares at Target Level and Participant continues in Service until the expiration of the requisite three (3)-year Service vesting period. If each of the Performance Goals is attained at the Target Level, Participant shall vest in 1,000 Shares following the completion of the Performance Period and shall vest in the remaining 2,000 shares in two successive equal annual installments upon his or her completion of each of the two remaining years in the Service vesting period.  If each of the Performance Goals is attained at the Extraordinary Level, Participant shall vest in an additional 1,000 Shares for a total of 2,000 Shares following the completion of the Performance Period and shall vest in the remaining 4,000 shares in two successive equal annual installments upon his or her completion of each of the two remaining years in the Service vesting period.

 

2.                Participant receives an Award for 3,000 Shares at Target Level and Participant ceases Service due to Permanent Disability halfway through the Performance Period.  If each of the Performance Goals is attained at the Target Level, Participant shall vest in 500 of the Shares.   On the other hand, if each of the Performance Goals is attained at the Extraordinary Level, Participant shall vest in an additional 500 Shares for a total of 1,000 Shares. If Participant ceases Service due to Permanent Disability after completing 18 months of Service since the start of the Performance Period, then he or she would vest in all 3,000 Shares at Target Level Attainment and all 6,000 Shares at Extraordinary Level Attainment.

 

3.                Participant receives an Award for 3,000 Shares at Target Level and Participant continues in Service through the completion of the three (3)-year Service vesting period.  If each of the Performance Goals is attained at a point halfway between the Threshold and Target Levels, Participant would vest in 750 of the Shares following the completion of the Performance Period and would vest in the remaining 1,500 shares in two successive equal annual installments upon his or her completion of each of the two remaining years in the Service vesting period.  On the other hand, if each of the Performance Goals is attained at a point halfway between the Target and Extraordinary Levels, Participant would vest in 1,500 of the Shares following the completion of the Performance Period and would vest in the remaining 3,000 shares in two successive equal annual installments upon his or her completion of each of the two remaining years in the Service vesting period.

 

4.                Participant receives an Award for 3,000 Shares at Target Level and Participant ceases Service due to Permanent Disability halfway through the Performance Period.  If each of the Performance Goals is attained at a point halfway between the Threshold and Target Levels, Participant would vest in 375 of the Shares following the completion of the Performance Period. On the other hand, if each of the Performance Goals is attained at a point halfway between the Target and Extraordinary Levels, Participant would vest in 750 of the Shares following the completion of the Performance Period.

 


Exhibit 99.13

 

Executive Officer

2007 Plan

 

ALEXANDER & BALDWIN, INC.
UNIVERSAL STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT FOR SUBSTITUTE OPTIONS

 

UNIVERSAL STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT made and entered into as of the close of market on the 29th day of June 2012 by and between Alexander & Baldwin, Inc., a Hawaii corporation (the “ Corporation ”), and                                      , an individual in the employ or service of the Corporation who is currently the holder (the “ Optionee ”) of one or more outstanding stock option grants under the Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. 2007 Incentive Compensation Plan (as amended and restated) that has been assumed by Alexander & Baldwin Holdings, Inc. (the Holdings 2007 Plan ”).

 

RECITALS

 

A.                                     The Corporation has implemented the Plan for the purpose of providing eligible persons in the Corporation’s service with the opportunity to participate in one or more cash or equity incentive compensation programs designed to encourage them to continue their service relationship with the Corporation.

 

B.                                     The Plan contains an anti-dilution feature that allows the Corporation to issue, in connection with certain dilutive transactions, substitute equity awards under such Plan in cancellation of equity awards that are outstanding under the Holdings 2007 Plan.

C.                                     On June 29, 2012 (the “ Distribution Date” ), Alexander & Baldwin Holdings, Inc. (“ A&B Holdings ”) effected a spin-off distribution of the Corporation through a distribution by A&B Holdings of all of the Corporation’s outstanding common stock (“ Common Stock ”) to the holders of the outstanding A&B Holdings common stock (the “ A&B Distribution ”) in accordance with the terms of the Separation and Distribution Agreement by and between Alexander & Baldwin Holdings, Inc. and the Corporation (which was at the time known as A & B II, Inc.) dated as of June 8, 2012.

 

D.                                     The A&B Distribution is one of the dilutive transactions for which anti-dilution protection is provided under the Holdings 2007 Plan, and the awards evidenced by this Agreement are intended to preserve the intrinsic value of each equity award held by Optionee under the Holdings 2007 Plan on the Distribution Date through the substitution of an award under the Plan in cancellation of the corresponding equity award held by Optionee under the Holdings 2007 Plan.

 

E.                                      All capitalized terms in this Agreement, to the extent not otherwise defined in one or more provisions of this Agreement, shall have the meaning assigned to them in the attached Appendix A.

 



 

NOW, THEREFORE , it is hereby agreed as follows:

 

1.                                       Stock Option Grants .

 

A.                                  Grant One

 

The Corporation hereby grants to Optionee, as of the Grant Date, a stock option to purchase shares of Common Stock under the Plan (“ Substitute Option One ”) in full cancellation and substitution for the stock option grant that is currently held by Optionee to purchase shares of A&B Holdings common stock under the Holdings 2007 Plan and that is more particularly identified as Cancelled Option One (“ Cancelled Option One ”) in attached Schedule A, and Optionee shall cease to have any further right or entitlement to acquire any shares of A&B Holdings common stock under Cancelled Option One.

 

The Grant Date for Substitute Option One is June 29, 2012, and such option shall be a non-statutory option under the U.S. federal income tax laws. Attached Schedule A sets forth the following information with respect to Substitute Option One:

 

·                                           The number of shares of Common Stock subject to such option.

 

·                                           The exercise price payable per share.

 

·                                           The expiration date of the maximum option term.

 

·                                           The date or dates on which the option will vest and first become exercisable for the Option Shares in one or more installments.  The exercise/vesting schedule for the shares of Common Stock subject to Substitute Option One shall be the same exercise/vesting schedule that was in effect for the shares of A&B Holdings common stock subject to Cancelled Option One at the time of cancellation hereunder.  No acceleration of such vesting schedule or exercise dates shall occur by reason of the A&B Distribution.  Except as otherwise provided in Paragraph 5 below, Substitute Option One shall not become exercisable for any additional Option Shares after Optionee’s cessation of Service.

 

B.                                  Grant Two (if applicable)

 

The Corporation hereby grants to Optionee, as of the Grant Date, a stock option to purchase shares of Common Stock under the Plan (“ Substitute Option Two ”) in full cancellation and substitution for the stock option grant that is currently held by Optionee to purchase shares of A&B Holdings common stock under the Holdings 2007 Plan and that is more particularly identified as Cancelled Option Two (“ Cancelled Option Two ”) in attached Schedule A, and Optionee shall cease to have any further right or entitlement to acquire any shares of A&B Holdings common stock under Cancelled Option Two.

 

The Grant Date for Substitute Option Two is June 29, 2012, and such option shall be a non-statutory option under the U.S. federal income tax laws. Attached Schedule A sets forth the following information with respect to Substitute Option Two:

 

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·                                           The number of shares of Common Stock subject to such option.

 

·                                           The exercise price payable per share.

 

·                                           The expiration date of the maximum option term.

 

·                                           The date or dates on which the option will vest and first become exercisable for the Option Shares in one or more installments. The exercise/vesting schedule for the shares of Common Stock subject to Substitute Option Two shall be the same exercise/vesting schedule that was in effect for the shares of A&B Holdings common stock subject to Cancelled Option Two at the time of cancellation hereunder.  No acceleration of such vesting schedule or exercise dates shall occur by reason of the A&B Distribution.  Except as otherwise provided in Paragraph 5 below, Substitute Option Two shall not become exercisable for any additional Option Shares after Optionee’s cessation of Service.

 

C.                                  Grant Three (if applicable)

 

The Corporation hereby grants to Optionee, as of the Grant Date, a stock option to purchase shares of Common Stock under the Plan (“ Substitute Option Three ”) in full cancellation and substitution for the stock option grant that is currently held by Optionee to purchase shares of A&B Holdings common stock under the Holdings 2007 Plan and that is more particularly identified as Cancelled Option Three (“ Cancelled Option Three ”) in attached Schedule A, and Optionee shall cease to have any further right or entitlement to acquire any shares of A&B Holdings common stock under Cancelled Option Three.

 

The Grant Date for Substitute Option Three is June 29, 2012, and such option shall be a non-statutory option under the U.S. federal income tax laws. Attached Schedule A sets forth the following information with respect to Substitute Option Three:

 

·                                           The number of shares of Common Stock subject to such option.

 

·                                           The exercise price payable per share.

 

·                                           The expiration date of the maximum option term.

 

·                                           The date or dates on which the option will vest and first become exercisable for the Option Shares in one or more installments.  The exercise/vesting schedule for the shares of Common Stock subject to Substitute Option Three shall be the same exercise/vesting schedule that was in effect for the shares of A&B Holdings common stock subject to Cancelled Option Three at the time of cancellation hereunder.  No acceleration of such vesting schedule or exercise dates shall occur by reason of the A&B Distribution.  Except as otherwise provided in Paragraph 5 below, Substitute Option Three shall not become exercisable for any additional Option Shares after Optionee’s cessation of Service.

 

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D.                                  Grant Four (if applicable)

 

The Corporation hereby grants to Optionee, as of the Grant Date, a stock option to purchase shares of Common Stock under the Plan (“ Substitute Option Four ”) in full cancellation and substitution for the stock option grant that is currently held by Optionee to purchase shares of A&B Holdings common stock under the Holdings 2007 Plan and that is more particularly identified as Cancelled Option Four (“ Cancelled Option Four ”) in attached Schedule A, and Optionee shall cease to have any further right or entitlement to acquire any shares of A&B Holdings common stock under Cancelled Option Four.

 

The Grant Date for Substitute Option Four is June 29, 2012, and such option shall be a non-statutory option under the U.S. federal income tax laws. Attached Schedule A sets forth the following information with respect to Substitute Option Four:

 

·                                           The number of shares of Common Stock subject to such option.

 

·                                           The exercise price payable per share.

 

·                                           The expiration date of the maximum option term.

 

·                                           The date or dates on which the option will vest and first become exercisable for the Option Shares in one or more installments. The exercise/vesting schedule for the shares of Common Stock subject to Substitute Option Four shall be the same exercise/vesting schedule that was in effect for the shares of A&B Holdings common stock subject to Cancelled Option Four at the time of cancellation hereunder.  No acceleration of such vesting schedule or exercise dates shall occur by reason of the A&B Distribution. Except as otherwise provided in Paragraph 5 below, Substitute Option Four shall not become exercisable for any additional Option Shares after Optionee’s cessation of Service.

 

E.                                   Grant Five (if applicable)

 

The Corporation hereby grants to Optionee, as of the Grant Date, a stock option to purchase shares of Common Stock under the Plan (“ Substitute Option Five ”) in full cancellation and substitution for the stock option grant that is currently held by Optionee to purchase shares of A&B Holdings common stock under the Holdings 2007 Plan and that is more particularly identified as Cancelled Option Five (“ Cancelled Option Five ”) in attached Schedule A, and Optionee shall cease to have any further right or entitlement to acquire any shares of A&B Holdings common stock under Cancelled Option Five.

 

The Grant Date for Substitute Option Five is June 29, 2012, and such option shall be a non-statutory option under the U.S. federal income tax laws. Attached Schedule A sets forth the following information with respect to Substitute Option Five:

 

·                                           The number of shares of Common Stock subject to such option.

 

·                                           The exercise price payable per share.

 

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·                                           The expiration date of the maximum option term.

 

·                                           The date or dates on which the option will vest and first become exercisable for the Option Shares in one or more installments. The exercise/vesting schedule for the shares of Common Stock subject to Substitute Option Five shall be the same exercise/vesting schedule that was in effect for the shares of A&B Holdings common stock subject to Cancelled Option Five at the time of cancellation hereunder.  No acceleration of such vesting schedule or exercise dates shall occur by reason of the A&B Distribution. Except as otherwise provided in Paragraph 5 below, Substitute Option Five shall not become exercisable for any additional Option Shares after Optionee’s cessation of Service.

 

F.                                       Anti-Dilution Adjustments

 

The number of shares of Common Stock subject to each Substitute Option has been determined by multiplying the number of shares of A&B Holdings common stock subject to the corresponding Cancelled Option (as specified in attached Schedule A) immediately prior to the A&B Distribution by a fraction the numerator of which is the sum of the closing “when issued” price per share of the Common Stock on the Distribution Date plus the closing price of A&B Holdings common stock as traded on an ex-distribution basis on that same trading day and the denominator is the closing “when issued” price per share of the Common Stock on the Distribution Date. Any resulting fractional share of Common Stock has been rounded down to the next whole share.

 

The Exercise Price per share in effect for each Substitute Option has been determined by multiplying the exercise price per share that was in effect for the corresponding Cancelled Option (as specified in attached Schedule A) immediately prior to the A&B Distribution by a fraction the numerator of which is the closing “when issued” price per share of the Common Stock on the Distribution Date and the denominator is the sum of that closing “when issued” price and the closing price per share of A&B Holdings common stock as traded on ex-distribution basis on such Distribution Date.  Any fractional cent has been rounded up to the nearest whole cent.

 

The foregoing calculations as to the number of Option Shares and Exercise Price per share in effect under each Substitute Option are intended to ensure that: (i) the spread between the aggregate fair market value of the adjusted number of shares of Common Stock purchasable under the Substitute Option and the aggregate Exercise Price payable for those shares immediately after the A&B Distribution remains substantially equal to (and not greater than) the same spread that existed immediately prior to the A&B Distribution between the aggregate fair market value of the number of shares of A&B Holdings common stock subject to the corresponding Cancelled Option immediately prior to cancellation and the aggregate exercise price in effect at that time for those shares under that Cancelled Option. Such calculations are also intended to preserve on a per-share basis, immediately after the A&B Distribution, the same ratio of exercise price per option share to fair market value per share under each Substitute Option which existed under the corresponding Cancelled Option immediately prior to the A&B Distribution.

 

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The remaining terms and provisions of each Substitute Option are the same as the terms and provisions that were in effect under each of the corresponding Cancelled Options at the time of cancellation hereunder. Accordingly, the following terms and provisions in effect under those Cancelled Options are hereby incorporated into this Agreement.

 

2.                                       Option Term .  The term of each Substitute Option shall commence on the Grant Date and continue in effect until the close of business on the Expiration Date specified for that Substitute Option in attached Schedule A, unless sooner terminated in accordance with Paragraph 5 or 6.

 

3.                                       Limited Transferability .

 

(a)                                  Except to the limited extent provided in Paragraph 3(b), each Substitute Option shall be neither transferable nor assignable by Optionee other than by will or the laws of inheritance following Optionee’s death and may be exercised, during Optionee’s lifetime, only by Optionee.  However, Optionee may designate one or more persons as the beneficiary or beneficiaries of each Substitute Option, and each such Substitute Option shall, in accordance with such designation, automatically be transferred to such beneficiary or beneficiaries upon the Optionee’s death while holding that Substitute Option.  Such beneficiary or beneficiaries shall take the transferred Substitute Option subject to all the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including (without limitation) the limited time period during which that Substitute Option may, pursuant to Paragraph 5, be exercised following Optionee’s death.

 

(b)                                  Each Substitute Option may be assigned in whole or in part during Optionee’s lifetime to a revocable living trust established for the exclusive benefit of Optionee or Optionee and his or her spouse (the “Trust”).  The assigned portion shall be exercisable only by the Trust, and the terms applicable to that assigned portion shall be the same as those in effect for that Substitute Option immediately prior to such assignment.

 

4.                                       Dates of Exercise .  Each Substitute Option shall become exercisable for the Option Shares subject to that Substitute Option in one or more installments in accordance with the Exercise Schedule set forth for that Substitute Option in attached Schedule A.  As each Substitute Option becomes exercisable for such installments, those installments shall accumulate, and each Substitute Option shall remain exercisable for the accumulated installments until the Expiration Date specified for that Substitute Option in attached Schedule A or the sooner termination of the option term under Paragraph 5 or 6.

 

5.                                       Cessation of Service .  The option term specified for each Substitute Option in Paragraph 2 shall terminate (and that Substitute Option shall cease to be outstanding) prior to the Expiration Date specified for that Substitute Option in attached Schedule A should any of the following provisions become applicable:

 

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(a)                                  Except as otherwise expressly provided in subparagraphs (b) through (e) of this Paragraph 5, should Optionee cease to remain in Service for any reason while one or more Substitute Options are outstanding, then Optionee (or any Trust to which one or more Substitute Options are transferred pursuant to a permitted transfer under Paragraph 3) shall have a three (3)-month period measured from the date of such cessation of Service during which to exercise each such Substitute Option for any or all of the Option Shares for which that Substitute Option is vested and exercisable at the time of Optionee’s cessation of Service, but in no event shall that Substitute Option be exercisable at any time after the Expiration Date specified for that Substitute Option in attached Schedule A.

 

(b)                                  Should Optionee’s Service terminate by reason of his or her death while one or more Substitute Options are outstanding, then each of those Substitute Options, to the extent not otherwise at that time vested and exercisable for all the Option Shares at the time subject to that Substitute Option, shall immediately vest and become exercisable for all of those Option Shares.  Upon Optionee’s death (whether before or after termination of Service) each outstanding Substitute Option may be exercised, for any or all of the Option Shares for which that Substitute Option is vested and exercisable at the time of Optionee’s cessation of Service (including any Option Shares which vest on an accelerated basis should such cessation of Service occur by reason of Optionee’s death), by (i) the personal representative of Optionee’s estate or (ii) the person or persons to whom that Substitute Option is transferred pursuant to Optionee’s will or the laws of inheritance following Optionee’s death or (iii) any Trust to which that Substitute Option is transferred during Optionee’s lifetime pursuant to a permitted transfer under Paragraph 3, as the case may be. However, if Optionee dies while holding one or more Substitute Options and has an effective beneficiary designation in effect for those Substitute Options at the time of his or her death, then the designated beneficiary or beneficiaries shall have the exclusive right to exercise those Substitute Options following Optionee’s death.  Any such right to exercise the Substitute Options shall lapse, and each such Substitute Option shall cease to be outstanding, upon the earlier of (i) the expiration of the twelve (12)-month period measured from the date of Optionee’s death or (ii) the Expiration Date specified for that Substitute Option in attached Schedule A.  Upon the expiration of such limited exercise period or (if earlier) upon such Expiration Date, the Substitute Option shall terminate and cease to be outstanding for any exercisable Option Shares for which that Substitute Option has not otherwise been exercised.

 

(c)                                   Should Optionee cease Service by reason of Early Retirement, Normal Retirement or Permanent Disability while one or more Substitute Options are outstanding, then Optionee (or any Trust to which those Substitute Options are transferred pursuant to a permitted transfer under Paragraph 3) shall have a thirty-six (36)-month period measured from the date of such cessation of Service during which to exercise each such Substitute Option for (i) any or all Option Shares for which that Substitute Option is vested and exercisable at the time of such cessation of Service and (ii) any additional Option Shares for which that Substitute Option vests and becomes exercisable during such thirty-six (36)-month period.  In no event, however, shall any such Substitute Option be exercisable at any time after the Expiration Date specified for that Substitute Option in attached Schedule A. To the extent any Substitute Option is not otherwise vested and exercisable for all of the Option Shares at the time of Optionee’s cessation of Service by reason of Early Retirement, Normal Retirement or

 

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Permanent Disability, that Substitute Option shall, during the limited period of post-Service exercisability following such cessation of Service, continue to vest and become exercisable for one or more additional Option Shares in accordance with the Exercise Schedule specified for that Substitute Option in attached Schedule A or the special vesting acceleration provisions of Paragraph 6, as if Optionee continued in Service throughout that limited exercise period. Upon the expiration of such limited exercise period or (if earlier) upon the Expiration Date specified for that Substitute Option in attached Schedule A, that Substitute Option shall terminate and cease to be outstanding for any exercisable Option Shares for which that Substitute Option has not otherwise been exercised.

 

(d)                                  The applicable period of post-Service exercisability in effect for each Substitute Option pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Paragraph 5 shall automatically be extended by an additional period of time equal in duration to any interval within such post-Service exercise period during which the exercise of that Substitute Option or the immediate sale of the Option Shares acquired under that Substitute Option cannot be effected in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws, but in no event shall such an extension result in the continuation of that Substitute Option beyond the Expiration Date specified for that Substitute Option in attached Schedule A.

 

(e)                                   Should Optionee’s Service be terminated for Cause, or should Optionee (i) engage in any post-Service activity, whether as an Employee, consultant or advisor or in any other capacity, that is competitive with the business operations of the Corporation (or any Subsidiary or Parent) or (ii) engage in any other conduct, while in Service or following cessation of Service, that is materially detrimental to the business or affairs of the Corporation (or any Subsidiary or Parent), as determined in the sole discretion of the Plan Administrator, then each Substitute Option, whether or not vested and exercisable, shall terminate immediately and cease to be outstanding.

 

(f)                                    Except as otherwise expressly provided in the preceding subparagraphs of this Paragraph 5, during the limited period of post-Service exercisability, no Substitute Option may be exercised in the aggregate for more than the number of Option Shares for which that Substitute Option is, at the time of Optionee’s cessation of Service, vested and exercisable pursuant to the Exercise Schedule specified for that Substitute Option in attached Schedule A or the special vesting acceleration provisions of Paragraph 6.  Except as otherwise provided in this Paragraph 5 or except to the extent (if any) specifically authorized by the Plan Administrator pursuant to an express written agreement with the Optionee, no Substitute Option shall vest or become exercisable for any additional Option Shares, whether pursuant to the normal Exercise Schedule specified for that Substitute Option in attached Schedule A or the special vesting acceleration provisions of Paragraph 6, following the Optionee’s cessation of Service.  Upon the expiration of such limited exercise period or (if earlier) upon the Expiration Date specified for Substitute Option in attached Schedule A, that Substitute Option shall terminate and cease to be outstanding for any exercisable Option Shares for which that Substitute Option has not otherwise been exercised.

 

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6.                                       Special Acceleration of Option .

 

(a)                                  Each Substitute Option, to the extent outstanding at the time of an actual Change in Control but not otherwise fully exercisable for all the Option Shares, shall automatically accelerate so that such Substitute Option shall, immediately prior to the effective date of such Change in Control, become exercisable for all of the Option Shares at the time subject to that Substitute Option and may be exercised for any or all of those Option Shares as fully vested shares of Common Stock.  However, no Substitute Option shall become exercisable on such an accelerated basis, if and to the extent: (i) that Substitute Option is to be assumed by the successor corporation (or parent thereof) or is otherwise to be continued in full force and effect pursuant to the terms of the Change in Control transaction or (ii) that Substitute Option is to be replaced with a cash retention program of the successor corporation which preserves the spread existing at the time of the Change in Control on any Option Shares for which that Substitute Option is not otherwise at that time vested and exercisable (the excess of the Fair Market Value of those Option Shares over the aggregate Exercise Price payable for such shares) and provides for the subsequent vesting and concurrent payout of that spread, over Optionee’s period of continued Service, at the same time or times as that Substitute Option would have vested and become exercisable for those Option Shares in accordance with the Exercise Schedule set forth for that Substitute Option in attached Schedule A.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such cash retention program shall be established for any Substitute Option (or any other option granted to Optionee under the Plan) to the extent such program would otherwise be deemed to constitute a deferred compensation arrangement subject to the requirements of Code Section 409A and the Treasury Regulations thereunder.

 

(b)                                  Immediately following the Change in Control, each Substitute Option shall terminate and cease to be outstanding, except to the extent assumed by the successor corporation (or parent thereof) or otherwise continued in effect pursuant to the terms of the Change in Control transaction.

 

(c)                                   If one or more Substitute Options are assumed in connection with a Change in Control or otherwise continued in effect, then each such assumed Substitute Option shall be appropriately adjusted, immediately after such Change in Control, to apply to the number and class of securities into which the shares of Common Stock subject to that Substitute Option would have been converted in consummation of such Change in Control had those shares actually been outstanding at the time. Appropriate adjustments shall also be made to the Exercise Price specified for that Substitute Option in attached Schedule A, provided the aggregate Exercise Price shall remain the same. To the extent the actual holders of the Corporation’s outstanding Common Stock receive cash consideration for their Common Stock in consummation of the Change in Control, the successor corporation may, in connection with the assumption or continuation of one or more Substitute Options but subject to the Plan Administrator’s approval prior to the Change in Control, substitute one or more shares of its own common stock with a fair market value equivalent to the cash consideration paid per share of Common Stock in such Change in Control, provided such common stock is readily tradable on an established U.S. securities exchange or market.

 

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(d)                                  Immediately upon an Involuntary Termination of Optionee’s Service as an Employee within twenty-four (24) months following a Change in Control in which one or more Substitute Options are assumed or otherwise continued in effect, those Substitute Options, to the extent outstanding at the time but not otherwise fully exercisable, shall automatically accelerate so that each of those Substitute Options shall become immediately exercisable for all the Option Shares at the time subject to each such Substitute Option and may be exercised for any or all of those Option Shares as fully vested shares. Should any Substitute Option be replaced with a cash retention program in accordance with Paragraph 6(a), then the balance credited to Optionee under that program at the time of such Involuntary Termination shall vest and be immediately paid to Optionee in a lump sum, subject to the Corporation’s collection of all applicable withholding taxes; provided, however, that Optionee shall be entitled to such payment only if the Optionee’s Involuntary Termination occurs within twenty-four (24) months following the Change in Control.

 

(e)                                   This Agreement shall not in any way affect the right of the Corporation to adjust, reclassify, reorganize or otherwise change its capital or business structure or to merge, consolidate, dissolve, liquidate or sell or transfer all or any part of its business or assets.

 

7.                                       Adjustment in Option Shares .  Should any change be made to the Common Stock by reason of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, combination of shares, exchange of shares, spin-off transaction, extraordinary dividend or distribution or other change affecting the outstanding Common Stock as a class without the Corporation’s receipt of consideration, or should the value of outstanding shares of Common Stock be substantially reduced as a result of a spin-off transaction or an extraordinary dividend or distribution, or should there occur any merger, consolidation or other reorganization, then equitable adjustments shall be made by the Plan Administrator to (i) the total number and/or class of securities subject to each Substitute Option and (ii) the Exercise Price specified for that Substitute Option in attached Schedule A. The adjustments shall be made in such manner as the Plan Administrator deems appropriate in order to reflect such change and thereby prevent the dilution or enlargement of benefits hereunder, and those adjustments shall be final, binding and conclusive upon Optionee and any other person or persons having an interest in that Substitute Option. In the event of any Change in Control transaction, the adjustment provisions of Paragraph 6(c) shall be controlling.

 

8.                                       Stockholder Rights .  The holder of one or more Substitute Options shall not have any stockholder rights with respect to the Option Shares that are subject to each such Substitute Option until such person shall have exercised that Substitute Option paid the Exercise Price per share in effect for that Substitute Option as set forth in attached Schedule A and become a holder of record of the purchased shares.

 

9.                                       Manner of Exercising Substitute Options .

 

(a)                                  In order to exercise each Substitute Option with respect to all or any part of the Option Shares for which that Substitute Option is at the time exercisable, Optionee (or any other person or persons exercising the option) must take the following actions:

 

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(i)                                      Execute and deliver to the Corporation a Notice of Exercise as to the Option Shares for which that Substitute Option is exercised or comply with such other procedures as the Corporation may establish for notifying the Corporation of the exercise of that Substitute Option for one or more Option Shares subject to that Substitute Option.

 

(ii)                                   Pay the aggregate Exercise Price for the purchased shares, based on the Exercise Price specified for that Substitute Option in attached Schedule A, in one or more of the following forms:

 

(A)                                cash or check made payable to the Corporation;

 

(B)                                shares of Common Stock (whether delivered in the form of actual stock certificates or through attestation of ownership in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation) held for the requisite period (if any) necessary to avoid any resulting charge to the Corporation’s earnings for financial reporting purposes and valued at Fair Market Value on the Exercise Date; or

 

(C)                                through a special sale and remittance procedure pursuant to which Optionee (or any other person or persons exercising the option) shall concurrently provide irrevocable instructions (i) to a brokerage firm (reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation for purposes of administering such procedure in accordance with the Corporation’s pre-clearance/pre-notification policies) to effect the immediate sale of the purchased shares and remit to the Corporation, out of the sale proceeds available on the settlement date, sufficient funds to cover the aggregate Exercise Price payable for the purchased shares plus all applicable Withholding Taxes required to be withheld by the Corporation by reason of such exercise and (ii) to the Corporation to deliver the certificates for the purchased shares directly to such brokerage firm on such settlement date in order to complete the sale.

 

Except to the extent the sale and remittance procedure is utilized in connection with the option exercise, payment of the Exercise Price for the Option Shares purchased under the exercised Substitute Option must accompany the Notice of Exercise (or other notification procedure) delivered to the Corporation in connection with the option exercise.

 

(iii)                                Furnish to the Corporation appropriate documentation that the person or persons exercising the Substitute Option (if other than Optionee) have the right to exercise that Substitute Option.

 

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(b)           As soon as practical after the Exercise Date, the Corporation shall issue to or on behalf of Optionee (or any other person or persons exercising the Substitute Option) a certificate for the purchased Option Shares (either in paper or electronic form), with the appropriate legends affixed thereto: provided, however, that in the event the Substitute Option is exercised other than pursuant to the sale and remittance procedure described in Paragraph 9(a)(ii)(C), ownership of the purchased Option Shares shall only be noted as a book entry, and no certificates for the purchased shares shall actually be issued unless and until expressly requested by Optionee or any other person having an interest at the time in those shares.

 

(c)           In no event may any Substitute Option be exercised for any fractional shares.

 

10.          Compliance with Laws and Regulations .

 

(a)           The exercise of each Substitute Option and the issuance of the Option Shares upon the exercise of that Substitute Option shall be subject to compliance by the Corporation and Optionee with all applicable requirements of law relating thereto and with all applicable regulations of any Stock Exchange on which the Common Stock may be listed for trading at the time of such exercise and issuance.

 

(b)           The inability of the Corporation to obtain approval from any regulatory body having authority deemed by the Corporation to be necessary to the lawful issuance and sale of any Common Stock pursuant to one or more Substitute Options shall relieve the Corporation of any liability with respect to the non-issuance or sale of the Common Stock as to which such approval shall not have been obtained.  The Corporation, however, shall use its best efforts to obtain all such approvals.

 

11.          Successors and Assigns .  Except to the extent otherwise provided in Paragraphs 3 and 6, the provisions of this Agreement shall, with respect to each Substitute Option, inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the Corporation and its successors and assigns and Optionee, Optionee’s assigns, the legal representatives, heirs and legatees of Optionee’s estate and any beneficiaries of one or more Substitute Options designated by Optionee.

 

12.          Change in Control Benefits Agreement .  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, if Optionee is, at the time of a change in control or ownership of the Corporation (whether or not that transaction constitutes a Change in Control hereunder), a party to a Change in Control Benefits Agreement with the Corporation, then the provisions of that agreement shall (to the extent applicable to one or more Substitute Options) govern Optionee’s rights and benefits with respect to those Substitute Options, and in the event of any conflict between the provisions of that Change in Control Benefits Agreement and this Agreement, the provisions of the Change in Control Benefits Agreement shall be controlling.

 

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13.          Notices .  Any notice required to be given or delivered to the Corporation under the terms of this Agreement shall be in writing and addressed to the Corporation at its principal corporate offices.  Any notice required to be given or delivered to Optionee shall be in writing and addressed to Optionee at the address indicated below Optionee’s signature line.  All notices shall be deemed effective upon personal delivery or upon deposit in the U.S. mail, postage prepaid and properly addressed to the party to be notified.

 

14.          Construction .

 

(a)           This Agreement and the Substitute Options evidenced hereby are made and granted pursuant to the Plan and are in all respects limited by and subject to the terms of the Plan and any applicable Change in Control Benefits Agreement.  All decisions of the Plan Administrator with respect to any question or issue arising under the Plan or this Agreement shall be conclusive and binding on all persons having an interest in one or more of the Substitute Options.

 

(b)           All anti-dilution adjustments made pursuant to this Agreement shall be effected in accordance with all applicable requirements and limitations of Section 409A of the Code and the applicable Treasury Regulations thereunder, and the terms and provisions of this Agreement shall be interpreted and applied in such manner that shall avoid any violation or contravention of the applicable Section 409A requirements and limitations.

 

15.          Governing Law .  The interpretation, performance and enforcement of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Hawaii without resort to that State’s conflict-of-laws rules.

 

16.          Withholding Taxes .

 

(a)           The Corporation’s obligation to deliver shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of each Substitute Option shall be subject to the Corporation’s collection of all applicable Withholding Taxes.

 

(b)           Unless Optionee (i) otherwise makes satisfactory arrangements with the Corporation’s Human Resources Department, on or before the expiration of the designated notification period preceding the exercise of each Substitute Option, to pay the applicable Withholding Taxes through the delivery of a check or wire transfer payable to the Corporation in the amount of such Withholding Taxes and (ii) in fact delivers such check or wire transfer to the Corporation not later than the exercise date of that Substitute Option, the Corporation shall collect the applicable Withholding Taxes through the following automatic share withholding method:

 

·               The Corporation shall withhold, at the time of the option exercise, a portion of the Option Shares purchased under each Substitute Option with an aggregate Fair Market Value (measured on the exercise date) equal to the applicable Withholding Taxes; provided, however , that the number of the Option Shares so withheld shall not exceed in Fair Market Value the amount necessary to satisfy the Corporation’s required tax withholding obligations using the minimum statutory withholding rates for federal and state tax purposes, including payroll taxes, that are applicable to supplemental taxable income.

 

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17.          Coverage under Recoupment Policy . If Optionee is on the Grant Date, or at any time thereafter becomes, either an executive officer of the Corporation subject to Section 16 of the 1934 Act, or a participant in the Corporation’s Performance Improvement Incentive Plan, then Optionee shall be subject to the Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. Policy Regarding Recoupment of Certain Compensation, effective as of June 29, 2012 (the “ Recoupment Policy ”), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and receipt of a copy of which Optionee hereby acknowledges. If Optionee is subject to the Recoupment Policy, then any incentive compensation that is paid or granted to, or received by, Optionee on or after June 29, 2012 (including, without limitation, any incentive compensation that the Corporation pays to Optionee on or after June 29, 2012 pursuant to an incentive compensation award made to Optionee prior to June 29, 2012, whether that award was made by the Corporation or any predecessor entity) and during the three-year period preceding the date on which the Corporation is required to prepare an accounting restatement due to material non-compliance with any applicable financial reporting requirements under the federal securities laws shall be subject to recovery and recoupment pursuant to the terms of such policy.  For purposes of such Recoupment Policy, “ incentive compensation ” means any cash or equity-based award (e.g., stock award, restricted stock unit award or stock option grant or shares of Common Stock issued thereunder) or any profit sharing payment or distribution that is based upon the achievement of financial performance metrics.  An additional copy of the Recoupment Policy is available upon request made to the Corporate Secretary at the Corporation’s principal offices.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF , Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. has caused this Universal Stock Option Agreement for Substitute Options to be executed on its behalf by its duly-authorized officer as of the day of and year first above written.

 

 

 

ALEXANDER & BALDWIN, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT

 

The undersigned acknowledges receipt of the foregoing Universal Stock Option Agreement for Substitute Options in full cancellation and replacement of the stock option grants the undersigned previously held under the Alexander & Baldwin Holdings, Inc. assumed 2007 Incentive Compensation Plan and hereby agrees to be bound by all the terms and provisions of

this Universal Stock Option Agreement for Substitute Option Grants and shall have no further right or interest in the stock option grants hereby cancelled as a result of such Substitute Options and shall have no further right or entitlement to acquire any shares of A&B Holdings common stock under such cancelled options.

 

 

 

 

 

OPTIONEE

 

 

 

 

 

ADDRESS:                                                                   

 

 

 

                                                                                         

 

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APPENDIX

 

The following definitions shall be in effect under the Agreement:

 

A.            Agreement shall mean this Universal Stock Option Agreement for Substitute Options.

 

B.            Board shall mean the Corporation’s Board of Directors.

 

C.            Cause shall mean the commission of any act of fraud, embezzlement or dishonesty by Optionee, any unauthorized use or disclosure by Optionee of confidential information or trade secrets of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary), or any other intentional misconduct by Optionee adversely affecting the business or affairs of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) in a material manner; provided, however , that in the event Optionee is, at the time the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) purports to terminate Optionee’s Employee status for Cause, a party to a Change in Control Benefits Agreement applicable to the option evidenced by this Agreement, the term Cause shall have the meaning ascribed to that term in such Change in Control Benefits Agreement. The foregoing definition shall not in any way preclude or restrict the right of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) to discharge or dismiss Optionee or any other person in the Service of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) for any other acts or omissions, but such other acts or omissions shall not be deemed, for purposes of the Plan or this Agreement, to constitute grounds for termination for Cause.

 

D.            Change in Control shall mean a change in ownership or control of the Corporation effected through any of the following transactions:

 

(i)            a merger, consolidation or other reorganization approved by the Corporation’s stockholders, unless securities representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting power of the voting securities of the successor corporation are immediately thereafter beneficially owned, directly or indirectly and in substantially the same proportion, by the persons who beneficially owned the Corporation’s outstanding voting securities immediately prior to such transaction,

 

(ii)           a sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s assets,

 

(iii)          the closing of any transaction or series of related transactions pursuant to which any person or any group of persons comprising a “group” within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) of the 1934 Act (other than the Corporation or a person that, prior to such transaction or series of related transactions, directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by or is under common control with, the Corporation) acquires directly or indirectly (whether as a result of a single acquisition or by reason of one or more acquisitions within the twelve (12)-month period ending with the most recent acquisition) beneficial ownership

 

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(within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the 1934 Act) of securities possessing (or convertible into or exercisable for securities possessing) thirty-five percent (35%) or more of the total combined voting power of the Corporation’s securities (as measured in terms of the power to vote with respect to the election of Board members) outstanding immediately after the consummation of such transaction or series of related transactions, whether such transaction involves a direct issuance from the Corporation or the acquisition of outstanding securities held by one or more of the Corporation’s existing stockholders, or

 

(iv)          a change in the composition of the Board over a period of twelve (12) consecutive months or less such that a majority of the Board members ceases, by reason of one or more contested elections for Board membership, to be comprised of individuals who either (A) have been Board members continuously since the beginning of such period or (B) have been elected or nominated for election as Board members during such period by at least a majority of the Board members described in clause (A) who were still in office at the time the Board approved such election or nomination;

 

provided, however , that in the event Optionee is a party to a Change in Control Benefits Agreement applicable to the option evidenced by this Agreement, the term Change in Control shall have the meaning ascribed to that term in such Change in Control Benefits Agreement.

 

E.            Change in Control Benefits Agreement shall mean any separate agreement between Optionee and the Corporation which provides Optionee with special vesting acceleration and/or other special benefits with respect to one or more option grants made to Optionee to purchase shares of Common Stock, including (to the extent applicable) the option evidenced by this Agreement, in the event of a change in control or ownership of the Corporation (whether or not constituting a Change in Control hereunder).

 

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

 

G.            Common Stock shall mean shares of the Corporation’s common stock.

 

H.            Corporation shall mean Alexander & Baldwin, Inc., a Hawaii corporation (formerly known as A & B II, Inc), and any successor corporation to all or substantially all of the assets or voting stock of Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. which shall by appropriate action adopt the Plan.

 

I.             Early Retirement shall mean Optionee’s retirement from Service, with the prior approval of the Corporation (or the Parent or Subsidiary employing Participant), on or after the attainment of age fifty-five (55) and the completion of at least five (5) years of Service.

 

J.             Employee shall mean an individual who is in the employ of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary), subject to the control and direction of the employer entity as to both the work to be performed and the manner and method of performance.

 

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K.            Exercise Date shall mean the date on which one or more Substitute Options shall have been exercised in accordance with Paragraph 9 of the Agreement.

 

L.            Exercise Price shall mean the exercise price per Option Share as specified for each Substitute Option in attached Schedule A to this Agreement.

 

M.           Exercise Schedule shall mean the schedule set forth in attached Schedule A to this Agreement for each Substitute Option pursuant to which that Substitute Option is to vest and become exercisable for the Option Shares in one or more installments over the Optionee’s period of Service.

 

N.            Expiration Date shall mean the date on which each Substitute Option expires as specified for that Substitute Option in attached Schedule A to this Agreement.

 

O.            Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on any relevant date shall be the closing selling price per share of Common Stock at the close of regular hours trading (i.e., before after-hours trading beings) on date in question on the Stock Exchange serving as the primary market for the Common Stock, as such price is reported by the National Association of Securities Dealers (if primarily traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market) or as officially quoted in the composite tape of transactions on any other Stock Exchange on which the Common Stock is then primarily traded.  If there is no closing selling price for the Common Stock on the date in question, then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing selling price on the last preceding date for which such quotation exists.

 

P.             Good Reason shall mean the occurrence of any of the following events effected without Optionee’s consent: (A) a change in Optionee’s position with the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary employing Optionee) which materially reduces Optionee’s duties and responsibilities or the level of management to which Optionee reports, (B) a relocation of Optionee’s principal place of employment by more than fifty (50) miles, (C) a reduction in Optionee’s level of compensation, as measured in terms of base salary, fringe benefits, target annual incentive payment, by more than ten percent (10%) or (D) the failure by the Corporation to continue in effect any stock option or other equity-based plan in which Optionee is participating, or in which Optionee is entitled to participate, immediately prior to a change in control of the Corporation, unless an equitable arrangement (embodied in an ongoing substitute or alternative plan) has been made with respect to such plan; or the failure by the Corporation to continue Optionee’s participation therein (or in such substitute or alternative plan) on a substantially equivalent basis, both in terms of the amount or timing of payment of benefits provided and the level of Optionee’s participation relative to other participants, as existed immediately prior to the change in control of the Corporation.

 

However, in the event Optionee is at the time of his or her cessation of Employee status a party to a Change in Control Benefits Agreement applicable to the Award evidenced by this Agreement, the term Good Reason shall have the meaning ascribed to that term in such Change in Control Benefits Agreement.

 

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Q.            Grant Date shall mean the date of grant of the Substitute Options as specified in Paragraph 1 of this Agreement.

 

R.            Involuntary Termination shall mean the termination of Optionee’s Service as an Employee by reason of:

 

(i)            Optionee’s involuntary dismissal or discharge by the Corporation for reasons other than for Cause, or

 

(ii)           Optionee’s voluntary resignation for Good Reason.

 

S.             1934 Act shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.

 

T.            Non-Statutory Option shall mean an option not intended to satisfy the requirements of Code Section 422.

 

U.            Normal Retirement shall mean the cessation of Service by reason of retirement at or after the attainment of age sixty-five (65).

 

V.            Notice of Exercise shall mean the notice of option exercise in the form prescribed by the Corporation.

 

W.           Option Shares shall mean the number of shares of Common Stock subject to each Substitute Option as specified for that Substitute Option in attached Schedule A to this Agreement.

 

X.            Optionee shall mean the person to whom the Substitute Options are granted pursuant to this Agreement.

 

Y.            Parent shall mean any corporation (other than the Corporation) in an unbroken chain of corporations ending with the Corporation, provided each corporation in the unbroken chain (other than the Corporation) owns, at the time of the determination, stock possessing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in such chain.

 

Z.            Permanent Disability shall mean the inability of Optionee to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which is expected to result in death or to be of continuous duration of twelve (12) months or more.

 

AA.         Plan shall mean the Corporation’s 2012 Incentive Compensation Plan.

 

BB.         Plan Administrator shall mean either the Board or a committee of the Board acting in its capacity as administrator of the Plan.

 

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CC.         Service shall mean Optionee’s performance of services for the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary, whether now existing or subsequently established) in the capacity of an Employee, a non-employee member of the board of directors or a consultant or independent advisor.  However, Optionee shall be deemed to cease Service immediately upon the occurrence of either of the following events:  (i) Optionee no longer performs services in any of the foregoing capacities for the Corporation or any Parent or Subsidiary or (ii) the entity for which Optionee is performing such services ceases to remain a Parent or Subsidiary of the Corporation, even though the Optionee may subsequently continue to perform services for that entity.  Service shall not be deemed to cease during a period of military leave, sick leave or other personal leave approved by the Corporation.  However, except to the extent otherwise required by law or expressly authorized by the Plan Administrator or by the Corporation’s written policy on leaves of absence, no Service credit shall be given for vesting purposes for any period the Optionee is on a leave of absence. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing provisions of this Service definition, should A&B Holdings effect a distribution of all of the outstanding common stock of the Corporation to the holders of the outstanding common stock of A&B Holdings in a spin-off transaction, then Optionee shall be deemed to continue in Service for so long as Optionee performs services following such spin-off distribution in the capacity of an employee, a non-employee member of the board of directors or a consultant or independent advisor with the Corporation (or any Parent (other than A&B Holdings) or Subsidiary of the Corporation) if Optionee’s Service relationship is with any of those entities immediately prior to the spin-off distribution. Accordingly, for so long as Optionee remains in such Service relationship following the spin-off distribution, this option shall remain in full force and effect and Optionee shall continue to vest in such option. In addition, for purposes of the Service-vesting schedule in effect for the unvested portion of each Substitute Option, Optionee shall receive Service credit for his or her period of continuous service with A&B Holdings or its subsidiaries, in one or more of the foregoing Service capacities, from the most recent vesting date for the Cancelled Option which that Substitute Option replaces (or the grant date if that Cancelled Option has not yet reached its first scheduled vesting date) through the Distribution Date.

 

DD.         Stock Exchange shall mean the American Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq Global or Global Select Market or the New York Stock Exchange.

 

EE.          Subsidiary shall mean any corporation (other than the Corporation) in an unbroken chain of corporations beginning with the Corporation, provided each corporation (other than the last corporation) in the unbroken chain owns, at the time of the determination, stock possessing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in such chain.  The term Subsidiary shall also include any wholly-owned limited liability company in such chain of subsidiaries that is disregarded for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

 

FF.          Substitute Options shall mean the various stock option grants made to Optionee pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

 

GG.         Withholding Taxes shall mean the federal, state and local income taxes and the employee portion of the federal, state and local employment taxes required to be withheld by the Corporation in connection with the exercise of each Substitute Option.

 

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SCHEDULE A

 

LIST OF CANCELLED OPTIONS AND SUBSTITUTE OPTIONS

 


Exhibit 99.14

 

Non-Executive Officer

2007 Plan

 

ALEXANDER & BALDWIN, INC.
UNIVERSAL STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT FOR SUBSTITUTE OPTIONS

 

UNIVERSAL STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT made and entered into as of the close of market on the 29th day of June 2012 by and between Alexander & Baldwin, Inc., a Hawaii corporation (the “ Corporation ”), and                                         , an individual in the employ or service of the Corporation who is currently the holder (the “ Optionee ”) of one or more outstanding stock option grants under the Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. 2007 Incentive Compensation Plan (as amended and restated) that has been assumed by Alexander & Baldwin Holdings, Inc. (the Holdings 2007 Plan ”).

 

RECITALS

 

A.                                     The Corporation has implemented the Plan for the purpose of providing eligible persons in the Corporation’s service with the opportunity to participate in one or more cash or equity incentive compensation programs designed to encourage them to continue their service relationship with the Corporation.

 

B.                                     The Plan contains an anti-dilution feature that allows the Corporation to issue, in connection with certain dilutive transactions, substitute equity awards under such Plan in cancellation of equity awards that are outstanding under the Holdings 2007 Plan.

 

C.                                     On June 29, 2012 (the “ Distribution Date” ), Alexander & Baldwin Holdings, Inc. (“ A&B Holdings ”) effected a spin-off distribution of the Corporation through a distribution by A&B Holdings of all of the Corporation’s outstanding common stock (“ Common Stock ”) to the holders of the outstanding A&B Holdings common stock (the “ A&B Distribution ”) in accordance with the terms of the Separation and Distribution Agreement by and between Alexander & Baldwin Holdings, Inc. and the Corporation (which was at the time known as A & B II,  Inc.) dated as of June 8, 2012.

 

D.                                     The A&B Distribution is one of the dilutive transactions for which anti-dilution protection is provided under the Holdings 2007 Plan, and the awards evidenced by this Agreement are intended to preserve the intrinsic value of each equity award held by Optionee under the Holdings 2007 Plan on the Distribution Date through the substitution of an award under the Plan in cancellation of the corresponding equity award held by Optionee under the Holdings 2007 Plan.

 

E.                                      All capitalized terms in this Agreement, to the extent not otherwise defined in one or more provisions of this Agreement, shall have the meaning assigned to them in the attached Appendix A.

 



 

NOW, THEREFORE , it is hereby agreed as follows:

 

1.                                       Stock Option Grants .

 

A.                                     Grant One

 

The Corporation hereby grants to Optionee,  as of the Grant Date, a stock option to purchase shares of Common Stock under the Plan (“ Substitute Option One ”) in full cancellation and substitution for the stock option grant that is currently held by Optionee to purchase shares of A&B Holdings common stock under the Holdings 2007 Plan and that is more particularly identified as Cancelled Option One (“ Cancelled Option One ”)  in attached Schedule A, and Optionee shall cease to have any further right or entitlement to acquire any shares of A&B Holdings common stock under Cancelled Option One.

 

The Grant Date for Substitute Option One is June 29, 2012, and such option shall be a non-statutory option under the U.S. federal income tax laws.  Attached Schedule A sets forth the following information with respect to Substitute Option One:

 

·                                           The number of shares of Common Stock subject to such option.

 

·                                           The exercise price payable per share.

 

·                                           The expiration date of the maximum option term.

 

·                                           The date or dates on which the option will vest and first become exercisable for the Option Shares in one or more installments.  The exercise/vesting schedule for the shares of Common Stock subject to Substitute Option One shall be the same exercise/vesting schedule that was in effect for the shares of A&B Holdings common stock subject to Cancelled Option One at the time of cancellation hereunder.  No acceleration of such vesting schedule or exercise dates shall occur by reason of the A&B Distribution.  Except as otherwise provided in Paragraph 5 below, Substitute Option One shall not become exercisable for any additional Option Shares after Optionee’s cessation of Service.

 

B.                                     Grant Two (if applicable)

 

The Corporation hereby grants to Optionee,  as of the Grant Date, a stock option to purchase shares of Common Stock under the Plan (“ Substitute Option Two ”) in full cancellation and substitution for the stock option grant that is currently held by Optionee to purchase shares of A&B Holdings common stock under the Holdings 2007 Plan and that is more particularly identified as Cancelled Option Two (“ Cancelled Option Two ”)  in attached Schedule A, and Optionee shall cease to have any further right or entitlement to acquire any shares of A&B Holdings common stock under Cancelled Option Two.

 

The Grant Date for Substitute Option Two is June 29, 2012, and such option shall be a non-statutory option under the U.S. federal income tax laws.  Attached Schedule A sets forth the following information with respect to Substitute Option Two:

 

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·                                           The number of shares of Common Stock subject to such option.

 

·                                           The exercise price payable per share.

 

·                                           The expiration date of the maximum option term.

 

·                                           The date or dates on which the option will vest and first become exercisable for the Option Shares in one or more installments. The exercise/vesting schedule for the shares of Common Stock subject to Substitute Option Two shall be the same exercise/vesting schedule that was in effect for the shares of A&B Holdings common stock subject to Cancelled Option Two at the time of cancellation hereunder.  No acceleration of such vesting schedule or exercise dates shall occur by reason of the A&B Distribution.  Except as otherwise provided in Paragraph 5 below, Substitute Option Two shall not become exercisable for any additional Option Shares after Optionee’s cessation of Service.

 

C.                                     Grant Three (if applicable)

 

The Corporation hereby grants to Optionee,  as of the Grant Date, a stock option to purchase shares of Common Stock under the Plan (“ Substitute Option Three ”) in full cancellation and substitution for the stock option grant that is currently held by Optionee to purchase shares of A&B Holdings common stock under the Holdings 2007 Plan and that is more particularly identified as Cancelled Option Three (“ Cancelled Option Three ”) in attached Schedule A, and Optionee shall cease to have any further right or entitlement to acquire any shares of A&B Holdings common stock under Cancelled Option Three.

 

The Grant Date for Substitute Option Three is June 29, 2012, and such option shall be a non-statutory option under the U.S. federal income tax laws.  Attached Schedule A sets forth the following information with respect to Substitute Option Three:

 

·                                           The number of shares of Common Stock subject to such option.

 

·                                           The exercise price payable per share.

 

·                                           The expiration date of the maximum option term.

 

·                                           The date or dates on which the option will vest and first become exercisable for the Option Shares in one or more installments.  The exercise/vesting schedule for the shares of Common Stock subject to Substitute Option Three shall be the same exercise/vesting schedule that was in effect for the shares of A&B Holdings common stock subject to Cancelled Option Three at the time of cancellation hereunder.  No acceleration of such vesting schedule or exercise dates shall occur by reason of the A&B Distribution.  Except as otherwise provided in Paragraph 5 below, Substitute Option Three shall not become exercisable for any additional Option Shares after Optionee’s cessation of Service.

 

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D.                                     Grant Four (if applicable)

 

The Corporation hereby grants to Optionee,  as of the Grant Date, a stock option to purchase shares of Common Stock under the Plan (“ Substitute Option Four ”) in full cancellation and substitution for the stock option grant that is currently held by Optionee to purchase shares of A&B Holdings common stock under the Holdings 2007 Plan and that is more particularly identified as Cancelled Option Four (“ Cancelled Option Four ”) in attached Schedule A, and Optionee shall cease to have any further right or entitlement to acquire any shares of A&B Holdings common stock under Cancelled Option Four.

 

The Grant Date for Substitute Option Four is June 29, 2012, and such option shall be a non-statutory option under the U.S. federal income tax laws.  Attached Schedule A sets forth the following information with respect to Substitute Option Four:

 

·                                           The number of shares of Common Stock subject to such option.

 

·                                           The exercise price payable per share.

 

·                                           The expiration date of the maximum option term.

 

·                                           The date or dates on which the option will vest and first become exercisable for the Option Shares in one or more installments.         The exercise/vesting schedule for the shares of Common Stock subject to Substitute Option Four shall be the same exercise/vesting schedule that was in effect for the shares of A&B Holdings common stock subject to Cancelled Option Four at the time of cancellation hereunder.  No acceleration of such vesting schedule or exercise dates shall occur by reason of the A&B Distribution. Except as otherwise provided in Paragraph 5 below, Substitute Option Four shall not become exercisable for any additional Option Shares after Optionee’s cessation of Service.

 

E.                                      Grant Five (if applicable)

 

The Corporation hereby grants to Optionee,  as of the Grant Date, a stock option to purchase shares of Common Stock under the Plan (“ Substitute Option Five ”) in full cancellation and substitution for the stock option grant that is currently held by Optionee to purchase shares of A&B Holdings common stock under the Holdings 2007 Plan and that is more particularly identified as Cancelled Option Five (“ Cancelled Option Five ”) in attached Schedule A, and Optionee shall cease to have any further right or entitlement to acquire any shares of A&B Holdings common stock under Cancelled Option Five.

 

The Grant Date for Substitute Option Five is June 29, 2012, and such option shall be a non-statutory option under the U.S. federal income tax laws. Attached Schedule A sets forth the following information with respect to Substitute Option Five:

 

·                                           The number of shares of Common Stock subject to such option.

 

·                                           The exercise price payable per share.

 

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·                                           The expiration date of the maximum option term.

 

·                                           The date or dates on which the option will vest and first become exercisable for the Option Shares in one or more installments. The exercise/vesting schedule for the shares of Common Stock subject to Substitute Option Five shall be the same exercise/vesting schedule that was in effect for the shares of A&B Holdings common stock subject to Cancelled Option Five at the time of cancellation hereunder.  No acceleration of such vesting schedule or exercise dates shall occur by reason of the A&B Distribution. Except as otherwise provided in Paragraph 5 below, Substitute Option Five shall not become exercisable for any additional Option Shares after Optionee’s cessation of Service.

 

F.                                       Anti-Dilution Adjustments

 

The number of shares of Common Stock subject to each Substitute Option has been determined by multiplying the number of shares of A&B Holdings common stock subject to the corresponding Cancelled Option (as specified in attached Schedule A) immediately prior to the A&B Distribution by a fraction the numerator of which is the sum of the closing “when issued” price per share of the Common Stock on the Distribution Date plus the closing price of A&B Holdings common stock as traded on an ex-distribution basis on that same trading day and the denominator is the closing “when issued” price per share of the Common Stock on the Distribution Date. Any resulting fractional share of Common Stock has been rounded down to the next whole share.

 

The Exercise Price per share in effect for each Substitute Option has been determined by multiplying the exercise price per share that was in effect for the corresponding Cancelled Option (as specified in attached Schedule A) immediately prior to the A&B Distribution by a fraction the numerator of which is the closing “when issued” price per share of the Common Stock on the Distribution Date and the denominator is the sum of that closing “when issued” price and the closing price per share of A&B Holdings common stock as traded on ex-distribution basis on such Distribution Date.  Any fractional cent has been rounded up to the nearest whole cent.

 

The foregoing calculations as to the number of Option Shares and Exercise Price per share in effect under each Substitute Option are intended to ensure that: (i) the spread between the aggregate fair market value of the adjusted number of shares of Common Stock purchasable under the Substitute Option and the aggregate Exercise Price payable for those shares immediately after the A&B Distribution remains substantially equal to (and not greater than) the same spread that existed immediately prior to the A&B Distribution between the aggregate fair market value of the number of shares of A&B Holdings common stock subject to the corresponding Cancelled Option immediately prior to cancellation and the aggregate exercise price in effect at that time for those shares under that Cancelled Option. Such calculations are also intended to preserve on a per-share basis, immediately after the A&B Distribution, the same ratio of exercise price per option share to fair market value per share under each Substitute Option which existed under the corresponding Cancelled Option immediately prior to the A&B Distribution.

 

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The remaining terms and provisions of each Substitute Option are the same as the terms and provisions that were in effect under each of the corresponding Cancelled Options at the time of cancellation hereunder. Accordingly, the following terms and provisions in effect under those Cancelled Options are hereby incorporated into this Agreement.

 

2.                                       Option Term .  The term of each Substitute Option shall commence on the Grant Date and continue in effect until the close of business on the Expiration Date specified for that Substitute Option in attached Schedule A, unless sooner terminated in accordance with Paragraph 5 or 6.

 

3.                                       Limited Transferability .

 

(a)                                  Except to the limited extent provided in Paragraph 3(b), each Substitute Option shall be neither transferable nor assignable by Optionee other than by will or the laws of inheritance following Optionee’s death and may be exercised, during Optionee’s lifetime, only by Optionee.  However, Optionee may designate one or more persons as the beneficiary or beneficiaries of each Substitute Option, and each such Substitute Option shall, in accordance with such designation, automatically be transferred to such beneficiary or beneficiaries upon the Optionee’s death while holding that Substitute Option.  Such beneficiary or beneficiaries shall take the transferred Substitute Option subject to all the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including (without limitation) the limited time period during which that Substitute Option may, pursuant to Paragraph 5, be exercised following Optionee’s death.

 

(b)                                  Each Substitute Option may be assigned in whole or in part during Optionee’s lifetime to a revocable living trust established for the exclusive benefit of Optionee or Optionee and his or her spouse (the “Trust”).  The assigned portion shall be exercisable only by the Trust, and the terms applicable to that assigned portion shall be the same as those in effect for that Substitute Option immediately prior to such assignment.

 

4.                                       Dates of Exercise .  Each Substitute Option shall become exercisable for the Option Shares subject to that Substitute Option in one or more installments in accordance with the Exercise Schedule set forth for that Substitute Option in attached Schedule A.  As each Substitute Option becomes exercisable for such installments, those installments shall accumulate, and each Substitute Option shall remain exercisable for the accumulated installments until the Expiration Date specified for that Substitute Option in attached Schedule A or the sooner termination of the option term under Paragraph 5 or 6.

 

5.                                       Cessation of Service .  The option term specified for each Substitute Option in Paragraph 2 shall terminate (and that Substitute Option shall cease to be outstanding) prior to the Expiration Date specified for that Substitute Option in attached Schedule A should any of the following provisions become applicable:

 

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(a)                                  Except as otherwise expressly provided in subparagraphs (b) through (e) of this Paragraph 5, should Optionee cease to remain in Service for any reason while one or more Substitute Options are outstanding, then Optionee (or any Trust to which one or more Substitute Options are transferred pursuant to a permitted transfer under Paragraph 3) shall have a three (3)-month period measured from the date of such cessation of Service during which to exercise each such Substitute Option for any or all of the Option Shares for which that Substitute Option is vested and exercisable at the time of Optionee’s cessation of Service, but in no event shall that Substitute Option be exercisable at any time after the Expiration Date specified for that Substitute Option in attached Schedule A.

 

(b)                                  Should Optionee’s Service terminate by reason of his or her death while one or more Substitute Options are outstanding, then each of those Substitute Options, to the extent not otherwise at that time vested and exercisable for all the Option Shares at the time subject to that Substitute Option, shall immediately vest and become exercisable for all of those Option Shares.  Upon Optionee’s death (whether before or after termination of Service) each outstanding Substitute Option may be exercised, for any or all of the Option Shares for which that Substitute Option is vested and exercisable at the time of Optionee’s cessation of Service (including any Option Shares which vest on an accelerated basis should such cessation of Service occur by reason of Optionee’s death), by (i) the personal representative of Optionee’s estate or (ii) the person or persons to whom that Substitute Option is transferred pursuant to Optionee’s will or the laws of inheritance following Optionee’s death or (iii) any Trust to which that Substitute Option is transferred during Optionee’s lifetime pursuant to a permitted transfer under Paragraph 3, as the case may be. However, if Optionee dies while holding one or more Substitute Options and has an effective beneficiary designation in effect for those Substitute Options at the time of his or her death, then the designated beneficiary or beneficiaries shall have the exclusive right to exercise those Substitute Options following Optionee’s death.  Any such right to exercise the Substitute Options shall lapse, and each such Substitute Option shall cease to be outstanding, upon the earlier of (i) the expiration of the twelve (12)-month period measured from the date of Optionee’s death or (ii) the Expiration Date specified for that Substitute Option in attached Schedule A.  Upon the expiration of such limited exercise period or (if earlier) upon such Expiration Date, the Substitute Option shall terminate and cease to be outstanding for any exercisable Option Shares for which that Substitute Option has not otherwise been exercised.

 

(c)                                   Should Optionee cease Service by reason of Early Retirement,  Normal Retirement or Permanent Disability while one or more Substitute Options are outstanding, then Optionee (or any Trust to which those Substitute Options are transferred pursuant to a permitted transfer under Paragraph 3) shall have a thirty-six (36)-month period measured from the date of such cessation of Service during which to exercise each such Substitute Option for (i) any or all Option Shares for which that Substitute Option is vested and exercisable at the time of such cessation of Service and (ii) any additional Option Shares for which that Substitute Option vests and becomes exercisable during such thirty-six (36)-month period.  In no event, however, shall any such Substitute Option be exercisable at any time after the Expiration Date specified for that Substitute Option in attached Schedule A. To the extent any Substitute Option is not otherwise vested and exercisable for all of the Option Shares at the time of Optionee’s cessation of Service by reason of Early Retirement, Normal Retirement or

 

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Permanent Disability, that Substitute Option shall, during the limited period of post-Service exercisability following such cessation of Service, continue to vest and become exercisable for one or more additional Option Shares in accordance with the Exercise Schedule specified for that Substitute Option in attached Schedule A or the special vesting acceleration provisions of Paragraph 6, as if Optionee continued in Service throughout that limited exercise period. Upon the expiration of such limited exercise period or (if earlier) upon the Expiration Date specified for that Substitute Option in attached Schedule A, that Substitute Option shall terminate and cease to be outstanding for any exercisable Option Shares for which that Substitute Option has not otherwise been exercised.

 

(d)                                  The applicable period of post-Service exercisability in effect for each Substitute Option pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Paragraph 5 shall automatically be extended by an additional period of time equal in duration to any interval within such post-Service exercise period during which the exercise of that Substitute Option or the immediate sale of the Option Shares acquired under that Substitute Option cannot be effected in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws, but in no event shall such an extension result in the continuation of that Substitute Option beyond the Expiration Date specified for that Substitute Option in attached Schedule A.

 

(e)                                   Should Optionee’s Service be terminated for Cause, or should Optionee (i) engage in any post-Service activity, whether as an Employee, consultant or advisor or in any other capacity, that is competitive with the business operations of the Corporation (or any Subsidiary or Parent) or (ii) engage in any other conduct, while in Service or following cessation of Service, that is materially detrimental to the business or affairs of the Corporation (or any Subsidiary or Parent), as determined in the sole discretion of the Plan Administrator, then each Substitute Option, whether or not vested and exercisable, shall terminate immediately and cease to be outstanding.

 

(f)                                    Except as otherwise expressly provided in the preceding subparagraphs of this Paragraph 5, during the limited period of post-Service exercisability, no Substitute Option may be exercised in the aggregate for more than the number of Option Shares for which that Substitute Option is, at the time of Optionee’s cessation of Service, vested and exercisable pursuant to the Exercise Schedule specified for that Substitute Option in attached Schedule A or the special vesting acceleration provisions of Paragraph 6.  Except as otherwise provided in this Paragraph 5 or except to the extent (if any) specifically authorized by the Plan Administrator pursuant to an express written agreement with the Optionee, no Substitute Option shall vest or become exercisable for any additional Option Shares, whether pursuant to the normal Exercise Schedule specified for that Substitute Option in attached Schedule A or the special vesting acceleration provisions of Paragraph 6, following the Optionee’s cessation of Service.  Upon the expiration of such limited exercise period or (if earlier) upon the Expiration Date specified for Substitute Option in attached Schedule A, that Substitute Option shall terminate and cease to be outstanding for any exercisable Option Shares for which that Substitute Option has not otherwise been exercised.

 

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6.                                       Special Acceleration of Option .

 

(a)                                  Each Substitute Option, to the extent outstanding at the time of an actual Change in Control but not otherwise fully exercisable for all the Option Shares, shall automatically accelerate so that such Substitute Option shall, immediately prior to the effective date of such Change in Control, become exercisable for all of the Option Shares at the time subject to that Substitute Option and may be exercised for any or all of those Option Shares as fully vested shares of Common Stock.  However, no Substitute Option shall become exercisable on such an accelerated basis, if and to the extent: (i) that Substitute Option is to be assumed by the successor corporation (or parent thereof) or is otherwise to be continued in full force and effect pursuant to the terms of the Change in Control transaction or (ii) that Substitute Option is to be replaced with a cash retention program of the successor corporation which preserves the spread existing at the time of the Change in Control on any Option Shares for which that Substitute Option is not otherwise at that time vested and exercisable (the excess of the Fair Market Value of those Option Shares over the aggregate Exercise Price payable for such shares) and provides for the subsequent vesting and concurrent payout of that spread, over Optionee’s period of continued Service, at the same time or times as that Substitute Option would have vested and become exercisable for those Option Shares in accordance with the Exercise Schedule set forth for that Substitute Option in attached Schedule A.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such cash retention program shall be established for any Substitute Option (or any other option granted to Optionee under the Plan) to the extent such program would otherwise be deemed to constitute a deferred compensation arrangement subject to the requirements of Code Section 409A and the Treasury Regulations thereunder.

 

(b)                                  Immediately following the Change in Control, each Substitute Option shall terminate and cease to be outstanding, except to the extent assumed by the successor corporation (or parent thereof) or otherwise continued in effect pursuant to the terms of the Change in Control transaction.

 

(c)                                   If one or more Substitute Options are assumed in connection with a Change in Control or otherwise continued in effect, then each such assumed Substitute Option shall be appropriately adjusted, immediately after such Change in Control, to apply to the number and class of securities into which the shares of Common Stock subject to that Substitute Option would have been converted in consummation of such Change in Control had those shares actually been outstanding at the time. Appropriate adjustments shall also be made to the Exercise Price specified for that Substitute Option in attached Schedule A, provided the aggregate Exercise Price shall remain the same. To the extent the actual holders of the Corporation’s outstanding Common Stock receive cash consideration for their Common Stock in consummation of the Change in Control, the successor corporation may, in connection with the assumption or continuation of one or more Substitute Options but subject to the Plan Administrator’s approval prior to the Change in Control, substitute one or more shares of its own common stock with a fair market value equivalent to the cash consideration paid per share of Common Stock in such Change in Control, provided such common stock is readily tradable on an established U.S. securities exchange or market.

 

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(d)                                  Immediately upon an Involuntary Termination of Optionee’s Service as an Employee within twelve (12) months following a Change in Control in which one or more Substitute Options are assumed or otherwise continued in effect, those Substitute Options, to the extent outstanding at the time but not otherwise fully exercisable, shall automatically accelerate so that each of those Substitute Options shall become immediately exercisable for all the Option Shares at the time subject to each such Substitute Option and may be exercised for any or all of those Option Shares as fully vested shares. Should any Substitute Option be replaced with a cash retention program in accordance with Paragraph 6(a), then the balance credited to Optionee under that program at the time of such Involuntary Termination shall vest and be immediately paid to Optionee in a lump sum, subject to the Corporation’s collection of all applicable withholding taxes; provided, however, that Optionee shall be entitled to such payment only if the Optionee’s Involuntary Termination occurs within twelve (12) months following the Change in Control.

 

(e)                                   This Agreement shall not in any way affect the right of the Corporation to adjust, reclassify, reorganize or otherwise change its capital or business structure or to merge, consolidate, dissolve, liquidate or sell or transfer all or any part of its business or assets.

 

7.                                       Adjustment in Option Shares .  Should any change be made to the Common Stock by reason of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, combination of shares, exchange of shares, spin-off transaction, extraordinary dividend or distribution or other change affecting the outstanding Common Stock as a class without the Corporation’s receipt of consideration, or should the value of outstanding shares of Common Stock be substantially reduced as a result of a spin-off transaction or an extraordinary dividend or distribution, or should there occur any merger, consolidation or other reorganization, then equitable adjustments shall be made by the Plan Administrator to (i) the total number and/or class of securities subject to each Substitute Option and (ii) the Exercise Price specified for that Substitute Option in attached Schedule A. The adjustments shall be made in such manner as the Plan Administrator deems appropriate in order to reflect such change and thereby prevent the dilution or enlargement of benefits hereunder, and those adjustments shall be final, binding and conclusive upon Optionee and any other person or persons having an interest in that Substitute Option. In the event of any Change in Control transaction, the adjustment provisions of Paragraph 6(c) shall be controlling.

 

8.                                       Stockholder Rights .  The holder of one or more Substitute Options shall not have any stockholder rights with respect to the Option Shares that are subject to each such Substitute Option until such person shall have exercised that Substitute Option paid the Exercise Price per share in effect for that Substitute Option as set forth in attached Schedule A and become a holder of record of the purchased shares.

 

9.                                       Manner of Exercising Substitute Options .

 

(a)                                  In order to exercise each Substitute Option with respect to all or any part of the Option Shares for which that Substitute Option is at the time exercisable, Optionee (or any other person or persons exercising the option) must take the following actions:

 

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(i)            Execute and deliver to the Corporation a Notice of Exercise as to the Option Shares for which that Substitute Option is exercised or comply with such other procedures as the Corporation may establish for notifying the Corporation of the exercise of that Substitute Option for one or more Option Shares subject to that Substitute Option.

 

(ii)           Pay the aggregate Exercise Price for the purchased shares, based on the Exercise Price specified for that Substitute Option in attached Schedule A, in one or more of the following forms:

 

(A)          cash or check made payable to the Corporation;

 

(B)          shares of Common Stock (whether delivered in the form of actual stock certificates or through attestation of ownership in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation) held for the requisite period (if any) necessary to avoid any resulting charge to the Corporation’s earnings for financial reporting purposes and valued at Fair Market Value on the Exercise Date; or

 

(C)          through a special sale and remittance procedure pursuant to which Optionee (or any other person or persons exercising the option) shall concurrently provide irrevocable instructions (i) to a brokerage firm (reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation for purposes of administering such procedure in accordance with the Corporation’s pre-clearance/pre-notification policies) to effect the immediate sale of the purchased shares and remit to the Corporation, out of the sale proceeds available on the settlement date, sufficient funds to cover the aggregate Exercise Price payable for the purchased shares plus all applicable Withholding Taxes required to be withheld by the Corporation by reason of such exercise and (ii) to the Corporation to deliver the certificates for the purchased shares directly to such brokerage firm on such settlement date in order to complete the sale.

 

Except to the extent the sale and remittance procedure is utilized in connection with the option exercise, payment of the Exercise Price for the Option Shares purchased under the exercised Substitute Option must accompany the Notice of Exercise (or other notification procedure) delivered to the Corporation in connection with the option exercise.

 

(iii)          Furnish to the Corporation appropriate documentation that the person or persons exercising the Substitute Option (if other than Optionee) have the right to exercise that Substitute Option.

 

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(b)           As soon as practical after the Exercise Date, the Corporation shall issue to or on behalf of Optionee (or any other person or persons exercising the Substitute Option) a certificate for the purchased Option Shares (either in paper or electronic form), with the appropriate legends affixed thereto: provided, however, that in the event the Substitute Option is exercised other than pursuant to the sale and remittance procedure described in Paragraph 9(a)(ii)(C), ownership of the purchased Option Shares shall only be noted as a book entry, and no certificates for the purchased shares shall actually be issued unless and until expressly requested by Optionee or any other person having an interest at the time in those shares.

 

(c)           In no event may any Substitute Option be exercised for any fractional shares.

 

10.          Compliance with Laws and Regulations .

 

(a)           The exercise of each Substitute Option and the issuance of the Option Shares upon the exercise of that Substitute Option shall be subject to compliance by the Corporation and Optionee with all applicable requirements of law relating thereto and with all applicable regulations of any Stock Exchange on which the Common Stock may be listed for trading at the time of such exercise and issuance.

 

(b)           The inability of the Corporation to obtain approval from any regulatory body having authority deemed by the Corporation to be necessary to the lawful issuance and sale of any Common Stock pursuant to one or more Substitute Options shall relieve the Corporation of any liability with respect to the non-issuance or sale of the Common Stock as to which such approval shall not have been obtained.  The Corporation, however, shall use its best efforts to obtain all such approvals.

 

11.          Successors and Assigns .  Except to the extent otherwise provided in Paragraphs 3 and 6, the provisions of this Agreement shall, with respect to each Substitute Option, inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the Corporation and its successors and assigns and Optionee, Optionee’s assigns, the legal representatives, heirs and legatees of Optionee’s estate and any beneficiaries of one or more Substitute Options designated by Optionee.

 

12.          Change in Control Benefits Agreement .  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, if Optionee is, at the time of a change in control or ownership of the Corporation (whether or not that transaction constitutes a Change in Control hereunder), a party to a Change in Control Benefits Agreement with the Corporation, then the provisions of that agreement shall (to the extent applicable to one or more Substitute Options) govern Optionee’s rights and benefits with respect to those Substitute Options, and in the event of any conflict between the provisions of that Change in Control Benefits Agreement and this Agreement, the provisions of the Change in Control Benefits Agreement shall be controlling.

 

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13.          Notices .  Any notice required to be given or delivered to the Corporation under the terms of this Agreement shall be in writing and addressed to the Corporation at its principal corporate offices.  Any notice required to be given or delivered to Optionee shall be in writing and addressed to Optionee at the address indicated below Optionee’s signature line.  All notices shall be deemed effective upon personal delivery or upon deposit in the U.S. mail, postage prepaid and properly addressed to the party to be notified.

 

14.          Construction .

 

(a)           This Agreement and the Substitute Options evidenced hereby are made and granted pursuant to the Plan and are in all respects limited by and subject to the terms of the Plan and any applicable Change in Control Benefits Agreement.  All decisions of the Plan Administrator with respect to any question or issue arising under the Plan or this Agreement shall be conclusive and binding on all persons having an interest in one or more of the Substitute Options.

 

(b)           All anti-dilution adjustments made pursuant to this Agreement shall be effected in accordance with all applicable requirements and limitations of Section 409A of the Code and the applicable Treasury Regulations thereunder, and the terms and provisions of this Agreement shall be interpreted and applied in such manner that shall avoid any violation or contravention of the applicable Section 409A requirements and limitations.

 

15.          Governing Law .  The interpretation, performance and enforcement of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Hawaii without resort to that State’s conflict-of-laws rules.

 

16.          Withholding Taxes .

 

(a)           The Corporation’s obligation to deliver shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of each Substitute Option shall be subject to the Corporation’s collection of all applicable Withholding Taxes.

 

(b)           Unless Optionee (i) otherwise makes satisfactory arrangements with the Corporation’s Human Resources Department, on or before the expiration of the designated notification period preceding the exercise of each Substitute Option, to pay the applicable Withholding Taxes through the delivery of a check or wire transfer payable to the Corporation in the amount of such Withholding Taxes and (ii) in fact delivers such check or wire transfer to the Corporation not later than the exercise date of that Substitute Option, the Corporation shall collect the applicable Withholding Taxes through the following automatic share withholding method:

 

·               The Corporation shall withhold, at the time of the option exercise, a portion of the Option Shares purchased under each Substitute Option with an aggregate Fair Market Value (measured on the exercise date) equal to the applicable Withholding Taxes; provided, however , that the number of the Option Shares so withheld shall not exceed in Fair Market Value the amount necessary to satisfy the Corporation’s required tax withholding obligations using the minimum statutory withholding rates for federal and state tax purposes, including payroll taxes, that are applicable to supplemental taxable income.

 

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17.          Coverage under Recoupment Policy . If Optionee is on the Grant Date, or at any time thereafter becomes, either an executive officer of the Corporation subject to Section 16 of the 1934 Act, or a participant in the Corporation’s Performance Improvement Incentive Plan, then Optionee shall be subject to the Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. Policy Regarding Recoupment of Certain Compensation, effective as of June 29, 2012 (the “ Recoupment Policy ”), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and receipt of a copy of which Optionee hereby acknowledges. If Optionee is subject to the Recoupment Policy, then any incentive compensation that is paid or granted to, or received by, Optionee on or after June 29, 2012 (including, without limitation, any incentive compensation that the Corporation pays to Optionee on or after June 29, 2012 pursuant to an incentive compensation award made to Optionee prior to June 29, 2012, whether that award was made by the Corporation or any predecessor entity) and during the three-year period preceding the date on which the Corporation is required to prepare an accounting restatement due to material non-compliance with any applicable financial reporting requirements under the federal securities laws shall be subject to recovery and recoupment pursuant to the terms of such policy.  For purposes of such Recoupment Policy, “ incentive compensation ” means any cash or equity-based award (e.g., stock award, restricted stock unit award or stock option grant or shares of Common Stock issued thereunder) or any profit sharing payment or distribution that is based upon the achievement of financial performance metrics.  An additional copy of the Recoupment Policy is available upon request made to the Corporate Secretary at the Corporation’s principal offices.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF , Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. has caused this Universal Stock Option Agreement for Substitute Options to be executed on its behalf by its duly-authorized officer as of the day of and year first above written.

 

 

 

ALEXANDER & BALDWIN, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT

 

The undersigned acknowledges receipt of the foregoing Universal Stock Option Agreement for Substitute Options in full cancellation and replacement of the stock option grants the undersigned previously held under the Alexander & Baldwin Holdings, Inc. assumed 2007 Incentive Compensation Plan and hereby agrees to be bound by all the terms and provisions of this Universal Stock Option Agreement for Substitute Option Grants and shall have no further right or interest in the stock option grants hereby cancelled as a result of such Substitute Options and shall have no further right or entitlement to acquire any shares of A&B Holdings common stock under such cancelled options.

 

 

 

 

 

OPTIONEE

 

 

 

 

 

ADDRESS:

 

 

 

 

 

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APPENDIX

 

The following definitions shall be in effect under the Agreement:

 

A.            Agreement shall mean this Universal Stock Option Agreement for Substitute Options.

 

B.            Board shall mean the Corporation’s Board of Directors.

 

C.            Cause shall mean the commission of any act of fraud, embezzlement or dishonesty by Optionee, any unauthorized use or disclosure by Optionee of confidential information or trade secrets of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary), or any other intentional misconduct by Optionee adversely affecting the business or affairs of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) in a material manner; provided, however , that in the event Optionee is, at the time the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) purports to terminate Optionee’s Employee status for Cause, a party to a Change in Control Benefits Agreement applicable to the option evidenced by this Agreement, the term Cause shall have the meaning ascribed to that term in such Change in Control Benefits Agreement. The foregoing definition shall not in any way preclude or restrict the right of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) to discharge or dismiss Optionee or any other person in the Service of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) for any other acts or omissions, but such other acts or omissions shall not be deemed, for purposes of the Plan or this Agreement, to constitute grounds for termination for Cause.

 

D.            Change in Control shall mean a change in ownership or control of the Corporation effected through any of the following transactions:

 

(i)            a merger, consolidation or other reorganization approved by the Corporation’s stockholders, unless securities representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting power of the voting securities of the successor corporation are immediately thereafter beneficially owned, directly or indirectly and in substantially the same proportion, by the persons who beneficially owned the Corporation’s outstanding voting securities immediately prior to such transaction,

 

(ii)           a sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s assets,

 

(iii)          the closing of any transaction or series of related transactions pursuant to which any person or any group of persons comprising a “group” within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) of the 1934 Act (other than the Corporation or a person that, prior to such transaction or series of related transactions, directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by or is under common control with, the Corporation) acquires directly or indirectly (whether as a result of a single acquisition or by reason of one or more acquisitions within the twelve (12)-month period ending with the most recent acquisition) beneficial ownership

 

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(within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the 1934 Act) of securities possessing (or convertible into or exercisable for securities possessing) thirty-five percent (35%) or more of the total combined voting power of the Corporation’s securities (as measured in terms of the power to vote with respect to the election of Board members) outstanding immediately after the consummation of such transaction or series of related transactions, whether such transaction involves a direct issuance from the Corporation or the acquisition of outstanding securities held by one or more of the Corporation’s existing stockholders, or

 

(iv)          a change in the composition of the Board over a period of twelve (12) consecutive months or less such that a majority of the Board members ceases, by reason of one or more contested elections for Board membership, to be comprised of individuals who either (A) have been Board members continuously since the beginning of such period or (B) have been elected or nominated for election as Board members during such period by at least a majority of the Board members described in clause (A) who were still in office at the time the Board approved such election or nomination;

 

provided, however , that in the event Optionee is a party to a Change in Control Benefits Agreement applicable to the option evidenced by this Agreement, the term Change in Control shall have the meaning ascribed to that term in such Change in Control Benefits Agreement.

 

E.            Change in Control Benefits Agreement shall mean any separate agreement between Optionee and the Corporation which provides Optionee with special vesting acceleration and/or other special benefits with respect to one or more option grants made to Optionee to purchase shares of Common Stock, including (to the extent applicable) the option evidenced by this Agreement, in the event of a change in control or ownership of the Corporation (whether or not constituting a Change in Control hereunder).

 

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

 

G.            Common Stock shall mean shares of the Corporation’s common stock.

 

H.            Corporation shall mean Alexander & Baldwin, Inc., a Hawaii corporation (formerly known as A & B II, Inc), and any successor corporation to all or substantially all of the assets or voting stock of Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. which shall by appropriate action adopt the Plan.

 

I.             Early Retirement shall mean Optionee’s retirement from Service, with the prior approval of the Corporation (or the Parent or Subsidiary employing Participant), on or after the attainment of age fifty-five (55) and the completion of at least five (5) years of Service.

 

J.             Employee shall mean an individual who is in the employ of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary), subject to the control and direction of the employer entity as to both the work to be performed and the manner and method of performance.

 

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K.            Exercise Date shall mean the date on which one or more Substitute Options shall have been exercised in accordance with Paragraph 9 of the Agreement.

 

L.            Exercise Price shall mean the exercise price per Option Share as specified for each Substitute Option in attached Schedule A to this Agreement.

 

M.           Exercise Schedule shall mean the schedule set forth in attached Schedule A to this Agreement for each Substitute Option pursuant to which that Substitute Option is to vest and become exercisable for the Option Shares in one or more installments over the Optionee’s period of Service.

 

N.            Expiration Date shall mean the date on which each Substitute Option expires as specified for that Substitute Option in attached Schedule A to this Agreement.

 

O.            Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on any relevant date shall be the closing selling price per share of Common Stock at the close of regular hours trading (i.e., before after-hours trading beings) on date in question on the Stock Exchange serving as the primary market for the Common Stock, as such price is reported by the National Association of Securities Dealers (if primarily traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market) or as officially quoted in the composite tape of transactions on any other Stock Exchange on which the Common Stock is then primarily traded.  If there is no closing selling price for the Common Stock on the date in question, then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing selling price on the last preceding date for which such quotation exists.

 

P.             Good Reason shall mean the occurrence of any of the following events effected without Optionee’s consent: (A) a change in Optionee’s position with the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary employing Optionee) which materially reduces Optionee’s duties and responsibilities or the level of management to which Optionee reports, (B) a relocation of Optionee’s principal place of employment by more than fifty (50) miles, (C) a reduction in Optionee’s level of compensation, as measured in terms of base salary, fringe benefits, target annual incentive payment, by more than ten percent (10%) or (D) the failure by the Corporation to continue in effect any stock option or other equity-based plan in which Optionee is participating, or in which Optionee is entitled to participate, immediately prior to a change in control of the Corporation, unless an equitable arrangement (embodied in an ongoing substitute or alternative plan) has been made with respect to such plan; or the failure by the Corporation to continue Optionee’s participation therein (or in such substitute or alternative plan) on a substantially equivalent basis, both in terms of the amount or timing of payment of benefits provided and the level of Optionee’s participation relative to other participants, as existed immediately prior to the change in control of the Corporation.

 

However, in the event Optionee is at the time of his or her cessation of Employee status a party to a Change in Control Benefits Agreement applicable to the Award evidenced by this Agreement, the term Good Reason shall have the meaning ascribed to that term in such Change in Control Benefits Agreement.

 

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Q.            Grant Date shall mean the date of grant of the Substitute Options as specified in Paragraph 1 of this Agreement.

 

R.            Involuntary Termination shall mean the termination of Optionee’s Service as an Employee by reason of:

 

(i)            Optionee’s involuntary dismissal or discharge by the Corporation for reasons other than for Cause, or

 

(ii)           Optionee’s voluntary resignation for Good Reason.

 

S.             1934 Act shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.

 

T.            Non-Statutory Option shall mean an option not intended to satisfy the requirements of Code Section 422.

 

U.            Normal Retirement shall mean the cessation of Service by reason of retirement at or after the attainment of age sixty-five (65).

 

V.            Notice of Exercise shall mean the notice of option exercise in the form prescribed by the Corporation.

 

W.           Option Shares shall mean the number of shares of Common Stock subject to each Substitute Option as specified for that Substitute Option in attached Schedule A to this Agreement.

 

X.            Optionee shall mean the person to whom the Substitute Options are granted pursuant to this Agreement.

 

Y.            Parent shall mean any corporation (other than the Corporation) in an unbroken chain of corporations ending with the Corporation, provided each corporation in the unbroken chain (other than the Corporation) owns, at the time of the determination, stock possessing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in such chain.

 

Z.            Permanent Disability shall mean the inability of Optionee to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which is expected to result in death or to be of continuous duration of twelve (12) months or more.

 

AA.         Plan shall mean the Corporation’s 2012 Incentive Compensation Plan.

 

BB.         Plan Administrator shall mean either the Board or a committee of the Board acting in its capacity as administrator of the Plan.

 

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CC.         Service shall mean Optionee’s performance of services for the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary, whether now existing or subsequently established) in the capacity of an Employee, a non-employee member of the board of directors or a consultant or independent advisor.  However, Optionee shall be deemed to cease Service immediately upon the occurrence of either of the following events:  (i) Optionee no longer performs services in any of the foregoing capacities for the Corporation or any Parent or Subsidiary or (ii) the entity for which Optionee is performing such services ceases to remain a Parent or Subsidiary of the Corporation, even though the Optionee may subsequently continue to perform services for that entity.  Service shall not be deemed to cease during a period of military leave, sick leave or other personal leave approved by the Corporation.  However, except to the extent otherwise required by law or expressly authorized by the Plan Administrator or by the Corporation’s written policy on leaves of absence, no Service credit shall be given for vesting purposes for any period the Optionee is on a leave of absence. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing provisions of this Service definition, should A&B Holdings effect a distribution of all of the outstanding common stock of the Corporation to the holders of the outstanding common stock of A&B Holdings in a spin-off transaction, then Optionee shall be deemed to continue in Service for so long as Optionee performs services following such spin-off distribution in the capacity of an employee, a non-employee member of the board of directors or a consultant or independent advisor with the Corporation (or any Parent (other than A&B Holdings) or Subsidiary of the Corporation) if Optionee’s Service relationship is with any of those entities immediately prior to the spin-off distribution. Accordingly, for so long as Optionee remains in such Service relationship following the spin-off distribution, this option shall remain in full force and effect and Optionee shall continue to vest in such option. In addition, for purposes of the Service-vesting schedule in effect for the unvested portion of each Substitute Option, Optionee shall receive Service credit for his or her period of continuous service with A&B Holdings or its subsidiaries, in one or more of the foregoing Service capacities, from the most recent vesting date for the Cancelled Option which that Substitute Option replaces (or the grant date if that Cancelled Option has not yet reached its first scheduled vesting date) through the Distribution Date.

 

DD.         Stock Exchange shall mean the American Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq Global or Global Select Market or the New York Stock Exchange.

 

EE.          Subsidiary shall mean any corporation (other than the Corporation) in an unbroken chain of corporations beginning with the Corporation, provided each corporation (other than the last corporation) in the unbroken chain owns, at the time of the determination, stock possessing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in such chain.  The term Subsidiary shall also include any wholly-owned limited liability company in such chain of subsidiaries that is disregarded for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

 

FF.          Substitute Options shall mean the various stock option grants made to Optionee pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

 

GG.         Withholding Taxes shall mean the federal, state and local income taxes and the employee portion of the federal, state and local employment taxes required to be withheld by the Corporation in connection with the exercise of each Substitute Option.

 

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SCHEDULE A

 

LIST OF CANCELLED OPTIONS AND SUBSTITUTE OPTIONS

 


Exhibit 99.15

 

1998 Plan

 

ALEXANDER & BALDWIN, INC.
UNIVERSAL STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT FOR SUBSTITUTE OPTIONS

 

UNIVERSAL STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT FOR SUBSTITUTE OPTIONS made and entered into as of the close of market on the 29th day of June 2012 by and between Alexander & Baldwin, Inc., a Hawaii corporation (the “ Company ”), and                                         , an individual in the employ of the Company who is currently the holder (“ Optionee ”) of one or more outstanding stock option grants under the Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. 1998 Stock Option/Stock Incentive Plan (as amended and restated) that has been assumed by Alexander & Baldwin Holdings, Inc. (the Holdings 1998 Plan ”) .

 

RECITALS

 

A.                                     The Company has implemented the 2012 Incentive Compensation Plan (the “ Plan ”) for the purpose of providing eligible persons in the Company’s employ with the opportunity to participate in one or more cash or equity incentive compensation programs designed to encourage them to continue their service relationship with the Company.

 

B.                                     The Plan contains an anti-dilution feature that allows the Company to issue, in connection with certain dilutive transactions, substitute equity awards under such Plan in cancellation of equity awards that are outstanding under the Holdings 1998 Plan.

 

C.                                     On June 29, 2012 (the “ Distribution Date” ), Alexander & Baldwin Holdings, Inc. (“ A&B Holdings ”) effected a spin-off distribution of the Company through a distribution by A&B Holdings of all of the Company’s outstanding Common Stock to the holders of the outstanding A&B Holdings common stock (the “ A&B Distribution ”) in accordance with the terms of the Separation and Distribution Agreement by and between Alexander & Baldwin Holdings, Inc. and the Company (which was at the time known as A & B II, Inc.) dated as of June 8, 2012.

 

D.                                     The A&B Distribution is one of the dilutive transactions for which anti-dilution protection is provided under the Holdings 1998 Plan, and the awards evidenced by this Agreement are intended to preserve the intrinsic value of each equity award held by Optionee under the Holdings 1998 Plan on the Distribution Date through the substitution of an award under the Plan in cancellation of the corresponding equity award held by Optionee under the Holdings 1998 Plan.

 



 

NOW, THEREFORE , it is hereby agreed as follows:

 

1.                                       Stock Option Grants .

 

A.                                     Grant One

 

The Company hereby grants to Optionee, as of the Grant Date, a stock option to purchase shares of Common Stock under the Plan (“ Substitute Option One ”) in full cancellation and substitution for the stock option grant that is currently held by Optionee to purchase shares of A&B Holdings common stock under the Holdings 1998 Plan and that is more particularly identified as Cancelled Option One (“ Cancelled Option One ”) in attached Schedule A, and Optionee shall cease to have any further right or entitlement to acquire any shares of A&B Holdings common stock under Cancelled Option One.

 

The Grant Date for Substitute Option One is June 29, 2012, and such option shall be a non-statutory option under the U.S. federal income tax laws. Attached Schedule A sets forth the following information with respect to Substitute Option One:

 

·                                           The number of shares of Common Stock subject to such option.

 

·                                           The exercise price payable per share.

 

·                                           The expiration date of the maximum option term.

 

The exercise/vesting schedule for the shares of Common Stock subject to Substitute Option One shall be the same exercise/vesting schedule that was in effect for the shares of A&B Holdings common stock subject to Cancelled Option One at the time of cancellation hereunder.  Accordingly, Substitute Option One is fully vested and is immediately exercisable for any or all of the Option Shares as fully-vested shares of Common Stock.

 

B.                                     Grant Two (if applicable)

 

The Company hereby grants to Optionee, as of the Grant Date, a stock option to purchase shares of Common Stock under the Plan (“ Substitute Option Two ”) in full cancellation and substitution for the stock option grant that is currently held by Optionee to purchase shares of A&B Holdings common stock under the Holdings 1998 Plan and that is more particularly identified as Cancelled Option Two (“ Cancelled Option Two ”) in attached Schedule A, and Optionee shall cease to have any further right or entitlement to acquire any shares of A&B Holdings common stock under Cancelled Option Two.

 

The Grant Date for Substitute Option Two is June 29, 2012, and such option shall be a non-statutory option under the U.S. federal income tax laws. Attached Schedule A sets forth the following information with respect to Substitute Option Two:

 

·                                           The number of shares of Common Stock subject to such option.

 

·                                           The exercise price payable per share.

 

·                                           The expiration date of the maximum option term.

 

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The exercise/vesting schedule for the shares of Common Stock subject to Substitute Option Two shall be the same exercise/vesting schedule that was in effect for the shares of A&B Holdings common stock subject to Cancelled Option Two at the time of cancellation hereunder.  Accordingly, Substitute Option Two is fully vested and is immediately exercisable for any or all of the Option Shares as fully-vested shares of Common Stock.

 

C.                                     Grant Three (if applicable)

 

The Company hereby grants to Optionee, as of the Grant Date, a stock option to purchase shares of Common Stock under the Plan (“ Substitute Option Three ”) in full cancellation and substitution for the stock option grant that is currently held by Optionee to purchase shares of A&B Holdings common stock under the Holdings 1998 Plan and that is more particularly identified as Cancelled Option Three (“ Cancelled Option Three ”) in attached Schedule A, and Optionee shall cease to have any further right or entitlement to acquire any shares of A&B Holdings common stock under Cancelled Option Three.

 

The Grant Date for Substitute Option Three is June 29, 2012, and such option shall be a non-statutory option under the U.S. federal income tax laws. Attached Schedule A sets forth the following information with respect to Substitute Option Three:

 

·                                           The number of shares of Common Stock subject to such option.

 

·                                           The exercise price payable per share.

 

·                                           The expiration date of the maximum option term.

 

The exercise/vesting schedule for the shares of Common Stock subject to Substitute Option Three shall be the same exercise/vesting schedule that was in effect for the shares of A&B Holdings common stock subject to Cancelled Option Three at the time of cancellation hereunder. Accordingly, Substitute Option Three is fully vested and is immediately exercisable for any or all of the Option Shares as fully-vested shares of Common Stock.

 

D.                                     Grant Four (if applicable)

 

The Company hereby grants to Optionee, as of the Grant Date, a stock option to purchase shares of Common Stock under the Plan (“ Substitute Option Four ”)in full cancellation and substitution for the stock option grant that is currently held by Optionee to purchase shares of A&B Holdings common stock under the Holdings 1998 Plan and that is more particularly identified as Cancelled Option Four (“ Cancelled Option Four ”) in attached Schedule A, and Optionee shall cease to have any further right or entitlement to acquire any shares of A&B Holdings common stock under Cancelled Option Four.

 

The Grant Date for Substitute Option Four is June 29, 2012, and such option shall be a non-statutory option under the U.S. federal income tax laws. Attached Schedule A sets forth the following information with respect to Substitute Option Four:

 

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·                                           The number of shares of Common Stock subject to such option.

 

·                                           The exercise price payable per share.

 

·                                           The expiration date of the maximum option term.

 

The exercise/vesting schedule for the shares of Common Stock subject to Substitute Option Four shall be the same exercise/vesting schedule that was in effect for the shares of A&B Holdings common stock subject to Cancelled Option Four at the time of cancellation hereunder.  Accordingly, Substitute Option Four is fully vested and is immediately exercisable for any or all of the Option Shares as fully-vested shares of Common Stock.

 

E .                                      Grant Five (if applicable)

 

The Corporation hereby grants to Optionee, as of the Grant Date, a stock option to purchase shares of Common Stock under the Plan (“Substitute Option Five”) in full cancellation and substitution for the stock option grant that is currently held by Optionee to purchase shares of A&B Holdings common stock under the Holdings 2007 Plan and that is more particularly identified as Cancelled Option Five (“Cancelled Option Five”) in attached Schedule A, and Optionee shall cease to have any further right or entitlement to acquire any shares of A&B Holdings common stock under Cancelled Option Five.

 

The Grant Date for Substitute Option Five is June 29, 2012, and such option shall be a non-statutory option under the U.S. federal income tax laws. Attached Schedule A sets forth the following information with respect to Substitute Option Five:

 

·                                           The number of shares of Common Stock subject to such option.

 

·                                           The exercise price payable per share.

 

·                                           The expiration date of the maximum option term.

 

·                                           The date or dates on which the option will vest and first become exercisable for the Option Shares in one or more installments. The exercise/vesting schedule for the shares of Common Stock subject to Substitute Option Five shall be the same exercise/vesting schedule that was in effect for the shares of A&B Holdings common stock subject to Cancelled Option Five at the time of cancellation hereunder.  No acceleration of such vesting schedule or exercise dates shall occur by reason of the A&B Distribution. Except as otherwise provided in Paragraph 5 below, Substitute Option Five shall not become exercisable for any additional Option Shares after Optionee’s cessation of Service.

 

F.                                       Anti-Dilution Adjustments

 

The number of shares of Common Stock subject to each Substitute Option has been determined by multiplying the number of shares of A&B Holdings common stock subject to the corresponding Cancelled Option (as set forth in attached Schedule A) immediately

 

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prior to the A&B Distribution by a fraction the numerator of which is the sum of the closing “when issued” price per share of the Common Stock on the Distribution Date plus the closing price of A&B Holdings common stock as traded on an ex-distribution basis on that same trading day and the denominator is the closing “when issued” price per share of the Common Stock on the Distribution Date. Any resulting fractional share of Common Stock has been rounded down to the next whole share.

 

The Exercise Price per share in effect for each Substitute Option has been determined by multiplying the exercise price per share that was in effect for the corresponding Cancelled Option (as set forth in attached Schedule A) immediately prior to the A&B Distribution by a fraction the numerator of which is the closing “when issued” price per share of the Common Stock on the Distribution Date and the denominator is the sum of that closing “when issued” price and the closing price per share of A&B Holdings common stock as traded on ex-distribution basis on such Distribution Date.  Any fractional cent has been rounded up to the nearest whole cent.

 

The foregoing calculations as to the number of Option Shares and Exercise Price per share in effect under each Substitute Option are intended to ensure that: (i) the spread between the aggregate fair market value of the adjusted number of shares of Common Stock purchasable under the Substitute Option and the aggregate Exercise Price payable for those shares immediately after the A&B Distribution remains substantially equal to (and not greater than) the same spread that existed immediately prior to the A&B Distribution between the aggregate fair market value of the number of shares of A&B Holdings common stock subject to the corresponding Cancelled Option immediately prior to cancellation and the aggregate exercise price in effect at that time for those shares under that Cancelled Option. Such calculations are also intended to preserve on a per-share basis, immediately after the A&B Distribution, the same ratio of exercise price per option share to fair market value per share under each Substitute Option which existed under the corresponding Cancelled Option immediately prior to the A&B Distribution.

 

The remaining terms and provisions of each Substitute Option are the same as the terms and provisions that were in effect under each of the corresponding Cancelled Options at the time of cancellation hereunder. Accordingly, the following terms and provisions in effect under those Cancelled Options are hereby incorporated into this Agreement.

 

2.                                       Option Term .  The term of each Substitute Option shall commence on the Grant Date and continue in effect until the close of business on the Expiration Date specified for that Substitute Option in attached Schedule A, unless sooner terminated in accordance with Paragraph 5 or 7.

 

3.                                       Limited Transferability.

 

(a)                                  Each Substitute Option may be assigned in whole or in part during Optionee’s lifetime to a revocable living trust established for the exclusive benefit of Optionee or the Optionee and his or her spouse, to the extent such assignment is in connection with the

 

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Optionee’s estate plan.  The assigned portion of each Substitute Option shall be exercisable only by the person who acquires a proprietary interest in that Substitute Option pursuant to such assignment. The terms applicable to the assigned portion of each Substitute Option shall be the same as those in effect for that Substitute Option immediately prior to such assignment and shall be set forth in such documents to be executed by the assignee as the Corporation deems appropriate.

 

(b)                                  Should the Optionee die while holding one or more Substitute Options, then each such Substitute Option shall be transferred in accordance with Optionee’s will or the laws of inheritance.  However, Optionee may designate one or more persons as the beneficiary or beneficiaries of each Substitute Option, and that Substitute Option shall, in accordance with such designation, automatically be transferred to such beneficiary or beneficiaries upon the Optionee’s death while holding that Substitute Option.  Such beneficiary or beneficiaries shall take the transferred Substitute Option subject to all the terms and conditions of the stock option agreement evidencing that Substitute Option, including (without limitation) the limited time period during which that Substitute Option may be exercised following Optionee’s death.

 

(c)                                   Except for the limited transferability provided by the foregoing, none of the Substitute Options shall be assignable or transferable, and each Substitute Option shall be exercisable only by the Optionee during his or her lifetime.

 

4.                                       Exercisability.   Each Substitute Option may be exercised for any or all of the Option Shares subject to that Substitute Option until the Expiration Date specified for that Substitute Option in attached Schedule A or any or sooner termination of the option term in accordance with this Agreement.

 

5.                                       Cessation of Service; Termination of Options .  Each Substitute Option shall terminate, and cease to be exercisable for any of the Option Shares subject to that Substitute Option, prior to the Expiration Date specified for that Substitute Option in attached Schedule A should one of the following provisions become applicable with respect to that Substitute Option:

 

(a)                                  Except as otherwise provided in subparagraphs (b) through (g) below, should Optionee cease to remain in the Service of the Company at any time during the option term specified for that Substitute Option in Paragraph 2, then the period for exercising that Substitute Option shall be reduced to a three-month period commencing with the date of such cessation of Service.  During such three-month period, that Substitute Option may be exercised for any or all of the Option Shares at the time subject to that Substitute Option. In no event, however, shall any Substitute Option be exercisable at any time after the Expiration Date specified for that Substitute Option in attached Schedule A.

 

(b)                                  If Optionee is a Section 16(b) Insider at the time of cessation of Service, then Optionee shall have a period of six months following such cessation of Service in which to exercise each Substitute Option for any or all of the Option Shares at the time subject to hat Substitute Option.  In no event, however, shall any Substitute Option be exercisable any time after the Expiration Date specified for that Substitute Option in Schedule A.

 

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(c)                                   Should Optionee die while one or more Substitute Options are outstanding, then the personal representative of Optionee’s estate (or the person or persons to whom that Substitute Option is transferred pursuant to Optionee’s will or in accordance with the laws of descent and distribution) shall have the right to exercise that Substitute Option for any or all of the Option Shares at the time subject to that Substitute Option. Notwithstanding the foregoing, should Optionee die while holding a Substitute Option and have a valid beneficiary designation in effect for that Substitute Option under Paragraph 3(b), then the designated beneficiary or beneficiaries shall have the right to exercise that Substitute Option for the Option Shares subject to that Substitute Option.  Any right provided under this subparagraph 5(c) to exercise a Substitute Option following Optionee’s death shall lapse, and that Substitute Option shall cease to be exercisable, upon the earlier of (A) the expiration of the twelve-month period measured from the date of Optionee’s death or (B) the Expiration Date specified for that Substitute Option in attached Schedule A.

 

(d)                                  Should Optionee retire on or after attaining age fifty-five (55) in accordance with the terms of the Company’s retirement plan, or become disabled and cease by reason thereof to remain in the Service of the Company, at any time while one or more Substitute Options are outstanding, then Optionee shall have a period of three years (commencing with the date of such retirement or cessation of Service) to exercise each such Substitute Option for any or all of the Option Shares at the time subject to that Substitute Option.  In no event, however, shall any Substitute Option be exercisable at any time after the Expiration Date specified for that Substitute Option in attached Schedule A.  For purposes of this Agreement, Optionee shall be deemed to be disabled if Optionee is, by reason of any medically-determinable physical or mental impairment (i) which is expected to result in death or (ii which is expected to be, or is, of continuous duration of twelve consecutive months or more, unable to perform his/her usual duties for the Company (or any Subsidiary or Parent) employing his/her services.

 

(e)                                   Should Optionee’s Service be terminated for Misconduct, or should Optionee (i) engage in any post-Service activity, whether as an Employee, consultant, advisor, or otherwise, competitive with the business operations of the Company (or any Subsidiary or Parent) or (ii) engage in any other conduct, while in Service or following cessation of Service, materially detrimental to the business or affairs of the Company (or any Subsidiary or Parent), as determined in the sole discretion of the Plan Administrator, then each of the Substitute Options shall terminate immediately and cease to be outstanding.

 

6.                                       Adjustment in Option Shares .

 

(a)                                  In the event of any of the following transactions affecting the outstanding Common Stock as a class without the Company’s receipt of consideration: any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization, combination of shares, exchange of shares, spin-off, extraordinary dividend or any other change affecting the outstanding Common Stock as a class without the Company’s receipt of consideration, the number and/or class of shares purchasable under each Substitute Option and the Exercise Price per share specified for that Substitute Option in attached Schedule A shall be equitably adjusted in such manner as the Plan Administrator deems appropriate in order to prevent the dilution or enlargement of Optionee’s benefits under that Substitute Option.

 

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(b)                                  If one or more Substitute Options remain outstanding following any merger or other business combination involving the Company, then each such Substitute Option shall be equitably adjusted to apply and pertain to the number and class of securities which would have been issuable, in the consummation of such merger or business combination, to an actual holder of Common Stock for the same number of shares of Common Stock as are subject to that Substitute Option immediately prior to such merger or business combination.  Equitable adjustments also shall be made to the Exercise Price per share specified for that Substitute Option in attached Schedule A; provided, however, that the aggregate Exercise Price for that Substitute Option shall remain the same.

 

7.                                       Change in Control .  In the event there should occur a Change in Control, then each Substitute Option, to the extent outstanding at the time, may, immediately prior to the specified effective date of the Change in Control, be exercised for all or any portion of the Option Shares at the time subject to that Substitute Option. Immediately following the consummation of the Change in Control, each such Substitute Option shall terminate and cease to be outstanding, except to the extent assumed by the successor corporation (or parent thereof) or otherwise expressly continued in full force and effect pursuant to the terms of the Change in Control transaction.

 

8.                                       Shareholder Rights .  The holder of one or more Substitute Options shall have none of the rights of a shareholder with respect to the Option Shares subject to each such Substitute Option until such person shall have exercised that Substitute Option, paid the Exercise Price per share specified for that Substitute Option in attached Schedule A and been issued one or more stock certificates for the purchased shares.

 

9.                                       Manner of Exercising Option .

 

(a)                                  In order to exercise each Substitute Option for one or more of the Option Shares at the time subject to that Substitute Option, Optionee (or in the case of exercise after Optionee’s death, Optionee’s legal representative, executor, administrator, heir or legatee, as the case may be) must take the following actions:

 

(i)                                      Deliver to the Secretary of the Company, or his/her designee, a written notice of exercise (the “ Exercise Notice ”) in which there is specified the number of Option Shares for which that Substitute Option is being exercised.

 

(ii)                                   Pay the aggregate Exercise Price (as determined under attached Schedule A for that Substitute Option) for the purchased shares in one of the following alternative forms:

 

·                                           full payment in cash or cash equivalents, such as a certified check, bank draft, personal check or postal or express money order made payable to the Company’s order; or

 

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·                                           full payment in shares of Common Stock held by the Optionee for the required period (if any) necessary to avoid a charge to the Company’s earnings for financial reporting purposes and valued at Fair Market Value on the Exercise Date; or

 

·                                           full payment in a combination of the foregoing.

 

(iii)                                Furnish to the Company appropriate documentation that the person or persons exercising the Substitute Option, if other than Optionee, have the right to exercise this option.

 

(b)                                  As soon as practicable after the Exercise Date, the Company shall issue to Optionee (or to the other person or persons exercising the Substitute Option) a certificate or certificates representing the Option Shares purchased under that Substitute Option.

 

(c)                                   In no event may any Substitute Option be exercised for any fractional shares.

 

10.                                Definitions .  For purposes of this Agreement, the following definitions shall be in effect:

 

(a)                                  Change in Control shall mean a change in control of a nature that would be required to be reported in response to Item 6(e) of Schedule 14A of Regulation 14A promulgated under the 1934 Act, whether or not the Company in fact is required to comply with Regulation 14A thereunder; provided that, without limitation, such a change in control shall be deemed to have occurred if:

 

(i)                                      any “person” (defined as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the 1934 Act) is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d 3 under the 1934 Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 35% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities;

 

(ii)                                   at least a majority of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) ceases to consist of (a) individuals who have served continuously on the Board since January 1, 2001 and (b) new directors (other than a director whose initial assumption of office is in connection with an actual or threatened election contest, including but not limited to a consent solicitation, relating to the election of directors of the Company) whose election, or nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders, was approved by a vote of at least two thirds of the directors then still in office who shall at that time have served continuously on the Board since January 1, 2001 or whose election or nomination was previously so approved;

 

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(iii)                                there is consummated a merger or consolidation of the Company or any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company with any other entity, other than (a) a merger or consolidation immediately following which the individuals who comprise the Board immediately prior thereto constitute at least a majority of the board of directors of the Company, the entity surviving such merger or consolidation or any parent thereof or (b) a merger or consolidation effected to implement a recapitalization of the Company (or similar transaction) in which no person is or becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company (not including in the securities beneficially owned by such person any securities acquired directly from the Company or its affiliates) representing 35% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities; or

 

(iv)                               the shareholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company or there is consummated an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, other than a sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets to an entity at least a majority of the board of directors of which or of any parent thereof is comprised of individuals who comprised the Board immediately prior to such sale or disposition.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Change in Control of the Company shall not be deemed to have occurred by virtue of the consummation of any transaction or series of integrated transactions immediately following which the holders of the common stock of the Company immediately prior to such transaction or series of transactions continue to have substantially the same proportionate ownership in an entity which owns all or substantially all of the assets of the Company immediately following such transaction or series of transactions.

 

(b)                                  Common Stock shall mean the shares of the Company’s common stock, without par value.

 

(c)                                   Company shall mean Alexander & Baldwin, Inc., a Hawaii corporation (formerly known as A & B II, Inc.), and any successor corporation to all or substantially all of the assets or voting stock of Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. which shall by appropriate action adopt the Plan.

 

(d)                                  Exercise Date shall mean, for each exercise of each Substitute Option, the first date on which there shall have been delivered to the Company both (I) the Exercise Notice and (II) the payment of the Exercise Price (as determined for that Substitute Option in accordance with attached Schedule A) for the Option Shares purchased under that Substitute Option.

 

(e)                                   Employee :  Optionee shall be considered to be an Employee for so long as such individual remains in the employ of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary.

 

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(f)                                    Fair Market Value : The Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on any relevant date shall be the mean between the highest and lowest selling prices per share of Common Stock on the date in question, as quoted on the Nasdaq Global Select Market (or any successor system).  Should the Common Stock become traded on any other national securities exchange, then the Fair Market Value per share shall be the mean between the highest and lowest selling prices on such exchange on the date in question.  If there is no reported sale of Common Stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market (or other national securities exchange) on the date in question, then the Fair Market Value shall be the mean between the highest and lowest selling prices on the Nasdaq Global Select Market (or such other securities exchange) on the last preceding date for which such quotations exist.

 

(g)                                   Grant Date shall, with respect to each Substitute Option, mean the June 29, 2012 date on which such option was granted.

 

(h)                                  Misconduct shall mean the commission of any act of fraud, embezzlement or dishonesty by Optionee, any unauthorized use or disclosure by such person of confidential information or trade secrets of the Company (or any Subsidiary or Parent), or any other intentional misconduct by such person adversely affecting the business or affairs of the Company (or any Subsidiary or Parent) in a material manner.  The foregoing definition shall not be deemed to be inclusive of all the acts or omissions which the Company (or any Subsidiary or Parent) may consider as grounds for the dismissal or discharge of any Optionee or other person in the Service of the Company (or any Subsidiary or Parent).

 

(i)                                      Option Shares shall mean the shares of Common Stock subject to each Substitute Option granted pursuant to this Agreement.

 

(j)                                     Parent :  A corporation shall be deemed to be a Parent of the Company if it is a corporation (other than the Company) in an unbroken chain of corporations ending with the Company, provided each corporation in the unbroken chain (other than the Company) owns, at the time of the determination, stock possessing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in such chain.

 

(k)                                  Section 16(b) Insider :  Optionee shall be considered to be a Section 16(b) Insider on any relevant date under this Agreement if Optionee is at the time an officer or director of the Company subject to the short-swing profit restrictions of Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).

 

(l)                                      Service : Optionee shall be deemed to be in the Service of the Company for so long as Optionee rendered services on a periodic basis to the Company (or any Parent or Subsidiary) in the capacity of an Employee. Optionee shall be deemed to cease such Service immediately upon the occurrence of either of the following events: (i) Optionee no longer performs services in such capacity for the Company (or any Parent or Subsidiary) or (ii) the entity for which Optionee performs such services ceases to remain a Parent or Subsidiary of the Company, even though Optionee may subsequently continue to perform services for that entity.  Service shall not be deemed to cease during a period of military leave, sick leave or other

 

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personal leave approved by the Company. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing provisions of this Service definition, should A&B Holdings effect a distribution of all of the Company’s outstanding Common Stock to the holders of the outstanding common stock of A&B Holdings in a spin-off transaction, then Optionee shall be deemed to continue in Service for so long as Optionee performs services following such spin-off distribution in the capacity of an Employee with the Company (or any Parent (other than A&B Holdings) or Subsidiary of the Company) if Optionee’s Service relationship is with any of those entities immediately prior to the spin-off distribution. Accordingly, for so long as Optionee remains in such Service relationship following the spin-off distribution, each Substitute Option shall remain in full force and effect.

 

(m)                              Subsidiary :  A corporation shall be deemed to be a Subsidiary of the Company if it is a member of an unbroken chain of corporations beginning with the Company, provided each corporation in such chain (other than the last corporation) owns, at the time of determination, stock possessing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in such chain.  The term “Subsidiary” shall also include any partnership, joint venture or other business entity of which the Company owns, directly or indirectly through another subsidiary corporation, more than a fifty percent (50%) interest in voting power, capital or profits.  The term Subsidiary shall also include any wholly-owned limited liability company in such chain of subsidiaries that is disregarded for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

 

(n)                                  Substitute Options shall mean the various stock options granted to Optionee pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

 

11.                                Compliance with Laws and Regulations.

 

(a)                                  The exercise of each Substitute Option and the issuance of Option Shares subject to that Substitute Option upon such exercise shall be subject to compliance by the Company and Optionee with all applicable requirements of law relating thereto and with all applicable regulations of any stock exchange on which shares of the Common Stock may be listed at the time of such exercise and issuance.

 

(b)                                  The applicable period of post-Service exercisability in effect for each Substitute Option pursuant to the provisions of Paragraph 5 shall automatically be extended by an additional period of time equal in duration to any interval within such post-Service exercise period during which the exercise of that Substitute Option or the immediate sale of the Option Shares acquired under that Substitute Option cannot be effected in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws, but in no event shall such an extension result in the extension of that Substitute Option beyond the Expiration Date specified for that Substitute Option in attached Schedule A.

 

(c)                                   In connection with the exercise of each Substitute Option, Optionee shall execute and deliver to the Company such representations in writing as may be requested by the Company in order for it to comply with the applicable requirements of federal and state securities laws.

 

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12.                                Successors and Assigns .  Except to the extent otherwise provided in Paragraph 3 or 7, the provisions of this Agreement shall, with respect to each Substitute Option, inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the successors, administrators, heirs, legal representatives and assigns of Optionee and the successors and assigns of the Company.

 

13.                                Non-Liability of Company.   The inability of the Company to obtain approval from any regulatory body having authority deemed by the Company to be necessary to the lawful issuance and sale of any Common Stock pursuant to one or more Substitute Options shall relieve the Company of any liability with respect to the non-issuance or sale of the Common Stock as to which such approval shall not have been obtained.  However, the Company shall use reasonable efforts to obtain all such approvals.

 

14.                                No Impairment of Company’s Rights .  This Agreement shall not in any way affect the right of the Company to adjust, reclassify, reorganize or otherwise make changes in its capital or business structure or to merge, consolidate, dissolve, liquidate or sell or transfer all or any part of its business or assets.

 

15.                                No Employment or Service Contract .  Nothing in this Agreement or in the Plan shall confer upon Optionee any right to continue in the Service of the Company (or any Subsidiary or Parent employing or retaining Optionee) for any period of time or otherwise interfere with or restrict in any way the rights of the Company (or such Subsidiary or Parent) or Optionee, which rights are hereby expressly reserved by each, to terminate Optionee’s Service at any time for any reason whatsoever, with or without cause.

 

16.                                Notices .  Any notice required to be given or delivered to the Company under the terms of this Agreement shall be in writing and addressed to the Company in care of the Corporate Secretary or his/her designee at the principal corporate offices at 822 Bishop Street, Honolulu, HI 96813.  Any notice required to be given or delivered to Optionee shall be in writing and addressed to Optionee at the address indicated below Optionee’s signature line on this Agreement.  All notices shall be deemed to have been given or delivered upon personal delivery or upon deposit in the U.S. mail, postage prepaid and properly addressed to the party to be notified.

 

17.                                Construction .

 

(a)                                  This Agreement and the option evidenced hereby are made and granted pursuant to the Plan and are in all respects limited by and subject to the express terms and provisions of the Plan.  All decisions of the Plan Administrator with respect to any question or issue arising under the Plan or this Agreement shall be conclusive and binding on all persons having an interest in this option.

 

(b)                                  All anti-dilution adjustments made pursuant to this Agreement shall be effected in accordance with all applicable requirements and limitations of Section 409A of the Code and the applicable Treasury Regulations thereunder, and the terms and provisions of this Agreement shall be interpreted and applied in such manner that shall avoid any violation or contravention of the applicable Section 409A requirements and limitations.

 

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18.                                Tax Withholding .

 

(a)                                  The Company’s obligation to deliver shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of each Substitute Option shall be subject to the satisfaction of all applicable Federal, State and local income and employment tax withholding requirements.

 

(b)                                  Optionee may elect to have the Company withhold, at the time one or more Substitute Options are exercised, a portion of the shares purchased under each such Substitute Option with an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to the designated percentage (any multiple of 5% up to 100% as specified by Optionee) of the applicable Federal and State income tax withholding liability incurred by Optionee in connection with the exercise of that Substitute Option (the “Withholding Taxes”).

 

(c)                                   Any such exercise of the Withholding Taxes election must be effected in accordance with the following terms and conditions:

 

(i)                                      The election must be made on or before the date the amount of the Withholding Taxes incurred by Optionee in connection with the exercise of the Substitute Option is determined (the “Tax Determination Date”).

 

(ii)                                   The election shall be irrevocable.

 

(iii)                                The election shall be subject to the approval of the Plan Administrator, either at the time the election is made or at any earlier time, and none of the shares purchased under any Substitute Option actually shall be withheld in satisfaction of the Withholding Taxes incurred in connection with the exercise of that Substitute Option, except to the extent the election is so approved by the Plan Administrator.

 

(iv)                               The shares withheld pursuant to the election shall be valued at Fair Market Value on the Tax Determination Date.

 

(v)                                  In no event may the number of shares of Common Stock requested to be withheld exceed in Fair Market Value the dollar amount of the Withholding Taxes incurred by Optionee in connection with the exercise of the Substitute Option.  For purposes of such calculation, the minimum statutory withholding rates for federal and state tax purposes, including payroll taxes, that are applicable to supplemental taxable income shall be used.

 

(d)                                  Optionee may elect to deliver to the Company, at the time the Substitute Option is exercised, shares of Common Stock previously acquired by such individual (other than in connection with such option exercise) with an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to the designated percentage (any multiple of 5% up to 100% as specified by Optionee) of the Withholding Taxes incurred by Optionee in connection with the exercise of that Substitute Option.

 

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(e)                                   Any such exercise of the election must be effected in accordance with the following terms and conditions:

 

(i)                                      The election must be made on or before the Tax Determination Date.

 

(ii)                                   The election shall be irrevocable.

 

(iii)                                The election shall be subject to the approval of the Plan Administrator, either at the time the election is made or at any earlier time, and none of the delivered shares shall be accepted in satisfaction of the Withholding Taxes, except to the extent the election is so approved by the Plan Administrator.

 

(iv)                               The delivered shares shall be valued at Fair Market Value on the Tax Determination Date.

 

(v)                                  In no event may the number of delivered shares exceed in Fair Market Value the dollar amount of the Withholding Taxes incurred by the Optionee in connection with the exercise of the option. For purposes of such calculation, the minimum statutory withholding rates for federal and state tax purposes, including payroll taxes, that are applicable to supplemental taxable income shall be used.

 

19.                                Governing Law .  The interpretation, performance, and enforcement of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Hawaii.

 

20.                                Counterparts .  This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

21.                                Coverage under Recoupment Policy . If Optionee is on the Grant Date, or at any time thereafter becomes, either an executive officer of the Corporation subject to Section 16 of the 1934 Act, or a participant in the Corporation’s Performance Improvement Incentive Plan, then Optionee shall be subject to the Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. Policy Regarding Recoupment of Certain Compensation, effective as of June 29, 2012 (the “ Recoupment Policy ”), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and receipt of a copy of which Optionee hereby acknowledges. If Optionee is subject to the Recoupment Policy, then any incentive compensation that is paid or granted to, or received by, Optionee on or after June 29, 2012 (including, without limitation, any incentive compensation that the Corporation pays to Optionee on or after June 29, 2012 pursuant to an incentive compensation award made to Optionee prior to June 29, 2012, whether that award was made by the Corporation or any predecessor entity) and during the three-year period preceding the date on which the Corporation is required to prepare an accounting restatement due to material non-

 

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compliance with any applicable financial reporting requirements under the federal securities laws shall be subject to recovery and recoupment pursuant to the terms of such policy.  For purposes of such Recoupment Policy, “ incentive compensation ” means any cash or equity-based award (e.g., stock award, restricted stock unit award or stock option grant or shares of Common Stock issued thereunder) or any profit sharing payment or distribution that is based upon the achievement of financial performance metrics.  An additional copy of the Recoupment Policy is available upon request made to the Corporate Secretary at the Corporation’s principal offices.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF , Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. has caused this Universal Stock Option Agreement for Substitute Options to be executed on its behalf by its duly-authorized officer as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

ALEXANDER & BALDWIN, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

 

The undersigned acknowledges receipt of the foregoing Universal Stock Option Agreement for Substitute Options in full cancellation and replacement of the stock option grants the undersigned previously held under the Alexander & Baldwin Holdings, Inc. assumed 1998 Stock Option/Stock Incentive Plan and hereby agrees to be bound by all the terms and provisions of this Universal Stock Option Agreement for Substitute Option Grants and shall have no further right or interest in the stock option grants hereby cancelled as a result of such Substitute Options and shall have no further right or entitlement to acquire any shares of A&B Holdings common stock under such cancelled options.

 

 

 

 

OPTIONEE

 

 

 

 

 

ADDRESS:

 

 

 

 

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SCHEDULE A

 

LIST OF CANCELLED OPTIONS AND SUBSTITUTE OPTIONS

 


Exhibit 99.16

 

Non-Employee Board Member

1998 Non-Employee Director Plan

 

ALEXANDER & BALDWIN, INC.
UNIVERSAL STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT FOR SUBSTITUTE OPTIONS

 

UNIVERSAL STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT FOR SUBSTITUTE OPTIONS made and entered into as of the close of market on the 29th day of June 2012 by and between Alexander & Baldwin, Inc., a Hawaii corporation (the “ Company ”), and                                         , an individual in the service of the Company who is currently the holder (the “ Optionee ”) of one or more outstanding stock option grants under the Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. 1998 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan (as amended and restated) that has been assumed by Alexander & Baldwin Holdings, Inc. (the Holdings Director Plan ”) .

 

RECITALS

 

A.                                     The Company has implemented the 2012 Incentive Compensation Plan (the “ Plan ”) for the purpose of providing eligible persons in the Company’s service with the opportunity to participate in one or more cash or equity incentive compensation programs designed to encourage them to continue their service relationship with the Company.

 

B.                                     The Plan contains an anti-dilution feature that allows the Company o issue, in connection with certain dilutive transactions, substitute equity awards under such Plan in cancellation of equity awards that are outstanding under the Holdings Director Plan.

 

C.                                     On June 29, 2012 (the “ Distribution Date” ), Alexander & Baldwin Holdings, Inc. (“ A&B Holdings ”) effected a spin-off distribution of the Company through a distribution by A&B Holdings of all of the Company’s outstanding Common Stock to the holders of the outstanding A&B Holdings common stock (the “ A&B Distribution ”) in accordance with the terms of the Separation and Distribution Agreement by and between Alexander & Baldwin Holdings, Inc. and the Company (which was at the time known as A & B II, Inc.) dated as of June 8, 2012.

 

D.                                     The A&B Distribution is one of the dilutive transactions for which anti-dilution protection is provided under the Plan, and the awards evidenced by this Agreement is intended to preserve the intrinsic value of each equity award held by Optionee under the Holdings Director Plan on the Distribution Date through the substitution of an award under the Plan in cancellation of the corresponding equity award held by Optionee under the Holdings Director Plan.

 

NOW, THEREFORE , it is hereby agreed as follows:

 



 

1.                                       Stock Option Grants .

 

A.                                     Grant One

 

The Company hereby grants to Optionee, as of the Grant Date, a stock option to purchase shares of Common Stock under the Plan (“ Substitute Option One ”) in full cancellation and substitution for the stock option grant that is currently held by Optionee to purchase shares of A&B Holdings common stock under the Holdings Director Plan and that is more particularly identified as Cancelled Option One (“ Cancelled Option One ”) in attached Schedule A, and Optionee shall cease to have any further right or entitlement to acquire any shares of A&B Holdings common stock under Cancelled Option One.

 

The Grant Date for Substitute Option One is June 29, 2012, and such option shall be a non-statutory option under the U.S. federal income tax laws. Attached Schedule A sets forth the following information with respect to Substitute Option One:

 

·                                           The number of shares of Common Stock subject to such option.

 

·                                           The exercise price payable per share.

 

·                                           The expiration date of the maximum option term.

 

The exercise/vesting schedule for the shares of Common Stock subject to Substitute Option One shall be the same exercise/vesting schedule that was in effect for the shares of A&B Holdings common stock subject to Cancelled Option One at the time of cancellation hereunder. Accordingly, Substitute Option One is fully vested and is immediately exercisable for any or all of the Option Shares as fully-vested shares of Common Stock.

 

B.                                     Grant Two (if applicable)

 

The Company hereby grants to Optionee, as of the Grant Date, a stock option to purchase shares of Common Stock under the Plan (“ Substitute Option Two ”) in full cancellation and substitution for the stock option grant that is currently held by Optionee to purchase shares of A&B Holdings common stock under the Holdings Director Plan and that is more particularly identified as Cancelled Option Two (“ Cancelled Option Two ”) in attached Schedule A, and Optionee shall cease to have any further right or entitlement to acquire any shares of A&B Holdings common stock under Cancelled Option Two.

 

The Grant Date for Substitute Option Two is June 29, 2012, and such option shall be a non-statutory option under the U.S. federal income tax laws. Attached Schedule A sets forth the following information with respect to Substitute Option Two:

 

·                                           The number of shares of Common Stock subject to such option.

 

·                                           The exercise price payable per share.

 

·                                           The expiration date of the maximum option term.

 

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The exercise/vesting schedule for the shares of Common Stock subject to Substitute Option Two shall be the same exercise/vesting schedule that was in effect for the shares of A&B Holdings common stock subject to Cancelled Option Two at the time of cancellation hereunder.  Accordingly, Substitute Option Two is fully vested and is immediately exercisable for any or all of the Option Shares as fully-vested shares of Common Stock.

 

C.                                     Grant Three (if applicable)

 

The Company hereby grants to Optionee, as of the Grant Date, a stock option to purchase shares of Common Stock under the Plan (“ Substitute Option Three ”) in full cancellation and substitution for the stock option grant that is currently held by Optionee to purchase shares of A&B Holdings common stock under the Holdings Director Plan and that is more particularly identified as Cancelled Option Three (“ Cancelled Option Three ”) in attached Schedule A, and Optionee shall cease to have any further right or entitlement to acquire any shares of A&B Holdings common stock under Cancelled Option Three.

 

The Grant Date for Substitute Option Three is June 29, 2012, and such option shall be a non-statutory option under the U.S. federal income tax laws. Attached Schedule A sets forth the following information with respect to Substitute Option Three:

 

·                                           The number of shares of Common Stock subject to such option.

 

·                                           The exercise price payable per share.

 

·                                           The expiration date of the maximum option term.

 

The exercise/vesting schedule for the shares of Common Stock subject to Substitute Option Three shall be the same exercise/vesting schedule that was in effect for the shares of A&B Holdings common stock subject to Cancelled Option Three at the time of cancellation hereunder.  Accordingly, Substitute Option Three is fully vested and is immediately exercisable for any or all of the Option Shares as fully-vested shares of Common Stock.

 

D.                                     Grant Four (if applicable)

 

The Company hereby grants to Optionee, as of the Grant Date, a stock option to purchase shares of Common Stock under the Plan (“ Substitute Option Four ”) in full cancellation and substitution for the stock option grant that is currently held by Optionee to purchase shares of A&B Holdings common stock under the Holdings Director Plan and that is more particularly identified as Cancelled Option Four (“ Cancelled Option Four ”) in attached Schedule A, and Optionee shall cease to have any further right or entitlement to acquire any shares of A&B Holdings common stock under Cancelled Option Four.

 

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The Grant Date for Substitute Option Four is June 29, 2012, and such option shall be a non-statutory option under the U.S. federal income tax laws.  Attached Schedule A sets forth the following information with respect to Substitute Option Four:

 

·                                           The number of shares of Common Stock subject to such option.

 

·                                           The exercise price payable per share.

 

·                                           The expiration date of the maximum option term.

 

The exercise/vesting schedule for the shares of Common Stock subject to Substitute Option Four shall be the same exercise/vesting schedule that was in effect for the shares of A&B Holdings common stock subject to Cancelled Option Four at the time of cancellation hereunder.  Accordingly, Substitute Option Four is fully vested and is immediately exercisable for any or all of the Option Shares as fully-vested shares of Common Stock.

 

E.                                      Grant Five (if applicable)

 

The Corporation hereby grants to Optionee, as of the Grant Date, a stock option to purchase shares of Common Stock under the Plan (“Substitute Option Five”) in full cancellation and substitution for the stock option grant that is currently held by Optionee to purchase shares of A&B Holdings common stock under the Holdings 2007 Plan and that is more particularly identified as Cancelled Option Five (“Cancelled Option Five”) in attached Schedule A, and Optionee shall cease to have any further right or entitlement to acquire any shares of A&B Holdings common stock under Cancelled Option Five.

 

The Grant Date for Substitute Option Five is June 29, 2012, and such option shall be a non-statutory option under the U.S. federal income tax laws. Attached Schedule A sets forth the following information with respect to Substitute Option Five:

 

·                                           The number of shares of Common Stock subject to such option.

 

·                                           The exercise price payable per share.

 

·                                           The expiration date of the maximum option term.

 

·                                           The date or dates on which the option will vest and first become exercisable for the Option Shares in one or more installments. The exercise/vesting schedule for the shares of Common Stock subject to Substitute Option Five shall be the same exercise/vesting schedule that was in effect for the shares of A&B Holdings common stock subject to Cancelled Option Five at the time of cancellation hereunder.  No acceleration of such vesting schedule or exercise dates shall occur by reason of the A&B Distribution. Except as otherwise provided in Paragraph 5 below, Substitute Option Five shall not become exercisable for any additional Option Shares after Optionee’s cessation of Service.

 

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F.                                       Anti-Dilution Adjustments

 

The number of shares of Common Stock subject to each Substitute Option has been determined by multiplying the number of shares of A&B Holdings common stock subject to the corresponding Cancelled Option (as set forth in attached Schedule A) immediately prior to the A&B Distribution by a fraction the numerator of which is the sum of the closing “when issued” price per share of the Common Stock on the Distribution Date plus the closing price of A&B Holdings common stock as traded on an ex-distribution basis on that same trading day and the denominator is the closing “when issued” price per share of the Common Stock on the Distribution Date. Any resulting fractional share of Common Stock has been rounded down to the next whole share.

 

The Exercise Price per share in effect for each Substitute Option has been determined by multiplying the exercise price per share that was in effect for the corresponding Cancelled Option (as specified in attached Schedule A) immediately prior to the A&B Distribution by a fraction the numerator of which is the closing “when issued” price per share of the Common Stock on the Distribution Date and the denominator is the sum of that closing “when issued” price and the closing price per share of A&B Holdings common stock as traded on ex-distribution basis on such Distribution Date. Any fractional cent has been rounded up to the nearest whole cent.

 

The foregoing calculations as to the number of Option Shares and Exercise Price per share in effect under each Substitute Option are intended to ensure that: (i) the spread between the aggregate fair market value of the adjusted number of shares of Common Stock purchasable under the Substitute Option and the aggregate Exercise Price payable for those shares immediately after the A&B Distribution remains substantially equal to (and not greater than) the same spread that existed immediately prior to the A&B Distribution between the aggregate fair market value of the number of shares of A&B Holdings common stock subject to the corresponding Cancelled Option immediately prior to cancellation and the aggregate exercise price in effect at that time for those shares under that Cancelled Option. Such calculations are also intended to preserve on a per-share basis, immediately after the A&B Distribution, the same ratio of exercise price per option share to fair market value per share under each Substitute Option which existed under the corresponding Cancelled Option immediately prior to the A&B Distribution.

 

The remaining terms and provisions of each Substitute Option are the same as the terms and provisions that were in effect under each of the corresponding Cancelled Options at the time of cancellation hereunder. Accordingly, the following terms and provisions in effect under those Cancelled Options are hereby incorporated into this Agreement.

 

2.                                       Option Term .  The term of each Substitute Option shall commence on the Grant Date and continue in effect until the close of business on the Expiration Date specified for that Substitute Option in attached Schedule A, unless sooner terminated in accordance with Paragraph 5 or 6.

 

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3.                                       Limited Transferability.   During Optionee’s lifetime, each Substitute Option may be exercised only by Optionee and shall not transferable or assignable by Optionee, except for a transfer of that Substitute Option by will or by the laws of descent and distribution following Optonee’s death.

 

4.                                       Exercisability.   Each Substitute Option may be exercised for any or all of the Option Shares subject to that Substitute Option until the Expiration Date specified for that Substitute Option in attached Schedule A or any sooner termination of the option term in accordance with this Agreement.

 

5.                                       Cessation of Service; Termination of Options .  Each Substitute Option shall terminate, and cease to be exercisable for any of the Option Shares subject to that Substitute Option, prior to the Expiration Date specified for that Substitute Option in attached Schedule A should one of the following provisions become applicable with respect to that Substitute Option:

 

(a)                                  Except as otherwise provided in subparagraphs (b) and (c) below, should Optionee cease to be a Board member at any time during the option term specified for that Substitute Option in Paragraph 2, then the period for exercising that Substitute Option shall be reduced to a six (6)-month period commencing with the date of such cessation of Board membership, but in no event shall that Substitute Option be exercisable at any time after the Expiration Date specified for that Substitute Option in attached Schedule A. During such limited period, that Substitute Option may be exercised for any or all of the Option Shares at the time subject to that Substitute Option. Upon the expiration of such limited period or (if earlier) upon the Expiration Date specified for that Substitute Option in attached Schedule A, that Substitute Option shall terminate and cease to be outstanding.

 

(b)                                  Should Optionee die while that Substitute Option is outstanding, then the personal representative of Optionee’s estate (or the person or persons to whom that Substitute Option is transferred pursuant to Optionee’s will or in accordance with the laws of descent and distribution) shall have the right to exercise that Substitute Option for any or all of the Option Shares at the time subject to that Substitute Option.  Such right shall lapse, and that Substitute Option shall cease to be exercisable, upon the earlier of (a) the expiration of the twelve (12)-month period measured from the date of Optionee’s death or (b) the Expiration Date specified for that Substitute Option in attached Schedule A.

 

(c)                                   Should the Optionee cease to be a Board member by reason of (i) Disability, (ii) retirement at or after age seventy-two (72) or (iii) termination with five (5) or more years of Board service, then the Optionee shall have a period of thirty-six (36) months (commencing with the date of cessation of Board membership) in which to exercise that Substitute Option for any or all of the Option Shares at the time subject to that Substitute Option.  In no event may that Substitute Option be exercised after the Expiration Date specified for that Substitute Option in attached Schedule A.

 

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6.                                       Adjustment in Option Shares .

 

(a)                                  In the event of any of the following transactions affecting the outstanding Common Stock as a class without the Company’s receipt of consideration: any stock dividend, stock split, combination of shares or any other change affecting the outstanding Common Stock as a class without the Company’s receipt of consideration, the number and/or class of securities purchasable under each Substitute Option and the Exercise Price per share specified for that Substitute Option in attached Schedule A shall be equitably adjusted in order to prevent the dilution or enlargement of Optionee’s benefits hereunder.

 

(b)                                  If one or more Substitute Options remain outstanding following any merger or other business combination involving the Company, then each such Substitute Option shall be equitably adjusted to apply and pertain to the number and class of securities which would have been issuable, in the consummation of such merger or business combination, to an actual holder of Common Stock for the same number of shares as are subject to that Substitute Option immediately prior to such merger or business combination.  Equitable adjustments also shall be made to the Exercise Price payable per share specified for that Substitute Option in attached Schedule A; provided, however, that the aggregate Exercise Price for that Substitute Option shall remain the same.

 

7.                                       Change in Control .  In the event there should occur a Change in Control, then each Substitute Option, to the extent outstanding at the time, may, immediately prior to the specified effective date of the Change in Control, be exercised for all or any portion of the Option Shares at the time subject to that Substitute Option. Immediately following the consummation of the Change in Control, each such Substitute Option shall terminate and cease to be outstanding, except to the extent assumed by the successor corporation (or parent thereof) or otherwise expressly continued in full force and effect pursuant to the terms of the Change in Control transaction.

 

8.                                       Stockholder Rights .  The holder of any Substitute Option shall not have any stockholder rights with respect to the Option Shares subject to that Substitute Option until such person shall have exercised that Substitute Option, paid the Exercise Price per share specified for that Substitute Option in attached Schedule A and been issued one or more stock certificates for the purchased shares.

 

9.                                       Manner of Exercising Option .

 

(a)                                  In order to exercise each Substitute Option for one or more of the Option Shares at the time subject to that Substitute Option, Optionee (or in the case of exercise after Optionee’s death, Optionee’s legal representative, executor, administrator, heir or legatee, as the case may be) must take the following actions:

 

(i)                                      Deliver to the Secretary of the Company, or his/her designee, a written notice of exercise (the “ Exercise Notice ”) in which there is specified the number of Option Shares for which that Substitute Option is being exercised.

 

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(ii)                                   Pay the aggregate Exercise Price (as determined under attached Schedule A for that Substitute Option) for the purchased shares in one of the following alternative forms:

 

·                                           full payment in cash or cash equivalents, such as a certified check, bank draft, personal check or postal or express money order made payable to the Company’s order; or

 

·                                           full payment in shares of Common Stock held by the Optionee for the required period (if any) necessary to avoid a charge to the Company’s earnings for financial reporting purposes and valued at Fair Market Value on the Exercise Date; or

 

·                                           full payment in a combination of cash or cash equivalents and shares of Common Stock held by the Optionee for the required period (if any) necessary to avoid a charge to the Company’s earnings for financial reporting purposes and valued at Fair Market Value on the Exercise Date.

 

(iii)                                Furnish to the Company appropriate documentation that the person or persons exercising the Substitute Option, if other than Optionee, have the right to exercise this option.

 

(b)                                  As soon as practicable after the Exercise Date, the Company shall issue to Optionee (or to the other person or persons exercising the Substitute Option) a certificate or certificates representing the Option Shares purchased under that Substitute Option.

 

(c)                                   In no event may any Substitute Option be exercised for any fractional shares.

 

10.                                Definitions .  For purposes of this Agreement, the following definitions shall be in effect:

 

(a)                                  Board shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

(b)                                  Change in Control shall mean a change in control of a nature that would be required to be reported in response to Item 6(e) of Schedule 14A of Regulation 14A promulgated under the 1934 Act, whether or not the Company in fact is required to comply with Regulation 14A thereunder; provided that, without limitation, such a change in control shall be deemed to have occurred if:

 

(i)                                      any “person” (defined as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the 1934 Act) is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d 3 under the 1934 Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 35% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities;

 

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(ii)                                   at least a majority of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) ceases to consist of (a) individuals who have served continuously on the Board since January 1, 2001 and (b) new directors (other than a director whose initial assumption of office is in connection with an actual or threatened election contest, including but not limited to a consent solicitation, relating to the election of directors of the Company) whose election, or nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders, was approved by a vote of at least two thirds of the directors then still in office who shall at that time have served continuously on the Board since January 1, 2001 or whose election or nomination was previously so approved;

 

(iii)                                there is consummated a merger or consolidation of the Company or any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company with any other entity, other than (a) a merger or consolidation immediately following which the individuals who comprise the Board immediately prior thereto constitute at least a majority of the board of directors of the Company, the entity surviving such merger or consolidation or any parent thereof or (b) a merger or consolidation effected to implement a recapitalization of the Company (or similar transaction) in which no person is or becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company (not including in the securities beneficially owned by such person any securities acquired directly from the Company or its affiliates) representing 35% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities; or

 

(iv)                               the shareholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company or there is consummated an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, other than a sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets to an entity at least a majority of the board of directors of which or of any parent thereof is comprised of individuals who comprised the Board immediately prior to such sale or disposition.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Change in Control of the Company shall not be deemed to have occurred by virtue of the consummation of any transaction or series of integrated transactions immediately following which the holders of the common stock of the Company immediately prior to such transaction or series of transactions continue to have substantially the same proportionate ownership in an entity which owns all or substantially all of the assets of the Company immediately following such transaction or series of transactions.

 

(c)                                   Common Stock shall mean the shares of the Company’s common stock, without par value.

 

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(d)                                  Company shall mean Alexander & Baldwin, Inc., a Hawaii corporation (formerly known as A & B II, Inc.), and any successor corporation to all or substantially all of the assets or voting stock of Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. which shall by appropriate action adopt the Plan.

 

(e)                                   Disability shall mean the Optionee’s inability, by reason of any medically-determinable physical or mental impairment which (a) is expected to result in death, or (b) is expected to be, or is, of continuous duration of twelve (12) consecutive months or more, to perform his/her normal and usual duties as a Board member.

 

(f)                                    Exercise Date shall, with respect to each exercise of each Substitute Option, mean the first date on which there shall have been delivered to the Company both (I) the Exercise Notice and (II) the payment of the Exercise Price (as determined for that Substitute Option in accordance with attached Schedule A) for the Option Shares purchased under that Substitute Option.

 

(g)                                   Fair Market Value shall mean, with respect to each share of Common Stock on any relevant date, the mean between the highest and lowest selling prices per share of Common Stock on the date in question, as quoted on the Nasdaq Global Select Market (or any successor system).  Should the Common Stock become traded on any other national securities exchange, then the Fair Market Value per share shall be the mean between the highest and lowest selling prices on such exchange on the date in question.  If there is no reported sale of Common Stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market (or other national securities exchange) on the date in question, then the Fair Market Value shall be the mean between the highest and lowest selling prices on the Nasdaq Global Select Market (or such other securities exchange) on the last preceding date for which such quotations exist.

 

(h)                                  Grant Date shall, with respect to each Substitute Option, mean the June 29, 2012 date on which such option was granted.

 

(i)                                      Option Shares shall mean the shares of Common Stock subject to each Substitute Option granted pursuant to this Agreement.

 

(j)                                     Service : Optionee shall be deemed to be in the Service of the Company for so long as Optionee rendered services to the Company in the capacity of a Board member. However, should A&B Holdings effect a distribution of all of the Company’s outstanding Common Stock to the holders of the outstanding A&B Holdings common stock in a spin-off transaction, then Optionee shall be deemed to continue in Service for so long as Optionee performs services following such spin-off distribution in the capacity of a member of the Board of Directors of the Company, if Optionee is serving as such Board member immediately prior to the spin-off distribution and either ceased service as a member of the Board of Directors of A&B Holdings on or before the date of such distribution or did not otherwise have his or her outstanding options under the Holdings Director Plan adjusted thereunder to reflect such distribution. Accordingly, for so long as Optionee remains in such Service relationship following the spin-off distribution, each Substitute Option shall remain in full force and effect.

 

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(k)           Substitute Options shall mean the various stock options granted to Optionee pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

 

11.          Compliance with Laws and Regulations.   The exercise of each Substitute Option and the issuance of Option Shares subject to that Substitute Option upon such exercise shall be subject to compliance by the Company and Optionee with all applicable requirements of law relating thereto and with all applicable regulations of any stock exchange on which shares of the Common Stock may be listed at the time of such exercise and issuance.

 

12.          Successors and Assigns .  Except to the extent otherwise provided in Paragraph 3 or 7, the provisions of this Agreement shall, with respect to each Substitute Option, inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the successors, administrators, heirs, legal representatives and assigns of Optionee and the successors and assigns of the Company.

 

13.          Non-Liability of Company.   The inability of the Company to obtain approval from any regulatory body having authority deemed by the Company to be necessary to the lawful issuance and sale of any Common Stock pursuant to one or more Substitute Options hereunder shall relieve the Company of any liability with respect to the non-issuance or sale of the Common Stock as to which such approval shall not have been obtained.  However, the Company shall use reasonable efforts to obtain all such approvals.

 

14.          No Impairment of Company’s Rights .  This Agreement shall not in any way affect the right of the Company to adjust, reclassify, reorganize or otherwise make changes in its capital or business structure or to merge, consolidate, dissolve, liquidate or sell or transfer all or any part of its business or assets. Nor shall this Agreement in any way be construed or interpreted so as to affect adversely or otherwise impair the Company’s right to remove the Optionee from the Board at any time in accordance with the provisions of applicable law.

 

15.          Notices .  Any notice required to be given or delivered to the Company under the terms of this Agreement shall be in writing and addressed to the Company in care of the Corporate Secretary or his/her designee at the principal corporate offices at 822 Bishop Street, Honolulu, HI 96813.  Any notice required to be given or delivered to Optionee shall be in writing and addressed to Optionee at the address indicated below Optionee’s signature line on this Agreement.  All notices shall be deemed to have been given or delivered upon personal delivery or upon deposit in the U.S. mail, postage prepaid and properly addressed to the party to be notified.

 

16.          Construction .

 

(a)           This Agreement and the option evidenced hereby are made and granted pursuant to the Plan and are in all respects limited by and subject to the express terms and provisions of the Plan.  All decisions of the Plan Administrator with respect to any question or issue arising under the Plan or this Agreement shall be conclusive and binding on all persons having an interest in this option.

 

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(b)           All anti-dilution adjustments made pursuant to this Agreement shall be effected in accordance with all applicable requirements and limitations of Section 409A of the Code and the applicable Treasury Regulations thereunder, and the terms and provisions of this Agreement shall be interpreted and applied in such manner that shall avoid any violation or contravention of the applicable Section 409A requirements and limitations.

 

17.          Governing Law .  The interpretation, performance, and enforcement of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Hawaii.

 

18.          Counterparts .  This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF , Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. has caused this Universal Stock Option Agreement for Substitute Options to be executed on its behalf by its duly-authorized officer as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

ALEXANDER & BALDWIN, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

 

The undersigned acknowledges receipt of the foregoing Universal Stock Option Agreement for Substitute Options in full cancellation and replacement of the stock option grants the undersigned previously held under the Alexander & Baldwin Holdings, Inc. assumed 1998 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan and hereby agrees to be bound by all the terms and provisions of this Universal Stock Option Agreement for Substitute Option Grants and shall have no further right or interest in the stock option grants hereby cancelled as a result of such Substitute Options and shall have no further right or entitlement to acquire any shares of A&B Holdings common stock under such cancelled options.

 

 

 

 

 

OPTIONEE

 

 

 

ADDRESS:                                             

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                           

 

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SCHEDULE A

 

LIST OF CANCELLED OPTIONS AND SUBSTITUTE OPTIONS

 


Exhibit 99.17

 

Executive Officer

2007 Plan

 

ALEXANDER & BALDWIN, INC.

 

UNIVERSAL RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT FOR SUBSTITUTE AWARDS

 

UNIVERSAL RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT FOR SUBSTITUTE AWARDS made and entered into as of the close of market on the 29th day of June 2012 by and between Alexander & Baldwin, Inc., a Hawaii corporation (the “ Corporation ”), and                                         , an individual in the employ or service of the Corporation who is currently the holder (the “ Participant ”) of one or more outstanding restricted stock unit awards under the Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. 2007 Incentive Compensation Plan (as amended and restated) that has been assumed by Alexander & Baldwin Holdings, Inc. (the “ Holdings 2007 Plan ”).

 

RECITALS

 

A.                                    The Corporation has implemented the Plan for the purpose of providing eligible persons in the Corporation’s service with the opportunity to participate in one or more cash or equity incentive compensation programs designed to encourage them to continue their service relationship with the Corporation.

 

B.                                      The Plan contains an anti-dilution feature that allows the Corporation to issue, in connection with certain dilutive transactions, substitute equity awards under such Plan in cancellation of equity awards that are outstanding under Holdings 2007 Plan.

 

C.                                      On June 29, 2012 (the “ Distribution Date” ), Alexander & Baldwin Holdings, Inc. (“ A&B Holdings ”) effected a spin-off distribution of the Corporation through a distribution by A&B Holdings of all of the Corporation’s outstanding common stock (“ Common Stock ”) to the holders of the outstanding A&B Holdings common stock (the “ A&B Distribution ”) in accordance with the terms of the Separation and Distribution Agreement by and between Alexander & Baldwin Holdings, Inc. and the Corporation (which was at that time known as A & B II, Inc.) dated as of June 8, 2012.

 

D.                                     The A&B Distribution is one of the dilutive transactions for which anti-dilution protection is provided under the Plan, and the awards evidenced by this Agreement are intended to preserve the intrinsic value of each equity award held by Participant under the Holdings 2007 Plan on the Distribution Date through the substitution of an award under the Plan in cancellation of the corresponding equity award held by Participant under the Holdings 2007 Plan.

 

E.                                       All capitalized terms in this Agreement, to the extent not otherwise defined in one or more provisions of this Agreement, shall have the meaning assigned to them in the attached Appendix A.

 



 

NOW, THEREFORE , it is hereby agreed as follows:

 

1.                                        Grant of Restricted Stock Unit Awards .

 

A.                                    Award One

 

The Corporation hereby awards to Participant, as of the Award Date, a restricted stock unit award under the Plan (“ Substitute Award One ”) in full cancellation and substitution for the restricted stock unit award that is currently held by Participant under the Holdings 2007 Plan and identified more particularly as Cancelled Award One (“ Cancelled Award One ”)* in attached Schedule A, and Participant shall cease to have any further right or entitlement to acquire any shares of A&B Holdings common stock under Cancelled Award One.

 


*  If Cancelled Award One was originally structured as a performance-based restricted stock unit award, the applicable performance period for that award has been completed and the number of shares indicated for that award in attached Schedule A reflects the adjustment made to the original size of that award to take into account the actual level at which the applicable performance goals were in fact attained.  Accordingly, at the time of cancellation, Cancelled Award One was only a service-vesting award for the indicated number of shares of A&B Holdings common stock.

 

The Award Date for Substitute Award One is June 29, 2012.  Attached Schedule A sets forth the following information with respect to Substitute Award One:

 

·                                           The number of shares of Common Stock subject to such award.

 

·                                           The date or dates on which the shares of Common Stock subject to the award will vest in one or more installments.  Each such installment vesting date is hereby designated a “ Vesting Date ”.  The vesting schedule for the shares of Common Stock subject to Substitute Award One shall be the same vesting schedule in effect for the shares of A&B Holdings common stock subject to Cancelled Award One at the time of cancellation hereunder, and no accelerated vesting of the shares of Common Stock subject to Substitute Award One shall occur by reason of the A&B Distribution.  However, one or more such shares may be subject to accelerated vesting in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph 3 or Paragraph 5 of this Agreement.

 

B.                                      Award Two (if applicable)

 

The Corporation hereby awards to Participant, as of the Award Date, a restricted stock unit award under the Plan (“ Substitute Award Two ”) in full cancellation and substitution for the restricted stock unit award that is currently held by Participant under the Holdings 2007 Plan and identified more particularly as Cancelled Award Two (“ Cancelled Award Two ”)* in attached Schedule A, and Participant shall cease to have any further right or entitlement to acquire any shares of A&B Holdings common stock under Cancelled Award Two.

 

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*  If Cancelled Award Two was originally structured as a performance-based restricted stock unit award, the applicable performance period for that award has been completed and the number of shares indicated for that award in attached Schedule A reflects the adjustment made to the original size of that award to take into account the actual level at which the applicable performance goals were in fact attained.  Accordingly, at the time of cancellation, Cancelled Award Two was only a service-vesting award for the indicated number of shares of A&B Holdings common stock.

 

The Award Date for Substitute Award Two is June 29, 2012.  Attached Schedule A sets forth the following information with respect to Substitute Award Two:

 

·                                           The number of shares of Common Stock subject to such award.

 

·                                           The date or dates on which the shares of Common Stock subject to the award will vest in one or more installments.  Each such installment vesting date is hereby designated a “ Vesting Date ”.  The vesting schedule for the shares of Common Stock subject to Substitute Award Two shall be the same vesting schedule in effect for the shares of A&B Holdings common stock subject to Cancelled Award Two at the time of cancellation hereunder, and no accelerated vesting of the shares of Common Stock subject to Substitute Award Two shall occur by reason of the A&B Distribution.  However, one or more such shares may be subject to accelerated vesting in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph 3 or Paragraph 5 of this Agreement.

 

C.                                      Award Three (if applicable)

 

The Corporation hereby awards to Participant, as of the Award Date, a restricted stock unit award under the Plan (“ Substitute Award Three ”) in full cancellation and substitution for the restricted stock unit award that is currently held by Participant under the Holdings 2007 Plan and identified more particularly as Cancelled Award Three (“ Cancelled Award Three ”)* in attached Schedule A, and Participant shall cease to have any further right or entitlement to acquire any shares of A&B Holdings common stock under Cancelled Award Three.

 


*  If Cancelled Award Three was originally structured as a performance-based restricted stock unit award, the applicable performance period for that award has been completed and the number of shares indicated for that award in attached Schedule A reflects the adjustment made to the original size of that award to take into account the actual level at which the applicable performance goals were in fact attained.  Accordingly, at the time of cancellation, Cancelled Award Three was only a service-vesting award for the indicated number of shares of A&B Holdings common stock.

 

The Award Date for Substitute Award Three is June 29, 2012.  Attached Schedule A sets forth the following information with respect to Substitute Award Three:

 

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·                                           The number of shares of Common Stock subject to such award.

 

·                                           The date or dates on which the shares of Common Stock subject to the award will vest in one or more installments.  Each such installment vesting date is hereby designated a “ Vesting Date ”.  The vesting schedule for the shares of Common Stock subject to Substitute Award Three shall be the same vesting schedule in effect for the shares of A&B Holdings common stock subject to Cancelled Award Three at the time of cancellation hereunder, and no accelerated vesting of the shares of Common Stock subject to Substitute Award Two shall occur by reason of the A&B Distribution.  However, one or more such shares may be subject to accelerated vesting in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph 3 or Paragraph 5 of this Agreement.

 

D.                                     Anti-Dilution Adjustments

 

The number of shares of Common Stock subject to each Substitute Award has been determined by multiplying the number of shares of A&B Holdings common stock subject to the corresponding Cancelled Award (as set forth in attached Schedule A) immediately prior to the A&B Distribution by a fraction the numerator of which is the sum of the closing “when issued” price per share of the Common Stock on the Distribution Date plus the closing price of A&B Holdings common stock as traded on an ex-distribution basis on that same trading day and the denominator is the closing “when issued” price per share of the Common Stock on the Distribution Date. Any resulting fractional share of Common Stock has been rounded down to the next whole share.

 

The foregoing calculation as to the number of shares of Common Stock subject to each Substitute Award is intended to ensure that the aggregate fair market value of the number of shares of Common Stock subject to that Substitute Award immediately after the A&B Distribution remains substantially equal to (and not greater than) the same aggregate fair market value of the number of shares of A&B Holdings common stock subject to the corresponding Cancelled Award immediately prior to the A&B Distribution.

 

E.                                       Dividend Equivalent Rights .

 

Notwithstanding the cancellation of each of the Cancelled Awards identified above, any amounts that are otherwise credited to Participant under each such Cancelled Award on the cancellation date (the Award Date specified above for the corresponding Substitute Award) pursuant to the dividend equivalent provisions of the RSU Award Agreement for that Cancelled Award but that have not yet been distributed shall subsequently be distributed to Participant in accordance with the distribution provisions (including the timing and method of distribution) of that RSU Award Agreement applicable to such dividend equivalents, and nothing in this Agreement shall affect Participant’s right and entitlement to receive such credited amount in accordance with the terms and conditions of those distribution provisions.  However, Participant shall have no further dividend equivalent rights under the Cancelled Awards with

 

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respect to any dividends or distributions paid on A&B Holdings common stock on or after the cancellation date, but shall have continuing dividend-equivalent rights under this Agreement with respect to any dividends or distributions paid on the Corporation’s Common Stock.

 

F.                                       Remaining Terms of Substitute Awards.

 

The remaining terms and provisions of each Substitute Award are the same as the terms and provisions in effect under the corresponding Cancelled Award at the time of cancellation hereunder. Accordingly, the following terms and provisions in effect under the Cancelled Awards are hereby incorporated into this Agreement.

 

2.                                        Limited Transferability .  Prior to the actual issuance of the Shares which vest hereunder under each Substitute Award, Participant may not transfer any interest in the restricted stock units subject to that Substitute Award or the underlying Shares or pledge or otherwise hedge the sale of those units or Shares, including (without limitation) any short sale or any acquisition or disposition of any put or call option or other instrument tied to the value of those Shares. However, any Shares which vest under one or more Substitute Awards but otherwise remain unissued at the time of Participant’s death may be transferred pursuant to the provisions of Participant’s will or the laws of inheritance or to Participant’s designated beneficiary or beneficiaries of those Substitute Awards.  Participant may also direct the Corporation to record the ownership of any Shares which in fact vest and become issuable under one or more Substitute Awards in the name of a revocable living trust established for the exclusive benefit of Participant or Participant and his or her spouse. Participant may make such a beneficiary designation or ownership directive at any time by filing the appropriate form with the Plan Administrator or its designee.

 

3.                                        Cessation of Service .

 

(a)                                   Except to the extent otherwise provided in this Paragraph 3 or Paragraph 5 below, should Participant cease Service for any reason prior to vesting in one or more Shares subject to any Substitute Award, then that Substitute Award shall be immediately cancelled with respect to those unvested Shares, and the number of restricted stock units shall be reduced accordingly. Participant shall thereupon cease to have any right or entitlement to receive any Shares under those cancelled units.

 

(b)                                  Should Participant’s Service terminate by reason of his or her death or Permanent Disability prior to vesting in one or more Shares subject to any Substitute Award, then the restricted stock units subject to that Substitute Award shall vest in full upon Participant’s termination of Service. The Shares subject to those vested units shall be issued in accordance with the applicable provisions of Paragraph 7.

 

(c)                                   Should Participant’s Service terminate by reason of his or her Early Retirement or Normal Retirement prior to vesting in all the Shares subject to a Substitute Award in accordance with the annual installment vesting schedule specified for that Substitute Award in attached Schedule A, then Participant shall immediately vest in that number of additional Shares (if any) in which Participant would have otherwise been vested at the time of

 

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such termination had the Shares subject to that Substitute Award vested in a series of successive equal monthly installments over the duration of the vesting schedule specified for that Substitute Award in attached Schedule A.  The Shares which are deemed to vest on the basis of such monthly installment vesting schedule shall, together with any other Shares which are at the time vested but unissued under that Substitute Award, be issued in accordance with the applicable provisions of Paragraph 7.  The balance of that Substitute Award shall be immediately cancelled and cease to be outstanding upon such termination of Service.

 

4.                                        Stockholder Rights and Dividend Equivalents

 

(a)                                   The holder of one or more Substitute Awards hereunder shall not have any stockholder rights, including voting, dividend or liquidation rights, with respect to the Shares subject to each such Substitute Award until such person holder becomes the record holder of those Shares following their actual issuance upon the Corporation’s collection of the applicable Withholding Taxes.

 

(b)                                  Notwithstanding the foregoing, should any dividend or other distribution payable other than in shares of Common Stock, whether regular or extraordinary, be declared and paid on the Corporation’s outstanding Common Stock in one or more calendar years during which Shares remain subject to one or more Substitute Awards (i.e., those Shares are not otherwise issued and outstanding for purposes of entitlement to the dividend or distribution), then a special book account shall be established for Participant with respect to each such Substitute Award and credited with a phantom dividend equivalent to the actual dividend or distribution which would have been paid on the Shares subject to that Substitute Award had they been issued and outstanding and entitled to that dividend or distribution. The phantom dividend equivalents so credited to the Participant’s book account for each calendar quarter that such Substitute Award remains outstanding in whole or in part shall be distributed to Participant (in cash or such other form as the Plan Administrator may deem appropriate in its sole discretion) on the last business day of that calendar quarter. However, each such distribution shall be subject to the Corporation’s collection of the Withholding Taxes applicable to that distribution.

 

5.                                        Change in Control

 

(a)                                   Each Substitute Award, to the extent outstanding at the time of a Change in Control, may be assumed by the successor entity or otherwise continued in full force and effect or may be replaced with a cash retention account established by the successor entity.  Any such assumption or continuation of one or more Substitute Awards shall be effected in accordance with Paragraph 5(b) below. Any cash retention account established in replacement of any Substitute Award shall initially be credited with the fair market value (at the effective time of the Change in Control) of the Shares subject to that Substitute Award at that time, and interest shall accrue on the outstanding balance of such account, for the period commencing with the closing date of the Change in Control and continuing through the date of the final payment of the account, including any deferred payment date under Paragraph 8, at a variable per annum rate, compounded semi-annually, equal to the prime rate of interest as in effect from time to time during such period, as determined on the basis of the prime rate quotations published in The Wall Street Journal .  The cash retention account for each Substitute Award shall vest and be

 

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paid out in accordance with the same vesting and payment schedule applicable to that Substitute Award, as set forth for that Substitute Award in attached Schedule A and in Paragraph 7 below, and the Participant’s interest in such account shall at all times be that of a general, unsecured creditor.  In the event of the assumption or continuation of any Substitute Award or such replacement of that Substitute Award with a cash retention account, no accelerated vesting of the restricted stock units subject to that Substitute Award or the underlying Shares shall occur at the time of the Change in Control, and the Service-vesting provisions set forth for that Substitute Award in attached Schedule A shall continue in full force and effect.

 

(b)                                  In the event any Substitute Award is assumed or otherwise continued in effect, the restricted stock units subject to that Substitute Award shall be adjusted immediately after the consummation of the Change in Control so as to apply to the number and class of securities into which the Shares subject to those units immediately prior to the Change in Control would have been converted in consummation of that Change in Control had those Shares actually been issued and outstanding at that time.  To the extent the actual holders of the outstanding Common Stock receive cash consideration for their Common Stock in consummation of the Change in Control, the successor corporation (or parent entity) may, in connection with the assumption or continuation of one or more Substitute Awards, but subject to the Plan Administrator’s approval prior to the Change in Control, substitute under each such Substitute Award one or more shares of its own common stock with a fair market value equivalent to the cash consideration paid per share of Common Stock in the Change in Control transaction, provided such common stock is readily tradable on an established U.S. securities exchange or market.

 

(c)                                   Upon Participant’s Separation from Service due to an Involuntary Termination within twenty-four (24) months following a Change in Control in which one or more Substitute Awards are assumed or otherwise continued in effect, all of the restricted stock units at the time subject to each such assumed or continued Substitute Award shall vest, and the Shares underlying those units shall be issued to Participant in accordance with the applicable provisions of Paragraph 7.  Should the restricted stock units subject to any Substitute Award be replaced with a cash retention account in accordance with Paragraph 5(a), then the balance credited to Participant under that account at the time of his Separation from Service due to such Involuntary Termination shall immediately vest and shall be distributed to Participant in accordance with the applicable provisions of Paragraph 7; provided, however, that Participant shall vest and be entitled to such distribution only if such Involuntary Termination occurs within twenty-four (24) months following the Change in Control.

 

(d)                                  If the restricted stock units subject to any Substitute Award at the time of the Change in Control are not assumed or otherwise continued in effect or replaced with a cash retention account in accordance with Paragraph 5(a), then those units shall vest immediately prior to the closing of the Change in Control, and Participant shall become entitled to a vested distribution with respect to that Substitute Award in accordance with the applicable provisions of Paragraph 7.

 

(e)                                   This Agreement shall not in any way affect the right of the Corporation to adjust, reclassify, reorganize or otherwise change its capital or business structure or to merge, consolidate, dissolve, liquidate or sell or transfer all or any part of its business or assets.

 

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6.                                        Adjustment in Shares .  Should any change be made to the Common Stock by reason of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, combination of shares, exchange of shares, spin-off transaction, extraordinary dividend or distribution or other change affecting the outstanding Common Stock as a class without the Corporation’s receipt of consideration, or should the value of outstanding shares of Common Stock be substantially reduced as a result of a spin-off transaction or an extraordinary dividend or distribution, or should there occur any merger, consolidation or other reorganization, then equitable adjustments shall be made by the Plan Administrator to the total number and/or class of securities issuable under each Substitute Award in order to reflect such change and thereby prevent a dilution or enlargement of benefits hereunder. In making such equitable adjustments, the Plan Administrator shall take into account any amounts credited to Participant’s book account with respect to that Substitute Award under Paragraph 4(b) in connection with the transaction, and the determination of the Plan Administrator shall be final, binding and conclusive.  In the event of any Change in Control transaction, the adjustment provisions of Paragraph 5(b) shall be controlling.

 

7.                                        Issuance or Distribution of Shares or Other Vested Amounts.

 

(a)                                   The following provisions shall govern the issuance of the Shares (or any replacement or substitute amounts under Paragraph 5) which vest under each Substitute Award in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement:

 

(i)                                      On each Vesting Date specified for the applicable Substitute Award in attached Schedule A, the Shares which vest at that time under that Substitute Award or which are otherwise deemed to have vested during the twelve (12)-month period ending with that date but have not otherwise been issued in accordance with any other applicable provision of this Paragraph 7(a) shall be issued.

 

(ii)                                   Shares which vest under any Substitute Award on an accelerated basis upon the Participant’s cessation of Service under Paragraph 3(b) or 3(c) or upon an Involuntary Termination under Paragraph 5(c) shall be issued on the date of Participant’s Separation from Service due to such cessation of Service or Involuntary Termination. Any distribution from the cash retention account with respect to that Substitute Award to which Participant becomes entitled under Paragraph 5(c) upon such his or her Involuntary Termination shall be paid in a lump sum on the date of his or her Separation from Service due to such Involuntary Termination.  However, any issuance or distribution pursuant to the provisions of this subparagraph (ii) shall be subject to the deferred issuance provisions of Paragraph 8, to the extent applicable.

 

(iii)                                Shares which vest under any Substitute Award in accordance with Paragraph 5(d) shall be converted into the right to receive the same consideration per share of Common Stock payable to the other stockholders

 

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of the Corporation in consummation of the Change in Control transaction, and such consideration per Share shall, with respect to the Shares subject to each such Substitute Award, be distributed to Participant upon the earliest to occur of (i) the Vesting and Issuance Date on which the particular Shares to which such consideration relates would have been issued under that Substitute Award in the absence of such Change in Control, (ii) the date of Participant’s Separation from Service or (iii) the first date following a Qualifying Change in Control on which the distribution can be made without contravention of any applicable provisions of Code Section 409A.

 

(iv)                               To the extent the consideration payable per share of Common Stock in the Change in Control is in the form of cash, a fully-vested cash retention account shall be established by the successor entity for each Substitute Award outstanding at the time of such Change in Control as to which one or more Shares subject to that Substitute Award vest on an accelerated basis under Paragraph 5(d).  Each such account shall be credited with the cash consideration payable for the Shares that so vest under the applicable Substitute Award, and interest shall accrue on the outstanding balance of that account, for the period commencing with the closing date of the Change in Control and continuing through the date of the final payment of the account, including any deferred payment date under Paragraph 8, at a variable per annum rate, compounded semi-annually, equal to the prime rate of interest as in effect from time to time during such period, as determined on the basis of the prime rate quotations published in The Wall Street Journal . Each cash retention account, together with all accrued interest thereon through the actual payment date, shall be distributed in accordance with the same distribution provisions in effect under Paragraph 7(a)(iii) for the Shares subject to the Substitute Award to which that cash retention account relates, and the Participant’s interest in the account shall at all times be that of a general, unsecured creditor.

 

(v)                                  Any issuance or distribution to be made pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Paragraph 7(a) shall be made on the designated issuance or distribution date hereunder or as soon as administratively practicable thereafter. In no event, however, shall such issuance or distribution be made later than the fifteenth (15th) day of the third (3rd) calendar month following that designated issuance or distribution date.

 

(vi)                               Each issuance or distribution to be made pursuant to this Paragraph 7(a) shall be subject to the Corporation’s collection of all applicable Withholding Taxes, in accordance with the provisions of Paragraphs 7(b) and 7(c).

 

(vii)                            Any Shares to be issued to Participant in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Paragraph 7(a) shall in the form of a book entry evidencing ownership of those Shares. Actual certificates for any vested Shares evidenced by book entry ownership shall be promptly delivered upon the request of Participant or any other person having an interest at the time in those Shares.

 

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(b)                                  The Corporation shall collect the Withholding Taxes with respect to each non-Share distribution by withholding a portion of that distribution equal to the amount of the applicable Withholding Taxes, with the cash portion of the distribution to be the first portion so withheld.

 

(c)                                   Unless Participant (i) otherwise makes satisfactory arrangements with the Corporation’s Human Resources Department, on or before the expiration of the designated notification period preceding each applicable issuance date for the Shares subject to each Substitute Award, to pay the applicable Withholding Taxes through the delivery of a check payable to the Corporation in the amount of such Withholding Taxes and (ii) in fact delivers such check to the Corporation not later than that issuance date, the Corporation shall collect the Withholding Taxes applicable to the Share issuance through the following automatic share withholding method:

 

·                                           On each applicable issuance date for the Shares subject to each Substitute Award, the Corporation shall withhold, from the vested Shares otherwise issuable to Participant under that Substitute Award, a portion of those Shares with a Fair Market Value (measured as of the issuance date) equal to the applicable Withholding Taxes; provided, however , that the number of Shares which the Corporation shall be required to so withhold shall not exceed in Fair Market Value the amount necessary to satisfy the Corporation’s required tax withholding obligations using the minimum statutory withholding rates for federal and state tax purposes, including payroll taxes, that are applicable to supplemental taxable income.

 

(d)                                  Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Paragraph 7, the employee portion of the federal, state and local employment taxes required to be withheld by the Corporation in connection with the vesting of the Shares under each Substitute Award or any other amounts hereunder relating to each Substitute Award (the “Employment Taxes”) shall in all events be collected from the Participant no later than the last business day of the calendar year in which those Shares or other amounts vest hereunder.  Accordingly, to the extent the applicable issuance date for one or more vested Shares under any Substitute Award or the distribution date for such other amounts relating to that Substitute Award is to occur in a year subsequent to the calendar year in which those Shares or other amounts vest under that Substitute Award, the Participant shall, on or before the last business day of the calendar year in which the Shares or other amounts vest, deliver to the Corporation a check payable to its order in the dollar amount equal to the Employment Taxes required to be withheld with respect to those Shares or other amounts.  The provisions of this Paragraph 7(d) shall be applicable only to the extent necessary to comply with the applicable tax withholding requirements of Code Section 3121(v).

 

(e)                                   Except as otherwise provided in Paragraph 5 or this Paragraph 7, the settlement of all restricted stock units which vest under each Substitute Award shall be made solely in shares of Common Stock.  In no event, however, shall any fractional shares be issued under any Substitute Award.  Accordingly, the total number of shares of Common Stock to be issued at the time each Substitute Award vests shall, to the extent necessary, be rounded down to the next whole share in order to avoid the issuance of a fractional share.

 

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8.                                        Deferred Issue Date.   Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Agreement, to the extent any Substitute Award may be deemed to create a deferred compensation arrangement under Code Section 409A, then the following limitation shall apply to that Substitute Award:

 

·                                          No Shares or other amounts which become issuable or distributable under that Substitute Award upon Participant’s Separation from Service shall actually be issued or distributed to Participant prior to the earlier of (i) the first (1st) day of the seventh (7th) month following the date of such Separation from Service or (ii) the date of Participant’s death, if Participant is deemed at the time of such Separation from Service to be a specified employee under Section 1.409A-1(i) of the Treasury Regulations issued under Code Section 409A, as determined by the Plan Administrator in accordance with consistent and uniform standards applied to all other Code Section 409A arrangements of the Corporation, and such delayed commencement is otherwise required in order to avoid a prohibited distribution under Code Section 409A(a)(2).  The deferred Shares or other distributable amount shall be issued or distributed in a lump sum on the first (1st) day of the seventh (7th) month following the date of Participant’s Separation from Service or, if earlier, the first day of the month immediately following the date the Corporation receives proof of Participant’s death.

 

9.                                        Compliance with Laws and Regulations .  The issuance of shares of Common Stock pursuant to each Substitute Award shall be subject to compliance by the Corporation and Participant with all applicable requirements of law relating thereto and with all applicable regulations of any Stock Exchange on which the Common Stock may be listed for trading at the time of such issuance.

 

10.                                  Section 409A Compliance .   All anti-dilution adjustments made to each Substitute Award pursuant to this Agreement shall be effected in accordance with all applicable requirements and limitations of Section 409A of the Code and the applicable Treasury Regulations thereunder, and the terms and provisions of this Agreement shall be interpreted and applied in such manner that shall avoid any violation or contravention of the applicable Section 409A requirements and limitations

 

11.                                  Change in Control Benefits Agreement .  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, if Participant is, at the time of a change in control or ownership of the Corporation (whether or not that transaction constitutes a Change in Control hereunder), a party to a Change in Control Benefits Agreement with the Corporation, then the provisions of that agreement shall, to the extent applicable to one or more Substitute Awards, govern Participant’s rights and benefits with respect to the restricted stock units and underlying Shares subject to that Substitute Award, and in the event of any conflict between the provisions of that Change in Control Benefits Agreement and this Agreement, the provisions of the Change in Control Benefits Agreement shall be controlling; provided, however, that in the event there is any conflict between the issuance or distribution provisions of this Agreement applicable to that Substitute Award and the issuance or distribution provisions of the Change in Control Benefits Agreement, the issuance and distribution provisions of this Agreement shall be controlling.

 

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12.                                  Notices .  Any notice required to be given or delivered to the Corporation under the terms of this Agreement shall be in writing and addressed to the Corporation at its principal corporate offices.  Any notice required to be given or delivered to Participant shall be in writing and addressed to Participant at the address indicated below Participant’s signature line. All notices shall be deemed effective upon personal delivery or upon deposit in the U.S. mail, postage prepaid and properly addressed to the party to be notified.

 

13.                                  Successors and Assigns .  Except to the extent otherwise provided in this Agreement, the provisions of this Agreement shall, with respect to each Substitute Award, inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the Corporation and its successors and assigns and Participant, Participant’s assigns, the legal representatives, heirs and legatees of Participant’s estate and any beneficiaries of one or more Substitute Awards designated by Participant.

 

14.                                  Construction .

 

(a)                                   This Agreement and the Substitute Awards evidenced hereby are made and granted pursuant to the Plan and are in all respects limited by and subject to the terms of the Plan and any applicable Change in Control Benefits Agreement.  All decisions of the Plan Administrator with respect to any question or issue arising under the Plan or this Agreement shall be conclusive and binding on all persons having an interest in one or more Substitute Awards.

 

(b)                                  To the extent there is any ambiguity as to whether any provision of this Agreement would otherwise contravene one or more requirements or limitations of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder, such provision shall be interpreted and applied in a manner that complies with the applicable requirements of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder.

 

(c)                                   Participant hereby acknowledges the receipt of a copy of the official prospectus for the Plan.  A copy of the Plan is available upon request made to the Human Resources Department at the Corporation’s principal offices (822 Bishop Street, Honolulu, HI 96813).

 

15.                                  Governing Law .  The interpretation, performance and enforcement of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Hawaii without resort to that State’s conflict-of-laws rules.

 

16.                                  Coverage under Recoupment Policy . If Participant is on the Award Date, or at any time thereafter becomes, either an executive officer of the Corporation subject to Section 16 of the 1934 Act, or a participant in the Corporation’s Performance Improvement Incentive Plan, then Participant shall be subject to the Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. Policy Regarding Recoupment of Certain Compensation, effective as of June 29, 2012 (the “ Recoupment Policy ”), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and

 

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receipt of a copy of which Participant hereby acknowledges. If Participant is subject to the Recoupment Policy, then any incentive compensation that is paid or granted to, or received by, Participant on or after June 29, 2012 (including, without limitation, any incentive compensation that the Corporation pays to Participant on or after June 29, 2012 pursuant to an incentive compensation award made to Participant prior to June 29, 2012, whether that award was made by the Corporation or any predecessor entity) and during the three-year period preceding the date on which the Corporation is required to prepare an accounting restatement due to material non-compliance with any applicable financial reporting requirements under the federal securities laws shall be subject to recovery and recoupment pursuant to the terms of such policy.  For purposes of such Recoupment Policy, “ incentive compensation ” means any cash or equity-based award (e.g., stock award, restricted stock unit award or stock option grant or shares of Common Stock issued thereunder) or any profit sharing payment or distribution that is based upon the achievement of financial performance metrics.  An additional copy of the Recoupment Policy is available upon request made to the Corporate Secretary at the Corporation’s principal offices.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF , Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. has caused this Universal Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement for Substitute Awards to be executed on its behalf by its duly-authorized officer as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

ALEXANDER & BALDWIN, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

 

The undersigned acknowledges receipt of the foregoing Universal Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement for Substitute Awards in full cancellation and replacement of the restricted stock unit awards the undersigned previously held under Alexander & Baldwin Holding’s Inc. assumed 2007 Incentive Compensation Plan and hereby agrees to be bound by all the terms and provisions of this Universal Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement for Substitute Awards and shall have no further right or interest in the restricted stock unit awards hereby cancelled as a result of such Substitute Awards and shall no further right or entitlement to acquire any shares of A&B Holdings common stock under such cancelled awards.

 

 

 

 

 

 

PARTICIPANT

 

 

 

 

 

ADDRESS:

 

 

 

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APPENDIX A

 

DEFINITIONS

 

The following definitions shall be in effect under the Agreement:

 

A.                                    Agreement shall mean this Universal Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement for Substitute Awards.

 

B.                                      Award Date shall mean the date on which the various restricted stock unit awards are made to Participant pursuant to the Agreement and shall be the date specified in Paragraph 1 of this Agreement.

 

C.                                      Board shall mean the Corporation’s Board of Directors.

 

D.                                     Cause shall mean (i) Participant’s willful and continued failure substantially to perform his duties for the Corporation (other than any such failure resulting from a physical or mental disability) or (ii) Participant’s engaging in any willful conduct that is demonstrably and materially injurious to the Corporation, monetarily or otherwise.  For purposes of such definition, the term “willful” means that the act or omission in question was undertaken by Participant not in good faith and without any reasonable belief that the act or omission was in the best interest of the Corporation.

 

E.                                       Change in Control shall mean a change of ownership or control of the Corporation effected through any of the following transactions:

 

(i)                                      a merger, consolidation or other reorganization approved by the Corporation’s stockholders, unless securities representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting power of the voting securities of the successor corporation are immediately thereafter beneficially owned, directly or indirectly and in substantially the same proportion, by the persons who beneficially owned the Corporation’s outstanding voting securities immediately prior to such transaction,

 

(ii)                                   a sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s assets,

 

(iii)                                the closing of any transaction or series of related transactions pursuant to which any person or any group of persons comprising a “group” within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) of the 1934 Act (other than the Corporation or a person that, prior to such transaction or series of related transactions, directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by or is under common control with, the Corporation) acquires directly or indirectly (whether as a result of a single acquisition or by reason of one or more acquisitions within the twelve (12)-month period ending with the most recent acquisition) beneficial ownership

 



 

(within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the 1934 Act) of securities possessing (or convertible into or exercisable for securities possessing) thirty-five percent (35%) or more of the total combined voting power of the Corporation’s securities (as measured in terms of the power to vote with respect to the election of Board members) outstanding immediately after the consummation of such transaction or series of related transactions, whether such transaction involves a direct issuance from the Corporation or the acquisition of outstanding securities held by one or more of the Corporation’s existing stockholders, or

 

(iv)                               a change in the composition of the Board over a period of twelve (12) consecutive months or less such that a majority of the Board members ceases, by reason of one or more contested elections for Board membership, to be comprised of individuals who either (A) have been Board members continuously since the beginning of such period or (B) have been elected or nominated for election as Board members during such period by at least a majority of the Board members described in clause (A) who were still in office at the time the Board approved such election or nomination;

 

provided, however , that in the event Participant is a party to a Change in Control Benefits Agreement applicable to the Award, the term Change in Control shall have the meaning ascribed to that term in such Change in Control Benefits Agreement.

 

F.                                       Change in Control Benefits Agreement shall mean any separate agreement between Participant and the Corporation which provides Participant with special vesting acceleration and/or other special benefits with respect to one or more awards of restricted stock units made to Participant for shares of Common Stock, including (to the extent applicable) the restricted stock units evidenced by this Agreement, in the event of a change in control or ownership of the Corporation (whether or not constituting a Change in Control hereunder).

 

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

 

H.                                     Common Stock shall mean shares of the Corporation’s common stock.

 

I.                                          Corporation shall mean Alexander & Baldwin, Inc., a Hawaii corporation formerly known as A & B II, Inc., and any successor corporation to all or substantially all of the assets or voting stock of Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. which shall by appropriate action adopt the Plan.

 

J.                                         Early Retirement shall mean the Participant’s retirement from Service, with the prior approval of the Corporation (or Parent or Subsidiary employing Participant), on or after the attainment of age fifty-five (55) and the completion of at least five (5) years of Service.

 

K.                                     Employee shall mean an individual who is in the employ of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary), subject to the control and direction of the employer entity as to both the work to be performed and the manner and method of performance.

 

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L.                                       Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on any relevant date shall be the closing selling price per share of Common Stock at the close of regular hours trading (i.e., before after-hours trading beings) on date in question on the Stock Exchange serving as the primary market for the Common Stock, as such price is reported by the National Association of Securities Dealers (if primarily traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market) or as officially quoted in the composite tape of transactions on any other Stock Exchange on which the Common Stock is then primarily traded.  If there is no closing selling price for the Common Stock on the date in question, then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing selling price on the last preceding date for which such quotation exists.

 

M.                                  Good Reason shall mean the occurrence of any of the following events effected without Participant’s consent: (A) a change in Participant’s position with the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary employing Participant) which materially reduces Participant’s duties and responsibilities or the level of management to which Participant reports, (B) a relocation of Participant’s principal place of employment by more than fifty (50) miles, (C) a reduction in Participant’s level of compensation, as measured in terms of base salary, fringe benefits and target annual incentive payment, by more than ten percent (10%) or (D) the failure by the Corporation to continue in effect any stock option or other equity-based plan in which Participant is participating, or in which Participant is entitled to participate, immediately prior to a change in control of the Corporation, unless an equitable arrangement (embodied in an ongoing substitute or alternative plan) has been made with respect to such plan; or the failure by the Corporation to continue Participant’s participation therein (or in such substitute or alternative plan) on a substantially equivalent basis, both in terms of the amount or timing of payment of benefits provided and the level of Participant’s participation relative to other participants, as existed immediately prior to the change in control of the Corporation.

 

However, in the event Participant is at the time of his or her cessation of Employee status a party to a Change in Control Benefits Agreement applicable to the Award evidenced by this Agreement, the term Good Reason shall have the meaning ascribed to that term in such Change in Control Benefits Agreement.

 

N.                                     Involuntary Termination shall mean the Participant’s Separation from Service status by reason of:

 

(i)                                      Participant’s involuntary dismissal or discharge by the Corporation for reasons other than for Cause, or

 

(ii)                                   Participant’s voluntary resignation for Good Reason.

 

O.                                     1934 Act shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.

 

P.                                       Normal Retirement shall mean shall mean the cessation of Service by reason of retirement at or after the attainment of age sixty-five (65).

 

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Q.                                     Participant shall mean the person to whom the Substitute Awards are made pursuant to the Agreement.

 

R.                                      Parent shall mean any corporation (other than the Corporation) in an unbroken chain of corporations ending with the Corporation, provided each corporation in the unbroken chain (other than the Corporation) owns, at the time of the determination, stock possessing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in such chain.

 

S.                                       Permanent Disability shall mean the inability of Participant to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment expected to result in death or to be of continuous duration of twelve (12) months or more.

 

T.                                      Plan shall mean the Corporation’s 2012 Incentive Compensation Plan.

 

U.                                     Plan Administrator shall mean either the Board or a committee of the Board acting in its capacity as administrator of the Plan.

 

V.                                      Qualifying Change in Control shall mean the date on which there occurs a Change in Control that also qualifies as: (i) a change in the ownership of the Corporation, as determined in accordance with Section 1.409A-3(i)((5)(v) of the Treasury Regulations, (ii) a change in the effective control of the Corporation, as determined in accordance with Section 1.409A-3(i)((5)(vi) of the Treasury Regulations, or (iii) a change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the Corporation, as determined in accordance with Section 1.409A-3(i)((5)(vii) of the Treasury Regulations.

 

W.                                 Separation from Service shall mean the Participant’s cessation of Employee status by reason of his or her death, retirement or termination of employment.  The Participant shall be deemed to have terminated employment for such purpose at such time as the level of his or her bona fide services to be performed as an Employee (or as a consultant or independent contractor) permanently decreases to a level that is less than fifty percent (50%) of the average level of services he or she rendered as an Employee during the immediately preceding thirty-six (36) months (or such shorter period for which he or she may have rendered such services).  Solely for purposes of determining when a Separation from Service occurs, Participant will be deemed to continue in “Employee” status for so long as he or she remains in the employ of one or more members of the Employer Group, subject to the control and direction of the employer entity as to both the work to be performed and the manner and method of performance. “Employer Group” means the Corporation and any Parent or Subsidiary and any other corporation or business controlled by, controlling or under common control with, the Corporation, as determined in accordance with Sections 414(b) and (c) of the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder, except that in applying Sections 1563(1), (2) and (3) of the Code for purposes of determining the controlled group of corporations under Section 414(b), the phrase “at least 50 percent” shall be used instead of “at least 80 percent” each place the latter phrase appears in such sections and in applying Section 1.414(c)-2 of the Treasury Regulations for purposes of determining trades or businesses that are under common control for purposes of

 

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Section 414(c), the phrase “at least 50 percent” shall be used instead of “at least 80 percent” each place the latter phrase appears in Section 1.4.14(c)-2 of the Treasury Regulations.  Any such determination as to Separation from Service, however, shall be made in accordance with the applicable standards of the Treasury Regulations issued under Section 409A of the Code.  Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this definition, a Separation from Service will not be deemed to occur in the event that (i) A&B Holdings effects a distribution of all of the outstanding common stock of the Corporation to the holders of the outstanding common stock of A&B Holdings in a spin-off transaction and (ii) Participant, if in the Service of the Corporation (or any Subsidiary of the Corporation) immediately prior to the spin-off distribution, continues to remain in such Service relationship immediately after the spin-off distribution. However, should Participant experience a permanent reduction in his or her level of services to the less than fifty percent (50%) level specified in the preceding provisions of this Separation from Service definition, whether that reduction occurs before or after such spin-off distribution, then Participant shall immediately upon such permanent reduction in the level of his or her services incur a Separation from Service.

 

X.                                     Service shall mean Participant’s performance of services for the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) in the capacity of an Employee, a non-employee member of the board of directors or a consultant or independent advisor.  In addition, the following provisions shall govern the determination of Participant’s period of Service:

 

(i)                                      Participant shall be deemed to continue in Service for so long as Participant performs services for the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) in the capacity of an Employee, a non-employee member of the board of directors or a consultant or independent advisor.

 

(ii)                                   Participant shall be deemed to cease Service immediately upon the occurrence of the either of the following events: (a) Participant no longer performs services in any of the foregoing capacities for the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) or (b) the entity for which Participant performs such services ceases to remain a Parent or Subsidiary of the Corporation, even though Participant may subsequently continue to perform services for that entity.

 

(iii)                                Notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraph (ii) above, should A&B Holdings effect a distribution of all of the outstanding common stock of the Corporation to the holders of the outstanding common stock of A&B Holdings in a spin-off transaction, then Participant shall be deemed to continue in Service for so long as Participant performs services following such spin-off distribution (and prior to Participant’s Separation from Service date) in the capacity of an employee, a non-employee member of the board of directors or a consultant or independent advisor with the Corporation (or any Parent (other than A&B Holdings) or Subsidiary of the Corporation) if Participant’s Service relationship is with any of those entities immediately prior to the spin-off distribution.  Accordingly, for so long as Participant remains in such Service relationship following the spin-off distribution (and prior to Participant’s Separation from Service date), each Substitute Award shall remain in full force and effect and Participant shall continue to vest in that Substitute Award.

 

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(iv)                               For purposes of the Service-vesting schedule in effect for the unvested portion of each Substitute Award, Participant shall receive Service credit for his or her period of continuous service with A&B Holdings or its subsidiaries, in one or more of the foregoing Service capacities, from the most recent vesting date for the Cancelled Award which that Substitute Award replaces (or the award date if that Cancelled Award has not yet reached its first scheduled vesting date) through the Distribution Date.

 

(v)                                  Service as an Employee shall not be deemed to cease during a period of military leave, sick leave or other personal leave approved by the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) employing Participant; provided, however, that the following special provisions shall be in effect for any such leave:

 

a.                                        Should the period of such leave (other than a disability leave) exceed six (6) months, then Participant shall be deemed to cease Service and to incur a Separation from Service upon the expiration of the initial six (6)-month period of that leave, unless Participant retains a right to re-employment under applicable law or by contract with the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) employing Participant.

 

b.                                       Should the period of a disability leave exceed twenty-nine (29) months, then Participant shall be deemed to cease Service and to incur a Separation from Service upon the expiration of the initial twenty-nine (29)-month period of that leave, unless Participant retains a right to re-employment under applicable law or by contract with the Corporation.  For such purpose, a disability leave shall be a leave of absence due to any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or to last for a continuous period of not less than six (6) months and causes Participant to be unable to perform the duties of his or her position of employment (or any substantially similar position of employment) with the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary).

 

c.                                        Except to the extent otherwise required by law or expressly authorized by the Plan Administrator or by the written policy on leaves of absence of the Corporation no Service credit shall be given for vesting purposes for any period Participant is on a leave of absence.

 

(vi)                               Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing provisions of this Service definition, the Participant shall in all events be deemed to cease Service for all purposes of this Award immediately upon Participant’s incurrence of a Separation from Service.

 

Y.                                      Shares shall mean the shares of Common Stock subject to each Substitute Award made hereunder.

 

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Z.                                      Stock Exchange shall mean the American Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq Global or Global Select Market or the New York Stock Exchange.

 

AA.                          Subsidiary shall mean any corporation (other than the Corporation) in an unbroken chain of corporations beginning with the Corporation, provided each corporation (other than the last corporation) in the unbroken chain owns, at the time of the determination, stock possessing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in such chain.  The term Subsidiary shall also include any wholly-owned limited liability company in such chain of subsidiaries that is disregarded for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

 

BB.                              Substitute Awards shall mean the various restricted stock unit awards made to Participant pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

 

CC.                              Withholding Taxes shall mean the federal, state and local income taxes and the employee portion of the federal, state and local employment taxes required to be withheld by the Corporation in connection with the issuance of the shares of Common Stock which vest under one or more of the Substitute Awards and any phantom dividend equivalents distributed with respect to those shares.

 

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SCHEDULE A

 

LIST OF CANCELLED AWARDS AND SUBSTITUTE AWARDS

 


Exhibit 99.18

 

Non-Executive Officer

2007 Plan

 

ALEXANDER & BALDWIN, INC.

 

UNIVERSAL RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT FOR SUBSTITUTE AWARDS

 

UNIVERSAL RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT FOR SUBSTITUTE AWARDS made and entered into as of the close of market on the 29th day of June 2012 by and between Alexander & Baldwin, Inc., a Hawaii corporation (the “ Corporation ”), and                                         , an individual in the employ or service of the Corporation who is currently the holder (the “ Participant ”) of one or more outstanding restricted stock unit awards under the Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. 2007 Incentive Compensation Plan (as amended and restated) that has been assumed by Alexander & Baldwin Holdings, Inc. (the “ Holdings 2007 Plan ”).

 

RECITALS

 

A.                                    The Corporation has implemented the Plan for the purpose of providing eligible persons in the Corporation’s service with the opportunity to participate in one or more cash or equity incentive compensation programs designed to encourage them to continue their service relationship with the Corporation.

 

B.                                      The Plan contains an anti-dilution feature that allows the Corporation to issue, in connection with certain dilutive transactions, substitute equity awards under such Plan in cancellation of equity awards that are outstanding under Holdings 2007 Plan.

 

C.                                      On June 29, 2012 (the “ Distribution Date” ), Alexander & Baldwin Holdings, Inc. (“ A&B Holdings ”) effected a spin-off distribution of the Corporation through a distribution by A&B Holdings of all of the Corporation’s outstanding common stock (“ Common Stock ”) to the holders of the outstanding A&B Holdings common stock (the “ A&B Distribution ”) in accordance with the terms of the Separation and Distribution Agreement by and between Alexander & Baldwin Holdings, Inc. and the Corporation (which was at that time known as A & B II, Inc.) dated as of June 8, 2012.

 

D.                                     The A&B Distribution is one of the dilutive transactions for which anti-dilution protection is provided under the Plan, and the awards evidenced by this Agreement are intended to preserve the intrinsic value of each equity award held by Participant under the Holdings 2007 Plan on the Distribution Date through the substitution of an award under the Plan in cancellation of the corresponding equity award held by Participant under the Holdings 2007 Plan.

 

E.                                       All capitalized terms in this Agreement, to the extent not otherwise defined in one or more provisions of this Agreement, shall have the meaning assigned to them in the attached Appendix A.

 



 

NOW, THEREFORE , it is hereby agreed as follows:

 

1.                                        Grant of Restricted Stock Unit Awards .

 

A.                                    Award One

 

The Corporation hereby awards to Participant, as of the Award Date, a restricted stock unit award under the Plan (“ Substitute Award One ”) in full cancellation and substitution for the restricted stock unit award that is currently held by Participant under the Holdings 2007 Plan and identified more particularly as Cancelled Award One (“ Cancelled Award One ”)* in attached Schedule A, and Participant shall cease to have any further right or entitlement to acquire any shares of A&B Holdings common stock under Cancelled Award One.

 


*  If Cancelled Award One was originally structured as a performance-based restricted stock unit award, the applicable performance period for that award has been completed and the number of shares indicated for that award in attached Schedule A reflects the adjustment made to the original size of that award to take into account the actual level at which the applicable performance goals were in fact attained.  Accordingly, at the time of cancellation, Cancelled Award One was only a service-vesting award for the indicated number of shares of A&B Holdings common stock.

 

The Award Date for Substitute Award One is June 29, 2012.  Attached Schedule A sets forth the following information with respect to Substitute Award One:

 

·                                           The number of shares of Common Stock subject to such award.

 

·                                           The date or dates on which the shares of Common Stock subject to the award will vest in one or more installments.  Each such installment vesting date is hereby designated a “ Vesting Date ”.  The vesting schedule for the shares of Common Stock subject to Substitute Award One shall be the same vesting schedule in effect for the shares of A&B Holdings common stock subject to Cancelled Award One at the time of cancellation hereunder, and no accelerated vesting of the shares of Common Stock subject to Substitute Award One shall occur by reason of the A&B Distribution.  However, one or more such shares may be subject to accelerated vesting in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph 3 or Paragraph 5 of this Agreement.

 

B.                                      Award Two (if applicable)

 

The Corporation hereby awards to Participant, as of the Award Date, a restricted stock unit award under the Plan (“ Substitute Award Two ”) in full cancellation and substitution for the restricted stock unit award that is currently held by Participant under the Holdings 2007 Plan and identified more particularly as Cancelled Award Two (“ Cancelled Award Two ”)* in attached Schedule A, and Participant shall cease to have any further right or entitlement to acquire any shares of A&B Holdings common stock under Cancelled Award Two.

 

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*  If Cancelled Award Two was originally structured as a performance-based restricted stock unit award, the applicable performance period for that award has been completed and the number of shares indicated for that award in attached Schedule A reflects the adjustment made to the original size of that award to take into account the actual level at which the applicable performance goals were in fact attained.  Accordingly, at the time of cancellation, Cancelled Award Two was only a service-vesting award for the indicated number of shares of A&B Holdings common stock.

 

The Award Date for Substitute Award Two is June 29, 2012.  Attached Schedule A sets forth the following information with respect to Substitute Award Two:

 

·                                           The number of shares of Common Stock subject to such award.

 

·                                           The date or dates on which the shares of Common Stock subject to the award will vest in one or more installments.  Each such installment vesting date is hereby designated a “ Vesting Date ”.  The vesting schedule for the shares of Common Stock subject to Substitute Award Two shall be the same vesting schedule in effect for the shares of A&B Holdings common stock subject to Cancelled Award Two at the time of cancellation hereunder, and no accelerated vesting of the shares of Common Stock subject to Substitute Award Two shall occur by reason of the A&B Distribution.  However, one or more such shares may be subject to accelerated vesting in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph 3 or Paragraph 5 of this Agreement.

 

C.                                      Award Three (if applicable)

 

The Corporation hereby awards to Participant, as of the Award Date, a restricted stock unit award under the Plan (“ Substitute Award Three ”) in full cancellation and substitution for the restricted stock unit award that is currently held by Participant under the Holdings 2007 Plan and identified more particularly as Cancelled Award Three (“ Cancelled Award Three ”)* in attached Schedule A, and Participant shall cease to have any further right or entitlement to acquire any shares of A&B Holdings common stock under Cancelled Award Three.

 


*  If Cancelled Award Three was originally structured as a performance-based restricted stock unit award, the applicable performance period for that award has been completed and the number of shares indicated for that award in attached Schedule A reflects the adjustment made to the original size of that award to take into account the actual level at which the applicable performance goals were in fact attained.  Accordingly, at the time of cancellation, Cancelled Award Three was only a service-vesting award for the indicated number of shares of A&B Holdings common stock.

 

The Award Date for Substitute Award Three is June 29, 2012.  Attached Schedule A sets forth the following information with respect to Substitute Award Three:

 

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·                                           The number of shares of Common Stock subject to such award.

 

·                                           The date or dates on which the shares of Common Stock subject to the award will vest in one or more installments.  Each such installment vesting date is hereby designated a “ Vesting Date ”.  The vesting schedule for the shares of Common Stock subject to Substitute Award Three shall be the same vesting schedule in effect for the shares of A&B Holdings common stock subject to Cancelled Award Three at the time of cancellation hereunder, and no accelerated vesting of the shares of Common Stock subject to Substitute Award Two shall occur by reason of the A&B Distribution.  However, one or more such shares may be subject to accelerated vesting in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph 3 or Paragraph 5 of this Agreement.

 

D.                                     Anti-Dilution Adjustments

 

The number of shares of Common Stock subject to each Substitute Award has been determined by multiplying the number of shares of A&B Holdings common stock subject to the corresponding Cancelled Award (as set forth in attached Schedule A) immediately prior to the A&B Distribution by a fraction the numerator of which is the sum of the closing “when issued” price per share of the Common Stock on the Distribution Date plus the closing price of A&B Holdings common stock as traded on an ex-distribution basis on that same trading day and the denominator is the closing “when issued” price per share of the Common Stock on the Distribution Date. Any resulting fractional share of Common Stock has been rounded down to the next whole share.

 

The foregoing calculation as to the number of shares of Common Stock subject to each Substitute Award is intended to ensure that the aggregate fair market value of the number of shares of Common Stock subject to that Substitute Award immediately after the A&B Distribution remains substantially equal to (and not greater than) the same aggregate fair market value of the number of shares of A&B Holdings common stock subject to the corresponding Cancelled Award immediately prior to the A&B Distribution.

 

E.                                       Dividend Equivalent Rights .

 

Notwithstanding the cancellation of each of the Cancelled Awards identified above, any amounts that are otherwise credited to Participant under each such Cancelled Award on the cancellation date (the Award Date specified above for the corresponding Substitute Award) pursuant to the dividend equivalent provisions of the RSU Award Agreement for that Cancelled Award but that have not yet been distributed shall subsequently be distributed to Participant in accordance with the distribution provisions (including the timing and method of distribution) of that RSU Award Agreement applicable to such dividend equivalents, and nothing in this Agreement shall affect Participant’s right and entitlement to receive such credited amount in accordance with the terms and conditions of those distribution provisions.  However, Participant shall have no further dividend equivalent rights under the Cancelled Awards with respect to any dividends or distributions paid on A&B Holdings common stock on or after the cancellation date, but shall have continuing dividend-equivalent rights under this Agreement with respect to any dividends or distributions paid on the Corporation’s Common Stock.

 

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F.                                       Remaining Terms of Substitute Awards.

 

The remaining terms and provisions of each Substitute Award are the same as the terms and provisions in effect under the corresponding Cancelled Award at the time of cancellation hereunder. Accordingly, the following terms and provisions in effect under the Cancelled Awards are hereby incorporated into this Agreement.

 

2.                                        Limited Transferability .  Prior to the actual issuance of the Shares which vest hereunder under each Substitute Award, Participant may not transfer any interest in the restricted stock units subject to that Substitute Award or the underlying Shares or pledge or otherwise hedge the sale of those units or Shares, including (without limitation) any short sale or any acquisition or disposition of any put or call option or other instrument tied to the value of those Shares. However, any Shares which vest under one or more Substitute Awards but otherwise remain unissued at the time of Participant’s death may be transferred pursuant to the provisions of Participant’s will or the laws of inheritance or to Participant’s designated beneficiary or beneficiaries of those Substitute Awards.  Participant may also direct the Corporation to record the ownership of any Shares which in fact vest and become issuable under one or more Substitute Awards in the name of a revocable living trust established for the exclusive benefit of Participant or Participant and his or her spouse. Participant may make such a beneficiary designation or ownership directive at any time by filing the appropriate form with the Plan Administrator or its designee.

 

3.                                        Cessation of Service .

 

(a)                                   Except to the extent otherwise provided in this Paragraph 3 or Paragraph 5 below, should Participant cease Service for any reason prior to vesting in one or more Shares subject to any Substitute Award, then that Substitute Award shall be immediately cancelled with respect to those unvested Shares, and the number of restricted stock units shall be reduced accordingly. Participant shall thereupon cease to have any right or entitlement to receive any Shares under those cancelled units.

 

(b)                                  Should Participant’s Service terminate by reason of his or her death or Permanent Disability prior to vesting in one or more Shares subject to any Substitute Award, then the restricted stock units subject to that Substitute Award shall vest in full upon Participant’s termination of Service. The Shares subject to those vested units shall be issued in accordance with the applicable provisions of Paragraph 7.

 

(c)                                   Should Participant’s Service terminate by reason of his or her Early Retirement or Normal Retirement prior to vesting in all the Shares subject to a Substitute Award in accordance with the annual installment vesting schedule specified for that Substitute Award in attached Schedule A, then Participant shall immediately vest in that number of additional Shares (if any) in which Participant would have otherwise been vested at the time of such termination had the Shares subject to that Substitute Award vested in a series of successive

 

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equal monthly installments over the duration of the vesting schedule specified for that Substitute Award in attached Schedule A.  The Shares which are deemed to vest on the basis of such monthly installment vesting schedule shall, together with any other Shares which are at the time vested but unissued under that Substitute Award, be issued in accordance with the applicable provisions of Paragraph 7.  The balance of that Substitute Award shall be immediately cancelled and cease to be outstanding upon such termination of Service.

 

4.                                        Stockholder Rights and Dividend Equivalents

 

(a)                                   The holder of one or more Substitute Awards hereunder shall not have any stockholder rights, including voting, dividend or liquidation rights, with respect to the Shares subject to each such Substitute Award until such person holder becomes the record holder of those Shares following their actual issuance upon the Corporation’s collection of the applicable Withholding Taxes.

 

(b)                                  Notwithstanding the foregoing, should any dividend or other distribution payable other than in shares of Common Stock, whether regular or extraordinary, be declared and paid on the Corporation’s outstanding Common Stock in one or more calendar years during which Shares remain subject to one or more Substitute Awards (i.e., those Shares are not otherwise issued and outstanding for purposes of entitlement to the dividend or distribution), then a special book account shall be established for Participant with respect to each such Substitute Award and credited with a phantom dividend equivalent to the actual dividend or distribution which would have been paid on the Shares subject to that Substitute Award had they been issued and outstanding and entitled to that dividend or distribution. The phantom dividend equivalents so credited to the Participant’s book account for each calendar quarter that such Substitute Award remains outstanding in whole or in part shall be distributed to Participant (in cash or such other form as the Plan Administrator may deem appropriate in its sole discretion) on the last business day of that calendar quarter. However, each such distribution shall be subject to the Corporation’s collection of the Withholding Taxes applicable to that distribution.

 

5.                                        Change in Control

 

(a)                                   Each Substitute Award, to the extent outstanding at the time of a Change in Control, may be assumed by the successor entity or otherwise continued in full force and effect or may be replaced with a cash retention account established by the successor entity.  Any such assumption or continuation of one or more Substitute Awards shall be effected in accordance with Paragraph 5(b) below. Any cash retention account established in replacement of any Substitute Award shall initially be credited with the fair market value (at the effective time of the Change in Control) of the Shares subject to that Substitute Award at that time, and interest shall accrue on the outstanding balance of such account, for the period commencing with the closing date of the Change in Control and continuing through the date of the final payment of the account, including any deferred payment date under Paragraph 8, at a variable per annum rate, compounded semi-annually, equal to the prime rate of interest as in effect from time to time during such period, as determined on the basis of the prime rate quotations published in The Wall Street Journal .  The cash retention account for each Substitute Award shall vest and be paid out in accordance with the same vesting and payment schedule applicable to that Substitute

 

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Award, as set forth for that Substitute Award in attached Schedule A and in Paragraph 7 below, and the Participant’s interest in such account shall at all times be that of a general, unsecured creditor.  In the event of the assumption or continuation of any Substitute Award or such replacement of that Substitute Award with a cash retention account, no accelerated vesting of the restricted stock units subject to that Substitute Award or the underlying Shares shall occur at the time of the Change in Control, and the Service-vesting provisions set forth for that Substitute Award in attached Schedule A shall continue in full force and effect.

 

(b)                                  In the event any Substitute Award is assumed or otherwise continued in effect, the restricted stock units subject to that Substitute Award shall be adjusted immediately after the consummation of the Change in Control so as to apply to the number and class of securities into which the Shares subject to those units immediately prior to the Change in Control would have been converted in consummation of that Change in Control had those Shares actually been issued and outstanding at that time.  To the extent the actual holders of the outstanding Common Stock receive cash consideration for their Common Stock in consummation of the Change in Control, the successor corporation (or parent entity) may, in connection with the assumption or continuation of one or more Substitute Awards, but subject to the Plan Administrator’s approval prior to the Change in Control, substitute under each such Substitute Award one or more shares of its own common stock with a fair market value equivalent to the cash consideration paid per share of Common Stock in the Change in Control transaction, provided such common stock is readily tradable on an established U.S. securities exchange or market.

 

(c)                                   Upon Participant’s Separation from Service due to an Involuntary Termination within twelve (12) months following a Change in Control in which one or more Substitute Awards are assumed or otherwise continued in effect, all of the restricted stock units at the time subject to each such assumed or continued Substitute Award shall vest, and the Shares underlying those units shall be issued to Participant in accordance with the applicable provisions of Paragraph 7.  Should the restricted stock units subject to any Substitute Award be replaced with a cash retention account in accordance with Paragraph 5(a), then the balance credited to Participant under that account at the time of his Separation from Service due to such Involuntary Termination shall immediately vest and shall be distributed to Participant in accordance with the applicable provisions of Paragraph 7; provided, however, that Participant shall vest and be entitled to such distribution only if such Involuntary Termination occurs within twelve (12) months following the Change in Control.

 

(d)                                  If the restricted stock units subject to any Substitute Award at the time of the Change in Control are not assumed or otherwise continued in effect or replaced with a cash retention account in accordance with Paragraph 5(a), then those units shall vest immediately prior to the closing of the Change in Control, and Participant shall become entitled to a vested distribution with respect to that Substitute Award in accordance with the applicable provisions of Paragraph 7.

 

(e)                                   This Agreement shall not in any way affect the right of the Corporation to adjust, reclassify, reorganize or otherwise change its capital or business structure or to merge, consolidate, dissolve, liquidate or sell or transfer all or any part of its business or assets.

 

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6.                                        Adjustment in Shares .  Should any change be made to the Common Stock by reason of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, combination of shares, exchange of shares, spin-off transaction, extraordinary dividend or distribution or other change affecting the outstanding Common Stock as a class without the Corporation’s receipt of consideration, or should the value of outstanding shares of Common Stock be substantially reduced as a result of a spin-off transaction or an extraordinary dividend or distribution, or should there occur any merger, consolidation or other reorganization, then equitable adjustments shall be made by the Plan Administrator to the total number and/or class of securities issuable under each Substitute Award in order to reflect such change and thereby prevent a dilution or enlargement of benefits hereunder. In making such equitable adjustments, the Plan Administrator shall take into account any amounts credited to Participant’s book account with respect to that Substitute Award under Paragraph 4(b) in connection with the transaction, and the determination of the Plan Administrator shall be final, binding and conclusive.  In the event of any Change in Control transaction, the adjustment provisions of Paragraph 5(b) shall be controlling.

 

7.                                        Issuance or Distribution of Shares or Other Vested Amounts.

 

(a)                                   The following provisions shall govern the issuance of the Shares (or any replacement or substitute amounts under Paragraph 5) which vest under each Substitute Award in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement:

 

(i)                                      On each Vesting Date specified for the applicable Substitute Award in attached Schedule A, the Shares which vest at that time under that Substitute Award or which are otherwise deemed to have vested during the twelve (12)-month period ending with that date but have not otherwise been issued in accordance with any other applicable provision of this Paragraph 7(a) shall be issued.

 

(ii)                                   Shares which vest under any Substitute Award on an accelerated basis upon the Participant’s cessation of Service under Paragraph 3(b) or 3(c) or upon an Involuntary Termination under Paragraph 5(c) shall be issued on the date of Participant’s Separation from Service due to such cessation of Service or Involuntary Termination. Any distribution from the cash retention account with respect to that Substitute Award to which Participant becomes entitled under Paragraph 5(c) upon such his or her Involuntary Termination shall be paid in a lump sum on the date of his or her Separation from Service due to such Involuntary Termination.  However, any issuance or distribution pursuant to the provisions of this subparagraph (ii) shall be subject to the deferred issuance provisions of Paragraph 8, to the extent applicable.

 

(iii)                                Shares which vest under any Substitute Award in accordance with Paragraph 5(d) shall be converted into the right to receive the same consideration per share of Common Stock payable to the other stockholders

 

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of the Corporation in consummation of the Change in Control transaction, and such consideration per Share shall, with respect to the Shares subject to each such Substitute Award, be distributed to Participant upon the earliest to occur of (i) the Vesting and Issuance Date on which the particular Shares to which such consideration relates would have been issued under that Substitute Award in the absence of such Change in Control, (ii) the date of Participant’s Separation from Service or (iii) the first date following a Qualifying Change in Control on which the distribution can be made without contravention of any applicable provisions of Code Section 409A.

 

(iv)                               To the extent the consideration payable per share of Common Stock in the Change in Control is in the form of cash, a fully-vested cash retention account shall be established by the successor entity for each Substitute Award outstanding at the time of such Change in Control as to which one or more Shares subject to that Substitute Award vest on an accelerated basis under Paragraph 5(d).  Each such account shall be credited with the cash consideration payable for the Shares that so vest under the applicable Substitute Award, and interest shall accrue on the outstanding balance of that account, for the period commencing with the closing date of the Change in Control and continuing through the date of the final payment of the account, including any deferred payment date under Paragraph 8, at a variable per annum rate, compounded semi-annually, equal to the prime rate of interest as in effect from time to time during such period, as determined on the basis of the prime rate quotations published in The Wall Street Journal . Each cash retention account, together with all accrued interest thereon through the actual payment date, shall be distributed in accordance with the same distribution provisions in effect under Paragraph 7(a)(iii) for the Shares subject to the Substitute Award to which that cash retention account relates, and the Participant’s interest in the account shall at all times be that of a general, unsecured creditor.

 

(v)                                  Any issuance or distribution to be made pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Paragraph 7(a) shall be made on the designated issuance or distribution date hereunder or as soon as administratively practicable thereafter. In no event, however, shall such issuance or distribution be made later than the fifteenth (15th) day of the third (3rd) calendar month following that designated issuance or distribution date.

 

(vi)                               Each issuance or distribution to be made pursuant to this Paragraph 7(a) shall be subject to the Corporation’s collection of all applicable Withholding Taxes, in accordance with the provisions of Paragraphs 7(b) and 7(c).

 

(vii)                            Any Shares to be issued to Participant in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Paragraph 7(a) shall in the form of a book entry evidencing ownership of those Shares. Actual certificates for any vested Shares evidenced by book entry ownership shall be promptly delivered upon the request of Participant or any other person having an interest at the time in those Shares.

 

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(b)                                  The Corporation shall collect the Withholding Taxes with respect to each non-Share distribution by withholding a portion of that distribution equal to the amount of the applicable Withholding Taxes, with the cash portion of the distribution to be the first portion so withheld.

 

(c)                                   Unless Participant (i) otherwise makes satisfactory arrangements with the Corporation’s Human Resources Department, on or before the expiration of the designated notification period preceding each applicable issuance date for the Shares subject to each Substitute Award, to pay the applicable Withholding Taxes through the delivery of a check payable to the Corporation in the amount of such Withholding Taxes and (ii) in fact delivers such check to the Corporation not later than that issuance date, the Corporation shall collect the Withholding Taxes applicable to the Share issuance through the following automatic share withholding method:

 

·                                           On each applicable issuance date for the Shares subject to each Substitute Award, the Corporation shall withhold, from the vested Shares otherwise issuable to Participant under that Substitute Award, a portion of those Shares with a Fair Market Value (measured as of the issuance date) equal to the applicable Withholding Taxes; provided, however , that the number of Shares which the Corporation shall be required to so withhold shall not exceed in Fair Market Value the amount necessary to satisfy the Corporation’s required tax withholding obligations using the minimum statutory withholding rates for federal and state tax purposes, including payroll taxes, that are applicable to supplemental taxable income.

 

(d)                                  Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Paragraph 7, the employee portion of the federal, state and local employment taxes required to be withheld by the Corporation in connection with the vesting of the Shares under each Substitute Award or any other amounts hereunder relating to each Substitute Award (the “Employment Taxes”) shall in all events be collected from the Participant no later than the last business day of the calendar year in which those Shares or other amounts vest hereunder.  Accordingly, to the extent the applicable issuance date for one or more vested Shares under any Substitute Award or the distribution date for such other amounts relating to that Substitute Award is to occur in a year subsequent to the calendar year in which those Shares or other amounts vest under that Substitute Award, the Participant shall, on or before the last business day of the calendar year in which the Shares or other amounts vest, deliver to the Corporation a check payable to its order in the dollar amount equal to the Employment Taxes required to be withheld with respect to those Shares or other amounts.  The provisions of this Paragraph 7(d) shall be applicable only to the extent necessary to comply with the applicable tax withholding requirements of Code Section 3121(v).

 

(e)                                   Except as otherwise provided in Paragraph 5 or this Paragraph 7, the settlement of all restricted stock units which vest under each Substitute Award shall be made solely in shares of Common Stock.  In no event, however, shall any fractional shares be issued under any Substitute Award.  Accordingly, the total number of shares of Common Stock to be issued at the time each Substitute Award vests shall, to the extent necessary, be rounded down to the next whole share in order to avoid the issuance of a fractional share.

 

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8.                                        Deferred Issue Date.   Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Agreement, to the extent any Substitute Award may be deemed to create a deferred compensation arrangement under Code Section 409A, then the following limitation shall apply to that Substitute Award:

 

·                                           No Shares or other amounts which become issuable or distributable under that Substitute Award upon Participant’s Separation from Service shall actually be issued or distributed to Participant prior to the earlier of (i) the first (1st) day of the seventh (7th) month following the date of such Separation from Service or (ii) the date of Participant’s death, if Participant is deemed at the time of such Separation from Service to be a specified employee under Section 1.409A-1(i) of the Treasury Regulations issued under Code Section 409A, as determined by the Plan Administrator in accordance with consistent and uniform standards applied to all other Code Section 409A arrangements of the Corporation, and such delayed commencement is otherwise required in order to avoid a prohibited distribution under Code Section 409A(a)(2).  The deferred Shares or other distributable amount shall be issued or distributed in a lump sum on the first (1st) day of the seventh (7th) month following the date of Participant’s Separation from Service or, if earlier, the first day of the month immediately following the date the Corporation receives proof of Participant’s death.

 

9.                                        Compliance with Laws and Regulations .  The issuance of shares of Common Stock pursuant to each Substitute Award shall be subject to compliance by the Corporation and Participant with all applicable requirements of law relating thereto and with all applicable regulations of any Stock Exchange on which the Common Stock may be listed for trading at the time of such issuance.

 

10.                                  Section 409A Compliance .   All anti-dilution adjustments made to each Substitute Award pursuant to this Agreement shall be effected in accordance with all applicable requirements and limitations of Section 409A of the Code and the applicable Treasury Regulations thereunder, and the terms and provisions of this Agreement shall be interpreted and applied in such manner that shall avoid any violation or contravention of the applicable Section 409A requirements and limitations

 

11.                                  Change in Control Benefits Agreement .  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, if Participant is, at the time of a change in control or ownership of the Corporation (whether or not that transaction constitutes a Change in Control hereunder), a party to a Change in Control Benefits Agreement with the Corporation, then the provisions of that agreement shall, to the extent applicable to one or more Substitute Awards, govern Participant’s rights and benefits with respect to the restricted stock units and underlying Shares subject to that Substitute Award, and in the event of any conflict between the provisions of that Change in Control Benefits Agreement and this Agreement, the provisions of the Change in Control Benefits Agreement shall be controlling; provided, however, that in the event there is any conflict between the issuance or distribution provisions of this Agreement applicable to that Substitute Award and the issuance or distribution provisions of the Change in Control Benefits Agreement, the issuance and distribution provisions of this Agreement shall be controlling.

 

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12.                                  Notices .  Any notice required to be given or delivered to the Corporation under the terms of this Agreement shall be in writing and addressed to the Corporation at its principal corporate offices.  Any notice required to be given or delivered to Participant shall be in writing and addressed to Participant at the address indicated below Participant’s signature line. All notices shall be deemed effective upon personal delivery or upon deposit in the U.S. mail, postage prepaid and properly addressed to the party to be notified.

 

13.                                  Successors and Assigns .  Except to the extent otherwise provided in this Agreement, the provisions of this Agreement shall, with respect to each Substitute Award, inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the Corporation and its successors and assigns and Participant, Participant’s assigns, the legal representatives, heirs and legatees of Participant’s estate and any beneficiaries of one or more Substitute Awards designated by Participant.

 

14.                                  Construction .

 

(a)                                   This Agreement and the Substitute Awards evidenced hereby are made and granted pursuant to the Plan and are in all respects limited by and subject to the terms of the Plan and any applicable Change in Control Benefits Agreement.  All decisions of the Plan Administrator with respect to any question or issue arising under the Plan or this Agreement shall be conclusive and binding on all persons having an interest in one or more Substitute Awards.

 

(b)                                  To the extent there is any ambiguity as to whether any provision of this Agreement would otherwise contravene one or more requirements or limitations of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder, such provision shall be interpreted and applied in a manner that complies with the applicable requirements of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder.

 

(c)                                   Participant hereby acknowledges the receipt of a copy of the official prospectus for the Plan.  A copy of the Plan is available upon request made to the Human Resources Department at the Corporation’s principal offices (822 Bishop Street, Honolulu, HI 96813).

 

15.                                  Governing Law .  The interpretation, performance and enforcement of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Hawaii without resort to that State’s conflict-of-laws rules.

 

16.                                  Coverage under Recoupment Policy . If Participant is on the Award Date, or at any time thereafter becomes, either an executive officer of the Corporation subject to Section 16 of the 1934 Act, or a participant in the Corporation’s Performance Improvement Incentive Plan, then Participant shall be subject to the Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. Policy Regarding Recoupment of Certain Compensation, effective as of June 29, 2012 (the “ Recoupment Policy ”), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and

 

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receipt of a copy of which Participant hereby acknowledges. If Participant is subject to the Recoupment Policy, then any incentive compensation that is paid or granted to, or received by, Participant on or after June 29, 2012 (including, without limitation, any incentive compensation that the Corporation pays to Participant on or after June 29, 2012 pursuant to an incentive compensation award made to Participant prior to June 29, 2012, whether that award was made by the Corporation or any predecessor entity) and during the three-year period preceding the date on which the Corporation is required to prepare an accounting restatement due to material non-compliance with any applicable financial reporting requirements under the federal securities laws shall be subject to recovery and recoupment pursuant to the terms of such policy.  For purposes of such Recoupment Policy, “ incentive compensation ” means any cash or equity-based award (e.g., stock award, restricted stock unit award or stock option grant or shares of Common Stock issued thereunder) or any profit sharing payment or distribution that is based upon the achievement of financial performance metrics.  An additional copy of the Recoupment Policy is available upon request made to the Corporate Secretary at the Corporation’s principal offices.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF , Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. has caused this Universal Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement for Substitute Awards to be executed on its behalf by its duly-authorized officer as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

ALEXANDER & BALDWIN, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

 

The undersigned acknowledges receipt of the foregoing Universal Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement for Substitute Awards in full cancellation and replacement of the restricted stock unit awards the undersigned previously held under Alexander & Baldwin Holding’s Inc. assumed 2007 Incentive Compensation Plan and hereby agrees to be bound by all the terms and provisions of this Universal Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement for Substitute Awards and shall have no further right or interest in the restricted stock unit awards hereby cancelled as a result of such Substitute Awards and shall no further right or entitlement to acquire any shares of A&B Holdings common stock under such cancelled awards.

 

 

 

 

 

 

PARTICIPANT

 

 

 

 

 

ADDRESS:

 

 

 

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APPENDIX A

 

DEFINITIONS

 

The following definitions shall be in effect under the Agreement:

 

A.                                    Agreement shall mean this Universal Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement for Substitute Awards.

 

B.                                      Award Date shall mean the date on which the various restricted stock unit awards are made to Participant pursuant to the Agreement and shall be the date specified in Paragraph 1 of this Agreement.

 

C.                                      Board shall mean the Corporation’s Board of Directors.

 

D.                                     Cause shall mean (i) Participant’s willful and continued failure substantially to perform his duties for the Corporation (other than any such failure resulting from a physical or mental disability) or (ii) Participant’s engaging in any willful conduct that is demonstrably and materially injurious to the Corporation, monetarily or otherwise.  For purposes of such definition, the term “willful” means that the act or omission in question was undertaken by Participant not in good faith and without any reasonable belief that the act or omission was in the best interest of the Corporation.

 

E.                                       Change in Control shall mean a change of ownership or control of the Corporation effected through any of the following transactions:

 

(i)                                      a merger, consolidation or other reorganization approved by the Corporation’s stockholders, unless securities representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting power of the voting securities of the successor corporation are immediately thereafter beneficially owned, directly or indirectly and in substantially the same proportion, by the persons who beneficially owned the Corporation’s outstanding voting securities immediately prior to such transaction,

 

(ii)                                   a sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s assets,

 

(iii)                                the closing of any transaction or series of related transactions pursuant to which any person or any group of persons comprising a “group” within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) of the 1934 Act (other than the Corporation or a person that, prior to such transaction or series of related transactions, directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by or is under common control with, the Corporation) acquires directly or indirectly (whether as a result of a single acquisition or by reason of one or more acquisitions within the twelve (12)-month period ending with the most recent acquisition) beneficial ownership

 



 

(within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the 1934 Act) of securities possessing (or convertible into or exercisable for securities possessing) thirty-five percent (35%) or more of the total combined voting power of the Corporation’s securities (as measured in terms of the power to vote with respect to the election of Board members) outstanding immediately after the consummation of such transaction or series of related transactions, whether such transaction involves a direct issuance from the Corporation or the acquisition of outstanding securities held by one or more of the Corporation’s existing stockholders, or

 

(iv)                               a change in the composition of the Board over a period of twelve (12) consecutive months or less such that a majority of the Board members ceases, by reason of one or more contested elections for Board membership, to be comprised of individuals who either (A) have been Board members continuously since the beginning of such period or (B) have been elected or nominated for election as Board members during such period by at least a majority of the Board members described in clause (A) who were still in office at the time the Board approved such election or nomination;

 

provided, however , that in the event Participant is a party to a Change in Control Benefits Agreement applicable to the Award, the term Change in Control shall have the meaning ascribed to that term in such Change in Control Benefits Agreement.

 

F.                                       Change in Control Benefits Agreement shall mean any separate agreement between Participant and the Corporation which provides Participant with special vesting acceleration and/or other special benefits with respect to one or more awards of restricted stock units made to Participant for shares of Common Stock, including (to the extent applicable) the restricted stock units evidenced by this Agreement, in the event of a change in control or ownership of the Corporation (whether or not constituting a Change in Control hereunder).

 

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

 

H.                                     Common Stock shall mean shares of the Corporation’s common stock.

 

I.                                          Corporation shall mean Alexander & Baldwin, Inc., a Hawaii corporation formerly known as A & B II, Inc., and any successor corporation to all or substantially all of the assets or voting stock of Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. which shall by appropriate action adopt the Plan.

 

J.                                         Early Retirement shall mean the Participant’s retirement from Service, with the prior approval of the Corporation (or Parent or Subsidiary employing Participant), on or after the attainment of age fifty-five (55) and the completion of at least five (5) years of Service.

 

K.                                     Employee shall mean an individual who is in the employ of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary), subject to the control and direction of the employer entity as to both the work to be performed and the manner and method of performance.

 

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L.                                       Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on any relevant date shall be the closing selling price per share of Common Stock at the close of regular hours trading (i.e., before after-hours trading beings) on date in question on the Stock Exchange serving as the primary market for the Common Stock, as such price is reported by the National Association of Securities Dealers (if primarily traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market) or as officially quoted in the composite tape of transactions on any other Stock Exchange on which the Common Stock is then primarily traded.  If there is no closing selling price for the Common Stock on the date in question, then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing selling price on the last preceding date for which such quotation exists.

 

M.                                  Good Reason shall mean the occurrence of any of the following events effected without Participant’s consent: (A) a change in Participant’s position with the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary employing Participant) which materially reduces Participant’s duties and responsibilities or the level of management to which Participant reports, (B) a relocation of Participant’s principal place of employment by more than fifty (50) miles, (C) a reduction in Participant’s level of compensation, as measured in terms of base salary, fringe benefits and target annual incentive payment, by more than ten percent (10%) or (D) the failure by the Corporation to continue in effect any stock option or other equity-based plan in which Participant is participating, or in which Participant is entitled to participate, immediately prior to a change in control of the Corporation, unless an equitable arrangement (embodied in an ongoing substitute or alternative plan) has been made with respect to such plan; or the failure by the Corporation to continue Participant’s participation therein (or in such substitute or alternative plan) on a substantially equivalent basis, both in terms of the amount or timing of payment of benefits provided and the level of Participant’s participation relative to other participants, as existed immediately prior to the change in control of the Corporation.

 

However, in the event Participant is at the time of his or her cessation of Employee status a party to a Change in Control Benefits Agreement applicable to the Award evidenced by this Agreement, the term Good Reason shall have the meaning ascribed to that term in such Change in Control Benefits Agreement.

 

N.                                     Involuntary Termination shall mean the Participant’s Separation from Service status by reason of:

 

(i)                                      Participant’s involuntary dismissal or discharge by the Corporation for reasons other than for Cause, or

 

(ii)                                   Participant’s voluntary resignation for Good Reason.

 

O.                                     1934 Act shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.

 

P.                                       Normal Retirement shall mean shall mean the cessation of Service by reason of retirement at or after the attainment of age sixty-five (65).

 

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Q.                                     Participant shall mean the person to whom the Substitute Awards are made pursuant to the Agreement.

 

R.                                      Parent shall mean any corporation (other than the Corporation) in an unbroken chain of corporations ending with the Corporation, provided each corporation in the unbroken chain (other than the Corporation) owns, at the time of the determination, stock possessing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in such chain.

 

S.                                       Permanent Disability shall mean the inability of Participant to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment expected to result in death or to be of continuous duration of twelve (12) months or more.

 

T.                                      Plan shall mean the Corporation’s 2012 Incentive Compensation Plan.

 

U.                                     Plan Administrator shall mean either the Board or a committee of the Board acting in its capacity as administrator of the Plan.

 

V.                                      Qualifying Change in Control shall mean the date on which there occurs a Change in Control that also qualifies as: (i) a change in the ownership of the Corporation, as determined in accordance with Section 1.409A-3(i)((5)(v) of the Treasury Regulations, (ii) a change in the effective control of the Corporation, as determined in accordance with Section 1.409A-3(i)((5)(vi) of the Treasury Regulations, or (iii) a change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the Corporation, as determined in accordance with Section 1.409A-3(i)((5)(vii) of the Treasury Regulations.

 

W.                                 Separation from Service shall mean the Participant’s cessation of Employee status by reason of his or her death, retirement or termination of employment.  The Participant shall be deemed to have terminated employment for such purpose at such time as the level of his or her bona fide services to be performed as an Employee (or as a consultant or independent contractor) permanently decreases to a level that is less than fifty percent (50%) of the average level of services he or she rendered as an Employee during the immediately preceding thirty-six (36) months (or such shorter period for which he or she may have rendered such services).  Solely for purposes of determining when a Separation from Service occurs, Participant will be deemed to continue in “Employee” status for so long as he or she remains in the employ of one or more members of the Employer Group, subject to the control and direction of the employer entity as to both the work to be performed and the manner and method of performance. “Employer Group” means the Corporation and any Parent or Subsidiary and any other corporation or business controlled by, controlling or under common control with, the Corporation, as determined in accordance with Sections 414(b) and (c) of the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder, except that in applying Sections 1563(1), (2) and (3) of the Code for purposes of determining the controlled group of corporations under Section 414(b), the phrase “at least 50 percent” shall be used instead of “at least 80 percent” each place the latter phrase appears in such sections and in applying Section 1.414(c)-2 of the Treasury Regulations for purposes of determining trades or businesses that are under common control for purposes of

 

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Section 414(c), the phrase “at least 50 percent” shall be used instead of “at least 80 percent” each place the latter phrase appears in Section 1.4.14(c)-2 of the Treasury Regulations.  Any such determination as to Separation from Service, however, shall be made in accordance with the applicable standards of the Treasury Regulations issued under Section 409A of the Code.  Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this definition, a Separation from Service will not be deemed to occur in the event that (i) A&B Holdings effects a distribution of all of the outstanding common stock of the Corporation to the holders of the outstanding common stock of A&B Holdings in a spin-off transaction and (ii) Participant, if in the Service of the Corporation (or any Subsidiary of the Corporation) immediately prior to the spin-off distribution, continues to remain in such Service relationship immediately after the spin-off distribution. However, should Participant experience a permanent reduction in his or her level of services to the less than fifty percent (50%) level specified in the preceding provisions of this Separation from Service definition, whether that reduction occurs before or after such spin-off distribution, then Participant shall immediately upon such permanent reduction in the level of his or her services incur a Separation from Service.

 

X.                                     Service shall mean Participant’s performance of services for the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) in the capacity of an Employee, a non-employee member of the board of directors or a consultant or independent advisor.  In addition, the following provisions shall govern the determination of Participant’s period of Service:

 

(i)                                      Participant shall be deemed to continue in Service for so long as Participant performs services for the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) in the capacity of an Employee, a non-employee member of the board of directors or a consultant or independent advisor.

 

(ii)                                   Participant shall be deemed to cease Service immediately upon the occurrence of the either of the following events: (a) Participant no longer performs services in any of the foregoing capacities for the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) or (b) the entity for which Participant performs such services ceases to remain a Parent or Subsidiary of the Corporation, even though Participant may subsequently continue to perform services for that entity.

 

(iii)                                Notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraph (ii) above, should A&B Holdings effect a distribution of all of the outstanding common stock of the Corporation to the holders of the outstanding common stock of A&B Holdings in a spin-off transaction, then Participant shall be deemed to continue in Service for so long as Participant performs services following such spin-off distribution (and prior to Participant’s Separation from Service date) in the capacity of an employee, a non-employee member of the board of directors or a consultant or independent advisor with the Corporation (or any Parent (other than A&B Holdings) or Subsidiary of the Corporation) if Participant’s Service relationship is with any of those entities immediately prior to the spin-off distribution.  Accordingly, for so long as Participant remains in such Service relationship following the spin-off distribution (and prior to Participant’s Separation from Service date), each Substitute Award shall remain in full force and effect and Participant shall continue to vest in that Substitute Award.

 

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(iv)                               For purposes of the Service-vesting schedule in effect for the unvested portion of each Substitute Award, Participant shall receive Service credit for his or her period of continuous service with A&B Holdings or its subsidiaries, in one or more of the foregoing Service capacities, from the most recent vesting date for the Cancelled Award which that Substitute Award replaces (or the award date if that Cancelled Award has not yet reached its first scheduled vesting date) through the Distribution Date.

 

(v)                                  Service as an Employee shall not be deemed to cease during a period of military leave, sick leave or other personal leave approved by the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) employing Participant; provided, however, that the following special provisions shall be in effect for any such leave:

 

a.                                        Should the period of such leave (other than a disability leave) exceed six (6) months, then Participant shall be deemed to cease Service and to incur a Separation from Service upon the expiration of the initial six (6)-month period of that leave, unless Participant retains a right to re-employment under applicable law or by contract with the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) employing Participant.

 

b.                                       Should the period of a disability leave exceed twenty-nine (29) months, then Participant shall be deemed to cease Service and to incur a Separation from Service upon the expiration of the initial twenty-nine (29)-month period of that leave, unless Participant retains a right to re-employment under applicable law or by contract with the Corporation.  For such purpose, a disability leave shall be a leave of absence due to any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or to last for a continuous period of not less than six (6) months and causes Participant to be unable to perform the duties of his or her position of employment (or any substantially similar position of employment) with the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary).

 

c.                                        Except to the extent otherwise required by law or expressly authorized by the Plan Administrator or by the written policy on leaves of absence of the Corporation no Service credit shall be given for vesting purposes for any period Participant is on a leave of absence.

 

(vi)                               Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing provisions of this Service definition, the Participant shall in all events be deemed to cease Service for all purposes of this Award immediately upon Participant’s incurrence of a Separation from Service.

 

Y.                                      Shares shall mean the shares of Common Stock subject to each Substitute Award made hereunder.

 

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Z.                                      Stock Exchange shall mean the American Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq Global or Global Select Market or the New York Stock Exchange.

 

AA.                          Subsidiary shall mean any corporation (other than the Corporation) in an unbroken chain of corporations beginning with the Corporation, provided each corporation (other than the last corporation) in the unbroken chain owns, at the time of the determination, stock possessing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in such chain.  The term Subsidiary shall also include any wholly-owned limited liability company in such chain of subsidiaries that is disregarded for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

 

BB.                              Substitute Awards shall mean the various restricted stock unit awards made to Participant pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

 

CC.                              Withholding Taxes shall mean the federal, state and local income taxes and the employee portion of the federal, state and local employment taxes required to be withheld by the Corporation in connection with the issuance of the shares of Common Stock which vest under one or more of the Substitute Awards and any phantom dividend equivalents distributed with respect to those shares.

 

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SCHEDULE A

 

LIST OF CANCELLED AWARDS AND SUBSTITUTE AWARDS

 


Exhibit 99.19

 

Non-Employee Board Member

No Deferral Elections

 

ALEXANDER & BALDWIN, INC.

 

UNIVERSAL RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT FOR SUBSTITUTE AWARDS

 

UNIVERSAL RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AGREEMENT FOR SUBSTITUTE AWARDS effective as of the close of market on the 29th day of June 2012 by and between Alexander & Baldwin, Inc, a Hawaii corporation (“ Corporation ”), and                                        (“ Participant ”).

 

RECITALS

 

A.                                    The Corporation has implemented the Plan for the purpose of providing eligible persons in the Corporation’s service with the opportunity to participate in one or more cash or equity incentive compensation programs designed to encourage them to continue their service relationship with the Corporation.

 

B.                                      The Plan contains an anti-dilution feature that allows the Corporation to issue, in connection with certain dilutive transactions, substitute equity awards under such Plan in cancellation of equity awards that are outstanding under 2007 Incentive Compensation Plan, (as amended and restated) that has been assumed by Alexander & Baldwin Holdings, Inc. (the “ Holdings 2007 Plan ”).

 

C.                                      On June 29, 2012 (the “ Distribution Date” ), Alexander & Baldwin Holdings, Inc. (“ A&B Holdings ”) effected a spin-off distribution of the Corporation through a distribution by A&B Holdings of all of the Corporation’s outstanding common stock (“ Common Stock ”) to the holders of the outstanding A&B Holdings common stock (the “ A&B Distribution ”) in accordance with the terms of the Separation and Distribution Agreement by and between Alexander & Baldwin Holdings, Inc. and the Corporation (which was at that time known as A & B II, Inc.) dated as of June 8, 2012.

 

D.                                     The A&B Distribution is one of the dilutive transactions for which anti-dilution protection is provided under the Plan, and the awards evidenced by this Agreement are intended to preserve the intrinsic value of each equity award held by Participant under the Holdings 2007 Plan on the Distribution Date through the substitution of an award under the Plan in cancellation of the corresponding equity award held by Participant under the Holdings 2007 Plan.

 

E.                                       Participant currently holds one or more outstanding equity awards under the Holdings 2007 Plan that were issued to Participant in connection with his or her service as a member of the Board of Directors of Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. (now A&B Holdings) prior to the A&B Distribution.

 



 

E.                                       All capitalized terms in this Agreement, to the extent not otherwise defined in one or more provisions of this Agreement, shall have the meaning assigned to them in the attached Appendix A.

 

NOW, THEREFORE , it is hereby agreed as follows:

 

1.                                        Grant of Restricted Stock Unit Awards .

 

A.                                    Award One

 

The Corporation hereby awards to Participant, as of the Award Date, a restricted stock unit award under the Plan (“ Substitute Award One ”) in full cancellation and substitution for the restricted stock unit award that is currently held by Participant under the Holdings 2007 Plan and more particularly identified as Cancelled Award One (“ Cancelled Award One ”) in attached Schedule A, and Participant shall cease to have any further right or entitlement to acquire any shares of A&B Holdings common stock under Cancelled Award One.

 

The Award Date for Substitute Award One is June 29, 2012.  Attached Schedule A sets forth the following information with respect to Substitute Award One:

 

·                                           The number of shares of Common Stock subject to such award.

 

·                                           The date or dates on which the shares of Common Stock subject to the award will vest in one or more installments.  The vesting schedule for the shares of Common Stock subject to Substitute Award One shall be the same vesting schedule in effect for the shares of A&B Holdings common stock subject to Cancelled Award One at the time of cancellation hereunder, and no accelerated vesting of the shares of Common Stock subject to Substitute Award One shall occur by reason of the A&B Distribution.  However, one or more such shares may be subject to accelerated vesting in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph 3 or Paragraph 5 of this Agreement.

 

Subject to the provisions of Paragraph 7(a), each share of Common Stock in which Participant vests under Substitute Award One in accordance with the vesting schedule set forth for that award in attached Schedule A or pursuant to the vesting acceleration provisions of Paragraph 3 or 5 of this Agreement shall be issued on the date that share vests or as soon thereafter as administratively practicable, but in no event later than the later of (i) the close of the calendar year in which that share vests or (ii) the fifteenth day of the third calendar month following such vesting date (the “ Issuance Date ”).

 

B.                                      Award Two (if applicable)

 

The Corporation hereby awards to Participant, as of the Award Date, a restricted stock unit award under the Plan (“ Substitute Award Two ”) in full cancellation and substitution for the restricted stock unit award that is currently held by Participant under the

 

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Holdings 2007 Plan and more particularly identified as Cancelled Award Two (“ Cancelled Award Two ”) in attached Schedule A, and Participant shall cease to have any further right or entitlement to acquire any shares of A&B Holdings common stock under Cancelled Award Two.

 

The Award Date for Substitute Award Two is June 29, 2012.  Attached Schedule A sets forth the following information with respect to Substitute Award Two:

 

·                                           The number of shares of Common Stock subject to such award.

 

·                                           The date or dates on which the shares of Common Stock subject to the award will vest in one or more installments.  The vesting schedule for the shares of Common Stock subject to Substitute Award Two shall be the same vesting schedule in effect for the shares of A&B Holdings common stock subject to Cancelled Award Two at the time of cancellation hereunder, and no accelerated vesting of the shares of Common Stock subject to Substitute Award Two shall occur by reason of the A&B Distribution.  However, one or more such shares may be subject to accelerated vesting in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph 3 or Paragraph 5 of this Agreement.

 

Subject to the provisions of Paragraph 7(a), each share of Common Stock in which Participant vests under Substitute Award Two in accordance with the vesting schedule set forth for that award in attached Schedule A or pursuant to the vesting acceleration provisions of Paragraph 3 or 5 of this Agreement shall be issued on the date that share vests or as soon thereafter as administratively practicable, but in no event later than the later of (i) the close of the calendar year in which that share vests or (ii) the fifteenth day of the third calendar month following such vesting date (the “ Issuance Date ”).

 

C.                                      Award Three (if applicable)

 

The Corporation hereby awards to Participant, as of the Award Date, a restricted stock unit award under the Plan (“ Substitute Award Three ”) in full cancellation and substitution for the restricted stock unit award that is currently held by Participant under the Holdings 2007 Plan and more particularly identified as Cancelled Award Three (“ Cancelled Award Three ”) in attached Schedule A, and Participant shall cease to have any further right or entitlement to acquire any shares of A&B Holdings common stock under Cancelled Award Three.

 

The Award Date for Substitute Award Three is June 29, 2012.  Attached Schedule A sets forth the following information with respect to Substitute Award Three:

 

·                                           The number of shares of Common Stock subject to such award.

 

·                                           The date or dates on which the shares of Common Stock subject to the award will vest in one or more installments.  The vesting schedule for the shares of Common Stock subject to Substitute Award Three shall be the same vesting schedule in effect for the shares of A&B Holdings common stock subject to Cancelled Award Three at the time of

 

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cancellation hereunder, and no accelerated vesting of the shares of Common Stock subject to Substitute Award Three shall occur by reason of the A&B Distribution.  However, one or more such shares may be subject to accelerated vesting in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph 3 or Paragraph 5 of this Agreement.

 

Subject to the provisions of Paragraph 7(a), each share of Common Stock in which Participant vests under Substitute Award Three in accordance with the vesting schedule set forth for that award in attached Schedule A or pursuant to the vesting acceleration provisions of Paragraph 3 or 5 of this Agreement shall be issued on the date that share vests or as soon thereafter as administratively practicable, but in no event later than the later of (i) the close of the calendar year in which that share vests or (ii) the fifteenth day of the third calendar month following such vesting date (the “ Issuance Date ”).

 

E.                                       Anti-Dilution Adjustments

 

The number of shares of Common Stock subject to each Substitute Award has been determined by multiplying the number of shares of A&B Holdings common stock subject to the corresponding Cancelled Award (as set forth in attached Schedule A) immediately prior to the A&B Distribution by a fraction the numerator of which is the sum of the closing “when issued” price per share of the Common Stock on the Distribution Date plus the closing price of A&B Holdings common stock as traded on an ex-distribution basis on that same trading day and the denominator is the closing “when issued” price per share of the Common Stock on the Distribution Date. Any resulting fractional share of Common Stock has been rounded down to the next whole share.

 

The foregoing calculation as to the number of shares of Common Stock subject to each Substitute Award is intended to ensure that the aggregate fair market value of the number of shares of Common Stock subject to that Substitute Award immediately after the A&B Distribution remains substantially equal to (and not greater than) the same aggregate fair market value of the number of shares of A&B Holdings common stock subject to the corresponding Cancelled Award immediately prior to the A&B Distribution.

 

F.                                       Dividend Equivalent Rights

 

Notwithstanding the cancellation of each of the Cancelled Awards identified in attached Schedule A, any amounts that are otherwise credited to Participant under such Cancelled Award on the cancellation date (the Award Date specified above for the corresponding Substitute Award) pursuant to the dividend equivalent provisions of the RSU Award Agreement for that Cancelled Award but that have not yet been distributed shall subsequently be distributed to Participant in accordance with the distribution provisions (including the timing and method of distribution) of that RSU Award Agreement applicable to such dividend equivalents, and nothing in this Agreement shall affect Participant’s right and entitlement to receive such credited amount in accordance with the terms and conditions of those distribution provisions.  However, Participant shall have no further dividend equivalent rights under the Cancelled Awards with respect to any dividends or distributions paid on A&B

 

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Holdings common stock on or after the cancellation date, but shall have continuing dividend-equivalent rights under this Agreement with respect to any dividends or distributions paid on the Corporation’s Common Stock.

 

G.                                      Remaining Terms of Substitute Awards

 

The remaining terms and provisions of each Substitute Award are the same as the terms and provisions in effect under the corresponding Cancelled Award at the time of cancellation hereunder. Accordingly, the following terms and provisions in effect under the Cancelled Awards are hereby incorporated into this Agreement.

 

2.                                        Limited Transferability .  Prior to the actual issuance of the Shares that vest under each Substitute Award, Participant may not transfer any interest in the restricted stock units subject to that Substitute Award or the underlying Shares or pledge or otherwise hedge the sale of those units or Shares, including (without limitation) any short sale or any acquisition or disposition of any put or call option or other instrument tied to the value of those Shares. However, any Shares which vest under each Substitute Award but otherwise remain unissued at the time of Participant’s death may be transferred pursuant to the provisions of Participant’s will or the laws of inheritance or to Participant’s designated beneficiary or beneficiaries of that Substitute Award.  Participant may also direct the Corporation to issue the stock certificates for any Shares which in fact vest and become issuable under each Substitute Award to Participant during his or her lifetime to one or more designated Family Members or a trust established for Participant and/or his or her Family Members. Participant may make such a beneficiary designation or certificate directive for each Substitute Award at any time by filing the appropriate form with the Plan Administrator or its designee.

 

3.                                        Cessation of Board Service .  The restricted stock units subject to each Substitute Award shall immediately vest in full upon Participant’s cessation of Board Service by reason of death, Permanent Disability or Retirement. Should Participant cease Board Service for any other reason prior to vesting in one or more Shares subject to such Substitute Award, then that Substitute Award will be immediately cancelled with respect to those unvested Shares, and the number of restricted stock units subject to that Substitute Award will be reduced accordingly.  Participant shall thereupon cease to have any right or entitlement to receive any Shares under those cancelled units.

 

4.                                        Stockholder Rights and Dividend Equivalents

 

(a)                                   Participant shall not have any stockholder rights, including voting, dividend or liquidation rights, with respect to the Shares subject to each Substitute Award until Participant becomes the record holder of those Shares following their actual issuance under that Substitute Award.

 

(b)                                  Notwithstanding the foregoing, should any dividend or other distribution payable other than in shares of Common Stock, whether regular or extraordinary, be declared and paid on the outstanding Common Stock while Shares remain subject to one or more Substitute Awards (i.e., those Shares are not otherwise issued and outstanding for purposes of

 

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entitlement to the dividend or distribution), then a special book account shall be established for Participant with respect to each such Substitute Award and credited with a phantom dividend equivalent to the actual dividend or distribution which would have been paid on the Shares subject to that Substitute Award had they been issued and outstanding and entitled to that dividend or distribution.  As the Shares vest under that Substitute Award, the phantom dividend equivalents credited to those Shares in the book account shall concurrently vest, and those vested dividend equivalents shall subsequently be distributed to Participant (in cash or such other form as the Plan Administrator may deem appropriate in its sole discretion) at the same time the vested Shares to which those phantom dividend equivalents relate are issued. In no event shall such phantom dividend equivalents vest or become distributable unless the Shares to which they relate vest in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

5.                                        Special Vesting Acceleration .  The restricted stock units subject to each Substitute Award shall immediately vest in full upon Participant’s continuation in Board Service until the effective date of any Change in Control transaction. The vested Shares will be issued immediately upon such effective date or as soon as administratively practicable thereafter, but in no event more than fifteen (15) business days after such effective date. Alternatively, the Participant’s right to the Shares under each Substitute Award may, pursuant to the terms of the Change in Control transaction, be converted into the right to receive the same consideration per share of Common Stock payable to the other shareholders of the Corporation in consummation of the Change in Control, but such distribution to Participant shall in all events be completed no later than the later of (i) the close of the calendar year in which such Change in Control is effected or (ii) the fifteenth (15th) of the third (3rd) calendar month following the effective date of that Change in Control.

 

6.                                        Adjustment in Shares .  Should any change be made to the Common Stock by reason of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, combination of shares, exchange of shares, spin-off transaction or other change affecting the outstanding Common Stock as a class without the Corporation’s receipt of consideration, or should the value of outstanding shares of Common Stock be substantially reduced as a result of a spin-off transaction or an extraordinary dividend or distribution, or should there occur any merger, consolidation or other reorganization, then equitable adjustments shall be made by the Plan Administrator to the total number and/or class of securities issuable pursuant to each Substitute Award in order to reflect such change and thereby prevent a dilution or enlargement of benefits hereunder.  In making such equitable adjustments, the Plan Administrator shall take into account any amounts to be credited to Participant’s book account with respect to that Substitute Award under Paragraph 4(b) in connection with the transaction, and the determination of the Plan Administrator shall be final, binding and conclusive.

 

7.                                        Issuance of Shares of Common Stock .

 

(a)                                   Except as otherwise provided in Paragraph 5, on the applicable Issuance Date for the Shares which vest under each Substitute Award in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the Corporation shall issue to or on behalf of Participant a certificate (which may be in electronic form) for the vested shares of Common Stock to be issued under that Substitute Award on such Issuance Date and shall concurrently distribute to Participant the

 

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phantom dividend equivalents accumulated with respect to those particular vested Shares. Notwithstanding the foregoing, should Participant attain Retirement age prior to completion of the normal Vesting Schedule set forth for each Substitute Award in attached Schedule A, then any Shares in which Participant may, pursuant to Code Section 409A, be deemed to vest at that time under each such Substitute Award shall be issued upon the earliest to occur of (i) the Issuance Date which would otherwise apply to those Shares under that Substitute Award had Participant not reached Retirement age, (ii) the date of Participant’s cessation of Board Service or (iii) the effective date of a Change in Control (with the issuance in such latter event to be governed by the terms of Paragraph 5 above).

 

(b)                                  Except as otherwise provided in Paragraph 5, the settlement of the restricted stock units which vest under each Substitute Award shall be made solely in shares of Common Stock.  In no event, however, shall any fractional shares be issued under any Substitute Award.  Accordingly, the total number of shares of Common Stock to be issued at the time each Substitute Award vests shall, to the extent necessary, be rounded down to the next whole share in order to avoid the issuance of a fractional share.

 

8.                                        Compliance with Laws and Regulations .

 

(a)                                   The issuance of shares of Common Stock pursuant to each Substitute Award shall be subject to compliance by the Corporation and Participant with all applicable requirements of law relating thereto and with all applicable regulations of any stock exchange on which the Common Stock may be listed for trading at the time of such issuance.

 

(b)                                  The inability of the Corporation to obtain approval from any regulatory body having authority deemed by the Corporation to be necessary to the lawful issuance of any Common Stock under one or more Substitute Awards shall relieve the Corporation of any liability with respect to the non-issuance of the Common Stock under the Substitute Awards as to which such approval shall not have been obtained.  The Corporation, however, shall use its best efforts to obtain all such approvals.

 

9.                                        Successors and Assigns .  Except to the extent otherwise provided in this Agreement, the provisions of this Agreement shall, with respect to each Substitute Award, inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the Corporation and its successors and assigns and Participant, Participant’s assigns, the legal representatives, heirs and legatees of Participant’s estate and any beneficiaries of that Substitute Award designated by Participant.

 

10.                                  Notices .  Any notice required to be given or delivered to the Corporation under the terms of this Agreement shall be in writing and addressed to the Corporation at its principal corporate offices.  Any notice required to be given or delivered to Participant shall be in writing and addressed to Participant at the address indicated below Participant’s signature line on this Agreement, unless Participant notifies the Corporation of a change in address in writing.  All notices shall be deemed effective upon personal delivery or upon deposit in the U.S. mail, postage prepaid and properly addressed to the party to be notified.

 

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11.                                  Construction .  This Agreement and the Substitute Awards evidenced hereby are made and granted pursuant to the Plan and are in all respects limited by and subject to the terms of the Plan.  All decisions of the Plan Administrator with respect to any question or issue arising under the Plan or this Agreement shall be conclusive and binding on all persons having an interest in one or more Substitute Awards.

 

12.                                  Section 409A Compliance .   All anti-dilution adjustments made to each Substitute Award pursuant to this Agreement shall be effected in accordance with all applicable requirements and limitations of Section 409A of the Code and the applicable Treasury Regulations thereunder, and the terms and provisions of this Agreement shall be interpreted and applied in such manner that shall avoid any violation or contravention of the applicable Section 409A requirements and limitations

 

13.                                  Governing Law .  The interpretation, performance and enforcement of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Hawaii without resort to that State’s conflict-of-laws rules.

 

14.                                  No Impairment of Rights.   This Agreement shall not in any way affect the right of the Corporation to adjust, reclassify, reorganize or otherwise make changes in its capital or business structure or to merge, consolidate, dissolve, liquidate or sell or transfer all or any part of its business or assets.  In addition, this Agreement shall not in any way be construed or interpreted so as to affect adversely or otherwise impair the right of the Corporation or its shareholders to remove Participant from the Board at any time in accordance with the provisions of applicable law.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF , Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. has caused this Universal Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement For Substitute Awards to be executed on its behalf by its duly-authorized officer as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

ALEXANDER & BALDWIN, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT

 

The undersigned acknowledges receipt of the foregoing Universal Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement for Substitute Awards in full cancellation and replacement of the restricted stock unit awards the undersigned previously held under Alexander & Baldwin Holding’s Inc. assumed 2007 Incentive Compensation Plan and hereby agrees to be bound by all the terms and provisions of this Universal Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement for Substitute Awards and shall have no further right or interest in the restricted stock unit awards hereby cancelled as a result of such Substitute Awards and shall no further right or entitlement to acquire any shares of A&B Holdings common stock under such cancelled awards.

 

 

 

 

 

 

PARTICIPANT

 

 

 

 

 

ADDRESS:

 

 

 

 

 

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APPENDIX A
DEFINITIONS

 

A.                                    Agreement shall mean this Universal Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement for Substitute Awards.

 

B.                                      Award Date shall mean the date the various restricted stock unit awards are made to Participant pursuant to the Agreement and shall be the date indicated in Paragraph 1 of the Agreement.

 

C.                                      Board shall mean the Corporation’s Board of Directors.

 

D.                                     Board Service shall mean Participant’s service as a member of the Board.  In addition, for purposes of the Board Service-vesting schedule in effect for the unvested portion of each Substitute Award, Participant shall receive Board Service credit for his or her period of continuous service on the Board of Directors of A&B Holdings (or Alexander & Baldwin, Inc, prior to the its reorganization with A&B Holdings) from the most recent vesting date for the Cancelled Award which that Substitute Award replaces (or the award date if the Cancelled Award has not yet reached its first scheduled vesting date) through the Distribution Date.

 

E.                                       Change in Control shall mean a change of ownership or control of the Corporation effected through any of the following transactions:

 

(i)                                      a merger, consolidation or other reorganization approved by the Corporation’s stockholders, unless securities representing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power of the voting securities of the successor corporation are immediately thereafter beneficially owned, directly or indirectly and in substantially the same proportion, by the persons who beneficially owned the Corporation’s outstanding voting securities immediately prior to such transaction,

 

(ii)                                   a sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s assets,

 

(iii)                                the closing of any transaction or series of related transactions pursuant to which any person or any group of persons comprising a “group” within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) of the 1934 Act (other than the Corporation or a person that, prior to such transaction or series of related transactions, directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by or is under common control with, the Corporation) acquires directly or indirectly (whether as a result of a single acquisition or by reason of one or more acquisitions within the twelve (12)-month period ending with the most recent acquisition) beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the 1934 Act) of securities possessing (or convertible into or exercisable for securities possessing) thirty-five percent (35%)

 



 

or more of the total combined voting power of the Corporation’s securities (as measured in terms of the power to vote with respect to the election of Board members) outstanding immediately after the consummation of such transaction or series of related transactions, whether such transaction involves a direct issuance from the Corporation or the acquisition of outstanding securities held by one or more of the Corporation’s existing stockholders, or

 

(iv)                               a change in the composition of the Board over a period of twelve (12) consecutive months or less such that a majority of the Board members ceases, by reason of one or more contested elections for Board membership, to be comprised of individuals who either (A) have been Board members continuously since the beginning of such period or (B) have been elected or nominated for election as Board members during such period by at least a majority of the Board members described in clause (A) who were still in office at the time the Board approved such election or nomination.

 

The foregoing definition of Change in Control shall in all instances be applied and interpreted in such manner that the applicable Change in Control transaction will also qualify as: (i) a change in the ownership of the Corporation, as determined in accordance with Section 1.409A-3(i)(5)(v) of the Treasury Regulations, (ii) a change in the effective control of the Corporation, as determined in accordance with Section 1.409A-3(i)(5)(vi) of the Treasury Regulations, or (iii) a change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the Corporation, as determined in accordance with Section 1.409A-3(i)(5)(vii) of the Treasury Regulations.

 

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

 

G.                                      Common Stock shall mean shares of the Corporation’s common stock.

 

H.                                     Corporation shall mean Alexander & Baldwin, Inc., a Hawaii corporation formerly known as A & B II, Inc., and any successor corporation to all or substantially all of the assets or voting stock of Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. which shall by appropriate action adopt the Plan.

 

I.                                          Family Members shall mean, with respect to the Participant, any child, stepchild, grandchild, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, former spouse, sibling, niece, nephew, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law or sister-in-law.

 

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

 

K.                                     Participant shall mean the non-employee Board member to whom the Substitute Awards are made pursuant to this Agreement.

 

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L.                                       Permanent Disability shall mean the inability of Participant to perform his or her usual duties as a Board member by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment expected to result in death or to be of continuous duration of twelve (12) months or more.

 

M.                                  Plan shall mean the Corporation’s 2012 Incentive Compensation Plan.

 

N.                                     Plan Administrator shall mean either the Board or a committee of the Board acting in its capacity as administrator of the Plan.

 

O.                                     Retirement shall mean the cessation of Board service by reason of retirement at or after the attainment of age seventy-two (72).

 

P.                                       Shares shall mean the shares of Common Stock subject to each Substitute Award.

 

Q.                                     Substitute Awards shall mean the various restricted stock unit awards made to Participant pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

 

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SCHEDULE A

 

LIST OF CANCELLED AWARDS AND SUBSTITUTE AWARDS

 


 

Exhibit 99.20

 

Non-Employee Board Member

Deferral Election Awards

 

ALEXANDER & BALDWIN, INC.

 

UNIVERSAL RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT FOR SUBSTITUTE AWARDS

 

UNIVERSAL RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT FOR SUBSTITUTE AWARDS effective as of the close of market on the 29th day of June 2012 by and between Alexander & Baldwin, Inc, a Hawaii corporation (“Corporation”), and                                        (“Participant”).

 

RECITALS

 

A.                                    The Corporation has implemented the Plan for the purpose of providing eligible persons in the Corporation’s service with the opportunity to participate in one or more cash or equity incentive compensation programs designed to encourage them to continue their service relationship with the Corporation.

 

B.                                      The Plan contains an anti-dilution feature that allows the Corporation to issue, in connection with certain dilutive transactions, substitute equity awards under such Plan in cancellation of equity awards that are outstanding under 2007 Incentive Compensation Plan, (as amended and restated) that has been assumed by Alexander & Baldwin Holdings, Inc. (the “ Holdings 2007 Plan ”).

 

C.                                      On June 29, 2012 (the “ Distribution Date” ), Alexander & Baldwin Holdings, Inc. (“ A&B Holdings ”) effected a spin-off distribution of the Corporation through a distribution by A&B Holdings of all of the Corporation’s outstanding common stock (“ Common Stock ”) to the holders of the outstanding A&B Holdings outstanding common stock (the “ A&B Distribution ”) in accordance with the terms of the Separation and Distribution Agreement by and between Alexander & Baldwin Holdings, Inc. and the Corporation (which was at that time known as A & B II, Inc.) dated as of June 8, 2012.

 

D.                                     The A&B Distribution is one of the dilutive transactions for which anti-dilution protection is provided under the Plan, and the awards evidenced by this Agreement are intended to preserve the intrinsic value of each equity award held by Participant under the Holdings 2007 Plan on the Distribution Date through the substitution of an award under the Plan in cancellation of the corresponding equity award held by Participant under the Holdings 2007 Plan.

 

E.                                       Participant currently holds one or more outstanding equity awards under the Holdings 2007 Plan that were issued to Participant in connection with his or her service as a member of the Board of Directors of Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. (now A&B Holdings) prior to the A&B Distribution.

 



 

F.                                       All capitalized terms in this Agreement, to the extent not otherwise defined in one or more provisions of this Agreement, shall have the meaning assigned to them in the attached Appendix A.

 

NOW, THEREFORE , it is hereby agreed as follows:

 

1.                                        Grant of Restricted Stock Unit Awards .

 

A.                                    Award One

 

The Corporation hereby awards to Participant, as of the Award Date, a restricted stock unit award under the Plan (“ Substitute Award One ”) in full cancellation and substitution for the restricted stock unit award that is currently held by Participant under the Holdings 2007 Plan and more particularly identified as Cancelled Award One (“ Cancelled Award One ”) in attached Schedule A, and Participant shall cease to have any further right or entitlement to acquire any shares of A&B Holdings common stock under Cancelled Award One.

 

The Award Date for Substitute Award One is June 29, 2012.  Attached Schedule A sets forth the following information with respect to Substitute Award One:

 

·                                           The number of shares of Common Stock subject to such award.

 

·                                           The date or dates on which the shares of Common Stock subject to the award will vest in one or more installments.  The vesting schedule for the shares of Common Stock subject to Substitute Award One shall be the same vesting schedule in effect for the shares of A&B Holdings common stock subject to Cancelled Award One at the time of cancellation hereunder, and no accelerated vesting of the shares of Common Stock subject to Substitute Award One shall occur by reason of the A&B Distribution.  However, one or more such shares may be subject to accelerated vesting in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph 3 or Paragraph 5 of this Agreement.

 

B.                                      Award Two (if applicable)

 

The Corporation hereby awards to Participant, as of the Award Date, a restricted stock unit award under the Plan (“ Substitute Award Two ”) in full cancellation and substitution for the restricted stock unit award that is currently held by Participant under the Holdings 2007 Plan and more particularly identified as Cancelled Award Two (“ Cancelled Award Two ”) in attached Schedule A, and Participant shall cease to have any further right or entitlement to acquire any shares of A&B Holdings common stock under Cancelled Award Two.

 

The Award Date for Substitute Award Two is June 29, 2012.  Attached Schedule A sets forth the following information with respect to Substitute Award Two:

 

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·                                           The number of shares of Common Stock subject to such award.

 

·                                           The date or dates on which the shares of Common Stock subject to the award will vest in one or more installments.  The vesting schedule for the shares of Common Stock subject to Substitute Award Two shall be the same vesting schedule in effect for the shares of A&B Holdings common stock subject to Cancelled Award Two at the time of cancellation hereunder, and no accelerated vesting of the shares of Common Stock subject to Substitute Award Two shall occur by reason of the A&B Distribution.  However, one or more such shares may be subject to accelerated vesting in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph 3 or Paragraph 5 of this Agreement.

 

C.                                      Award Three (if applicable)

 

The Corporation hereby awards to Participant, as of the Award Date, a restricted stock unit award under the Plan (“ Substitute Award Three ”) in full cancellation and substitution for the restricted stock unit award that is currently held by Participant under the Holdings 2007 Plan and more particularly identified as Cancelled Award Three (“ Cancelled Award Three ”) in attached Schedule A, and Participant shall cease to have any further right or entitlement to acquire any shares of A&B Holdings common stock under Cancelled Award Three.

 

The Award Date for Substitute Award Three is June 29, 2012.  Attached Schedule A sets forth the following information with respect to Substitute Award Three:

 

·                                           The number of shares of Common Stock subject to such award.

 

·                                           The date or dates on which the shares of Common Stock subject to the award will vest in one or more installments.  The vesting schedule for the shares of Common Stock subject to Substitute Award Three shall be the same vesting schedule in effect for the shares of A&B Holdings common stock subject to Cancelled Award Three at the time of cancellation hereunder, and no accelerated vesting of the shares of Common Stock subject to Substitute Award Three shall occur by reason of the A&B Distribution.  However, one or more such shares may be subject to accelerated vesting in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph 3 or Paragraph 5 of this Agreement.

 

E.                                       Anti-Dilution Adjustments

 

The number of shares of Common Stock subject to each Substitute Award has been determined by multiplying the number of shares of A&B Holdings common stock subject to the corresponding Cancelled Award (as set forth in attached Schedule A) immediately prior to the A&B Distribution by a fraction the numerator of which is the sum of the closing “when issued” price per share of the Common Stock on the Distribution Date plus the closing price of A&B Holdings common stock as traded on an ex-distribution basis on that same trading day and the denominator is the closing “when issued” price per share of the Common Stock on the Distribution Date. Any resulting fractional share of Common Stock has been rounded down to the next whole share.

 

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The foregoing calculation as to the number of shares of Common Stock subject to each Substitute Award is intended to ensure that the aggregate fair market value of the number of shares of Common Stock subject to that Substitute Award immediately after the A&B Distribution remains substantially equal to (and not greater than) the same aggregate fair market value of the number of shares of A&B Holdings common stock subject to the corresponding Cancelled Award immediately prior to the A&B Distribution.

 

F.                                       Dividend Equivalent Rights .

 

Notwithstanding the cancellation of each of the Cancelled Awards identified in attached Schedule A, any amounts that are otherwise credited to Participant under such Cancelled Award on the cancellation date (the Award Date specified above for the corresponding Substitute Award) pursuant to the dividend equivalent provisions of the RSU Award Agreement for that Cancelled Award but that have not yet been distributed shall subsequently be distributed to Participant in accordance with the distribution provisions (including the timing and method of distribution) of that RSU Award Agreement applicable to such dividend equivalents, and nothing in this Agreement shall affect Participant’s right and entitlement to receive such credited amount in accordance with the terms and conditions of those distribution provisions (including any Deferral Election applicable to the distribution of those dividend equivalents).  However, Participant shall have no further dividend equivalent rights under the Cancelled Awards with respect to any dividends or distributions paid on A&B Holdings common stock on or after the cancellation date, but shall have continuing dividend-equivalent rights under this Agreement with respect to any dividends or distributions paid on the Corporation’s Common Stock.

 

G.                                      Remaining Terms of Substitute Awards.

 

The remaining terms and provisions of each Substitute Award are the same as the terms and provisions in effect under the corresponding Cancelled Award at the time of cancellation hereunder. Accordingly, the following terms and provisions in effect under the Cancelled Awards are hereby incorporated into this Agreement.

 

2.                                        Limited Transferability .  Prior to the actual issuance of the Shares that vest under each Substitute Award, Participant may not transfer any interest in the restricted stock units subject to that Substitute Award or the underlying Shares or pledge or otherwise hedge the sale of those units or Shares, including (without limitation) any short sale or any acquisition or disposition of any put or call option or other instrument tied to the value of those Shares. However, any Shares which vest under each Substitute Award but otherwise remain unissued at the time of Participant’s death may be transferred pursuant to the provisions of Participant’s will or the laws of inheritance or to Participant’s designated beneficiary or beneficiaries of that Substitute Award, and in such event, the Shares shall be issued to the applicable transferee(s) in accordance with the distribution date or event and method of distribution specified by Participant

 

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in his or her Deferral Election for that Substitute Award. Participant may also direct the Corporation to issue the stock certificates for any Shares which in fact vest and become issuable under each Substitute Award to Participant during his or her lifetime to one or more designated Family Members or a trust established for Participant and/or his or her Family Members. Any such issuance shall be effected in accordance with the distribution date or event and method of distribution specified by Participant in his or her Deferral Election for that Substitute Award.  Participant may make such a beneficiary designation or certificate directive for each Substitute Award at any time by filing the appropriate form with the Plan Administrator or its designee.

 

3.                                        Cessation of Board Service .  The restricted stock units subject to each Substitute Award shall immediately vest in full upon Participant’s cessation of Board Service by reason of death, Permanent Disability or Retirement. Should Participant cease Board Service for any other reason prior to vesting in one or more Shares subject to such Substitute Award, then that Substitute Award will be immediately cancelled with respect to those unvested Shares, and the number of restricted stock units subject to that Substitute Award will be reduced accordingly.  Participant shall thereupon cease to have any right or entitlement to receive any Shares under those cancelled units.

 

4.                                        Stockholder Rights and Dividend Equivalents

 

(a)                                   Participant shall not have any stockholder rights, including voting, dividend or liquidation rights, with respect to the Shares subject to each Substitute Award until Participant becomes the record holder of those Shares following their actual issuance under that Substitute Award.

 

(b)                                  Notwithstanding the foregoing, should any dividend or other distribution payable other than in shares of Common Stock, whether regular or extraordinary, be declared and paid on the outstanding Common Stock while Shares remain subject to one or more Substitute Awards (i.e., those Shares are not otherwise issued and outstanding for purposes of entitlement to the dividend or distribution), then a special book account shall be established for Participant with respect to each such Substitute Award and credited with a phantom dividend equivalent to the actual dividend or distribution which would have been paid on the Shares subject to that Substitute Award had they been issued and outstanding and entitled to that dividend or distribution.  As the Shares vest under that Substitute Award, the phantom dividend equivalents credited to those Shares in the book account shall concurrently vest, and those vested dividend equivalents shall subsequently be distributed to Participant (in cash or such other form as the Plan Administrator may deem appropriate in its sole discretion) at that time or at such later time as may be specified in the Participant’s Deferral Election for that Substitute Award.  Should Participant elect in his or her Deferral Election to defer the Shares but not the phantom dividend equivalents pertaining to those Shares, then any dividend equivalents credited from time to time on those Shares after the date those Shares vest shall be paid to Participant within thirty (30) days after the date of the actual dividend or distribution to which those particular dividend equivalents relate. Should the Deferral Election provide for an installment distribution of the Shares and the deferral of the phantom dividend equivalents with respect to those Shares, then

 

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any additional amounts that are, pursuant to the phantom dividend equivalents with respect to the undistributed portion of the Shares, credited during the installment distribution period to the Participant’s special book account hereunder for that Substitute Award shall also be deferred and shall not be paid until the deferred Shares to which those additional amounts pertain are issued in satisfaction of the elected installment distribution.  In no event shall such phantom dividend equivalents vest or become distributable unless the Shares to which they relate vest in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

5.                                        Special Vesting Acceleration .  The restricted stock units subject to each Substitute Award shall immediately vest in full upon Participant’s continuation in Board Service until the effective date of any Change in Control transaction, and the Shares underlying those vested units shall be issued in accordance with Participant’s Deferral Election for that Substitute Award. Alternatively, the Participant’s right to the Shares under each Substitute Award may, pursuant to the terms of the Change in Control transaction, be converted into the right to receive the same consideration per share of Common Stock payable to the other shareholders of the Corporation in consummation of the Change in Control.  In such event, the consideration for the Shares subject to each such Substitute Award shall be distributed to Participant in accordance with the distribution provisions of his or her Deferral Election for that Substitute Award.

 

6.                                        Adjustment in Shares .  Should any change be made to the Common Stock by reason of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, combination of shares, exchange of shares, spin-off transaction or other change affecting the outstanding Common Stock as a class without the Corporation’s receipt of consideration, or should the value of outstanding shares of Common Stock be substantially reduced as a result of a spin-off transaction or an extraordinary dividend or distribution, or should there occur any merger, consolidation or other reorganization, then equitable adjustments shall be made by the Plan Administrator to the total number and/or class of securities issuable pursuant to each Substitute Award in order to reflect such change and thereby prevent a dilution or enlargement of benefits hereunder.  In making such equitable adjustments, the Plan Administrator shall take into account any amounts to be credited to Participant’s book account with respect to that Substitute Award under Paragraph 4(b) in connection with the transaction, and the determination of the Plan Administrator shall be final, binding and conclusive.

 

7.                                        Issuance of Shares of Common Stock .

 

(a)                                   Except as otherwise provided in Paragraph 5, on the issuance date or dates designated in the applicable Deferral Election for the Shares which vest under each Substitute Award in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the Corporation shall issue to or on behalf of Participant a certificate (which may be in electronic form) for the vested shares of Common Stock to be issued at that time under that Substitute Award and shall concurrently distribute to Participant the phantom dividend equivalents accumulated with respect to those particular vested Shares.

 

(b)                                  Except as otherwise provided in Paragraph 5, the settlement of the restricted stock units which vest under each Substitute Award shall be made solely in shares of Common Stock.  In no event, however, shall any fractional shares be issued under any Substitute

 

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Award.  Accordingly, the total number of shares of Common Stock to be issued at the time each Substitute Award vests shall, to the extent necessary, be rounded down to the next whole share in order to avoid the issuance of a fractional share.

 

8.                                        Compliance with Laws and Regulations .

 

(a)                                   The issuance of shares of Common Stock pursuant to each Substitute Award shall be subject to compliance by the Corporation and Participant with all applicable requirements of law relating thereto and with all applicable regulations of any stock exchange on which the Common Stock may be listed for trading at the time of such issuance.

 

(b)                                  The inability of the Corporation to obtain approval from any regulatory body having authority deemed by the Corporation to be necessary to the lawful issuance of any Common Stock under one or more Substitute Awards shall relieve the Corporation of any liability with respect to the non-issuance of the Common Stock under the Substitute Awards as to which such approval shall not have been obtained.  The Corporation, however, shall use its best efforts to obtain all such approvals.

 

9.                                        Successors and Assigns .  Except to the extent otherwise provided in this Agreement, the provisions of this Agreement shall, with respect to each Substitute Award, inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the Corporation and its successors and assigns and Participant, Participant’s assigns, the legal representatives, heirs and legatees of Participant’s estate and any beneficiaries of that Substitute Award designated by Participant.

 

10.                                  Notices .  Any notice required to be given or delivered to the Corporation under the terms of this Agreement shall be in writing and addressed to the Corporation at its principal corporate offices.  Any notice required to be given or delivered to Participant shall be in writing and addressed to Participant at the address indicated below Participant’s signature line on this Agreement, unless Participant notifies the Corporation of a change in address in writing.  All notices shall be deemed effective upon personal delivery or upon deposit in the U.S. mail, postage prepaid and properly addressed to the party to be notified.

 

11.                                  Construction .  This Agreement and the Substitute Awards evidenced hereby are made and granted pursuant to the Plan and are in all respects limited by and subject to the terms of the Plan.  All decisions of the Plan Administrator with respect to any question or issue arising under the Plan or this Agreement shall be conclusive and binding on all persons having an interest in one or more Substitute Awards.

 

12.                                  Governing Law .  The interpretation, performance and enforcement of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Hawaii without resort to that State’s conflict-of-laws rules.

 

13.                                  Section 409A Compliance .   All anti-dilution adjustments made to each Substitute Award pursuant to this Agreement shall be effected in accordance with all applicable requirements and limitations of Section 409A of the Code and the applicable Treasury Regulations thereunder, and the terms and provisions of this Agreement shall be interpreted and applied in such manner that shall avoid any violation or contravention of the applicable Section 409A requirements and limitations

 

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14.                                  No Impairment of Rights.   This Agreement shall not in any way affect the right of the Corporation to adjust, reclassify, reorganize or otherwise make changes in its capital or business structure or to merge, consolidate, dissolve, liquidate or sell or transfer all or any part of its business or assets.  In addition, this Agreement shall not in any way be construed or interpreted so as to affect adversely or otherwise impair the right of the Corporation or its shareholders to remove Participant from the Board at any time in accordance with the provisions of applicable law.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF , Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. has caused this Universal Restricted Stock Award Agreement for Substitute Awards to be executed on its behalf by its duly-authorized officer as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

ALEXANDER AND BALDWIN, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

 

The undersigned acknowledges receipt of the foregoing Universal Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement for Substitute Awards in full cancellation and replacement of the restricted stock unit awards the undersigned previously held under Alexander & Baldwin Holding’s Inc. assumed 2007 Incentive Compensation Plan and hereby agrees to be bound by all the terms and provisions of this Universal Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement for Substitute Awards and shall have no further right or interest in the restricted stock unit awards hereby cancelled as a result of such Substitute Awards and shall no further right or entitlement to acquire any shares of A&B Holdings common stock under such cancelled awards.

 

 

 

 

 

 

PARTICIPANT

 

 

 

 

 

ADDRESS:

                                                                           

 

                                                                                                

 

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APPENDIX A

 

DEFINITIONS

 

A.                                    Agreement shall mean this Universal Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement for Substitute Awards.

 

B.                                      Award Date shall mean the date the various restricted stock unit awards are made to Participant pursuant to the Agreement and shall be the date indicated in Paragraph 1 of the Agreement.

 

C.                                      Board shall mean the Corporation’s Board of Directors.

 

D.                                     Board Service shall mean Participant’s service as a member of the Board.  In addition, for purposes of the Board Service-vesting schedule in effect for each Substitute Award, Participant shall receive Board Service credit for his or her period of continuous service on the Board of Directors of A&B Holdings (or Alexander & Baldwin, Inc, prior to the its reorganization with A&B Holdings) from the award date for the Cancelled Award which that Substitute Award replaces through the Distribution Date.

 

E.                                       Change in Control shall mean a change of ownership or control of the Corporation effected through any of the following transactions:

 

(i)                                      a merger, consolidation or other reorganization approved by the Corporation’s stockholders, unless securities representing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power of the voting securities of the successor corporation are immediately thereafter beneficially owned, directly or indirectly and in substantially the same proportion, by the persons who beneficially owned the Corporation’s outstanding voting securities immediately prior to such transaction,

 

(ii)                                   a sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s assets,

 

(iii)                                the closing of any transaction or series of related transactions pursuant to which any person or any group of persons comprising a “group” within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) of the 1934 Act (other than the Corporation or a person that, prior to such transaction or series of related transactions, directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by or is under common control with, the Corporation) acquires directly or indirectly (whether as a result of a single acquisition or by reason of one or more acquisitions within the twelve (12)-month period ending with the most recent acquisition) beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the 1934 Act) of securities possessing (or convertible into or exercisable for securities possessing) thirty-five percent (35%) or more of the total combined voting power of the Corporation’s securities (as

 



 

measured in terms of the power to vote with respect to the election of Board members) outstanding immediately after the consummation of such transaction or series of related transactions, whether such transaction involves a direct issuance from the Corporation or the acquisition of outstanding securities held by one or more of the Corporation’s existing stockholders, or

 

(iv)                               a change in the composition of the Board over a period of twelve (12) consecutive months or less such that a majority of the Board members ceases, by reason of one or more contested elections for Board membership, to be comprised of individuals who either (A) have been Board members continuously since the beginning of such period or (B) have been elected or nominated for election as Board members during such period by at least a majority of the Board members described in clause (A) who were still in office at the time the Board approved such election or nomination.

 

The foregoing definition of Change in Control shall in all instances be applied and interpreted in such manner that the applicable Change in Control transaction will also qualify as: (i) a change in the ownership of the Corporation, as determined in accordance with Section 1.409A-3(i)(5)(v) of the Treasury Regulations, (ii) a change in the effective control of the Corporation, as determined in accordance with Section 1.409A-3(i)(5)(vi) of the Treasury Regulations, or (iii) a change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the Corporation, as determined in accordance with Section 1.409A-3(i)(5)(vii) of the Treasury Regulations.

 

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

 

G.                                      Common Stock shall mean shares of the Corporation’s common stock.

 

H.                                     Corporation shall mean Alexander & Baldwin, Inc., a Hawaii corporation formerly known as A & B II, Inc., and any successor corporation to all or substantially all of the assets or voting stock of Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. which shall by appropriate action adopt the Plan.

 

I.                                          Deferral Election shall mean the election made by Participant, prior to the start of the calendar year in which the Cancelled Award to which that election relates was made, in which Participant designated, in accordance with the applicable requirements of Code Section 409A and the Treasury Regulations thereunder, a deferred commencement date or event for the issuance of the shares which vest under that Cancelled Award and the method of issuance (lump sum or installment) for those vested and deferred shares and the phantom dividend equivalents pertaining to those shares. Such Deferral Election for each Cancelled Award remains in full force and effect for the Shares issuable under the Substitute Award made hereunder in replacement of that Cancelled Award and for any deferred phantom dividend equivalents covered by that Deferral Election.

 

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J.                                         Family Members shall mean, with respect to the Participant, any child, stepchild, grandchild, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, former spouse, sibling, niece, nephew, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law or sister-in-law.

 

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

 

L.                                       Participant shall mean the non-employee Board member to whom the Substitute Awards are made pursuant to this Agreement.

 

M.                                  Permanent Disability shall mean the inability of Participant to perform his or her usual duties as a Board member by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment expected to result in death or to be of continuous duration of twelve (12) months or more.

 

N.                                     Plan shall mean the Corporation’s 2012 Incentive Compensation Plan.

 

O.                                     Plan Administrator shall mean either the Board or a committee of the Board acting in its capacity as administrator of the Plan.

 

P.                                       Retirement shall mean the cessation of Board service by reason of retirement at or after the attainment of age seventy-two (72).

 

Q.                                     Shares shall mean the shares of Common Stock subject to each Substitute Award made pursuant to this Agreement.

 

R.                                      Substitute Awards shall mean the various restricted stock unit awards made to Participant pursuant to the terms of this Agreement

 

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SCHEDULE A

 

LIST OF CANCELLED AWARDS AND SUBSTITUTE AWARDS

 


Exhibit 99.21

 

EXECUTIVE OFFICER

 

ALEXANDER & BALDWIN, INC.

 

RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT FOR SUBSTITUTE 2012 PERFORMANCE-BASED AWARD

 

RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT made and entered into as of the close of market on the 29th day of June 2012 by and between Alexander & Baldwin, Inc., a Hawaii corporation (the “ Corporation ”), and                                         , an individual in the Corporation’s employ (the “ Participant ”).

 

RECITALS

 

A.                                    The Corporation has implemented the Plan for the purpose of providing eligible persons in the Corporation’s service with the opportunity to participate in one or more cash or equity incentive compensation programs designed to encourage them to continue their service relationship with the Corporation.

 

B.                                      The Plan contains an anti-dilution feature that allows the Corporation to issue, in connection with certain dilutive transactions, substitute equity awards under such Plan in cancellation of equity awards that are outstanding under the Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. 2007 Incentive Compensation Plan, as assumed by Alexander & Baldwin Holdings, Inc. (the “ Holdings 2007 Plan ”).

 

C.                                      On June 29, 2012 (the “ Distribution Date” ), Alexander & Baldwin Holdings, Inc. (“ A&B Holdings ”) effected a spin-off distribution of the Corporation through a distribution by A&B Holdings of all of the Corporation’s outstanding common stock (“ Common Stock ”) to the holders of the outstanding A&B Holdings common stock (the “ A&B Distribution ”) in accordance with the terms of the Separation and Distribution Agreement by and between Alexander & Baldwin Holdings, Inc. and the Corporation (which was at that time known as A & B II, Inc.) dated as of June 8, 2012.

 

D.                                     The A&B Distribution is one of the dilutive transactions for which anti-dilution protection is provided under the Plan, and the Award evidenced by this Agreement is intended to preserve the intrinsic value of the equity award held by Participant under the Holdings 2007 Plan on the Distribution Date through the substitution of this Award under the Plan in cancellation of the corresponding equity award held by Participant under the Holdings 2007 Plan.

 

E.                                       All capitalized terms in this Agreement, to the extent not otherwise defined in one or more provisions of this Agreement, shall have the meaning assigned to them in the attached Appendix A.

 



 

NOW, THEREFORE , it is hereby agreed as follows:

 

1.                                        Grant of Restricted Stock Units .  The Corporation hereby awards to Participant, as of the Award Date, a restricted stock unit award (the “ Substitute Award ”) under the Plan in full cancellation and substitution for the following restricted stock unit award currently held by Participant under the assumed Holdings 2007 Plan (the “ Cancelled Award ”).

 

SUMMARY OF CANCELLED AWARD

 

Award Date of Cancelled Award :  January        , 2012

 

Number of Shares Subject to Cancelled Award :                                    shares of A&B Holdings common stock

 

The Cancelled Award contained both performance-vesting and service-vesting requirements, with the performance-vesting requirements tied to the attainment of certain pre-established goals based on pre-tax income and return on invested capital (the “ Performance Goals ”) for the twelve (12)-month performance period coincident with the 2012 calendar year (the “ Performance Period ”).

 

Notwithstanding the cancellation of such award, any amounts that are otherwise credited to Participant under the Cancelled Award on the cancellation date (the Award Date specified below for this Substitute Award) pursuant to the dividend equivalent provisions of the RSU Award Agreement for that Cancelled Award but that have not yet been distributed shall be distributed to Participant within the first sixty (60) days immediately following the completion of 2012 calendar year. The amount distributed shall be adjusted to reflect the level at which the adjusted Performance Goals in effect for this Substitute Award (as those adjusted Performance Goals are set forth in attached Schedule I) are in fact attained and shall be effected in accordance with the distribution provisions (including the timing and method of distribution) of the RSU Award Agreement applicable to such dividend equivalents, and nothing in this Agreement shall affect Participant’s right and entitlement to receive such credited amount in accordance with the terms and conditions of those distribution provisions.  However, Participant shall have no further dividend equivalent rights under the Cancelled Award with respect to any dividends or distributions paid on A&B Holdings common stock on or after the cancellation date, but shall have continuing dividend-equivalent rights under this Agreement with respect to any dividends or distributions paid on the Corporation’s Common Stock.

 

SUMMARY OF SUBSTITUTE AWARD

 

Award Date:  June 29, 2012

 

Number of Shares Subject to Substitute Award:                                shares of Common Stock.  Such number of shares shall constitute the “ Designated Shares” for purposes of the Vesting Schedule below.  The number of such Designated Shares has been determined by multiplying the number of shares of A&B Holdings common stock subject to the Cancelled Award (as set forth above) immediately prior to the A&B Distribution by a fraction the

 

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numerator of which is the sum of the closing “when issued” price per share of the Common Stock on the Distribution Date plus the closing price of A&B Holdings common stock as traded on an ex-distribution basis on that same trading day and the denominator is the closing “when issued” price per share of the Common Stock on the Distribution Date. Any resulting fractional share of Common Stock has been rounded down to the next whole share.

 

The foregoing calculation as to the number of shares of Common Stock subject to this Substitute Award is intended to ensure that the aggregate fair market value of the number of shares of Common Stock subject to this Substitute Award immediately after the A&B Distribution remains substantially equal to (and not greater than) the same aggregate fair market value of the number of shares of A&B Holdings common stock subject to the Cancelled Award immediately prior to the New A&B Distribution.

 

Vesting Schedule :  The number of shares of Common Stock which may actually vest and become issuable pursuant to this Substitute Award shall be determined pursuant to a two-step process: (i) first there shall be calculated the maximum number of shares of Common Stock in which Participant can vest under the Performance-Vesting section below based upon the actual level at which each of the adjusted Performance Goals specified on attached Schedule I is attained and (ii) then the number of shares calculated under clause (i) in which Participant may actually vest shall be determined on the basis of his or her satisfaction of the applicable Service- Vesting requirements set forth in Paragraph 3.

 

Performance Vesting :  Attached Schedule I specifies each of the Performance Goals established for the Performance Period, as hereby adjusted to reflect the effect of the A&B Distribution and the resulting separation of the Corporation from A&B Holdings. The adjusted Performance Goals are based on the operating plan for the separate business segments of the Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries for the 2012 fiscal year that was previously approved by the Board of Directors of Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. in January 2012 and are tied to (i) the combined Pre-Tax Income realized by the Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries for such fiscal year in the Real Estate Leasing, Real Estate Sales and Agribusiness segments of their business operations and (ii) the combined Return on Invested Capital realized by the Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries for such fiscal year in the Real Estate Leasing and Real Estate Sales segments of their business operations. For each of the adjusted Performance Goals, there are three designated levels of attainment set forth in attached Schedule I: Threshold, Target and Extraordinary. The actual level at which each adjusted Performance Goal is attained will be determined on the basis of the financial results that are reported for each of the foregoing business segments in the audited financial statements of the Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries for the 2012 fiscal year, but subject to the additional itemized adjustments set forth in attached Schedule I.  In no event shall the financial results of Matson, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries for the 2012 fiscal year be taken into account or otherwise included in determining the levels at which the adjusted Performance Goals for the Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries are attained.

 

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The Designated Shares subject to this Substitute Award are hereby allotted to each Performance Goal as follows: (i) seventy-five and one-half percent (75.5%) of the Designated Shares is allotted to Performance Goal One (combined Pre-Tax Income for the Real Estate Leasing, Real Estate Sales and Agribusiness segments) set forth in attached Schedule I and (ii) the remaining twenty-four and one-half percent (24.5%) of the Designated Shares is allotted to Performance Goal Two (combined Return on Invested Capital in the Real Estate Leasing and Real Estate Sales segments) set forth in attached Schedule I. Within sixty (60) days after the completion of the Performance Period, the Plan Administrator shall determine and certify the actual level of attainment for each adjusted Performance Goal and shall then measure that level of attainment against the Threshold, Target and Extraordinary Levels set forth for that Performance Goal in attached Schedule I. The maximum number of shares of Common Stock in which Participant can vest based upon the actual level of attainment of each Performance Goal shall continue to be determined by applying the corresponding percentage below for that level of attainment to the number of Shares allotted to that particular Performance Goal in accordance with forgoing allocation (the “Allotted Shares”):

 

Attainment below the Threshold Level:

0% of the Allotted Shares

Attainment at the Threshold Level:

50% of the Allotted Shares

Attainment at the Target Level:

100% of the Allotted Shares

Attainment at Extraordinary Level:

200% of the Allotted Shares

 

To the extent the actual level of attainment of an adjusted Performance Goal is at a point between the Threshold and Target Levels, the maximum number of shares of Common Stock allotted to that Performance Goal in which Participant can vest shall be pro-rated between the two points on a straight line basis.

 

To the extent the actual level of attainment of an adjusted Performance Goal is at a point between the Target and Extraordinary Levels, the maximum number of shares of Common Stock allotted to that Performance Goal in which Participant can vest shall be pro-rated between the two points on a straight line basis.

 

The maximum number of shares of Common Stock in which Participant can vest on the basis of the foregoing performance measures shall be hereinafter designated the “ Performance Shares ” and shall in no event exceed in the aggregate 200% of the number of Designated Shares set forth in the Number of Shares Subject to Substitute Award section above.

 

Service Vesting.  The number of Performance Shares in which Participant actually vests shall be determined on the basis of his or her satisfaction of the Service-vesting requirements set forth in Paragraph 3.  Those requirements are the same as the service-vesting schedule in effect under the Cancelled Award

 

The remaining terms and provisions of this Substitute Award are the same as the terms and provisions in effect under the Cancelled Award at the time of cancellation hereunder. Accordingly, the following terms and provisions in effect under the Cancelled Award are hereby incorporated into this Agreement.

 

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2.                                        Limited Transferability .  Prior to the actual issuance of the Shares which vest hereunder, Participant may not transfer any interest in the restricted stock units subject to this Substitute Award or the underlying Shares or pledge or otherwise hedge the sale of those units or Shares, including (without limitation) any short sale or any acquisition or disposition of any put or call option or other instrument tied to the value of those Shares.  However, any Shares which vest hereunder but otherwise remain unissued at the time of Participant’s death may be transferred pursuant to the provisions of Participant’s will or the laws of inheritance or to Participant’s designated beneficiary or beneficiaries of this Substitute Award. Participant may also direct the Corporation to record the ownership of any Shares which in fact vest and become issuable hereunder in the name of a revocable living trust established for the exclusive benefit of Participant or Participant and his or her spouse. Participant may make such a beneficiary designation or ownership directive at any time by filing the appropriate form with the Plan Administrator or its designee.

 

3.                                        Vesting Requirements .

 

(a)                                   The Shares subject to this Substitute Award shall initially be unvested and shall vest only in accordance with the Performance-Vesting provisions of Paragraph 1 and the Service-Vesting provisions of this Paragraph 3 or the special vesting acceleration provisions of Paragraph 5.  The actual number of Shares in which Participant shall vest under this Paragraph 3 shall be determined pursuant to a two-step process: (i) first there shall be calculated the maximum number of Performance Shares in which Participant can vest based upon the level at which the adjusted Performance Goals set forth in attached Schedule I are actually attained and (ii) then the number of the Performance Shares resulting from the clause (i) calculation in which Participant shall actually vest shall be determined on the basis of his or her completion of the applicable Service vesting provisions set forth below.

 

(b )                                  The Performance Shares determined pursuant to the Performance Vesting provisions of this Agreement and attached Schedule I represent the maximum number of Shares in which Participant can vest hereunder. The actual number of Shares in which Participant shall vest shall be determined as follows:

 

(i)                                      If Participant continues in Service through the completion of the Performance Period, Participant shall vest in one third of the Performance Shares, and the Shares of Common Stock underlying those particular Performance Shares shall be issued to Participant during the period beginning with the first business day of the 2013 calendar year and ending on March 15th of that year.  Participant shall vest in the balance of the Performance Shares in two (2) successive equal annual installments upon his or her completion of each year of Service over the two-year period measured from the first anniversary of the start date of the Performance Period. The Shares in which Participant vests on each such Service-vesting date shall be issued on that date or as soon as administratively practicable thereafter, but in no event later than the fifteenth (15th) day of the third (3rd) calendar month following such Service-vesting date.

 

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(ii)                                   If Participant ceases Service prior to the completion of the Performance Period by reason of Early Retirement, Normal Retirement, death or Permanent Disability, then Participant shall, upon the completion of such Performance Period, vest in a portion of the Performance Shares determined by multiplying (x) the maximum number of Performance Shares in which Participant would have vested, based on the actual level of Performance Goal attainment for the Performance Period, had Participant completed the three (3)-year Service vesting requirement set forth in subparagraph (i) above by (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of months of actual Service completed by Participant in such Performance Period (rounded to the closest whole month), and the denominator of which is thirty-six (36) months. The Shares of Common Stock underlying the Performance Shares in which Participant vests in accordance with this subparagraph (ii) shall be issued to Participant during the period beginning with the first business day of the 2013 calendar year and ending on March 15th of that year.

 

(iii)                                If Participant ceases Service on or after the completion of the Performance Period by reason of Early Retirement or Normal Retirement but prior to vesting in all the Performance Shares that become subject to this Award on the basis of actual Performance Goal attainment for the completed Performance Period, then Participant shall vest in a portion of those unvested Performance Shares determined by multiplying (x) the number of Performance Shares in which Participant would have vested at the end of the one-year Service vesting period in which such cessation of Service occurs had Participant continued in Service throughout that one-year period by (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of months of actual Service completed by Participant during that particular one-year Service vesting period (rounded to the closest whole month), and the denominator of which is twelve (12) months. The Shares underlying the Performance Shares in which Participant vests pursuant to this subparagraph (iii) shall be issued on the date of Participant’s Separation of Service due to his or her Early Retirement or Normal Retirement or as soon as administratively practicable thereafter but in no event later than the fifteenth (15th) day of the third (3rd) calendar month following the date of such Separation from Service.

 

(iv)                               If Participant ceases Service on or after the completion of the Performance Period by reason of death or Permanent Disability but prior to vesting in all the Performance Shares that become subject to this Substitute Award on the basis of actual Performance Goal attainment for the completed Performance Period, then Participant shall immediately vest in all those unvested Performance Shares, and the Shares underlying those Performance Shares shall be issued on the date of Participant’s Separation of Service due to his or her death or Permanent Disability or as soon as administratively practicable thereafter but in no event later than the fifteenth (15th) day of the third (3rd) calendar month following the date of such Separation from Service.

 

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(v)                                  If Participant’s Service ceases for any other reason, whether before or after the completion of the Performance Period but prior to the completion of the Service vesting provisions of this Agreement, then Participant shall cease to have any further right or entitlement to the unvested Shares at the time subject to this Substitute Award and shall not vest in those unvested Shares.

 

Schedule II attached to this Agreement sets forth examples illustrating the calculation of the number of Shares in which the Participant may vest based upon hypothetical levels of Performance Goal attainment and service vesting requirements.

 

4.                                        Stockholder Rights and Dividend Equivalents

 

(a)                                   The holder of this Substitute Award shall not have any stockholder rights, including voting, dividend or liquidation rights, with respect to the Shares subject to this Substitute Award until Participant becomes the record holder of those Shares upon their actual issuance following the Corporation’s collection of the applicable Withholding Taxes.

 

(b)                                  Notwithstanding the foregoing, should any dividend or other distribution payable other than in shares of Common Stock, whether regular or extraordinary, be declared and paid on the Corporation’s outstanding Common Stock in one or more calendar years during which Shares remain subject to this Substitute Award (i.e., those Shares are not otherwise issued and outstanding for purposes of entitlement to the dividend or distribution), then a special book account shall be established for Participant and credited with a phantom dividend equivalent in accordance with the following parameters:

 

(i)                                            For any dividend or distribution payable on or before the scheduled completion date of the Performance Period, such phantom dividend shall be equivalent to the actual dividend or distribution which would have been paid on the number of Shares issuable under this Award at Extraordinary Level Attainment had that number of Shares been issued and outstanding and entitled to that dividend or distribution. The phantom dividend equivalents so credited shall be distributed to Participant in a lump sum (in cash or such other form as the Plan Administrator may deem appropriate in its sole discretion) within the sixty (60)-day period following the scheduled completion date of that Performance Period or as soon as administratively practicable thereafter, but in no event later than the fifteenth (15th) day of the third (3rd) calendar month following such scheduled completion date. However, to the extent one or more Shares subject to this Substitute Award are cancelled due to the failure to achieve Extraordinary Level Attainment of the Performance Goal applicable to those Shares, no phantom dividend equivalents shall be paid with respect to those particular Shares, and those phantom dividend equivalents shall be cancelled.

 

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(ii)                                   For dividends or distribution payable on the outstanding Common Stock after the scheduled completion date of the Performance Period, such phantom dividend shall be equivalent to the actual dividend or distribution which would have been paid on the number of Shares at the time subject to this Substitute Award based on actual Performance Goal attainment, had that number of Shares been issued and outstanding and entitled to that dividend or distribution. The phantom dividend equivalents so credited to the Participant’s book account on one or more dates in any calendar quarter following the scheduled completion date of the Performance Period shall be distributed to Participant in a lump sum (in cash or such other form as the Plan Administrator may deem appropriate in its sole discretion) on the last business day of that calendar quarter.

 

(iii)                                Each such distribution under this Paragraph 4(b) shall be subject to the Corporation’s collection of the Withholding Taxes applicable to that distribution.

 

5.                                        Change in Control Prior to Completion of Performance Period .  The following provisions shall apply only to the extent a Change in Control is consummated prior to the completion of the applicable Performance Period and shall have no force or effect in the event the closing of the Change in Control occurs on or after the completion of such Performance Period.

 

(a)                                   This Substitute Award may be assumed by the successor entity or otherwise continued in full force and effect or may be replaced with a cash retention account established by the successor entity.  In such event, the following provisions shall be in effect:

 

(i)                                      The Performance Vesting requirements of this Agreement shall terminate, and the assumption or continuation of this Award shall be effected in accordance with Paragraph 5(b) below on the basis of the number of Shares that would have been issuable under this Substitute Award had there been Target Level Attainment of each of the Performance Goals. The Service vesting and issuance provisions of Paragraph 3(b) shall remain in effect with respect to this Substitute Award as so assumed or continued.

 

(ii)                                         If Participant ceases Service prior to the completion of the Performance Period by reason of Early Retirement, Normal Retirement, death or Disability, then Participant shall, upon the closing of the Change in Control or (if later) such cessation of Service, vest in that number of Shares determined by multiplying (x) the number of Performance Shares which would have resulted had the Corporation achieved each applicable Performance Goal at Target Level Attainment and Participant completed the three (3)-year Service vesting requirement of Paragraph 3(b) by (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of months of actual Service completed by Participant in such Performance Period (rounded to the closest whole month), and the denominator of

 

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which is thirty-six (36) months. The Shares in which Participant so vests shall be issued to Participant on the date the Shares would have otherwise been issued pursuant to the provisions of Paragraph 3(b)(ii) in the absence of such Change in Control or, should such cessation of Service occur after such Change in Control but within twenty-four (24) months after the closing of a Qualifying Change in Control, on the date of Participant’s Separation from Service (if earlier) due to such cessation of Service.

 

(iii)                                Any cash retention account established in replacement of this Substitute Award shall initially be credited with the fair market value (at the effective time of the Change in Control) of the number of Shares that would have been issuable under this Award had there been Target Level Attainment of each of the Performance Goals, and interest shall accrue on the outstanding balance of such account, for the period commencing with the closing date of the Change in Control and continuing through the date of the final payment of the account, including any deferred payment date under Paragraph 10, at a variable per annum rate, compounded semi-annually, equal to the prime rate of interest as in effect from time to time during such period, as determined on the basis of the prime rate quotations published in The Wall Street Journal .  The cash retention account shall vest and be paid out in accordance with the Service vesting and issuance provisions of Paragraph 3(b) or (to the extent applicable) in accordance with the vesting and issuance provisions of Paragraph 5(a)(ii) above. Participant’s interest in the account shall at all times be that of a general, unsecured creditor.

 

(iv)                               In the event of such assumption or continuation of this Substitute Award or such replacement of this Substitute Award with a cash retention account, no accelerated vesting of the restricted stock units subject to this Substitute Award or the underlying Shares shall occur at the time of the Change in Control, and the Service-vesting provisions of Paragraph 3(b) shall continue in full force and effect.

 

(b)                                  In the event this Substitute Award is assumed or otherwise continued in effect in connection with such Change in Control, the securities subject to this Substitute Award shall be adjusted immediately after the consummation of that Change in Control so as to apply to the number and class of securities into which the number of Shares issuable under this Substitute Award at Target Level Attainment of each Performance Goal would have been converted in consummation of that Change in Control had that number of Shares actually been issued and outstanding at that time. To the extent the actual holders of the outstanding Common Stock receive cash consideration for their Common Stock in consummation of the Change in Control, the successor corporation (or parent entity) may, in connection with the assumption or continuation of the restricted stock units subject to this Substitute Award at that time, but subject to the Plan Administrator’s approval prior to the Change in Control, substitute one or more shares of its own common stock with a fair market value equivalent to the cash consideration paid per share of Common Stock in the Change in Control transaction, provided such common stock is readily tradable on an established U.S. securities exchange or market.

 

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(c)                                   Upon Participant’s Separation from Service due to an Involuntary Termination occurring within twenty-four (24) months after a Change in Control in which this Substitute Award is assumed or continued in effect, Participant shall immediately vest in that number of Shares equal to the Performance Shares which would have resulted had the Corporation achieved each applicable Performance Goal at Target Level Attainment and Participant completed the three (3)-year Service vesting requirement of Paragraph 3(b), and that number of Shares shall be issued to Participant on the date those Shares would have otherwise been issued pursuant to the provisions of Paragraph 3(b) in the absence of such Change in Control or should such cessation of Service occur within twenty-four (24) months after the closing of a Qualifying Change in Control, on the date of Participant’s Separation from Service (if earlier) due to such cessation of Service. Should this Substitute Award be replaced with a cash retention account in accordance with Paragraph 5(a), then that account shall vest upon Participant’s Separation from Service due to the Involuntary Termination, provided and only if such Involuntary Termination occurs within twenty-four (24) months following the Change in Control. Such vested balance, together with all accrued interest thereon through the actual payment date, shall be distributed, as to each Share to which the cash retention account pertains, on the earlier of (x) each date that Share would have otherwise been issued pursuant to the Service vesting and issuance provisions set forth in Paragraph 3(b) in the absence of such Change in Control or (y) the date of Participant’s Separation from Service, provided such Separation from Service occurs within twenty-four (24) months after a Qualifying Change in Control. Except for the number of Shares and the cash retention balance distributed in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Paragraph 5(c), Participant shall have no further right or entitlement to any additional Shares or other cash amounts hereunder upon such Separation from Service.

 

(d)                                  If this Substitute Award is not assumed by the successor entity or otherwise continued in effect or replaced with a cash retention account in accordance with Paragraph 5(a), then the following provisions shall apply in the event the Change in Control is effected prior to the completion of the Performance Period:

 

(i)                                            If Participant continues in Service through the effective date of the Change in Control, then Participant shall, upon the closing of such Change in Control, vest in that number of Shares equal to the Performance Shares which would have resulted had the Corporation achieved each applicable Performance Goal at Target Level Attainment and Participant completed the three (3)-year Service vesting requirement of Paragraph 3(b).  The Shares in which Participant so vests shall be converted into the right to receive the same consideration per share of Common Stock payable to the other stockholders of the Corporation in consummation of the Change in Control. Such consideration per Share shall be distributed to Participant on the earliest to occur of (x) the date the Share would have otherwise been issued pursuant to the Service vesting and issuance provisions set forth in Paragraph 3(b) in the absence of such Change in Control, (y) the date of Participant’s Separation from Service, provided such

 

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Separation from Service occurs within twenty-four (24) months after a Qualifying Change in Control, or (z) the first date following a Qualifying Change in Control transaction on which the distribution can be made without contravention of any applicable provisions of Code Section 409A or as soon as administratively practicable following the applicable distribution date, but in no event later than the fifteenth (15th) day of the third (3rd) calendar month following that date.

 

(ii)                                         To the extent the consideration payable per share of Common Stock in the Change in Control is in the form of cash, a fully-vested cash retention account shall be established by the successor entity at the time of such Change in Control for each Share that vests on an accelerated basis in accordance with Section 5(d)(i) above.  Such account shall be credited with the amount of the cash consideration payable for the Shares, and interest shall accrue on the outstanding balance of that account, for the period commencing with the closing date of the Change in Control and continuing through the date of the final payment of the account, including any deferred payment date under Paragraph 10, at a variable per annum rate, compounded semi-annually, equal to the prime rate of interest as in effect from time to time during such period, as determined on the basis of the prime rate quotations published in The Wall Street Journal .  The cash retention account, together with all accrued interest thereon through the actual payment date, shall be distributed, as to each Share to which that cash retention accounts pertains, in accordance with the foregoing distribution provisions of Paragraph 5(d)(i) above, and the Participant’s interest in the account shall at all times be that of a general, unsecured creditor.

 

(iii)                                      If Participant ceases Service prior to the effective date of the Change in Control by reason of Early Retirement, Normal Retirement, death or Disability then Participant shall, upon the closing of such Change in Control, vest in that number of Shares determined by multiplying (x) the number of Performance Shares which would have resulted had the Corporation achieved each applicable Performance Goal at Target Level Attainment and Participant completed the three (3)-year Service vesting requirement of Paragraph 3(b) by (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of months of actual Service completed by Participant in such Performance Period (rounded to the closest whole month), and the denominator of which is thirty-six (36) months. The Shares in which Participant so vests shall be converted into the right to receive the same consideration per share of Common Stock payable to the other stockholders of the Corporation in consummation of the Change in Control. Such consideration per Share shall be distributed to Participant on the earlier of (A) the date the Share would have otherwise been issued pursuant to the provisions of Paragraph 3(b)(ii) in the absence of such Change in Control or (B) the first date following a Qualifying Change in Control transaction on which the distribution can be made without contravention of any applicable provisions of Code Section 409A.

 

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(iv)                                     Except for the amount of consideration so calculated, Participant shall have no further right or entitlement to any additional Shares or consideration under this Substitute Award.

 

6.                                        Change in Control On or After Completion of Performance Period .  The following provisions shall apply only to the extent a Change in Control is consummated on or after the completion of the applicable Performance Period and shall have no force or effect in the event the closing of the Change in Control occurs prior to the completion of such Performance Period.

 

(a)                                   This Substitute Award may be assumed by the successor entity or otherwise continued in full force and effect or may be replaced with a cash retention account established by the successor entity.  Any such assumption or continuation of this Substitute Award shall be effected in accordance with Paragraph 6(b) below. Any cash retention account established in replacement of this Substitute Award shall initially be credited with the fair market value (at the effective time of the Change in Control) of the Performance Shares subject to this Substitute Award at that time on the basis of actual Performance Goal attainment, and interest shall accrue on the outstanding balance of such account, for the period commencing with the closing date of the Change in Control and continuing through the date of the final payment of the account, including any deferred payment date under Paragraph 10, at a variable per annum rate, compounded semi-annually, equal to the prime rate of interest as in effect from time to time during such period, as determined on the basis of the prime rate quotations published in The Wall Street Journal . The cash retention account shall vest and be paid out in accordance with the Service vesting and issuance provisions of Paragraph 3(b), and the Participant’s interest in the account shall at all times be that of a general, unsecured creditor. In the event of such assumption or continuation of this Substitute Award or such replacement of this Substitute Award with a cash retention account, no accelerated vesting of the restricted stock units subject to this Substitute Award or the underlying Shares shall occur at the time of the Change in Control, and the Service-vesting provisions of Paragraph 3 shall continue in full force and effect.

 

(b)                                  In the event this Substitute Award is assumed or otherwise continued in effect in connection with the Change in Control, the securities subject to this Substitute Award shall be adjusted immediately after the consummation of that Change in Control so as to apply to the number and class of securities into which the Shares at the time subject to this Substitute Award would have been converted in consummation of that Change in Control had those Shares actually been issued and outstanding at that time.  To the extent the actual holders of the outstanding Common Stock receive cash consideration for their Common Stock in consummation of the Change in Control,  the successor corporation (or parent entity) may, in connection with the assumption or continuation of the restricted stock units subject to this Substitute Award at that time, but subject to the Plan Administrator’s approval prior to the Change in Control, substitute one or more shares of its own common stock with a fair market value equivalent to the cash consideration paid per share of Common Stock in the Change in Control transaction, provided such common stock is readily tradable on an established U.S. securities exchange or market.

 

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(c)                                   Upon Participant’s Separation from Service due to an Involuntary Termination occurring within twenty-four (24) months following the Change in Control in which this Substitute Award is assumed or otherwise continued in effect, Participant shall immediately vest in all the Performance Shares subject to this Substitute Award at that time on the basis of actual Performance Goal attainment for such Performance Period. The Shares underlying those vested Performance Shares shall be issued to Participant on the date of such Separation from Service or as soon as administratively practicable thereafter but in no event later than the fifteenth (15th) day of the third (3rd) calendar month following the date of such Separation from Service. Should this Substitute Award be replaced with a cash retention account in accordance with Paragraph 6(a), then the balance credited to that account at the time of such Involuntary Termination shall vest upon his or her Separation from Service due to such Involuntary Termination, provided and only if such Separation from Service occurs within twenty-four (24) months following the Change in Control. The distribution of such vested balance, together with all accrued interest thereon through the actual payment date, shall be made to Participant on the date of such Separation from Service or as soon as administratively practicable thereafter but in no event later than the fifteenth (15th) day of the third (3rd) calendar month following the date of such Separation from Service.

 

(d)                                  If this Substitute Award is not assumed by the successor entity or otherwise continued in effect or replaced with a cash retention program in accordance with Paragraph 6(a), then the following provisions shall apply in the event the Change in Control is effected on or after the completion of the Performance Period:

 

(i)                                            If Participant continues in Service through the effective date of the Change in Control, then Participant shall, upon the closing of such Change in Control, vest in all the Shares that are at the time subject to this Substitute Award on the basis of actual Performance Goal attainment.

 

(ii)                                         The Shares in which Participant so vests shall be converted into the right to receive the same consideration per share of Common Stock payable to the other stockholders of the Corporation in consummation of the Change in Control. Such consideration per Share shall be distributed to Participant on the earliest to occur of (x) the date the Share would have otherwise been issued pursuant to the Service vesting and issuance provisions set forth in Paragraph 3(b) in the absence of such Change in Control, (y) the date of Participant’s Separation from Service or (z) the first date following a Qualifying Change in Control transaction on which the distribution can be made without contravention of any applicable provisions of Code Section 409A or as soon as administratively practicable following the applicable distribution date, but in no event later than the fifteenth (15th) day of the third (3rd) calendar month following that date.

 

(iii)                                      To the extent the consideration payable per share of Common Stock in the Change in Control is in the form of cash, a fully-vested cash retention account shall be established by the successor entity at the time of such Change in Control.  Such account shall be credited with the amount of the

 

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cash consideration payable for the Shares that are at the time subject to this Substitute Award on the basis of actual Performance Goal attainment, and interest shall accrue on the outstanding balance of that account, for the period commencing with the closing date of the Change in Control and continuing through the date of the final payment of the account, including any deferred payment date under Paragraph 10, at a variable per annum rate, compounded semi-annually, equal to the prime rate of interest as in effect from time to time during such period, as determined on the basis of the prime rate quotations published in The Wall Street Journal . The cash retention account, together with all accrued interest thereon through the actual payment date, shall be distributed, as to each Share to which that cash retention account pertains, in accordance with the distribution provisions of subparagraph (ii) of this Paragraph 6(d), and the Participant’s interest in the account shall at all times be that of a general, unsecured creditor.

 

7.                                        Change in Control Benefits Agreement .  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, if Participant is, at the time of a change in control or ownership of the Corporation (whether or not that transaction constitutes a Change in Control hereunder), a party to a Change in Control Benefits Agreement with the Corporation, then the provisions of that agreement shall, to the extent applicable to this Award, govern Participant’s rights and benefits with respect to the restricted stock units and underlying Shares subject to this Agreement, and in the event of any conflict between the provisions of that Change in Control Benefits Agreement and this Agreement, the provisions of the Change in Control Benefits Agreement shall be controlling; provided, however, that in the event there is any conflict between the issuance or distribution provisions of this Agreement and the issuance or distribution provisions of the Change in Control Benefits Agreement, the issuance and distribution provisions of this Agreement shall be controlling.

 

8.                                        Adjustment in Shares .  Should any change be made to the Common Stock by reason of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, combination of shares, exchange of shares, spin-off transaction, extraordinary dividend or distribution or other change affecting the outstanding Common Stock as a class without the Corporation’s receipt of consideration, or should the value of outstanding shares of Common Stock be substantially reduced as a result of a spin-off transaction or an extraordinary dividend or distribution, or should there occur any merger, consolidation or other reorganization, then equitable adjustments shall be made by the Plan Administrator to the total number and/or class of securities issuable pursuant to this Substitute Award in order to reflect such change and thereby prevent a dilution or enlargement of benefits hereunder. In making such equitable adjustments, the Plan Administrator shall take into account any amounts credited to Participant’s book account under Paragraph 4(b) in connection with the transaction, and the determination of the Plan Administrator shall be final, binding and conclusive.  In the event of any Change in Control transaction, the adjustment provisions of Paragraph 5(b) or 6(b), as applicable, shall be controlling.

 

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9.                                        Issuance of Vested Shares and Applicable Withholding Taxes .

 

(a)                                   Any Shares to be issued to Participant in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Agreement shall be in the form of a book entry evidencing ownership of those Shares. Actual certificates for the vested Shares evidenced by book entry ownership shall be promptly delivered upon the request of Participant or any other person having an interest at the time in those Shares.

 

(b)                                  The Corporation shall collect the Withholding Taxes with respect to each non-Share distribution by withholding a portion of that distribution equal to the amount of the applicable Withholding Taxes, with the cash portion of the distribution to be the first portion so withheld.

 

(c)                                   Unless Participant (i) otherwise makes satisfactory arrangements with the Corporation’s Human Resources Department, on or before the expiration of the designated notification period preceding the applicable issuance date of the Shares, to pay the applicable Withholding Taxes through the delivery of a check payable to the Corporation in the amount of such Withholding Taxes and (ii) in fact delivers such check to the Corporation not later than that issuance date, the Corporation shall collect the Withholding Taxes applicable to the Share issuance through the following automatic share withholding method:

 

·                                           On the applicable issuance date, the Corporation shall withhold, from the vested Shares otherwise issuable to Participant at that time, a portion of those Shares with a Fair Market Value (measured as of the issuance date) equal to the applicable Withholding Taxes; provided , however , that the number of Shares which the Corporation shall be required to so withhold shall not exceed in Fair Market Value the amount necessary to satisfy the Corporation’s required tax withholding obligations using the minimum statutory withholding rates for federal and state tax purposes, including payroll taxes, that are applicable to supplemental taxable income.

 

(d)                                  Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Paragraph 9, the employee portion of the federal, state and local employment taxes required to be withheld by the Corporation in connection with the vesting of the Shares or any other amounts hereunder (the “Employment Taxes”) shall in all events be collected from the Participant no later than the last business day of the calendar year in which the Shares or other amounts vest hereunder.  Accordingly, to the extent the applicable issuance date for one or more vested Shares or the distribution date for such other amounts is to occur in a year subsequent to the calendar year in which those Shares or other amounts vest, the Participant shall, on or before the last business day of the calendar year in which the Shares or other amounts vest, deliver to the Corporation a check payable to its order in the dollar amount equal to the Employment Taxes required to be withheld with respect to those Shares or other amounts.  The provisions of this Paragraph 9(d) shall be applicable only to the extent necessary to comply with the applicable tax withholding requirements of Code Section 3121(v).

 

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(e)                                   Except as otherwise provided in Paragraph 5 or this Paragraph 9, the settlement of all restricted stock units which vest under this Substitute Award shall be made solely in shares of Common Stock.  In no event, however, shall any fractional shares be issued.  Accordingly, the total number of shares of Common Stock to be issued at the time this Substitute Award vests shall, to the extent necessary, be rounded down to the next whole share in order to avoid the issuance of a fractional share.

 

10.                                  Code Section 409A.   Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Agreement, to the extent this Substitute Award may be deemed to create a deferred compensation arrangement under Code Section 409A, then the following limitation and provisions shall apply:

 

·                                           No Shares or other amounts which become issuable or distributable under this Agreement upon Participant’s Separation from Service shall actually be issued or distributed to Participant prior to the earlier of (i) the first (1st) day of the seventh (7th) month following the date of such Separation from Service or (ii) the date of Participant’s death, if Participant is deemed at the time of such Separation from Service to be a specified employee under Section 1.409A-1(i) of the Treasury Regulations issued under Code Section 409A, as determined by the Plan Administrator in accordance with consistent and uniform standards applied to all other Code Section 409A arrangements of the Corporation, and such delayed commencement is otherwise required in order to avoid a prohibited distribution under Code Section 409A(a)(2).  The deferred Shares or other distributable amount shall be issued or distributed in a lump sum on the first (1st) day of the seventh (7th) month following the date of Participant’s Separation from Service or, if earlier, the first day of the month immediately following the date the Corporation receives proof of Participant’s death.

 

·                                           Participant’s right to receive each installment of Shares or other installment distribution pursuant to the terms of this Agreements shall, for purposes of Code Section 409A, be treated as a right to receive a series of separate payments.

 

11.                                  Compliance with Laws and Regulations .  The issuance of shares of Common Stock pursuant to this Substitute Award shall be subject to compliance by the Corporation and Participant with all applicable requirements of law relating thereto and with all applicable regulations of any Stock Exchange on which the Common Stock may be listed for trading at the time of such issuance.

 

12.                                  Notices .  Any notice required to be given or delivered to the Corporation under the terms of this Agreement shall be in writing and addressed to the Corporation at its principal corporate offices.  Any notice required to be given or delivered to Participant shall be in writing and addressed to Participant at the address indicated below Participant’s signature line on this Agreement.  All notices shall be deemed effective upon personal delivery or upon deposit in the U.S. mail, postage prepaid and properly addressed to the party to be notified.

 

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13.                                  Successors and Assigns .  Except to the extent otherwise provided in this Agreement, the provisions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the Corporation and its successors and assigns and Participant, Participant’s assigns, the legal representatives, heirs and legatees of Participant’s estate and any beneficiaries of the Award designated by Participant.

 

14.                                  Construction .

 

(a)                                   This Agreement and the Substitute Award evidenced hereby are made and granted pursuant to the Plan and are in all respects limited by and subject to the terms of the Plan and any applicable Change in Control Benefits Agreement.  All decisions of the Plan Administrator with respect to any question or issue arising under the Plan or this Agreement shall be conclusive and binding on all persons having an interest in this Substitute Award.

 

(b)                                  To the extent there is any ambiguity as to whether any provision of this Agreement would otherwise contravene one or more requirements or limitations of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder, such provision shall be interpreted and applied in a manner that complies with the applicable requirements of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder.

 

(c)                                   All anti-dilution adjustments made pursuant to this Agreement shall be effected in accordance with all applicable requirements and limitations of Section 409A of the Code and the applicable Treasury Regulations thereunder, and the terms and provisions of this Agreement shall be interpreted and applied in such manner that shall avoid any violation or contravention of the applicable Section 409A requirements and limitations

 

(d)                                  This Agreement shall not in any way affect the right of the Corporation to adjust, reclassify, reorganize or otherwise change its capital or business structure or to merge, consolidate, dissolve, liquidate or sell or transfer all or any part of its business or assets.

 

15.                                  Governing Law .  The interpretation, performance and enforcement of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Hawaii without resort to that State’s conflict-of-laws rules.

 

16.                                  Coverage under Recoupment Policy .  If Participant is on the Award Date, or at any time thereafter becomes, either an executive officer of the Corporation subject to Section 16 of the 1934 Act, or a participant in the Corporation’s Performance Improvement Incentive Plan, then Participant shall be subject to the Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. Policy Regarding Recoupment of Certain Compensation, effective as of June 29, 2012 (the “ Recoupment Policy ”), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and receipt of a copy of which Participant hereby acknowledges. If Participant is subject to the Recoupment Policy, then any incentive compensation that is paid or granted to, or received by, Participant on or after June 29, 2012 (including any incentive compensation that the Corporation pays Participant on or after June 29, 2012 pursuant to an incentive compensation award made to

 

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Participant prior to June 29, 2012, whether that award was made by the Corporation or any predecessor entity) and during the three-year period preceding the date on which the Corporation is required to prepare an accounting restatement due to material non-compliance with any applicable financial reporting requirements under the federal securities laws shall be subject to recovery and recoupment pursuant to the terms of such policy. For purposes of such Recoupment Policy, “ incentive compensation ” means any cash or equity-based award (e.g., stock award, restricted stock unit award or stock option grant or shares of Common Stock issued thereunder) or any profit sharing payment or distribution that is based upon the achievement of financial performance metrics.  An additional copy of the Recoupment Policy is available upon request made to the Corporate Secretary at the Corporation’s principal offices.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF , Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. has caused this Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement for Substitute 2012 Performance-Based Award to be executed on its behalf by its duly-authorized officer as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

ALEXANDER & BALDWIN, INC.

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

 

The undersigned acknowledges receipt of the foregoing Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement for Substitute 2012 Performance-Based Award in full cancellation and replacement of the 2012 performance-based restricted stock unit award the undersigned previously held under Alexander & Baldwin Holding’s Inc. assumed 2007 Incentive Compensation Plan and hereby agrees to be bound by all the terms and provisions of this Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement for Substitute 2012 Performance-Based Award and shall have no further right or interest in the 2012 performance-based restricted stock unit award hereby cancelled as a result of such Substitute Award and shall no further right or entitlement to acquire any shares of A&B Holdings common stock under such cancelled award.

 

 

 

 

 

PARTICIPANT

 

 

 

 

 

ADDRESS:

 

 

 

 

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APPENDIX A

 

DEFINITIONS

 

The following definitions shall be in effect under the Agreement:

 

A.                                    Agreement shall mean this Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement.

 

B.                                      Award Date shall mean the date the restricted stock units subject to this Substitute Award are awarded to Participant pursuant to this Agreement and shall be the date specified in Paragraph 1 of this Agreement.

 

C.                                      Board shall mean the Corporation’s Board of Directors.

 

D.                                     Cause shall mean the commission of any act of fraud, embezzlement or dishonesty by Participant, any unauthorized use or disclosure by Participant of confidential information or trade secrets of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary), or any other intentional misconduct by Participant adversely affecting the business or affairs of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) in a material manner; provided, however , that in the event Participant is, at the time the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) purports to terminate Participant’s Employee status for Cause, a party to a Change in Control Benefits Agreement applicable to the Award, the term Cause shall have the meaning ascribed to that term in such Change in Control Benefits Agreement.  The foregoing definition shall not in any way preclude or restrict the right of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) to discharge or dismiss Participant or any other person in the Service of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) for any other acts or omissions, but such other acts or omissions shall not be deemed, for purposes of the Plan and this Agreement, to constitute grounds for termination for Cause.

 

E.                                       Change in Control shall mean a change of ownership or control of the Corporation effected through any of the following transactions:

 

(i)                                      a merger, consolidation or other reorganization approved by the Corporation’s stockholders, unless securities representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting power of the voting securities of the successor corporation are immediately thereafter beneficially owned, directly or indirectly and in substantially the same proportion, by the persons who beneficially owned the Corporation’s outstanding voting securities immediately prior to such transaction,

 

(ii)                                   a sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s assets,

 

(iii)                                the closing of any transaction or series of related transactions pursuant to which any person or any group of persons comprising a “group” within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) of the 1934 Act (other than the

 



 

Corporation or a person that, prior to such transaction or series of related transactions, directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by or is under common control with, the Corporation) acquires directly or indirectly (whether as a result of a single acquisition or by reason of one or more acquisitions within the twelve (12)-month period ending with the most recent acquisition) beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the 1934 Act) of securities possessing (or convertible into or exercisable for securities possessing) thirty-five percent (35%) or more of the total combined voting power of the Corporation’s securities (as measured in terms of the power to vote with respect to the election of Board members) outstanding immediately after the consummation of such transaction or series of related transactions, whether such transaction involves a direct issuance from the Corporation or the acquisition of outstanding securities held by one or more of the Corporation’s existing stockholders, or

 

(iv)                               a change in the composition of the Board over a period of twelve (12) consecutive months or less such that a majority of the Board members ceases, by reason of one or more contested elections for Board membership, to be comprised of individuals who either (A) have been Board members continuously since the beginning of such period or (B) have been elected or nominated for election as Board members during such period by at least a majority of the Board members described in clause (A) who were still in office at the time the Board approved such election or nomination;

 

provided, however , that in the event Participant is a party to a Change in Control Benefits Agreement applicable to the Award, the term Change in Control shall have the meaning ascribed to that term in such Change in Control Benefits Agreement.

 

F.                                       Change in Control Benefits Agreement shall mean any separate agreement between Participant and the Corporation which provides Participant with special vesting acceleration and/or other special benefits with respect to one or more awards of restricted stock units made to Participant for shares of Common Stock, including (to the extent applicable) the restricted stock units evidenced by this Agreement, in the event of a change in control or ownership of the Corporation (whether or not constituting a Change in Control hereunder).

 

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

 

H.                                     Common Stock shall mean shares of the Corporation’s common stock.

 

I.                                          Corporation shall mean Alexander & Baldwin, Inc., a Hawaii corporation formerly known as A & B II, Inc., and any successor corporation to all or substantially all of the assets or voting stock of Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. which shall by appropriate action adopt the Plan.

 

J.                                         Early Retirement shall mean Participant’s retirement from Service, with the prior approval of the Corporation (or the Parent or Subsidiary employing Participant),  on or after the attainment of age fifty-five (55) and the completion of at least five (5) years of Service.

 

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K.                                     Employee shall mean an individual who is in the employ of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary), subject to the control and direction of the employer entity as to both the work to be performed and the manner and method of performance.

 

L.                                       Extraordinary Level Attainment shall mean the Corporation’s achievement of each Performance Goal set forth in Schedule I to this Agreement at the level designated as Extraordinary Level attainment for that goal.

 

M.                                  Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on any relevant date shall be the closing selling price per share of Common Stock at the close of regular hours trading (i.e., before after-hours trading beings) on date in question on the Stock Exchange serving as the primary market for the Common Stock, as such price is reported by the National Association of Securities Dealers (if primarily traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market) or as officially quoted in the composite tape of transactions on any other Stock Exchange on which the Common Stock is then primarily traded.  If there is no closing selling price for the Common Stock on the date in question, then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing selling price on the last preceding date for which such quotation exists.

 

N.                                     Good Reason shall mean the occurrence of any of the following events effected without Participant’s consent: (A) a change in Participant’s position with the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary employing Participant) which materially reduces Participant’s duties and responsibilities or the level of management to which Participant reports, (B) a relocation of Participant’s principal place of employment by more than fifty (50) miles, (C) a reduction in Participant’s level of compensation, as measured in terms of base salary, fringe benefits and target annual incentive payment, by more than ten percent (10%) or (D) the failure by the Corporation to continue in effect any stock option or other equity-based plan in which Participant is participating, or in which Participant is entitled to participate, immediately prior to a change in control of the Corporation, unless an equitable arrangement (embodied in an ongoing substitute or alternative plan) has been made with respect to such plan; or the failure by the Corporation to continue Participant’s participation therein (or in such substitute or alternative plan) on a substantially equivalent basis, both in terms of the amount or timing of payment of benefits provided and the level of Participant’s participation relative to other participants, as existed immediately prior to the change in control of the Corporation.

 

However, in the event Participant is at the time of his or her cessation of Employee status a party to a Change in Control Benefits Agreement applicable to the Award evidenced by this Agreement, the term Good Reason shall have the meaning ascribed to that term in such Change in Control Benefits Agreement.

 

O.                                     Involuntary Termination shall mean the Participant’s Separation from Service by reason of:

 

(i)                                      Participant’s involuntary dismissal or discharge by the Corporation for reasons other than for Cause, or

 

(ii)                                   Participant’s voluntary resignation for Good Reason.

 

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P.                                       1934 Act shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.

 

Q.                                     Normal Retirement shall mean shall mean the cessation of Service by reason of retirement at or after the attainment of age sixty-five (65).

 

R.                                      Participant shall mean the person to whom the Award is made pursuant to the Agreement.

 

S.                                       Parent shall mean any corporation (other than the Corporation) in an unbroken chain of corporations ending with the Corporation, provided each corporation in the unbroken chain (other than the Corporation) owns, at the time of the determination, stock possessing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in such chain.

 

T.                                      Performance Goals shall mean the performance goals specified on Schedule I of the Award Notice.

 

U.                                     Performance Period shall mean the period specified on Schedule I to this Agreement over which the attainment of the Performance Goals is to be measured.

 

V.                                      Performance Shares shall mean the maximum number of Shares in which Participant can vest based on the level at which the Performance Goals for the Performance Period are attained and shall be calculated in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and attached Schedule I.  In no event shall the number of such Performance Shares exceed two hundred percent (200%) of the designated number of Shares set forth in the Number of Shares Subject to Award section of this Agreement.

 

W.                                 Permanent Disability shall mean the inability of Participant to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment expected to result in death or to be of continuous duration of twelve (12) months or more.

 

X.                                     Plan shall mean the Corporation’s 2012 Incentive Compensation Plan.

 

Y.                                      Plan Administrator shall mean either the Board or a committee of the Board acting in its capacity as administrator of the Plan.

 

Z.                                      Qualifying Change in Control shall mean the date on which there occurs a Change in Control that also qualifies as: (i) a change in the ownership of the Corporation, as determined in accordance with Section 1.409A-3(i)((5)(v) of the Treasury Regulations, (ii) a change in the effective control of the Corporation, as determined in accordance with Section 1.409A-3(i)((5)(vi) of the Treasury Regulations, or (iii) a change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the Corporation, as determined in accordance with Section 1.409A-3(i)((5)(vii) of the Treasury Regulations.

 

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AA.                          Separation from Service shall mean the Participant’s cessation of Employee status by reason of his or her death, retirement or termination of employment.  The Participant shall be deemed to have terminated employment for such purpose at such time as the level of his or her bona fide services to be performed as an Employee (or as a consultant or independent contractor) permanently decreases to a level that is less than fifty percent (50%) of the average level of services he or she rendered as an Employee during the immediately preceding thirty-six (36) months of employment (or such shorter period for which he or she may have rendered such services).  Solely for purposes of determining when a Separation from Service occurs, Participant will be deemed to continue in “Employee” status for so long as he or she remains in the employ of one or more members of the Employer Group, subject to the control and direction of the employer entity as to both the work to be performed and the manner and method of performance. “Employer Group” means the Corporation and any Parent or Subsidiary and any other corporation or business controlled by, controlling or under common control with, the Corporation, as determined in accordance with Sections 414(b) and (c) of the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder, except that in applying Sections 1563(1), (2) and (3) of the Code for purposes of determining the controlled group of corporations under Section 414(b), the phrase “at least 50 percent” shall be used instead of “at least 80 percent” each place the latter phrase appears in such sections and in applying Section 1.414(c)-2 of the Treasury Regulations for purposes of determining trades or businesses that are under common control for purposes of Section 414(c), the phrase “at least 50 percent” shall be used instead of “at least 80 percent” each place the latter phrase appears in Section 1.4.14(c)-2 of the Treasury Regulations.  Any such determination as to Separation from Service, however, shall be made in accordance with the applicable standards of the Treasury Regulations issued under Section 409A of the Code.    Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this definition, a Separation from Service will not be deemed to occur in the event that (i) A&B Holdings effects a distribution of all of the outstanding common stock of the Corporation to the holders of the outstanding common stock of A&B Holdings in a spin-off transaction and (ii) Participant, if in the Service of the Corporation (or any Subsidiary of the Corporation) immediately prior to the spin-off distribution, continues to remain in such Service relationship immediately after the spin-off distribution. However, should Participant experience a permanent reduction in his or her level of services to the less than fifty percent (50%) level specified in the preceding provisions of this Separation from Service definition, whether that reduction occurs before or after such spin-off distribution, then Participant shall immediately upon such permanent reduction in the level of his or her services incur a Separation from Service.

 

BB.                              Service shall mean Participant’s performance of services for the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) in the capacity of an Employee, a non-employee member of the board of directors or a consultant or independent advisor.  In addition, the following provisions shall govern the determination of Participant’s period of Service:

 

(i)                                      Participant shall be deemed to continue in Service for so long as Participant performs services for the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) in the capacity of an Employee, a non-employee member of the board of directors or a consultant or independent advisor.

 

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(ii)                                   Participant shall be deemed to cease Service immediately upon the occurrence of the either of the following events: (a) Participant no longer performs services in any of the foregoing capacities for the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) or (b) the entity for which Participant performs such services ceases to remain a Parent or Subsidiary of the Corporation, even though Participant may subsequently continue to perform services for that entity.

 

(iii)                                Notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraph (ii) above, should A&B Holdings effect a distribution of all of the outstanding common stock of the Corporation to the holders of the outstanding common stock of A&B Holdings in a spin-off transaction, then Participant shall be deemed to continue in Service for so long as Participant performs services following such spin-off distribution (and prior to Participant’s Separation from Service date) in the capacity of an employee, a non-employee member of the board of directors or a consultant or independent advisor with the Corporation (or any Parent (other than A&B Holdings) or Subsidiary of the Corporation) if Participant’s Service relationship is with any of those entities immediately prior to the spin-off distribution.  Accordingly, for so long as Participant remains in such Service relationship following the spin-off distribution (and prior to Participant’s Separation from Service date), this Substitute Award shall remain in full force and effect and Participant shall continue to vest in this Substitute Award.

 

(iv)                               For purposes of the Service-vesting schedule in effect for this Substitute Award, Participant shall receive Service credit for his or her period of continuous service with A&B Holdings or its subsidiaries, in one or more of the foregoing Service capacities, from the January 2012 award date of the Cancelled Award which this Substitute Award replaces through the Distribution Date.

 

(v)                                  Service as an Employee shall not be deemed to cease during a period of military leave, sick leave or other personal leave approved by the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) employing Participant; provided, however, that the following special provisions shall be in effect for any such leave:

 

a.                                        Should the period of such leave (other than a disability leave) exceed six (6) months, then Participant shall be deemed to cease Service and to incur a Separation from Service upon the expiration of the initial six (6)-month period of that leave, unless Participant retains a right to re-employment under applicable law or by contract with the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) employing Participant.

 

b.                                       Should the period of a disability leave exceed twenty-nine (29) months, then Participant shall be deemed to cease Service and to incur a Separation from Service upon the expiration of the initial twenty-nine (29)-month period of that leave, unless Participant retains a right to re-employment under applicable law or by contract with the Corporation.  For such purpose, a disability leave shall be a leave of absence due to any medically

 

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determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or to last for a continuous period of not less than six (6) months and causes Participant to be unable to perform the duties of his or her position of employment (or any substantially similar position of employment) with the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary).

 

c.                                        Except to the extent otherwise required by law or expressly authorized by the Plan Administrator or by the written policy on leaves of absence of the Corporation no Service credit shall be given for vesting purposes for any period Participant is on a leave of absence.

 

(v)                                  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing provisions of this Service definition, the Participant shall in all events be deemed to cease Service for all purposes of this Substitute Award immediately upon Participant’s incurrence of a Separation from Service.

 

CC.                              Shares shall mean the shares of Common Stock which may vest and become issuable under the Award pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

 

DD.                            Stock Exchange shall mean the American Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq Global or Global Select Market or the New York Stock Exchange.

 

EE.                                Subsidiary shall mean any corporation (other than the Corporation) in an unbroken chain of corporations beginning with the Corporation, provided each corporation (other than the last corporation) in the unbroken chain owns, at the time of the determination, stock possessing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in such chain. The term Subsidiary shall also include any wholly-owned limited liability company in such chain of subsidiaries that is disregarded for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

 

FF.                                Substitute Award shall mean the award of restricted stock units made to Participant pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

 

GG.                              Target Level Attainment shall mean the Corporation’s achievement of each Performance Goal set forth in Schedule I to this Agreement at the level designated as Target Level attainment for that goal.

 

HH.                            Withholding Taxes shall mean the federal, state and local income taxes and the employee portion of the federal, state and local employment taxes required to be withheld by the Corporation in connection with the vesting and issuance of the shares of Common Stock which vest under the Award and any phantom dividend equivalents distributed with respect to those shares.

 

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SCHEDULE I

 

PERFORMANCE PERIOD, PERFORMANCE GOALS AND LEVELS OF ATTAINMENT

 

The Performance Period shall be coincident with the Corporation’s 2012 fiscal year and shall accordingly commence on January 1, 2012 and end on December 31, 2012.

 

The Performance Goals which shall determine the number of shares of Common Stock which are to vest as Performance Shares under this Substitute Award shall be as follows:

 

Performance Goal One to which seventy-five and one-half percent (75.5%) of the Shares subject to this Substitute Award is allotted shall be tied to the combined pre-tax income realized in the Corporation’s Real Estate Leasing, Real Estate Sales and Agribusiness segments for the Performance Period. The required levels of attainment of such combined pre-tax income for the Performance Period at the Threshold, Target and Extraordinary Levels, as adjusted below for the A&B Distribution, are as follows:

 

Threshold Level:

 

$        million

 

 

 

Target Level:

 

$        million

 

 

 

Extraordinary Level

 

$        million

 

Performance Goal Two to which the remaining twenty-four and one-half percent (24.5%) of the Shares subject to this Substitute Award is allotted shall be tied to the combined return on invested capital (“ROIC”) realized by the Corporation’s Real Estate Leasing and Real Estate Sales segments for the Performance Period. The required levels of attainment of such combined ROIC for the Performance Period at the Threshold, Target and Extraordinary Levels, as adjusted below for the A&B Distribution, are as follows:

 

Threshold Level:

 

         %

 

 

 

Target Level:

 

         %

 

 

 

Extraordinary Level

 

         %

 

Adjustments to Performance Goals

 

The combined pre-tax income of the Real Estate Leasing, Real Estate Sales and Agribusiness segments for the Performance Period shall be calculated on the basis of the financial results that are reported on a business segment basis for each of the foregoing three separate business segments and included in the audited financial statements for the Corporation’s consolidated subsidiaries for the 2012 fiscal year coincident with the Performance Period, subject, however, to the following adjustments to such pre-tax income:

 



 

(i)                                      actual expenses charged in such fiscal year for pension, post-retirement and non-qualified deferred compensation benefits that are in excess of (or to the extent such charges are less than) the originally budgeted expenses for those benefits shall be added back (or shall be applied as a reduction) to such pre-tax income;

 

(ii)                                   any over-accrual of incentive compensation or profit sharing expenses for the 2012 fiscal year shall be added back to such pre-tax income, and any under-accrual of such expenses for the 2012 fiscal year shall be applied as a reduction to such pre-tax income;

 

(iii)                                any transaction costs attributable to the A&B Distribution that were not previously included in the approved operating plan for the 2012 fiscal year shall be added back to such pre-tax income; and

 

(iv)                               such pre-tax income shall be subject to such other adjustments as determined by the Plan Administrator as necessary or appropriate in order to accurately reflect the performance of the Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries for the 2012 fiscal year (e.g., because of changes in accounting rules, extraordinary gains from the sale of assets, unforeseen extraordinary events affecting the Corporation or any of its consolidated subsidiaries or any of their respective business operations, or other similar or dissimilar circumstances occurring during such fiscal year that may or may not have been beyond the control of the Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries).

 

The combined ROIC realized by the Real Estate Leasing and Real Estate Sales business segments for the Performance Period shall be calculated on the basis of the financial results reported for those two business segments in the Corporation’s audited financial statements for the fiscal year coincident with the Performance Period, subject, however, to the following adjustments:

 

(i)                                      actual expenses charged in such fiscal year for pension, post-retirement and non-qualified deferred compensation benefits that are in excess of (or to the extent such charges are less than) the originally budgeted expenses for those benefits shall be added back (or shall be applied as a reduction) in the computation of ROIC;

 

(ii)                                   any over-accrual of incentive compensation or profit sharing expenses for the 2012 fiscal year shall be added back in the computation of ROIC, and any under-accrual of such expenses for the 2012 fiscal year shall be applied as a reduction in the computation of ROIC;

 

(iii)                                any transaction costs attributable to the A&B Distribution that were not previously included in the approved operating plan for the 2012 fiscal year shall be added back in the computation of ROIC; and

 

(iv)                               appropriate adjustments shall be made to ROIC to reflect the effect of any unplanned accumulated other comprehensive income changes included in shareholders’ equity as of December 31, 2012.

 

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SCHEDULE II

 

ILLUSTRATION OF VESTING CALCULATIONS

 

The following examples are for illustration purposes only:

 

1.                Participant receives a Substitute Award for 3,000 Shares at Target Level and Participant continues in Service until the expiration of the requisite three (3)-year Service vesting period. If each of the Performance Goals is attained at the Target Level, Participant shall vest in 1,000 Shares following the completion of the Performance Period and shall vest in the remaining 2,000 shares in two successive equal annual installments upon his or her completion of each of the two remaining years in the Service vesting period.  If each of the Performance Goals is attained at the Extraordinary Level, Participant shall vest in an additional 1,000 Shares for a total of 2,000 Shares following the completion of the Performance Period and shall vest in the remaining 4,000 shares in two successive equal annual installments upon his or her completion of each of the two remaining years in the Service vesting period.

 

2.                Participant receives a Substitute Award for 3,000 Shares at Target Level and Participant ceases Service due to Permanent Disability halfway through the Performance Period.  If each of the Performance Goals is attained at the Target Level, Participant shall vest in 500 of the Shares.  On the other hand, if each of the Performance Goals is attained at the Extraordinary Level, Participant shall vest in an additional 500 Shares for a total of 1,000 Shares. If Participant ceases Service due to Permanent Disability after completing 18 months of Service since the start of the Performance Period, then he or she would vest in all 3,000 Shares at Target Level Attainment and all 6,000 Shares at Extraordinary Level Attainment.

 

3.                Participant receives a Substitute Award for 3,000 Shares at Target Level and Participant continues in Service through the completion of the three (3)-year Service vesting period.  If each of the Performance Goals is attained at a point halfway between the Threshold and Target Levels, Participant would vest in 750 of the Shares following the completion of the Performance Period and would vest in the remaining 1,500 shares in two successive equal annual installments upon his or her completion of each of the two remaining years in the Service vesting period.  On the other hand, if each of the Performance Goals is attained at a point halfway between the Target and Extraordinary Levels, Participant would vest in 1,500 of the Shares following the completion of the Performance Period and would vest in the remaining 3,000 shares in two successive equal annual installments upon his or her completion of each of the two remaining years in the Service vesting period.

 

4.                Participant receives a Substitute Award for 3,000 Shares at Target Level and Participant ceases Service due to Permanent Disability halfway through the Performance Period.  If each of the Performance Goals is attained at a point halfway between the Threshold and Target Levels, Participant would vest in 375 of the Shares following the completion of the Performance Period. On the other hand, if each of the Performance Goals is attained at a point halfway between the Target and Extraordinary Levels, Participant would vest in 750 of the Shares following the completion of the Performance Period.

 


Exhibit 99.22

 

NON-EXECUTIVE OFFICER

 

ALEXANDER & BALDWIN, INC.

 

RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT FOR SUBSTITUTE 2012 PERFORMANCE-BASED AWARD

 

RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT made and entered into as of the close of market on the 29th day of June 2012 by and between Alexander & Baldwin, Inc., a Hawaii corporation (the “ Corporation ”), and                                         , an individual in the Corporation’s employ (the “ Participant ”).

 

RECITALS

 

A.                                    The Corporation has implemented the Plan for the purpose of providing eligible persons in the Corporation’s service with the opportunity to participate in one or more cash or equity incentive compensation programs designed to encourage them to continue their service relationship with the Corporation.

 

B.                                      The Plan contains an anti-dilution feature that allows the Corporation to issue, in connection with certain dilutive transactions, substitute equity awards under such Plan in cancellation of equity awards that are outstanding under the Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. 2007 Incentive Compensation Plan, as assumed by Alexander & Baldwin Holdings, Inc. (the “ Holdings 2007 Plan ”).

 

C.                                      On June 29, 2012 (the “ Distribution Date” ), Alexander & Baldwin Holdings, Inc. (“ A&B Holdings ”) effected a spin-off distribution of the Corporation through a distribution by A&B Holdings of all of the Corporation’s outstanding common stock (“ Common Stock ”) to the holders of the outstanding A&B Holdings common stock (the “ A&B Distribution ”) in accordance with the terms of the Separation and Distribution Agreement by and between Alexander & Baldwin Holdings, Inc. and the Corporation (which was at that time known as A & B II, Inc.) dated as of June 8, 2012.

 

D.                                     The A&B Distribution is one of the dilutive transactions for which anti-dilution protection is provided under the Plan, and the Award evidenced by this Agreement is intended to preserve the intrinsic value of the equity award held by Participant under the Holdings 2007 Plan on the Distribution Date through the substitution of this Award under the Plan in cancellation of the corresponding equity award held by Participant under the Holdings 2007 Plan.

 

E.                                       All capitalized terms in this Agreement, to the extent not otherwise defined in one or more provisions of this Agreement, shall have the meaning assigned to them in the attached Appendix A.

 



 

NOW, THEREFORE , it is hereby agreed as follows:

 

1.                                        Grant of Restricted Stock Units .  The Corporation hereby awards to Participant, as of the Award Date, a restricted stock unit award (the “ Substitute Award ”) under the Plan in full cancellation and substitution for the following restricted stock unit award currently held by Participant under the assumed Holdings 2007 Plan (the “ Cancelled Award ”).

 

SUMMARY OF CANCELLED AWARD

 

Award Date of Cancelled Award :  January        , 2012

 

Number of Shares Subject to Cancelled Award :                                    shares of A&B Holdings common stock

 

The Cancelled Award contained both performance-vesting and service-vesting requirements, with the performance-vesting requirements tied to the attainment of certain pre-established goals based on pre-tax income and return on invested capital (the “ Performance Goals ”) for the twelve (12)-month performance period coincident with the 2012 calendar year (the “ Performance Period ”).

 

Notwithstanding the cancellation of such award, any amounts that are otherwise credited to Participant under the Cancelled Award on the cancellation date (the Award Date specified below for this Substitute Award)  pursuant to the dividend equivalent provisions of the RSU Award Agreement for that Cancelled Award but that have not yet been distributed shall be distributed to Participant within the first sixty (60) days immediately following the completion of 2012 calendar year.  The amount distributed shall be adjusted to reflect the level at which the adjusted Performance Goals in effect for this Substitute Award (as those adjusted Performance Goals are set forth in attached Schedule I) are in fact attained and shall be effected in accordance with the distribution provisions (including the timing and method of distribution) of the RSU Award Agreement applicable to such dividend equivalents, and nothing in this Agreement shall affect Participant’s right and entitlement to receive such credited amount in accordance with the terms and conditions of those distribution provisions.  However, Participant shall have no further dividend equivalent rights under the Cancelled Award with respect to any dividends or distributions paid on A&B Holdings common stock on or after the cancellation date, but shall have continuing dividend-equivalent rights under this Agreement with respect to any dividends or distributions paid on the Corporation’s Common Stock.

 

SUMMARY OF SUBSTITUTE AWARD

 

Award Date:  June 29, 2012

 

Number of Shares Subject to Substitute Award:                                shares of Common Stock.  Such number of shares shall constitute the “ Designated Shares” for purposes of the Vesting Schedule below.  The number of such Designated Shares has been determined by multiplying the number of shares of A&B Holdings common stock subject to the Cancelled Award (as set forth above) immediately prior to the A&B Distribution by a fraction the

 

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numerator of which is the sum of the closing “when issued” price per share of the Common Stock on the Distribution Date plus the closing price of A&B Holdings common stock as traded on an ex-distribution basis on that same trading day and the denominator is the closing “when issued” price per share of the Common Stock on the Distribution Date. Any resulting fractional share of Common Stock has been rounded down to the next whole share.

 

The foregoing calculation as to the number of shares of Common Stock subject to this Substitute Award is intended to ensure that the aggregate fair market value of the number of shares of Common Stock subject to this Substitute Award immediately after the A&B Distribution remains substantially equal to (and not greater than) the same aggregate fair market value of the number of shares of A&B Holdings common stock subject to the Cancelled Award immediately prior to the New A&B Distribution.

 

Vesting Schedule :  The number of shares of Common Stock which may actually vest and become issuable pursuant to this Substitute Award shall be determined pursuant to a two-step process: (i) first there shall be calculated the maximum number of shares of Common Stock in which Participant can vest under the Performance-Vesting section below based upon the actual level at which each of the adjusted Performance Goals specified on attached Schedule I is attained and (ii) then the number of shares calculated under clause (i) in which Participant may actually vest shall be determined on the basis of his or her satisfaction of the applicable Service- Vesting requirements set forth in Paragraph 3.

 

Performance Vesting :  Attached Schedule I specifies each of the Performance Goals established for the Performance Period, as hereby adjusted to reflect the effect of the A&B Distribution and the resulting separation of the Corporation from A&B Holdings. The adjusted Performance Goals are based on the operating plan for the separate business segments of the Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries for the 2012 fiscal year that was previously approved by the Board of Directors of Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. in January 2012 and are tied to (i) the combined Pre-Tax Income realized by the Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries for such fiscal year in the Real Estate Leasing, Real Estate Sales and Agribusiness segments of their business operations and (ii) the combined Return on Invested Capital realized by the Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries for such fiscal year in the Real Estate Leasing and Real Estate Sales segments of their business operations. For each of the adjusted Performance Goals, there are three designated levels of attainment set forth in attached Schedule I: Threshold, Target and Extraordinary. The actual level at which each adjusted Performance Goal is attained will be determined on the basis of the financial results that are reported for each of the foregoing business segments in the audited financial statements of the Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries for the 2012 fiscal year, but subject to the additional itemized adjustments set forth in attached Schedule I.  In no event shall the financial results of Matson, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries for the 2012 fiscal year be taken into account or otherwise included in determining the levels at which the adjusted Performance Goals for the Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries are attained.

 

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The Designated Shares subject to this Substitute Award are hereby allotted to each Performance Goal as follows: (i) seventy-five and one-half percent (75.5%) of the Designated Shares is allotted to Performance Goal One (combined Pre-Tax Income for the Real Estate Leasing, Real Estate Sales and Agribusiness segments) set forth in attached Schedule I and (ii) the remaining twenty-four and one-half percent (24.5%) of the Designated Shares is allotted to Performance Goal Two (combined Return on Invested Capital in the Real Estate Leasing and Real Estate Sales segments) set forth in attached Schedule I. Within sixty (60) days after the completion of the Performance Period, the Plan Administrator shall determine and certify the actual level of attainment for each adjusted Performance Goal and shall then measure that level of attainment against the Threshold, Target and Extraordinary Levels set forth for that Performance Goal in attached Schedule I. The maximum number of shares of Common Stock in which Participant can vest based upon the actual level of attainment of each Performance Goal shall continue to be determined by applying the corresponding percentage below for that level of attainment to the number of Shares allotted to that particular Performance Goal in accordance with forgoing allocation (the “Allotted Shares”):

 

Attainment below the Threshold Level:

 

0% of the Allotted Shares

Attainment at the Threshold Level:

 

50% of the Allotted Shares

Attainment at the Target Level:

 

 100% of the Allotted Shares

Attainment at Extraordinary Level:

 

200% of the Allotted Shares

 

To the extent the actual level of attainment of an adjusted Performance Goal is at a point between the Threshold and Target Levels, the maximum number of shares of Common Stock allotted to that Performance Goal in which Participant can vest shall be pro-rated between the two points on a straight line basis.

 

To the extent the actual level of attainment of an adjusted Performance Goal is at a point between the Target and Extraordinary Levels, the maximum number of shares of Common Stock allotted to that Performance Goal in which Participant can vest shall be pro-rated between the two points on a straight line basis.

 

The maximum number of shares of Common Stock in which Participant can vest on the basis of the foregoing performance measures shall be hereinafter designated the “Performance Shares” and shall in no event exceed in the aggregate 200% of the number of Designated Shares set forth in the Number of Shares Subject to Substitute Award section above.

 

Service Vesting.   The number of Performance Shares in which Participant actually vests shall be determined on the basis of his or her satisfaction of the Service-vesting requirements set forth in Paragraph 3.  Those requirements are the same as the service-vesting schedule in effect under the Cancelled Award

 

The remaining terms and provisions of this Substitute Award are the same as the terms and provisions in effect under the Cancelled Award at the time of cancellation hereunder. Accordingly, the following terms and provisions in effect under the Cancelled Award are hereby incorporated into this Agreement.

 

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2.                                        Limited Transferability .  Prior to the actual issuance of the Shares which vest hereunder, Participant may not transfer any interest in the restricted stock units subject to this Substitute Award or the underlying Shares or pledge or otherwise hedge the sale of those units or Shares, including (without limitation) any short sale or any acquisition or disposition of any put or call option or other instrument tied to the value of those Shares.  However, any Shares which vest hereunder but otherwise remain unissued at the time of Participant’s death may be transferred pursuant to the provisions of Participant’s will or the laws of inheritance or to Participant’s designated beneficiary or beneficiaries of this Substitute Award. Participant may also direct the Corporation to record the ownership of any Shares which in fact vest and become issuable hereunder in the name of a revocable living trust established for the exclusive benefit of Participant or Participant and his or her spouse. Participant may make such a beneficiary designation or ownership directive at any time by filing the appropriate form with the Plan Administrator or its designee.

 

3.                                        Vesting Requirements .

 

(a)                                   The Shares subject to this Substitute Award shall initially be unvested and shall vest only in accordance with the Performance-Vesting provisions of Paragraph 1 and the Service-Vesting provisions of this Paragraph 3 or the special vesting acceleration provisions of Paragraph 5.  The actual number of Shares in which Participant shall vest under this Paragraph 3 shall be determined pursuant to a two-step process: (i) first there shall be calculated the maximum number of Performance Shares in which Participant can vest based upon the level at which the adjusted Performance Goals set forth in attached Schedule I are actually attained and (ii) then the number of the Performance Shares resulting from the clause (i) calculation in which Participant shall actually vest shall be determined on the basis of his or her completion of the applicable Service vesting provisions set forth below.

 

(b )                                  The Performance Shares determined pursuant to the Performance Vesting provisions of this Agreement and attached Schedule I represent the maximum number of Shares in which Participant can vest hereunder. The actual number of Shares in which Participant shall vest shall be determined as follows:

 

(i)                                      If Participant continues in Service through the completion of the Performance Period, Participant shall vest in one third of the Performance Shares, and the Shares of Common Stock underlying those particular Performance Shares shall be issued to Participant during the period beginning with the first business day of the 2013 calendar year and ending on March 15th of that year. Participant shall vest in the balance of the Performance Shares in two (2) successive equal annual installments upon his or her completion of each year of Service over the two-year period measured from the first anniversary of the start date of the Performance Period. The Shares in which Participant vests on each such Service-vesting date shall be issued on that date or as soon as administratively practicable thereafter, but in no event later than the fifteenth (15th) day of the third (3rd) calendar month following such Service-vesting date.

 

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(ii)                                   If Participant ceases Service prior to the completion of the Performance Period by reason of Early Retirement, Normal Retirement, death or Permanent Disability, then Participant shall, upon the completion of such Performance Period, vest in a portion of the Performance Shares determined by multiplying (x) the maximum number of Performance Shares in which Participant would have vested, based on the actual level of Performance Goal attainment for the Performance Period, had Participant completed the three (3)-year Service vesting requirement set forth in subparagraph (i) above by (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of months of actual Service completed by Participant in such Performance Period (rounded to the closest whole month), and the denominator of which is thirty-six (36) months. The Shares of Common Stock underlying the Performance Shares in which Participant vests in accordance with this subparagraph (ii) shall be issued to Participant during the period beginning with the first business day of the 2013 calendar year and ending on March 15th of that year.

 

(iii)                                If Participant ceases Service on or after the completion of the Performance Period by reason of Early Retirement or Normal Retirement but prior to vesting in all the Performance Shares that become subject to this Award on the basis of actual Performance Goal attainment for the completed Performance Period, then Participant shall vest in a portion of those unvested Performance Shares determined by multiplying (x) the number of Performance Shares in which Participant would have vested at the end of the one-year Service vesting period in which such cessation of Service occurs had Participant continued in Service throughout that one-year period by (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of months of actual Service completed by Participant during that particular one-year Service vesting period (rounded to the closest whole month), and the denominator of which is twelve (12) months. The Shares underlying the Performance Shares in which Participant vests pursuant to this subparagraph (iii) shall be issued on the date of Participant’s Separation of Service due to his or her Early Retirement or Normal Retirement or as soon as administratively practicable thereafter but in no event later than the fifteenth (15th) day of the third (3rd) calendar month following the date of such Separation from Service.

 

(iv)                               If Participant ceases Service on or after the completion of the Performance Period by reason of death or Permanent Disability but prior to vesting in all the Performance Shares that become subject to this Substitute Award on the basis of actual Performance Goal attainment for the completed Performance Period, then Participant shall immediately vest in all those unvested Performance Shares, and the Shares underlying those Performance Shares shall be issued on the date of Participant’s Separation of Service due to his or her death or Permanent Disability or as soon as administratively practicable thereafter but in no event later than the fifteenth (15th) day of the third (3rd) calendar month following the date of such Separation from Service.

 

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(v)                                  If Participant’s Service ceases for any other reason, whether before or after the completion of the Performance Period but prior to the completion of the Service vesting provisions of this Agreement, then Participant shall cease to have any further right or entitlement to the unvested Shares at the time subject to this Substitute Award and shall not vest in those unvested Shares.

 

Schedule II attached to this Agreement sets forth examples illustrating the calculation of the number of Shares in which the Participant may vest based upon hypothetical levels of Performance Goal attainment and service vesting requirements.

 

4.                                        Stockholder Rights and Dividend Equivalents

 

(a)                                   The holder of this Substitute Award shall not have any stockholder rights, including voting, dividend or liquidation rights, with respect to the Shares subject to this Substitute Award until Participant becomes the record holder of those Shares upon their actual issuance following the Corporation’s collection of the applicable Withholding Taxes.

 

(b)                                  Notwithstanding the foregoing, should any dividend or other distribution payable other than in shares of Common Stock, whether regular or extraordinary, be declared and paid on the Corporation’s outstanding Common Stock in one or more calendar years during which Shares remain subject to this Substitute Award (i.e., those Shares are not otherwise issued and outstanding for purposes of entitlement to the dividend or distribution), then a special book account shall be established for Participant and credited with a phantom dividend equivalent in accordance with the following parameters:

 

(i)                                            For any dividend or distribution payable on or before the scheduled completion date of the Performance Period, such phantom dividend shall be equivalent to the actual dividend or distribution which would have been paid on the number of Shares issuable under this Award at Extraordinary Level Attainment had that number of Shares been issued and outstanding and entitled to that dividend or distribution. The phantom dividend equivalents so credited shall be distributed to Participant in a lump sum (in cash or such other form as the Plan Administrator may deem appropriate in its sole discretion) within the sixty (60)-day period following the scheduled completion date of that Performance Period or as soon as administratively practicable thereafter, but in no event later than the fifteenth (15th) day of the third (3rd) calendar month following such scheduled completion date. However, to the extent one or more Shares subject to this Substitute Award are cancelled due to the failure to achieve Extraordinary Level Attainment of the Performance Goal applicable to those Shares, no phantom dividend equivalents shall be paid with respect to those particular Shares, and those phantom dividend equivalents shall be cancelled.

 

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(ii)                                   For dividends or distribution payable on the outstanding Common Stock after the scheduled completion date of the Performance Period, such phantom dividend shall be equivalent to the actual dividend or distribution which would have been paid on the number of Shares at the time subject to this Substitute Award based on actual Performance Goal attainment, had that number of Shares been issued and outstanding and entitled to that dividend or distribution. The phantom dividend equivalents so credited to the Participant’s book account on one or more dates in any calendar quarter following the scheduled completion date of the Performance Period shall be distributed to Participant in a lump sum (in cash or such other form as the Plan Administrator may deem appropriate in its sole discretion) on the last business day of that calendar quarter.

 

(iii)                                Each such distribution under this Paragraph 4(b) shall be subject to the Corporation’s collection of the Withholding Taxes applicable to that distribution.

 

5.                                        Change in Control Prior to Completion of Performance Period .  The following provisions shall apply only to the extent a Change in Control is consummated prior to the completion of the applicable Performance Period and shall have no force or effect in the event the closing of the Change in Control occurs on or after the completion of such Performance Period.

 

(a)                                   This Substitute Award may be assumed by the successor entity or otherwise continued in full force and effect or may be replaced with a cash retention account established by the successor entity.  In such event, the following provisions shall be in effect:

 

(i)                                      The Performance Vesting requirements of this Agreement shall terminate, and the assumption or continuation of this Award shall be effected in accordance with Paragraph 5(b) below on the basis of the number of Shares that would have been issuable under this Substitute Award had there been Target Level Attainment of each of the Performance Goals. The Service vesting and issuance provisions of Paragraph 3(b) shall remain in effect with respect to this Substitute Award as so assumed or continued.

 

(ii)                                         If Participant ceases Service prior to the completion of the Performance Period by reason of Early Retirement, Normal Retirement, death or Disability, then Participant shall, upon the closing of the Change in Control or (if later) such cessation of Service, vest in that number of Shares determined by multiplying (x) the number of Performance Shares which would have resulted had the Corporation achieved each applicable Performance Goal at Target Level Attainment and Participant completed the three (3)-year Service vesting requirement of Paragraph 3(b) by (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of months of actual Service completed by Participant in such Performance Period (rounded to the closest whole month), and the denominator of

 

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which is thirty-six (36) months.  The Shares in which Participant so vests shall be issued to Participant on the date the Shares would have otherwise been issued pursuant to the provisions of Paragraph 3(b)(ii) in the absence of such Change in Control or, should such cessation of Service occur after such Change in Control but within twelve (12) months after the closing of a Qualifying Change in Control, on the date of Participant’s Separation from Service (if earlier) due to such cessation of Service.

 

(iii)                                Any cash retention account established in replacement of this Substitute Award shall initially be credited with the fair market value (at the effective time of the Change in Control) of the number of Shares that would have been issuable under this Award had there been Target Level Attainment of each of the Performance Goals, and interest shall accrue on the outstanding balance of such account, for the period commencing with the closing date of the Change in Control and continuing through the date of the final payment of the account, including any deferred payment date under Paragraph 10, at a variable per annum rate, compounded semi-annually, equal to the prime rate of interest as in effect from time to time during such period, as determined on the basis of the prime rate quotations published in The Wall Street Journal .  The cash retention account shall vest and be paid out in accordance with the Service vesting and issuance provisions of Paragraph 3(b) or (to the extent applicable) in accordance with the vesting and issuance provisions of Paragraph 5(a)(ii) above. The Participant’s interest in the account shall at all times be that of a general, unsecured creditor.

 

(iv)                               In the event of such assumption or continuation of this Substitute Award or such replacement of this Substitute Award with a cash retention account, no accelerated vesting of the restricted stock units subject to this Substitute Award or the underlying Shares shall occur at the time of the Change in Control, and the Service-vesting provisions of Paragraph 3(b) shall continue in full force and effect.

 

(b)                                  In the event this Substitute Award is assumed or otherwise continued in effect in connection with such Change in Control, the securities subject to this Substitute Award shall be adjusted immediately after the consummation of that Change in Control so as to apply to the number and class of securities into which the number of Shares issuable under this Substitute Award at Target Level Attainment of each Performance Goal would have been converted in consummation of that Change in Control had that number of Shares actually been issued and outstanding at that time. To the extent the actual holders of the outstanding Common Stock receive cash consideration for their Common Stock in consummation of the Change in Control, the successor corporation (or parent entity) may, in connection with the assumption or continuation of the restricted stock units subject to this Substitute Award at that time, but subject to the Plan Administrator’s approval prior to the Change in Control, substitute one or more shares of its own common stock with a fair market value equivalent to the cash consideration paid per share of Common Stock in the Change in Control transaction, provided such common stock is readily tradable on an established U.S. securities exchange or market.

 

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(c)                                   Upon Participant’s Separation from Service due to an Involuntary Termination occurring within twelve (12) months after a Change in Control in which this Substitute Award is assumed or continued in effect, Participant shall immediately vest in that number of Shares equal to the Performance Shares which would have resulted had the Corporation achieved each applicable Performance Goal at Target Level Attainment and Participant completed the three (3)-year Service vesting requirement of Paragraph 3(b), and that number of Shares shall be issued to Participant on the date those Shares would have otherwise been issued pursuant to the provisions of Paragraph 3(b) in the absence of such Change in Control or should such cessation of Service occur within twelve (12) months after the closing of a Qualifying Change in Control, on the date of Participant’s Separation from Service (if earlier) due to such cessation of Service. Should this Substitute Award be replaced with a cash retention account in accordance with Paragraph 5(a), then that account shall vest upon Participant’s Separation from Service due to the Involuntary Termination, provided and only if such Involuntary Termination occurs within twelve (12) months following the Change in Control. Such vested balance, together with all accrued interest thereon through the actual payment date, shall be distributed, as to each Share to which the cash retention account pertains, on the earlier of (x) each date that Share would have otherwise been issued pursuant to the Service vesting and issuance provisions set forth in Paragraph 3(b) in the absence of such Change in Control or (y) the date of Participant’s Separation from Service, provided such Separation from Service occurs within twelve (12) months after a Qualifying Change in Control. Except for the number of Shares and the cash retention balance distributed in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Paragraph 5(c), Participant shall have no further right or entitlement to any additional Shares or other cash amounts hereunder upon such Separation from Service.

 

(d)                                  If this Substitute Award is not assumed by the successor entity or otherwise continued in effect or replaced with a cash retention account in accordance with Paragraph 5(a), then the following provisions shall apply in the event the Change in Control is effected prior to the completion of the Performance Period:

 

(i)                                            If Participant continues in Service through the effective date of the Change in Control, then Participant shall, upon the closing of such Change in Control, vest in that number of Shares equal to the Performance Shares which would have resulted had the Corporation achieved each applicable Performance Goal at Target Level Attainment and Participant completed the three (3)-year Service vesting requirement of Paragraph 3(b). The Shares in which Participant so vests shall be converted into the right to receive the same consideration per share of Common Stock payable to the other stockholders of the Corporation in consummation of the Change in Control. Such consideration per Share shall be distributed to Participant on the earliest to occur of (x) the date the Share would have otherwise been issued pursuant to the Service vesting and issuance provisions set forth in Paragraph 3(b) in the absence of such Change in Control, (y) the date of Participant’s Separation from Service, provided such Separation from Service occurs within twelve (12) months after a Qualifying

 

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Change in Control, or (z) the first date following a Qualifying Change in Control transaction on which the distribution can be made without contravention of any applicable provisions of Code Section 409A or as soon as administratively practicable following the applicable distribution date, but in no event later than the fifteenth (15th) day of the third (3rd) calendar month following that date.

 

(ii)             To the extent the consideration payable per share of Common Stock in the Change in Control is in the form of cash, a fully-vested cash retention account shall be established by the successor entity at the time of such Change in Control for each Share that vests on an accelerated basis in accordance with Section 5(d)(i) above.  Such account shall be credited with the amount of the cash consideration payable for the Shares, and interest shall accrue on the outstanding balance of that account, for the period commencing with the closing date of the Change in Control and continuing through the date of the final payment of the account, including any deferred payment date under Paragraph 10, at a variable per annum rate, compounded semi-annually, equal to the prime rate of interest as in effect from time to time during such period, as determined on the basis of the prime rate quotations published in The Wall Street Journal .  The cash retention account, together with all accrued interest thereon through the actual payment date, shall be distributed, as to each Share to which that cash retention accounts pertains, in accordance with the foregoing distribution provisions of Paragraph 5(d)(i) above, and the Participant’s interest in the account shall at all times be that of a general, unsecured creditor.

 

(iii)            If Participant ceases Service prior to the effective date of the Change in Control by reason of Early Retirement, Normal Retirement, death or Disability then Participant shall, upon the closing of such Change in Control, vest in that number of Shares determined by multiplying (x) the number of Performance Shares which would have resulted had the Corporation achieved each applicable Performance Goal at Target Level Attainment and Participant completed the three (3)-year Service vesting requirement of Paragraph 3(b) by (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of months of actual Service completed by Participant in such Performance Period (rounded to the closest whole month), and the denominator of which is thirty-six (36) months. The Shares in which Participant so vests shall be converted into the right to receive the same consideration per share of Common Stock payable to the other stockholders of the Corporation in consummation of the Change in Control. Such consideration per Share shall be distributed to Participant on the earlier of (A) the date the Share would have otherwise been issued pursuant to the provisions of Paragraph 3(b)(ii) in the absence of such Change in Control or (B) the first date following a Qualifying Change in Control transaction on which the distribution can be made without contravention of any applicable provisions of Code Section 409A.

 

(iv)            Except for the amount of consideration so calculated, Participant shall have no further right or entitlement to any additional Shares or consideration under this Substitute Award.

 

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6.             Change in Control On or After Completion of Performance Period .  The following provisions shall apply only to the extent a Change in Control is consummated on or after the completion of the applicable Performance Period and shall have no force or effect in the event the closing of the Change in Control occurs prior to the completion of such Performance Period.

 

(a)           This Substitute Award may be assumed by the successor entity or otherwise continued in full force and effect or may be replaced with a cash retention account established by the successor entity.  Any such assumption or continuation of this Substitute Award shall be effected in accordance with Paragraph 6(b) below. Any cash retention account established in replacement of this Substitute Award shall initially be credited with the fair market value (at the effective time of the Change in Control) of the Performance Shares subject to this Substitute Award at that time on the basis of actual Performance Goal attainment, and interest shall accrue on the outstanding balance of such account, for the period commencing with the closing date of the Change in Control and continuing through the date of the final payment of the account, including any deferred payment date under Paragraph 10, at a variable per annum rate, compounded semi-annually, equal to the prime rate of interest as in effect from time to time during such period, as determined on the basis of the prime rate quotations published in The Wall Street Journal . The cash retention account shall vest and be paid out in accordance with the Service vesting and issuance provisions of Paragraph 3(b), and the Participant’s interest in the account shall at all times be that of a general, unsecured creditor. In the event of such assumption or continuation of this Substitute Award or such replacement of this Substitute Award with a cash retention account, no accelerated vesting of the restricted stock units subject to this Substitute Award or the underlying Shares shall occur at the time of the Change in Control, and the Service-vesting provisions of Paragraph 3 shall continue in full force and effect.

 

(b)           In the event this Substitute Award is assumed or otherwise continued in effect in connection with the Change in Control, the securities subject to this Substitute Award shall be adjusted immediately after the consummation of that Change in Control so as to apply to the number and class of securities into which the Shares at the time subject to this Substitute Award would have been converted in consummation of that Change in Control had those Shares actually been issued and outstanding at that time.  To the extent the actual holders of the outstanding Common Stock receive cash consideration for their Common Stock in consummation of the Change in Control,  the successor corporation (or parent entity) may, in connection with the assumption or continuation of the restricted stock units subject to this Substitute Award at that time, but subject to the Plan Administrator’s approval prior to the Change in Control, substitute one or more shares of its own common stock with a fair market value equivalent to the cash consideration paid per share of Common Stock in the Change in Control transaction, provided such common stock is readily tradable on an established U.S. securities exchange or market.

 

(c)           Upon Participant’s Separation from Service due to an Involuntary Termination occurring within twelve (12) months following the Change in Control in which this Substitute Award is assumed or otherwise continued in effect, Participant shall immediately vest in all the Performance Shares subject to this Substitute Award at that time on the basis of actual Performance Goal attainment for such Performance Period. The Shares underlying those vested

 

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Performance Shares shall be issued to Participant on the date of such Separation from Service or as soon as administratively practicable thereafter but in no event later than the fifteenth (15th) day of the third (3rd) calendar month following the date of such Separation from Service. Should this Substitute Award be replaced with a cash retention account in accordance with Paragraph 6(a), then the balance credited to that account at the time of such Involuntary Termination shall vest upon his or her Separation from Service due to such Involuntary Termination, provided and only if such Separation from Service occurs within twelve (12) months following the Change in Control. The distribution of such vested balance, together with all accrued interest thereon through the actual payment date, shall be made to Participant on the date of such Separation from Service or as soon as administratively practicable thereafter but in no event later than the fifteenth (15th) day of the third (3rd) calendar month following the date of such Separation from Service.

 

(d)           If this Substitute Award is not assumed by the successor entity or otherwise continued in effect or replaced with a cash retention program in accordance with Paragraph 6(a), then the following provisions shall apply in the event the Change in Control is effected on or after the completion of the Performance Period:

 

(i)              If Participant continues in Service through the effective date of the Change in Control, then Participant shall, upon the closing of such Change in Control, vest in all the Shares that are at the time subject to this Substitute Award on the basis of actual Performance Goal attainment.

 

(ii)             The Shares in which Participant so vests shall be converted into the right to receive the same consideration per share of Common Stock payable to the other stockholders of the Corporation in consummation of the Change in Control. Such consideration per Share shall be distributed to Participant on the earliest to occur of (x) the date the Share would have otherwise been issued pursuant to the Service vesting and issuance provisions set forth in Paragraph 3(b) in the absence of such Change in Control, (y) the date of Participant’s Separation from Service or (z) the first date following a Qualifying Change in Control transaction on which the distribution can be made without contravention of any applicable provisions of Code Section 409A or as soon as administratively practicable following the applicable distribution date, but in no event later than the fifteenth (15th) day of the third (3rd) calendar month following that date.

 

(iii)            To the extent the consideration payable per share of Common Stock in the Change in Control is in the form of cash, a fully-vested cash retention account shall be established by the successor entity at the time of such Change in Control.  Such account shall be credited with the amount of the cash consideration payable for the Shares that are at the time subject to this Substitute Award on the basis of actual Performance Goal attainment, and interest shall accrue on the outstanding balance of that account, for the period commencing with the closing date of the Change in Control and continuing through the date of the final payment of the account, including any deferred

 

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payment date under Paragraph 10, at a variable per annum rate, compounded semi-annually, equal to the prime rate of interest as in effect from time to time during such period, as determined on the basis of the prime rate quotations published in The Wall Street Journal . The cash retention account, together with all accrued interest thereon through the actual payment date, shall be distributed, as to each Share to which that cash retention account pertains, in accordance with the distribution provisions of subparagraph (ii) of this Paragraph 6(d), and Participant’s interest in the account shall at all times be that of a general, unsecured creditor.

 

7.             Change in Control Benefits Agreement .  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, if Participant is, at the time of a change in control or ownership of the Corporation (whether or not that transaction constitutes a Change in Control hereunder), a party to a Change in Control Benefits Agreement with the Corporation, then the provisions of that agreement shall, to the extent applicable to this Award, govern Participant’s rights and benefits with respect to the restricted stock units and underlying Shares subject to this Agreement, and in the event of any conflict between the provisions of that Change in Control Benefits Agreement and this Agreement, the provisions of the Change in Control Benefits Agreement shall be controlling; provided, however, that in the event there is any conflict between the issuance or distribution provisions of this Agreement and the issuance or distribution provisions of the Change in Control Benefits Agreement, the issuance and distribution provisions of this Agreement shall be controlling.

 

8.             Adjustment in Shares .  Should any change be made to the Common Stock by reason of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, combination of shares, exchange of shares, spin-off transaction, extraordinary dividend or distribution or other change affecting the outstanding Common Stock as a class without the Corporation’s receipt of consideration, or should the value of outstanding shares of Common Stock be substantially reduced as a result of a spin-off transaction or an extraordinary dividend or distribution, or should there occur any merger, consolidation or other reorganization, then equitable adjustments shall be made by the Plan Administrator to the total number and/or class of securities issuable pursuant to this Substitute Award in order to reflect such change and thereby prevent a dilution or enlargement of benefits hereunder. In making such equitable adjustments, the Plan Administrator shall take into account any amounts credited to Participant’s book account under Paragraph 4(b) in connection with the transaction, and the determination of the Plan Administrator shall be final, binding and conclusive.  In the event of any Change in Control transaction, the adjustment provisions of Paragraph 5(b) or 6(b), as applicable, shall be controlling.

 

9.             Issuance of Vested Shares and Applicable Withholding Taxes .

 

(a)           Any Shares to be issued to Participant in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Agreement shall be in the form of a book entry evidencing ownership of those Shares. Actual certificates for the vested Shares evidenced by book entry ownership shall be promptly delivered upon the request of Participant or any other person having an interest at the time in those Shares.

 

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(b)           The Corporation shall collect the Withholding Taxes with respect to each non-Share distribution by withholding a portion of that distribution equal to the amount of the applicable Withholding Taxes, with the cash portion of the distribution to be the first portion so withheld.

 

(c)           Unless Participant (i) otherwise makes satisfactory arrangements with the Corporation’s Human Resources Department, on or before the expiration of the designated notification period preceding the applicable issuance date of the Shares, to pay the applicable Withholding Taxes through the delivery of a check payable to the Corporation in the amount of such Withholding Taxes and (ii) in fact delivers such check to the Corporation not later than that issuance date, the Corporation shall collect the Withholding Taxes applicable to the Share issuance through the following automatic share withholding method:

 

·               On the applicable issuance date, the Corporation shall withhold, from the vested Shares otherwise issuable to Participant at that time, a portion of those Shares with a Fair Market Value (measured as of the issuance date) equal to the applicable Withholding Taxes; provided , however , that the number of Shares which the Corporation shall be required to so withhold shall not exceed in Fair Market Value the amount necessary to satisfy the Corporation’s required tax withholding obligations using the minimum statutory withholding rates for federal and state tax purposes, including payroll taxes, that are applicable to supplemental taxable income.

 

(d)           Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Paragraph 9, the employee portion of the federal, state and local employment taxes required to be withheld by the Corporation in connection with the vesting of the Shares or any other amounts hereunder (the “Employment Taxes”) shall in all events be collected from the Participant no later than the last business day of the calendar year in which the Shares or other amounts vest hereunder.  Accordingly, to the extent the applicable issuance date for one or more vested Shares or the distribution date for such other amounts is to occur in a year subsequent to the calendar year in which those Shares or other amounts vest, the Participant shall, on or before the last business day of the calendar year in which the Shares or other amounts vest, deliver to the Corporation a check payable to its order in the dollar amount equal to the Employment Taxes required to be withheld with respect to those Shares or other amounts.  The provisions of this Paragraph 9(d) shall be applicable only to the extent necessary to comply with the applicable tax withholding requirements of Code Section 3121(v).

 

(e)           Except as otherwise provided in Paragraph 5 or this Paragraph 9, the settlement of all restricted stock units which vest under this Substitute Award shall be made solely in shares of Common Stock.  In no event, however, shall any fractional shares be issued.  Accordingly, the total number of shares of Common Stock to be issued at the time this Substitute Award vests shall, to the extent necessary, be rounded down to the next whole share in order to avoid the issuance of a fractional share.

 

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10.           Code Section 409A.   Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Agreement, to the extent this Substitute Award may be deemed to create a deferred compensation arrangement under Code Section 409A, then the following limitation and provisions shall apply:

 

·               No Shares or other amounts which become issuable or distributable under this Agreement upon Participant’s Separation from Service shall actually be issued or distributed to Participant prior to the earlier of (i) the first (1st) day of the seventh (7th) month following the date of such Separation from Service or (ii) the date of Participant’s death, if Participant is deemed at the time of such Separation from Service to be a specified employee under Section 1.409A-1(i) of the Treasury Regulations issued under Code Section 409A, as determined by the Plan Administrator in accordance with consistent and uniform standards applied to all other Code Section 409A arrangements of the Corporation, and such delayed commencement is otherwise required in order to avoid a prohibited distribution under Code Section 409A(a)(2).  The deferred Shares or other distributable amount shall be issued or distributed in a lump sum on the first (1st) day of the seventh (7th) month following the date of Participant’s Separation from Service or, if earlier, the first day of the month immediately following the date the Corporation receives proof of Participant’s death.

 

·               Participant’s right to receive each installment of Shares or other installment distribution pursuant to the terms of this Agreements shall, for purposes of Code Section 409A, be treated as a right to receive a series of separate payments.

 

11.           Compliance with Laws and Regulations .  The issuance of shares of Common Stock pursuant to this Substitute Award shall be subject to compliance by the Corporation and Participant with all applicable requirements of law relating thereto and with all applicable regulations of any Stock Exchange on which the Common Stock may be listed for trading at the time of such issuance.

 

12.           Notices .  Any notice required to be given or delivered to the Corporation under the terms of this Agreement shall be in writing and addressed to the Corporation at its principal corporate offices.  Any notice required to be given or delivered to Participant shall be in writing and addressed to Participant at the address indicated below Participant’s signature line on this Agreement.  All notices shall be deemed effective upon personal delivery or upon deposit in the U.S. mail, postage prepaid and properly addressed to the party to be notified.

 

13.           Successors and Assigns .  Except to the extent otherwise provided in this Agreement, the provisions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the Corporation and its successors and assigns and Participant, Participant’s assigns, the legal representatives, heirs and legatees of Participant’s estate and any beneficiaries of the Award designated by Participant.

 

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14.           Construction .

 

(a)           This Agreement and the Substitute Award evidenced hereby are made and granted pursuant to the Plan and are in all respects limited by and subject to the terms of the Plan and any applicable Change in Control Benefits Agreement.  All decisions of the Plan Administrator with respect to any question or issue arising under the Plan or this Agreement shall be conclusive and binding on all persons having an interest in this Substitute Award.

 

(b)           To the extent there is any ambiguity as to whether any provision of this Agreement would otherwise contravene one or more requirements or limitations of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder, such provision shall be interpreted and applied in a manner that complies with the applicable requirements of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder.

 

(c)           All anti-dilution adjustments made pursuant to this Agreement shall be effected in accordance with all applicable requirements and limitations of Section 409A of the Code and the applicable Treasury Regulations thereunder, and the terms and provisions of this Agreement shall be interpreted and applied in such manner that shall avoid any violation or contravention of the applicable Section 409A requirements and limitations

 

(d)           This Agreement shall not in any way affect the right of the Corporation to adjust, reclassify, reorganize or otherwise change its capital or business structure or to merge, consolidate, dissolve, liquidate or sell or transfer all or any part of its business or assets.

 

15.           Governing Law .  The interpretation, performance and enforcement of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Hawaii without resort to that State’s conflict-of-laws rules.

 

16.           Coverage under Recoupment Policy .  If Participant is on the Award Date, or at any time thereafter becomes, either an executive officer of the Corporation subject to Section 16 of the 1934 Act, or a participant in the Corporation’s Performance Improvement Incentive Plan, then Participant shall be subject to the Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. Policy Regarding Recoupment of Certain Compensation, effective as of June 29, 2012 (the “ Recoupment Policy ”), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and receipt of a copy of which Participant hereby acknowledges. If Participant is subject to the Recoupment Policy, then any incentive compensation that is paid or granted to, or received by, Participant on or after June 29, 2012 (including any incentive compensation that the Corporation pays Participant on or after June 29, 2012 pursuant to an incentive compensation award made to Participant prior to June 29, 2012, whether that award was made by the Corporation or any predecessor entity) and during the three-year period preceding the date on which the Corporation is required to prepare an accounting restatement due to material non-compliance with any applicable financial reporting requirements under the federal securities laws shall be subject to recovery and recoupment pursuant to the terms of such policy. For purposes of such Recoupment Policy, “ incentive compensation ” means any cash or equity-based award (e.g., stock award,

 

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restricted stock unit award or stock option grant or shares of Common Stock issued thereunder) or any profit sharing payment or distribution that is based upon the achievement of financial performance metrics.  An additional copy of the Recoupment Policy is available upon request made to the Corporate Secretary at the Corporation’s principal offices.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF , Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. has caused this Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement for Substitute 2012 Performance-Based Award to be executed on its behalf by its duly-authorized officer as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

ALEXANDER & BALDWIN, INC.

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

 

The undersigned acknowledges receipt of the foregoing Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement for Substitute 2012 Performance-Based Award in full cancellation and replacement of the 2012 performance-based restricted stock unit award the undersigned previously held under Alexander & Baldwin Holding’s Inc. assumed 2007 Incentive Compensation Plan and hereby agrees to be bound by all the terms and provisions of this Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement for Substitute 2012 Performance-Based Award and shall have no further right or interest in the 2012 performance-based restricted stock unit award hereby cancelled as a result of such Substitute Award and shall no further right or entitlement to acquire any shares of A&B Holdings common stock under such cancelled award.

 

 

 

 

 

PARTICIPANT

 

 

 

 

 

ADDRESS:

 

 

 

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APPENDIX A

 

DEFINITIONS

 

The following definitions shall be in effect under the Agreement:

 

A.            Agreement shall mean this Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement.

 

B.            Award Date shall mean the date the restricted stock units subject to this Substitute Award are awarded to Participant pursuant to this Agreement and shall be the date specified in Paragraph 1 of this Agreement.

 

C.            Board shall mean the Corporation’s Board of Directors.

 

D.            Cause shall mean the commission of any act of fraud, embezzlement or dishonesty by Participant, any unauthorized use or disclosure by Participant of confidential information or trade secrets of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary), or any other intentional misconduct by Participant adversely affecting the business or affairs of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) in a material manner; provided, however , that in the event Participant is, at the time the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) purports to terminate Participant’s Employee status for Cause, a party to a Change in Control Benefits Agreement applicable to the Award, the term Cause shall have the meaning ascribed to that term in such Change in Control Benefits Agreement.  The foregoing definition shall not in any way preclude or restrict the right of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) to discharge or dismiss Participant or any other person in the Service of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) for any other acts or omissions, but such other acts or omissions shall not be deemed, for purposes of the Plan and this Agreement, to constitute grounds for termination for Cause.

 

E.             Change in Control shall mean a change of ownership or control of the Corporation effected through any of the following transactions:

 

(i)            a merger, consolidation or other reorganization approved by the Corporation’s stockholders, unless securities representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting power of the voting securities of the successor corporation are immediately thereafter beneficially owned, directly or indirectly and in substantially the same proportion, by the persons who beneficially owned the Corporation’s outstanding voting securities immediately prior to such transaction,

 

(ii)           a sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s assets,

 

(iii)          the closing of any transaction or series of related transactions pursuant to which any person or any group of persons comprising a “group” within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) of the 1934 Act (other than the

 



 

Corporation or a person that, prior to such transaction or series of related transactions, directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by or is under common control with, the Corporation) acquires directly or indirectly (whether as a result of a single acquisition or by reason of one or more acquisitions within the twelve (12)-month period ending with the most recent acquisition) beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the 1934 Act) of securities possessing (or convertible into or exercisable for securities possessing) thirty-five percent (35%) or more of the total combined voting power of the Corporation’s securities (as measured in terms of the power to vote with respect to the election of Board members) outstanding immediately after the consummation of such transaction or series of related transactions, whether such transaction involves a direct issuance from the Corporation or the acquisition of outstanding securities held by one or more of the Corporation’s existing stockholders, or

 

(iv)          a change in the composition of the Board over a period of twelve (12) consecutive months or less such that a majority of the Board members ceases, by reason of one or more contested elections for Board membership, to be comprised of individuals who either (A) have been Board members continuously since the beginning of such period or (B) have been elected or nominated for election as Board members during such period by at least a majority of the Board members described in clause (A) who were still in office at the time the Board approved such election or nomination;

 

provided, however , that in the event Participant is a party to a Change in Control Benefits Agreement applicable to the Award, the term Change in Control shall have the meaning ascribed to that term in such Change in Control Benefits Agreement.

 

F.             Change in Control Benefits Agreement shall mean any separate agreement between Participant and the Corporation which provides Participant with special vesting acceleration and/or other special benefits with respect to one or more awards of restricted stock units made to Participant for shares of Common Stock, including (to the extent applicable) the restricted stock units evidenced by this Agreement, in the event of a change in control or ownership of the Corporation (whether or not constituting a Change in Control hereunder).

 

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

 

H.            Common Stock shall mean shares of the Corporation’s common stock.

 

I.              Corporation shall mean Alexander & Baldwin, Inc., a Hawaii corporation formerly known as A & B II, Inc., and any successor corporation to all or substantially all of the assets or voting stock of Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. which shall by appropriate action adopt the Plan.

 

J.             Early Retirement shall mean Participant’s retirement from Service, with the prior approval of the Corporation (or the Parent or Subsidiary employing Participant),  on or after the attainment of age fifty-five (55) and the completion of at least five (5) years of Service.

 

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K.            Employee shall mean an individual who is in the employ of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary), subject to the control and direction of the employer entity as to both the work to be performed and the manner and method of performance.

 

L.             Extraordinary Level Attainment shall mean the Corporation’s achievement of each Performance Goal set forth in Schedule I to this Agreement at the level designated as Extraordinary Level attainment for that goal.

 

M.           Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on any relevant date shall be the closing selling price per share of Common Stock at the close of regular hours trading (i.e., before after-hours trading beings) on date in question on the Stock Exchange serving as the primary market for the Common Stock, as such price is reported by the National Association of Securities Dealers (if primarily traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market) or as officially quoted in the composite tape of transactions on any other Stock Exchange on which the Common Stock is then primarily traded.  If there is no closing selling price for the Common Stock on the date in question, then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing selling price on the last preceding date for which such quotation exists.

 

N.            Good Reason shall mean the occurrence of any of the following events effected without Participant’s consent: (A) a change in Participant’s position with the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary employing Participant) which materially reduces Participant’s duties and responsibilities or the level of management to which Participant reports, (B) a relocation of Participant’s principal place of employment by more than fifty (50) miles, (C) a reduction in Participant’s level of compensation, as measured in terms of base salary, fringe benefits and target annual incentive payment, by more than ten percent (10%) or (D) the failure by the Corporation to continue in effect any stock option or other equity-based plan in which Participant is participating, or in which Participant is entitled to participate, immediately prior to a change in control of the Corporation, unless an equitable arrangement (embodied in an ongoing substitute or alternative plan) has been made with respect to such plan; or the failure by the Corporation to continue Participant’s participation therein (or in such substitute or alternative plan) on a substantially equivalent basis, both in terms of the amount or timing of payment of benefits provided and the level of Participant’s participation relative to other participants, as existed immediately prior to the change in control of the Corporation.

 

However, in the event Participant is at the time of his or her cessation of Employee status a party to a Change in Control Benefits Agreement applicable to the Award evidenced by this Agreement, the term Good Reason shall have the meaning ascribed to that term in such Change in Control Benefits Agreement.

 

O.            Involuntary Termination shall mean the Participant’s Separation from Service by reason of:

 

(i)            Participant’s involuntary dismissal or discharge by the Corporation for reasons other than for Cause, or

 

(ii)           Participant’s voluntary resignation for Good Reason.

 

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P.             1934 Act shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.

 

Q.            Normal Retirement shall mean shall mean the cessation of Service by reason of retirement at or after the attainment of age sixty-five (65).

 

R.            Participant shall mean the person to whom the Award is made pursuant to the Agreement.

 

S.             Parent shall mean any corporation (other than the Corporation) in an unbroken chain of corporations ending with the Corporation, provided each corporation in the unbroken chain (other than the Corporation) owns, at the time of the determination, stock possessing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in such chain.

 

T.            Performance Goals shall mean the performance goals specified on Schedule I of the Award Notice.

 

U.            Performance Period shall mean the period specified on Schedule I to this Agreement over which the attainment of the Performance Goals is to be measured.

 

V.            Performance Shares shall mean the maximum number of Shares in which Participant can vest based on the level at which the Performance Goals for the Performance Period are attained and shall be calculated in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and attached Schedule I.   In no event shall the number of such Performance Shares exceed two hundred percent (200%) of the designated number of Shares set forth in the Number of Shares Subject to Award section of this Agreement.

 

W.           Permanent Disability shall mean the inability of Participant to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment expected to result in death or to be of continuous duration of twelve (12) months or more.

 

X.            Plan shall mean the Corporation’s 2012 Incentive Compensation Plan.

 

Y.            Plan Administrator shall mean either the Board or a committee of the Board acting in its capacity as administrator of the Plan.

 

Z.            Qualifying Change in Control shall mean the date on which there occurs a Change in Control that also qualifies as: (i) a change in the ownership of the Corporation, as determined in accordance with Section 1.409A-3(i)((5)(v) of the Treasury Regulations, (ii) a change in the effective control of the Corporation, as determined in accordance with Section 1.409A-3(i)((5)(vi) of the Treasury Regulations, or (iii) a change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the Corporation, as determined in accordance with Section 1.409A-3(i)((5)(vii) of the Treasury Regulations.

 

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AA.        Separation from Service shall mean the Participant’s cessation of Employee status by reason of his or her death, retirement or termination of employment.  The Participant shall be deemed to have terminated employment for such purpose at such time as the level of his or her bona fide services to be performed as an Employee (or as a consultant or independent contractor) permanently decreases to a level that is less than fifty percent (50%) of the average level of services he or she rendered as an Employee during the immediately preceding thirty-six (36) months of employment (or such shorter period for which he or she may have rendered such services).  Solely for purposes of determining when a Separation from Service occurs, Participant will be deemed to continue in “Employee” status for so long as he or she remains in the employ of one or more members of the Employer Group, subject to the control and direction of the employer entity as to both the work to be performed and the manner and method of performance. “Employer Group” means the Corporation and any Parent or Subsidiary and any other corporation or business controlled by, controlling or under common control with, the Corporation, as determined in accordance with Sections 414(b) and (c) of the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder, except that in applying Sections 1563(1), (2) and (3) of the Code for purposes of determining the controlled group of corporations under Section 414(b), the phrase “at least 50 percent” shall be used instead of “at least 80 percent” each place the latter phrase appears in such sections and in applying Section 1.414(c)-2 of the Treasury Regulations for purposes of determining trades or businesses that are under common control for purposes of Section 414(c), the phrase “at least 50 percent” shall be used instead of “at least 80 percent” each place the latter phrase appears in Section 1.4.14(c)-2 of the Treasury Regulations.  Any such determination as to Separation from Service, however, shall be made in accordance with the applicable standards of the Treasury Regulations issued under Section 409A of the Code. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this definition, a Separation from Service will not be deemed to occur in the event that (i) A&B Holdings effects a distribution of all of the outstanding common stock of the Corporation to the holders of the outstanding common stock of A&B Holdings in a spin-off transaction and (ii) Participant, if in the Service of the Corporation (or any Subsidiary of the Corporation) immediately prior to the spin-off distribution, continues to remain in such Service relationship immediately after the spin-off distribution. However, should Participant experience a permanent reduction in his or her level of services to the less than fifty percent (50%) level specified in the preceding provisions of this Separation from Service definition, whether that reduction occurs before or after such spin-off distribution, then Participant shall immediately upon such permanent reduction in the level of his or her services incur a Separation from Service.

 

BB.          Service shall mean Participant’s performance of services for the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) in the capacity of an Employee, a non-employee member of the board of directors or a consultant or independent advisor.  In addition, the following provisions shall govern the determination of Participant’s period of Service:

 

(i)            Participant shall be deemed to continue in Service for so long as Participant performs services for the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) in the capacity of an Employee, a non-employee member of the board of directors or a consultant or independent advisor.

 

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(ii)           Participant shall be deemed to cease Service immediately upon the occurrence of the either of the following events: (a) Participant no longer performs services in any of the foregoing capacities for the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) or (b) the entity for which Participant performs such services ceases to remain a Parent or Subsidiary of the Corporation, even though Participant may subsequently continue to perform services for that entity.

 

(iii)          Notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraph (ii) above, should A&B Holdings effect a distribution of all of the outstanding common stock of the Corporation to the holders of the outstanding common stock of A&B Holdings in a spin-off transaction, then Participant shall be deemed to continue in Service for so long as Participant performs services following such spin-off distribution (and prior to Participant’s Separation from Service date) in the capacity of an employee, a non-employee member of the board of directors or a consultant or independent advisor with the Corporation (or any Parent (other than A&B Holdings) or Subsidiary of the Corporation) if Participant’s Service relationship is with any of those entities immediately prior to the spin-off distribution.  Accordingly, for so long as Participant remains in such Service relationship following the spin-off distribution (and prior to Participant’s Separation from Service date), this Substitute Award shall remain in full force and effect and Participant shall continue to vest in this Substitute Award.

 

(iv)          For purposes of the Service-vesting schedule in effect for this Substitute Award, Participant shall receive Service credit for his or her period of continuous service with A&B Holdings or its subsidiaries, in one or more of the foregoing Service capacities, from the January 2012 award date of the Cancelled Award which this Substitute Award replaces through the Distribution Date.

 

(v)           Service as an Employee shall not be deemed to cease during a period of military leave, sick leave or other personal leave approved by the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) employing Participant; provided, however, that the following special provisions shall be in effect for any such leave:

 

a.             Should the period of such leave (other than a disability leave) exceed six (6) months, then Participant shall be deemed to cease Service and to incur a Separation from Service upon the expiration of the initial six (6)-month period of that leave, unless Participant retains a right to re-employment under applicable law or by contract with the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) employing Participant.

 

b.             Should the period of a disability leave exceed twenty-nine (29) months, then Participant shall be deemed to cease Service and to incur a Separation from Service upon the expiration of the initial twenty-nine (29)-month period of that leave, unless Participant retains a right to re-employment under applicable law or by contract with the Corporation.  For such purpose, a disability leave shall be a leave of absence due to any medically

 

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determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or to last for a continuous period of not less than six (6) months and causes Participant to be unable to perform the duties of his or her position of employment (or any substantially similar position of employment) with the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary).

 

c.             Except to the extent otherwise required by law or expressly authorized by the Plan Administrator or by the written policy on leaves of absence of the Corporation no Service credit shall be given for vesting purposes for any period Participant is on a leave of absence.

 

(v)           Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing provisions of this Service definition, the Participant shall in all events be deemed to cease Service for all purposes of this Substitute Award immediately upon Participant’s incurrence of a Separation from Service.

 

CC.          Shares shall mean the shares of Common Stock which may vest and become issuable under the Award pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

 

DD.         Stock Exchange shall mean the American Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq Global or Global Select Market or the New York Stock Exchange.

 

EE.          Subsidiary shall mean any corporation (other than the Corporation) in an unbroken chain of corporations beginning with the Corporation, provided each corporation (other than the last corporation) in the unbroken chain owns, at the time of the determination, stock possessing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in such chain. The term Subsidiary shall also include any wholly-owned limited liability company in such chain of subsidiaries that is disregarded for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

 

FF.          Substitute Award shall mean the award of restricted stock units made to Participant pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

 

GG.          Target Level Attainment shall mean the Corporation’s achievement of each Performance Goal set forth in Schedule I to this Agreement at the level designated as Target Level attainment for that goal.

 

HH.         Withholding Taxes shall mean the federal, state and local income taxes and the employee portion of the federal, state and local employment taxes required to be withheld by the Corporation in connection with the vesting and issuance of the shares of Common Stock which vest under the Award and any phantom dividend equivalents distributed with respect to those shares.

 

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SCHEDULE I

 

PERFORMANCE PERIOD, PERFORMANCE GOALS AND LEVELS OF ATTAINMENT

 

The Performance Period shall be coincident with the Corporation’s 2012 fiscal year and shall accordingly commence on January 1, 2012 and end on December 31, 2012.

 

The Performance Goals which shall determine the number of shares of Common Stock which are to vest as Performance Shares under this Substitute Award shall be as follows:

 

Performance Goal One to which seventy-five and one-half percent (75.5%) of the Shares subject to this Substitute Award is allotted shall be tied to the combined pre-tax income realized in the Corporation’s Real Estate Leasing, Real Estate Sales and Agribusiness segments for the Performance Period. The required levels of attainment of such combined pre-tax income for the Performance Period at the Threshold, Target and Extraordinary Levels, as adjusted below for the A&B Distribution, are as follows:

 

Threshold Level:

$        million

 

 

Target Level:

$        million

 

 

Extraordinary Level

$        million

 

Performance Goal Two to which the remaining twenty-four and one-half percent (24.5%) of the Shares subject to this Substitute Award is allotted shall be tied to the combined return on invested capital (“ROIC”) realized by the Corporation’s Real Estate Leasing and Real Estate Sales segments for the Performance Period. The required levels of attainment of such combined ROIC for the Performance Period at the Threshold, Target and Extraordinary Levels, as adjusted below for the A&B Distribution, are as follows:

 

Threshold Level:

       %

 

 

Target Level:

       %

 

 

Extraordinary Level

       %

 

Adjustments to Performance Goals

 

The combined pre-tax income of the Real Estate Leasing, Real Estate Sales and Agribusiness segments for the Performance Period shall be calculated on the basis of the financial results that are reported on a business segment basis for each of the foregoing three separate business segments and included in the audited financial statements for the Corporation’s consolidated subsidiaries for the 2012 fiscal year coincident with the Performance Period, subject, however, to the following adjustments to such pre-tax income:

 



 

(i)            actual expenses charged in such fiscal year for pension, post-retirement and non-qualified deferred compensation benefits that are in excess of (or to the extent such charges are less than) the originally budgeted expenses for those benefits shall be added back (or shall be applied as a reduction) to such pre-tax income;

 

(ii)           any over-accrual of incentive compensation or profit sharing expenses for the 2012 fiscal year shall be added back to such pre-tax income, and any under-accrual of such expenses for the 2012 fiscal year shall be applied as a reduction to such pre-tax income;

 

(iii)          any transaction costs attributable to the A&B Distribution that were not previously included in the approved operating plan for the 2012 fiscal year shall be added back to such pre-tax income; and

 

(iv)          such pre-tax income shall be subject to such other adjustments as determined by the Plan Administrator as necessary or appropriate in order to accurately reflect the performance of the Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries for the 2012 fiscal year (e.g., because of changes in accounting rules, extraordinary gains from the sale of assets, unforeseen extraordinary events affecting the Corporation or any of its consolidated subsidiaries or any of their respective business operations, or other similar or dissimilar circumstances occurring during such fiscal year that may or may not have been beyond the control of the Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries).

 

The combined ROIC realized by the Real Estate Leasing and Real Estate Sales business segments for the Performance Period shall be calculated on the basis of the financial results reported for those two business segments in the Corporation’s audited financial statements for the fiscal year coincident with the Performance Period, subject, however, to the following adjustments:

 

(i)            actual expenses charged in such fiscal year for pension, post-retirement and non-qualified deferred compensation benefits that are in excess of (or to the extent such charges are less than) the originally budgeted expenses for those benefits shall be added back (or shall be applied as a reduction) in the computation of ROIC;

 

(ii)           any over-accrual of incentive compensation or profit sharing expenses for the 2012 fiscal year shall be added back in the computation of ROIC, and any under-accrual of such expenses for the 2012 fiscal year shall be applied as a reduction in the computation of ROIC;

 

(iii)          any transaction costs attributable to the A&B Distribution that were not previously included in the approved operating plan for the 2012 fiscal year shall be added back in the computation of ROIC; and

 

(iv)          appropriate adjustments shall be made to ROIC to reflect the effect of any unplanned accumulated other comprehensive income changes included in shareholders’ equity as of December 31, 2012.

 

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SCHEDULE II

 

ILLUSTRATION OF VESTING CALCULATIONS

 

The following examples are for illustration purposes only:

 

1.     Participant receives a Substitute Award for 3,000 Shares at Target Level and Participant continues in Service until the expiration of the requisite three (3)-year Service vesting period. If each of the Performance Goals is attained at the Target Level, Participant shall vest in 1,000 Shares following the completion of the Performance Period and shall vest in the remaining 2,000 shares in two successive equal annual installments upon his or her completion of each of the two remaining years in the Service vesting period.  If each of the Performance Goals is attained at the Extraordinary Level, Participant shall vest in an additional 1,000 Shares for a total of 2,000 Shares following the completion of the Performance Period and shall vest in the remaining 4,000 shares in two successive equal annual installments upon his or her completion of each of the two remaining years in the Service vesting period.

 

2.     Participant receives a Substitute Award for 3,000 Shares at Target Level and Participant ceases Service due to Permanent Disability halfway through the Performance Period.  If each of the Performance Goals is attained at the Target Level, Participant shall vest in 500 of the Shares.   On the other hand, if each of the Performance Goals is attained at the Extraordinary Level, Participant shall vest in an additional 500 Shares for a total of 1,000 Shares. If Participant ceases Service due to Permanent Disability after completing 18 months of Service since the start of the Performance Period, then he or she would vest in all 3,000 Shares at Target Level Attainment and all 6,000 Shares at Extraordinary Level Attainment.

 

3.     Participant receives a Substitute Award for 3,000 Shares at Target Level and Participant continues in Service through the completion of the three (3)-year Service vesting period.  If each of the Performance Goals is attained at a point halfway between the Threshold and Target Levels, Participant would vest in 750 of the Shares following the completion of the Performance Period and would vest in the remaining 1,500 shares in two successive equal annual installments upon his or her completion of each of the two remaining years in the Service vesting period.  On the other hand, if each of the Performance Goals is attained at a point halfway between the Target and Extraordinary Levels, Participant would vest in 1,500 of the Shares following the completion of the Performance Period and would vest in the remaining 3,000 shares in two successive equal annual installments upon his or her completion of each of the two remaining years in the Service vesting period.

 

4.     Participant receives a Substitute Award for 3,000 Shares at Target Level and Participant ceases Service due to Permanent Disability halfway through the Performance Period.  If each of the Performance Goals is attained at a point halfway between the Threshold and Target Levels, Participant would vest in 375 of the Shares following the completion of the Performance Period. On the other hand, if each of the Performance Goals is attained at a point halfway between the Target and Extraordinary Levels, Participant would vest in 750 of the Shares following the completion of the Performance Period.