UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): February 18, 2016
ARCHROCK, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware |
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001-33666 |
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74-3204509 |
(State or Other Jurisdiction
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(Commission
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(IRS Employer
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16666 Northchase Drive
Houston, Texas 77060
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
(281) 836-8000
Registrants telephone number, including area code
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Adoption of Incentive Program for 2016
On February 18, 2016, the compensation committee of our board of directors (the Committee) adopted a short-term incentive program (the 2016 Incentive Program) to provide the short-term cash incentive compensation element of our total direct compensation program for this year. The Committee set the cash incentive target under the 2016 Incentive Program for each of our named executive officers set forth below (the Named Executive Officers), as a specified percentage of his respective base salary:
Executive Officer |
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2016 Cash
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D. Bradley Childers |
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President and Chief Executive Officer |
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110 |
David S. Miller |
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Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
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70 |
Robert E. Rice |
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Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer |
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70 |
Donald C. Wayne |
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Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary |
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65 |
Each Named Executive Officers potential cash incentive payout ranges from 0% to 200% of his respective target, as may be adjusted by the Committee in its discretion. In addition, the Committee has the discretion to increase each individuals actual bonus payment above 200% of his respective target.
Actual payouts under the 2016 Incentive Program will be based on the Committees assessment of our performance for 2016 relative to one or more of the following performance indicators, as well as such other factors or criteria that the Committee in its discretion deems appropriate:
· Financial and operational performance, including operating cash flow, operating horsepower and a consolidated debt ratio;
· Safety, to be assessed by specific corporate and group metrics, including the incident rate for recordable injuries;
· Service quality, to be assessed by various group metrics, including equipment service availability; and
· People, to be assessed by successful implementation of various group initiatives intended to optimize and enhance our company culture.
The Committee intends to award performance-based short-term incentive compensation under the 2016 Incentive Program based on its assessment of: (i) for all Named Executive Officers, overall company financial and operating performance, including operating cash flow, operating horsepower and a consolidated debt ratio, (ii) for each Named Executive Officer other than Messrs. Childers and Miller, each officers operating unit performance relative to the performance indicators, (iii) each Named Executive Officers individual contribution toward our company and/or operating unit performance, including his demonstrated leadership and implementation of our business strategy, (iv) the recommendations of our Chief Executive Officer (other than with respect to himself), and (v) any other factors or criteria that the Committee may choose to consider, in its discretion. No specific weight will be given to any of these factors. The Committee has reserved the right to modify the list of performance indicators, as well as target levels of one or more of these indicators, in its discretion based on internal and external developments during the course of 2016.
Adoption of Performance Unit Award Notice
On February 18, 2016, the Committee adopted a new form of Award Notice and Agreement for Performance Units (the Performance Unit Award Notice), which sets forth the terms for grants to officers and employees of performance units with tandem dividend equivalents under the Archrock, Inc. 2013 Stock Incentive Plan (the Plan). Among other things, the Performance Unit Award Notice provides for (i) notice of the number of units that will be earned and paid if the performance objectives are met at the target level, the performance period, the performance objectives and the vesting schedule of the award, (ii) immediate vesting of the unvested portion of the award in the event of the grantees termination of employment as a result of death or disability based upon the performance objectives achieved through the date of such termination (or, if such achievement has not yet been determined, at target), (iii) forfeiture of the unvested award in the event of the grantees termination of employment other than for death or disability, unless the Committee directs otherwise, (iv) immediate vesting of the unvested portion of the award in the event of the grantees termination of employment without cause, by the grantee for good reason or due to the grantees death or disability, in any case, within 18 months following a change of control and (v) determination by the Committee of the level of performance achieved during the performance period (or, if shorter, through the date of the change in control) based on the performance objectives. If a change in control occurs prior to the end of the performance period, the Committee has the authority to determine the level of achievement of the performance objectives through the date of such change in control (or, if no determination reasonably can be made, achievement will be deemed to occur at target level).
Following the performance period (or, if earlier, on the date of a change in control), the Committee will certify the level of performance achieved and the number of performance units that become earned (which will equal the target performance units multiplied by the applicable achievement level (or, in the event of the grantees death or disability or a corporate change in connection with which the Committee cannot reasonably determine the level of achievement, the target achievement level)). The Performance Unit Award Notice also provides for (i) payment of the earned performance units that vest in cash in an amount equal to the fair market value of an equivalent number of shares of our common stock on the vest date, and (ii) non-transferability of the award other than in accordance with the terms of the Plan. Awards granted under the Performance Unit Award Notice have a one-year performance period and time-vest one-third per year over a three-year period, subject to continued service through each vesting date. Grantees are also entitled to receive payments in cash equal to each dividend we make in respect of the shares of common stock underlying the performance units, payable as and when such dividends are paid generally to our stockholders, except that no such payments will be made prior to the date on which a performance unit satisfies the applicable performance objectives and becomes an earned unit.
The foregoing summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Performance Unit Award Notice, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Form 8-K and is incorporated in this Item 5.02 by reference.
Adoption of Restricted Stock Award Notice
On February 18, 2016, the Committee adopted a form of Award Notice and Agreement for Time-Vested Restricted Stock (the Restricted Stock Award Notice), which sets forth the terms for grants to officers and employees of restricted shares of our common stock under the Plan. Among other things, the Restricted Stock Award Notice provides for (i) notice of the amount and vesting schedule of the award, (ii) immediate vesting of the unvested portion of the award in the event of the grantees termination of employment as a result of death or disability, (iii) forfeiture of the unvested portion of the award in the event of the grantees termination of employment other than as a result of death or disability, unless the Committee directs otherwise, (iv) immediate vesting of the unvested portion of the award in the event of the grantees termination of employment by the company without cause, by the grantee for good reason or due to the grantees death or disability, in each case, within 18 months following a change of control and (v) non-transferability of the award other than in accordance with the terms of the Plan. Awards granted under the Restricted Stock Award Notice vest one-third per year over a three-year period, subject to continued service through each vesting date.
The foregoing summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Restricted Stock Award Notice, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.2 to this Form 8-K and is incorporated in this Item 5.02 by reference.
Adoption of Stock-Settled Restricted Stock Unit Award Notice
On February 18, 2016, the Committee adopted a form of Award Notice and Agreement for Time-Vested Stock-Settled Restricted Stock Units (the Stock-Settled RSU Award Notice), which sets forth the terms for grants to officers and employees of stock-settled restricted stock units with tandem dividend equivalents under the Plan. The terms of the Stock-Settled RSU Award Notice are substantially similar to the terms of the Restricted Stock
Award Notice described above, and grantees are entitled to receive payments equal to each dividend we make, payable as and when such dividends are paid generally to our stockholders. Awards granted under the Stock-Settled RSU Award Notice vest one-third per year over a three-year period, subject to continued service through each vesting date, and will be settled in shares of our common stock following each vesting date.
The foregoing summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Stock-Settled RSU Award Notice, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.3 to this Form 8-K and is incorporated in this Item 5.02 by reference.
Adoption of Director Common Stock Award Notice
On February 18, 2016, the Committee adopted a form of Award Notice and Agreement for Common Stock Award for Non-Employee Directors (the Director Common Stock Award Notice), which sets forth the terms for grants to our non-employee directors of shares of our common stock under the Plan.
The foregoing summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Director Common Stock Award Notice, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.4 to this Form 8-K and is incorporated in this Item 5.02 by reference.
In connection with the receipt of an award under any of the award notices described in this report, the grantee must agree to abide by specified confidentiality and 18-month non-solicitation and non-competition covenants.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit No. |
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Description |
10.1 |
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Form of Archrock, Inc. Award Notice and Agreement for Performance Units |
10.2 |
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Form of Archrock, Inc. Award Notice and Agreement for Time-Vested Restricted Stock |
10.3 |
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Form of Archrock, Inc. Award Notice and Agreement for Time-Vested Stock-Settled Restricted Stock Units |
10.4 |
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Form of Archrock, Inc. Award Notice and Agreement for Common Stock Award for Non-Employee Directors |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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ARCHROCK, INC. |
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/s/ David S. Miller |
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David S. Miller |
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Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
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Date: February 24, 2016 |
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Exhibit Index
Exhibit No. |
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Description |
10.1 |
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Form of Archrock, Inc. Award Notice and Agreement for Performance Units |
10.2 |
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Form of Archrock, Inc. Award Notice and Agreement for Time-Vested Restricted Stock |
10.3 |
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Form of Archrock, Inc. Award Notice and Agreement for Time-Vested Stock-Settled Restricted Stock Units |
10.4 |
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Form of Archrock, Inc. Award Notice and Agreement for Common Stock Award for Non-Employee Directors |
Exhibit 10.1
ARCHROCK, INC. |
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FORM OF AWARD NOTICE AND AGREEMENT
PERFORMANCE UNITS
Archrock, Inc. (the Company ), has granted to you (the Participant ) a Performance Award (your Award ) under the Archrock, Inc. 2013 Stock Incentive Plan (as may be amended from time to time, the Plan ). Each Performance Unit (as defined below) is granted in tandem with a corresponding Dividend Equivalent, which shall entitle you to payments in accordance with Section 2 below. All capitalized terms not explicitly defined in this Award Notice and Agreement (the Award Notice ) but defined in the Plan shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the Plan.
The main terms of your Award are as follows:
1. Award. You have been granted a number of performance units, the payout of which is based on the attainment of certain performance objectives (the Performance Units ), as described herein. Each Performance Unit is granted in tandem with a corresponding Dividend Equivalent. The Award is stated at target; however, the actual number of Performance Units that becomes earned and payable hereunder may be greater or less than the target number.
2. Dividend Equivalents . Each Performance Unit granted hereunder is hereby granted in tandem with a corresponding Dividend Equivalent, which Dividend Equivalent shall remain outstanding from the Grant Date until the earlier of the payment or forfeiture of the Performance Unit to which it corresponds (the Dividend Equivalent Period). Each Dividend Equivalent shall entitle you to receive payments, subject to and in accordance with this Award Notice, in an amount equal to each dividend (including any extraordinary or other non-recurring dividend), in each case, that (a) is made by the Company in respect of the share of Common Stock underlying the Earned Unit (as defined below) to which such Dividend Equivalent relates, and (b) has an applicable Dividend Date (as defined below) occurring during the Dividend Equivalent Period. Such amounts (if any) shall be payable no later than thirty (30) days following the date on which such dividends are paid generally to the Companys stockholders; provided, that no such payments shall be made prior to the date on which the Earned Unit becomes an Earned Unit, and any Dividend Equivalent payments that would have been made prior to the date on which the Earned Unit becomes an Earned Unit shall be paid in a single lump sum no later than sixty (60) days following the date on which the Earned Unit becomes an Earned Unit. Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon the payment of an Earned Unit or forfeiture of a Performance Unit, the Dividend Equivalent granted in tandem with such paid Earned Unit or forfeited Performance Unit, as applicable, and the Dividend Equivalent Period shall terminate with respect to such Earned Unit or Performance Unit, as applicable. For the avoidance of doubt, a Dividend Equivalent will only entitle you to payments relating to dividends with an applicable Dividend Date occurring between the Grant Date and the date on which you receive payment in respect of the Earned Unit to which it corresponds in accordance with Section 7 below (or, if earlier, the date on which you forfeit the Performance Unit to which it corresponds), and you shall not be entitled to any Dividend Equivalent payment with respect to any Performance Unit that does not become an Earned Unit. The Dividend Equivalents and any amounts that may become distributable in respect thereof shall be treated separately from the Performance Units and the rights arising in connection therewith for purposes of Section 409A (as defined below) (including for purposes of the designation of the time and form of payments required by Section 409A). For purposes of this Notice, Dividend Date shall mean, with respect to any dividend made in respect of the Common Stock of the Company, the date preceding the ex-dividend date applicable to such dividend.
3. Grant Date. The Grant Date of this Award is the date of approval by the Board of Directors of the Company or an appropriate committee of the Board of Directors.
4. Vesting. Subject to Section 5 below, your Award will become payable (as provided in Section 7 below) at 0% to 150% of the Performance Units based on the achievement of the applicable pre-determined Performance Measures over the applicable performance period (the Performance
Period ) and the satisfaction of the time-based vesting requirements described below. The target Performance Units equals the number of Performance Units (or the cash equivalent thereof) that would be earned and paid if the Performance Measures are met at the target level over the Performance Period.
This Award is further subject to a time-based vesting schedule. One-third of the Performance Units subject to this Award will vest on each of the first, second and third anniversaries of the Grant Date (each such date, a Vest Date ); however, except as set forth in Sections 5 and 6 below, you must remain in continuous service as an Employee of the Company or one of its Affiliates at all times from the Grant Date up to and including the applicable Vest Date for the applicable portion of the Award to vest.
Exhibit A hereto provides (a) the Performance Period for your Award, (b) an explanation of the Performance Measures and (c) the percentage of the Award that will be earned, if any, based on the achievement of the Performance Measures (subject to the time-based vesting requirements set forth in this Notice).
5. Termination of Service.
(a) Subject to Sections 5(b) and 6 below, if your status as an Employee with the Company or an Affiliate terminates for any reason, other than due to your death or Disability or as provided in Section 6 below, the unvested portion of your Award (after taking into account any accelerated vesting that occurs in connection with such termination, if any) and the Dividend Equivalents corresponding with such unvested portion of your Award will be automatically cancelled and forfeited on the date of such termination unless the Committee directs otherwise.
(b) If your status as an Employee of the Company or an Affiliate terminates as a result of your death or Disability, then your Award will immediately vest and be payable as of such date based upon the Achievement Percentage (defined below) or, if the Achievement Percentage has not yet been determined, based upon the target performance level. Any such date on which such accelerated vesting occurs pursuant to this Section 5(b) is referred to in this Award Notice as an Accelerated Vest Date .
6. Corporate Change. In the event a Corporate Change occurs, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Award Notice, this section will govern the vesting of your Award on and after the date the Corporate Change is consummated.
(a) Determination of Achievement Percentage . If a Corporate Change is consummated prior to the end of the Performance Period and you are employed by the Company or an Affiliate as of such consummation date, then (i) the Committee, in its discretion, shall determine in good faith the Achievement Percentage based on performance during the portion of the Performance Period commencing on the first day of the Performance Period and ending on the date the Corporate Change is consummated or (ii) if the Committee determines, in its discretion, that no such determination can reasonably be made, then the Achievement Percentage shall be deemed to be 100% (and your Earned Units (as defined below) will be determined based upon such Achievement Percentage).
(b) Termination of Service Following a Corporate Change . If your status as an Employee of the Company or an Affiliate is terminated on or within 18 months following the date a Corporate Change is consummated (i) by the Company or such Affiliate without Cause, (ii) by you for Good Reason (as defined below) or (iii) as a result of your death or Disability, then the unvested portion of your Award as of the date of your Termination of Service as an Employee will immediately vest in full as of the date of your Termination of Service as an Employee (the Corporate Change Vest Date ). If your status as an Employee is terminated by the Company with Cause or by you without Good Reason on or after the date the Corporate Change is consummated, then the unvested portion of your Award and the Dividend Equivalents corresponding with such unvested portion of your Award will be automatically forfeited on the date of your Termination of Service as an Employee.
For purposes of this Award Notice, unless otherwise provided in a written agreement between the Company or an Affiliate and you, Good Reason means the occurrence of any of the following without your express written consent:
(i) A reduction of 10% or more of your base salary;
(ii) Your being required to be based at any other office or location of employment more than 50 miles from your primary office or location of employment immediately prior to the Corporate Change; or
(iii) The willful failure by the Company or an Affiliate to pay you your compensation when due;
provided, however , unless otherwise provided in a written agreement between the Company or an Affiliate and you, that Good Reason does not exist with respect to a matter unless you give the Company or an Affiliate, as applicable, a notice of termination due to such matter within 20 days of the date such matter first exists. If you fail to give a notice of termination timely, you shall be deemed to have waived all rights you may have under this Award Notice with respect to such matter. The Company or an Affiliate will have 30 days from the date of your notice of termination to cure the matter. If the Company or an Affiliate cures the matter, your notice of termination shall be deemed rescinded. If the Company or an Affiliate (as applicable) fails to cure the matter timely, your status as an Employee shall be deemed to have been terminated by the Company for Good Reason at the end of the 30-day cure period.
7. Determination of Earned Units, Settlement and Payment. As soon as administratively practicable following the conclusion of the Performance Period (or, if earlier, the date on which a Corporate Change is consummated), the Committee shall certify in writing the level of performance achieved with respect to the Performance Measures (the Achievement Percentage ). The actual number of Performance Units payable under your Award shall be equal to the product of the target number of Performance Units multiplied by the Achievement Percentage or, in the event of your termination due to your death or Disability during the Performance Period or a Corporate Change during the Performance Period in connection with which the Committee determines, in its discretion, it cannot reasonably determine the Achievement Percentage, 100% of the Performance Units (in any case, such number of Performance Units payable under your Award, the Earned Units ).
As soon as administratively practicable after your Earned Units vest, but in no event later than the sixtieth (60th) day following the applicable Vest Date, Accelerated Vest Date, or Corporate Change Vest Date of such Earned Units, you will receive payment in respect of such vested Earned Units in the form of cash equal to the Fair Market Value of an equivalent number of shares of Common Stock of the Company as of the applicable Vest Date, Accelerated Vest Date, or Corporate Change Vest Date of such vested Earned Units. Payments in respect of any corresponding Dividend Equivalents shall be paid in the form of cash.
Except as provided below, this Award and the Dividend Equivalents are intended to be exempt under Section 409A of the Code ( Section 409A ) under the short-term deferral exclusion and will be interpreted and operated consistent with such intent. If, for any reason, the Company determines that this Award and/or the Dividend Equivalents are subject to Section 409A, the Company shall have the right in its sole discretion (without any obligation to do so or to indemnify you or any other person for failure to do so) to adopt such amendments to the Plan or this Award Notice, or adopt other policies and procedures (including amendments, policies and procedures with retroactive effect), or take any other actions, as the Company determines are necessary or appropriate to provide for either the Performance Units and/or Dividend Equivalents to be exempt from the application of Section 409A or to comply with the requirements of Section 409A.
8. Stockholder Rights. The Performance Units represent an unfunded, unsecured and contingent right to receive payment. Except as otherwise provided in Section 2 above, you have no rights as a stockholder with respect to any Performance Units. The grant of the Performance Units under your Award shall be implemented by a credit to a bookkeeping account maintained by the Company.
9. Non-Transferability. You cannot sell, transfer, pledge, exchange, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of your Award or the Dividend Equivalents except as otherwise set forth in Paragraph XV(i) of the Plan.
10. No Right to Continued Service. Nothing in this Award Notice guarantees your continued service as an Employee or other service provider of the Company or any of its Affiliates or interferes in any way with the right of the Company or its Affiliates to terminate your status as an Employee or other service provider at any time.
11. Data Privacy. You consent to the collection, use, processing and transfer of your personal data as described in this paragraph. You understand that the Company and/or its Affiliates hold certain personal information about you (including your name, address and telephone number, date of birth, social security number, social insurance number, etc.) for the purpose of administering the Plan ( Data ). You also understand that the Company and/or its Affiliates will transfer this Data amongst themselves as necessary for the purpose of implementing, administering and managing your participation in the Plan, and that the Company and/or its Affiliates may also transfer this Data to any third parties assisting the Company in the implementation, administration and management of the Plan. You authorize them to receive, possess, use, retain and transfer the Data, in electronic or other form, for these purposes. You also understand that you may, at any time, review the Data, require any necessary changes to the Data or withdraw your consent in writing by contacting the Company. You further understand that withdrawing your consent may affect your ability to participate in the Plan.
12. Withholding. Your Award is subject to applicable income and/or social insurance tax withholding obligations (including, without limitation, any applicable FICA, employment tax or other social security contribution obligations), and the Company and its Affiliates may, in their sole discretion, withhold an amount of cash otherwise payable to you under this Award and/or with respect to the Dividend Equivalents in order to satisfy any such withholding obligations. If necessary, the Company reserves the right to withhold from your regular earnings an amount sufficient to meet the withholding obligations.
13. Plan Governs. This Award Notice is subject to the terms of the Plan, a copy of which is available at no charge through your UBS account or which will be provided to you upon request as indicated in Section 17. All the terms and conditions of the Plan, as may be amended from time to time, and any rules, guidelines and procedures which may from time to time be established pursuant to the Plan, are hereby incorporated into this Award Notice, including, but not limited to, Sections XV(l) (Section 409A of the Code) and XV(j) (Clawback) thereof. In the event of a discrepancy between this Award Notice and the Plan, the Plan shall govern.
14. Adjustment. This Award shall be subject to adjustment as provided in Paragraph XIII of the Plan.
15. Modifications. The Company may, without your consent, make any change to this Award Notice that is not adverse to your rights under this Award Notice or the Plan.
16. Non-Solicitation/Confidentiality Agreement. The greatest assets of the Company and its Affiliates ( Archrock in this Section 16) are its employees, customers, and confidential information. In recognition of the increased risk of unfairly losing any of these assets, Archrock has adopted this Non-Solicitation/Confidentiality Agreement as set forth in this Section 16, the terms of which you accept and agree to by accepting the Award.
a. In order to assist you with your employment-related duties, Archrock has provided and shall continue to provide you with access to confidential and proprietary operational information and other confidential information which is either information not known by actual or potential competitors and third parties or is proprietary information of Archrock ( Confidential Information ). Such Confidential Information shall include, without limitation, information regarding Archrocks customers and suppliers, employees, business operations, product lines, services, pricing and pricing formulae, machines and inventions, research, knowhow, manufacturing and fabrication techniques, engineering and product design specifications, financial information, business plans and strategies, information derived from reports and computer systems, work in progress, marketing and sales programs and strategies, cost data, methods of doing business, ideas, materials or information prepared or performed
for, by or on behalf of Archrock. You agree, during your service as an Employee and at all times thereafter, not to use, divulge, or furnish or to make accessible to any third party, company, or other entity or individual, without Archrocks written consent, any Confidential Information of Archrock, except as required by your job-related duties to Archrock.
b. You agree that whenever your service as an Employee of Archrock ends for any reason, (i) you shall return to Archrock all documents, whether in hard copy or electronic form, containing or referring to Archrocks Confidential Information as may be in your possession and/or control, with no request from Archrock required; and (ii) you shall return all Archrock computer and computer-related equipment and software, and all Archrock property, forms, files, records, documents, drawings, specifications, lists, equipment and other similar items relating to Archrocks business coming into your possession and/or control during your employment, with no request from Archrock required.
c. In connection with your acceptance of the Award under the Plan, and in exchange for the consideration provided hereunder, and in consideration of Archrock disclosing and providing access to Confidential Information, you agree that you will not, during your service as an Employee or other service provider of Archrock, and for eighteen (18) months thereafter, directly or indirectly, for any reason, for your own account or on behalf of or together with any other person, entity or organization, encourage, entice, solicit or otherwise induce any current employee of Archrock (or person who was employed with Archrock in the 90 days prior to your separation from employment) to leave Archrock to join a Competitive Business. A Competitive Business means a business that provides natural gas compression services; maintenance, repair, recondition, or overhaul of natural gas compression equipment; the sale of parts and components for natural gas compression equipment; or any other business which Archrock may be engaged in at the time of Employees separation from employment with Archrock. With respect to the enforcement of this Agreement in Louisiana this paragraph shall be enforceable only in the Restricted Area as defined below.
d. In connection with your acceptance of the Award under the Plan, and in exchange for the consideration provided hereunder, and in consideration of Archrock disclosing and providing access to Confidential Information, you agree that you will not, during your service as an Employee or other service provider of Archrock, and for eighteen (18) months thereafter, directly or indirectly, for your own account or on behalf of or together with any other person, entity or organization, divert or attempt to divert the business of a Covered Customer to a Competitive Business in the Restricted Area or perform services for a Covered Customer on behalf of a Competitive Business in the Restricted Area. Restricted Area means: (i) for an Employee residing in Louisiana at the time this Agreement is to be enforced against the Employee the Parishes in Louisiana of Acadia, Beauregard, Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Calcasieu, Cameron, Claiborne, De Soto, East Baton Rouge, Evangeline, Iberia, Jefferson, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Lafourche, Lincoln, Orleans, Plaquemines, Red River, Terrebonne, Vermilion, Webster, and West Baton Rouge; and (ii) for an Employee residing in any state other than Louisiana at the time this Agreement is to be enforced against the Employee the Restricted Area shall be the Employees state of residence and any other state in which Employee provided work-related services to Archrock during the twenty-four (24) month period immediately prior to Employees separation from employment from Archrock. Covered Customer means any customer of Archrock with whom the Employee had contact as an employee of Archrock during the twenty-four (24) month period immediately prior to Employees separation from employment or any customer of Archrock about whom Employee had access to Confidential Information.
e. You agree that (i) the terms of this Section 16 are reasonable and constitute an otherwise enforceable agreement to which the terms and provisions of this Section 16 are ancillary or a part of; (ii) the consideration provided by Archrock under this Section 16 is not illusory; (iii) the restrictions of this Section 16 are necessary and reasonable for the protection of the legitimate business interests and goodwill of Archrock; and (iv) the consideration given by Archrock under this Section 16, including without limitation, the provision by Archrock of Confidential Information to you, gives rise to Archrocks interests in the covenants set forth in
this Section 16.
f. You and Archrock agree that it was both parties intention to enter into a valid and enforceable agreement. You agree that if any covenant contained in this Section 16 is found by a court of competent jurisdiction t o contain limitations as to time, geographic area, or scope of activity that are not reasonable and impose a greater restraint than is necessary to protect the goodwill or other business interests of Archrock, then the court shall reform the covenant to the extent necessary to cause the limitations contained in the covenant as to time, geographic area, and scope of activity to be restrained to be reasonable and to impose a restraint that is not greater than necessary to protect the goodwill and other business interests of Archrock.
g. In the event that Archrock determines that you have breached or attempted or threatened to breach any term of this Section 16, in addition to any other remedies at law or in equity Archrock may have available to it, it is agreed that Archrock shall be entitled, upon application to any court of proper jurisdiction, to a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction (without necessity of (i) proving irreparable harm, (ii) establishing that monetary damages are inadequate, or (iii) posting any bond with respect thereto) against you prohibiting such breach or attempted or threatened breach by proving only the existence of such breach or attempted or threatened breach. You agree that the period during which the covenants contained in this Section 16 are in effect shall be computed by excluding from such computation any time during which you are in violation of any provision of this Section 16.
h. You hereby acknowledge that the Award being granted to you under the Plan is an extraordinary item of compensation and is not part of, nor in lieu of, your ordinary wages for services you may render to Archrock.
i. You understand that this agreement is independent of and does not affect the enforceability of any other restrictive covenants by which you have agreed to be bound in any other agreement with Archrock.
j. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Award, the provisions of this Section 16 shall be governed, construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas, without giving effect to the conflict of law principles thereof. Any action or proceeding seeking to enforce any provision of this Section 16 shall be brought only in the courts of Harris County, Texas, or, if it has or can acquire jurisdiction, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston, Division, and the parties consent to the jurisdiction of such courts in any such action or proceeding and waive any objection to jurisdiction and venue laid therein. However, only with respect to the enforcement of this Agreement in Louisiana, Louisiana law shall control and venue shall be in a parish with appropriate jurisdiction in Louisiana.
17. Additional Information. If you require additional information concerning your Award, contact the Companys Stock Plan Administrator at 281.836.8055 or at mystock@archrock.com. You may also contact UBS at 713.654.4713.
18. Participant Acceptance. If you agree with the terms and conditions of this Award, please indicate your acceptance in UBS One Source by selecting Accept . To reject the Award, select Reject. Please note that if you reject the Award or do not accept the Award within 90 days of the Grant Date, the Award will be forfeited.
Exhibit 10.2
ARCHROCK, INC.
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TIME-VESTED RESTRICTED STOCK
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Archrock, Inc. (the Company) has granted to you (the Participant) shares of restricted stock under the Archrock, Inc. 2013 Stock Incentive Plan (as may be amended from time to time, the Plan). All capitalized terms not explicitly defined in this Award Notice and Agreement (the Award Notice) but defined in the Plan shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the Plan.
The material terms of your Award are as follows:
1. Award. You have been granted shares of Company restricted stock (the Award or Restricted Stock) subject to these terms and conditions.
2. Grant Date . The Grant Date of this Award is the date on which this Award is approved by the Board of Directors of the Company or an appropriate committee of the Board of Directors.
3. Vesting . This Award is subject to a vesting schedule. One-third of the Restricted Stock subject to the Award will vest on each of the first, second and third anniversaries of the Grant Date (each such date a Vest Date); however, except as set forth in Sections 4 and 5 below, you must remain in continuous service as an Employee of the Company or one of its Affiliates at all times from the Grant Date up to and including the applicable Vest Date for the applicable portion of the Award to vest.
4. Termination of Service.
(a) Subject to Sections 4(b) and 5 below, if your status as an Employee of the Company or an Affiliate terminates for any reason (other than as a result of death or Disability or as provided in Section 5 below), the unvested portion of your Award (after taking into account any accelerated vesting that occurs in connection with such termination, if any) will be automatically forfeited on the date of such termination unless the Committee directs otherwise.
(b) If your status as an Employee of the Company or an Affiliate terminates as a result of your death or Disability, the unvested portion of your Award (after taking into account any accelerated vesting that occurs in connection with such termination, if any) will immediately vest in full and all restrictions applicable to your Award will cease as of that date.
5. Termination of Service Following a Corporate Change . In the event a Corporate Change occurs, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Award Notice, this section will govern the vesting of your Award on and after the date the Corporate Change is consummated. If your status as an Employee of the Company or an Affiliate is terminated on or within 18 months following the date a Corporate Change is consummated (i) by the Company or such Affiliate without Cause, (ii) by you for Good Reason (as defined below) or (iii) as a result of your death or Disability, then the unvested portion of your Award as of the date of your Termination of Service as an Employee will immediately vest in full and all restrictions applicable to your Award will cease as of the date of your Termination of Service as an Employee. If your status as an Employee is terminated by the Company or an Affiliate with Cause or by you without Good Reason on or after the date a Corporate Change is consummated, then the unvested portion of your Award will be automatically forfeited on the date of your Termination of Service as an Employee.
For purposes of this Award Notice, unless otherwise provided in a written agreement between the Company or an Affiliate and you, Good Reason means the occurrence of any of the following without your express written consent:
(i) A reduction of 10% or more of your base salary;
(ii) Your being required to be based at any other office or location of employment more than 50 miles from your primary office or location of employment immediately prior to the Corporate Change; or
(iii) The willful failure by the Company or an Affiliate to pay you your compensation when due;
provided, however , unless otherwise provided in a written agreement between the Company or an Affiliate and you, that Good Reason does not exist with respect to a matter unless you give the Company or an Affiliate, as applicable, a notice of termination due to such matter within 20 days of the date such matter first exists. If you fail to give a notice of termination timely, you shall be deemed to have waived all rights you may have under this Award Notice with respect to such matter. The Company or an Affiliate will have 30 days from the date of your notice of termination to cure the matter. If the Company or an Affiliate cures the matter, your notice of termination shall be deemed rescinded. If the Company or an Affiliate, as applicable, fails to cure the matter timely, your status as an Employee shall be deemed to have been terminated by the Company for Good Reason at the end of the 30-day cure period.
6. Stockholder Rights. The Company will register the shares of Restricted Stock in your name. You will have the right to vote your shares of Restricted Stock and receive dividends, if any, with respect to your Restricted Stock, regardless of vesting; however, the Company will withhold delivery of your shares until they are vested.
7. NonTransferability. Prior to vesting, you cannot sell, transfer, pledge, exchange or otherwise dispose of your shares of Restricted Stock except as otherwise set forth in Paragraph XV(i) of the Plan.
8. No Right to Continued Service. Nothing in this Award Notice guarantees your continued service as an Employee or other service provider of the Company or any of its Affiliates or interferes in any way with the right of the Company or its Affiliates to terminate your status as an Employee or other service provider at any time.
9. Data Privacy. You consent to the collection, use, processing and transfer of your personal data as described in this paragraph. You understand that the Company and/or its Affiliates hold certain personal information about you (including your name, address and telephone number, date of birth, social security number, social insurance number, etc.) for the purpose of administering the Plan (Data). You also understand that the Company and/or its Affiliates will transfer this Data amongst themselves as necessary for the purpose of implementing, administering and managing your participation in the Plan, and that the Company and/or its Affiliates may also transfer this Data to any third parties assisting the Company in the implementation, administration and management of the Plan. You authorize them to receive, possess, use, retain and transfer the Data, in electronic or other form, for these purposes. You also understand that you may, at any time, review the Data, require any necessary changes to the Data or withdraw your consent in writing by contacting the Company. You further understand that withdrawing your consent may affect your ability to participate in the Plan.
10. Withholding. Your Award is subject to applicable income and/or social insurance tax withholding obligations (including, without limitation, any applicable FICA, employment tax or other social security contribution obligations), and the Company and its Affiliates may, in their sole discretion, withhold a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock that are otherwise issuable to you pursuant to your Award to satisfy any such withholding obligations. If necessary, the Company also reserves the right to withhold from your regular earnings an amount sufficient to meet the withholding obligations.
11. Plan Governs. This Award Notice is subject to the terms of the Plan, a copy of which is available at no charge through your UBS account or which will be provided to you upon request as
indicated in Section 15. All the terms and conditions of the Plan, as may be amended from time to time, and any rules, guidelines and procedures which may from time to time be established pursuant to the Plan, are hereby incorporated into this Award Notice, including, but not limited to, Paragraphs XV(l) (Section 409A of the Code) and XV(j) (Clawback) thereof. In the event of a discrepancy between this Award Notice and the Plan, the Plan shall govern.
12. Adjustment. This Award shall be subject to adjustment as provided in Paragraph XIII of the Plan.
13. Modifications . The Company may, without your consent, make any change to this Award Notice that is not adverse to your rights under this Award Notice or the Plan.
14. Non-Solicitation/Confidentiality Agreement. The greatest assets of the Company and its Affiliates ( Archrock in this Section 14) are its employees, customers, and confidential information. In recognition of the increased risk of unfairly losing any of these assets, Archrock has adopted this Non-Solicitation/Confidentiality Agreement as set forth in this Section 14, the terms of which you accept and agree to by accepting the Award.
a. In order to assist you with your employment-related duties, Archrock has provided and shall continue to provide you with access to confidential and proprietary operational information and other confidential information which is either information not known by actual or potential competitors and third parties or is proprietary information of Archrock ( Confidential Information ). Such Confidential Information shall include, without limitation, information regarding Archrocks customers and suppliers, employees, business operations, product lines, services, pricing and pricing formulae, machines and inventions, research, knowhow, manufacturing and fabrication techniques, engineering and product design specifications, financial information, business plans and strategies, information derived from reports and computer systems, work in progress, marketing and sales programs and strategies, cost data, methods of doing business, ideas, materials or information prepared or performed for, by or on behalf of Archrock. You agree, during your service as an Employee and at all times thereafter, not to use, divulge, or furnish or to make accessible to any third party, company, or other entity or individual, without Archrocks written consent, any Confidential Information of Archrock, except as required by your job-related duties to Archrock.
b. You agree that whenever your service as an Employee of Archrock ends for any reason, (i) you shall return to Archrock all documents, whether in hard copy or electronic form, containing or referring to Archrocks Confidential Information as may be in your possession and/or control, with no request from Archrock required; and (ii) you shall return all Archrock computer and computer-related equipment and software, and all Archrock property, forms, files, records, documents, drawings, specifications, lists, equipment and other similar items relating to Archrocks business coming into your possession and/or control during your employment, with no request from Archrock required.
c. In connection with your acceptance of the Award under the Plan, and in exchange for the consideration provided hereunder, and in consideration of Archrock disclosing and providing access to Confidential Information, you agree that you will not, during your service as an Employee or other service provider of Archrock, and for eighteen (18) months thereafter, directly or indirectly, for any reason, for your own account or on behalf of or together with any other person, entity or organization, encourage, entice, solicit or otherwise induce any current employee of Archrock (or person who was employed with Archrock in the 90 days prior to your separation from employment) to leave Archrock to join a Competitive Business. A Competitive Business means a business that provides natural gas compression services; maintenance, repair, recondition, or overhaul of natural gas compression equipment; the sale of parts and components for natural gas compression equipment; or any other business which Archrock may be engaged in at the time of Employees separation from employment with Archrock. With respect to the enforcement of this Agreement in Louisiana this
paragraph shall be enforceable only in the Restricted Area as defined below.
d. In connection with your acceptance of the Award under the Plan, and in exchange for the consideration provided hereunder, and in consideration of Archrock disclosing and providing access to Confidential Information, you agree that you will not, during your service as an Employee or other service provider of Archrock, and for eighteen (18) months thereafter, directly or indirectly, for your own account or on behalf of or together with any other person, entity or organization, divert or attempt to divert the business of a Covered Customer to a Competitive Business in the Restricted Area or perform services for a Covered Customer on behalf of a Competitive Business in the Restricted Area. Restricted Area means: (i) for an Employee residing in Louisiana at the time this Agreement is to be enforced against the Employee the Parishes in Louisiana of Acadia, Beauregard, Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Calcasieu, Cameron, Claiborne, De Soto, East Baton Rouge, Evangeline, Iberia, Jefferson, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Lafourche, Lincoln, Orleans, Plaquemines, Red River, Terrebonne, Vermilion, Webster, and West Baton Rouge; and (ii) for an Employee residing in any state other than Louisiana at the time this Agreement is to be enforced against the Employee the Restricted Area shall be the Employees state of residence and any other state in which Employee provided work-related services to Archrock during the twenty-four (24) month period immediately prior to Employees separation from employment from Archrock. Covered Customer means any customer of Archrock with whom the Employee had contact as an employee of Archrock during the twenty-four (24) month period immediately prior to Employees separation from employment or any customer of Archrock about whom Employee had access to Confidential Information.
e. You agree that (i) the terms of this Section 14 are reasonable and constitute an otherwise enforceable agreement to which the terms and provisions of this Section 14 are ancillary or a part of; (ii) the consideration provided by Archrock under this Section 14 is not illusory; (iii) the restrictions of this Section 14 are necessary and reasonable for the protection of the legitimate business interests and goodwill of Archrock; and (iv) the consideration given by Archrock under this Section 14, including without limitation, the provision by Archrock of Confidential Information to you, gives rise to Archrocks interests in the covenants set forth in this Section 14.
f. You and Archrock agree that it was both parties intention to enter into a valid and enforceable agreement. You agree that if any covenant contained in this Section 14 is found by a court of competent jurisdiction t o contain limitations as to time, geographic area, or scope of activity that are not reasonable and impose a greater restraint than is necessary to protect the goodwill or other business interests of Archrock, then the court shall reform the covenant to the extent necessary to cause the limitations contained in the covenant as to time, geographic area, and scope of activity to be restrained to be reasonable and to impose a restraint that is not greater than necessary to protect the goodwill and other business interests of Archrock.
g. In the event that Archrock determines that you have breached or attempted or threatened to breach any term of this Section 14, in addition to any other remedies at law or in equity Archrock may have available to it, it is agreed that Archrock shall be entitled, upon application to any court of proper jurisdiction, to a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction (without necessity of (i) proving irreparable harm, (ii) establishing that monetary damages are inadequate, or (iii) posting any bond with respect thereto) against you prohibiting such breach or attempted or threatened breach by proving only the existence of such breach or attempted or threatened breach. You agree that the period during which the covenants contained in this Section 14 are in effect shall be computed by excluding from such computation any time during which you are in violation of any provision of this Section 14.
h. You hereby acknowledge that the Award being granted to you under the Plan is an extraordinary item of compensation and is not part of, nor in lieu of, your ordinary wages for services you may render to Archrock.
i. You understand that this agreement is independent of and does not affect the enforceability of any other restrictive covenants by which you have agreed to be bound in any other agreement with Archrock.
j. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Award, the provisions of this Section 14 shall be governed, construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas, without giving effect to the conflict of law principles thereof. Any action or proceeding seeking to enforce any provision of this Section 14 shall be brought only in the courts of Harris County, Texas, or, if it has or can acquire jurisdiction, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston, Division, and the parties consent to the jurisdiction of such courts in any such action or proceeding and waive any objection to jurisdiction and venue laid therein. However, only with respect to the enforcement of this Agreement in Louisiana, Louisiana law shall control and venue shall be in a parish with appropriate jurisdiction in Louisiana.
15. Additional Information. If you require additional information concerning your Award, contact the Companys Stock Plan Administrator at 281.836.8055 or at mystock@archrock.com. You may also contact UBS at 713.654.4713.
16. Participant Acceptance. If you agree with the terms and conditions of this Award, please indicate your acceptance in UBS One Source by selecting Accept. To decline the Award, select Reject. Please note that if you reject the Award or do not accept the Award within 9 0 days of the Grant Date, the Award will be forfeited.
Exhibit 10.3
ARCHROCK, INC. |
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FORM OF AWARD NOTICE AND AGREEMENT
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Archrock, Inc. (the Company) has granted to you (the Participant) restricted stock units under the Archrock, Inc. 2013 Stock Incentive Plan (as may be amended from time to time, the Plan). Each restricted stock unit shall be issued in tandem with a corresponding Dividend Equivalent, which shall entitle you to payments in accordance with Section 2 below. All capitalized terms not explicitly defined in this Award Notice and Agreement (the Award Notice) but defined in the Plan shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the Plan.
The material terms of your Award are as follows:
1. Award. You have been granted restricted stock units (the Award or RSUs), each with a tandem grant of a Dividend Equivalent, subject to these terms and conditions.
2. Dividend Equivalents . Each RSU granted hereunder is hereby granted in tandem with a corresponding Dividend Equivalent, which Dividend Equivalent shall remain outstanding from the Grant Date until the earlier of the payment or forfeiture of the RSU to which it corresponds (the Dividend Equivalent Period). Each Dividend Equivalent shall entitle you to receive payments, subject to and in accordance with this Award Notice, in an amount equal to each dividend (including any extraordinary or other non-recurring dividend), in each case, that (a) is made by the Company in respect of the share of Common Stock underlying the RSU to which such Dividend Equivalent relates, and (b) has an applicable Dividend Date (as defined below) occurring during the Dividend Equivalent Period. Such amounts (if any) shall be payable as and when such dividends are paid generally to the Companys stockholders (and without regard to the vested or unvested status of the RSU underlying such Dividend Equivalent on the applicable Dividend Date). Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon the payment or forfeiture of a RSU, the Dividend Equivalent granted in tandem with such paid or forfeited RSU and the Dividend Equivalent Period shall terminate with respect to such RSU. For the avoidance of doubt, a Dividend Equivalent will only entitle you to payments relating to dividends with an applicable Dividend Date occurring between the Grant Date and the date on which you receive payment in respect of the RSU to which it corresponds in accordance with Section 7 below (or, if earlier, the date on which you forfeit the RSU to which it corresponds). The Dividend Equivalents and any amounts that may become distributable in respect thereof shall be treated separately from the RSUs and the rights arising in connection therewith for purposes of Section 409A of the Code (including for purposes of the designation of the time and form of payments required by Section 409A of the Code). For purposes of this Notice, Dividend Date shall mean, with respect to any dividend made in respect of the Common Stock of the Company, the date preceding the ex-dividend date applicable to such dividend.
3. Grant Date. The Grant Date of this Award is the date on which this Award is approved by the Board of Directors of the Company or an appropriate committee of the Board of Directors.
4. Vesting. This Award is subject to a vesting schedule. One third of the RSUs subject to the Award will vest on each of the first, second and third anniversaries of the Grant Date (each such date, a Vest Date); however, except as set forth in Sections 5 and 6 below, you must remain in continuous service as an Employee of the Company or one of its Affiliates at all times from the Grant Date up to and including the applicable Vest Date for the applicable portion of the Award to vest.
5. Termination of Service.
(a) Subject to Sections 5(b) and 6 below, if your status as an Employee of the Company or an Affiliate terminates for any reason (other than as a result of death or Disability or as provided in Section 6 below), the unvested portion of your Award (after taking into account any accelerated vesting that occurs in connection with such termination, if any) and the Dividend Equivalents corresponding with such unvested portion of your Award will be automatically forfeited on the date of such termination unless the Committee directs otherwise.
(b) If your status as an Employee of the Company or an Affiliate terminates as a result of your death or Disability, the unvested portion of your Award will immediately vest in full and all restrictions applicable to your Award will cease as of that date. Any such date on which such accelerated vesting occurs pursuant to this Section 5(b) is referred to in this Award Notice as an Accelerated Vest Date.
6. Termination of Service Following a Corporate Change. In the event a Corporate Change occurs, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Award Notice, this section will govern the vesting of your Award on and after the date the Corporate Change is consummated. If your status as an Employee of the Company or an Affiliate is terminated on or within 18 months following the date a Corporate Change is consummated (i) by the Company or such Affiliate without Cause, (ii) by you for Good Reason (as defined below) or (iii) as a result of your death or Disability, then the unvested portion of your Award as of the date of your Termination of Service as an Employee will immediately vest in full and all restrictions applicable to your Award will cease as of the date of your Termination of Service as an Employee. If your status as an Employee is terminated by the Company or an Affiliate with Cause or by you without Good Reason on or after the date a Corporate Change is consummated, then the unvested portion of your Award and the Dividend Equivalents corresponding with such unvested portion of your Award will be automatically forfeited on the date of your Termination of Service as an Employee. Any date on which accelerated vesting occurs pursuant to this Section 6 is referred to in this Award Notice as a Corporate Change Vest Date.
For purposes of this Award Notice, unless otherwise provided in a written agreement between the Company or an Affiliate and you, Good Reason means the occurrence of any of the following without your express written consent:
(i) A reduction of 10% or more of your base salary;
(ii) Your being required to be based at any other office or location of employment more than 50 miles from your primary office or location of employment immediately prior to the Corporate Change; or
(iii) The willful failure by the Company or an Affiliate to pay you your compensation when due;
provided, however , unless otherwise provided in a written agreement between the Company or an Affiliate and you, that Good Reason does not exist with respect to a matter unless you give the Company or an Affiliate, as applicable, a notice of termination due to such matter within 20 days of the date such matter first exists. If you fail to give a notice of termination timely, you shall be deemed to have waived all rights you may have under this Award Notice with respect to such matter. The Company or an Affiliate will have 30 days from the date of your notice of termination to cure the matter. If the Company or an Affiliate cures the matter, your notice of termination shall be deemed rescinded. If the Company or an Affiliate (as applicable) fails to cure the matter timely, your status as an Employee shall be deemed to have been terminated by the Company for Good Reason at the end of the 30-day cure period.
7. Payment. As soon as administratively practicable after your RSUs vest, but in no event later than the sixtieth (60 th ) day following the applicable Vest Date, Accelerated Vest Date or Corporate Change Vest Date of such RSUs, you will receive payment of your vested RSUs in the form of shares of Common Stock, which will be issued to you in book entry form. Payments in respect of any corresponding Dividend Equivalents shall be paid in the form in which the applicable dividends were paid, unless otherwise determined by the Committee.
This Award and the Dividend Equivalents are intended to be exempt under Section 409A of the Code
(Section 409A) under the short-term deferral exclusion and will be interpreted and operated consistent with such intent. If, for any reason, the Company determines that this Award and/or the Dividend Equivalents are subject to Section 409A, the Company shall have the right in its sole discretion (without any obligation to do so or to indemnify you or any other person for failure to do so) to adopt such amendments to the Plan or this Award Notice, or adopt other policies and procedures (including amendments, policies and procedures with retroactive effect), or take any other actions, as the Company determines are necessary or appropriate to provide for either the RSUs and/or Dividend Equivalents to be exempt from the application of Section 409A or to comply with the requirements of Section 409A.
8. Stockholder Rights. Until such time as the Company issues you payment in the form of shares of Common Stock in accordance with Section 7 above, you will not have the right to vote the shares of Common Stock underlying your RSUs, or, except as otherwise provided herein with respect to the payment of Dividend Equivalents with respect to the shares of Common Stock underlying your RSUs, to enjoy any other stockholder rights.
9. NonTransferability. You cannot sell, transfer, pledge, exchange, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of your RSUs or Dividend Equivalents except as otherwise set forth in Paragraph XV(i) of the Plan.
10. No Right to Continued Service. Nothing in this Award Notice guarantees your continued service as an Employee or other service provider of the Company or any of its Affiliates or interferes in any way with the right of the Company or its Affiliates to terminate your status as an Employee or other service provider at any time.
11. Data Privacy. You consent to the collection, use, processing and transfer of your personal data as described in this paragraph. You understand that the Company and/or its Affiliates hold certain personal information about you (including your name, address and telephone number, date of birth, social security number, social insurance number, etc.) for the purpose of administering the Plan (Data). You also understand that the Company and/or its Affiliates will transfer this Data amongst themselves as necessary for the purpose of implementing, administering and managing your participation in the Plan, and that the Company and/or its Affiliates may also transfer this Data to any third parties assisting the Company in the implementation, administration and management of the Plan. You authorize them to receive, possess, use, retain and transfer the Data, in electronic or other form, for these purposes. You also understand that you may, at any time, review the Data, require any necessary changes to the Data or withdraw your consent in writing by contacting the Company. You further understand that withdrawing your consent may affect your ability to participate in the Plan.
12. Withholding. Your Award is subject to applicable income and/or social insurance tax withholding obligations (including, without limitation, any applicable FICA, employment tax or other social security contribution obligations), and the Company and its Affiliates may, in their sole discretion, withhold a sufficient amount or number of shares of Common Stock that are otherwise issuable to you pursuant to your Award and/or the Dividend Equivalents to satisfy any such withholding obligations. If necessary, the Company reserves the right to withhold from your regular earnings an amount sufficient to meet the withholding obligations.
13. Plan Governs. This Award Notice is subject to the terms of the Plan, a copy of which is available at no charge through your UBS account or which will be provided to you upon request as indicated in Section 17. All the terms and conditions of the Plan, as may be amended from time to time, and any rules, guidelines and procedures which may from time to time be established pursuant to the Plan, are hereby incorporated into this Award Notice, including, but not limited to, Paragraphs XV(l) (Section 409A of the Code) and XV(j) (Clawback) thereof. In the event of a discrepancy between this Award Notice and the Plan, the Plan shall govern.
14. Adjustment. This Award and the Dividend Equivalents shall be subject to adjustment as provided in Paragraph XIII of the Plan.
15. Modifications. The Company may, without your consent, make any change to this Award Notice that is not adverse to your rights under this Award Notice or the Plan.
16. Non-Solicitation/Confidentiality Agreement. The greatest assets of the Company and its Affiliates ( Archrock in this Section 16) are its employees, customers, and confidential information. In recognition of the increased risk of unfairly losing any of these assets, Archrock has adopted this Non-Solicitation/Confidentiality Agreement as set forth in this Section 16, the terms of which you accept and agree to by accepting the Award.
a. In order to assist you with your employment-related duties, Archrock has provided and shall continue to provide you with access to confidential and proprietary operational information and other confidential information which is either information not known by actual or potential competitors and third parties or is proprietary information of Archrock ( Confidential Information ). Such Confidential Information shall include, without limitation, information regarding Archrocks customers and suppliers, employees, business operations, product lines, services, pricing and pricing formulae, machines and inventions, research, knowhow, manufacturing and fabrication techniques, engineering and product design specifications, financial information, business plans and strategies, information derived from reports and computer systems, work in progress, marketing and sales programs and strategies, cost data, methods of doing business, ideas, materials or information prepared or performed for, by or on behalf of Archrock. You agree, during your service as an Employee and at all times thereafter, not to use, divulge, or furnish or to make accessible to any third party, company, or other entity or individual, without Archrocks written consent, any Confidential Information of Archrock, except as required by your job-related duties to Archrock.
b. You agree that whenever your service as an Employee of Archrock ends for any reason, (i) you shall return to Archrock all documents, whether in hard copy or electronic form, containing or referring to Archrocks Confidential Information as may be in your possession and/or control, with no request from Archrock required; and (ii) you shall return all Archrock computer and computer-related equipment and software, and all Archrock property, forms, files, records, documents, drawings, specifications, lists, equipment and other similar items relating to Archrocks business coming into your possession and/or control during your employment, with no request from Archrock required.
c. In connection with your acceptance of the Award under the Plan, and in exchange for the consideration provided hereunder, and in consideration of Archrock disclosing and providing access to Confidential Information, you agree that you will not, during your service as an Employee or other service provider of Archrock, and for eighteen (18) months thereafter, directly or indirectly, for any reason, for your own account or on behalf of or together with any other person, entity or organization, encourage, entice, solicit or otherwise induce any current employee of Archrock (or person who was employed with Archrock in the 90 days prior to your separation from employment) to leave Archrock to join a Competitive Business. A Competitive Business means a business that provides natural gas compression services; maintenance, repair, recondition, overhaul of natural gas compression equipment; the sale of parts and components for natural gas compression equipment; or any other business which Archrock may be engaged in at the time of Employees separation from employment with Archrock. With respect to the enforcement of this Agreement in Louisiana this paragraph shall be enforceable only in the Restricted Area as defined below.
d. In connection with your acceptance of the Award under the Plan, and in exchange for the consideration provided hereunder, and in consideration of Archrock disclosing and providing access to Confidential Information, you agree that you will not, during your service as an Employee or other service provider of Archrock, and for eighteen (18) months thereafter, directly or indirectly, for your own account or on behalf of or together with any other person, entity or organization, divert or attempt to divert the business of a Covered Customer to a Competitive Business in the Restricted Area or perform services for a Covered Customer on behalf of a Competitive Business in the Restricted Area. Restricted Area means: (i) for an Employee
residing in Louisiana at the time this Agreement is to be enforced against the Employee the Parishes in Louisiana of Acadia, Beauregard, Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Calcasieu, Cameron, Claiborne, De Soto, East Baton Rouge, Evangeline, Iberia, Jefferson, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Lafourche, Lincoln, Orleans, Plaquemines, Red River, Terrebonne, Vermilion, Webster, and West Baton Rouge; and (ii) for an Employee residing in any state other than Louisiana at the time this Agreement is to be enforced against the Employee the Restricted Area shall be the Employees state of residence and any other state in which Employee provided work-related services to Archrock during the twenty-four (24) month period immediately prior to Employees separation from employment from Archrock. Covered Customer means any customer of Archrock with whom the Employee had contact as an employee of Archrock during the twenty-four (24) month period immediately prior to Employees separation from employment or any customer of Archrock about whom Employee had access to Confidential Information.
e. You agree that (i) the terms of this Section 16 are reasonable and constitute an otherwise enforceable agreement to which the terms and provisions of this Section 16 are ancillary or a part of; (ii) the consideration provided by Archrock under this Section 16 is not illusory; (iii) the restrictions of this Section 16 are necessary and reasonable for the protection of the legitimate business interests and goodwill of Archrock; and (iv) the consideration given by Archrock under this Section 16, including without limitation, the provision by Archrock of Confidential Information to you, gives rise to Archrocks interests in the covenants set forth in this Section 16.
f. You and Archrock agree that it was both parties intention to enter into a valid and enforceable agreement. You agree that if any covenant contained in this Section 16 is found by a court of competent jurisdiction t o contain limitations as to time, geographic area, or scope of activity that are not reasonable and impose a greater restraint than is necessary to protect the goodwill or other business interests of Archrock, then the court shall reform the covenant to the extent necessary to cause the limitations contained in the covenant as to time, geographic area, and scope of activity to be restrained to be reasonable and to impose a restraint that is not greater than necessary to protect the goodwill and other business interests of Archrock.
g. In the event that Archrock determines that you have breached or attempted or threatened to breach any term of this Section 16, in addition to any other remedies at law or in equity Archrock may have available to it, it is agreed that Archrock shall be entitled, upon application to any court of proper jurisdiction, to a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction (without necessity of (i) proving irreparable harm, (ii) establishing that monetary damages are inadequate, or (iii) posting any bond with respect thereto) against you prohibiting such breach or attempted or threatened breach by proving only the existence of such breach or attempted or threatened breach. You agree that the period during which the covenants contained in this Section 16 are in effect shall be computed by excluding from such computation any time during which you are in violation of any provision of this Section 16.
h. You hereby acknowledge that the Award being granted to you under the Plan is an extraordinary item of compensation and is not part of, nor in lieu of, your ordinary wages for services you may render to Archrock.
i. You understand that this agreement is independent of and does not affect the enforceability of any other restrictive covenants by which you have agreed to be bound in any other agreement with Archrock.
j. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Award, the provisions of this Section 16 shall be governed, construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas, without giving effect to the conflict of law principles thereof. Any action or proceeding seeking to enforce any provision of this Section 16 shall be brought only in the courts of Harris County, Texas, or, if it has or can acquire jurisdiction, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston, Division, and the parties consent
to the jurisdiction of such courts in any such action or proceeding and waive any objection to jurisdiction and venue laid therein. However, only with respect to the enforcement of this Agreement in Louisiana, Louisiana law shall control and venue shall be in a parish with appropriate jurisdiction in Louisiana.
17. Additional Information. If you require additional information concerning your Award, contact the Companys Stock Plan Administrator at 281.836.8055 or at mystock@archrock.com. You may also contact UBS at 713.654.4713.
18. Participant Acceptance. If you agree with the terms and conditions of this Award, please indicate your acceptance in UBS One Source by selecting Accept. To reject the Award, select Reject. Please note that if you reject the Award or do not accept the Award within 90 days of the Grant Date, the Award will be forfeited.
Exhibit 10.4
ARCHROCK, INC. |
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FORM OF AWARD NOTICE AND AGREEMENT |
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COMMON STOCK AWARD FOR NON-EMPOYEE DIRECTORS |
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Archrock, Inc. (the Company) has granted to you (the Participant) an Other Stock-Based Award consisting of shares of Common Stock under the Archrock, Inc. 2013 Stock Incentive Plan (as may be amended from time to time, the Plan), subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Award Notice and Agreement (the Award Notice) and the Plan. Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used in this Award Notice shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the Plan.
The material terms of your Award are as follows:
1. Award. You have been granted shares of the Companys Common Stock (the Award or Stock) subject to these terms and conditions.
2. Grant Date. The Grant Date of your Award is the date on which this Award is approved by the Board of Directors of the Company or an appropriate committee of the Board of Directors.
3. Stockholder Rights. The Company will register the Stock in your name. You will have the right to vote your Stock and receive dividends, if any.
4. No Right to Continued Service. Nothing contained in this Award Notice shall confer upon you any right to continued service (as a member of the Board or otherwise), or limit in any way the right of the Board to terminate or modify the terms of your service at any time.
5. Data Privacy. You consent to the collection, use, processing and transfer of your personal data as described in this paragraph. You understand that the Company and/or its Affiliates hold certain personal information about you (including your name, address and telephone number, date of birth, social security number, social insurance number, etc.) for the purpose of administering the Plan (Data). You also understand that the Company and/or its Affiliates will transfer this Data amongst themselves as necessary for the purpose of implementing, administering and managing your participation in the Plan, and that the Company and/or its Affiliates may also transfer this Data to any third parties assisting the Company in the implementation, administration and management of the Plan. You authorize them to receive, possess, use, retain and transfer the Data, in electronic or other form, for these purposes. You also understand that you may, at any time, review the Data, require any necessary changes to the Data or withdraw your consent in writing by contacting the Company. You further understand that withdrawing your consent may affect your ability to participate in the Plan.
6. Withholding. The Company and its Affiliates may elect, with your consent, to withhold a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock that are otherwise issuable to you pursuant to your Award to satisfy any such withholding obligations.
7. Plan Governs. Your Award and this Award Notice are subject to the terms of the Plan, a copy of which is available at no charge through your UBS account or which will be provided to you upon request as indicated in Section 11. All the terms and conditions of the Plan, as may be amended from time to time, and any rules, guidelines and procedures which may from time to time be established pursuant to the Plan, are hereby incorporated into this Award Notice, including, but not limited to, Paragraphs XV(I) (Section 409A of the Code) and XV(j) (Clawback) thereof. In the event of a discrepancy between this Award Notice and the Plan, the Plan shall govern.
8. Adjustment . This Award shall be subject to adjustment as provided in Paragraph XIII of the Plan.
9. Modifications. The Company may, without your consent, make any change to this Award Notice that is not adverse to your rights under this Award Notice or the Plan.
10. Non-Solicitation/Confidentiality Agreement. The greatest assets of the Company and its Affiliates ( Archrock in this Section 10) are its employees, directors, customers, and confidential information. In recognition of the increased risk of unfairly losing any of these assets, Archrock has adopted this Non-Solicitation/Confidentiality Agreement as set forth in this Section 10, the terms of which you accept and agree to by accepting the Award.
a. In order to assist you with your duties as a member of the Board of Directors, Archrock has provided and shall continue to provide you with access to confidential and proprietary operational information and other confidential information which is either information not known by actual or potential competitors and third parties or is proprietary information of Archrock ( Confidential Information ). Such Confidential Information shall include, without limitation, information regarding Archrocks customers and suppliers, employees, business operations, product lines, services, pricing and pricing formulae, machines and inventions, research, knowhow, manufacturing and fabrication techniques, engineering and product design specifications, financial information, business plans and strategies, information derived from reports and computer systems, work in progress, marketing and sales programs and strategies, cost data, methods of doing business, ideas, materials or information prepared or performed for, by or on behalf of Archrock. You agree, during your service to Archrock and at all times thereafter, not to use, divulge, or furnish or to make accessible to any third party, company, or other entity or individual, without Archrocks written consent, any Confidential Information of Archrock, except as required by your duties to Archrock.
b. In connection with your acceptance of the Award under the Plan, and in exchange for the consideration provided hereunder, and in consideration of Archrock disclosing and providing access to Confidential Information, you agree that you will not, during your service as a director of Archrock, and for eighteen (18) months thereafter, directly or indirectly, for any reason, for your own account or on behalf of or together with any other person, entity or organization, encourage, entice, solicit or otherwise induce any current employee of Archrock (or person who was employed with Archrock in the 90 days prior to your separation from employment) to leave Archrock to join a Competitive Business. A Competitive Business means a business that provides natural gas compression services; maintenance, repair, recondition, or overhaul of natural gas compression equipment; the sale of parts and components for natural gas compression equipment; or any other business which Archrock may be engaged in at the time of Participants separation from Archrock. With respect to the enforcement of this Agreement in Louisiana this paragraph shall be enforceable only in the Restricted Area as defined below.
c. In connection with your acceptance of the Award under the Plan, and in exchange for the consideration provided hereunder, and in consideration of Archrock disclosing and providing access to Confidential Information, you agree that you will not, during your service as a director of Archrock, and for eighteen (18) months thereafter, directly or indirectly, for your own account or on behalf of or together with any other person, entity or organization, divert or attempt to divert the business of a Covered Customer to a Competitive Business in the Restricted Area or perform services for a Covered Customer on behalf of a Competitive Business in the Restricted Area. Restricted Area means: (i) for any Participant residing in Louisiana at the time this Agreement is to be enforced against the Participant the Parishes in Louisiana of Acadia, Beauregard, Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Calcasieu, Cameron, Claiborne, De Soto, East Baton Rouge, Evangeline, Iberia, Jefferson, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Lafourche, Lincoln, Orleans, Plaquemines, Red River, Terrebonne, Vermilion, Webster, and West Baton Rouge; and (ii) for a Participant residing in any state other than Louisiana at the time this Agreement is to be enforced against the Participant the Restricted Area shall be the Participants state of residence and any other state in which Participant provided services to Archrock during the twenty-four (24) month period immediately prior to Participants separation from Archrock. Covered Customer means any customer of Archrock with whom the Participant had contact in service to Archrock during the
twenty-four (24) month period immediately prior to Participants separation from service from Archrock about whom Participant had access to Confidential Information.
d. You agree that (i) the terms of this Section 10 are reasonable and constitute an otherwise enforceable agreement to which the terms and provisions of this Section 10 are ancillary or a part of; (ii) the consideration provided by Archrock under this Section 10 is not illusory; (iii) the restrictions of this Section 10 are necessary and reasonable for the protection of the legitimate business interests and goodwill of Archrock; and (iv) the consideration given by Archrock under this Section 10, including without limitation, the provision by Archrock of Confidential Information to you, gives rise to Archrocks interests in the covenants set forth in this Section 10.
e. You and Archrock agree that it was both parties intention to enter into a valid and enforceable agreement. You agree that if any covenant contained in this Section 10 is found by a court of competent jurisdiction t o contain limitations as to time, geographic area, or scope of activity that are not reasonable and impose a greater restraint than is necessary to protect the goodwill or other business interests of Archrock, then the court shall reform the covenant to the extent necessary to cause the limitations contained in the covenant as to time, geographic area, and scope of activity to be restrained to be reasonable and to impose a restraint that is not greater than necessary to protect the goodwill and other business interests of Archrock.
f. In the event that Archrock determines that you have breached or attempted or threatened to breach any term of this Section 10, in addition to any other remedies at law or in equity Archrock may have available to it, it is agreed that Archrock shall be entitled, upon application to any court of proper jurisdiction, to a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction (without necessity of (i) proving irreparable harm, (ii) establishing that monetary damages are inadequate, or (iii) posting any bond with respect thereto) against you prohibiting such breach or attempted or threatened breach by proving only the existence of such breach or attempted or threatened breach. You agree that the period during which the covenants contained in this Section 10 are in effect shall be computed by excluding from such computation any time during which you are in violation of any provision of this Section 10.
g. You understand that this agreement is independent of and does not affect the enforceability of any other restrictive covenants by which you have agreed to be bound in any other agreement with Archrock.
h. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Award, the provisions of this Section 10 shall be governed, construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas, without giving effect to the conflict of law principles thereof. Any action or proceeding seeking to enforce any provision of this Section 10 shall be brought only in the courts of Harris County, Texas, or, if it has or can acquire jurisdiction, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston, Division, and the parties consent to the jurisdiction of such courts in any such action or proceeding and waive any objection to jurisdiction and venue laid therein. However, only with respect to the enforcement of this Agreement in Louisiana, Louisiana law shall control and venue shall be in a parish with appropriate jurisdiction in Louisiana.
11. Additional Information. If you require additional information concerning your Award, contact the Companys Stock Plan Administrator at 281.836.8055 or at mystock@archrock.com. You may also contact UBS at 713.654.4713.
12. Participant Acceptance. If you agree with the terms and conditions of this Award,