Appendix A
FIRST CONNECTICUT BANCORP, INC.
2012 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
SECTION 1. PURPOSE
This 2012 Stock Incentive Plan (the “
Plan
”) is designed to attract and retain the best available talent and encourage the highest level of performance by, and provide additional incentive to (a) executives; (b) Directors; and (c) other key employees of the Company and any other member of the Participating Company Group. The Company intends that this purpose will be effected by providing for Awards in the form of stock and/or stock-based awards as provided in this Plan, which afford such persons opportunity to enhance the value of Company Stock and their own financial interests, thereby strengthening the mutuality of interests between them and Company shareholders. The terms of the Plan shall be interpreted in accordance with this intention.
SECTION 2. DEFINITIONS AND CONSTRUCTION
2.1
Definitions
.
Whenever used herein, the following terms shall have their respective meanings set forth below:
“
Affiliate
” means, with respect to any person or entity (such as the Company), any company or other trade or business that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such person or entity (such as the Company) within the meaning of Rule 405 of Regulation C under the Securities Act, including, without limitation, any subsidiary of such entity (such as a Subsidiary). For purposes of granting stock options or stock appreciation rights, an entity may not be considered an Affiliate if it results in noncompliance with Code Section 409A.
“
Award
” means any Option, SAR, Restricted Stock Award, Unrestricted Stock Award, Performance Award, or Other Stock-Based Award granted under the Plan.
“
Award Agreement
” means a written agreement between the Company and a Participant setting forth the terms, conditions and restrictions of the Award granted to the Participant.
“
Bank
” means Farmington Bank, a Connecticut stock savings bank.
“
Benefit Arrangement
” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 12 hereof.
“
Board
” means the Board of Directors of the Company.
“
Cashless Exercise
” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.3 hereof.
“
Cause
” shall have the meaning given such term in the applicable Award Agreement and, in the absence of any such definition, means (a) any material breach by the Participant of any agreement to which the Participant and the Company are both parties, (b) any act or omission to act by the Participant which may have a material and adverse effect on the Company’s business or on the Participant’s ability to perform services for the Company, including, without limitation, the commission of any crime (other than ordinary traffic violations), or (c) any material misconduct or material neglect of duties by the Participant in connection with the business or affairs of the Company or any Participating Company.
“
Change in Control
” shall be deemed to have occurred if, during the term of this Agreement:
(a) the Company merges into or consolidates with another corporation, or merges another corporation into the Company, and as a result less than a majority of the combined voting power of the resulting corporation immediately after the merger or consolidation is held by “Persons” as such term is used for purposes of Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the Exchange Act who were stockholders of the Company immediately before the merger or consolidation;
(b) any Person (other than any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Bank or the Company), becomes the “Beneficial Owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the resulting corporation representing 50% or more of the combined voting power of the resulting corporation’s then-outstanding securities;
(c) during any period of twenty-four months (not including any period prior to the Effective Date of this Agreement), individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the board of directors of the Company, and any new director (other than (i) a director nominated by a Person who has entered into an agreement with the Company to effect a transaction described in paragraphs (a), (b) or (d) of this definition, (ii) a director nominated by any Person (including the Company) who publicly announces an intention to take or to consider taking actions (including, but not limited to, an actual or threatened proxy contest) which if consummated would constitute a Change in Control or (iii) a director nominated by any Person who is the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 50% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s securities) whose election by the board of directors of the Company or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders was approved in advance by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority thereof;
(d) the stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets; or
(e) the board of directors of the Company adopts a resolution to the effect that, for purposes of this Agreement, a Change in Control has occurred.
“
Code
” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any applicable regulations promulgated thereunder.
“
Committee
” means the Compensation Committee or other committee of the Board duly appointed to administer the Plan and having such powers as shall be specified by the Board. If no committee of the Board has been appointed to administer the Plan, the Board shall exercise all of the powers of the Committee granted herein, and, in any event, the Board may in its discretion exercise any or all of such powers.
“
Company
” means First Connecticut Bancorp, Inc., a Maryland-chartered corporation and the bank holding company for the Bank, or any successor company thereto.
“
Competitor
” means any savings bank, savings and loan association, savings and loan holding company, bank, bank holding company, or other institution engaged in the business of accepting deposits or making loans or doing similar business, or any direct or indirect subsidiary or affiliate of any such entity, that conducts business in any county in which the Company or the Bank maintains an office as of the Participant’s termination of Service.
“
Covered Employee
” means an Employee who is a covered employee within the meaning of Section 162(m)(3) of the Code, as the same may be amended from time to time. Section 162(m)(3) of the Code currently defines “Covered Employee” as any Employee if (a) as of the close of the taxable year, such Employee is the chief executive officer of the Company or is an individual acting in such a capacity, or (b) the total compensation of such Employee for the taxable year is required to be reported to shareholders under the Exchange Act by reason of such employee being among the four (4) highest compensated officers for the taxable year (other than the chief executive officer).
“
Designated Beneficiary
” means the beneficiary or beneficiaries designated by the Participant in writing filed with the Committee in such form and at such time as the Committee shall require.
“
Director
” means a member of the Board or of the board of directors of any other Participating Company.
“
Disability
” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 409A of the Code, as the same may be amended from time to time. Section 409A of the Code currently defines “Disability” as (a) the inability to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months or (b) by reason or any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months and the service recipient is receiving income replacement payments for at least three months under a plan covering employees. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to rules regarding expiration of an Incentive Stock Option following termination of the Participant’s Service, Disability shall have the meaning specified in Section 22(e)(3) of the Code.
“
Dividend Equivalent
” means a credit, made at the discretion of the Committee or as otherwise provided by the Plan, to the account of a Participant in an amount equal to the cash dividends paid on one share of Stock for each share of Stock represented by a Performance Award held by such Participant.
“
Effective Date
” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 22 hereof.
“
Employee
” means any person treated as an employee (including an officer or a Director who is also treated as an employee) in the records of a Participating Company and, with respect to any Incentive Stock Option granted to such person, who is an employee for purposes of Section 422 of the Code;
provided
,
however
, that neither service as a Director nor payment of a director’s fee shall be sufficient to constitute employment for purposes of the Plan.
“
Exchange Act
” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“
Executive Officer
” means any current Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and/or Executive Vice President of the Company.
“
Exercise Period
” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.2 hereof.
“
Fair Market Value
” means, as of any date, the value of a share of Stock or other property as determined by the Committee, in its discretion, or by the Company, in its discretion, if such determination is expressly allocated to the Company herein, subject to the following:
(a) If, on such date, the Stock is listed on a national or regional securities exchange or market system, the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock shall be the closing price of a share of Stock on such national or regional securities exchange or market system constituting the primary market for the Stock, as reported in the Eastern Edition of The Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Company deems reliable. If the relevant date does not fall on a day on which the Stock has traded on such securities exchange or market system, the date on which the Fair Market Value shall be established shall be the last day on which the Stock was so traded prior to the relevant date, or such other appropriate day as shall be determined by the Committee, in its discretion.
(b) If, on such date, the Stock is not listed on a national or regional securities exchange or market system, the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock shall be as determined by the Committee in good faith without regard to any restriction other than a restriction which, by its terms, will never lapse.
“
Forfeiture Event
” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.9 hereof.
“
Freestanding SAR
” means a SAR awarded by the Committee pursuant to Section 8.1 hereof other than in connection with an Option.
“
Incentive Stock Option
” means an Option intended to be (as set forth in the Award Agreement) and which qualifies as an “incentive stock option” within the meaning of Section 422(b) of the Code or any successor provision thereto as in effect from time to time.
“
Insider
” means, at any time, any person whose transactions in Stock are subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act or any successor rule or regulation thereto as in effect from time to time.
“
Nonstatutory Stock Option
” means an Option not intended to be (as set forth in the Award Agreement) or which does not qualify as an Incentive Stock Option.
“
Option
” means a right to purchase Stock (subject to adjustment as provided in Section 15 hereof) pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Plan.
“
Option Expiration Date
” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.4 hereof.
“
Other Agreement
” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 12 hereof.
“
Other Stock-Based Award
” means any right granted under Section 11 hereof.
“
Parachute Payment
” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 12 hereof.
“
Parent Corporation
” means any present or future “parent corporation” of the Company, as defined in Section 424(e) of the Code.
“
Participant
” means a person who receives or holds an Award under the Plan.
“
Participating Company
” means the Company or any Parent Corporation or Subsidiary.
“
Participating Company Group
” means at any point in time, all corporations collectively which are then Participating Companies.
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Performance Award
” means an Award of Performance Shares, Performance Units or Performance-Based Restricted Stock.
“
Performance-Based Compensation
” means compensation under an Award that is intended to satisfy the requirements of Section 162(m) for certain performance-based compensation paid to Covered Employees. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Plan shall be construed to mean that an Award which does not satisfy the requirements for performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) does not constitute performance-based compensation for other purposes, including Code Section 409A.
“
Performance-Based Restricted Stock
” means a right to purchase Stock granted to a Participant pursuant to the terms and conditions of Section 9 and Section 10 hereof.
“
Performance Goal
” means a performance goal established by the Committee pursuant to Section 10.2 hereof.
“
Performance Period
” means a period established by the Committee pursuant to Section 10.2 hereof, at the end of which one or more Performance Goals are to be measured.
“
Performance Share
” means a bookkeeping entry representing a right granted to a Participant pursuant to the terms and conditions of Section 10 hereof to receive a payment equal to the value of a Performance Share, as determined by the Committee, based on performance.
“
Performance Unit
” means a bookkeeping entry representing a right granted to a Participant pursuant to the terms and conditions of Section 10 hereof to receive a payment equal to the value of a Performance Unit, as determined by the Committee, based upon performance.
“
Plan
” means this First Connecticut Bancorp, Inc. 2012 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time.
“
Restricted Stock
” means Stock granted to a Participant pursuant to the terms and conditions of Section 9 or Section 10 hereof.
“
Restricted Stock Award
” means an Award of Restricted Stock, a Restricted Stock Purchase Right, or a Restricted Stock Unit.
“
Restricted Stock Purchase Right
” means a right to purchase Stock granted to a Participant pursuant to the terms and conditions of Section 9 hereof.
“
Restricted Stock Unit
” means a bookkeeping entry representing a right granted to a Participant to receive in cash or Stock the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock granted pursuant to the terms and conditions of Section 9 hereof.
“
Restriction Period
” means the period established in accordance with Section 9.2 hereof during which shares subject to a Restricted Stock Award are subject to Vesting Conditions.
“
Retirement
” with respect to an Employee means termination from Service with the Company and all Affiliates after attaining ‘Normal Retirement Age’ as defined in the Company’s defined benefit retirement plan; provided, however, that if the Employee is not covered by such plan, the Employee will be deemed to be covered by such plan for purposes of this determination; and provided further that should such plan cease to exist, ‘Normal Retirement Age’ shall mean the later of the attainment of age sixty-five (65) and the completion of five (5) years of service with the Company or an Affiliate. “Retirement” with respect to a nonemployee Director means termination from Service from the board of directors of the Company or any Affiliate pursuant to the mandatory retirement policy then applicable to board members.
“
Rule 16b-3
” means Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act, as amended from time to time, or any successor rule or regulation thereto.
“
Section 162(m)
” means Section 162(m) of the Code.
“
Securities Act
” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“
Service
” means a Participant’s employment or service with a Participating Company, whether in the capacity of an Employee or a Director. A Participant’s Service shall not be deemed to have terminated merely because of a change in the capacity in which the Participant renders Service to the Participating Company or a change in the Participating Company for which the Participant renders such Service, provided that there is no interruption or termination of the Participant’s Service. Furthermore, a Participant’s Service with a Participating Company may be deemed, as provided in the applicable Award Agreement, not to have terminated if the Participant takes any military leave, sick leave, or other bona fide leave of absence approved by the Company;
provided
,
however
, that if any such leave exceeds ninety (90) days, on the one hundred eighty-first (181st) day of such leave any Incentive Stock Option held by such Participant shall cease to be treated as an Incentive Stock Option and instead shall be treated thereafter as a Nonstatutory Stock Option unless the Participant’s right to return to Service with the Participating Company is guaranteed by statute or contract. Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless otherwise designated by the Participating Company or required by law, a leave of absence shall not be treated as Service for purposes of determining vesting under the Participant’s Award Agreement. A Participant’s Service shall be deemed to have terminated either upon an actual termination of Service or upon the Participating Company for which the Participant performs Service ceasing to be a Participating Company. Subject to the foregoing, the Company, in its discretion, shall determine whether the Participant’s Service has terminated and the effective date of such termination.
“
Stock
” means the common stock of the Company, as adjusted from time to time in accordance with Section 15 hereof.
“
Stock Appreciation Right
” or “
SAR
” means a bookkeeping entry representing, for each share of Stock subject to such SAR, a right granted to a Participant pursuant to Section 8 hereof to receive payment of an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the date of exercise of the SAR over the exercise price.
“
Subsidiary
” means any present or future “subsidiary corporation” of the Company, as defined in Section 424(f) of the Code.
“
Substitute Awards
” means Awards granted upon assumption of, or in substitution for, outstanding awards previously granted by a company or other entity acquired by the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or with which the Company or any Affiliate of the Company combines.
“
Tandem SAR
” means a SAR awarded by the Committee in connection with an Option pursuant to Section 8.1 hereof.
“
Ten Percent Owner
” means a Participant who, at the time an Option is granted to the Participant, owns stock possessing more than ten percent (10%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of a Participating Company within the meaning of Section 422(b)(6) of the Code.
“
Unrestricted Stock
” means Stock granted to a Participant pursuant to the terms and conditions of Section 7 hereof.
“
Unrestricted Stock Award
” means an Award of Unrestricted Stock.
“
Vesting Conditions
” means those conditions established in accordance with Section 9.2 prior to the satisfaction of which shares subject to a Restricted Stock Award remain subject to forfeiture or a repurchase option in favor of the Company.
“
Vesting Date
” means the date or dates on which the grant of an Option or SAR is eligible to be exercised or the date or dates on which a Restricted Stock Award ceases to be forfeitable.
SECTION 3. ADMINISTRATION
3.1
Administration by the Committee.
The Plan shall be administered by the Committee. All questions of interpretation of the Plan or of any Award shall be determined by the Committee, and such determinations shall be final and binding upon all persons having an interest in the Plan or such Award.
3.2
Authority of Officers
.
Any officer of a Participating Company shall have the authority to act on behalf of the Company with respect to any matter, right, obligation, determination or election which is the responsibility of or which is allocated to the Company herein, provided the officer has apparent authority with respect to such matter, right, obligation, determination or election.
3.3
Powers of the Committee
.
In addition to any other powers set forth in the Plan and subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee shall have the full and final power and authority, in its discretion:
(a) to determine the persons to whom, and the time or times at which, Awards shall be granted and the number of shares of Stock or units to be subject to each Award;
(b) to determine the type of Award granted and to designate Options as Incentive Stock Options or Nonstatutory Stock Options;
(c) to determine the Fair Market Value of shares of Stock or other property;
(d) to determine the terms, conditions and restrictions applicable to each Award (which need not be identical) and any shares acquired pursuant thereto, including, without limitation, (i) the purchase price of any Stock, (ii) the method of payment for shares purchased pursuant to any Award, (iii) the method for satisfaction of any tax withholding obligation arising in connection with any Award, including by the withholding or delivery of shares of Stock, (iv) the timing, terms and conditions of the exercisability or vesting of any Award or any shares acquired pursuant thereto, (v) the Performance Goals applicable to any Award and the extent to which such Performance Goals have been attained, (vi) the time of the expiration of any Award, (vii) the effect of the Participant’s termination of Service on any of the foregoing, and (viii) all other terms, conditions and restrictions applicable to any Award or shares acquired pursuant thereto not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan;
(e) to determine whether an Award of Restricted Stock Units, Performance Shares, Performance Units or Stock Appreciation Rights will be settled in shares of Stock, cash, or in any combination thereof;
(f) to approve one or more forms of Award Agreement;
(g) to amend, modify, extend, cancel or renew any Award or to waive any restrictions or conditions applicable to any Award or any shares acquired pursuant thereto;
(h) to accelerate, continue, extend or defer the exercisability or vesting of any Award or any shares acquired pursuant thereto, including, without limitation, with respect to the period following a Participant’s termination of Service;
(i) to prescribe, amend or rescind rules, guidelines and policies relating to the Plan, or to adopt supplements to, or alternative versions of, the Plan, including, without limitation, as the Committee deems necessary or desirable to comply with the laws of, or to accommodate the tax policy or custom of, foreign jurisdictions whose citizens may be granted Awards;
(j) to authorize, in conjunction with any applicable Company deferred compensation plan, that the receipt of cash or Stock subject to any Award under this Plan, may be deferred under the terms and conditions of such Company deferred compensation plan;
(k) to correct any defect, supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan or any Award Agreement and to make all other determinations and take such other actions with respect to the Plan or any Award as the Committee may deem advisable to the extent not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan or applicable law; and/or
(l) to provide for a “clawback” of an award pursuant to the provisions of Section 15.4 below.
The Company may retain the right in an Award Agreement to cause a forfeiture of the gain realized by a Participant on account of actions taken by the Participant in violation or breach of or in conflict with any employment agreement, non-competition agreement, any agreement prohibiting solicitation of employees or customers of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company thereof or any confidentiality obligation with respect to the Company or any Affiliate of the Company thereof or otherwise in competition with the Company or any Affiliate of the Company thereof, to the extent specified in such Award Agreement applicable to the Participant. In addition, the Company may annul an Award if the Participant is an employee of the Company or an Affiliate of the Company thereof and is terminated for Cause as defined in the applicable Award Agreement or the Plan, as applicable.
3.4
Administration with Respect to Insiders
.
With respect to participation by Insiders in the Plan, at any time that any class of equity security of the Company is registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act, the Plan shall be administered in compliance with the requirements, if any, of Rule 16b-3.
3.5
Committee Complying with Section 162(m)
.
The Company is a “publicly held corporation” within the meaning of Section 162(m), and the Board has established and will continue to maintain a Committee of “outside directors” within the meaning of Section 162(m) to approve the grant of any Award which might reasonably be anticipated to result in the payment of employee remuneration that would otherwise exceed the limit on employee remuneration deductible for income tax purposes pursuant to Section 162(m).
3.6
No Repricing
.
Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, no amendment or modification may be made to an outstanding Option or SAR, including, without limitation, by replacement of Options or SARs with cash or other award type, that would be treated as a repricing under the rules of the securities exchange or market system constituting the primary market for the Stock, in each case, without the approval of the shareholders of the Company, provided, that, appropriate adjustments may be made to outstanding Options and SARs pursuant to Section 15 and may be made to make changes to achieve compliance with applicable law, including Code Section 409A.
3.7
Deferral Arrangements
.
The Committee may permit or require the deferral of any award payment into a deferred compensation arrangement, subject to such rules and procedures as it may establish, which may include provisions for the payment or crediting of interest or dividend equivalents, including converting such credits into deferred Stock equivalents. Any such deferrals shall be made in a manner that complies with Code Section 409A.
3.8
Indemnification
.
In addition to such other rights of indemnification as they may have as members of the Board, the Committee or as officers or employees of a Participating Company, members of the Board or of the Committee and any officers or employees of the Participating Company to whom authority to act for the Board, the Committee or the Company is delegated, shall be indemnified by the Company against all reasonable expenses, including attorneys’ fees, actually and necessarily incurred in connection with the defense of any action, suit or proceeding, or in connection with any appeal therein, to which they or any of them may be a party by reason of any action taken or failure to act under or in connection with the Plan, or any right granted hereunder, and against all amounts paid by them in settlement thereof (provided such settlement is approved by independent legal counsel selected by the Company) or paid by them in satisfaction of a judgment in any such action, suit or proceeding, except in relation to matters as to which it shall be adjudged in such action, suit or proceeding that such person is liable for gross negligence, bad faith or intentional misconduct in duties;
provided
,
however
, that within sixty (60) days after the institution of such action, suit or proceeding, such person shall offer to the Company, in writing, the opportunity at its own expense to handle and defend the same.
3.9
Share Issuance/Book-Entry
.
Notwithstanding any provision of this Plan to the contrary, the issuance of the Stock under the Plan may be evidenced in such a manner as the Committee, in its discretion, deems appropriate, including, without limitation, book-entry registration or issuance of one or more Stock certificates.
SECTION 4. SHARES SUBJECT TO PLAN
4.1
Number of Shares Available for Awards
.
Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 15 hereof, the total number of shares of Stock that may be issued pursuant to Awards granted under the Plan shall not exceed an aggregate of 2,503,228 shares.
4.2
Adjustments in Authorized Shares
.
The Committee shall have the right to substitute or assume Awards in connection with mergers, reorganizations, separations, or other transactions to which Section 424(a) of the Code applies. The number of shares of Stock reserved pursuant to Section 4 shall be increased by the corresponding number of Awards assumed and, in the case of a substitution, by the net increase in the number of shares of Stock subject to Awards before and after the substitution.
4.3
Determination of Shares Issued and Issuable
.
Shares covered by an Award shall be counted as used as of the effective date of the grant. Any shares of Stock that are subject to Awards shall be counted against the limit set forth in Section 4.1 as one (1) share for every one (1) share subject to an Award. If any shares covered by an Award granted under the Plan are not earned or purchased or are forfeited or expire, or if an Award otherwise terminates without delivery of any Stock subject thereto or is settled in cash in lieu of shares, then the number of shares of Stock counted against the aggregate number of shares available under the Plan with respect to such Award shall, to the extent of any such forfeiture, termination or expiration, again be available for making Awards under the Plan in the same amount as such shares were counted against the limit set forth in Section 4.1. The number of shares of Stock available for issuance under the Plan shall not be increased by (a) any shares of Stock tendered or withheld or Award surrendered in connection with the purchase of shares of Stock upon exercise of an Option as described in Section 6.3, or (b) any shares of Stock deducted or delivered from an Award payment in connection with the Company’s tax withholding obligations as described in Section 13.
4.4
Source of Shares
.
The Stock subject to the Awards granted under the Plan shall be shares of the Company’s authorized but unissued Stock or shares of the Stock held in treasury.
SECTION 5. ELIGIBILITY
5.1
General
.
In determining the Participants to whom Awards shall be granted and the amount of Stock or units to be covered by each Award, the Committee shall take into account the nature of the Participant’s duties, the present and potential contributions to the success of the Company, and such other factors as it shall deem relevant in connection with accomplishing the purposes of the Plan.
5.2
Persons Eligible for Incentive Stock Options
.
Incentive Stock Options may be granted only to Employees. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the term “Employees” shall include prospective Employees to whom Incentive Stock Options are granted in connection with written offers of employment with the Participating Companies;
provided
,
however
, that any such Incentive Stock Option shall be deemed granted effective on the date such person commences Service as an Employee, with an exercise price determined as of such date in accordance with Section 6.1 hereof.
5.3
Persons Eligible for Other Awards
.
Awards other than Incentive Stock Options may be granted only to Employees and Directors. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the terms “Employees” and “Directors” shall include prospective Employees and prospective Directors to whom Awards are granted in connection with written offers of an employment or other service relationship with the Participating Companies;
provided
,
however
, that no Stock subject to any such Award shall vest, become exercisable or be issued prior to the date on which such person commences Service as an Employee or Director.
5.4
Successive Awards and Substitute Awards
.
An eligible person may receive more than one Award, subject to such restrictions as are provided herein.
5.5
Award Limits
.
(a)
Aggregate Limits
.
(i)
Restricted Stock
. Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 15, in no event shall more than 715,208 shares of Stock be issued pursuant to the exercise or settlement of Restricted Stock Awards.
(ii)
Options and SARs
. Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 15, in no event shall more than 1,788,020 shares of Stock be issued pursuant to the exercise of Options or SARs.
(b)
Section 162(m) Award Limits
. The following limits shall apply to the grant of any Award if, at the time of grant, the Company is a “publicly held corporation” within the meaning of Section 162(m).
(i)
Options and SARs
. Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 15, no Employee shall be granted within any fiscal year of the Company one or more Options or Freestanding SARs (as defined in Section 8.1) which in the aggregate are for more than or 447,005 (i.e., twenty-five percent (25%) of the aggregate number of shares of Stock authorized for issuance as Options and SARs under the Plan). An Option which is canceled (or a Freestanding SAR as to which the exercise price is reduced to reflect a reduction in the Fair Market Value of the Stock) in the same fiscal year of the Company in which it was granted shall continue to be counted against such limit for such fiscal year.
(ii)
Other Awards
. Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 15, no Employee shall be granted within any fiscal year of the Company one or more Restricted Stock Awards, subject to Vesting Conditions, which in the aggregate are for more than 14,304 (i.e., two percent (2%) of the aggregate number of shares of Stock authorized for issuance as Restricted Stock under the Plan).
(c)
Performance Awards
.
Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 15, no Employee shall be granted (a) Performance Shares which could result in such Employee receiving more than two percent (2%) of the aggregate number of shares of Stock authorized for issuance under the Plan for each full fiscal year of the Company contained in the Performance Period for such Award, or (b) Performance Units which could result in such Employee receiving more than One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) with respect to such Performance Units for each full fiscal year of the Company contained in the Performance Period for such Award. No Participant may be granted more than one Performance Award for the same Performance Period.
(d)
Other Limits
.
(i) Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 15, no individual shall be granted Awards under this Plan which in the aggregate are for more than 625,807 shares (i.e., twenty-five (25%) of the aggregate number of shares of Stock authorized for issuance under the Plan).
(ii) The maximum number of shares of Stock with respect to which any one Director who is not also an Employee of the Company or its Affiliates may be granted Options or SARs in any one calendar year or in the aggregate while this Plan is in effect shall be 89,401 (i.e., five percent (5%) of the aggregate number of shares of Stock authorized for issuance as Options and SARs under the Plan), and the maximum number of shares of Stock with respect to which any one Director who is not also an Employee of the Company or its Affiliates may be granted Restricted Stock in any one calendar year or in the aggregate while this Plan is in effect shall be 35,760 (i.e., five percent (5%) of the aggregate number of shares of Stock authorized for issuance as Restricted Stock under the Plan), and the Directors in the aggregate may not be awarded more than 750,968 (i.e., thirty percent (30%) of the aggregate number of shares of Stock authorized for issuance under the Plan) in any one calendar year or in the aggregate while this Plan is in effect.
SECTION 6. TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF STOCK OPTIONS
Options shall be evidenced by Award Agreements specifying the number of shares of Stock covered thereby, in such form as the Committee shall from time to time establish. No Option or purported Option shall be a valid and binding obligation of the Company unless evidenced by a fully executed Award Agreement. Award Agreements may incorporate all or any of the terms of the Plan by reference and shall comply with and be subject to the following terms and conditions:
6.1
Exercise Price
.
The exercise price for each Option shall be established in the discretion of the Committee and stated in the Award Agreement evidencing such Option;
provided
,
however
, that, except in the case of Substitute Awards (a) the exercise price per share for an Incentive Stock Option shall be not less than the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the effective date of grant of the Option, (b) no Incentive Stock Option granted to a Ten Percent Owner shall have an exercise price per share less than one hundred ten percent (110%) of the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the effective date of grant of the Option. In no case shall the exercise price of any Option be less than the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock of the date on which the Option is granted.
6.2
Exercisability and Term of Options
.
Options shall be exercisable at such time or times, or upon such event or events, and subject to such terms, conditions, performance criteria and restrictions as shall be determined by the Committee and set forth in the Award Agreement evidencing such Option (the “
Exercise Period
”);
provided
,
however
, that (a) an Option granted to a non-Director shall become vested and exercisable ratably over not fewer than three (3) installments, commencing on the date of the grant and continuing thereafter on each anniversary of the date of the grant; (b) an Option granted to any Participant shall become vested and exercisable no longer than ten (10) years after the effective date of grant of such Option; (c) no Incentive Stock Option granted to a Ten Percent Owner shall be exercisable after the expiration of five (5) years after the effective date of grant of such Option; and (d) no Option granted to a prospective Employee or prospective Director may become exercisable prior to the date on which such person commences Service. Subject to the foregoing, unless otherwise specified by the Committee in the grant of an Option, any Option granted hereunder shall terminate ten (10) years after the effective date of grant of the Option, unless earlier terminated in accordance with its provisions. For purposes of this Section 6.2, fractional numbers of shares of Stock subject to an Option shall be rounded down to the next nearest whole number.
6.3
Payment of Exercise Price
.
(a)
Forms of Consideration Authorized
. Except as otherwise provided below, payment of the exercise price for the number of shares of Stock being purchased pursuant to any Option shall be made (i) in cash, by check or cash equivalent, (ii) by tender to the Company, or attestation to the ownership, of shares of Stock owned by the Participant having a Fair Market Value not less than the exercise price, (iii) by delivery of a properly executed notice together with irrevocable instructions to a broker providing for the assignment to the Company of the proceeds of a sale with respect to some or all of the shares being acquired upon the exercise of the Option (including, without limitation, through an exercise complying with the provisions of Regulation T as promulgated from time to time by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) (a “
Cashless Exercise
”), (iv) by such other consideration as may be approved by the Committee from time to time to the extent permitted by applicable law, or (v) by any combination thereof. The Committee may at any time or from time to time grant Options which do not permit all of the foregoing forms of consideration to be used in payment of the exercise price or which otherwise restrict one or more forms of consideration.
(b)
Limitations on Forms of Consideration
.
(i)
Tender of Stock
. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Option may not be exercised by tender to the Company, or attestation to the ownership, of shares of Stock to the extent such tender or attestation would constitute a violation of the provisions of any law, regulation or agreement restricting the redemption of the Company’s stock. Unless otherwise provided by the Committee, an Option may not be exercised by tender to the Company, or attestation to the ownership, of shares of Stock unless such shares either have been owned by the Participant for more than six (6) months (and not used for another Option exercise by attestation during such period) or were not acquired, directly or indirectly, from the Company.
(ii)
Cashless Exercise
. The Company reserves, at any and all times, the right, in the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, to establish, decline to approve or terminate any program or procedures for the exercise of Options by means of a Cashless Exercise.
(iii)
Deemed Option Exercise
. If on the day preceding the date on which a Participant’s Options would otherwise terminate and such Participant’s Service has not terminated on or before such date, the Fair Market Value of shares of Stock underlying a Participant’s Options is greater than the exercise price of such Options, the Company shall, prior to the termination of such Options and without any action being taken on the part of the Participant, consider such Options to have been exercised by the Participant. The Company shall deduct from the shares of Stock deliverable to the Participant upon such exercise the number of shares of Stock necessary to satisfy payment of the exercise price and all withholding obligations.
6.4
Effect of Termination of Service
.
(a)
Option Exercisability
. An Option granted to a Participant shall be exercisable after the Participant’s termination of Service only during the applicable time period determined in accordance with the Option’s term as set forth in the Award Agreement evidencing such Option (the “
Option Expiration Date
”). Such provisions shall be determined in the sole discretion of the Committee, need not be uniform among all Options issued pursuant to the Plan, and may reflect distinctions based on the reasons for termination of Service.
(b)
Extension if Exercise Prevented by Law
. Notwithstanding the foregoing, other than termination of a Participant’s Service for Cause if the exercise of an Option within the applicable time periods set forth in the applicable Award Agreement is prevented by the provisions of Section 14.1 below, the Option shall remain exercisable until one (1) month (or such longer period of time as determined by the Committee, in its discretion) after the date the Participant is notified by the Company that the Option is exercisable, but in any event no later than the Option Expiration Date.
(c)
Extension if Participant Subject to Section 16(b)
. Notwithstanding the foregoing other than termination of a Participant’s Service for Cause if a sale within the applicable time periods set forth in an Award Agreement of shares acquired upon the exercise of the Option would subject the Participant to suit under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, the Option shall remain exercisable until the earliest to occur of (i) the tenth (10th) day following the date on which a sale of such shares by the Participant would no longer be subject to such suit, (ii) the one hundred and ninetieth (190th) day after the Participant’s termination of Service, or (iii) the Option Expiration Date.
6.5
Transferability of Options
.
During the lifetime of the Participant, an Option shall be exercisable only by the Participant or the Participant’s guardian or legal representative. No Option shall be assignable or transferable by the Participant, except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent permitted by the Committee, in its discretion, and set forth in the Award Agreement evidencing such Option, a Nonstatutory Stock Option shall be assignable or transferable subject to the applicable limitations, if any, described in the General Instructions to Form S-8 Registration Statement under the Securities Act. Following a transfer under this Section 6.5, any such Option shall continue to be subject to the same terms and conditions as were applicable immediately prior to transfer. Subsequent transfers of transferred Options are prohibited except in accordance with this Section 6.5 or by will or the laws of descent and distribution. The events of termination of Service of Section 6.5 hereof shall continue to be applied with respect to the original Participant, following which the Option shall be exercisable by the transferee only to the extent, and for the periods specified, in Section 6.4.
6.6
Fair Market Value Limitation on Incentive Stock Options
.
To the extent that options designated as Incentive Stock Options (granted under all stock option plans of the Participating Companies, including the Plan) become exercisable by a Participant for the first time during any calendar year for stock having a Fair Market Value greater than One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000), the portions of such options which exceed such amount shall be treated as Nonstatutory Stock Options. For purposes of this Section 6.6, Options designated as Incentive Stock Options shall be taken into account in the order in which they were granted, and the Fair Market Value of stock shall be determined as of the time the option with respect to such stock is granted. If the Code is amended to provide for a different limitation from that set forth in this Section 6.6, such different limitation shall be deemed incorporated herein effective as of the date and with respect to such Options as required or permitted by such amendment to the Code. If an Option is treated as an Incentive Stock Option in part and as a Nonstatutory Stock Option in part by reason of the limitation set forth in this Section 6.6, the Participant may designate which portion of such Option the Participant is exercising. In the absence of such designation, the Participant shall be deemed to have exercised the Incentive Stock Option portion of the Option first. Separate certificates representing each such portion shall be issued upon the exercise of the Option.
6.7
Notice of Disqualifying Disposition
.
If any Participant shall make any disposition of shares of Stock issued pursuant to the exercise of an Incentive Stock Option under the circumstances described in Code Section 421(b) (relating to certain disqualifying dispositions), such Participant shall notify the Company of such disposition within ten (10) days thereof.
6.8
Accelerated Vesting
.
Unless otherwise determined by the Committee and specified in the Award:
(a) if the Participant of an Option Award terminates Service prior to the Vesting Date on account of death or Disability, the Vesting Date shall be accelerated to the date of such Participant’s death or Disability and all such Options shall be exercised within one (1) year of the date of death or Disability;
(b) if the Participant of an Option Award terminates Service on account of Retirement, the shares of Stock subject to the Option Award shall continue to vest in accordance with the terms of the Award and all such Options shall be exercised on the earlier of the end of the Exercise Period or (i) with respect to options unvested at the time of Retirement, prior to that date that is three (3) years from the date of vesting and (ii) with respect to options vested at the time of Retirement, prior to that date that is three (3) years from the date of Retirement.
(c) if a Change in Control occurs prior to the Vesting Date of an Option Award that is outstanding on the date of the Change in Control, the Vesting Date shall be accelerated to the earliest date of the Change in Control.
6.9
Forfeiture for Competition and Solicitation
.
Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, if Participant’s Service is terminated by reason of the Retirement of the Participant or for any reason other than death, Disability or Cause as defined in the applicable Award Agreement or the Plan, as applicable, the Participant shall forfeit his or her unexercised Options, whether vested or not vested, if and upon the occurrence of any of the following events (a “
Forfeiture Event
”): (a) Participant serves as a director or in a consultant or employment position for a Competitor; (b) Participant solicits, offers employment to, or takes any other action intended, or that a reasonable person acting in like circumstances would expect, to have the effect of causing any officer or employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiary or Affiliate to terminate his or her employment with the Company or the Bank and accept employment or become affiliated with a Competitor; or (c) Participant solicits, provides any information, advice or recommendation or takes any other action intended, or that a reasonable person in like circumstances would expect, to have the effect of causing any customer of the Company or the Bank to terminate an existing relationship with the Company or the Bank or transfer any current business of the Company or the Bank to a Competitor.
SECTION 7. TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF UNRESTRICTED STOCK AWARDS
The Committee may, in its sole discretion, grant (or sell at par value or such other higher purchase price determined by the Committee) an Unrestricted Stock Award to any Participant pursuant to which such Participant may receive shares of Stock free of any restrictions (“
Unrestricted Stock
”) under the Plan. Unrestricted Stock Awards may be granted or sold as described in the preceding sentence in respect of past services and other valid consideration, or in lieu of, or in addition to, any cash compensation due to such Participant.
SECTION 8. TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS
SARs shall be evidenced by Award Agreements specifying the number of shares of Stock subject to the Award, in such form as the Committee shall from time to time establish. No SAR or purported SAR shall be a valid and binding obligation of the Company unless evidenced by a fully executed Award Agreement. Award Agreements evidencing SARs may incorporate all or any of the terms of the Plan by reference and shall comply with and be subject to the following terms and conditions:
8.1
Types of SARs Authorized
.
SARs may be granted in tandem with all or any portion of a related Option (a “
Tandem SAR
”) or may be granted independently of any Option (a “
Freestanding SAR
”). A Tandem SAR may be granted either concurrently with the grant of the related Option or at any time thereafter prior to the complete exercise, termination, expiration or cancellation of such related Option.
8.2
Exercise Price
.
The exercise price for each SAR shall be established in the discretion of the Committee;
provided
,
however
, that (a) the exercise price per share subject to a Tandem SAR shall be the exercise price per share under the related Option and (b) the exercise price per share subject to a Freestanding SAR shall be not less than the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the effective date of grant of the SAR.
8.3
Exercisability and Term of SARs
.
(a)
Tandem SARs
. Tandem SARs shall be exercisable only at the time and to the extent that the related Option is exercisable, subject to such provisions as the Committee may specify where the Tandem SAR is granted with respect to less than the full number of shares of Stock subject to the related Option. The Committee may, in its discretion, provide in any Award Agreement evidencing a Tandem SAR that such SAR may not be exercised without the advance approval of the Company and, if such approval is not given, then the Option shall nevertheless remain exercisable in accordance with its terms. A Tandem SAR shall terminate and cease to be exercisable no later than the date on which the related Option expires or is terminated or canceled. Upon the exercise of a Tandem SAR with respect to some or all of the shares subject to such SAR, the related Option shall be canceled automatically as to the number of shares with respect to which the Tandem SAR was exercised. Upon the exercise of an Option related to a Tandem SAR as to some or all of the shares subject to such Option, the related Tandem SAR shall be canceled automatically as to the number of shares with respect to which the related Option was exercised.
(b)
Freestanding SARs
. Freestanding SARs shall be exercisable at such time or times, or upon such event or events, and subject to such terms, conditions, performance criteria and restrictions as shall be determined by the Committee and set forth in the Award Agreement evidencing such SAR;
provided
,
however
, that no Freestanding SAR shall be exercisable after the expiration of ten (10) years after the effective date of grant of such SAR.
8.4
Exercise of SARs
.
Upon the exercise (or deemed exercise pursuant to Section 8.5) of a SAR, the Participant (or the Participant’s legal representative or other person who acquired the right to exercise the SAR by reason of the Participant’s death) shall be entitled to receive payment of an amount for each share with respect to which the SAR is exercised equal to the excess, if any, of the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the date of exercise of the SAR over the exercise price. Payment of such amount shall be made in cash, shares of Stock, or any combination thereof as determined by the Committee. Unless otherwise provided in the Award Agreement evidencing such SAR, payment shall be made in a lump sum as soon as practicable following the date of exercise of the SAR. The Award Agreement evidencing any SAR may provide for deferred payment in a lump sum or in installments. When payment is to be made in shares of Stock, the number of shares to be issued shall be determined on the basis of the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the date of exercise of the SAR. For purposes of this Section 8, a SAR shall be deemed exercised on the date on which the Company receives notice of exercise from the Participant.
8.5
Deemed Exercise of SARs
.
If, on the date on which a SAR would otherwise terminate or expire, the SAR by its terms remains exercisable immediately prior to such termination or expiration and, if so exercised, would result in a payment to the holder of such SAR, then any portion of such SAR which has not previously been exercised shall automatically be deemed to be exercised as of such date with respect to such portion.
8.6
Effect of Termination of Service
.
A SAR shall be exercisable after a Participant’s termination of Service to such extent and during such period as determined by the Committee, in its discretion, and set forth in the Award Agreement evidencing such SAR.
8.7
Nontransferability of SARs
.
SARs may not be assigned or transferred in any manner except by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and, during the lifetime of the Participant, shall be exercisable only by the Participant or the Participant’s guardian or legal representative.
8.8
Accelerated Vesting
.
Unless otherwise determined by the Committee and specified in the Award:
(a) if the Participant of a SAR terminates Service prior to the Vesting Date for any reason other than death, Disability or Retirement, any unvested Award shall be forfeited without consideration;
(b) if the Participant of a SAR terminates Service prior to the Vesting Date on account of death or Disability, the Vesting Date shall be accelerated to the date of the Participant’s termination of Service;
(c) if the Participant of a SAR terminates Service prior to the Vesting Date on account of Retirement, the SARs will continue to vest as do Options as described in Section 6.8(b); and
(d) if a Change in Control occurs prior to the Vesting Date of a SAR that is outstanding on the date of the Change in Control, the Vesting Date shall be accelerated to the earliest date of the Change in Control.
8.9
Forfeiture for Competition and Solicitation
.
Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, if Participant’s Service is terminated by reason of the Retirement of the Participant or for any reason other than death, Disability or Cause as defined in the applicable Award Agreement or the Plan, as applicable, the Participant shall forfeit his or her unexercised SARs, whether vested or not vested, if and upon the occurrence of any of the following events (a “
Forfeiture Event
”): (a) Participant serves as a director or in a consultant or employment position for a Competitor; (b) Participant solicits, offers employment to, or takes any other action intended, or that a reasonable person acting in like circumstances would expect, to have the effect of causing any officer or employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiary or Affiliate to terminate his or her employment with the Company or the Bank and accept employment or become affiliated with a Competitor; or (c) Participant solicits, provides any information, advice or recommendation or takes any other action intended, or that a reasonable person in like circumstances would expect, to have the effect of causing any customer of the Company or the Bank to terminate an existing relationship with the Company or the Bank or transfer any current business of the Company or the Bank to a Competitor.
SECTION 9. TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF RESTRICTED STOCK AWARDS
The Committee may from time to time grant Restricted Stock Awards upon such conditions as the Committee shall determine, including, without limitation, upon the attainment of one or more Performance Goals described in Section 10.3. If either the grant of a Restricted Stock Award or the lapsing of the Restriction Period is to be contingent upon the attainment of one or more Performance Goals (a “
Performance-Based Restricted Stock Award
”), the Committee shall follow procedures substantially equivalent to those set forth in Section 10.2 through 10.8. Restricted Stock Awards may be in the form of (a) a Restricted Stock Bonus; (b) a Restricted Stock Purchase Right; (c) a Restricted Stock Unit, or (d) a Performance-Based Restricted Stock Award. Each such Restricted Stock Award shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement, which shall specify the number of shares of Stock subject to and the other terms, conditions and restrictions of the Award, and shall be in such form as the Committee shall establish from time to time. No Restricted Stock Award or purported Restricted Stock Award shall be a valid and binding obligation of the Company unless evidenced by a fully executed Award Agreement. Restricted Stock Award Agreements may incorporate all or any of the terms of the Plan by reference and shall comply, as applicable, with and be subject to the following terms and conditions:
9.1
Purchase Price
.
The purchase price under each Restricted Stock Purchase Right shall be established by the Committee. No monetary payment (other than applicable tax withholding) shall be required as a condition of receiving a Restricted Stock Bonus or Restricted Stock Unit, the consideration for which shall be services actually rendered to a Participating Company or for its benefit, and no monetary payment (other than applicable tax withholding) shall be required as a condition of receiving a Performance-Based Restricted Stock Award, the consideration for which shall be the attainment of Performance Goals.
9.2
Purchase Period
.
A Restricted Stock Purchase Right shall be exercisable within a period established by the Committee, which shall in no event exceed thirty (30) days from the effective date of the grant of the Restricted Stock Purchase Right;
provided
,
however
, that no Restricted Stock Purchase Right granted to a prospective Employee or prospective Director may become exercisable prior to the date on which such person commences Service.
9.3
Payment of Purchase Price
.
Except as otherwise provided below, payment of the purchase price for the number of shares of Stock being purchased pursuant to any Restricted Stock Purchase Right shall be made (a) in cash, by check, or cash equivalent, (b) provided that the Participant is an Employee (unless otherwise not prohibited by law, including, without limitation, any regulation promulgated by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) and in the Company’s sole discretion at the time the Restricted Stock Purchase Right is exercised, by delivery of the Participant’s promissory note in a form approved by the Company for the aggregate purchase price, provided that the Participant shall pay in cash that portion of the aggregate purchase price as required by applicable law, (c) by such other consideration as may be approved by the Committee from time to time to the extent permitted by applicable law, or (d) by any combination thereof. Payment by means of the Participant’s promissory note shall be subject to the conditions described in Section 6.3(a). The Committee may at any time or from time to time grant Restricted Stock Purchase Rights which do not permit all of the foregoing forms of consideration to be used in payment of the purchase price or which otherwise restrict one or more forms of consideration. Restricted Stock Bonuses and Restricted Stock Units shall be issued in consideration for services actually rendered to a Participating Company or for its benefit.
9.4
Vesting and Restrictions on Transfer
.
Shares issued pursuant to any Restricted Stock Award may be made subject to vesting conditioned upon the satisfaction of such Service requirements, conditions, restrictions or performance criteria, including, without limitation, Performance Goals as described in Section 10.3 (the “
Vesting Conditions
”), as shall be established by the Committee and set forth in the Award Agreement evidencing such Award. During any period (the “
Restriction Period
”) in which shares acquired pursuant to a Restricted Stock Award remain subject to Vesting Conditions, such shares may not be sold, exchanged, transferred, pledged, hypothecated, assigned or otherwise disposed of other than pursuant to a Change in Control, or as provided in Section 9.7. A Restricted Stock Award shall vest and be exercisable within a period established by the Committee;
provided
,
however
, that (a) a Restricted Stock Award granted to a non-Director shall become vested and exercisable ratably over not fewer than three (3) installments, commencing on the date of the grant and continuing thereafter on each anniversary of the date of the grant; and (b) a Restricted Stock Award granted to any Participant shall become vested and exercisable no longer than ten (10) years after the effective date of grant of such Restricted Stock Award. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to Performance-Based Restricted Stock Awards, vesting shall be as determined by the Committee as of the effective date of the grant of the Award. Upon request by the Company, each Participant shall execute any agreement evidencing such transfer restrictions prior to the receipt of shares of Stock hereunder and shall promptly present to the Company any and all certificates representing shares of Stock acquired hereunder for the placement on such certificates of appropriate legends evidencing any such transfer restrictions.
9.5
Voting Rights; Dividends
.
Except as provided in this section and Section 9.4, during the Restriction Period applicable to shares subject to a Restricted Stock Award held by a Participant, the Participant shall have all of the rights of a shareholder of the Company holding shares of Stock, including the right to vote such shares and to receive all dividends and other distributions paid with respect to such shares;
provided
,
however
, that if any such dividends or distributions are paid in shares of Stock, such shares shall be subject to the same Vesting Conditions as the shares subject to the Restricted Stock Award, Restricted Stock Purchase Right and Restricted Stock Bonus with respect to which the dividends or distributions were paid. A Participant who is awarded a Restricted Stock Unit shall possess no incidents of ownership with respect to such a Restricted Stock Award; provided that the Award Agreement may provide for payments in lieu of dividends to such Participant. A holder of Restricted Stock Units shall have no rights other than those of a general creditor of the Company. Restricted Stock Units represent an unfunded and unsecured obligation of the Company, subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable Award Agreement.
9.6
Effect of Termination of Service
.
The effect of the Participant’s termination of Service for any reason other than death, Disability or Retirement on any Restricted Stock Award shall be determined by the Committee, in its discretion, and set forth in the Award Agreement evidencing such Restricted Stock Award.
9.7
Nontransferability of Restricted Stock Award Rights
.
Rights to acquire shares of Stock pursuant to a Restricted Stock Award may not be assigned or transferred in any manner except by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and, during the lifetime of the Participant, shall be exercisable only by the Participant.
9.8
Accelerated Vesting
.
Unless otherwise determined by the Committee and specified in the Award:
(a) if the Participant of a Restricted Stock Award terminates Service prior to the Vesting Date on account of death or Disability, the Vesting Date shall be accelerated to the date of such Participant’s death or Disability;
(b) if the Participant of a Restricted Stock Award terminates Service prior to the Vesting Date on account of Retirement, the shares of Stock subject to the Restricted Stock Award shall continue to vest in accordance with the terms of the Restricted Stock Award; and
(c) if a Change in Control occurs prior to the Vesting Date of a Restricted Stock Award that is outstanding on the date of the Change in Control, the Vesting Date shall be accelerated to the earliest date of the Change in Control.
9.9
Forfeiture for Competition and Solicitation
.
Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, if Participant’s Service is terminated by reason of the Retirement of the Participant or for any reason other than death, Disability or Cause as defined in the applicable Award Agreement or the Plan, as applicable, the Participant shall forfeit his or her unvested Restricted Stock, if and upon the occurrence of any of the following events (a “
Forfeiture Event
”): (a) Participant serves as a director or in a consultant or employment position for a Competitor; (b) Participant solicits, offers employment to, or takes any other action intended, or that a reasonable person acting in like circumstances would expect, to have the effect of causing any officer or employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiary or Affiliate to terminate his or her employment with the Company or the Bank and accept employment or become affiliated with a Competitor; or (c) Participant solicits, provides any information, advice or recommendation or takes any other action intended, or that a reasonable person in like circumstances would expect, to have the effect of causing any customer of the Company or the Bank to terminate an existing relationship with the Company or the Bank or transfer any current business of the Company or the Bank to a Competitor.
SECTION 10. TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF PERFORMANCE AWARDS
The Committee may from time to time grant Performance Awards upon such conditions as the Committee shall determine. Performance Awards may be in the form of (a) Performance Shares; (b) Performance Units or (c) Performance-Based Restricted Stock. Each such Performance Award shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement, which shall specify the number of Performance Shares, Performance Units or Performance-Based Restricted Stock subject thereto, the method of computing the value of each Performance Share or Performance Unit, the Performance Goals and Performance Period applicable to the Award, and the other terms, conditions and restrictions of the Award, and shall be in such form as the Committee shall establish from time to time. No Performance Award or purported Performance Award shall be a valid and binding obligation of the Company unless evidenced by a fully executed Award Agreement, which Award Agreement may incorporate all or any of the terms of the Plan by reference and shall comply with and be subject to the following terms and conditions:
10.1
Initial Value of Performance Shares and Performance Units
. Unless otherwise provided by the Committee in granting a Performance Award, each Performance Share shall have an initial value equal to the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the effective date of grant of the Performance Share, and each Performance Unit shall have an initial value of One Hundred Dollars ($100). The final value payable to the Participant in settlement of a Performance Award will depend on the extent to which Performance Goals established by the Committee are attained within the applicable Performance Period established by the Committee.
10.2
Granting Performance-Based Restricted Stock Awards
. Performance-Based Restricted Stock Awards granted under the Plan shall be evidenced by one or more certificates registered in the name of the Participant and bearing an appropriate legend referring to the terms, conditions, and restrictions applicable to such Performance-Based Restricted Stock. The Company may either issue shares of Stock subject to such restrictive legends and/or stop-transfer instructions as it deems appropriate or provide for retention of physical possession of such certificates during the Performance Period in which case each Participant granted such Performance-Based Restricted Stock Award shall deliver a stock power to the Company, endorsed in blank, relating to the Performance-Based Restricted Stock, during the period when the Performance-Based Restricted Stock is nontransferable and/or subject to a risk of forfeiture, at the end of which period certificates evidencing such Performance-Based Restricted Stock shall be delivered to the Participant. From the Effective Date of the Performance-Based Restricted Stock Award through the date certificates issued by the Committee evidencing such Restricted Stock are delivered to the Participant, the Participant shall have all rights of a stockholder with respect to such shares, including but not limited to the right to receive all dividends and other distributions paid with respect thereto and to vote (in person or by proxy) such shares at any meeting of the stockholders of the Company; provided, that any dividend or distribution that is not payable in cash shall be subject to the same restrictions on transferability and other restrictions as the Restricted Stock with respect to which it is paid and shall be treated for all purposes of the Plan as if it were part of the Performance-Based Restricted Stock Award.
10.3
Establishment of Performance Goals and Performance Period
. The Committee shall establish in writing the Performance Period applicable to each Performance Award and one or more performance goals (“
Performance Goals
”) which, when measured at the end of the Performance Period, shall determine the final value of the Performance Award to be paid to the Participant. Unless otherwise permitted in compliance with the requirements under Section 162(m) with respect to “performance-based compensation,” the Committee shall establish the Performance Goals applicable to each Performance Award no later than the earlier of (a) the date ninety (90) days after the commencement of the applicable Performance Period or (b) the date on which twenty-five percent (25%) of the Performance Period has elapsed, and, in any event, at a time when the outcome of the Performance Goals remains substantially uncertain. Once established, the Performance Goals shall not be changed during the Performance Period.
10.4
Measurement of Performance Goals
. For purposes of the Plan, the Performance Goals shall be determined by the Committee, according to criteria established by the Committee, and shall be reviewed by a risk management officer of the Company who shall make a determination to the effect that the Performance Goals will not encourage the grantee of such Award to take unnecessary or excessive risks. If and to the extent that the Committee determines that an Award to be granted to a Participant who is designated by the Committee as likely to be a Covered Employee should qualify as “performance-based compensation” for purposes of Code Section 162(m), the grant, exercise and/or settlement of such award shall be contingent upon achievement of pre-established Performance Goals based on any one or more of the following criteria: (a) earnings or earnings per share, (b) return on equity, (c) return on assets, (d) revenues, (e) expenses or reductions in cost, (f) one or more operating ratios, (g) stock price, (h) shareholder return, (i) market share, (j) asset growth, (k) loan growth, (l) deposit growth and/or core deposit growth, (m) non-interest income; (n) charge-offs, (o) credit quality, (p) reductions in non-performing assets, (q) economic value added models or equivalent metrics, (r) productivity ratios, (s) customer satisfaction measures, (t) the accomplishment of mergers, acquisitions, dispositions or similar extraordinary business transactions, and/or (u) achievement/maintenance of capital ratios. The Performance Goals selected in any case need not be applicable across the Company, but may be particular to an individual’s function or business unit. The Committee shall determine whether such Performance Goals are attained and such determination shall be final and conclusive. In the event that the Performance Goals are not met, the Performance Award shall be forfeited and transferred to, and reacquired by, the Company at no cost to the Company.
The Committee may impose such other restrictions and conditions (in addition to the performance-based restrictions described above) on any Performance Award as the Committee deems appropriate and may waive any such additional restrictions and conditions, so long as such waiver does not waive any restriction described in the previous paragraph. Nothing herein shall limit the Committee’s ability to reduce the amount payable under an Award upon the attainment of the Performance Goal(s),
provided
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however
, that the Committee shall have no right under any circumstance to increase the amount payable under, or waive compliance with, any applicable Performance Goal(s).
The Committee may provide in any such Award that any evaluation of performance may include or exclude any of the following events that occur during a Performance Period: (a) litigation or claim judgments or settlements; (b) the effect of changes in tax laws, accounting principles, or other laws or provisions affecting reported results; (c) any reorganization and restructuring programs; (d) extraordinary nonrecurring items as described under generally accepted accounting principles and/or in management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations appearing in the Company’s annual report to shareholders for the applicable year; and (e) acquisitions or divestitures. To the extent such inclusions or exclusions affect Awards to Covered Employees, they shall be prescribed in a form that meets the requirements of Section 162(m) for deductibility.
In the event that applicable tax and/or securities laws change to permit Committee discretion to alter the governing Performance Goals without obtaining shareholder approval of such changes, the Committee shall have sole discretion to make such changes without obtaining shareholder approval provided the exercise of such discretion does not violate Code Section 409A. In addition, in the event that the Committee determines that it is advisable to grant Awards that shall not qualify as Performance-Based Compensation, the Committee may make such grants without satisfying the requirements of Section 162(m) and base vesting on Performance Goals other than those set forth in this Section 10.3.
10.5
Determination of Final Value and Certification of Attainment of Performance Goals
. As soon as practicable following the completion of the Performance Period applicable to a Performance Award, the Committee shall certify in writing the extent to which the applicable Performance Goals have been attained and the resulting final values of the Award earned by the Participant and to be paid/delivered upon its settlement in accordance with the terms of the Award Agreement. No Awards will be paid for such Performance Period until such certification is made by the Committee. The Committee may rely on others as the basis for its certification, so long as such reliance is reasonable under the circumstances. The Committee shall have no discretion to increase the value of an Award payable upon its settlement in excess of the amount called for by the terms of the Award Agreement on the basis of the degree of attainment of the Performance Goals as certified by the Committee. However, notwithstanding the attainment of any Performance Goal, if permitted under a Participant’s Award Agreement, the Committee shall have the discretion, on the basis of such criteria as may be established by the Committee, to reduce some or all of the value of a Performance Award that would otherwise be delivered upon its settlement. No such reduction may result in an increase in the amount payable upon settlement of another Participant’s Performance Award. As soon as practicable following the Committee’s certification, the Company shall notify the Participant of the determination of the Committee.
10.6
Dividend Equivalents
. In its discretion, the Committee may provide in the Award Agreement evidencing any Performance-Based Restricted Stock Award or Performance Share Award that the Participant shall be entitled to receive Dividend Equivalents with respect to the payment of cash dividends on Stock having a record date prior to the date on which the Performance-Based Restricted Stock or Performance Shares are settled or forfeited. Dividend Equivalents may be paid currently or may be accumulated and paid to the extent that the Performance-Based Restricted Stock or Performance Shares become nonforfeitable, as determined by the Committee. Settlement of Dividend Equivalents may be made in cash, shares of Stock, or a combination thereof as determined by the Committee, and may be paid on the same basis as settlement of the related Performance Shares as provided in Section 10.7. If Dividend Equivalents are paid currently in the form of shares of Stock, the Participant shall have none of the rights of a stockholder with respect to such shares of Stock. If any payment is to be made on a deferred basis, the Committee may, but shall not be obligated to, provide for the payment during the deferral period of Dividend Equivalents or a reasonable rate of interest within the meaning of Code Section 162(m). Dividend Equivalents shall not be paid with respect to Performance Units.
10.7
Payment in Settlement of Performance Awards
. Payment of the final value of a Performance Award earned by a Participant as determined following the completion of the applicable Performance Period pursuant to Sections 10.5 and 10.6 may be made in cash, shares of Stock, or a combination thereof as determined by the Committee. If payment is made in shares of Stock, the number of such shares shall be determined by dividing the final value of the Performance Award by the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the settlement date. Payment may be made in a lump sum or installments as prescribed by the Committee. If any payment is to be made on a deferred basis, the Committee may, but shall not be obligated to, provide for the payment during the deferral period of Dividend Equivalents or a reasonable rate of interest within the meaning of Code Section 162(m).
10.8
Restrictions Applicable to Payment in Shares
. Shares of Stock issued in payment of any Performance Award may be fully vested and freely transferable shares or may be shares of Stock subject to Vesting Conditions as provided in Section 9.4. Any shares subject to Vesting Conditions shall be evidenced by an appropriate Award Agreement and shall be subject to the provisions of Sections 9.4 through 9.7 above.
10.9
Effect of Termination of Service
. The effect of the Participant’s termination of Service due to death, disability, or Change in Control on any Performance Award shall be determined by the Committee, in its discretion, and set forth in the Award Agreement evidencing such Performance Award, but in no event shall a Performance Award be payable upon an Employee’s termination from Service with or without cause (as such term is defined in the Award Agreement) or for “good reason” or upon the Employee’s Retirement.
10.10
Nontransferability of Performance Awards
. Performance Awards may not be sold, exchanged, transferred, pledged, hypothecated, assigned, or otherwise disposed of other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution until the completion of the applicable Performance Period. All rights with respect to Performance Shares and Performance Units granted to a Participant hereunder shall be exercisable during his or her lifetime only by such Participant.
10.11
Status of Performance Awards under Section 162(m
)
. It is the intent of the Company that Awards under this Section 10 granted to persons who are designated by the Committee as likely to be Covered Employees shall, if so designated by the Committee, constitute “qualified performance-based compensation” within the meaning of Section 162(m) and regulations thereunder. Accordingly, the terms of Section 10, including the definitions of Covered Employee and other terms used therein, shall be interpreted in a manner consistent with Section 162(m) and regulations thereunder. The foregoing notwithstanding, because the Committee cannot determine with certainty whether a given Participant will be a Covered Employee with respect to a fiscal year that has not yet been completed, the term Covered Employee as used herein shall mean only a person designated by the Committee, at the time of grant of an Award, as likely to be a Covered Employee with respect to that fiscal year. If any provision of the Plan or any agreement relating to such Awards does not comply or is inconsistent with the requirements of Section 162(m) or regulations thereunder, such provision shall be construed or deemed amended to the extent necessary to conform to such requirements.
10.12
Accelerated Vesting
. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee and specified in the Award, if a Change in Control occurs prior to the end of the Performance Period of a Performance Award that is outstanding on the date of the Change in Control, the Award shall be paid out assuming the Performance Goals were achieved upon the Change in Control.
10.13
Forfeiture for Competition and Solicitation
. Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, if Participant’s Service is terminated by reason of the Retirement of the Participant or for any reason other than death, Disability or Cause as defined in the applicable Award Agreement or the Plan, as applicable, the Participant shall forfeit his or her Performance Award, whether the Performance Period has ended or not, if and upon the occurrence of any of the following events (a “
Forfeiture Event
”): (a) Participant serves as a director or in a consultant or employment position for a Competitor; (b) Participant solicits, offers employment to, or takes any other action intended, or that a reasonable person acting in like circumstances would expect, to have the effect of causing any officer or employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiary or Affiliate to terminate his or her employment with the Company or the Bank and accept employment or become affiliated with a Competitor; or (c) Participant solicits, provides any information, advice or recommendation or takes any other action intended, or that a reasonable person in like circumstances would expect, to have the effect of causing any customer of the Company or the Bank to terminate an existing relationship with the Company or the Bank or transfer any current business of the Company or the Bank to a Competitor.
SECTION 11. OTHER STOCK-BASED AWARDS
The Committee shall have authority to grant to eligible Employees an “
Other Stock-Based Award
,” which shall consist of any right that is an Award of Stock or an Award denominated or payable in, valued in whole or in part by reference to, or otherwise based on or related to, Stock (including, without limitation, securities convertible into Stock), as deemed by the Committee to be consistent with the purposes of the Plan, other than an Award described in Sections 6 through 10 above.
SECTION 12. PARACHUTE PAYMENTS
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan or of any other agreement, contract, or understanding heretofore or hereafter entered into by a Participant with the Company or any Affiliate of the Company, except an agreement, contract, or understanding that expressly addresses Section 280G or Section 4999 of the Code (an “
Other Agreement
”), and notwithstanding any formal or informal plan or other arrangement for the direct or indirect provision of compensation to the Participant (including groups or classes of Participants or beneficiaries of which the Participant is a member), whether or not such compensation is deferred, is in cash, or is in the form of a benefit to or for the Participant (a “
Benefit Arrangement
”), if the Participant is a “disqualified individual,” as defined in Section 280G(c) of the Code, any Option, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Unit, Performance-Based Restricted Stock, Performance Share or Performance Unit held by that Participant and any right to receive any payment or other benefit under this Plan shall not become exercisable or vested (a) to the extent that such right to exercise, vesting, payment, or benefit, taking into account all other rights, payments, or benefits to or for the Participant under this Plan, all Other Agreements, and all Benefit Arrangements, would cause any payment or benefit to the Participant under this Plan to be considered a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(2) of the Code as then in effect (a “
Parachute Payment
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(b) if, as a result of receiving a Parachute Payment, the aggregate after-tax amounts received by the Participant from the Company under this Plan, all Other Agreements, and all Benefit Arrangements would be less than the maximum after-tax amount that could be received by the Participant without causing any such payment or benefit to be considered a Parachute Payment. In the event that the receipt of any such right to exercise, vesting, payment, or benefit under this Plan, in conjunction with all other rights, payments, or benefits to or for the Participant under any Other Agreement or any Benefit Arrangement would cause the Participant to be considered to have received a Parachute Payment under this Plan that would have the effect of decreasing the after-tax amount received by the Participant as described in clause (b) of the preceding sentence, then the Participant shall have the right, in the Participant’s sole discretion, to designate those rights, payments, or benefits under this Plan, any Other Agreements, and any Benefit Arrangements that should be reduced or eliminated so as to avoid having the payment or benefit to the Participant under this Plan be deemed to be a Parachute Payment; provided, however, that in order to comply with Code Section 409A, the reduction or elimination will be performed in the order in which each dollar of value subject to an award reduces the Parachute Payment to the greatest extent.
SECTION 13. TAX WITHHOLDING
13.1
Tax Withholding in General
. The Company shall have the right to require the Participant, through payroll withholding, cash payment or otherwise, including by means of a Cashless Exercise of an Option, to make adequate provision for the federal, state, local and foreign taxes, if any, required by law to be withheld by the
Participating Company Group with respect to an Award or the shares acquired pursuant thereto. The Company shall have no obligation to deliver shares of Stock, to release shares of Stock from an escrow established pursuant to an Award Agreement, or to make any payment in cash under the Plan until the Participating Company Group’s tax withholding obligations have been satisfied by the Participant.
13.2
Withholding in Shares
. The Company shall have the right, but not the obligation, to deduct from the shares of Stock issuable to a Participant upon the exercise or settlement of an Award, or to accept from the Participant the tender of, a number of whole shares of Stock having a Fair Market Value, as determined by the Company, equal to all or any part of the tax withholding obligations of the Participating Company Group. The Fair Market Value of any shares of Stock withheld or tendered to satisfy any such tax withholding obligations shall not exceed the amount determined by the applicable minimum statutory withholding rates.
SECTION 14. COMPLIANCE WITH SECURITIES LAW
14.1
General
. The grant of Awards and the issuance of shares of Stock pursuant to any Award shall be subject to compliance with all applicable requirements of federal, state and foreign law with respect to such securities and the requirements of any stock exchange or market system upon which the Stock may then be listed. In addition, no Award may be exercised or shares issued pursuant to an Award unless (a) a registration statement under the Securities Act shall at the time of such exercise or issuance be in effect with respect to the shares issuable pursuant to the Award or (b) in the opinion of legal counsel to the Company, the shares issuable pursuant to the Award may be issued in accordance with the terms of an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. The inability of the Company to obtain from any regulatory body having jurisdiction the authority, if any, deemed by the Company’s legal counsel to be necessary to the lawful issuance and sale of any shares hereunder shall relieve the Company of any liability in respect of the failure to issue or sell such shares as to which such requisite authority shall not have been obtained. As a condition to issuance of any Stock, the Company may require the Participant to satisfy any qualifications that may be necessary or appropriate, to evidence compliance with any applicable law or regulation and to make any representation or warranty with respect thereto as may be requested by the Company.
14.2
Rule 16b-3
. During any time when the Company has a class of equity security registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act, it is the intent of the Company that Awards pursuant to the Plan and the exercise of Options and SARs granted hereunder will qualify for the exemption provided by Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act. To the extent that any provision of the Plan or action by the Committee does not comply with applicable requirements of Rule 16b-3, it shall be deemed inoperative to the extent permitted by law and deemed advisable by the Committee, and shall not affect the validity of the Plan. In the event that Rule 16b-3 is revised or replaced, the Committee may exercise its discretion to modify this Plan in any respect necessary to satisfy the requirements of, or to take advantage of any features of, the revised exemption or its replacement.
SECTION 15. CHANGES IN THE COMPANY’S CAPITAL STRUCTURE
15.1
Adjustments for Changes in Capital Structure
. If the number of outstanding shares of Stock is increased or decreased or the shares of Stock are changed into or exchanged for a different number or kind of shares or other securities of the Company on account of any recapitalization, reclassification, stock split, reverse split, combination of shares, exchange of shares, stock dividend or other distribution payable in capital stock, or other increase or decrease in such shares effected without receipt of consideration by the Company occurring after the Effective Date, the number and kinds of shares for which grants of Options and other Awards may be made under the Plan, including, without limitation, the limits set forth in Sections 5.5 and 5.6, shall be adjusted proportionately and accordingly by the Company. In addition, the number and kind of shares for which Awards are outstanding shall be adjusted proportionately and accordingly so that the proportionate interest of the Participant immediately following such event shall, to the extent practicable, be the same as immediately before such event. Any such adjustment in outstanding Options, SARs or Restricted Stock Purchase Rights shall not change the aggregate exercise price payable with respect to shares that are subject to the unexercised portion of an outstanding Option, SAR or Restricted Stock Purchase Right, as applicable, but shall include a corresponding proportionate adjustment in the exercise price per share for such Option, SAR or Restricted Stock Purchase Right. The Committee may unilaterally amend the outstanding Awards to reflect the adjustments contemplated by this Section 15.1. The conversion of any convertible securities of the Company shall not be treated as an increase in shares effected without receipt of consideration. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of any distribution to the Company’s shareholders of securities of any other entity or other assets (including an extraordinary dividend but excluding a non-extraordinary dividend of the Company) without receipt of consideration by the Company, the Company shall, in such manner as the Company deems appropriate, adjust (a) the number and kind of shares subject to outstanding Awards and/or (b) the exercise price of outstanding Options, SARs and Restricted Stock Purchase Rights to reflect such distribution. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event may the exercise price of any Option or Restricted Stock Purchase Right be decreased to an amount less than the par value, if any, of the stock subject to such Award.
15.2
Adjustments
. Adjustments under this Section 15 related to shares of Stock or securities of the Company shall be made by the Committee, whose determination in that respect shall be final, binding and conclusive. No fractional shares or other securities shall be issued pursuant to any such adjustment, and any fractions resulting from any such adjustment shall be eliminated in each case by rounding downward to the nearest whole share. The Committee shall determine the effect of a Change in Control upon Awards other than Options, SARs, Restricted Stock Units and Restricted Stock, and such effect shall be set forth in the appropriate Award Agreement. The Committee may provide in the Award Agreements at the time of grant, or any time thereafter with the consent of the Participant, for different provisions to apply to an Award in place of those described in Sections 15.1. This Section 15 does not limit the Company’s ability to provide for alternative treatment of Awards outstanding under the Plan in the event of a Change in Control.
15.3
No Limitations on Company
. The existence of outstanding Awards shall not affect in any way the right or power of the Company or its shareholders to make or authorize, without limitation, any or all adjustments, reclassifications, recapitalizations, reorganizations or other changes in the Company’s capital structure or its business, or any merger or consolidation of the Company, or any issue of Stock, or any issue of bonds, debentures, preferred or prior preference stock or other capital stock ahead of or affecting the Stock or the rights thereof, or the dissolution or liquidation of the Company, or any sale or transfer of all or any part of its assets or business, or any other corporate act or proceeding, whether of a similar character or otherwise.
15.4
Clawback Provision
. Notwithstanding any provision in the Plan to the contrary, any “incentive-based compensation” within the meaning of Section 10D of the Exchange Act will be subject to claw-back by the Company in the manner required by Section 10D(b)(2) of the Exchange Act, as determined by the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder from time to time by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
SECTION 16. STANDARD FORMS OF AWARD AGREEMENT
16.1
Award Agreements
. Each Award shall comply with and be subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the appropriate form of Award Agreement approved by the Committee from time to time. Any Award Agreement may consist of an appropriate form of Notice of Grant and a form of Agreement incorporated therein by reference, or such other form or forms as the Committee may approve from time to time.
16.2
Authority to Vary Terms
. The Committee shall have the authority from time to time to vary the terms of any standard form of Award Agreement either in connection with the grant or amendment of an individual Award or in connection with the authorization of a new standard form or forms;
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however
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SECTION 19. RESERVED
SECTION 20. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
20.1
Provision of Information
. Each Participant shall be given access to information concerning the Company equivalent to that information generally made available to the Company’s common shareholders.
20.2
Rights as Employee or Director
. No person, even though eligible pursuant to Section 5, shall have a right to be selected as a Participant, or, having been so selected, to be selected again as a Participant. Nothing in the Plan or any Award granted under the Plan shall confer on any Participant a right to remain an Employee or Director, or interfere with or limit in any way the right of a Participating Company to terminate the Participant’s Service at any time.
20.3
Rights as a Shareholder
. A Participant shall have no rights as a shareholder with respect to any shares covered by an Award until the date of the issuance of a certificate for such shares (as evidenced by the appropriate entry on the books of the Company or of a duly authorized transfer agent of the Company). No adjustment shall be made for dividends, distributions or other rights for which the record date is prior to the date such certificate is issued, except as provided in Section 15 or another provision of the Plan.
20.4
Beneficiary Designation
. Each Participant may file with the Company a written designation of a beneficiary who is to receive any benefit under the Plan to which the Participant is entitled in the event of such Participant’s death before he or she receives any or all of such benefit. Each designation will revoke all prior designations by the same Participant, shall be in a form prescribed by the Company, and will be effective only when filed by the Participant in writing with the Company during the Participant’s lifetime. If a married Participant designates a beneficiary other than the Participant’s spouse, the effectiveness of such designation shall be subject to the consent of the Participant’s spouse. If a Participant dies without an effective designation of a beneficiary who is living at the time of the Participant’s death, the Company will pay any remaining unpaid benefits to the Participant’s legal representative.
20.5
Unfunded Obligation
. Any amounts payable to Participants pursuant to the Plan shall be unfunded obligations for all purposes, including, without limitation, Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. No Participating Company shall be required to segregate any monies from its general funds, or to create any trusts, or establish any special accounts with respect to such obligations. The Company shall retain at all times beneficial ownership of any investments, including trust investments, which the Company may make to fulfill its payment obligations hereunder. Any investments or the creation or maintenance of any trust or any Participant account shall not create or constitute a trust or fiduciary relationship between the Committee or any Participating Company and a Participant, or otherwise create any vested or beneficial interest in any Participant or the Participant’s creditors in any assets of any Participating Company. The Participants shall have no claim against any Participating Company for any changes in the value of any assets which may be invested or reinvested by the Company with respect to the Plan.
20.6
Code Section 409A
. The Committee intends to comply with Code Section 409A of the Code, or an exemption to Code Section 409A, with regard to Awards hereunder that constitute nonqualified deferred compensation within the meaning of Code Section 409A. To the extent that the Committee determines that a Participant would be subject to the additional 20% tax imposed on certain nonqualified deferred compensation plans pursuant to Code Section 409A as a result of any provision of any Award granted under this Plan, such provision shall be deemed amended to the minimum extent necessary to avoid application of such additional tax. The nature of any such amendment shall be determined by the Participant.
20.7
Nonexclusivity of the Plan
. Neither the adoption of the Plan by the Board nor the submission of the Plan to the shareholders of the Company for approval shall be construed as creating any limitations on the power of the Board to adopt such other incentive arrangements as it may deem desirable, including, without limitation, the granting of stock options otherwise than under the Plan, and such arrangements may be either applicable generally or only in specific cases.
20.8
Captions
. The use of captions in this Plan or any Award Agreement is for the convenience of reference only and shall not affect the meaning of any provision of the Plan or such Award Agreement.
20.9
Other Provisions
. Each Award granted under the Plan may contain such other terms and conditions not inconsistent with the Plan as may be determined by the Committee, in its sole discretion.
20.10
Number and Gender
. With respect to words used in this Plan, the singular form shall include the plural form, the masculine gender shall include the feminine gender, etc., as the context requires.
20.11
Severability
. If any provision of the Plan or any Award Agreement shall be determined to be illegal or unenforceable by any court of law in any jurisdiction, the remaining provisions hereof and thereof shall be severable and enforceable in accordance with their terms, and all provisions shall remain enforceable in any other jurisdiction.
20.12
Governing Law
. The validity and construction of this Plan and the instruments evidencing the Awards hereunder shall be governed by the laws of the State of Connecticut, other than any conflicts or choice of law rule or principle that might otherwise refer construction or interpretation of this Plan and the instruments evidencing the Awards granted hereunder to the substantive laws of any other jurisdiction.
SECTION 21
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TERMINATION OR AMENDMENT OF PLAN
The Committee may terminate or amend the Plan at any time. However, subject to changes in applicable law, regulations or rules that would permit otherwise, without the approval of the Company’s shareholders, there shall be (a) no increase in the maximum aggregate number of shares of Stock that may be issued under the Plan (except by operation of the provisions of Section 15), (b) no change in the class of persons eligible to receive Incentive Stock Options, and (c) no other amendment of the Plan that would require approval of the Company’s shareholders under any applicable law, regulation or rule. No termination or amendment of the Plan shall affect any then outstanding Award unless expressly provided by the Committee. In any event, no termination or amendment of the Plan may adversely affect any then outstanding Award without the consent of the Participant, unless such termination or amendment is required to enable an Option designated as an Incentive Stock Option to qualify as an Incentive Stock Option or is necessary to comply with any applicable law, regulation or rule.
SECTION 22
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EFFECTIVE DATE AND DURATION OF PLAN
The Plan shall become effective upon the later of the approval of the Plan by the Board and the approval of the Plan by the shareholders of the Company in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. No Award may be granted under the Plan after the tenth (10
th
) anniversary of the Effective Date. The Plan shall terminate when the total amount of the Stock available for issuance under the Plan have been issued and all restrictions on such shares under the terms of the Plan and the agreements evidence Awards granted under the Plan have lapsed.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this First Connecticut Bancorp, Inc. 2012 Stock Incentive Plan to be executed by its duly authorized officer as of the __ day of _______, 2012.
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THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE 2012 ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCKHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, 2012
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The undersigned, revoking all prior proxies, do hereby constitute and appoint John J. Patrick, Jr., Ronald A. Bucchi and John J. Carson or any of them, my true and lawful attorney with full power of substitution as proxy, to represent and vote at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Company to be held on Wednesday, July 11, 2012, at 10:00 a.m., at Central Connecticut State University, Memorial Hall-Constitution Room, 1615 Stanley Street, New Britain, Connecticut 06050 and at any adjournment or adjournments thereof and/or to vote at any subsequent balloting on any matter considered at the aforementioned meeting, as fully and with the same effect as if I might or could do were I personally present, with full power of substitution and revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that my appointees or their substitutes shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof; and I hereby revoke any proxy or proxies heretofore given by me to any person or persons whatsoever for the above purposes.
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Co-holder (if any) sign above
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IMPORTANT: Please sign this proxy exactly as your name or names appear on your share certificates. If shares are held by more than one owner, each owner must sign. Executors, administrators, trustees, guardians and others signing in a representative capacity should give their full titles.
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Please indicate above whether you plan to attend the Annual Meeting of Shareholders on Wednesday, July 11, 2012.
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Detach
above
card,
sign,
date
and
mail
in
postage
paid
envelope
provided.
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First Connecticut Bancorp, Inc.
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please act promptly
please complete, date, sign, and mail this proxy card promptly
in the enclosed postage-paid envelope.
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If your address has changed, please correct the address in the space provided below and return this portion with the proxy in the envelope provided.
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proxy
m
aterials
are
available
on-line
at:
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http://www.cfpproxy.com/7034
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