As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 23, 2004
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
UNION BANKSHARES CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
VIRGINIA | 54-1598552 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
212 N. Main Street
P.O. Box 446
Bowling Green, Virginia 22427
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
Union Bankshares Corporation
2003 Stock Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Peter A. Seitz, Esq.
Executive Vice President and General Counsel
Union Bankshares Corporation
212 North Main Street
Bowling Green, Virginia 22427
(Name and address of agent for service)
(804) 633-2115
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
Scott H. Richter, Esq.
LeClair Ryan, A Professional Corporation
707 East Main Street, Eleventh Floor
Richmond, Virginia 23219
(804) 783-2003
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of each class of securities
to be registered |
Amount to be registered (1) |
Proposed maximum offering price per share |
Proposed maximum aggregate offering price (2) |
Amount of registration fee |
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Common Stock, $2.00 par value |
350,000 shares | $32.14 | $11,249,000 | $1,425 |
(1) | This Registration Statement also relates to such indeterminate number of additional shares of common stock of the Registrant as may be issuable as a result of a stock dividend, stock split, split-up, recapitalization or similar event. |
(2) | Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. |
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The document(s) containing the information specified in Part I will be sent or given to participants as specified by Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act). Such documents are not being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act. Such documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Form, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. | Incorporation of Documents by Reference. |
The following documents, which have been filed with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), are hereby incorporated by reference in, and shall be deemed to be a part of, this Registration Statement.
(a) | The Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003 of Union Bankshares Corporation (Union Bankshares). |
(b) | All other reports filed by Union Bankshares pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Annual Report referred to in (a) above. |
(c) | The description of Union Bankshares common stock contained in its Registration Statement on Form 8-A, as filed with the Commission on July 2, 1999. |
All documents subsequently filed by Union Bankshares pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated herein by reference and shall be deemed a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. | Description of Securities. |
Not applicable.
Item 5. | Interests of Named Experts and Counsel. |
Not applicable.
Item 6. | Indemnification of Directors and Officers. |
The laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia pursuant to which Union Bankshares is incorporated permit it to indemnify its officers and directors against certain liabilities with the approval of its shareholders. The articles of incorporation of Union Bankshares, which have been approved by its shareholders, provide for the indemnification of each director and officer (including former directors and officers and each person who may have served at the request of Union Bankshares as a director or officer of any other legal entity and, in all such cases, his or her heirs, executors and administrators) against liabilities (including expenses) reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with any actual or threatened action, suit or proceeding to which he or she may be made party by reason of his or her being or having been a director or officer of Union Bankshares, except in relation to any action, suit or proceeding in which he or she has been adjudged liable because of willful misconduct or a knowing violation of the criminal law.
Union Bankshares has purchased officers and directors liability insurance policies. Within the limits of their coverage, the policies insure (1) the directors and officers of Union Bankshares against certain losses resulting from claims against them in their capacities as directors and officers to the extent that such losses are not indemnified by Union Bankshares and (2) Union Bankshares to the extent that it indemnifies such directors and officers for losses as permitted under the laws of Virginia.
Item 7. | Exemption from Registration Claimed. |
Not applicable.
Item 8. | Exhibits. |
Exhibit Number
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Description of the Exhibit |
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5.0 | Opinion of LeClair Ryan, A Professional Corporation. | |
23.1 | Consent of Yount, Hyde & Barbour, P.C. as accountants for Union Bankshares Corporation. | |
23.2 | Consent of LeClair Ryan (included in Exhibit 5.0). | |
99.0 | Union Bankshares Corporation 2003 Stock Incentive Plan. |
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Item 9. | Undertakings. |
(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of a prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the Calculation of Registration Fee table in the effective Registration Statement.
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;
provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if this Registration Statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form F-3, and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at the time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrants annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plans annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
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Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the Town of Bowling Green, Commonwealth of Virginia, on March 23, 2004.
UNION BANKSHARES CORPORATION | ||
By: |
/s/ G. William Beale |
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G. William Beale President and Chief Executive Officer |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated. Each person whose signature appears below hereby makes, constitutes and appoints G. William Beale or D. Anthony Peay his true and lawful attorney, with full power to sign for such person and in such persons name and capacity indicated below, and with full power of substitution, any and all amendments to this Registration Statement, hereby ratifying and confirming such persons signature as it may be signed by said attorney to any and all amendments.
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Date |
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/s/ G. William Beale |
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (principal executive officer) |
March 23, 2004 |
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G. William Beale | ||||
/s/ Frank B. Bradley, III | Director | March 23, 2004 | ||
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Frank B. Bradley, III | ||||
/s/ Ronald L. Hicks | Chairman of the Board of Directors | March 23, 2004 | ||
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Ronald L. Hicks | ||||
/s/ W. Tayloe Murphy, Jr. |
Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors
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March 23, 2004 | ||
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W. Tayloe Murphy, Jr. |
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Signature |
Capacity |
Date |
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/s/ Walton Mahon | Director | March 23, 2004 | ||
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Walton Mahon | ||||
/s/ R. Hunter Morin | Director | March 23, 2004 | ||
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R. Hunter Morin | ||||
/s/ D. Anthony Peay |
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer) |
March 23, 2004 |
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D. Anthony Peay | ||||
/s/ M. Raymond Piland, III |
Director | March 23, 2004 | ||
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M. Raymond Piland, III |
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/s/ Robert C. Sledd | Director | March 23, 2004 | ||
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Robert C. Sledd | ||||
/s/ Ronald L. Tillett | Director | March 23, 2004 | ||
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Ronald L. Tillett | ||||
/s/ A.D. Whittaker | Director | March 23, 2004 | ||
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A.D. Whittaker |
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/s/ William M. Wright | Director | March 23, 2004 | ||
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William M. Wright |
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Number
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Description of the Exhibit |
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5.0 | Opinion of LeClair Ryan, A Professional Corporation. | |
23.1 | Consent of Yount, Hyde & Barbour, P.C. as accountants for Union Bankshares Corporation. | |
23.2 | Consent of LeClair Ryan, A Professional Corporation (included in Exhibit 5.0). | |
99.0 | Union Bankshares Corporation 2003 Stock Incentive Plan. |
Exhibit 5.0
[letterhead of LeClair Ryan]
March 23, 2004
Union Bankshares Corporation
212 North Main Street
P.O. Box 446
Bowling Green, Virginia 22427
Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to Union Bankshares Corporation, a Virginia corporation (the Company), in connection with the preparation of this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the Registration Statement) filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Registration Statement covers 350,000 shares of common stock, $2.00 par value (the Common Stock), which have been reserved for issuance under the Companys 2003 Stock Incentive Plan (the Plan).
We have examined the Registration Statement and such corporate records, certificates and other documents as we deemed necessary for the purpose of this opinion, including the Companys Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws and all amendments thereto. For purposes of this opinion we have assumed (i) the genuineness of the signatures of and, except with respect to the Company, the authority and legal capacity of individuals signing all documents on behalf of the parties thereto; (ii) the authenticity and accuracy of all documents submitted to us as originals; and (iii) the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies or facsimiles.
Based upon and subject to the foregoing, it is our opinion that the 350,000 shares of Common Stock which are authorized for issuance under the Plan, when issued or sold in accordance with the terms and provisions of the Plan, will be duly authorized, legally issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
The foregoing assumes that all steps necessary to comply with the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, and with applicable requirements of state laws regulating the offer and sale of securities will be duly taken. We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to the Registration Statement.
/s/ LeClair Ryan, A Professional Corporation
Exhibit 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
The Board of Directors
Union Bankshares Corporation
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Union Bankshares Corporation of our report dated January 14, 2004, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of Union Bankshares Corporation and subsidiaries (the Company) as of December 31, 2003 and 2002 and the related consolidated statements of income, changes in stockholders equity, and cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001, which report appears in the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003.
/s/ Yount, Hyde & Barbour, P.C.
Winchester, Virginia
March 23, 2004
Exhibit 99.0
UNION BANKSHARES CORPORATION
2003 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
ARTICLE I
Establishment, Purpose, and Duration
1.1 Establishment of the Plan . Union Bankshares Corporation, a Virginia corporation (the Company), hereby establishes an incentive compensation plan for the Company and its subsidiaries to be known as the Union Bankshares Corporation 2003 Stock Incentive Plan, as set forth in this document. Unless otherwise defined herein, all capitalized terms shall have the meanings set forth in Section 2.1 herein. The Plan permits the grant of Incentive Stock Options, Nonqualified Stock Options, Stock Appreciation Rights and Restricted Stock to Key Employees of the Company or its Subsidiaries.
The Plan was adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company on October 31, 2002, and shall become effective on July 1, 2003 (the Effective Date), subject to the approval by vote of shareholders of the Company in accordance with applicable laws.
1.2 Purpose of the Plan . The purpose of the Plan is to promote the success of the Company and its subsidiaries by providing incentives to Key Employees that will promote the identification of their personal interest with the long-term financial success of the Company and with growth in shareholder value. The Plan is designed to provide flexibility to the Company, including its subsidiaries, in its ability to motivate, attract, and retain the services of Key Employees upon whose judgment, interest, and special effort the successful conduct of its operation is largely dependent.
1.3 Duration of the Plan . The Plan shall commence on the Effective Date, as described in Section 1.1 herein, and shall remain in effect, subject to the right of the Board of Directors to terminate the Plan at any time pursuant to Article X herein, until June 30, 2013, at which time it shall terminate except with respect to Awards made prior to, and outstanding on, that date which shall remain valid in accordance with their terms.
ARTICLE II
Definitions
2.1 Definitions . Except as otherwise defined in the Plan, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:
(a) Affiliate and Associate shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in Rule 12b-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act).
(b) Agreement means a written agreement implementing the grant of each Award signed by an authorized officer of the Company and by the Participant.
(c) Award means, individually or collectively, a grant under this Plan of Incentive Stock Options, Nonqualified Stock Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, and Restricted Stock.
(d) Award Date or Grant Date means the date on which an Award is made by the Committee under this Plan.
(e) Beneficial Owner shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act.
(f) Board or Board of Directors means the Board of Directors of the Company, unless otherwise indicated.
(g) Change in Control shall be deemed to have occurred if the conditions set forth in any one of the following paragraphs shall have been satisfied:
(i) any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary, a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under any employee benefit plan of the Company, or its Subsidiaries), who or which, together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, is or becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 20% or more of the combined voting power of the Companys then outstanding securities; or
(ii) if, at any time after the Effective Date, the composition of the Board of Directors of the Company shall change such that a majority of the Board of the Company shall no longer consist of Continuing Directors; or
(iii) if at any time, (1) the Company shall consolidate with, or merge with, any other Person and the Company shall not be the continuing or surviving corporation, (2) any Person shall consolidate with or merge with the Company, and the Company shall be the continuing or surviving corporation and, in connection therewith, all or part of the outstanding Stock shall be changed into or exchanged for stock or other securities of any other Person or cash or any other property, (3) the Company shall be a party to a statutory share exchange with any other Person after which the Company is a subsidiary of any other Person, or (4) the Company shall sell or otherwise transfer 50% or more of the assets or earning power of the Company and its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) to any Person or Persons.
(h) Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
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(i) Committee means the committee of the Board of Directors appointed by the Company to administer the Plan pursuant to Article III herein, all of the members of which shall be disinterested persons as defined in Rule 16b-3, as amended, under the Exchange Act or any similar or successor rule. Unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors of the Company, the members of the committee responsible for executive compensation who are not employees of the Company or its Subsidiaries shall constitute the Committee.
(j) Company means Union Bankshares Corporation, or any successor thereto as provided in Article XII herein.
(k) Continuing Director means an individual who was a member of the Board of Directors of the Company on the Effective Date or whose subsequent nomination for election or re-election to the Board of Directors of the Company was recommended or approved by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the Continuing Directors then in office.
(l) Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
(m) Fair Market Value of a Share means the fair market value as quoted on a recognized stock quotation system, exchange or bulletin board or, in the alternative, as determined pursuant to a reasonable method adopted by the Committee in good faith for such purpose.
(n) Incentive Stock Option or ISO means an option to purchase Stock, granted under Article VI herein, which is designated as an incentive stock option and is intended to meet the requirements of Section 422 of the Code.
(o) Key Employee means an officer or other key employee of the Company or its Subsidiaries, who, in the opinion of the Committee, can contribute significantly to the growth and profitability of, or perform services of major importance to, the Company and its Subsidiaries.
(p) Nonqualified Stock Option or NQSO means an option to purchase Stock, granted under Article VI herein, which is not intended to be an Incentive Stock Option.
(q) Option means an Incentive Stock Option or a Nonqualified Stock Option.
(r) Participant means a Key Employee who is granted an Award under the Plan.
(s) Period of Restriction means the period during which the transfer of Shares of Restricted Stock is restricted, pursuant to Article VII herein.
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(t) Person shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3(a)(9) of the Exchange Act and used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) thereof, including a group as defined in Section 13(d).
(u) Plan means the Union Bankshares Corporation 2003 Incentive Stock Plan, as described and as hereafter from time to time amended.
(v) Restricted Stock means an Award of Stock granted to a Participant pursuant to Article VII herein.
(w) Stock or Shares means the common stock of the Company.
(x) Subsidiary shall mean a corporation at least 50% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of which is owned by the Company, either directly or through one or more of its Subsidiaries.
ARTICLE III
Administration
3.1 The Committee . The Plan shall be administered by the Committee which shall have all powers necessary or desirable for such administration. The express grant in this Plan of any specific power to the Committee shall not be construed as limiting any power or authority of the Committee. In addition to any other powers and, subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee shall have the following specific powers: (i) to determine the terms and conditions upon which the Awards may be made and exercised; (ii) to determine all terms and provisions of each Agreement, which need not be identical; (iii) to construe and interpret the Agreements and the Plan; (iv) to establish, amend or waive rules or regulations for the Plans administration; (v) to accelerate the exercisability of any Award or the termination of any Period of Restriction; and (vi) to make all other determinations and take all other actions necessary or advisable for the administration of the Plan.
3.2 Selection of Participants . The Committee shall have the authority to grant Awards under the Plan, from time to time, to such Key Employees as may be selected by it. Each Award shall be evidenced by an Agreement.
3.3 Decisions Binding . All determinations and decisions made by the Board or the Committee pursuant to the provisions of the Plan shall be final, conclusive and binding.
3.4 Rule 16b-3 Requirements . Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, the Board or the Committee may impose such conditions on any Award, and amend the Plan in any such respects, as may be required to satisfy the requirements of Rule 16b-3, as amended (or any successor or similar rule), under the Exchange Act.
3.5 Indemnification of Committee . In addition to such other rights of indemnification as they may have as directors or as members of the Committee, the members of the Committee shall be indemnified by the Company against reasonable expenses, including attorneys fees,
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actually and reasonably 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 Award granted or made hereunder, and against all amounts reasonably paid by them in settlement thereof or paid by them in satisfaction of a judgment in any such action, suit or proceeding, if such members acted in good faith and in a manner which they believed to be in, and not opposed to, the best interests of the Company and its Subsidiaries.
ARTICLE IV
Stock Subject to the Plan
4.1 Number of Shares . Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 4.3 herein, the maximum aggregate number of Shares that may be issued pursuant to Awards made under the Plan shall not exceed 350,000. No more than one-third of the aggregate number of such Shares shall be issued in connection with Restricted Stock Awards. Except as provided in Sections 4.2 herein, the issuance of Shares in connection with the exercise of, or as other payment for Awards, under the Plan shall reduce the number of Shares available for future Awards under the Plan.
4.2 Lapsed Awards or Forfeited Shares . If any Award granted under this Plan (for which no material benefits of ownership have been received, including dividends) terminates, expires, or lapses for any reason other than by virtue of exercise of the Award, or if Shares issued pursuant to Awards (for which no material benefits of ownership have been received, including dividends) are forfeited, any Stock subject to such Award again shall be available for the grant of an Award under the Plan.
4.3 Capital Adjustments . The number and class of Shares subject to each outstanding Award, the Option Price and the aggregate number and class of Shares for which Awards thereafter may be made shall be subject to such adjustment, if any, as the Committee in its sole discretion deems appropriate to reflect such events as stock dividends, stock splits, recapitalizations, mergers, consolidations or reorganizations of or by the Company. To the extent required to avoid a charge to earnings for financial accounting purposes, adjustments made by the Committee pursuant to this Section 4.3 to outstanding awards shall be made so that that both (i) the aggregate intrinsic value of an Award immediately after the adjustment is not greater than or less than the Awards aggregate intrinsic value before the adjustment and (ii) the ratio of the Option Price to the market value per Share is not reduced.
4.4 Per-Employee Limit . The maximum number of Shares with respect to which an Award may be granted in any calendar year to any Key Employee during such calendar year shall be 50,000.
ARTICLE V
Eligibility
Persons eligible to participate in the Plan include all employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries who, in the opinion of the Committee, are Key Employees.
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ARTICLE VI
Stock Options
6.1 Grants to Key Employees . Subject to the terms and provisions of the Plan, Options may be granted to Key Employees at any time and from time to time as shall be determined by the Committee. The Committee shall have complete discretion in determining the number of Shares subject to Options granted to each Participant, provided, however, that the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined at the time the Award is made) of Shares with respect to which any Participant may first exercise ISOs granted under the Plan during any calendar year may not exceed $100,000 or such amount as shall be specified in Section 422 of the Code and rules and regulation thereunder.
6.2 Option Agreement . Each Option grant shall be evidenced by an Agreement that shall specify the type of Option granted, the Option Price (as hereinafter defined), the duration of the Option, the number of Shares to which the Option pertains, any conditions imposed upon the exercisability of Options in the event of retirement, death, disability or other termination of employment, and such other provisions as the Committee shall determine. The Agreement shall specify whether the Option is intended to be an Incentive Stock Option within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code, or Nonqualified Stock Option not intended to be within the provisions of Section 422 of the Code.
6.3 Option Price . The exercise price per share of Stock covered by an Option (Option Price) shall be determined by the Committee subject to the following limitations. The Option Price shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of such Stock on the Grant Date. An ISO granted to an employee who, at the time of grant, owns (within the meaning of Section 425(d) of the Code) Stock possessing more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of Stock of the Company, shall have an Option Price which is at least equal to 110% of the Fair Market Value of the Stock.
6.4 Duration of Options . Each Option shall expire at such time as the Committee shall determine at the time of grant provided, however, that no ISO shall be exercisable later than the tenth (10th) anniversary date of its Award Date.
6.5 Exercisability . Options granted under the Plan shall be exercisable at such times and be subject to such restrictions and conditions as the Committee shall determine, which need not be the same for all Participants. No Option, however, shall be exercisable until the expiration of at least six months after the Award Date, except that such limitation shall not apply in the case of death or disability of the Participant.
6.6 Method of Exercise . Options shall be exercised by the delivery of a written notice to the Company in the form prescribed by the Committee setting forth the number of Shares with respect to which the Option is to be exercised, accompanied by full payment for the Shares. The Option Price shall be payable to the Company in full either (a) in cash, (b) by delivery of Shares of Stock that the Participant has previously acquired and owned valued at Fair Market Value at the time of exercise, (c) delivery of a properly executed exercise notice together with irrevocable
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instructions to a broker to deliver promptly to the Company, from the sale or loan proceeds with respect to the sale of Company Stock or a loan secured by Company stock, the amount necessary to pay the Option Price and, if required by the committee, applicable withholding taxes, (d) delivery of a promissory note (in the Committees discretion) or (e) by a combination of the foregoing. As soon as practicable, after receipt of written notice and payment, the Company shall deliver to the Participant, stock certificates in an appropriate amount based upon the number of Options exercised, issued in the Participants name. No Participant who is awarded Options shall have rights as a shareholder until the date of exercise of the Options.
6.7 Restrictions on Stock Transferability . The Committee shall impose such restrictions on any Shares acquired pursuant to the exercise of an Option under the Plan as it may deem advisable, including, without limitation, restrictions under the applicable Federal securities law, under the requirements of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. or any stock exchange upon which such Shares are then listed and under any blue sky or state securities laws applicable to such Shares.
6.8 Nontransferability of Options .
(a) In general, no Option granted under the Plan may be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned, or otherwise alienated or hypothecated, otherwise than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. Options granted to a Participant under the Plan shall be exercisable during his lifetime only by such Participant or his guardian or legal representative. Unless otherwise specifically provided in the Option Agreement, any payment of the Option Price paid by delivery of Company Stock acquired directly or indirectly from the Company shall be paid only with Shares of Company Stock that have been held by the participant for more than six months (or such longer or shorter period of time required to avoid a charge to earnings for financial accounting purposes).
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of (a) and subject to federal and state securities laws, the Committee may grant or amend Nonqualified Stock Options that permit a Participant to transfer the Options to one or more immediate family members, to a trust for the benefit of immediate family members, or to a partnership, limited liability company, or other entity the only partners, members, or interest-holders of which are among the Participants immediate family members. Consideration may not be paid for the transfer of Options. The transferee of an Option shall be subject to all conditions applicable to the Option prior to its transfer. The agreement granting the Option shall set forth the transfer conditions and restrictions. The Committee may impose on any transferable Option and on stock issued upon the exercise of an Option such limitations and conditions as the Committee deems appropriate.
ARTICLE VII
Restricted Stock
7.1 Grant of Restricted Stock . Subject to the terms and provisions of the Plan, the Committee, at any time and from time to time, may grant shares of Restricted Stock under the Plan to such Key Employees and in such amounts as it shall determine. Participants receiving
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Restricted Stock Awards are not required to the pay the Company therefor (except for applicable tax withholding) other than the rendering of services.
7.2 Restricted Stock Agreement . Each Restricted Stock grant shall be evidenced by an Agreement that shall specify the Period of Restriction, the number of Restricted Stock Shares granted, and such other provisions as the Committee shall determine.
7.3 Transferability . Except as provided in this Article VII and subject to the limitation in the next sentence, the Shares of Restricted Stock granted hereunder may not be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned, or otherwise alienated or hypothecated until the termination of the applicable Period of Restriction or upon earlier satisfaction of other conditions as specified by the Committee in its sole discretion and set forth in the Agreement. No shares of Restricted Stock shall be sold until the expiration of at least six months after the Award Date, except that such limitation shall not apply in the case of death or disability of the Participant. All rights with respect to the Restricted Stock granted to a Participant under the Plan shall be exercisable during his lifetime only by such Key Employee or his guardian or legal representative.
7.4 Other Restrictions . The Committee shall impose such other restrictions on any Shares of Restricted Stock granted pursuant to the Plan as it may deem advisable including, without limitation, restrictions under applicable Federal or state securities laws, and may legend the certificates representing Restricted Stock to give appropriate notice of such restrictions.
7.5 Certificate Legend . In addition to any legends placed on certificates pursuant to Section 7.4 herein, each certificate representing shares of Restricted Stock granted pursuant to the Plan shall bear the following legend:
The sale or other transfer of the Shares of Stock represented by this certificate, whether voluntary, involuntary, or by operation of law, is subject to certain restrictions on transfer set forth in the Union Bankshares Corporation 2003 Stock Incentive Plan, in the rules and administrative procedures adopted pursuant to such Plan, and in an Agreement dated . A copy of the Plan, such rules and procedures, and such Restricted Stock Agreement may be obtained from the Secretary of Union Bankshares Corporation.
7.6 Removal of Restrictions . Except as otherwise provided in this Article, Shares of Restricted Stock covered by each Restricted Stock Award made under the Plan shall become freely transferable by the Participant after the last day of the Period of Restriction. Once the Shares are released from the restrictions, the Participant shall be entitled to have the legend required by Section 7.5 herein removed from his Stock certificate.
7.7 Voting Rights . During the Period of Restriction, Participants holding Shares of Restricted Stock granted hereunder may exercise full voting rights with respect to those Shares.
7.8 Dividends and Other Distributions . During the Period of Restriction, unless otherwise provided in the applicable Agreement, Participants holding shares of Restricted Stock granted hereunder shall be entitled to receive all dividends and other distributions paid with respect to those shares while they are so held. If any such dividends or distributions are paid in
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Shares, the Shares shall be subject to the same restrictions on transferability as the Shares of Restricted Stock with respect to which they were distributed.
7.9 Termination of Employment Due to Retirement . Unless otherwise provided in the Agreement, in the event that a Key Employee terminates his employment with the Company or one of its Subsidiaries because of normal retirement (as defined in the rules of the Company in effect at the time), any remaining Period of Restriction applicable to the Restricted Stock Shares pursuant to Section 7.3 herein shall automatically terminate and, except as otherwise provided in Section 7.4 herein the Shares of Restricted Stock shall thereby be free of restrictions and freely transferable. Unless otherwise provided in the Agreement, in the event that a Key Employee terminates his employment with the Company because of early retirement (as defined in the rules of the Company in effect at the time), the Committee, in its sole discretion, may waive the restrictions remaining on any or all Shares of Restricted Stock pursuant to Section 7.3 herein and add such new restrictions to those Shares of Restricted Stock as it deems appropriate.
7.10 Termination of Employment Due to Death or Disability . In the event a Key Employees employment is terminated because of death or disability during the Period of Restriction, any remaining Period of Restriction applicable to the Restricted Stock pursuant to Section 7.3 herein shall automatically terminate and, except as otherwise provided in Section 7.4 herein the shares of Restricted Stock shall thereby be free of restrictions and fully transferable.
7.11 Termination of Employment for Other Reasons . Unless otherwise provided in the Agreement, in the event that a Key Employee terminates his employment with the Company for any reason other than for death, disability, or retirement, as set forth in Sections 7.9 and 7.10 herein, during the Period of Restriction, then any shares of Restricted Stock still subject to restrictions as of the date of such termination shall automatically be forfeited and returned to the Company.
ARTICLE VIII
Change in Control
In the event of a Change in Control of the Company, the Committee, as constituted before such Change in Control, in its sole discretion may, at the time the Award is made, take any one or more of the following actions: (i) provide for the acceleration of any time periods relating to the exercise or realization of any such Award so that such Award may be exercised or realized in full on or before a date initially fixed by the Committee; (ii) provide for the purchase or settlement of any such Award by the Company, upon a Participants request, for an amount of cash equal to the amount which could have been obtained upon the exercise of such Award or realization of such Participants rights had such Award been currently exercisable or payable; (iii) make such adjustment to any such Award then outstanding as the Committee deems appropriate to reflect such Change in Control; or (iv) cause any such Award then outstanding to be assumed, or new rights substituted therefor, by the acquiring or surviving corporation in such Change in Control.
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ARTICLE IX
Modification, Extension and Renewals of Awards
Subject to the terms and conditions and within the limitations of the Plan, the Committee may modify, extend or renew outstanding Awards, or, if authorized by the Board, accept the surrender of outstanding Awards (to the extent not yet exercised) granted under the Plan and authorize the granting of new Awards pursuant to the Plan in substitution therefor, and the substituted Awards may specify a lower exercise price than the surrendered Awards, a longer term than the surrendered Awards or may contain any other provisions that are authorized by the Plan. The Committee may also modify the terms of any outstanding Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, no modification of an Award, shall, without the consent of the Participant, adversely affect the rights or obligations of the Participant.
ARTICLE X
Amendment, Modification and Termination of the Plan
10.1 Amendment, Modification and Termination . At any time and from time to time, the Board may terminate, amend, or modify the Plan. Such amendment or modification may be without shareholder approval except to the extent that such approval is required by the Code, pursuant to the rules under Section 16 of the Exchange Act, by any national securities exchange or system on which the Stock is then listed or reported, by any regulatory body having jurisdiction with respect thereto or under any other applicable laws, rules or regulations.
10.2 Awards Previously Granted . No termination, amendment or modification of the Plan other than pursuant to Section 4.3 herein shall in any manner adversely affect any Award theretofore granted under the Plan, without the written consent of the Participant.
ARTICLE XI
Withholding
11.1 Tax Withholding . The Company shall have the power and the right to deduct or withhold, or require a Participant to remit to the Company, an amount sufficient to satisfy Federal, State and local taxes (including the Participants FICA obligation) required by law to be withheld (based on the minimum applicable statutory withholding rates) with respect to any grant, exercise, or payment made under or as a result of this Plan.
11.2 Stock Withholding . With respect to withholding required upon the exercise of Nonqualified Stock Options, or upon the lapse of restrictions on Restricted Stock, or upon the occurrence of any other similar taxable event, participants may elect, subject to the approval of the Committee, to satisfy the withholding requirement, in whole or in part, by having the Company withhold Shares of Stock having a Fair Market Value equal to the amount required to be withheld. The value of the Shares to be withheld shall be based on Fair Market Value of the Shares on the date that the amount of tax to be withheld is to be determined. All elections shall be irrevocable and be made in writing, signed by the Participant on forms approved by the Committee in advance of the day that the transaction becomes taxable.
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ARTICLE XII
Successors
All obligations of the Company under the Plan, with respect to Awards granted hereunder, shall be binding on any successor to the Company, whether the existence of such successor is the result of a direct or indirect purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise, of all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company.
ARTICLE XIII
General
13.1 Requirements of Law . The granting of Awards and the issuance of Shares of Stock under this Plan shall be subject to all applicable laws, rules, and regulations, and to such approvals by any governmental agencies or SROs as may be required.
13.2 Effect of Plan . The establishment of the Plan shall not confer upon any Key Employee any legal or equitable right against the Company, a Subsidiary or the Committee, except as expressly provided in the Plan. The Plan does not constitute an inducement or consideration for the employment of any Key Employee, nor is it a contract between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and any Key Employee. Participation in the Plan shall not give any Key Employee any right to be retained in the service of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
13.3 Creditors . The interests of any Participant under the Plan or any Agreement are not subject to the claims of creditors and may not, in any way, be assigned, alienated or encumbered.
13.4 Governing Law . The Plan, and all Agreements hereunder, shall be governed, construed and administered in accordance with and governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia and the intention of the Company is that ISOs granted under the Plan qualify as such under Section 422 of the Code.
13.5 Severability . In the event any provision of the Plan shall be held illegal or invalid for any reason, the illegality or invalidity shall not affect the remaining parts of the Plan, and the Plan shall be construed and enforced as if the illegal or invalid provision had not been included.
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