UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


FORM 8-K

 


CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report: December 7, 2006

 


NCI BUILDING SYSTEMS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 


 

Delaware   1-14315   76-0127701
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  (Commission File Number)   (I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

 

10943 North Sam Houston Parkway West

Houston, Texas

  77064
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (281) 897-7788

 


Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨ Written communication pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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

 

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

 

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

 



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

At a meeting held on December 7, 2006 (the “Meeting”), the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of NCI Building Systems, Inc. (“NCI”) took the following actions:

(c) Election of Certain Officers.

The Board elected Kelly R. Ginn (“Mr. Ginn”), age 45, to the office of Executive Vice President of Operations of NCI. Mr. Ginn had served as President and Chief Operating Officer of the Metal Components Division of NCI since October 2000. Mr. Ginn served as Vice President, Manufacturing of the Metal Components Division from May 1998 until October 2000. Before joining NCI in 1998, Mr. Ginn served as Vice President of Manufacturing of MBCI for over seven years. Mr. Ginn has over 26 years of experience in the metal building and components industry. Mr. Ginn is the son of A.R. Ginn, the Chairman of the Board.

The Board also elected Charles W. Dickinson (“Mr. Dickinson”), age 55, to the office of President and Chief Executive Officer of NCI’s Metal Components Division. Mr. Dickinson had served as Executive Vice President, Sales of the Metal Components Division and President of ABC Division since October 2000. Mr. Dickinson served as NCI’s Vice President, Sales of the Metal Components Division from May 1998 until October 2000. Before joining NCI in 1998, Mr. Dickinson served as Vice President of Sales of MBCI for over ten years. Mr. Dickinson has over 26 years of experience in the metal building and components industry.

(e) Material Compensatory Plan, Contract or Arrangement.

Amendment and Restatement of 2003 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan.

The Board approved amending and restating NCI’s 2003 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan (as amended and restated, the “2003 Plan”) to provide for the award of restricted stock units. The terms of the 2003 Plan, a copy of which is being filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Report, are hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 5.02(e).

Amended and Restated Forms of Restricted Stock Award Agreements.

The Board approved additional forms of Restricted Stock Agreements for Executive Officers and Key Employees relating to the 2003 Plan. The additional forms, among other things, facilitate electronic distribution of restricted stock awards. The terms of the additional forms of Restricted Stock Agreements relating to the 2003 Plan, copies of which are being filed as Exhibits 10.2 and 10.3 to this Report, are hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 5.02(e).

Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement.

The Board approved a form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement relating to the 2003 Plan. The terms of the form of the Restricted Stock Unit Agreement relating to the 2003 Plan, a copy of which is being filed as Exhibit 10.4 to this Report, are hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 5.02(e).

 

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Amendment of Bonus Program.

The Board approved an amendment to NCI’s Bonus Program (the “Program”). The Program was amended to increase the threshold level of return on assets used in the bonus calculation from 14% to 16%.

Executive Compensation .

The Board approved increases in base salary for certain of the Company’s executive officers to the following amounts for fiscal 2007:

 

Norman C. Chambers

   $ 700,000

Kelly Ginn

   $ 315,000

Kenneth Maddox

   $ 280,000

Frances Powell

   $ 320,000

Item 5.03. Amendments to the Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

At the Meeting, the Board adopted a resolution amending and restating NCI’s Bylaws (as amended and restated, the “Bylaws”) to reflect changes in the technologies used to perform ministerial tasks and to permit electronic communication and storage.

Descriptions of the provisions adopted or changed and, if applicable, the previous provision are provided below. These descriptions are summaries and are qualified in their entirety by the Bylaws filed herewith as Exhibit 10.5, the text of which is incorporated by reference in this Section 5.03.

Electronic Notices, Waivers, Consents and Resignations . Provisions were changed to allow notice to be given electronically for all meetings of stockholders, special meetings of the Board, and as otherwise required. Notice by electronic delivery will be deemed given when dispatched, and any person entitled to notice may waive it by electronic transmission. The members of the Board may consent to any action without a meeting by electronic transmission. The members of the Board may also consent to any action without a meeting by electronic transmission or transmissions, and any director or officer may resign by electronic transmission to NCI.

Previously, NCI’s Bylaws did not provide for electronic notices, waivers, consents and resignations and provided for notice and waiver using obsolete methods of transmittal (e.g., telegraph, telex and cable). The new provisions eliminate references to these technologies.

Electronic Transmittal and Storage . Provisions were similarly changed to allow the minutes of proceedings of the Board or any committee thereof, as well as any records kept by NCI in the regular course of its business, to be stored in electronic form. Provisions were also added to provide for such records and filings to be stored in electronic form.

 

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Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(c) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Description

10.1    Amended and Restated NCI Building Systems, Inc. 2003 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan.
10.2    Form of Restricted Stock Award Agreement for Senior Executive Officers (Electronic).
10.3    Form of Restricted Stock Award Agreement for Key Employees.
10.4    Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement.
10.5    Amended and Restated Bylaws of NCI Building Systems, Inc.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

NCI BUILDING SYSTEMS, INC.
By:  

/s/ Frances Powell

Name:   Frances Powell
Title:   Executive Vice President, Chief Financial
  Officer and Treasurer

Dated: December 12, 2006

 

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Exhibit 10.1

NCI BUILDING SYSTEMS, INC.

2003 LONG-TERM STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

(As Amended and Restated December 7, 2006)

1. PURPOSE. The purposes of the Plan are to attract and retain for the Company and its Subsidiaries the best available personnel, to provide additional incentives to Employees, Directors and Consultants, to increase their interest in the Company’s welfare, and to promote the success of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries.

2. INCENTIVE AWARDS AVAILABLE UNDER THE PLAN. Awards granted under this Plan may be (a) Incentive Stock Options, (b) Non-Qualified Stock Options, (c) Restricted Stock Awards; (d) Stock Appreciation Rights; (e) Cash Awards; (f) Performance Share Awards; (g) Phantom Stock Awards and (h) Restricted Stock Unit Awards.

3. SHARES SUBJECT TO PLAN. Subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 12(a) hereof, the total number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued with respect to Awards granted under the Plan shall not exceed 2,600,000 (the “Pool Limit”). At all times during the term of the Plan, the Company shall allocate and keep available such number of shares of Common Stock as will be required to satisfy the requirements of outstanding Awards under the Plan. The number of shares reserved for issuance under the Plan shall be reduced only to the extent that shares of Common Stock are actually issued in connection with the exercise or settlement of an Award; provided, however, that the number of shares reserved for issuance shall be reduced by the total number of Stock Appreciation Rights exercised. Shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to (i) Awards of Options or Stock Appreciation Rights granted at any time or (ii) Restricted Stock Awards, Restricted Stock Unit Awards, Phantom Stock Awards or Performance Share Awards granted prior to the Effective Date shall each count against the Pool Limit as one (1) full share of Common Stock. Shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to a Restricted Stock Award, Restricted Stock Unit Award, Phantom Stock Award or Performance Share Award granted on or after the Effective Date shall each count against the Pool Limit as one and one-half (1.5) shares of Common Stock. Any shares of Common Stock covered by an Award (or a portion of an Award) that is forfeited or canceled or that expires shall be deemed not to have been issued for purposes of determining the maximum aggregate number of shares of Common Stock which may be issued under the Pool Limit and shall remain available for Awards under the Plan. The shares to be delivered under the Plan shall be made available from authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock or Common Stock held in the treasury of the Company.

4. ELIGIBILITY. Awards other than Incentive Stock Options may be granted to Employees, Directors and Consultants. Incentive Stock Options may be granted only to Employees. The Committee in its sole discretion shall select the recipients of Awards. A Grantee may be granted more than one Award under the Plan, and Awards may be granted at any time or times during the term of the Plan. The grant of an Award to an Employee, Director or Consultant shall not be deemed either to entitle that individual to, or to disqualify that individual from, participation in any other grant of Awards under the Plan.

 

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5. LIMITATION ON INDIVIDUAL AWARDS. Except for Cash Awards described in Section 10(a), no individual shall be granted, in any fiscal year, Awards under the Plan covering or relating to an aggregate of more than 250,000 shares of Common Stock. No individual shall receive payment for Cash Awards during any fiscal year aggregating in excess of $5,000,000. The preceding shall be applied in a manner which will permit compensation generated under the Plan, where appropriate, to constitute “performance-based” compensation for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Code.

6. STOCK OPTIONS.

(a) Grant of Options. An Option is a right to purchase shares of Common Stock during the option period for a specified exercise price. The Committee shall determine whether each Option shall be granted as an Incentive Stock Option or a Non-Qualified Stock Option and the provisions, terms and conditions of each Option including, but not limited to, the vesting schedule, the number of shares of Common Stock subject to the Option, the exercise price of the Option, the period during which the Option may be exercised, repurchase provisions, forfeiture provisions, methods of payment, and all other terms and conditions of the Option.

(b) Limitations on Incentive Stock Options. The aggregate Fair Market Value (determined as of the date of grant of an Option) of Common Stock which any Employee is first eligible to purchase during any calendar year by exercise of Incentive Stock Options granted under the Plan and by exercise of Incentive Stock Options granted under any other incentive stock option plan of the Company or a Subsidiary shall not exceed $100,000. If the Fair Market Value of stock with respect to which all Incentive Stock Options described in the preceding sentence held by any one Optionee are exercisable for the first time by such Optionee during any calendar year exceeds $100,000, the Options (that are intended to be Incentive Stock Options on the date of grant thereof) for the first $100,000 worth of shares of Common Stock to become exercisable in such year shall be deemed to constitute Incentive Stock Options and the Options (that are intended to be Incentive Stock Options on the date of grant thereof) for the shares of Common Stock in the amount in excess of $100,000 that become exercisable in that calendar year shall be treated as Non-Qualified Stock Options. If the Code or the Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder are amended after the effective date of the Plan to provide for a different limit than the one described in this Section 6(b), such different limit shall be incorporated herein and shall apply to any Options granted after the effective date of such amendment.

(c) Acquisitions and Other Transactions. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 11(h), in the case of an Option issued or assumed pursuant to Section 11(h), the exercise price and number of shares for the Option shall be determined in accordance with the principles of Section 424(a) of the Code and the Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder.

(d) Payment on Exercise. Payment for the shares of Common Stock to be purchased upon exercise of an Option may be made in cash (by check) or, if elected by the Optionee where permitted by law: (i) if a public market for the Common Stock exists, through a “same day sale” arrangement between the Optionee and a NASD Dealer whereby the Optionee elects to exercise the Option and to sell a portion of the shares of Common Stock so purchased to pay for the exercise price and whereby the NASD Dealer commits upon receipt of such shares of Common Stock to forward the exercise price directly to the Company; (ii) if a public market for

 

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the Common Stock exists, through a “margin” commitment from the Optionee and an NASD Dealer whereby the Optionee elects to exercise the Option and to pledge the shares of Common Stock so purchased to the NASD Dealer in a margin account as security for a loan from the NASD Dealer in the amount of the exercise price, and whereby the NASD Dealer commits upon receipt of such shares of Common Stock to forward the exercise price directly to the Company; or (iii) by surrender for cancellation of Qualifying Shares at the Fair Market Value per share at the time of exercise (provided that such surrender does not result in an accounting charge for the Company). No shares of Common Stock may be issued until full payment of the purchase price therefor has been made.

7. RESTRICTED STOCK AWARDS.

(a) Restricted Stock Awards. A Restricted Stock Award is a grant of shares of Common stock for such consideration, if any, and subject to such restrictions on transfer, rights of first refusal, repurchase provisions, forfeiture provisions and other terms and conditions as are established by the Committee.

(b) Forfeiture Restrictions. Shares of Common Stock that are the subject of a Restricted Stock Award shall be subject to restrictions on disposition by the Grantee and to an obligation of the Grantee to forfeit and surrender the shares to the Company under certain circumstances (the “Forfeiture Restrictions”). The Forfeiture Restrictions shall be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion, and the Committee may provide that the Forfeiture Restrictions shall lapse on the passage of time, the attainment of one or more performance targets established by the Committee, or the occurrence of such other event or events determined to be appropriate by the Committee; provided, however, that except as provided in Section 11 hereof, (i) for a Restricted Stock Award based on the passage of time, the Forfeiture Restrictions shall lapse ratably over a minimum period of four years, and (ii) for a Restricted Stock Award based on performance criteria or any other event, the Forfeiture Restrictions shall not lapse prior to one year after grant of the Restricted Stock Award. The Forfeiture Restrictions applicable to a particular Restricted Stock Award (which may differ from any other such Restricted Stock Award) shall be stated in the Restricted Stock Agreement.

(c) Rights as Stockholder. Shares of Common Stock awarded pursuant to a Restricted Stock Award shall be represented by a stock certificate registered in the name of the Grantee of such Restricted Stock Award. The Grantee shall have the right to receive dividends with respect to the shares of Common Stock subject to a Restricted Stock Award, to vote the shares of Common Stock subject thereto and to enjoy all other stockholder rights with respect to the shares of Common Stock subject thereto, except that, unless provided otherwise in this Plan, or in the Restricted Stock Agreement, (i) the Grantee shall not be entitled to delivery of the shares of Common Stock except as the Forfeiture Restrictions expire, (ii) the Company or an escrow agent shall retain custody of the shares of Common Stock until the Forfeiture Restrictions expire, (iii) the Grantee may not sell, transfer, pledge, exchange, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of the shares of Common Stock until the Forfeiture Restrictions expire.

(d) Stock Certificate Delivery. One or more stock certificates representing shares of Common Stock, free of Forfeiture Restrictions, shall be delivered to the Grantee promptly after, and only after, the Forfeiture Restrictions have expired. The Grantee, by his or

 

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her acceptance of the Restricted Stock Award, irrevocably grants to the Company a power of attorney to transfer any shares so forfeited to the Company, agrees to execute any documents requested by the Company in connection with such forfeiture and transfer, and agrees that such provisions regarding transfers of forfeited shares shall be specifically performable by the Company in a court of equity or law.

(e) Payment for Restricted Stock. The Committee shall determine the amount and form of any payment for shares of Common Stock received pursuant to a Restricted Stock Award. In the absence of such a determination, the Grantee shall not be required to make any payment for shares of Common Stock received pursuant to a Restricted Stock Award, except to the extent otherwise required by law.

(f) Forfeiture of Restricted Stock. Unless otherwise provided in a Restricted Stock Agreement, on termination of the Grantee’s employment or service prior to lapse of the Forfeiture Restrictions, the shares of Common Stock which are still subject to the Restricted Stock Award shall be forfeited by the Grantee. Upon any forfeiture, all rights of the Grantee with respect to the forfeited shares of the Common Stock subject to the Restricted Stock Award shall cease and terminate, without any further obligation on the part of the Company except to repay any purchase price per share paid by the Grantee for the shares forfeited.

(g) Waiver of Forfeiture Restrictions; Committee’s Discretion. With respect to a Restricted Stock Award that has been granted to a Covered Employee where such Award has been designed to meet the exception for performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code, the Committee may not waive the Forfeiture Restrictions applicable to such Restricted Stock Award.

8. STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS.

(a) Stock Appreciation Rights. A Stock Appreciation Right is a right to receive, upon exercise of the right, shares of Common Stock or their cash equivalent in an amount equal to the increase in Fair Market Value of the Common Stock between the grant and exercise dates. As of the grant date of an Award of a Stock Appreciation Right, the Committee may specifically designate that the Award will be paid (i) only in cash, (ii) only in stock or (iii) in such other form or combination of forms as the Committee may elect or permit at the time of exercise.

(b) Tandem Rights. Stock Appreciation Rights may be granted in connection with the grant of an Option, in which case exercise of Stock Appreciation Rights will result in the surrender of the right to purchase the shares under the Option as to which the Stock Appreciation Rights were exercised. Alternatively, Stock Appreciation Rights may be granted independently of Options in which case each Award of Stock Appreciation Rights shall be evidenced by a Stock Appreciation Rights Agreement. With respect to Stock Appreciation Rights that are subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act, the Committee shall retain sole discretion (i) to determine the form in which payment of the Stock Appreciation Right will be made (i.e., cash, securities or any combination thereof) or (ii) to approve an election by a Grantee to receive cash in full or partial settlement of Stock Appreciation Rights.

 

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(c) Limitations on Exercise of Stock Appreciation Rights. A Stock Appreciation Right shall be exercisable in whole or in such installments and at such times as determined by the Committee.

9. PERFORMANCE SHARE AWARDS, PHANTOM STOCK AWARDS AND RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARDS.

(a) Performance Share Awards. A Performance Share Award is a right to receive shares of Common Stock or their cash equivalent based on the attainment of pre-established performance goals and such other conditions, restrictions and contingencies as the Committee shall determine. Each Performance Share Award may have a maximum value established by the Committee at the time of such Award. The Committee shall establish, with respect to and at the time of each Performance Share Award, a performance period or periods over which the performance applicable to the Performance Share Award of the Grantee shall be measured; provided, however, that the minimum performance period shall be for one year after grant of the Performance Share Award. The Committee shall determine the effect of termination of employment or service during the performance period on a Grantee’s Performance Share Award, which shall be set forth in the Award Agreement.

(b) Phantom Stock Awards. Phantom Stock Awards are rights to receive an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of shares of Common Stock or rights to receive an amount equal to any appreciation or increase in the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock over a specified period of time, which may vest over a period of time as established by the Committee, without payment of any amounts by the Grantee thereof (except to the extent otherwise required by law) or satisfaction of any performance criteria or objectives. Each Phantom Stock Award may have a maximum value established by the Committee at the time of such Award. The Committee shall establish, at the time of grant of each Phantom Stock Award, a period over which the Award shall vest with respect to the Grantee, and terms and conditions of forfeiture, which shall be set forth in the Award Agreement.

(c) Restricted Stock Unit Awards. Restricted Stock Unit Awards are Awards denominated in units evidencing the right to receive shares of Common Stock, which may vest over a period of time as established by the Committee, without payment of any amounts by the Grantee thereof (except to the extent otherwise required by law) or satisfaction of any performance criteria or objectives. The Committee shall establish, at the time of grant of each Restricted Stock Unit Award, a period over which the Award shall vest with respect to the Grantee, and terms and conditions of forfeiture, which shall be set forth in the Award Agreement.

(d) Payment. Following the end of the performance period of a Performance Share Award or the determined vesting period for a Phantom Stock Award or a Restricted Stock Unit Award, the Grantee shall be entitled to receive payment of an amount, not exceeding the maximum value of the Award, if any, based on (1) the achievement of the performance measures for such performance period for a Performance Share Award or (2) the then vested value of the Phantom Stock Award or the number of shares of Common Stock evidences by the Restricted Stock Unit Award, each as determined by the Committee. If awarded, cash dividend equivalents may be paid during, or may be accumulated and paid at the end of, the performance or vesting period with respect to the Award, as determined by the Committee.

 

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10. CASH AWARDS AND PERFORMANCE AWARDS.

(a) Cash Awards. In addition to granting Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock Awards, Performance Share Awards, Phantom Stock Awards and Restricted Stock Unit Awards, the Committee shall, subject to the limitations of the Plan, have authority to grant Cash Awards. Each Cash Award shall be subject to such terms and conditions, restrictions and contingencies as the Committee shall determine. Restrictions and contingencies limiting the right to receive a cash payment pursuant to a Cash Award shall be based upon the achievement of single or multiple Performance Objectives over a performance period established by the Committee. The determinations made by the Committee pursuant to this Section 10(a) shall be specified in the applicable Award Agreement.

(b) Designation as a Performance Award. The Committee shall have the right to designate any Award of Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock Awards, Performance Share Awards and Phantom Stock Awards as a Performance Award. All Cash Awards shall be designated as Performance Awards.

(c) Performance Objectives. The grant or vesting of a Performance Award shall be subject to the achievement of Performance Objectives over a performance period established by the Committee based upon one or more of the following business criteria that apply to the Grantee, one or more business units, divisions or Subsidiaries of the Company or the applicable sector of the Company, or the Company as a whole, and if so desired by the Committee, by comparison with a peer group of companies: revenue; increased revenue; net income measures (including income after capital costs and income before or after taxes); profit measures (including gross profit, operating profit, economic profit, net profit before taxes and adjusted pre-tax profit); stock price measures (including growth measures and total stockholder return); price per share of Common Stock; market share; earnings per share or adjusted earnings per share (actual or growth in); earnings; earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA); earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT); economic value added (or an equivalent metric); market value added; debt to equity ratio; cash flow measures (including cash flow return on capital, cash flow return on tangible capital, net cash flow and net cash flow before financing activities); return measures (including return on equity, return on assets, return on capital, risk-adjusted return on capital, return on investors’ capital and return on average equity); operating measures (including operating income, funds from operations, cash from operations, after-tax operating income; sales volumes, production volumes and production efficiency); expense measures (including overhead cost and general and administrative expense); changes in working capital; margins; stockholder value; total stockholder return; proceeds from dispositions; total market value; customer satisfaction or growth; employee satisfaction; and corporate values measures (including ethics compliance, environmental and safety). Unless otherwise stated, such a Performance Objective need not be based upon an increase or positive result under a particular business criterion and could include, for example, maintaining the status quo or limiting economic losses (measured, in each case, by reference to specific business criteria). The Committee shall have the authority to determine whether the Performance Objectives and other terms and conditions of the Award are satisfied, and the Committee’s determination as to the achievement of Performance Objectives relating to a Performance Award shall be made in writing.

 

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(d) Section 162(m) of the Code. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, if the Committee intends for a Performance Award to be granted and administered in a manner designed to preserve the deductibility of the compensation resulting from such Award in accordance with Section 162(m) of the Code, then the Performance Objectives for such particular Performance Award relative to the particular period of service to which the Performance Objectives relate shall be established by the Committee in writing (i) no later than 90 days after the beginning of such period and (ii) prior to the completion of 25% of such period.

(e) Waiver of Performance Objectives. The Committee shall have no discretion to modify or waive the Performance Objectives or conditions to the grant or vesting of a Performance Award unless such Award is not intended to qualify as qualified performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code and the relevant Award Agreement provides for such discretion.

11. GENERAL PROVISIONS REGARDING AWARDS.

(a) Form of Award Agreement. Each Award granted under the Plan shall be evidenced by a written Award Agreement in such form (which need not be the same for each Grantee) as the Committee from time to time approves but which is not inconsistent with the Plan, including any provisions that may be necessary to assure that Awards satisfy the requirements of Section 409A of the Code to avoid the imposition of excise taxes thereunder, and that any Option that is intended to be an Incentive Stock Option will comply with Section 422 of the Code.

(b) Awards Criteria. In determining the amount and value of Awards to be granted, the Committee may take into account the responsibility level, performance, potential, other Awards and such other considerations with respect to a Grantee as it deems appropriate.

(c) Date of Grant. The date of grant of an Award will be the date specified by the Committee as the effective date of the grant of an Award on or following the date the Committee determines to grant the Award or, if the Committee does not so specify, will be the date on which the Committee makes the determination to grant such Award.

(d) Stock Price. The exercise price or other measurement of stock value relative to any Award shall be not less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of the shares of Common Stock for the date of grant of the Award. The exercise price of any Incentive Stock Option granted to a Ten Percent Shareholder shall not be less than 110% of the Fair Market Value of the shares of Common Stock for the date of grant of the Option.

(e) Period of Award. Awards shall be exercisable or payable within the time or times or upon the event or events determined by the Committee and set forth in the Award Agreement. Unless otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, Awards other than Restricted Stock Awards or Restricted Stock Unit Awards shall terminate on (and no longer be exercisable or payable after) the earlier of: (i) ten (10) years from the date of grant; (ii) for an Incentive Stock Option granted to a Ten Percent Shareholder, five (5) years from the date of grant of the

 

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Option; (iii) the 30th day after the Grantee is no longer serving in any capacity as an Employee, Consultant or Director of the Company for a reason other than death of the Grantee, Disability or retirement at or after the Normal Retirement Age; (iv) one year after death; or (v) one year (with respect to an Incentive Option) or five years (with respect to any other Award) after Disability of the Grantee or after his or her retirement at or after the Normal Retirement Age from any capacity as an Employee, Consultant or Director of the Company.

(f) Acceleration of Vesting or Lapse of Restrictions. If the Grantee dies or becomes Disabled while serving as an Employee, Consultant or Director of the Company or retires at or after Normal Retirement Age, or if there occurs a Change in Control, then 100% of the benefits dependent upon lapse of time will become vested, all Forfeiture Restrictions and other forfeiture and repurchase provisions will lapse and, subject to meeting any performance or other criteria for such Award, such benefits will be available thereafter for purchase or payment during the Award term.

(g) Transferability. Awards granted under the Plan, and any interest therein, shall not be transferable or assignable by the Grantee, and may not be made subject to execution, attachment or similar process, otherwise than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, and shall be exercisable or payable during the lifetime of the Grantee only by the Grantee; provided, that the Grantee may designate persons who or which may exercise or receive his Awards following his death. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, Awards other than Incentive Stock Options may be transferred to such family members, family member trusts, family limited partnerships and other family member entities as the Committee, in its sole discretion, may approve prior to any such transfer. No such transfer will be approved by the Committee if the Common Stock issuable under such transferred Award would not be eligible to be registered on Form S-8 promulgated under the Securities Act.

(h) Acquisitions and Other Transactions. The Committee may, from time to time, approve the assumption of outstanding awards granted by another entity, whether in connection with an acquisition of such other entity or otherwise, by either (i) granting an Award under the Plan in replacement of or in substitution for the awards assumed by the Company, or (ii) treating the assumed award as if it had been granted under the Plan if the terms of such assumed award could be applied to an Award granted under the Plan. Such assumption shall be permissible if the holder of the assumed award would have been eligible to be granted an Award hereunder if the other entity had applied the rules of this Plan to such grant.

(i) Payment. Payment of an Award (i) may be made in cash, Common Stock or a combination thereof, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion, (ii) shall be made in a lump sum or in installments as prescribed by the Committee in its sole discretion and (iii) to the extent applicable, shall be based on the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock for the payment or exercise date. The Committee may permit or require the deferral of payment, subject to such rules and procedures as it may establish, which may include provisions for the payment or crediting of interest, dividend equivalents or other forms of investment return; provided, however, that if deferral is permitted, each provision of the Award shall be interpreted to permit the deferral only as allowed in compliance with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code and any provision that would conflict with such requirements shall not be valid or enforceable. The Committee intends that any Awards under the Plan satisfy the requirements of Section 409A of the Code to avoid the imposition of excise taxes thereunder.

 

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(j) Notice. If an Award involves an exercise, it may be exercised only by delivery to the Company of a written exercise notice approved by the Committee, stating the number of shares of Common Stock being exercised, the method of payment, and such other matters as may be deemed appropriate by the Company in connection with the issuance of shares upon exercise, together with payment in full of any exercise price for any shares being purchased.

(k) Withholding Taxes. The Committee may establish such rules and procedures as it considers desirable in order to satisfy any obligation of the Company to withhold the statutory prescribed minimum amount of federal or state income taxes or other taxes with respect to any Award granted under the Plan. Prior to issuance of any shares of Common Stock, the Grantee shall pay or make adequate provision acceptable to the Committee for the satisfaction of the statutory minimum prescribed amount of any federal or state income or other tax withholding obligations of the Company, if applicable. Upon exercise or payment of an Award, the Company shall withhold or collect from the Grantee an amount sufficient to satisfy such tax withholding obligations.

(l) Limitations on Exercise. The obligation of the Company to issue any shares of Common Stock or otherwise make payments hereunder shall be subject to the condition that any exercise and the issuance and delivery of such shares and other actions pursuant thereto comply with the Securities Act, all applicable state securities and other laws and the requirements of any stock exchange or national market system upon which the shares of Common Stock may then be listed or quoted, as in effect on the date of exercise. The Company shall be under no obligation to register the shares of Common Stock with the Securities and Exchange Commission or to effect compliance with the registration, qualification or listing requirements of any state securities laws or stock exchange or national market system, and the Company shall have no liability for any inability or failure to do so.

(m) Privileges of Stock Ownership. Except as provided in the Plan with respect to Restricted Stock Awards, no Grantee will have any of the rights of a shareholder with respect to any shares of Common Stock subject to an Award until such Award is properly exercised and the purchased or awarded shares are issued and delivered to the Grantee, as evidenced by an 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 or distributions or other rights for which the record date is prior to such date of issuance and delivery, except as provided in the Plan.

(n) Breach; Additional Terms. A breach of the terms and conditions of this Plan or established by the Committee pursuant to the Award Agreement shall cause a forfeiture of the Award. At the time of such Award, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, prescribe additional terms, conditions or restrictions relating to the Award, including provisions pertaining to the termination of the Grantee’s employment (by retirement, Disability, death or otherwise) prior to expiration of the Forfeiture Restrictions or other vesting provisions. Such additional terms, conditions or restrictions shall also be set forth in an Award Agreement made in connection with the Award.

 

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12. ADJUSTMENT UPON CHANGES IN CAPITALIZATION AND CORPORATE EVENTS.

(a) Capital Adjustments. The number of shares of Common Stock (i) covered by each outstanding Award granted under the Plan, the exercise, target or purchase price of such outstanding Award, and any other terms of the Award that the Committee determines requires adjustment and (ii) available for issuance under Section 3 shall be adjusted to reflect, as deemed appropriate by the Committee, any increase or decrease in the number of shares of Common Stock resulting from a stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, combination, reclassification or similar change in the capital structure of the Company without receipt of consideration, subject to any required action by the Board or the shareholders of the Company and compliance with applicable securities laws; provided, however, that a fractional share will not be issued upon exercise of any Award, and either (i) any fraction of a share of Common Stock that would have resulted will be cashed out at Fair Market Value or (ii) the number of shares of Common Stock issuable under the Award will be rounded up to the nearest whole number, as determined by the Committee.

(b) Change in Control. Unless specifically provided otherwise with respect to Change in Control events in an individual Award or Award Agreement or in a then-effective written employment agreement between the Grantee and the Company or a Subsidiary, if, during the effectiveness of the Plan, a Change in Control occurs, (i) each Award which is at the time outstanding under the Plan shall automatically become fully vested and exercisable or payable, as appropriate, and be released from any repurchase or forfeiture provisions, for all of the shares of Common Stock at the time represented by such Award, (ii) the Forfeiture Restrictions applicable to all outstanding Restricted Stock Awards shall lapse and shares of Common Stock subject to such Restricted Stock Awards shall be released from escrow, if applicable, and delivered to the Grantees of the Awards free of any Forfeiture Restriction, and (iii) all other Awards shall become fully vested and payment thereof shall be accelerated using, if applicable, the then-current Fair Market Value to measure any payment that is based on the value of the Common Stock or using such higher amount as the Committee may determine to be more reflective of the actual value of such stock.

13. ADMINISTRATION. This Plan shall be administered by the Committee. The Committee shall interpret the Plan and any Awards granted pursuant to the Plan and shall prescribe such rules and regulations in connection with the operation of the Plan as it determines to be advisable for the administration of the Plan. The Committee may rescind and amend its rules and regulations from time to time. The interpretation by the Committee of any of the provisions of this Plan or any Award granted under this Plan shall be final and binding upon the Company and all persons having an interest in any Award or any shares of Common Stock or other payments received pursuant to an Award.

14. EFFECT OF PLAN. Neither the adoption of the Plan nor any action of the Board or the Committee shall be deemed to give any Employee, Director or Consultant any right to be granted an Award or any other rights except as may be evidenced by the Award Agreement, or

 

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any amendment thereto, duly authorized by the Committee and executed on behalf of the Company, and then only to the extent and on the terms and conditions expressly set forth therein. The existence of the Plan and the Awards granted hereunder shall not affect in any way the right of the Board, the Committee or the stockholders of the Company to make or authorize any adjustment, recapitalization, reorganization or other change in the Company’s capital structure or its business, any merger or consolidation or other transaction involving the Company, any issue of bonds, debentures, or shares of preferred stock ranking prior to or affecting the Common Stock or the rights thereof, the dissolution or liquidation of the Company or any sale or transfer of all or any part of the Company’s assets or business, or any other corporate act or proceeding by or for the Company. Nothing contained in the Plan or in any Award Agreement or in other related documents shall confer upon any Employee, Director or Consultant any right with respect to such person’s service or interfere or affect in any way with the right of the Company or a Subsidiary to terminate such person’s employment or service at any time, with or without cause.

15. NO EFFECT ON RETIREMENT AND OTHER BENEFIT PLANS. Except as specifically provided in a retirement or other benefit plan of the Company or a Subsidiary, Awards shall not be deemed compensation for purposes of computing benefits or contributions under any retirement plan of the Company or a Subsidiary, and shall not affect any benefits under any other benefit plan of any kind or any benefit plan subsequently instituted under which the availability or amount of benefits is related to level of compensation.

16. AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION OF PLAN. The Board in its discretion may, at any time or from time to time after the date of adoption of the Plan, terminate or amend the Plan in any respect, including amendment of any form of agreement or instrument to be executed pursuant to the Plan; provided, however, that the Company shall obtain stockholder approval of any amendment of the Plan that changes its terms and provisions in a manner materially adverse to the Company and, if an amendment of the Plan otherwise requires shareholder approval to comply with the Code, including Sections 162(m) and 422 of the Code, or other applicable laws and regulations or the applicable requirements of any stock exchange or national market system, the Company shall obtain stockholder approval of any Plan amendment in such manner and to such a degree as required. No Award may be granted after termination of the Plan. Any amendment or termination of the Plan shall not adversely affect Awards previously granted, and such Awards shall otherwise remain in full force and effect as if the Plan had not been amended or terminated, unless mutually agreed otherwise in a writing signed by the Grantee and the Company.

17. EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERM OF PLAN. The Plan as set forth herein shall continue in effect for a term of ten (10) years after the Effective Date unless sooner terminated by action of the Board.

18. GOVERNING LAW. The Plan shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas.

19. DEFINITIONS. As used herein, unless the context requires otherwise, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated below:

(a) “Award” means any right granted under the Plan, whether granted singly or in combination, to a Grantee pursuant to the terms, conditions and limitations that the Committee may establish.

 

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(b) “Award Agreement” means a written agreement, which may be in electronic form, with a Grantee with respect to any Award.

(c) “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

(d) “Cash Award” means an Award granted under Section 10(a) of the Plan.

(e) “Change in Control” of the Company means the occurrence of any of the following events: (i) any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 20 percent or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities; (ii) as a result of, or in connection with, any tender offer or exchange offer, merger, or other business combination (a “Transaction”), the persons who were directors of the Company immediately before the Transaction shall cease to constitute a majority of the Board of Directors of the Company or any successor to the Company; (iii) the Company is merged or consolidated with another corporation or transfers substantially all of its assets to another corporation and as a result of the merger, consolidation or transfer less than 50 percent of the outstanding voting securities of the surviving or resulting corporation shall then be owned in the aggregate by the former stockholders of the Company; or (iv) a tender offer or exchange offer is made and consummated for the ownership of securities of the Company representing 30 percent or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding voting securities.

(f) “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any successor statute. Reference in the Plan to any section of the Code shall be deemed to include any amendments or successor provisions to such section and any Treasury regulations promulgated under such section.

(g) “Committee” means the committee, (or committees), as constituted from time to time, of the Board that is appointed by the Board to administer the Plan; provided, however, that while the Common Stock is publicly traded, the Committee shall be a committee of the Board consisting solely of two or more Outside Directors, in accordance with Section 162(m) of the Code, and/or solely of two or more Non-Employee Directors, in accordance with Rule 16b-3, as necessary in each case to satisfy such requirements with respect to Awards granted under the Plan. Within the scope of such authority, the Board or the Committee may delegate to a committee of one or more members of the Board who are or are not Non-Employee Directors the authority to grant Awards to eligible persons who are not then subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act, and the term “Committee” as used herein shall also be applicable to such committee. The Board may assume any or all of the powers and responsibilities prescribed for the Committee, and to the extent it does so, the term “Committee” as used herein shall also be applicable to the Board.

 

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(h) “Common Stock” means the Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share, of the Company or the common stock that the Company may in the future be authorized to issue in replacement or substitution thereof.

(i) “Company” means NCI Building Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

(j) “Consultant” means any person who is engaged by the Company or any Subsidiary to render consulting or advisory services to the Company or such Subsidiary and who is a “consultant or advisor” within the meaning of Rule 701 promulgated under the Securities Act or Form S-8 promulgated under the Securities Act.

(k) “Covered Employee” means the chief executive officer and the four other most highly compensated officers of the Company for whom total compensation is required to be reported to stockholders under Regulation S-K, as determined for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Code.

(l) “Director” means a member of the Board or the board of directors of a Subsidiary.

(m) “Disability” means the “disability” of a person as defined in a then effective long-term disability plan maintained by the Company that covers such person, or if such a plan does not exist at any relevant time, “Disability” means the permanent and total disability of a person within the meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Code. For purposes of determining the time during which an Incentive Stock Option may be exercised under the terms of an Option Agreement, “Disability” means the permanent and total disability of a person within the meaning of section 22(e)(3) of the Code. Section 22(e)(3) of the Code provides that an individual is totally and permanently disabled if he is unable 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 which has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than twelve (12) months.

(n) “Effective Date” means the date on which the Plan, as amended and restated herein, is approved by the stockholders of the Company.

(o) “Employee” means any person who is employed, within the meaning of Section 3401 of the Code, by the Company or a Subsidiary. The term “Employee” shall also include officers of the Company and its Subsidiaries. The provision of compensation by the Company or a Subsidiary to a Director solely with respect to such individual rendering services in the capacity of a Director shall not be sufficient to constitute “employment” by the Company or that Subsidiary.

(p) “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any successor statute. Reference in the Plan to any section of the Exchange Act shall be deemed to include any amendments or successor provisions to such section and any rules and regulations relating to such section.

 

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(q) “Fair Market Value” means, as of any date, the value of the Common Stock determined as follows:

(i) If the Common Stock is listed on any established stock exchange or traded on the Nasdaq National Market or the Nasdaq SmallCap Market, the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock shall be the closing sales price for such a share of Common Stock (or the closing bid, if no sales were reported) as quoted on such exchange or market (or the exchange or market with the greatest volume of trading in the Common Stock) on the day of determination, or if no prices are quoted on such date, on the last market trading day prior to the day of determination, as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Committee deems reliable.

(ii) In the absence of any such established markets for the Common Stock, the Fair Market Value shall be determined in good faith by the Committee.

(r) “Grantee” means an Employee, Director or Consultant to whom an Award has been granted under the Plan.

(s) “Incentive Stock Option” means an Option granted to an Employee under the Plan that meets the requirements of Section 422 of the Code.

(t) “NASD Dealer” means a broker-dealer that is a member of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.

(u) “Non-Employee Director” means a Director of the Company who either (i) is not an Employee, does not receive compensation (directly or indirectly) from the Company or a Subsidiary in any capacity other than as a Director (except for an amount as to which disclosure would not be required under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K), does not possess an interest in any other transaction as to which disclosure would be required under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K and is not engaged in a business relationship as to which disclosure would be required under Item 404(b) of Regulation S-K or (ii) is otherwise considered a “non-employee director” for purposes of Rule 16b-3.

(v) “Non-Qualified Stock Option” means an Option granted under the Plan that is not intended to be an Incentive Stock Option.

(w) “Normal Retirement Age” means the age established by the Board from time to time as the normal age for retirement of a Director or Employee, as applicable. In the absence of a determination by the Board with respect to any class of Grantee, the Normal Retirement Age shall be deemed to be 65 years of age.

(x) “Option” means an award granted under Section 6 of the Plan.

(y) “Option Agreement” means a written agreement with a Grantee with respect to the Award of an Option.

(z) “Optionee” means an individual to whom an Option has been granted under the Plan.

 

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(aa) “Outside Director” means a Director of the Company who either (i) is not a current employee of the Company or a “Subsidiary corporation” (within the meaning of the Treasury regulations promulgated under Section 162(m) of the Code), is not a former employee of the Company or a “Subsidiary corporation” receiving compensation for prior services (other than benefits under a tax qualified pension plan), has not been an officer of the Company or a “Subsidiary corporation” at any time and is not currently receiving (within the meaning of the Treasury regulations promulgated under Section 162(m) of the Code) direct or indirect remuneration from the Company or a “Subsidiary corporation” for services in any capacity other than as a Director, or (ii) is otherwise considered an “outside director” for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Code.

(bb) “Performance Award” means an Award made pursuant to Section 10 of the Plan to a Grantee that is subject to the attainment of one or more Performance Objectives.

(cc) “Performance Objective” means a standard established by the Committee to determine in whole or in part whether a Performance Award shall be earned.

(dd) “Performance Share Award” means an Award granted under Section 9(a) of the Plan.

(ee) “Phantom Stock Award” means an Award granted under Section 9(b) of the Plan.

(ff) “Plan” means this NCI Building Systems, Inc. 2003 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan, as set forth herein and as it may be amended from time to time.

(gg) “Qualifying Shares” means shares of Common Stock which either (i) have been owned by the Grantee for more than six (6) months and have been “paid for” within the meaning of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, or (ii) were obtained by the Grantee in the public market.

(hh) “Regulation S-K” means Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities Act, as it may be amended from time to time, and any successor to Regulation S-K. Reference in the Plan to any item of Regulation S-K shall be deemed to include any amendments or successor provisions to such item.

(ii) “Restricted Stock Agreement” means a written agreement with a Grantee with respect to a Restricted Stock Award.

(jj) “Restricted Stock Award” means an Award granted under Section 7 of the Plan.

(kk) “Restricted Stock Unit Award” means an Award granted under Section 9(c) of the Plan.

(ll) “Rule 16b-3” means Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act, as it may be amended from time to time, and any successor to Rule 16b-3.

 

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(mm) “Section” means a section of the Plan unless otherwise stated or the context otherwise requires.

(nn) “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any successor statute. Reference in the Plan to any section of the Securities Act shall be deemed to include any amendments or successor provisions to such section and any rules and regulations relating to such section.

(oo) “Stock Appreciation Right” means an Award granted under Section 8 of the Plan.

(pp) “Stock Appreciation Rights Agreement” means a written agreement with a Grantee with respect to an Award of Stock Appreciation Rights.

(qq) “Subsidiary” means (i) for purposes of Awards other than Incentive Stock Options, any corporation, partnership or other entity of which a majority of the voting equity securities or equity interest is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company, and (ii) with respect to an Option that is intended to be an Incentive Stock Option, any “subsidiary corporation” of the Company as defined in Section 424(f) of the Code, any other entity that is taxed as a corporation under Section 7701(a)(3) of the Code and is a member of the “Subsidiary group” as defined in Section 1504(a) of the Code of which the Company is the common parent, and any other entity that may be permitted from time to time by the Code or by the Internal Revenue Service to be an employer of Employees to whom Incentive Stock Options may be granted.

(rr) “Ten Percent Shareholder” means a person who owns (or is deemed to own pursuant to Section 424(d) of the Code) at the time an Option is granted stock possessing more than ten percent (10%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or of any of its Subsidiaries.

 

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Exhibit 10.2

NCI BUILDING SYSTEMS, INC. 2003 LONG-TERM STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT

As described in the letter notifying Grantee of an award (the “Award Letter”), NCI Building Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), has granted to Grantee, pursuant to the provisions of the NCI Building Systems, Inc. 2003 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan, as in effect on the Grant Date (the “Plan”), a restricted stock award (this “Award”) of the number of shares identified in the Award Letter (the “Awarded Shares”) of its common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “Common Stock”), upon and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Restricted Stock Agreement (this “Agreement”) and in the Plan. Unless otherwise defined in this Agreement, capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Plan and in the Award Letter. Grantee acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Plan in effect as of the date hereof, the terms and conditions of which are incorporated herein by reference.

1. Effect of the Plan . The Awarded Shares granted to Grantee are subject to all of the provisions of the Plan and of this Agreement, together with all rules and determinations from time to time issued by the Committee and by the Board pursuant to the Plan. The Company hereby reserves the right to amend, modify, restate, supplement or terminate the Plan without the consent of Grantee. This Award shall be subject, without further action by the Company or Grantee, to any amendment, modification, restatement or supplement to the Plan that is beneficial to, or increases the rights of, Grantee. This Award shall not be subject to any amendment, modification, restatement or supplement to the Plan that reduces or adversely affects the rights and benefits available to Grantee hereunder.

2. Grant . This Award shall evidence Grantee’s ownership of the Awarded Shares, and Grantee acknowledges that the Awarded Shares will not be transferable unless and until the Awarded Shares vest as provided in this Agreement and all tax withholding obligations applicable to the Vested Awarded Shares (as defined below) have been satisfied. The Awarded Shares will be held in escrow for Grantee pursuant to the provisions of Section 4 hereof, until the Awarded Shares have vested in accordance with Section 3 of this Agreement or are forfeited in accordance with Section 4 of this Agreement. Upon vesting of the Awarded Shares, the Company shall, unless otherwise paid by Grantee as described in Section 9(a) of this Award, withhold that number of Vested Awarded Shares necessary to satisfy any applicable tax withholding obligation of Grantee in accordance with the provisions of Section 9(a) of this Award, and thereafter release from escrow all remaining Vested Awarded Shares to Grantee. Grantee agrees that the Awarded Shares shall be subject to all of the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and the Plan, including, but not limited to, the forfeiture and escrow conditions set forth in Section 4 of this Agreement, the restrictions on transfer set forth in Section 5 of this Agreement, and the satisfaction of the Required Withholding as set forth in Section 9(a) of this Agreement.

3. Vesting Schedule; Service Requirements . Except as provided otherwise in Section 4 of this Agreement, the Awarded Shares shall vest if Grantee’s continuing employment

 

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or consulting relationship with the Company or any Subsidiary (“Continuous Service”) is not terminated during the period commencing with the Grant Date and ending with the applicable date that such portion of the Awarded Shares vests (each, a “Vesting Date”). Awarded Shares that have vested pursuant to this Agreement are referred to herein as “Vested Awarded Shares,” and Awarded Shares that have not yet vested pursuant to this Agreement are referred to herein as “Unvested Awarded Shares.” Subject to the provisions of Section 4 of this Agreement, if Grantee’s Continuous Service is not terminated prior to an applicable Vesting Date, the Awarded Shares shall vest as follows:

(i) twenty-five percent (25%) of the Awarded Shares shall vest on the first anniversary of the Grant Date;

(ii) twenty-five percent (25%) of the Awarded Shares shall vest on the second anniversary of the Grant Date;

(iii) twenty-five percent (25%) of the Awarded Shares shall vest on the third anniversary of the Grant Date; and

(iv) the remaining Awarded Shares shall vest on the fourth anniversary of the Grant Date.

If an installment of the vesting would result in a fractional Vested Awarded Share, such installment will be rounded to the next higher or lower Awarded Share, as determined by the Company, except the final installment, which will be for the balance of the Awarded Shares.

4. Conditions of Forfeiture .

(a) Upon any termination of Grantee’s Continuous Service (the “Termination Date”):

(i) by the Company for Cause (as hereinafter defined) or by Grantee’s voluntary resignation without Good Reason (as hereinafter defined) before all of the Awarded Shares become Vested Awarded Shares, all Unvested Awarded Shares as of the Termination Date shall, without further action of any kind by the Company or Grantee, be forfeited; or

(ii) by the Company without Cause or by Grantee’s voluntary resignation with Good Reason before all of the Awarded Shares become Vested Awarded Shares, on the Termination Date, one hundred percent (100%) of the Unvested Awarded Shares shall vest.

(b) During the period of time between the Award Date and the earlier of the date the Awarded Shares vest or are forfeited, the Awarded Shares shall be registered in the name of Grantee and held in escrow by an escrow agent selected by the Company. Grantee irrevocably authorizes the Company to deposit in escrow any certificates evidencing the Awarded Shares and any additions and substitutions to said shares as described in this Agreement. Any certificate shall bear a legend as provided by the Company, conspicuously referring to the terms, conditions and restrictions described in this Agreement. All Unvested

 

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Awarded Shares that are forfeited pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall be deemed to be immediately transferred from escrow to the Company without any payment by the Company or action by Grantee, and the Company shall have the full right to cancel any evidence of Grantee’s ownership of such forfeited Unvested Awarded Shares and to take any other action necessary to demonstrate that Grantee no longer owns such forfeited Unvested Awarded Shares automatically upon such forfeiture. Following such forfeiture, Grantee shall have no further rights with respect to such forfeited Unvested Awarded Shares. Grantee, by his acceptance of the Award granted pursuant to this Agreement, irrevocably grants to the Company a power of attorney to transfer Unvested Awarded Shares that are forfeited to the Company and agrees to execute any documents requested by the Company, including but not limited to one or more stock assignments, to facilitate such transfer upon forfeiture. The provisions of this Agreement regarding transfers of Unvested Awarded Shares that are forfeited shall be specifically performable by the Company in a court of equity or law.

(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Unvested Awarded Shares shall become vested (i) upon the death of Grantee during Grantee’s Continuous Service; (ii) if Grantee suffers a Disability during Grantee’s Continuous Service; (iii) upon Grantee’s attainment of 65 years of age during Grantee’s Continuous Service; or (iv) in accordance with the provisions of Section 12(b) of the Plan relating to a Change in Control.

(d) For purposes of this Agreement, “Cause” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Grantee’s current employment agreement with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (the “Employment Agreement”), or, if no such Employment Agreement exists or if “Cause” is not defined in the Employment Agreement, “Cause” means:

(i) Grantee’s failure or inability for any reason to devote substantially all of his business time and effort to the performance of his duties and responsibilities to the Company and its Subsidiaries (vacation time and absence due to sickness or disability being excepted herefrom) and such failure or inability continues for a period of thirty (30) days after written notice by the Company of the existence of such failure or inability; provided, however , that only one such notice by the Company need be sent and, if such failure re-occurs thereafter, no further notice and opportunity to cure such failure shall be required;

(ii) indictment for, or conviction of, or plea of nolo contendere to, a felony, other than a felony involving the operation of a motor vehicle which does not result in serious bodily harm to any person;

(iii) breach or failure by Grantee to perform any of his material covenants contained in the Employment Agreement that is not cured within thirty (30) days after written notice by the Company of the breach or failure to perform; provided, however , that only one such notice by the Company need be sent and, if such failure re-occurs thereafter, no further notice and opportunity to cure such failure shall be required;

(iv) disregard or failure to use commercially reasonable efforts to carry out the reasonable and lawful instructions of any employee to whom Grantee reports or the Board of Directors of the Company, or a material violation of policies established by

 

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the Company, with respect to the operation of its business and affairs that continues for a period of thirty (30) days after written notice by the Company of the existence of such violation, disregard or failure; provided, however, that only one such notice by the Company need be sent and, if such violation, disregard or failure re-occurs thereafter, no further notice and opportunity to cure such violation, disregard or failure shall be required;

(v) an act committed by Grantee which (A) brings the Company or any of its Subsidiaries into public disgrace, or (B) harms the business operations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; provided, however, that the Board of Directors of the Company must first provide to Grantee written notice clearly and fully describing the particular acts or omissions which the Board reasonably believes in good faith constitutes Cause under this subsection and an opportunity, within thirty (30) days following his receipt of such notice, to meet in person with the Board of Directors to explain or defend the alleged acts or omissions relied upon by the Board of Directors and, to the extent practicable, to cure such acts or omissions;

(vi) habitual insobriety or illegal use of controlled substances by Grantee; or

(vii) breach or failure by Grantee to comply in any material respect with the Company’s Corporate Governance Guidelines, Code of Business Conduct and Ethics or Employee Policy Manual (as the same may be amended, restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time in the sole discretion of the Board of Directors of the Company) that is not cured within thirty (30) days after written notice by the Company of the breach or failure to perform; provided , however , that only one such notice by the Company need be sent and, if such breach or failure reoccurs thereafter, no further notice and opportunity to cure such breach or failure shall be required.

For purposes of this Agreement, any termination of Grantee’s employment for Cause shall be effective only upon delivery to Grantee of a certified copy of a resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company, adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the entire membership of the Board of Directors (excluding Grantee, if applicable) following a meeting at which Grantee was given an opportunity to be heard on at least five business days’ advance notice, finding that Grantee was guilty of the conduct constituting Cause, and specifying the particulars thereof.

(e) For purposes of this Agreement, “Good Reason” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Employment Agreement, if any, and further includes termination after the occurrence of any of the following events that occur without Grantee’s prior written consent:

(i) any reduction in the amount of the Grantee’s then current base salary in excess of ten percent (10%) in any twelve month period; or

 

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(ii) a significant reduction of Grantee’s duties, position or responsibilities relative to Grantee’s duties, position or responsibilities in effect immediately prior to such reduction;

provided, however, that no act or omission shall constitute “Good Reason” for purposes of this Agreement unless Grantee provides to the Board of Directors of the Company a written notice prior to Grantee’s termination and within sixty (60) days after the occurrence of the event, that clearly and fully describes the particular acts or omissions which Grantee reasonably believes in good faith constitutes “Good Reason”, and an opportunity, within thirty (30) days following its receipt of such notice, to cure such acts or omissions.

5. Non-Transferability . Grantee may not sell, transfer, pledge, exchange, hypothecate, or otherwise encumber or dispose of any of the Unvested Awarded Shares, or any right or interest therein, by operation of law or otherwise. Any transfer in violation of this Section 5 shall be void and of no force or effect, and shall result in the immediate forfeiture of all Unvested Awarded Shares.

6. Dividend and Voting Rights . Subject to the restrictions contained in this Agreement, Grantee shall have the rights of a stockholder with respect to the Awarded Shares, including the right to vote all such Awarded Shares, including Unvested Awarded Shares, and to receive all dividends, cash or stock (other than stock dividends accounted for as a stock split), paid or delivered thereon, from and after the date hereof. In the event of forfeiture of Unvested Awarded Shares, Grantee shall have no further rights with respect to such Unvested Awarded Shares. However, the forfeiture of the Unvested Awarded Shares pursuant to Section 4 hereof shall not create any obligation to repay cash dividends or stock dividends (other than stock dividends accounted for as a stock split) received as to such Unvested Awarded Shares, nor shall such forfeiture invalidate any votes given by Grantee with respect to such Unvested Awarded Shares prior to forfeiture.

7. Capital Adjustments and Corporate Events . If, from time to time during the term of this Agreement, there is any capital adjustment affecting the outstanding Common Stock as a class without the Company’s receipt of consideration (including stock dividends accounted for as a stock split), the Unvested Shares shall be adjusted in accordance with the provisions of Section 12 of the Plan. Any and all new, substituted or additional securities to which Grantee may be entitled by reason of Grantee’s ownership of the Unvested Awarded Shares hereunder because of a capital adjustment shall be immediately subject to the forfeiture provisions of this Agreement and included thereafter as “Unvested Awarded Shares” for purposes of this Agreement.

8. Refusal to Transfer . The Company shall not be required (i) to transfer on its books any Unvested Awarded Shares that have been sold or otherwise transferred in violation of any of the provisions of this Agreement or the Plan, or (ii) to treat as owner of such Unvested Awarded Shares, or accord the right to vote or pay or deliver dividends or other distributions to, any purchaser or other transferee to whom or which Grantee shall have attempted to transfer such Unvested Awarded Shares.

 

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9. Tax Matters .

(a) The Company’s obligation to deliver Awarded Shares to Grantee upon the vesting of such shares shall be subject to the satisfaction of all applicable federal, state and local income and employment tax withholding requirements (the “Required Withholding”). The Company shall withhold from the Vested Awarded Shares that otherwise would have been delivered to Grantee the number of Vested Awarded Shares necessary to satisfy Grantee’s Required Withholding, and deliver the remaining Vested Awarded Shares to Grantee, unless Grantee has made arrangements with the Company for Grantee to deliver to the Company cash, a check or other available funds for the full amount of the Required Withholding by 5:00 P.M. Central Standard Time on the later of (i) the date Awarded Shares become Vested Awarded Shares or (ii) the date on which the Vested Awarded Shares are distributed to Grantee, or by such date Grantee has not made such other provision for the satisfaction of the Required Withholding in form satisfactory to the Committee or Board, in its sole discretion. The amount of the Required Withholding and the number of Vested Awarded Shares to be withheld by the Company, if applicable, to satisfy Grantee’s Required Withholding, as well as the amount reflected on tax reports filed by the Company, shall be based on the value of the Vested Awarded Shares determined by using the last sales price of the Common Stock (as reported by the New York Stock Exchange) on the date prior to the applicable Vesting Date or the date on which the Vested Awarded Shares are distributed to Grantee, as appropriate. The obligations of the Company under this Award will be conditioned on such satisfaction of the Required Withholding.

(b) Grantee acknowledges that the tax consequences associated with the Award are complex and that the Company has urged Grantee to review with Grantee’s own tax advisors the federal, state, and local tax consequences of this Award. Grantee is relying solely on such advisors and not on any statements or representations of the Company or any of its agents. Grantee understands that Grantee (and not the Company) shall be responsible for Grantee’s own tax liability that may arise as a result of the Award. Grantee understands further that Section 83 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), taxes as ordinary income the fair market value of the Vested Awarded Shares as of the Vesting Date for those shares. Grantee also understands that Grantee may elect to be taxed at Grant Date rather than at the time the Awarded Shares vest by filing an election under Section 83(b) of the Code with the Internal Revenue Service and by providing a copy of the election to the Company. GRANTEE ACKNOWLEDGES THAT HE OR SHE HAS BEEN INFORMED OF THE AVAILABILITY OF MAKING AN ELECTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 83(b) OF THE CODE; THAT SUCH ELECTION MUST BE FILED WITH THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE (AND A COPY OF THE ELECTION GIVEN TO THE COMPANY) WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE GRANT OF AWARDED SHARES TO GRANTEE; AND THAT GRANTEE IS SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING SUCH ELECTION.

10. Covenants of Grantee .

(a) For the period beginning on the Grant Date through the fifth anniversary of the Grant Date, Grantee shall not, directly or indirectly and whether on his own behalf or on behalf of any other person, partnership, association, corporation or other entity, engage in or be an owner, director, officer, employee, agent, consultant or other representative of or for, or lend

 

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money or equipment to or otherwise support, any business that manufactures, engineers, markets, sells or provides, within a 250-mile radius of any then existing manufacturing facility of the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates, metal building systems or components (including, without limitation, primary and secondary framing systems, roofing systems, end or side wall panels, doors, windows or other metal components of a building structure), coated or painted steel or metal coils, coil coating or painting services, or any other products or services that are the same as or similar to those manufactured, engineered, marketed, sold or provided by the Company or its subsidiaries and affiliates during the Continuous Service of Grantee. Ownership by Grantee of equity securities of the Company, or of equity securities in other publicly owned companies constituting less than 1% of the voting securities in such companies, shall be deemed not to be a breach of this covenant.

(b) For the period beginning on the Grant Date through the fifth anniversary of the Grant Date, Grantee shall not, directly or indirectly and whether on his own behalf or on behalf of any other person, partnership, association, corporation or other entity, either (i) hire, seek to hire or solicit the employment or service of any employee, agent or consultant of the Company or its subsidiaries and affiliates, (ii) in any manner attempt to influence or induce any employee, agent or consultant of the Company or its Subsidiaries and affiliates to leave the employment or service of the Company or its Subsidiaries and affiliates; (iii) use or disclose to any person, partnership, association, corporation or other entity any information concerning the names and addresses of any employees, agents or consultants of the Company or its Subsidiaries and affiliates unless required by due process of law; or (iv) call upon, solicit, divert or attempt to call upon, solicit or divert the business of any customer, vendor or acquisition prospect of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or affiliates with whom Grantee dealt, directly or indirectly, during his engagement with the Company or its Subsidiaries or affiliates.

(c) Prior to the vesting of Grantee’s Unvested Awarded Shares, for purposes of the covenants made in this Section 10, the Company promises to provide Grantee (as is necessary for Grantee’s position) with various trade secrets and proprietary and confidential information consisting of, but not limited to, processes, computer programs, compilations of information, records, sales procedures, customer requirements, pricing techniques, customer lists, methods of doing business and other confidential information (collectively referred to as the “Trade Secrets”), which are owned by the Company and regularly used in the operation of its business, but in connection with which the Company takes precautions to prevent dissemination to persons other than certain directors, officers and employees. Grantee acknowledges and agrees that the Trade Secrets (a) are secret and not known in the industry or to the public; (b) are entrusted to him after being informed of their confidential and secret status by the Company and because of the fiduciary position occupied by him with the Company; (c) have been developed by the Company for, and on behalf of, the Company through substantial expenditures of time, effort and money and are used in its business; (d) give the Company an advantage over competitors who do not know or use the Trade Secrets; (e) are of such value and nature as to make it reasonable and necessary to protect and preserve the confidentiality and secrecy of the Trade Secrets; and (f) the Trade Secrets are valuable, special and unique assets of the Company, the disclosure of which could cause substantial injury and loss of profits and goodwill to the Company. Grantee shall not use in any way or disclose any of the Trade Secrets, directly or indirectly, during his Continuous Service with the Company, or at any time thereafter, except as required in the course of his Continuous Service with the Company. All files, records,

 

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documents, information, data and similar items relating to the business of the Company, whether prepared by Grantee or otherwise coming into his possession, shall remain the exclusive property of the Company and shall not be removed from the premises of the Company under any circumstances without the prior written consent of the Board of Directors of the Company (except in the ordinary course of business during Grantee’s Continuous Service with the Company), and in any event shall be promptly delivered to the Company upon termination of Grantee’s Continuous Service for any reason. Grantee agrees that, upon his receipt of any subpoena, process or other request to produce or divulge, directly or indirectly, any Trade Secrets to any entity, agency, tribunal or person, he shall timely notify and promptly hand deliver a copy of the subpoena, process or other request to the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. For this purpose, Grantee irrevocably nominates and appoints the Company (including any attorney retained by the Company), as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact, to act in his name, place and stead to perform any act that he might perform to defend and protect against any disclosure of any Trade Secrets.

(d) For the period beginning on the Grant Date through the fifth anniversary of the Grant Date, Grantee shall not for any reason whatsoever (whether or not related to this Agreement or the Awarded Shares) institute any legal proceedings against the Company, any of its subsidiaries, or any of its officers, directors, agents or representatives.

(e)    (i) The parties hereto intend all provisions of subsections (a), (b), (c) and (d) of this Section 10 to be enforced to the fullest extent permitted by law. Accordingly, should a court of competent jurisdiction determine that the scope of any provision of subsections (a), (b), (c) or (d) of this Section 10 is too broad to be enforced as written, the parties intend that the court may reform the provision to such narrower scope as it determines to be reasonable and enforceable, and, in the event the court reforms Section 10(a) hereof, the Company may elect to either accept enforcement of the provision as so modified or require the return of cash or Shares as set forth in Section 10(e)(ii). In addition, however, Grantee agrees that the non-competition agreements, non-employment agreements, non-disclosure and no litigation agreements set forth above each constitute separate agreements independently supported by good and adequate consideration and shall survive this Agreement. The existence of any claim or cause of action of Grantee against the Company, except for a breach of this Agreement by the Company or its subsidiaries, shall not constitute a defense to the enforcement by the Company of the covenants and agreements of Grantee contained in the non-competition, non-employment, non-disclosure and no litigation agreements.

(ii) If in connection with the challenge by Grantee of any provision of Section 10(a), any court of competent jurisdiction determines that the non-competition agreement in Section 10(a) hereof is void or unenforceable or modifies Section 10(a) and the Company declines to accept the modification, Grantee agrees to return to the Company an amount equal to 80% of the total value awarded Grantee under this Award, whether in the form of (A) Vested Awarded Shares still owned by Grantee, (B) cash or other immediately available funds in an amount equal to the then fair market value of the Vested Awarded Shares determined by using the last sales price of the Common Stock (as reported by the New York Stock Exchange) on the date such determination is made, or (C) any combination of (A) and (B).

 

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(f) Grantee hereby agrees that a breach of any of the provisions of this Section 10 would cause irreparable injury to the Company and its Subsidiaries and affiliates, for which they would have no adequate remedy at law. If Grantee breaches or threatens to breach any of the covenants set forth in this Section 10, then without regard for any provision to the contrary, including Section 13 hereof, the Company shall have the right to immediately seek injunctive relief from a court having jurisdiction for any actual or threatened breach of this Section 10 without necessity of complying with any requirement as to the posting of a bond or other security (it being understood that Grantee hereby waives any such requirement). Any such injunctive relief shall be in addition to any other remedies to which the Company may be entitled at law, in equity or otherwise. Grantee hereby agrees that upon receipt of notice of the Company’s intent to seek injunctive relief, Grantee will not sell, transfer, pledge, exchange, hypothecate, or otherwise encumber or dispose of any of the Vested Awarded Shares, or any right or interest therein, pending the final resolution of such injunctive relief proceeding. In addition, Grantee shall, within ten (10) business days after it is ultimately determined that he has committed such a breach hereof, whether in an injunctive proceeding brought under this Section 10(f) or pursuant to the dispute resolution provisions of Section 13 hereof, either (i) redeliver to the Company the Vested Awarded Shares, if still owned by Grantee, or (ii) reimburse the Company an amount equal to the then fair market value of the Vested Awarded Shares determined by using the last sales price of the Common Stock (as reported by the New York Stock Exchange) on the date such determination is made; which amount shall be paid to the Company in cash or other immediately available funds.

(g) By acceptance of this Agreement, Grantee agrees to cooperate with, provide information to, and to participate in such exams and activities as requested by, the Company, if the Company, in its sole discretion, elects to obtain insurance or make other financial arrangements to fund or otherwise assure or assist in the performance and satisfaction of the Company’s obligations and liabilities under this Agreement.

11. Entire Agreement; Governing Law . The Plan and this Agreement constitute the entire agreement of the Company and Grantee (collectively, the “Parties”) with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede in their entirety all prior undertakings and agreements of the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof. If there is any inconsistency between the provisions of this Agreement and of the Plan, the provisions of the Plan shall govern. Nothing in the Plan and this Agreement (except as expressly provided therein or herein) is intended to confer any rights or remedies on any person other than the Parties. The Plan and this Agreement are to be construed in accordance with and governed by the internal laws of the State of Texas, without giving effect to any choice-of-law rule that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the internal laws of the State of Texas to the rights and duties of the Parties. Should any provision of the Plan or this Agreement relating to the Shares (excluding for this purpose the provisions of Section 10(a), which is addressed in Section 10(e)) be determined by a court of law to be illegal or unenforceable, such provision shall be enforced to the fullest extent allowed by law and the other provisions shall nevertheless remain effective and shall remain enforceable.

12. Interpretive Matters . Whenever required by the context, pronouns and any variation thereof shall be deemed to refer to the masculine, feminine, or neuter, and the singular shall include the plural, and vice versa. The term “include” or “including” does not denote or

 

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imply any limitation. The captions and headings used in this Agreement are inserted for convenience and shall not be deemed a part of the Restricted Stock Award or this Agreement for construction or interpretation.

13. Dispute Resolution . Except as provided in Section 10 hereof, the provisions of this Section 13 shall be the exclusive means of resolving disputes of the Parties (including any other persons claiming any rights or having any obligations through the Company or Grantee) arising out of or relating to the Plan and this Agreement. The Parties shall attempt in good faith to resolve any disputes arising out of or relating to the Plan and this Agreement by negotiation between individuals who have authority to settle the controversy. Either Party may commence negotiations by delivering to the other Party a written statement of the Party’s position and the name and title of the individual who will represent the Party. Within thirty (30) days of the written notification, the Parties shall meet at a mutually acceptable time and place, and thereafter as often as they reasonably deem necessary, to resolve the dispute. If the dispute has not been resolved by negotiation within ninety (90) days of the written notification of the dispute, either Party may file suit and each Party agrees that any suit, action, or proceeding arising out of or relating to the Plan or this Agreement shall be brought in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas (or should such court lack jurisdiction to hear such action, suit or proceeding, in a Texas state court in Harris County, Texas) and that the Parties shall submit to the jurisdiction of such court. The Parties irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection a Party may have to the laying of venue for any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such court. THE PARTIES ALSO EXPRESSLY WAIVE ANY RIGHT THEY HAVE OR MAY HAVE TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING. If any one or more provisions of this Section 13 shall for any reason be held invalid or unenforceable, it is the specific intent of the Parties that such provisions shall be modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it or its application valid and enforceable.

14. Nature of Payments . Any and all grants or deliveries of Awarded Shares hereunder shall constitute special incentive payments to Grantee and shall not be taken into account in computing the amount of salary or compensation of Grantee for the purpose of determining any retirement, death or other benefits under (a) any retirement, bonus, life insurance or other employee benefit plan of the Company, or (b) any agreement between the Company and Grantee, except as such plan or agreement shall otherwise expressly provide.

15. Payment of Par Value. The Company’s obligation to deliver Awarded Shares to Grantee upon the vesting of such shares shall be subject to the payment in full of the requisite par value per share of the Awarded Shares prior to such issuance (collectively, the “Par Value”). If the Company has not received from Grantee cash, a check or other available funds for the full amount of the Par Value by 5:00 P.M. Central Standard Time within five (5) days after the Grant Date, Grantee hereby authorizes the Company to withhold the amount of the Par Value from the base salary payable to Grantee from the Company.

16. Amendment; Waiver . This Agreement may be amended or modified only by means of a written document or documents signed by the Company and Grantee. Any provision for the benefit of the Company contained in this Agreement may be waived, either generally or in any particular instance, by the Board or by the Committee. A waiver on one occasion shall not be deemed to be a waiver of the same or any other breach on a future occasion.

 

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17. Notice . Any notice or other communication required or permitted hereunder shall be given in writing and shall be deemed given, effective, and received upon prepaid delivery in person or by courier or upon the earlier of delivery or the third business day after deposit in the United States mail if sent by certified mail, with postage and fees prepaid, addressed to the other Party at the Company’s principal executive office or the address of Grantee in the records and books of the Company, or to such other address as such Party may designate in writing from time to time by notice to the other Party in accordance with this Section 17.

BY ACCEPTING THIS AGREEMENT, GRANTEE ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT THE SHARES SUBJECT TO THIS RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD SHALL VEST AND THE FORFEITURE PROVISIONS SHALL LAPSE, IF AT ALL, ONLY DURING THE PERIOD OF GRANTEE’S CONTINUOUS SERVICE OR AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS AGREEMENT (NOT THROUGH THE ACT OF BEING GRANTED THE RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD). GRANTEE FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT OR THE PLAN SHALL CONFER UPON GRANTEE ANY RIGHT WITH RESPECT TO FUTURE AWARDS OR CONTINUATION OF GRANTEE’S CONTINUOUS SERVICE. Grantee acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Plan, represents that he or she is familiar with the terms and provisions thereof, and hereby accepts the Restricted Stock Award subject to all of the terms and provisions hereof and thereof. Grantee has reviewed this Agreement and the Plan in their entirety, has had an opportunity to obtain the advice of counsel prior to executing this Agreement, and fully understands all provisions of this Agreement and the Plan. Grantee hereby agrees that all disputes arising out of or relating to this Agreement and the Plan shall be resolved in accordance with Section 13 of this Agreement. Grantee further agrees to notify the Company upon any change in the address for notice indicated in this Agreement.

 

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Exhibit 10.3

NCI BUILDING SYSTEMS, INC. 2003 LONG-TERM STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT

As described in the letter notifying Grantee of an award (the “Award Letter”), NCI Building Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), has granted to Grantee, pursuant to the provisions of the NCI Building Systems, Inc. 2003 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan, as in effect on the Grant Date (the “Plan”), a restricted stock award (this “Award”) of the number of shares identified in the Award Letter (the “Awarded Shares”) of its common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “Common Stock”), upon and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Restricted Stock Agreement (this “Agreement”) and in the Plan. Unless otherwise defined in this Agreement, capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Plan and in the Award Letter. Grantee acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Plan in effect as of the date hereof, the terms and conditions of which are incorporated herein by reference.

1. Effect of the Plan . The Awarded Shares granted to Grantee are subject to all of the provisions of the Plan and of this Agreement, together with all rules and determinations from time to time issued by the Committee and by the Board pursuant to the Plan. The Company hereby reserves the right to amend, modify, restate, supplement or terminate the Plan without the consent of Grantee. This Award shall be subject, without further action by the Company or Grantee, to any amendment, modification, restatement or supplement to the Plan that is beneficial to, or increases the rights of, Grantee. This Award shall not be subject to any amendment, modification, restatement or supplement to the Plan that reduces or adversely affects the rights and benefits available to Grantee hereunder.

2. Grant . This Award shall evidence Grantee’s ownership of the Awarded Shares, and Grantee acknowledges that the Awarded Shares will not be transferable unless and until the Awarded Shares vest as provided in this Agreement and all tax withholding obligations applicable to the Vested Awarded Shares (as defined below) have been satisfied. The Awarded Shares will be held in escrow for Grantee pursuant to the provisions of Section 4 hereof, until the Awarded Shares have vested in accordance with Section 3 of this Agreement or are forfeited in accordance with Section 4 of this Agreement. Upon vesting of the Awarded Shares, the Company shall, unless otherwise paid by Grantee as described in Section 9(a) of this Award, withhold that number of Vested Awarded Shares necessary to satisfy any applicable tax withholding obligation of Grantee in accordance with the provisions of Section 9(a) of this Award, and thereafter release from escrow all remaining Vested Awarded Shares to Grantee. Grantee agrees that the Awarded Shares shall be subject to all of the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and the Plan, including, but not limited to, the forfeiture and escrow conditions set forth in Section 4 of this Agreement, the restrictions on transfer set forth in Section 5 of this Agreement, and the satisfaction of the Required Withholding as set forth in Section 9(a) of this Agreement.

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or consulting relationship with the Company or any Subsidiary (“Continuous Service”) is not terminated during the period commencing with the Grant Date and ending with the applicable date that such portion of the Awarded Shares vests (each, a “Vesting Date”). Awarded Shares that have vested pursuant to this Agreement are referred to herein as “Vested Awarded Shares,” and Awarded Shares that have not yet vested pursuant to this Agreement are referred to herein as “Unvested Awarded Shares.” Subject to the provisions of Section 4 of this Agreement, if Grantee’s Continuous Service is not terminated prior to an applicable Vesting Date, the Awarded Shares shall vest as follows:

(i) twenty-five percent (25%) of the Awarded Shares shall vest on the first anniversary of the Grant Date;

(ii) twenty-five percent (25%) of the Awarded Shares shall vest on the second anniversary of the Grant Date;

(iii) twenty-five percent (25%) of the Awarded Shares shall vest on the third anniversary of the Grant Date; and

(iv) the remaining Awarded Shares shall vest on the fourth anniversary of the Grant Date.

If an installment of the vesting would result in a fractional Vested Awarded Share, such installment will be rounded to the next higher or lower Awarded Share, as determined by the Company, except the final installment, which will be for the balance of the Awarded Shares.

4. Conditions of Forfeiture .

(a) Upon any termination of Grantee’s Continuous Service (the “Termination Date”) before all of the Awarded Shares become Vested Awarded Shares, all Unvested Awarded Shares as of the Termination Date shall, without further action of any kind by the Company or Grantee, be forfeited.

(b) During the period of time between the Award Date and the earlier of the date the Awarded Shares vest or are forfeited, the Awarded Shares shall be registered in the name of Grantee and held in escrow by an escrow agent selected by the Company. Grantee irrevocably authorizes the Company to deposit in escrow any certificates evidencing the Awarded Shares and any additions and substitutions to said shares as described in this Agreement. Any certificate shall bear a legend as provided by the Company, conspicuously referring to the terms, conditions and restrictions described in this Agreement. All Unvested Awarded Shares that are forfeited pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall be deemed to be immediately transferred from escrow to the Company without any payment by the Company or action by Grantee, and the Company shall have the full right to cancel any evidence of Grantee’s ownership of such forfeited Unvested Awarded Shares and to take any other action necessary to demonstrate that Grantee no longer owns such forfeited Unvested Awarded Shares automatically upon such forfeiture. Following such forfeiture, Grantee shall have no further rights with respect to such forfeited Unvested Awarded Shares. Grantee, by his acceptance of the Award granted pursuant to this Agreement, irrevocably grants to the Company a power of attorney to transfer Unvested Awarded Shares that are forfeited to the Company and agrees to execute any

 

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documents requested by the Company, including but not limited to one or more stock assignments, to facilitate such transfer upon forfeiture. The provisions of this Agreement regarding transfers of Unvested Awarded Shares that are forfeited shall be specifically performable by the Company in a court of equity or law.

(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Unvested Awarded Shares shall become vested (i) upon the death of Grantee during Grantee’s Continuous Service; (ii) if Grantee suffers a Disability during Grantee’s Continuous Service; (iii) upon Grantee’s attainment of 65 years of age during Grantee’s Continuous Service; or (iv) in accordance with the provisions of Section 12(b) of the Plan relating to a Change in Control.

5. Non-Transferability . Grantee may not sell, transfer, pledge, exchange, hypothecate, or otherwise encumber or dispose of any of the Unvested Awarded Shares, or any right or interest therein, by operation of law or otherwise. Any transfer in violation of this Section 5 shall be void and of no force or effect, and shall result in the immediate forfeiture of all Unvested Awarded Shares.

6. Dividend and Voting Rights . Subject to the restrictions contained in this Agreement, Grantee shall have the rights of a stockholder with respect to the Awarded Shares, including the right to vote all such Awarded Shares, including Unvested Awarded Shares, and to receive all dividends, cash or stock (other than stock dividends accounted for as a stock split), paid or delivered thereon, from and after the date hereof. In the event of forfeiture of Unvested Awarded Shares, Grantee shall have no further rights with respect to such Unvested Awarded Shares. However, the forfeiture of the Unvested Awarded Shares pursuant to Section 4 hereof shall not create any obligation to repay cash dividends or stock dividends (other than stock dividends accounted for as a stock split) received as to such Unvested Awarded Shares, nor shall such forfeiture invalidate any votes given by Grantee with respect to such Unvested Awarded Shares prior to forfeiture.

7. Capital Adjustments and Corporate Events . If, from time to time during the term of this Agreement, there is any capital adjustment affecting the outstanding Common Stock as a class without the Company’s receipt of consideration (including stock dividends accounted for as a stock split), the Unvested Shares shall be adjusted in accordance with the provisions of Section 12 of the Plan. Any and all new, substituted or additional securities to which Grantee may be entitled by reason of Grantee’s ownership of the Unvested Awarded Shares hereunder because of a capital adjustment shall be immediately subject to the forfeiture provisions of this Agreement and included thereafter as “Unvested Awarded Shares” for purposes of this Agreement.

8. Refusal to Transfer . The Company shall not be required (i) to transfer on its books any Unvested Awarded Shares that have been sold or otherwise transferred in violation of any of the provisions of this Agreement or the Plan, or (ii) to treat as owner of such Unvested Awarded Shares, or accord the right to vote or pay or deliver dividends or other distributions to, any purchaser or other transferee to whom or which Grantee shall have attempted to transfer such Unvested Awarded Shares.

 

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9. Tax Matters .

(a) The Company’s obligation to deliver Awarded Shares to Grantee upon the vesting of such shares shall be subject to the satisfaction of all applicable federal, state and local income and employment tax withholding requirements (the “Required Withholding”). The Company shall withhold from the Vested Awarded Shares that otherwise would have been delivered to Grantee the number of Vested Awarded Shares necessary to satisfy Grantee’s Required Withholding, and deliver the remaining Vested Awarded Shares to Grantee, unless Grantee has made arrangements with the Company for Grantee to deliver to the Company cash, a check or other available funds for the full amount of the Required Withholding by 5:00 P.M. Central Standard Time on the later of (i) the date Awarded Shares become Vested Awarded Shares or (ii) the date on which the Vested Awarded Shares are distributed to Grantee, or by such date Grantee has not made such other provision for the satisfaction of the Required Withholding in form satisfactory to the Committee or Board, in its sole discretion. The amount of the Required Withholding and the number of Vested Awarded Shares to be withheld by the Company, if applicable, to satisfy Grantee’s Required Withholding, as well as the amount reflected on tax reports filed by the Company, shall be based on the value of the Vested Awarded Shares determined by using the last sales price of the Common Stock (as reported by the New York Stock Exchange) on the date prior to the applicable Vesting Date or the date on which the Vested Awarded Shares are distributed to Grantee, as appropriate. The obligations of the Company under this Award will be conditioned on such satisfaction of the Required Withholding.

(b) Grantee acknowledges that the tax consequences associated with the Award are complex and that the Company has urged Grantee to review with Grantee’s own tax advisors the federal, state, and local tax consequences of this Award. Grantee is relying solely on such advisors and not on any statements or representations of the Company or any of its agents. Grantee understands that Grantee (and not the Company) shall be responsible for Grantee’s own tax liability that may arise as a result of the Award. Grantee understands further that Section 83 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), taxes as ordinary income the fair market value of the Vested Awarded Shares as of the Vesting Date for those shares. Grantee also understands that Grantee may elect to be taxed at Grant Date rather than at the time the Awarded Shares vest by filing an election under Section 83(b) of the Code with the Internal Revenue Service and by providing a copy of the election to the Company. GRANTEE ACKNOWLEDGES THAT HE OR SHE HAS BEEN INFORMED OF THE AVAILABILITY OF MAKING AN ELECTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 83(b) OF THE CODE; THAT SUCH ELECTION MUST BE FILED WITH THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE (AND A COPY OF THE ELECTION GIVEN TO THE COMPANY) WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE GRANT OF AWARDED SHARES TO GRANTEE; AND THAT GRANTEE IS SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING SUCH ELECTION.

10. Covenants of Grantee .

(a) For the period beginning on the Grant Date through the fifth anniversary of the Grant Date, Grantee shall not, directly or indirectly and whether on his own behalf or on behalf of any other person, partnership, association, corporation or other entity, engage in or be an owner, director, officer, employee, agent, consultant or other representative of or for, or lend

 

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money or equipment to or otherwise support, any business that manufactures, engineers, markets, sells or provides, within a 250-mile radius of any then existing manufacturing facility of the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates, metal building systems or components (including, without limitation, primary and secondary framing systems, roofing systems, end or side wall panels, doors, windows or other metal components of a building structure), coated or painted steel or metal coils, coil coating or painting services, or any other products or services that are the same as or similar to those manufactured, engineered, marketed, sold or provided by the Company or its subsidiaries and affiliates during the Continuous Service of Grantee. Ownership by Grantee of equity securities of the Company, or of equity securities in other publicly owned companies constituting less than 1% of the voting securities in such companies, shall be deemed not to be a breach of this covenant.

(b) For the period beginning on the Grant Date through the fifth anniversary of the Grant Date, Grantee shall not, directly or indirectly and whether on his own behalf or on behalf of any other person, partnership, association, corporation or other entity, either (i) hire, seek to hire or solicit the employment or service of any employee, agent or consultant of the Company or its subsidiaries and affiliates, (ii) in any manner attempt to influence or induce any employee, agent or consultant of the Company or its Subsidiaries and affiliates to leave the employment or service of the Company or its Subsidiaries and affiliates; (iii) use or disclose to any person, partnership, association, corporation or other entity any information concerning the names and addresses of any employees, agents or consultants of the Company or its Subsidiaries and affiliates unless required by due process of law; or (iv) call upon, solicit, divert or attempt to call upon, solicit or divert the business of any customer, vendor or acquisition prospect of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or affiliates with whom Grantee dealt, directly or indirectly, during his engagement with the Company or its Subsidiaries or affiliates.

(c) Prior to the vesting of Grantee’s Unvested Awarded Shares, for purposes of the covenants made in this Section 10, the Company promises to provide Grantee (as is necessary for Grantee’s position) with various trade secrets and proprietary and confidential information consisting of, but not limited to, processes, computer programs, compilations of information, records, sales procedures, customer requirements, pricing techniques, customer lists, methods of doing business and other confidential information (collectively referred to as the “Trade Secrets”), which are owned by the Company and regularly used in the operation of its business, but in connection with which the Company takes precautions to prevent dissemination to persons other than certain directors, officers and employees. Grantee acknowledges and agrees that the Trade Secrets (a) are secret and not known in the industry or to the public; (b) are entrusted to him after being informed of their confidential and secret status by the Company and because of the fiduciary position occupied by him with the Company; (c) have been developed by the Company for, and on behalf of, the Company through substantial expenditures of time, effort and money and are used in its business; (d) give the Company an advantage over competitors who do not know or use the Trade Secrets; (e) are of such value and nature as to make it reasonable and necessary to protect and preserve the confidentiality and secrecy of the Trade Secrets; and (f) the Trade Secrets are valuable, special and unique assets of the Company, the disclosure of which could cause substantial injury and loss of profits and goodwill to the Company. Grantee shall not use in any way or disclose any of the Trade Secrets, directly or indirectly, during his Continuous Service with the Company, or at any time thereafter, except as required in the course of his Continuous Service with the Company. All files, records,

 

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documents, information, data and similar items relating to the business of the Company, whether prepared by Grantee or otherwise coming into his possession, shall remain the exclusive property of the Company and shall not be removed from the premises of the Company under any circumstances without the prior written consent of the Board of Directors of the Company (except in the ordinary course of business during Grantee’s Continuous Service with the Company), and in any event shall be promptly delivered to the Company upon termination of Grantee’s Continuous Service for any reason. Grantee agrees that, upon his receipt of any subpoena, process or other request to produce or divulge, directly or indirectly, any Trade Secrets to any entity, agency, tribunal or person, he shall timely notify and promptly hand deliver a copy of the subpoena, process or other request to the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. For this purpose, Grantee irrevocably nominates and appoints the Company (including any attorney retained by the Company), as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact, to act in his name, place and stead to perform any act that he might perform to defend and protect against any disclosure of any Trade Secrets.

(d) For the period beginning on the Grant Date through the fifth anniversary of the Grant Date, Grantee shall not for any reason whatsoever (whether or not related to this Agreement or the Awarded Shares) institute any legal proceedings against the Company, any of its subsidiaries, or any of its officers, directors, agents or representatives.

(e)    (i) The parties hereto intend all provisions of subsections (a), (b), (c) and (d) of this Section 10 to be enforced to the fullest extent permitted by law. Accordingly, should a court of competent jurisdiction determine that the scope of any provision of subsections (a), (b), (c) or (d) of this Section 10 is too broad to be enforced as written, the parties intend that the court may reform the provision to such narrower scope as it determines to be reasonable and enforceable, and, in the event the court reforms Section 10 (a) hereof, the Company may elect to either accept enforcement of the provision as so modified or require the return of cash or Shares as set forth in Section 10 (e)(ii). In addition, however, Grantee agrees that the non-competition agreements, non-employment agreements, non-disclosure and no litigation agreements set forth above each constitute separate agreements independently supported by good and adequate consideration and shall survive this Agreement. The existence of any claim or cause of action of Grantee against the Company, except for a breach of this Agreement by the Company or its subsidiaries, shall not constitute a defense to the enforcement by the Company of the covenants and agreements of Grantee contained in the non-competition, non-employment, non-disclosure and no litigation agreements.

(ii) If in connection with the challenge by Grantee of any provision of Section 10(a), any court of competent jurisdiction determines that the non-competition agreement in Section 10(a) hereof is void or unenforceable or modifies Section 10(a) and the Company declines to accept the modification, Grantee agrees to return to the Company an amount equal to 80% of the total value awarded Grantee under this Award, whether in the form of (A) Vested Awarded Shares still owned by Grantee, (B) cash or other immediately available funds in an amount equal to the then fair market value of the Vested Awarded Shares determined by using the last sales price of the Common Stock (as reported by the New York Stock Exchange) on the date such determination is made, or (C) any combination of (A) and (B).

 

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(f) Grantee hereby agrees that a breach of any of the provisions of this Section 10 would cause irreparable injury to the Company and its Subsidiaries and affiliates, for which they would have no adequate remedy at law. If Grantee breaches or threatens to breach any of the covenants set forth in this Section 10, then without regard for any provision to the contrary, including Section 13 hereof, the Company shall have the right to immediately seek injunctive relief from a court having jurisdiction for any actual or threatened breach of this Section 10 without necessity of complying with any requirement as to the posting of a bond or other security (it being understood that Grantee hereby waives any such requirement). Any such injunctive relief shall be in addition to any other remedies to which the Company may be entitled at law, in equity or otherwise. Grantee hereby agrees that upon receipt of notice of the Company’s intent to seek injunctive relief, Grantee will not sell, transfer, pledge, exchange, hypothecate, or otherwise encumber or dispose of any of the Vested Awarded Shares, or any right or interest therein, pending the final resolution of such injunctive relief proceeding. In addition, Grantee shall, within ten (10) business days after it is ultimately determined that he has committed such a breach hereof, whether in an injunctive proceeding brought under this Section 10(f) or pursuant to the dispute resolution provisions of Section 13 hereof, either (i) redeliver to the Company the Vested Awarded Shares, if still owned by Grantee, or (ii) reimburse the Company an amount equal to the then fair market value of the Vested Awarded Shares determined by using the last sales price of the Common Stock (as reported by the New York Stock Exchange) on the date such determination is made; which amount shall be paid to the Company in cash or other immediately available funds.

(g) By acceptance of this Agreement, Grantee agrees to cooperate with, provide information to, and to participate in such exams and activities as requested by, the Company, if the Company, in its sole discretion, elects to obtain insurance or make other financial arrangements to fund or otherwise assure or assist in the performance and satisfaction of the Company’s obligations and liabilities under this Agreement.

11. Entire Agreement; Governing Law . The Plan and this Agreement constitute the entire agreement of the Company and Grantee (collectively, the “Parties”) with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede in their entirety all prior undertakings and agreements of the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof. If there is any inconsistency between the provisions of this Agreement and of the Plan, the provisions of the Plan shall govern. Nothing in the Plan and this Agreement (except as expressly provided therein or herein) is intended to confer any rights or remedies on any person other than the Parties. The Plan and this Agreement are to be construed in accordance with and governed by the internal laws of the State of Texas, without giving effect to any choice-of-law rule that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the internal laws of the State of Texas to the rights and duties of the Parties. Should any provision of the Plan or this Agreement relating to the Shares (excluding for this purpose the provisions of Section 10(a), which is addressed in Section 10(e)) be determined by a court of law to be illegal or unenforceable, such provision shall be enforced to the fullest extent allowed by law and the other provisions shall nevertheless remain effective and shall remain enforceable.

12. Interpretive Matters . Whenever required by the context, pronouns and any variation thereof shall be deemed to refer to the masculine, feminine, or neuter, and the singular shall include the plural, and vice versa. The term “include” or “including” does not denote or

 

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imply any limitation. The captions and headings used in this Agreement are inserted for convenience and shall not be deemed a part of the Restricted Stock Award or this Agreement for construction or interpretation.

13. Dispute Resolution . Except as provided in Section 10 hereof, the provisions of this Section 13 shall be the exclusive means of resolving disputes of the Parties (including any other persons claiming any rights or having any obligations through the Company or Grantee) arising out of or relating to the Plan and this Agreement. The Parties shall attempt in good faith to resolve any disputes arising out of or relating to the Plan and this Agreement by negotiation between individuals who have authority to settle the controversy. Either Party may commence negotiations by delivering to the other Party a written statement of the Party’s position and the name and title of the individual who will represent the Party. Within thirty (30) days of the written notification, the Parties shall meet at a mutually acceptable time and place, and thereafter as often as they reasonably deem necessary, to resolve the dispute. If the dispute has not been resolved by negotiation within ninety (90) days of the written notification of the dispute, either Party may file suit and each Party agrees that any suit, action, or proceeding arising out of or relating to the Plan or this Agreement shall be brought in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas (or should such court lack jurisdiction to hear such action, suit or proceeding, in a Texas state court in Harris County, Texas) and that the Parties shall submit to the jurisdiction of such court. The Parties irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection a Party may have to the laying of venue for any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such court. THE PARTIES ALSO EXPRESSLY WAIVE ANY RIGHT THEY HAVE OR MAY HAVE TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING. If any one or more provisions of this Section 13 shall for any reason be held invalid or unenforceable, it is the specific intent of the Parties that such provisions shall be modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it or its application valid and enforceable.

14. Nature of Payments . Any and all grants or deliveries of Awarded Shares hereunder shall constitute special incentive payments to Grantee and shall not be taken into account in computing the amount of salary or compensation of Grantee for the purpose of determining any retirement, death or other benefits under (a) any retirement, bonus, life insurance or other employee benefit plan of the Company, or (b) any agreement between the Company and Grantee, except as such plan or agreement shall otherwise expressly provide.

15. Payment of Par Value. The Company’s obligation to deliver Awarded Shares to Grantee upon the vesting of such shares shall be subject to the payment in full of the requisite par value per share of the Awarded Shares prior to such issuance (collectively, the “Par Value”). If the Company has not received from Grantee cash, a check or other available funds for the full amount of the Par Value by 5:00 P.M. Central Standard Time within five (5) days after the Grant Date, Grantee hereby authorizes the Company to withhold the amount of the Par Value from the base salary payable to Grantee from the Company.

16. Amendment; Waiver . This Agreement may be amended or modified only by means of a written document or documents signed by the Company and Grantee. Any provision for the benefit of the Company contained in this Agreement may be waived, either generally or in any particular instance, by the Board or by the Committee. A waiver on one occasion shall not be deemed to be a waiver of the same or any other breach on a future occasion.

 

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17. Notice . Any notice or other communication required or permitted hereunder shall be given in writing and shall be deemed given, effective, and received upon prepaid delivery in person or by courier or upon the earlier of delivery or the third business day after deposit in the United States mail if sent by certified mail, with postage and fees prepaid, addressed to the other Party at the Company’s principal executive office or the address of Grantee in the records and books of the Company, or to such other address as such Party may designate in writing from time to time by notice to the other Party in accordance with this Section 17.

BY ACCEPTING THIS AGREEMENT, GRANTEE ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT THE SHARES SUBJECT TO THIS RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD SHALL VEST AND THE FORFEITURE PROVISIONS SHALL LAPSE, IF AT ALL, ONLY DURING THE PERIOD OF GRANTEE’S CONTINUOUS SERVICE OR AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS AGREEMENT (NOT THROUGH THE ACT OF BEING GRANTED THE RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD). GRANTEE FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT OR THE PLAN SHALL CONFER UPON GRANTEE ANY RIGHT WITH RESPECT TO FUTURE AWARDS OR CONTINUATION OF GRANTEE’S CONTINUOUS SERVICE. Grantee acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Plan, represents that he or she is familiar with the terms and provisions thereof, and hereby accepts the Restricted Stock Award subject to all of the terms and provisions hereof and thereof. Grantee has reviewed this Agreement and the Plan in their entirety, has had an opportunity to obtain the advice of counsel prior to executing this Agreement, and fully understands all provisions of this Agreement and the Plan. Grantee hereby agrees that all disputes arising out of or relating to this Agreement and the Plan shall be resolved in accordance with Section 13 of this Agreement. Grantee further agrees to notify the Company upon any change in the address for notice indicated in this Agreement.

 

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Exhibit 10.4

NCI BUILDING SYSTEMS, INC. 2003 LONG-TERM STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AGREEMENT

As described in the letter notifying Grantee of an award (the “Award Letter”), NCI Building Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), has granted to Grantee, pursuant to the provisions of the NCI Building Systems, Inc. 2003 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan, as in effect on the Grant Date (the “Plan”), a Restricted Stock Unit Award (this “Award”) of the number of units designated in the Award Letter (the “Awarded Units”) each such Awarded Unit representing one share of the Company’s common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “Common Stock”), upon and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Restricted Stock Unit Agreement (this “Agreement”) and in the Plan. Unless otherwise defined in this Agreement, capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Plan and in the Award Letter. Grantee acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Plan in effect as of the date hereof, the terms and conditions of which are incorporated herein by reference.

1. Effect of the Plan . The Awarded Units granted to Grantee are subject to all of the provisions of the Plan and of this Agreement, together with all rules and determinations from time to time issued by the Committee and by the Board pursuant to the Plan. The Company hereby reserves the right to amend, modify, restate, supplement or terminate the Plan without the consent of Grantee. This Award shall be subject, without further action by the Company or Grantee, to any amendment, modification, restatement or supplement to the Plan that is beneficial to, or increases the rights of, Grantee. This Award shall not be subject to any amendment, modification, restatement or supplement to the Plan that reduces or adversely affects the rights and benefits available to Grantee hereunder.

2. Grant . This Award shall evidence Grantee’s right to receive a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the number of Vested Awarded Units (as defined below) subject to all tax withholding obligations applicable to the Vested Awarded Units being satisfied. Settlement of the Vested Awarded Units shall be made by the delivery of shares of Common Stock as soon as administratively practicable after vesting, but in no case later than the March 15th following the year in which vesting occurs. Grantee agrees that the Awarded Units shall be subject to all of the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and the Plan, including, but not limited to, the forfeiture conditions set forth in Section 4 of this Agreement, the restrictions on assignment set forth in Section 5 of this Agreement and the satisfaction of the Required Withholding as set forth in Section 10 of this Agreement.

3. Vesting Schedule; Service Requirements . Except as provided otherwise in Section 4 of this Agreement, the Awarded Units shall vest if Grantee’s continuing employment or consulting relationship with the Company or any Subsidiary (“Continuous Service”) is not terminated during the period commencing with the Grant Date and ending with the applicable date that such portion of the Awarded Units vest (each, a “Vesting Date”). Awarded Units that have vested pursuant to this Agreement are referred to herein as “Vested Awarded Units,” and Awarded Units that have not yet vested pursuant to this Agreement are referred to herein as

 

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“Unvested Awarded Units.” Subject to the provisions of Section 4 of this Agreement, if Grantee’s Continuous Service is not terminated prior to an applicable Vesting Date, the Awarded Units shall vest as follows:

(i) twenty-five percent (25%) of the Awarded Units shall vest on the first anniversary of the Grant Date;

(ii) twenty-five percent (25%) of the Awarded Units shall vest on the second anniversary of the Grant Date;

(iii) twenty-five percent (25%) of the Awarded Units shall vest on the third anniversary of the Grant Date; and

(iv) the remaining Awarded Units shall vest on the fourth anniversary of the Grant Date.

If an installment of the vesting would result in a fractional Vested Awarded Unit, such installment will be rounded to the next higher or lower Awarded Unit, as determined by the Company, except the final installment, which will be for the balance of the Awarded Units.

4. Conditions of Forfeiture .

(a) Upon any termination of Grantee’s Continuous Service (the “Termination Date”) before all of the Awarded Units become Vested Awarded Units, all Unvested Awarded Units as of the Termination Date shall, without further action of any kind by the Company or Grantee, be forfeited.

(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Unvested Awarded Units shall become vested (i) upon the death of Grantee during Grantee’s Continuous Service; (ii) if Grantee suffers a Disability during Grantee’s Continuous Service; (iii) upon Grantee’s cessation of Continuous Service due to retirement at or after attainment of age 65; or (iv) in accordance with the provisions of Section 12(b) of the Plan relating to a Change in Control.

5. Assignment . Grantee may not sell, transfer, pledge, exchange, hypothecate, or otherwise encumber or dispose of any of the Unvested Awarded Units, or any right or interest therein, by operation of law or otherwise. Any transfer in violation of this Section 5 shall be void and of no force or effect, and shall result in the immediate forfeiture of all Unvested Awarded Units.

6. Dividend Equivalent Payments . The Company will pay dividend equivalents for each outstanding Awarded Unit in cash as soon as administratively practicable after dividends, if any, are paid on the Company’s outstanding shares of Common Stock. Such payments shall be made no later than March 15th following the year in which the dividends are paid.

7. Shareholder Rights . Grantee shall have no shareholder rights, including voting or dividend rights, with respect to shares of Common Stock represented by the Awarded Units subject to the Award unless and until such time as shares of Common Stock have been issued pursuant to Section 2.

 

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8. Capital Adjustments and Corporate Events . If, from time to time during the term of this Agreement, there is any capital adjustment affecting the outstanding Common Stock as a class without the Company’s receipt of consideration (including stock dividends accounted for as a stock split), the Unvested Awarded Units shall be adjusted in accordance with the provisions of Section 12 of the Plan. Any and all new, substituted or additional securities to which Grantee may be entitled by reason of Grantee’s ownership of the Unvested Awarded Units hereunder because of a capital adjustment shall be immediately subject to the forfeiture provisions of this Agreement and included thereafter as “Unvested Awarded Units” for purposes of this Agreement.

9. Refusal to Transfer . Grantee’s rights to the Awarded Units and the payment for or the issuance and delivery of Common Stock in exchange for such Awarded Units are subject to compliance with all applicable requirements of law. In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to deliver any shares of Common Stock if counsel to the Company determines that such delivery would violate any applicable law or any rule or regulations of any governmental authority or any rule or regulation of, or agreement of the Company with, any securities exchange or association upon which the Common Stock is listed or quoted.

10. Tax Matters .

(a) At the time of issuance of Common Stock upon the vesting of the Awarded Units, the Company shall withhold an appropriate number of shares of Common Stock, having a Fair Market Value determined by using the last sales price of the Common Stock (as reported by the New York Stock Exchange) on the date prior to the vesting, equal to the amount necessary to satisfy the minimum federal, state and local tax withholding obligation with respect to this Award. The distribution of Common Stock described in Section 2 will be net of such shares of Common Stock that are withheld to satisfy applicable taxes pursuant to this Section 10.

(b) In lieu of withholding of shares of Common Stock as provided in Section 10(a), the Committee may, in its discretion, authorize tax withholding to be satisfied by a cash payment to the Company, by withholding an appropriate amount of cash from base pay, or by such other method as the Committee determines may be appropriate to satisfy all obligations for withholding of such taxes.

(c) Grantee acknowledges that the tax consequences associated with the Award are complex and that the Company has urged Grantee to review with Grantee’s own tax advisors the federal, state, and local tax consequences of this Award. Grantee is relying solely on such advisors and not on any statements or representations of the Company or any of its agents. Grantee understands that Grantee (and not the Company) shall be responsible for Grantee’s own tax liability that may arise as a result of the Award.

11. Covenants of Grantee .

(a) For the period beginning on the Grant Date through the fifth anniversary of the Grant Date, Grantee shall not, directly or indirectly and whether on his own behalf or on

 

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behalf of any other person, partnership, association, corporation or other entity, engage in or be an owner, director, officer, employee, agent, consultant or other representative of or for, or lend money or equipment to or otherwise support, any business that manufactures, engineers, markets, sells or provides, within a 250-mile radius of any then existing manufacturing facility of the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates, metal building systems or components (including, without limitation, primary and secondary framing systems, roofing systems, end or side wall panels, doors, windows or other metal components of a building structure), coated or painted steel or metal coils, coil coating or painting services, or any other products or services that are the same as or similar to those manufactured, engineered, marketed, sold or provided by the Company or its subsidiaries and affiliates during the Continuous Service of Grantee. Ownership by Grantee of equity securities of the Company, or of equity securities in other publicly owned companies constituting less than 1% of the voting securities in such companies, shall be deemed not to be a breach of this covenant.

(b) For the period beginning on the Grant Date through the fifth anniversary of the Grant Date, Grantee shall not, directly or indirectly and whether on his own behalf or on behalf of any other person, partnership, association, corporation or other entity, either (i) hire, seek to hire or solicit the employment or service of any employee, agent or consultant of the Company or its subsidiaries and affiliates, (ii) in any manner attempt to influence or induce any employee, agent or consultant of the Company or its Subsidiaries and affiliates to leave the employment or service of the Company or its Subsidiaries and affiliates; (iii) use or disclose to any person, partnership, association, corporation or other entity any information concerning the names and addresses of any employees, agents or consultants of the Company or its Subsidiaries and affiliates unless required by due process of law; or (iv) call upon, solicit, divert or attempt to call upon, solicit or divert the business of any customer, vendor or acquisition prospect of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or affiliates with whom Grantee dealt, directly or indirectly, during his engagement with the Company or its Subsidiaries or affiliates.

(c) Prior to the vesting of Grantee’s Unvested Awarded Units, for purposes of the covenants made in this Section 11, the Company promises to provide Grantee (as is necessary for Grantee’s position) with various trade secrets and proprietary and confidential information consisting of, but not limited to, processes, computer programs, compilations of information, records, sales procedures, customer requirements, pricing techniques, customer lists, methods of doing business and other confidential information (collectively referred to as the “Trade Secrets”), which are owned by the Company and regularly used in the operation of its business, but in connection with which the Company takes precautions to prevent dissemination to persons other than certain directors, officers and employees. Grantee acknowledges and agrees that the Trade Secrets (a) are secret and not known in the industry or to the public; (b) are entrusted to him after being informed of their confidential and secret status by the Company and because of the fiduciary position occupied by him with the Company; (c) have been developed by the Company for, and on behalf of, the Company through substantial expenditures of time, effort and money and are used in its business; (d) give the Company an advantage over competitors who do not know or use the Trade Secrets; (e) are of such value and nature as to make it reasonable and necessary to protect and preserve the confidentiality and secrecy of the Trade Secrets; and (f) the Trade Secrets are valuable, special and unique assets of the Company, the disclosure of which could cause substantial injury and loss of profits and goodwill to the Company. Grantee shall not use in any way or disclose any of the Trade Secrets, directly or

 

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indirectly, during his Continuous Service with the Company, or at any time thereafter, except as required in the course of his Continuous Service with the Company. All files, records, documents, information, data and similar items relating to the business of the Company, whether prepared by Grantee or otherwise coming into his possession, shall remain the exclusive property of the Company and shall not be removed from the premises of the Company under any circumstances without the prior written consent of the Board of Directors of the Company (except in the ordinary course of business during Grantee’s Continuous Service with the Company), and in any event shall be promptly delivered to the Company upon termination of Grantee’s Continuous Service for any reason. Grantee agrees that, upon his receipt of any subpoena, process or other request to produce or divulge, directly or indirectly, any Trade Secrets to any entity, agency, tribunal or person, he shall timely notify and promptly hand deliver a copy of the subpoena, process or other request to the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. For this purpose, Grantee irrevocably nominates and appoints the Company (including any attorney retained by the Company), as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact, to act in his name, place and stead to perform any act that he might perform to defend and protect against any disclosure of any Trade Secrets.

(d) For the period beginning on the Grant Date through the fifth anniversary of the Grant Date, Grantee shall not for any reason whatsoever (whether or not related to this Agreement or the Awarded Units) institute any legal proceedings against the Company, any of its subsidiaries, or any of its officers, directors, agents or representatives.

(e)    (i) The parties hereto intend all provisions of subsections (a), (b), (c) and (d) of this Section 11 to be enforced to the fullest extent permitted by law. Accordingly, should a court of competent jurisdiction determine that the scope of any provision of subsections (a), (b), (c) or (d) of this Section 11 is too broad to be enforced as written, the parties intend that the court may reform the provision to such narrower scope as it determines to be reasonable and enforceable, and, in the event the court reforms Section 11(a) hereof, the Company may elect to either accept enforcement of the provision as so modified or require the return of cash or Shares as set forth in Section 11(e)(ii). In addition, however, Grantee agrees that the non-competition agreements, non-employment agreements, non-disclosure and no litigation agreements set forth above each constitute separate agreements independently supported by good and adequate consideration and shall survive this Agreement. The existence of any claim or cause of action of Grantee against the Company, except for a breach of this Agreement by the Company or its subsidiaries, shall not constitute a defense to the enforcement by the Company of the covenants and agreements of Grantee contained in the non-competition, non-employment, non-disclosure and no litigation agreements.

(ii) If in connection with the challenge by Grantee of any provision of Section 11(a), any court of competent jurisdiction determines that the non-competition agreement in Section 11(a) hereof is void or unenforceable or modifies Section 11(a) and the Company declines to accept the modification, Grantee agrees to return to the Company an amount equal to 80% of the total value awarded Grantee under this Award, whether in the form of (A) Vested Awarded Units still owned by Grantee, (B) cash or other immediately available funds in an amount equal to the then fair market value of the Vested Awarded Units determined by using the last sales price of the Common Stock (as reported by the New York Stock Exchange) on the date such determination is made, or (C) any combination of (A) and (B).

 

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(f) Grantee hereby agrees that a breach of any of the provisions of this Section 11 would cause irreparable injury to the Company and its Subsidiaries and affiliates, for which they would have no adequate remedy at law. If Grantee breaches or threatens to breach any of the covenants set forth in this Section 11, then without regard for any provision to the contrary, including Section 14 hereof, the Company shall have the right to immediately seek injunctive relief from a court having jurisdiction for any actual or threatened breach of this Section 11 without necessity of complying with any requirement as to the posting of a bond or other security (it being understood that Grantee hereby waives any such requirement). Any such injunctive relief shall be in addition to any other remedies to which the Company may be entitled at law, in equity or otherwise. Grantee hereby agrees that upon receipt of notice of the Company’s intent to seek injunctive relief, Grantee will not sell, transfer, pledge, exchange, hypothecate, or otherwise encumber or dispose of any of the Vested Awarded Units, or any right or interest therein, pending the final resolution of such injunctive relief proceeding. In addition, Grantee shall, within ten (10) business days after it is ultimately determined that he has committed such a breach hereof, whether in an injunctive proceeding brought under this Section 11(f) or pursuant to the dispute resolution provisions of Section 14 hereof reimburse the Company an amount equal to the then fair market value of the Vested Awarded Units determined by using the last sales price of the Common Stock (as reported by the New York Stock Exchange) on the date such determination is made; which amount shall be paid to the Company in cash or other immediately available funds.

(g) By acceptance of this Agreement, Grantee agrees to cooperate with, provide information to, and to participate in such exams and activities as requested by the Company, if the Company, in its sole discretion, elects to obtain insurance or make other financial arrangements to fund or otherwise assure or assist in the performance and satisfaction of the Company’s obligations and liabilities under this Agreement.

12. Entire Agreement; Governing Law . The Plan and this Agreement constitute the entire agreement of the Company and Grantee (collectively, the “Parties”) with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede in their entirety all prior undertakings and agreements of the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof. If there is any inconsistency between the provisions of this Agreement and of the Plan, the provisions of the Plan shall govern. Nothing in the Plan and this Agreement (except as expressly provided therein or herein) is intended to confer any rights or remedies on any person other than the Parties. The Plan and this Agreement are to be construed in accordance with and governed by the internal laws of the State of Texas, without giving effect to any choice-of-law rule that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the internal laws of the State of Texas to the rights and duties of the Parties. Should any provision of the Plan or this Agreement relating to the Awarded Units (excluding for this purpose the provisions of Section 11(a), which is addressed in Section 11(e)) be determined by a court of law to be illegal or unenforceable, such provision shall be enforced to the fullest extent allowed by law and the other provisions shall nevertheless remain effective and shall remain enforceable.

 

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13. Interpretive Matters . Whenever required by the context, pronouns and any variation thereof shall be deemed to refer to the masculine, feminine, or neuter, and the singular shall include the plural, and vice versa. The term “include” or “including” does not denote or imply any limitation. The captions and headings used in this Agreement are inserted for convenience and shall not be deemed a part of the Award or this Agreement for construction or interpretation.

14. Dispute Resolution . Except as provided in Section 11 hereof, the provisions of this Section 14 shall be the exclusive means of resolving disputes of the Parties (including any other persons claiming any rights or having any obligations through the Company or Grantee) arising out of or relating to the Plan and this Agreement. The Parties shall attempt in good faith to resolve any disputes arising out of or relating to the Plan and this Agreement by negotiation between individuals who have authority to settle the controversy. Either Party may commence negotiations by delivering to the other Party a written statement of the Party’s position and the name and title of the individual who will represent the Party. Within thirty (30) days of the written notification, the Parties shall meet at a mutually acceptable time and place, and thereafter as often as they reasonably deem necessary, to resolve the dispute. If the dispute has not been resolved by negotiation within ninety (90) days of the written notification of the dispute, either Party may file suit and each Party agrees that any suit, action, or proceeding arising out of or relating to the Plan or this Agreement shall be brought in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas (or should such court lack jurisdiction to hear such action, suit or proceeding, in a Texas state court in Harris County, Texas) and that the Parties shall submit to the jurisdiction of such court. The Parties irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection a Party may have to the laying of venue for any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such court. THE PARTIES ALSO EXPRESSLY WAIVE ANY RIGHT THEY HAVE OR MAY HAVE TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING. If any one or more provisions of this Section 14 shall for any reason be held invalid or unenforceable, it is the specific intent of the Parties that such provisions shall be modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it or its application valid and enforceable.

15. Nature of Payments . Any and all grants of Awarded Units hereunder shall constitute special incentive payments to Grantee and shall not be taken into account in computing the amount of salary or compensation of Grantee for the purpose of determining any retirement, death or other benefits under (a) any retirement, bonus, life insurance or other employee benefit plan of the Company, or (b) any agreement between the Company and Grantee, except as such plan or agreement shall otherwise expressly provide.

16. Amendment; Waiver . This Agreement may be amended or modified only by means of a written document or documents signed by the Company and Grantee. Any provision for the benefit of the Company contained in this Agreement may be waived, either generally or in any particular instance, by the Board or by the Committee. A waiver on one occasion shall not be deemed to be a waiver of the same or any other breach on a future occasion.

17. Notice . Any notice or other communication required or permitted hereunder shall be given in writing and shall be deemed given, effective, and received upon prepaid delivery in person or by courier or upon the earlier of delivery or the third business day after deposit in the United States mail if sent by certified mail, with postage and fees prepaid, addressed to the other

 

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Party at the Company’s principal executive office or the address of Grantee in the records and books of the Company, or to such other address as such Party may designate in writing from time to time by notice to the other Party in accordance with this Section 17.

18. Section 409A . Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if any provision in this Agreement would result in the imposition of an applicable tax under Section 409A of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and related regulations and United States Department of the Treasury pronouncements (“Section 409A”), that provision will be reformed to avoid imposition of the applicable tax and no action taken to comply with Section 409A shall be deemed to adversely affect Grantee’s rights under this Agreement.

BY ACCEPTING THIS AGREEMENT, GRANTEE ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT THE RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS SUBJECT TO THIS RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD SHALL VEST AND THE FORFEITURE PROVISIONS SHALL LAPSE, IF AT ALL, ONLY DURING THE PERIOD OF GRANTEE’S CONTINUOUS SERVICE OR AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS AGREEMENT (NOT THROUGH THE ACT OF BEING GRANTED THE RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD). GRANTEE FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT OR THE PLAN SHALL CONFER UPON GRANTEE ANY RIGHT WITH RESPECT TO FUTURE AWARDS OR CONTINUATION OF GRANTEE’S CONTINUOUS SERVICE. Grantee acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Plan, represents that he or she is familiar with the terms and provisions thereof, and hereby accepts the Award subject to all of the terms and provisions hereof and thereof. Grantee has reviewed this Agreement and the Plan in their entirety, has had an opportunity to obtain the advice of counsel prior to executing this Agreement, and fully understands all provisions of this Agreement and the Plan. Grantee hereby agrees that all disputes arising out of or relating to this Agreement and the Plan shall be resolved in accordance with Section 14 of this Agreement. Grantee further agrees to notify the Company upon any change in the address for notice indicated in this Agreement.

 

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Exhibit 10.5

AMENDED

AND

RESTATED

BY-LAWS

OF

NCI BUILDING SYSTEMS, INC.

[Effective as of February 5, 1992, as amended March 17, 1999, September 9, 1999, September 7, 2000, May 30, 2002, September 1, 2005, June 1, 2006 and December 7, 2006]


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

         Page
ARTICLE I OFFICES    1

SECTION 1.

  Registered Office    1

SECTION 2.

  Other Offices    1
ARTICLE II MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS    1

SECTION 1.

  Time and Place of Meetings    1

SECTION 2.

  Annual Meetings    1

SECTION 3.

  Notice of Annual Meetings    1

SECTION 4.

  Special Meetings    1

SECTION 5.

  Notice of Special Meetings    1

SECTION 6.

  Quorum    1

SECTION 7.

  Order of Business    2

SECTION 8.

  New Business    2

SECTION 9.

  Voting    3

SECTION 10.

  List of Stockholders    3

SECTION 11.

  Inspectors of Votes    4
ARTICLE III BOARD OF DIRECTORS    4

SECTION 1.

  Powers    4

SECTION 2.

  Number, Tenure and Qualification    4

SECTION 3.

  Resignations    4

SECTION 4.

  Nominations    5

SECTION 5.

  Removal    6

SECTION 6.

  Vacancies    6

SECTION 7.

  Time and Place of Meetings    6

SECTION 8.

  Annual Meetings    6

SECTION 9.

  Regular Meetings - Notice    6

SECTION 10.

  Special Meetings - Notice    6

SECTION 11.

  Quorum and Manner of Acting    7

SECTION 12.

  Remuneration    7

SECTION 13.

  How Constituted and Powers    7

SECTION 14.

  Minutes of Committees    8

SECTION 15.

  Actions Without a Meeting    8

SECTION 16.

  Presence at Meetings by Means of Communications Equipment    8
ARTICLE IV NOTICES    8

SECTION 1.

  Type of Notice    8

SECTION 2.

  Waiver of Notice    8

SECTION 3.

  Authorized Notices    8
ARTICLE V OFFICERS    9

SECTION 1.

  Description    9

SECTION 2.

  Election    9

 

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SECTION 3.

   Salaries    9

SECTION 4.

   Term    9

SECTION 5.

   Duties of the Chairman    9

SECTION 6.

   Duties of the Chief Executive Officer    9

SECTION 6A.

   Duties of the Chief Operating Officer    10

SECTION 6B.

   Duties of the President    10

SECTION 7.

   Duties of Vice President - Finance    11

SECTION 8.

   Duties of Vice Presidents and Assistant Vice Presidents    11

SECTION 9.

   Duties of Secretary and Assistant Secretaries    11

SECTION 10.

   Duties of Treasurer and Assistant Treasurers    11

SECTION 11.

   Duties of Controller and Assistant Controllers    12
ARTICLE VI INDEMNIFICATION    12

SECTION 1.

   Damages and Expenses    12

SECTION 2.

   Prepaid Expenses    12

SECTION 3.

   Insurance    13

SECTION 4.

   Mergers    13
ARTICLE VII CAPITAL STOCK    13

SECTION 1.

   Certificates    13

SECTION 2.

   Facsimile Signatures    14

SECTION 3.

   Replacement of Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates    14

SECTION 4.

   Transfers    14

SECTION 5.

   Record Date    14

SECTION 6.

   Registered Stockholders    14
ARTICLE VIII GENERAL PROVISIONS    14

SECTION 1.

   Dividends    14

SECTION 2.

   Reserves    15

SECTION 3.

   Annual Statement    15

SECTION 4.

   Checks    15

SECTION 5.

   Fiscal Year    15

SECTION 6.

   Corporate Seal    15

SECTION 7.

   Certificate of Incorporation    15

SECTION 8.

   Form of Records    15
ARTICLE IX AMENDMENTS    15

 

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ARTICLE I

OFFICES

SECTION 1. Registered Office . The registered office of the corporation shall be in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, State of Delaware.

SECTION 2. Other Offices . The corporation may also have offices at such other place or places, both within and without the State of Delaware, as the board of directors may from time to time determine or the business of the corporation may require.

ARTICLE II

MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

SECTION 1. Time and Place of Meetings . All meetings of the stockholders shall be held at such time and place, either within or without the State of Delaware, as the board of directors shall designate and as shall be stated in the notice of the meeting.

SECTION 2. Annual Meetings . The annual meeting of the stockholders shall be held on the fourth Wednesday of February of each year, if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then the next secular day following, or at such other date as the board of directors of the corporation may determine and commencing at such time as the board of directors shall determine; at the annual meeting, the stockholders shall elect by a plurality vote by written ballot a board of directors and transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

SECTION 3. Notice of Annual Meetings . Notice in writing or by electronic transmission of the annual meeting, stating the place, date and hour of the meeting, shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting not less than 10 nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting. [amended 12/7/2006]

SECTION 4. Special Meetings . Special meetings of the stockholders for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute or by the certificate of incorporation, may be called at any time by the chief executive officer, or by order of the board of directors, and shall be called by the chairman of the board, the chief executive officer or the secretary at the request in writing or by electronic transmission of a majority of the board of directors. Such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed special meeting. Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice. [amended 12/7/2006]

SECTION 5. Notice of Special Meetings . Notice in writing or by electronic transmission of a special meeting, stating the place, date and hour of the meeting and the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting not less than 10 nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting. [amended 12/7/2006]

SECTION 6. Quorum . The holders of stock having a majority of the voting power of the stock entitled to be voted thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at all meetings of the stockholders. If, however, such


quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of the stockholders, the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time without notice (other than announcement at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken of the time and place of the adjourned meeting) until a quorum shall be present or represented. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented, any business may be transacted that might have been transacted at the meeting as originally notified. If the adjournment is for more than 30 days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.

SECTION 7. Order of Business . The order of business at annual meetings of stockholders and, so far as practicable, at other meetings of stockholders shall be determined by the chief executive officer.

SECTION 8. New Business . At an annual meeting of stockholders, only such new business shall be conducted, and only such proposals shall be acted upon, as shall have been properly brought before the annual meeting. For any new business proposed by the board of directors to be properly brought before the annual meeting, such new business shall be approved by the board of directors and shall be stated in writing and filed with the secretary of the corporation at least five days before the date of the annual meeting, and all business so approved, stated and filed shall be considered at the annual meeting. Any stockholder may make any other proposal at the annual meeting, but unless properly brought before the annual meeting such proposal shall not be acted upon at the annual meeting. For a proposal to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder, the stockholder must have given proper and timely notice thereof in writing to the secretary of the corporation as specified herein. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice must be delivered to or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the corporation not later than the date that corresponds to 120 days prior to the date the corporation’s proxy statement was released to stockholders in connection with the previous year’s annual meeting of stockholders. A stockholder’s notice to the secretary shall set forth as to each matter the stockholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting (a) a description of the proposal desired to be brought before the annual meeting and the reasons for conducting such business at the annual meeting, (b) the name and address, as they appear on the corporation’s books, of the stockholder proposing such business and any other stockholders known by such stockholder to be supporting such proposal, (c) the class and number of shares of the stock that are held of record, beneficially owned and represented by proxy on the date of such stockholder notice and on the record date of the meeting (if such date shall have been made publicly available) by the stockholder and by any other stockholders known by such stockholder to be supporting such proposal on such dates, (d) any financial interest of the stockholder in such proposal, and (e) all other information that would be required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission if, with respect to any such item of business, such stockholder or stockholders were a participant in a solicitation subject to Section 14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

The board of directors may reject any stockholder proposal not made strictly in accordance with the terms of this Section 8. Alternatively, if the board of directors fails to consider the validity of any stockholder proposal, the presiding officer of the annual meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare at the annual meeting that the stockholder

 

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proposal was not made in strict accordance with the terms of this section and, if he should so determine, he shall so declare at the annual meeting and any such business or proposal not properly brought before the annual meeting shall not be acted upon at the annual meeting. This provision shall not prevent the consideration and approval or disapproval at the annual meeting such reports, no new business shall be acted upon at such annual meeting unless stated, filed and received as herein provided.

SECTION 9. Voting . Except as otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation, each stockholder shall, at each meeting of the stockholders, be entitled to one vote in person or by proxy for each share of stock of the corporation held by him and registered in his name on the books of the corporation on the date fixed pursuant to the provisions of Section 5 of Article VII of these by-laws as the record date for the determination of stockholders who shall be entitled to notice of and to vote at such meeting. Shares of its own stock belonging to the corporation or to another corporation, if a majority of the shares entitled to vote in the election of directors of such other corporation is held directly or indirectly by the corporation, shall not be entitled to vote. Any vote by stock of the corporation may be given at any meeting of stockholders by the stockholder entitled thereto, in person or by his proxy appointed by an instrument in writing subscribed by such stockholder or by his attorney thereunto duly authorized and delivered to the secretary of the corporation or to the secretary of the meeting; provided, however, that no proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three years from its date, unless said proxy shall provide for a longer period. Each proxy shall be revocable unless expressly provided therein to be irrevocable and unless otherwise made irrevocable by law. At all meetings of the stockholders, all matters, except where other provision is made by law, the certificate of incorporation, or these by-laws, shall be decided by the vote of a majority of the votes cast by the stockholders present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote thereat, a quorum being present. Unless demanded by a stockholder of the corporation present in person or by proxy at any meeting of the stockholders and entitled to vote thereat, or so directed by the chairman of the meeting, the vote thereat on any question other than the election or removal of directors need not be by written ballot. Upon a demand of any such stockholder for a vote by written ballot on any question or at the direction of such chairman that a vote by written ballot be taken on any question, such vote shall be taken by written ballot. On a vote by written ballot, each ballot shall be signed by the stockholder voting, or by his proxy, if there be such proxy, and shall state the number of shares voted.

SECTION 10. List of Stockholders . It shall be the duty of the secretary or other officer of the corporation who shall have charge of its stock ledger, either directly or through another officer of the corporation designated by him or through a transfer agent appointed by the board of directors, to prepare and make, at least ten days before every meeting of the stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten days before said meeting, either at a place within the city where said meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of said meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where said meeting is to be held. The list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of said meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder of record who shall be present thereat. The stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger, such list or the books of the corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.

 

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SECTION 11. Inspectors of Votes . The chairman may appoint two inspectors of votes to act at each meeting of the stockholders, unless the board of directors shall have theretofore made such appointments. Each inspector of votes shall first subscribe an oath or affirmation faithfully to execute the duties of an inspector of votes at the meeting with strict impartiality and according to the best of his ability. Such inspectors of votes, if any, shall take charge of the ballots, if any, at the meeting, and after the balloting on any question, shall count the ballots cast and shall make a report in writing to the secretary of the meeting of the results of the balloting. An inspector of votes need not be a stockholder of the corporation, and any officer of the corporation may be an inspector of votes on any question other than a vote for or against his election to any position with the corporation or on any other question in which he may be directly interested.

ARTICLE III

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

SECTION 1. Powers . The business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed by its board of directors, which shall have and may exercise all powers of the corporation and take all lawful acts as are not by statute, the certificate of incorporation or these by-laws directed or required to be exercised or taken by the stockholders.

SECTION 2. Number, Tenure and Qualification . The number of directors shall be fixed from time to time exclusively pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the board of directors. Commencing with the first shareholders’ meeting after adoption of these Amended and Restated By-Laws at which directors are elected, the directors shall be divided, with respect to the time for which they severally hold office, into three classes, as nearly equal in number as is reasonably possible, with the term of office of the first class to expire at the 1993 annual meeting of shareholders, the term of office of the second class to expire at the 1994 annual meeting of shareholders and the term of office of the third class to expire at the 1995 annual meeting of shareholders, with each director to hold office until his or her successor shall have been duly elected and qualified. At each annual meeting of shareholders, commencing with the 1993 annual meeting, directors elected to succeed those directors whose terms then expire shall be elected for a term of office to expire at the third succeeding annual meeting of shareholders after their election, with each director to hold office until his or her successor shall have been duly elected and qualified. No person may stand for election as a director if, on the date of any annual or special meeting held for the purpose of electing directors, such person shall have surpassed the age of 73. [amended 5/30/2002 and 9/1/05]

SECTION 3. Resignations . Any director may resign at any time by giving notice in writing or by electronic transmission of his resignation to the corporation, effective at the time specified therein or, if not specified, immediately upon its receipt by the corporation. Unless otherwise specified in the notice, acceptance of a resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. [amended 12/7/2006]

 

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SECTION 4. Nominations . If a person is to be elected to the board of directors because of a vacancy existing on the board, nomination shall be made only by the board of directors or of a nominating committee of the board of directors (the board of directors as a whole or such committee of the board being referred to herein as the “nominating committee”) pursuant to the affirmative vote of the majority of the entire membership of the nominating committee. The nominating committee shall also make nominations for the directors to be elected by the stockholders of the corporation at an annual meeting of the stockholders as provided in this section.

Only persons nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 4 shall be eligible for election as directors at an annual meeting. The nominating committee shall select the management nominees for election as directors. Except in the case of a nominee substituted as a result of the death, incapacity, disqualification or other inability to serve as a management nominee, the nominating committee shall deliver written nominations to the secretary at least 30 days prior to the date of the annual meeting. Management nominees substituted as a result of the death, incapacity, disqualification or other inability to serve as a management nominee shall be delivered to the secretary as promptly as practicable. Provided the nominating committee selects the management nominees, no nominees for directors except those made by the nominating committee shall be voted upon at the annual meeting unless other nominations by stockholders are made in accordance with the provisions of this Section 4. Ballots bearing the names of all the persons nominated for election as directors at an annual meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 4 by the nominating committee and by stockholders shall be provided for use at the annual meeting. However, except in the case of a management nominee substituted as a result of the death, incapacity, disqualification or other inability to serve as a management nominee, if the nominating committee shall fail or refuse to nominate a slate of directors at least 30 days prior to the date of the annual meeting, nominations for directors may be made at the annual meeting by any stockholder entitled to vote and shall be voted upon. No person shall be elected as a director of the corporation unless nominated in accordance with the terms set forth in this Section 4.

Nominations of individuals for election to the board of directors of the corporation at an annual meeting of stockholders may be made by any stockholder of the corporation entitled to vote for the election of directors at that meeting who complies with the procedures set forth in this Section 4. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice shall be delivered to, or mailed and received at, the principal executive offices of the corporation not less than 75 days prior to the date of the annual meeting of stockholders nor more than 85 days prior to the date of such annual meeting; provided, however, that if less than 75 days’ notice or prior public disclosure of the date of the annual meeting is given or made, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so delivered or received not later than the close of business on the 10th day following the earlier of (a) the day on which such notice of the date of the annual meetings was mailed or (b) the day on which such public disclosure was made. Such stockholder’s notice shall set forth (i) as to each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or re-election as a director (A) the name, age, business address and residence address of such person, (B) the principal occupation or employment of such person, (C) the classes and number of shares of capital stock of the corporation that are owned of record and beneficially owned by such person on the date of such stockholder notice and (D) any other information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies with respect to nominees for election as directors pursuant to

 

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Section 14 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and (ii) as to the stockholder giving the notice (A) the name and address, as they appear on the corporation’s books, of such stockholder and any other stockholders known by such stockholder to be supporting such nominees, and (B) the classes and number of shares of capital stock of the corporation that are owned of record and beneficially owned by such stockholder on the date of such stockholder notice and by any other stockholders known by such stockholder to be supporting such nominees on the date of such stockholder notice.

The board of directors may reject any nomination by a stockholder not made in strict accordance with the terms of this Section 4. Alternatively, if the board of directors fails to consider the validity of any nominations by a stockholder, the presiding officer of the annual meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare at the annual meeting that a nomination was not made in strict accordance with the terms of this Section 4, and, if he should so determine, he shall so declare at the annual meeting and the defective nomination shall be disregarded.

SECTION 5. Removal . Any director may be removed, with cause, at any time, by the affirmative vote by written ballot of 80% of the voting interest of the stockholders of record of the corporation entitled to vote, given at an annual meeting or at a special meeting of the stockholders called for that purpose. The vacancy in the Board of Directors caused by any such removal shall be filled by the Board of Directors as provided in Section 6 of this Article III.

SECTION 6. Vacancies . Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled only by a majority of the directors then in office though less than a quorum or by a sole remaining director. Directors so chosen shall hold office until the annual meeting next after their election or until their successors are elected and qualified, unless sooner displaced. If there are no directors in office, then an election of directors may be held in the manner provided by statute.

MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

SECTION 7. Time and Place of Meetings . The board of directors of the corporation may hold meetings, both regular and special, at such time and places as it determines.

SECTION 8. Annual Meetings . The first meeting of each newly elected board of directors shall be held immediately following the annual meeting of stockholders, and no notice of such meeting to the newly elected directors shall be necessary in order legally to constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present. If such meeting is not held immediately following the annual meeting of stockholders, the meeting may be held at such time and place as shall be specified in a notice given as hereinafter provided for special meetings of the board of directors, or as shall be specified in a written or electronically transmitted waiver signed by all of the directors. [amended 12/7/2006]

SECTION 9. Regular Meetings - Notice . Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held without notice.

SECTION 10. Special Meetings - Notice . Special meetings of the board of directors may be called by the chairman of the board, chief executive officer or two directors on 12 hours’

 

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notice to each director, either personally, by telephone, mail or electronic transmission, or other form of recorded communication; special meetings shall be called by the secretary in like manner and on like notice on the written or electronically transmitted request of the chairman of the board, chief executive officer or two directors. Notice of any such meeting need not be given to any director, however, if waived by him in writing or by electronic transmission or other form of recorded communication, or if he shall be present at the meeting. [amended 12/7/2006]

SECTION 11. Quorum and Manner of Acting . At all meetings of the board of directors, fifty percent (50%) of the directors at the time in office (but not less than one-third of the whole board of directors) shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the board of directors, except as may be otherwise specifically provided by statute or by the certificate of incorporation. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the board of directors, the directors present may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.

SECTION 12. Remuneration . Unless otherwise expressly provided by resolution adopted by the board of directors, none of the directors shall, as such, receive any stated remuneration for his services; but the board of directors may at any time and from time to time by resolution provide that a specified sum shall be paid to any director of the corporation, either as his annual remuneration as such director or member of any committee of the board of directors or as remuneration for his attendance at each meeting of the board of directors or any such committee. The board of directors may also likewise provide that the corporation shall reimburse each director for any expenses paid by him on account of his attendance at any meeting. Nothing in this section shall be construed to preclude any director from serving the corporation in any other capacity and receiving remuneration therefor.

COMMITTEES OF DIRECTORS

SECTION 13. How Constituted and Powers . The board of directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole board, designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the corporation. The board may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. If no alternate be so appointed, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he or they constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the board of directors to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member; provided, that members of the Audit Committee and the Compensation Committee may only appoint a “non-employee director” (as defined in Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) of the board of directors. Any committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the board of directors and not prohibited by law, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the board of directors in the management of the business and affairs of the corporation, and may authorize the seal of the corporation to be affixed to all papers that may require it. At any meeting of a committee, a majority of the members of the committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the act of a majority of the members present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the committee. [amended 9/9/1999]

 

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SECTION 14. Minutes of Committees . Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and proceedings and report the same to the board of directors at the next meeting thereof.

GENERAL

SECTION 15. Actions Without a Meeting . Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the board of directors, or of any committee thereof, may be taken without a meeting if all members of the board of directors or such committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission, and the writing or writings or electronic transmission or transmissions are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the board of directors or any committee thereof. Such filing shall be in paper form if the minutes are maintained in paper form and shall be in electronic form if the minutes are maintained in electronic form. [amended 12/7/2006]

SECTION 16. Presence at Meetings by Means of Communications Equipment . Members of the board of directors, or of any committee designated by the board of directors, may participate in a meeting of the board of directors or committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear one another. Participation in a meeting conducted pursuant to this section shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.

ARTICLE IV

NOTICES

SECTION 1. Type of Notice . Except as otherwise specifically provided herein or required by law, all notices required to be given pursuant to these by-laws shall be in writing and may in very instance be effectively given by hand delivery (including use of a courier service), by depositing such notice in the mail, postage prepaid, or be sending such notice by electronic transmission or facsimile. Any such notice shall be addressed to the person to whom notice is to be given at such person’s address as it appears on the records of the corporation. The notice shall be deemed given (i) in the case of hand delivery, when received by the person to whom notice is to be given or by any person accepting such notice on behalf of such person, (ii) in the case of delivery by mail, when deposited in the mail, and (iii) in the case of delivery via electronic delivery or facsimile, when dispatched. [amended 12/7/2006]

SECTION 2. Waiver of Notice . Whenever any notice is required to be given under the provisions of any applicable statute, the certificate of incorporation or these by-laws, a waiver thereof in writing or by electronic transmission, signed by the person or persons entitled to said notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent thereto, and transmission of a waiver of notice by a director or stockholder by mail, electronic transmission or other form of recorded communication may constitute such a waiver. [amended 12/7/2006]

SECTION 3. Authorized Notices . Unless otherwise specified herein, the secretary or such other person or persons as the chief executive officer designates shall be authorized to give notices for the corporation.

 

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ARTICLE V

OFFICERS

SECTION 1. Description . The elected officers of the corporation shall be a chief executive officer, a chief operating officer, a president, one or more vice presidents, with or without such descriptive titles as the board of directors shall deem appropriate, a secretary and a treasurer and, if the board of directors so elects a chairman of the board (who shall be a director) and a controller. The board of directors by resolution shall also appoint one or more assistant secretaries, assistant treasurers, assistant controllers and such other officers and agents as from time to time may appear to be necessary or advisable in the conduct of the affairs of the corporation. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person. Unless otherwise provided in a resolution of the board of directors or a written or electronically transmitted directive of the chief executive officer, each of the officers of the corporation shall have general authority to agree upon and execute all bonds, evidences of indebtedness, deeds, leases, contracts, and other obligations in the name of the corporation and affix the corporate seal thereto. [amended 3/17/1999 and 12/7/2006]

SECTION 2. Election . The board of directors at its first meeting after each annual meeting of stockholders shall elect and appoint the officers to fill the positions designated in Section 1 of this Article V.

SECTION 3. Salaries . The board of directors shall fix all salaries of all elected officers of the corporation.

SECTION 4. Term . An officer of the corporation shall hold office until he resigns or his successor is chosen and qualified. Any officer elected or appointed by the board of directors may be removed at any time by the affirmative vote of a majority of the whole board of directors. The board of directors shall fill any vacancy occurring in any office of the corporation by death, resignation, removal or otherwise.

SECTION 5. Duties of the Chairman . The chairman of the board shall preside when present at all meetings of the board of directors. He shall advise and counsel the chief executive officer and chief financial officer and other officers of the corporation, and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be assigned to or required of him from time to time by the board of directors. [amended 3/17/1999]

SECTION 6. Duties of the Chief Executive Officer . The chief executive officer shall have responsibility for and general supervision of the affairs of the corporation and shall have general and active executive charge, management, and control of all the business, operations, and properties of the corporation with all such powers as may be reasonably incident to such responsibilities, subject to the provisions of these by-laws and the control of the board of directors. Unless a chairman of the board shall have been elected, the chief executive officer shall preside, when present, at all meetings of stockholders and at all meetings of the board of directors. The chief executive officer shall be the ranking officer of the corporation, to whom all other officers shall be subordinate, and he shall be responsible for and see that all orders and resolutions of the stockholders and the board of directors are carried into effect. The chief executive officer shall have the power and authority to sign stock certificates; to cause the

 

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employment or appointment of such employees and agents of the corporation as the proper conduct of operations may require; to terminate, remove or suspend any employee or agent who shall have been employed or appointed under his authority or under authority of an officer subordinate to him; to suspend for cause any officer subordinate to the chief executive officer, pending final action by the board of directors or such other authority as shall have elected or appointed such officer; to delegate any of the foregoing powers and authority to any other officer or agent of the corporation; and, in general, to exercise all the powers and authority usually appertaining to the chief executive officer of a corporation (except as otherwise provided in these by-laws or in resolutions or written or electronically transmitted directives of the board of directors), as may be designated in accordance with these by-laws, and as from time to time may be assigned to him by the board of directors. In the absence of the chief executive officer, his duties shall be performed and his powers may be exercised by the chief operating officer, if different from the chief executive officer and president, by the president in the absence of the chief operating officer, or otherwise by such other officer as the chief executive officer shall designate in writing or by electronic transmission or (failing such designation) by the executive committee (if any has been appointed) or such officer as it may designate in writing or by electronic transmission, subject, in either case, to review and superseding action by the board of directors. [amended 3/17/1999 and 12/7/2006]

SECTION 6A. Duties of the Chief Operating Officer . The chief operating officer shall have general, active supervision of and responsibility for the business operations of the corporation, subject to the review and approval of the chief executive officer. The chief operating officer shall have the same authority and powers with respect to the conduct of the business operations of the corporation as has the chief executive officer with respect to its affairs generally. As such, he shall have all such powers and authority as may be reasonably incident to such responsibilities and as usually appertain to the chief operating officer of a corporation (except as otherwise provided in these by-laws or in resolutions or written or electronically transmitted directives of the board of directors or chief executive officer), as well as other powers and authority as may be designated in accordance with these by-laws and as from time to time may be assigned to him by the board of directors or the chief executive officer. He shall preside, in the absence of any other person designated by these by-laws, at all meetings of the board of directors and shareholders. He shall have the power and authority to sign stock certificates. The chief operating officer shall report to the chief executive officer and otherwise shall be the ranking officer of the corporation to whom all other officers shall be subordinate. [amended 3/17/1999 and 12/7/2006]

SECTION 6B. Duties of the President . The president shall be the chief executive officer and/or the chief operating officer of the corporation, unless a chief executive officer or a chief operating officer is otherwise elected. The president shall have all powers and authority as usually appertain to the president of a corporation (except as otherwise provided in these by-laws or in resolutions or written or electronically transmitted directives of the board of directors or chief executive officer), as well as other powers and authority as may be designated in accordance with these by-laws and as from time to time may be assigned to him by the board of directors or the chief executive officer. He shall have the power and authority to sign stock certificates. [amended 3/17/1999 and 12/7/2006]

 

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SECTION 7. Duties of Vice President - Finance . There may be designated a vice president finance, who, if so designated, shall be the chief financial and accounting officer of the corporation. He shall have active control of and responsibility for all matters pertaining to the financial affairs of the corporation and its subsidiaries. His authority shall include the authorities of the treasurer and controller. He shall be responsible for approval of all filings with governmental agencies. He shall have the authority to execute and deliver bonds, deeds, contracts and stock certificates of and for the corporation, and to affix the corporate seal thereto by handwritten, facsimile or electronically transmitted signature and all other powers customarily appertaining to his office, except to the extent otherwise limited or enlarged. He shall report to the president and to the executive committee and the board of directors of the corporation at their request on all financial matters of the corporation. [amended 12/7/2006]

SECTION 8. Duties of Vice Presidents and Assistant Vice Presidents . In the absence of the chief executive officer or chief financial officer or in the event of his inability or refusal to act, the vice president (or in the event there be more than one vice president, the vice presidents in the order designated by the board, or in the absence of any designation, in the order of their election) shall perform the duties of the president and, when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the president. The vice presidents shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the board of directors or the president may from time to time prescribe. [amended 3/17/1999]

SECTION 9. Duties of Secretary and Assistant Secretaries . The secretary or an assistant secretary shall attend all meetings of the board of directors and all meetings of the stockholders and record all proceedings of the meetings of the stockholders of the corporation, and of the board of directors in a book to be kept for that purpose, and shall perform like duties for the standing committees when required. The secretary shall be under the supervision of the chief executive officer and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the chief executive officer. The secretary shall have charge of the seal of the corporation and have authority to affix the seal to any instrument requiring it. When so affixed, the seal shall be attested by the signature of the secretary or treasurer or an assistant secretary or assistant treasurer, which may be a facsimile. The secretary shall keep and account for all books, documents, papers and records of the corporation except those for which some other officer or agent is properly accountable. The secretary shall have authority to sign stock certificates, and shall generally perform all the duties usually appertaining to the office of the secretary of a corporation. [amended 3/17/1999]

Assistant secretaries in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the board of directors, shall assist the secretary, and in the absence or disability of the secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the secretary. They shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

SECTION 10. Duties of Treasurer and Assistant Treasurers . The treasurer shall have the responsibility for and custody over all assets of the corporation, and the responsibility for handling of the liabilities of the corporation. He shall cause proper entries of all receipts and disbursements of the corporation to be recorded in its books of account. He shall have the responsibility for all matters pertaining to taxation and insurance. He shall have the authority to endorse for deposit or collection, or otherwise, all commercial paper payable to the corporation,

 

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and to give proper receipts or discharges for all payments to the corporation. He shall be responsible for all terms of credit granted by the corporation and for the collection of all its accounts. He shall have the authority to execute and deliver bonds, deeds, contracts and stock certificates of and for the corporation, and to affix the corporate seal thereto by handwritten, facsimile or electronically transmitted signature and all other powers customarily appertaining to his office, except to the extent otherwise limited or enlarged. The treasurer shall be under the supervision of the vice president - finance and he shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed to him by the vice president - finance, if one be designated. [amended 12/7/2006]

Assistant treasurers, in the order of their seniority shall assist the treasurer; and in the absence or disability of the treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the treasurer.

SECTION 11. Duties of Controller and Assistant Controllers . The controller shall be responsible for all matters pertaining to the accounts of the corporation, its subsidiaries and divisions, with the supervision of the books of account, their installation, arrangement and classification. The controller shall maintain adequate records of all assets, liabilities and transactions; see that an adequate system of internal audit thereof is currently and regularly maintained; coordinate the efforts of the corporation’s independent public accountants in its external audit program; receive, review and consolidate all operating and financial statements of the corporation and its various departments and subsidiaries; and prepare financial statements, reports and analyses. The controller shall have supervision of the accounting practices of the corporation and of each subsidiary and division of the corporation, and shall prescribe the duties and powers of the chief accounting personnel of the subsidiaries and divisions. The controller shall cause to be maintained an adequate system of financial control through a program of budgets, financial planning and interpretive reports. The controller shall initiate and enforce accounting measures and procedures whereby the business of the corporation and its subsidiaries and divisions shall be conducted with the maximum efficiency and economy. The controller shall have all other powers customarily appertaining to the office of controller, except to the extent otherwise limited or enlarged. The controller shall be under the supervision of the vice president - finance, if one be designated.

The assistant controllers, in the order of their seniority, shall assist the controller, and if the controller is unavailable, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the controller.

ARTICLE VI

INDEMNIFICATION

SECTION 1. Damages and Expenses . To the full extent permitted by law, the corporation shall indemnify and pay the expenses of any party who is or was made, or threatened to be made, a party to an action or proceeding (whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative) by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer or employee of the corporation or served any other corporation, trust or enterprise in any capacity at the request of the corporation.

SECTION 2. Prepaid Expenses . Expenses incurred in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding shall be paid by the corporation as incurred and in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding, provided the party undertakes in writing (in form

 

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and substance reasonably satisfactory to the corporation) to repay the amount paid or reimbursed if it is ultimately determined that such party is not entitled to indemnification for such expenses. [amended 9/7/2000]

SECTION 3. Insurance . The corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him against such liability under the provisions of this Article VI.

SECTION 4. Mergers . For purposes of this Article VI, references to “the corporation” shall include, in addition to the resulting or surviving corporation, constituent corporations (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger that, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, employees or agents, so that any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Article VI with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as he would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.

ARTICLE VII

CAPITAL STOCK

SECTION 1. Certificates . The board of directors may provide by resolution that some or all of any or all classes or series of its stock will be uncertificated shares. However, any such resolution will not apply to shares represented by a certificate until that certificate is surrendered to the corporation. Every holder of stock in the corporation represented by certificates shall be entitled to have a certificate, signed by, or in the name of the corporation by, the chairman of the board, the chief executive officer, the chief financial officer, the president or a vice president and by the secretary or an assistant secretary of the corporation, certifying the number of shares owned by him in the corporation. If the corporation shall be authorized to issue more than one class of stock or more than one series of any class, the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, option or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences or rights shall be set forth in full or summarized on the face or back of the certificate that the corporation shall issue to represent such class or series of stock; provided, that, except as otherwise provided in Section 202 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, in lieu of the foregoing requirements, there may be set forth on the face or back of the certificate that the corporation shall issue to represent such class or series of stock a statement that the corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences or rights. [amended 3/17/1999 and 6/1/2006]

 

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SECTION 2. Facsimile Signatures . Any or all of the signatures on the certificate may be facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the corporation with the same effect as if he were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.

SECTION 3. Replacement of Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates . The board of directors may direct a new certificate or certificates of stock or uncertificated shares to be issued in place of any certificate or certificates of stock theretofore issued by the corporation and alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be lost, stolen or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate or certificates, the board of directors may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate or certificates, or his legal representative, to advertise the same in such manner as it shall require or to give the corporation a bond in such sum as it may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against the corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed or the issuance of such new certificate of stock or uncertificated shares. [amended 6/1/2006]

SECTION 4. Transfers . Upon surrender to the corporation or the transfer agent of the corporation of a certificate for shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignation or authority to transfer, it shall be the duty of the corporation, subject to any proper restrictions on transfer, to issue a new certificate to the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate and record the transaction upon its books. Upon receipt of proper transfer instructions from the registered owner of uncertificated shares, such uncertificated shares will be cancelled and issuance of new equivalent uncertificated shares or certificated shares will be made to the person entitled thereto and the transaction will be recorded upon the books of the corporation. [amended 6/1/2006]

SECTION 5. Record Date . The board of directors may fix, in advance, a record date for stockholders’ meetings or for any other lawful purpose, which shall be no fewer than 10 nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting or other action. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the board of directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.

SECTION 6. Registered Stockholders . The corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends and to vote as such owner, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not provided by the laws of the State of Delaware.

ARTICLE VIII

GENERAL PROVISIONS

SECTION 1. Dividends . Dividends upon the capital stock of the corporation, if any, may be declared by the board of directors (but not any committee thereof) at any regular meeting, pursuant to law. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the capital stock or other securities.

 

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SECTION 2. Reserves . Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the board of directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, thinks proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the corporation, or for such other purpose as the board of directors shall think conducive to the interest of the corporation, and the board of directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.

SECTION 3. Annual Statement . The board of directors shall present at each annual meeting, and at any special meeting of the stockholders when called for by vote of the stockholders, a full and clear statement of the business and condition of the corporation.

SECTION 4. Checks . All checks or demands for money and promissory notes of the corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers or such other person or persons as the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

SECTION 5. Fiscal Year . The fiscal year of the corporation shall be determined by the board of directors.

SECTION 6. Corporate Seal . The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the corporation, the year of its organization, and the word “Delaware.” The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed, affixed, reproduced or otherwise.

SECTION 7. Certificate of Incorporation . These by-laws are subject to the terms of the certificate of incorporation of the corporation.

SECTION 8. Form of Records . Any records maintained by the corporation in the regular course of its business, including its stock ledger, books of account and minute books, may be kept in electronic form or any other information storage device, provided that the records so kept can be converted into clearly legible form within a reasonable time. The corporation shall so convert any records so kept upon the request of any person entitled to inspect the same. [amended 12/7/2006]

ARTICLE IX

AMENDMENTS

The by-laws may be altered, amended or repealed or new by-laws adopted only in accordance with the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the corporation and any other requirements specified in these by-laws.

 

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CERTIFICATION

I, Todd R. Moore, Secretary of NCI Building Systems, Inc., hereby certify that the foregoing is a true, accurate and complete copy of the By-Laws of NCI Building Systems, Inc., as amended and restated by its Board of Directors as of February 5, 1992 and as amended March 17, 1999, September 9, 1999, September 7, 2000, May 30, 2002, June 1, 2006, and December 7, 2006.

 

/s/ Todd R. Moore

Todd R. Moore, Secretary

 

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