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 and Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (or Date of Earliest Event Reported): May 16, 2013

 

 

Homeowners Choice, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

 

Florida   001-34126   20-5961396

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation or Organization)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

5300 West Cypress Street, Suite 100

Tampa, Florida 33607

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(813) 405-3600

(Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

¨ Written communications 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))

 

 

 


Section 1. Registrant’s Business and Operations

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

On May 16, 2013, we issued restricted common stock to each of our directors, including two of our executive officers, under separate restricted stock agreements. In each case the shares are subject to forfeiture upon termination of service as a director and restrictions on transfer. Lapse of the risk of forfeiture and the restrictions depends upon the company’s common stock price meeting the following price targets: $35, $50, $65, and $80 for a period of 20 consecutive trading days. The shares were granted pursuant to our 2012 Omnibus Incentive Plan.

Paresh Patel, our chief executive officer, was awarded 400,000 shares. Under his restricted stock agreement, the risk of forfeiture and the restrictions lapse in 100,000 share increments one year after the company’s stock price meets a specified price target for a period of 20 consecutive trading days.

The remaining directors, including Sanjay Madhu, president of our Greenleaf Capital real estate division and vice president of investor relations, were awarded 24,000 shares each. Under their restricted stock agreements, the risk of forfeiture and the restrictions lapse in 6,000 share increments one year after the company’s stock price meets a specified price target for a period of 20 consecutive trading days.

Section 5

Item 5.02 Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

The matters described in Section 1 above are incorporated into Section 5.

Section 9

Item 9.01 Exhibits.

 

10.34. Restricted Stock Agreement of Paresh Patel

 

10.35. Restricted Stock Agreement of Sanjay Madhu

 

10.36. Restricted Stock Agreement of George Apostolou

 

10.37. Restricted Stock Agreement of Harish Patel

 

10.38. Restricted Stock Agreement of Gregory Politis

 

10.39. Restricted Stock Agreement of Anthony Saravanos

 

10.40. Restricted Stock Agreement of Martin Traber


SIGNATURE

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

Dated: May 21, 2013.

 

HOMEOWNERS CHOICE, INC.
BY:  

/s/ Richard R. Allen

Name:   Richard R. Allen
Title:   Chief Financial Officer

A signed original of this Form 8-K has been provided to Homeowners Choice, Inc. and will be retained by Homeowners Choice, Inc. and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.

Exhibit 10.34

HOMEOWNERS CHOICE, INC.

2012 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN

RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD CONTRACT

Paresh Patel

1520 Gulf Boulevard, Unit 1706

Clearwater, FL 33767

Dear Mr. Patel:

You have been granted as an Eligible Employee a Restricted Stock award for shares of common stock of Homeowners Choice, Inc. (the “Company”) under the Homeowners Choice, Inc. 2012 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) with the following terms and conditions. For the purposes of this contract “Restricted Shares” means Restricted Stock awarded pursuant to the Plan and this contract.

 

Grant Date:    May 16, 2013
Number of Shares:    400,000 Shares
Vesting Schedule:   

Your Restricted Shares will be subject to a Restriction Period. The Restriction Period will lapse and the Restricted Shares will vest as follows:

 

(i) as to 100,000 Shares, one year after the Fair Market Value equals or exceeds $35 per share for 20 consecutive trading days;

 

(ii) as to 100,000 shares, one year after the Fair Market Value equals or exceeds $50 per share for 20 consecutive trading days;

 

(iii) as to 100,000 shares, one year after the Fair Market Value equals or exceeds $65 per share for 20 consecutive trading days; and

 

(iv) as to 100,000 shares, one year after the Fair Market Value equals or exceeds $80 per share for 20 consecutive trading days.

 

No portion of your Restriction Period will lapse six years and one day after the Grant Date. All remaining Restricted Shares will be forfeited at that time.


   The lapse of your Restriction Period and vesting may be suspended or delayed as a result of a leave of absence.
Escrow:   

Your Restricted Stock will be held in escrow by the Company, as escrow agent. The Company will give you a receipt for the Restricted Shares held in escrow that will state that the Company holds such Restricted Shares in escrow for your account, subject to the terms of this Award, and you will give the Company a stock power for such Shares duly endorsed in blank which will be used in the event such Shares are forfeited in whole or in part. As soon as practicable after the lapse of the Restriction Period, the Restricted Stock will cease to be held in escrow, and the vested Shares will be issued in certificated or book entry form to you or, in the case of your death, to your estate.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may instruct its transfer agent to evidence the Restricted Shares by electronic entry on the transfer agent’s books. In that event the Company will further instruct its transfer agent to indicate the Restriction Period (and any other restrictions it may require to ensure compliance with the Securities Act and state and other securities laws) within those book entries and, upon the lapse of the Restriction Period and provided you have has paid applicable withholding taxes the Company will instruct the transfer agent to remove those indications with respect to shares of Restricted Stock or other securities for which the Restriction Period has lapsed or been waived.

Transferability of

Restricted Shares:

   You may not assign, sell, transfer, pledge, encumber or otherwise alienate or hypothecate any of your Restricted Shares until they are vested. In addition, by accepting this Award, you agree not to sell any Restricted Shares acquired under this Award at a time when applicable laws, Company policies or an agreement between the Company and its underwriters prohibit a sale.
Voting and Dividends:    While the Restricted Shares are subject to forfeiture, you may exercise full voting rights and will receive all dividends and other distributions paid with respect to the Restricted Shares, in each case so long as the applicable record date occurs before you forfeit such Shares. If, however, any such dividends or distributions are paid in Shares, such Shares will be subject to the same risk of forfeiture, restrictions on transferability and other terms of this Award as are the Restricted Stock with respect to which they were paid.

 

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Tax Withholding:   

You understand that you (and not the Company) will be responsible for your own federal, state, local or foreign tax liability and any of your other tax consequences that may arise as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Award. You shall rely solely on the determinations of your tax advisors or your own determinations, and not on any statements or representations by the Company or any of its agents, with regard to all such tax matters. You may be able to alter the tax consequences of the acquisition of the Shares by filing an election under Section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). Such election may be filed only within thirty (30) days after the date of this Award. You should consult with your tax advisor to determine the tax consequences of acquiring the Shares and the advantages and disadvantages of filing the Code Section 83(b) election. You acknowledge that it is your sole responsibility, and not the Company’s, to file a timely election under Code Section 83(b), even if you request the Company or its representatives make this filing on your behalf.

 

To the extent that the receipt of the Restricted Stock or the vesting of the Restricted Stock results in income to you for Federal, state or local income tax purposes, you shall deliver to the Company at the time the Company is obligated to withhold taxes in connection with such receipt or vesting, as the case may be, such amount as the Company requires to meet its withholding obligation under applicable tax laws or regulations, and if you fail to do so, the Company has the right and authority to deduct or withhold from other compensation payable to you an amount sufficient to satisfy its withholding obligations. If you do not make an election under Code Section 83(b), in connection with this Award, you may satisfy the withholding requirement, in whole or in part, by electing to have the Company withhold for its own account that number of Restricted Shares otherwise deliverable to you from escrow hereunder on the date the tax is to be determined having an aggregate Fair Market Value on the date the tax is to be determined equal to the minimum statutory total tax that the Company must withhold in connection with the vesting of such Shares. Your election must be irrevocable, in writing, and submitted to the Secretary of the Company before the applicable vesting date. The Fair Market Value of any fractional Share not used to satisfy the withholding obligation (as determined on the date the tax is determined) will be paid to you in cash.

Miscellaneous:      This Restricted Stock Award may be amended only by written consent signed by you and the Company, except if the amendment is not to your detriment or as otherwise permitted by the terms of the Plan.

 

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     As a condition of the granting of this Award, you agree, for yourself and your legal representatives or guardians, that this contract and the Plan shall be interpreted by the Committee and that any interpretation by the Committee of the terms of this contract or the Plan and any determination made by the Committee pursuant to this contract or the Plan shall be final, binding and conclusive.
     This contract may be executed in counterparts.

This Restricted Stock Award is granted under and governed by the terms and conditions of the Plan. Additional provisions regarding your Award and definitions of capitalized terms used and not defined in this Award can be found in the Plan.

BY SIGNING BELOW AND ACCEPTING THIS RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD, YOU AGREE TO ALL OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS DESCRIBED HEREIN AND IN THE PLAN. YOU ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ THIS AGREEMENT, THE PLAN AND THE PROSPECTUS DESCRIBING THE PLAN.

 

 

Martin Traber

   

 

Paresh Patel

Chairman of the Compensation Committee    

 

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Exhibit 10.35

HOMEOWNERS CHOICE, INC.

2012 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN

RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD CONTRACT

Sanjay Madhu

425 E. Davis Boulevard

Tampa, FL 33606

Dear Mr. Madhu:

You have been granted, as a Director, a Restricted Stock award for shares of common stock of Homeowners Choice, Inc. (the “Company”) under the Homeowners Choice, Inc. 2012 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) with the following terms and conditions. For the purposes of this contract “Restricted Shares” means Restricted Stock awarded pursuant to the Plan and this contract.

 

Grant Date:   May 16, 2013
Number of Shares:   24,000 Shares
Vesting Schedule:  

Your Restricted Shares will be subject to a Restriction Period. The Restriction Period will lapse and the Restricted Shares will vest as follows:

 

(i) as to 6,000 Shares, one year after the Fair Market Value equals or exceeds $35 per share for 20 consecutive trading days;

 

(ii) as to 6,000 shares, one year after the Fair Market Value equals or exceeds $50 per share for 20 consecutive trading days;

 

(iii) as to 6,000 shares, one year after the Fair Market Value equals or exceeds $65 per share for 20 consecutive trading days; and

 

(iv) as to 6,000 shares, one year after the Fair Market Value equals or exceeds $80 per share for 20 consecutive trading days.

 

No portion of the Restriction Period will lapse six years and one day after the Grant Date. All remaining Restricted Shares will be forfeited at that time.


  The lapse of your Restriction Period and vesting may be suspended or delayed as a result of a leave of absence.
Escrow:  

Your Restricted Stock will be held in escrow by the Company, as escrow agent. The Company will give you a receipt for the Restricted Shares held in escrow that will state that the Company holds such Restricted Shares in escrow for your account, subject to the terms of this Award, and you will give the Company a stock power for such Shares duly endorsed in blank which will be used in the event such Shares are forfeited in whole or in part. As soon as practicable after the lapse of the Restriction Period, the Restricted Stock will cease to be held in escrow, and the vested Shares will be issued in certificated or book entry form to you or, in the case of your death, to your estate.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may instruct its transfer agent to evidence the Restricted Shares by electronic entry on the transfer agent’s books. In that event the Company will further instruct its transfer agent to indicate the Restriction Period (and any other restrictions it may require to ensure compliance with the Securities Act and state and other securities laws) within those book entries and, upon the lapse of the Restriction Period and provided you have has paid applicable withholding taxes the Company will instruct the transfer agent to remove those indications with respect to shares of Restricted Stock or other securities for which the Restriction Period has lapsed or been waived.

Transferability of

Restricted Shares:

  You may not assign, sell, transfer, pledge, encumber or otherwise alienate or hypothecate any of your Restricted Shares until they are vested. In addition, by accepting this Award, you agree not to sell any Restricted Shares acquired under this Award at a time when applicable laws, Company policies or an agreement between the Company and its underwriters prohibit a sale.
Voting and Dividends:   While the Restricted Shares are subject to forfeiture, you may exercise full voting rights and will receive all dividends and other distributions paid with respect to the Restricted Shares, in each case so long as the applicable record date occurs before you forfeit such Shares. If, however, any such dividends or distributions are paid in Shares, such Shares will be subject to the same risk of forfeiture, restrictions on transferability and other terms of this Award as are the Restricted Stock with respect to which they were paid.

 

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Taxes:  

You understand that you (and not the Company) will be responsible for your own federal, state, local or foreign tax liability and any of your other tax consequences that may arise as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Award. You shall rely solely on the determinations of your tax advisors or your own determinations, and not on any statements or representations by the Company or any of its agents, with regard to all such tax matters. You may be able to alter the tax consequences of the acquisition of the Shares by filing an election under Section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). Such election may be filed only within thirty (30) days after the date of this Award. You should consult with your tax advisor to determine the tax consequences of acquiring the Shares and the advantages and disadvantages of filing the Code Section 83(b) election. You acknowledge that it is your sole responsibility, and not the Company’s, to file a timely election under Code Section 83(b), even if you request the Company or its representatives make this filing on your behalf.

Miscellaneous:     This Restricted Stock Award may be amended only by written consent signed by you and the Company, except if the amendment is not to your detriment or as otherwise permitted by the terms of the Plan.
    As a condition of the granting of this Award, you agree, for yourself and your legal representatives or guardians, that this contract and the Plan shall be interpreted by the Committee and that any interpretation by the Committee of the terms of this contract or the Plan and any determination made by the Committee pursuant to this contract or the Plan shall be final, binding and conclusive.
    This contract may be executed in counterparts.

This Restricted Stock Award is granted under and governed by the terms and conditions of the Plan. Additional provisions regarding your Award and definitions of capitalized terms used and not defined in this Award can be found in the Plan.

BY SIGNING BELOW AND ACCEPTING THIS RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD, YOU AGREE TO ALL OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS DESCRIBED HEREIN AND IN THE PLAN. YOU ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ THIS AGREEMENT, THE PLAN AND THE PROSPECTUS DESCRIBING THE PLAN.

 

 

   

 

Paresh Patel     Sanjay Madhu
Chief Executive Officer    

 

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Exhibit 10.36

HOMEOWNERS CHOICE, INC.

2012 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN

RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD CONTRACT

George Apostolou

275 1 st Street West

Tierra Verde, FL 33715

Dear Mr. Apostolou:

You have been granted, as a Director, a Restricted Stock award for shares of common stock of Homeowners Choice, Inc. (the “Company”) under the Homeowners Choice, Inc. 2012 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) with the following terms and conditions. For the purposes of this contract “Restricted Shares” means Restricted Stock awarded pursuant to the Plan and this contract.

 

Grant Date:   May 16, 2013
Number of Shares:   24,000 Shares
Vesting Schedule:  

Your Restricted Shares will be subject to a Restriction Period. The Restriction Period will lapse and the Restricted Shares will vest as follows:

 

(i) as to 6,000 Shares, one year after the Fair Market Value equals or exceeds $35 per share for 20 consecutive trading days;

 

(ii) as to 6,000 shares, one year after the Fair Market Value equals or exceeds $50 per share for 20 consecutive trading days;

 

(iii) as to 6,000 shares, one year after the Fair Market Value equals or exceeds $65 per share for 20 consecutive trading days; and

 

(iv) as to 6,000 shares, one year after the Fair Market Value equals or exceeds $80 per share for 20 consecutive trading days.

 

No portion of the Restriction Period will lapse six years and one day after the Grant Date. All remaining Restricted Shares will be forfeited at that time.


  The lapse of your Restriction Period and vesting may be suspended or delayed as a result of a leave of absence.
Escrow:  

Your Restricted Stock will be held in escrow by the Company, as escrow agent. The Company will give you a receipt for the Restricted Shares held in escrow that will state that the Company holds such Restricted Shares in escrow for your account, subject to the terms of this Award, and you will give the Company a stock power for such Shares duly endorsed in blank which will be used in the event such Shares are forfeited in whole or in part. As soon as practicable after the lapse of the Restriction Period, the Restricted Stock will cease to be held in escrow, and the vested Shares will be issued in certificated or book entry form to you or, in the case of your death, to your estate.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may instruct its transfer agent to evidence the Restricted Shares by electronic entry on the transfer agent’s books. In that event the Company will further instruct its transfer agent to indicate the Restriction Period (and any other restrictions it may require to ensure compliance with the Securities Act and state and other securities laws) within those book entries and, upon the lapse of the Restriction Period and provided you have has paid applicable withholding taxes the Company will instruct the transfer agent to remove those indications with respect to shares of Restricted Stock or other securities for which the Restriction Period has lapsed or been waived.

Transferability of

Restricted Shares:

  You may not assign, sell, transfer, pledge, encumber or otherwise alienate or hypothecate any of your Restricted Shares until they are vested. In addition, by accepting this Award, you agree not to sell any Restricted Shares acquired under this Award at a time when applicable laws, Company policies or an agreement between the Company and its underwriters prohibit a sale.
Voting and Dividends:   While the Restricted Shares are subject to forfeiture, you may exercise full voting rights and will receive all dividends and other distributions paid with respect to the Restricted Shares, in each case so long as the applicable record date occurs before you forfeit such Shares. If, however, any such dividends or distributions are paid in Shares, such Shares will be subject to the same risk of forfeiture, restrictions on transferability and other terms of this Award as are the Restricted Stock with respect to which they were paid.

 

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Taxes:   You understand that you (and not the Company) will be responsible for your own federal, state, local or foreign tax liability and any of your other tax consequences that may arise as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Award. You shall rely solely on the determinations of your tax advisors or your own determinations, and not on any statements or representations by the Company or any of its agents, with regard to all such tax matters. You may be able to alter the tax consequences of the acquisition of the Shares by filing an election under Section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). Such election may be filed only within thirty (30) days after the date of this Award. You should consult with your tax advisor to determine the tax consequences of acquiring the Shares and the advantages and disadvantages of filing the Code Section 83(b) election. You acknowledge that it is your sole responsibility, and not the Company’s, to file a timely election under Code Section 83(b), even if you request the Company or its representatives make this filing on your behalf.
Miscellaneous:  

  This Restricted Stock Award may be amended only by written consent signed by you and the Company, except if the amendment is not to your detriment or as otherwise permitted by the terms of the Plan.
    As a condition of the granting of this Award, you agree, for yourself and your legal representatives or guardians, that this contract and the Plan shall be interpreted by the Committee and that any interpretation by the Committee of the terms of this contract or the Plan and any determination made by the Committee pursuant to this contract or the Plan shall be final, binding and conclusive.
    This contract may be executed in counterparts.

This Restricted Stock Award is granted under and governed by the terms and conditions of the Plan. Additional provisions regarding your Award and definitions of capitalized terms used and not defined in this Award can be found in the Plan.

BY SIGNING BELOW AND ACCEPTING THIS RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD, YOU AGREE TO ALL OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS DESCRIBED HEREIN AND IN THE PLAN. YOU ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ THIS AGREEMENT, THE PLAN AND THE PROSPECTUS DESCRIBING THE PLAN.

 

 

   

 

Paresh Patel     George Apostolou
Chief Executive Officer    

 

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Exhibit 10.37

HOMEOWNERS CHOICE, INC.

2012 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN

RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD CONTRACT

Harish Patel

7620 Paradise Pointe Circle S.

St. Petersburg, FL 33711

Dear Mr. Patel:

You have been granted, as a Director, a Restricted Stock award for shares of common stock of Homeowners Choice, Inc. (the “Company”) under the Homeowners Choice, Inc. 2012 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) with the following terms and conditions. For the purposes of this contract “Restricted Shares” means Restricted Stock awarded pursuant to the Plan and this contract.

 

Grant Date:   May 16, 2013
Number of Shares:   24,000 Shares
Vesting Schedule:  

Your Restricted Shares will be subject to a Restriction Period. The Restriction Period will lapse and the Restricted Shares will vest as follows:

 

(i) as to 6,000 Shares, one year after the Fair Market Value equals or exceeds $35 per share for 20 consecutive trading days;

 

(ii) as to 6,000 shares, one year after the Fair Market Value equals or exceeds $50 per share for 20 consecutive trading days;

 

(iii) as to 6,000 shares, one year after the Fair Market Value equals or exceeds $65 per share for 20 consecutive trading days; and

 

(iv) as to 6,000 shares, one year after the Fair Market Value equals or exceeds $80 per share for 20 consecutive trading days.

 

No portion of the Restriction Period will lapse six years and one day after the Grant Date. All remaining Restricted Shares will be forfeited at that time.


  The lapse of your Restriction Period and vesting may be suspended or delayed as a result of a leave of absence.
Escrow:  

Your Restricted Stock will be held in escrow by the Company, as escrow agent. The Company will give you a receipt for the Restricted Shares held in escrow that will state that the Company holds such Restricted Shares in escrow for your account, subject to the terms of this Award, and you will give the Company a stock power for such Shares duly endorsed in blank which will be used in the event such Shares are forfeited in whole or in part. As soon as practicable after the lapse of the Restriction Period, the Restricted Stock will cease to be held in escrow, and the vested Shares will be issued in certificated or book entry form to you or, in the case of your death, to your estate.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may instruct its transfer agent to evidence the Restricted Shares by electronic entry on the transfer agent’s books. In that event the Company will further instruct its transfer agent to indicate the Restriction Period (and any other restrictions it may require to ensure compliance with the Securities Act and state and other securities laws) within those book entries and, upon the lapse of the Restriction Period and provided you have has paid applicable withholding taxes the Company will instruct the transfer agent to remove those indications with respect to shares of Restricted Stock or other securities for which the Restriction Period has lapsed or been waived.

Transferability of

Restricted Shares:

  You may not assign, sell, transfer, pledge, encumber or otherwise alienate or hypothecate any of your Restricted Shares until they are vested. In addition, by accepting this Award, you agree not to sell any Restricted Shares acquired under this Award at a time when applicable laws, Company policies or an agreement between the Company and its underwriters prohibit a sale.
Voting and Dividends:   While the Restricted Shares are subject to forfeiture, you may exercise full voting rights and will receive all dividends and other distributions paid with respect to the Restricted Shares, in each case so long as the applicable record date occurs before you forfeit such Shares. If, however, any such dividends or distributions are paid in Shares, such Shares will be subject to the same risk of forfeiture, restrictions on transferability and other terms of this Award as are the Restricted Stock with respect to which they were paid.

 

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Taxes:   You understand that you (and not the Company) will be responsible for your own federal, state, local or foreign tax liability and any of your other tax consequences that may arise as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Award. You shall rely solely on the determinations of your tax advisors or your own determinations, and not on any statements or representations by the Company or any of its agents, with regard to all such tax matters. You may be able to alter the tax consequences of the acquisition of the Shares by filing an election under Section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). Such election may be filed only within thirty (30) days after the date of this Award. You should consult with your tax advisor to determine the tax consequences of acquiring the Shares and the advantages and disadvantages of filing the Code Section 83(b) election. You acknowledge that it is your sole responsibility, and not the Company’s, to file a timely election under Code Section 83(b), even if you request the Company or its representatives make this filing on your behalf.
Miscellaneous:     This Restricted Stock Award may be amended only by written consent signed by you and the Company, except if the amendment is not to your detriment or as otherwise permitted by the terms of the Plan.
    As a condition of the granting of this Award, you agree, for yourself and your legal representatives or guardians, that this contract and the Plan shall be interpreted by the Committee and that any interpretation by the Committee of the terms of this contract or the Plan and any determination made by the Committee pursuant to this contract or the Plan shall be final, binding and conclusive.
    This contract may be executed in counterparts.

This Restricted Stock Award is granted under and governed by the terms and conditions of the Plan. Additional provisions regarding your Award and definitions of capitalized terms used and not defined in this Award can be found in the Plan.

BY SIGNING BELOW AND ACCEPTING THIS RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD, YOU AGREE TO ALL OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS DESCRIBED HEREIN AND IN THE PLAN. YOU ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ THIS AGREEMENT, THE PLAN AND THE PROSPECTUS DESCRIBING THE PLAN.

 

 

   

 

Paresh Patel     Harish Patel
Chief Executive Officer    

 

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Exhibit 10.38

HOMEOWNERS CHOICE, INC.

2012 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN

RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD CONTRACT

Gregory Politis

965 S. Bayshore Boulevard

Safety Harbor, FL 34695

Dear Mr. Politis:

You have been granted, as a Director, a Restricted Stock award for shares of common stock of Homeowners Choice, Inc. (the “Company”) under the Homeowners Choice, Inc. 2012 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) with the following terms and conditions. For the purposes of this contract “Restricted Shares” means Restricted Stock awarded pursuant to the Plan and this contract.

 

Grant Date:   May 16, 2013
Number of Shares:   24,000 Shares
Vesting Schedule:  

Your Restricted Shares will be subject to a Restriction Period. The Restriction Period will lapse and the Restricted Shares will vest as follows:

 

(i) as to 6,000 Shares, one year after the Fair Market Value equals or exceeds $35 per share for 20 consecutive trading days;

 

(ii) as to 6,000 shares, one year after the Fair Market Value equals or exceeds $50 per share for 20 consecutive trading days;

 

(iii) as to 6,000 shares, one year after the Fair Market Value equals or exceeds $65 per share for 20 consecutive trading days; and

 

(iv) as to 6,000 shares, one year after the Fair Market Value equals or exceeds $80 per share for 20 consecutive trading days.

 

No portion of the Restriction Period will lapse six years and one day after the Grant Date. All remaining Restricted Shares will be forfeited at that time.


  The lapse of your Restriction Period and vesting may be suspended or delayed as a result of a leave of absence.
Escrow:  

Your Restricted Stock will be held in escrow by the Company, as escrow agent. The Company will give you a receipt for the Restricted Shares held in escrow that will state that the Company holds such Restricted Shares in escrow for your account, subject to the terms of this Award, and you will give the Company a stock power for such Shares duly endorsed in blank which will be used in the event such Shares are forfeited in whole or in part. As soon as practicable after the lapse of the Restriction Period, the Restricted Stock will cease to be held in escrow, and the vested Shares will be issued in certificated or book entry form to you or, in the case of your death, to your estate.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may instruct its transfer agent to evidence the Restricted Shares by electronic entry on the transfer agent’s books. In that event the Company will further instruct its transfer agent to indicate the Restriction Period (and any other restrictions it may require to ensure compliance with the Securities Act and state and other securities laws) within those book entries and, upon the lapse of the Restriction Period and provided you have has paid applicable withholding taxes the Company will instruct the transfer agent to remove those indications with respect to shares of Restricted Stock or other securities for which the Restriction Period has lapsed or been waived.

Transferability of

Restricted Shares:

  You may not assign, sell, transfer, pledge, encumber or otherwise alienate or hypothecate any of your Restricted Shares until they are vested. In addition, by accepting this Award, you agree not to sell any Restricted Shares acquired under this Award at a time when applicable laws, Company policies or an agreement between the Company and its underwriters prohibit a sale.
Voting and Dividends:   While the Restricted Shares are subject to forfeiture, you may exercise full voting rights and will receive all dividends and other distributions paid with respect to the Restricted Shares, in each case so long as the applicable record date occurs before you forfeit such Shares. If, however, any such dividends or distributions are paid in Shares, such Shares will be subject to the same risk of forfeiture, restrictions on transferability and other terms of this Award as are the Restricted Stock with respect to which they were paid.

 

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Taxes:

  You understand that you (and not the Company) will be responsible for your own federal, state, local or foreign tax liability and any of your other tax consequences that may arise as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Award. You shall rely solely on the determinations of your tax advisors or your own determinations, and not on any statements or representations by the Company or any of its agents, with regard to all such tax matters. You may be able to alter the tax consequences of the acquisition of the Shares by filing an election under Section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). Such election may be filed only within thirty (30) days after the date of this Award. You should consult with your tax advisor to determine the tax consequences of acquiring the Shares and the advantages and disadvantages of filing the Code Section 83(b) election. You acknowledge that it is your sole responsibility, and not the Company’s, to file a timely election under Code Section 83(b), even if you request the Company or its representatives make this filing on your behalf.

Miscellaneous:

 

  This Restricted Stock Award may be amended only by written consent signed by you and the Company, except if the amendment is not to your detriment or as otherwise permitted by the terms of the Plan.
    As a condition of the granting of this Award, you agree, for yourself and your legal representatives or guardians, that this contract and the Plan shall be interpreted by the Committee and that any interpretation by the Committee of the terms of this contract or the Plan and any determination made by the Committee pursuant to this contract or the Plan shall be final, binding and conclusive.
    This contract may be executed in counterparts.

This Restricted Stock Award is granted under and governed by the terms and conditions of the Plan. Additional provisions regarding your Award and definitions of capitalized terms used and not defined in this Award can be found in the Plan.

BY SIGNING BELOW AND ACCEPTING THIS RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD, YOU AGREE TO ALL OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS DESCRIBED HEREIN AND IN THE PLAN. YOU ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ THIS AGREEMENT, THE PLAN AND THE PROSPECTUS DESCRIBING THE PLAN.

 

 

   

 

Paresh Patel     Gregory Politis
Chief Executive Officer    

 

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Exhibit 10.39

HOMEOWNERS CHOICE, INC.

2012 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN

RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD CONTRACT

Anthony Saravanos

1371 Playmoor Drive

Palm Harbor, FL 34683

Dear Mr. Saravanos:

You have been granted, as a Director, a Restricted Stock award for shares of common stock of Homeowners Choice, Inc. (the “Company”) under the Homeowners Choice, Inc. 2012 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) with the following terms and conditions. For the purposes of this contract “Restricted Shares” means Restricted Stock awarded pursuant to the Plan and this contract.

 

Grant Date:   May 16, 2013
Number of Shares:   24,000 Shares
Vesting Schedule:  

Your Restricted Shares will be subject to a Restriction Period. The Restriction Period will lapse and the Restricted Shares will vest as follows:

 

(i) as to 6,000 Shares, one year after the Fair Market Value equals or exceeds $35 per share for 20 consecutive trading days;

 

(ii) as to 6,000 shares, one year after the Fair Market Value equals or exceeds $50 per share for 20 consecutive trading days;

 

(iii) as to 6,000 shares, one year after the Fair Market Value equals or exceeds $65 per share for 20 consecutive trading days; and

 

(iv) as to 6,000 shares, one year after the Fair Market Value equals or exceeds $80 per share for 20 consecutive trading days.

 

No portion of the Restriction Period will lapse six years and one day after the Grant Date. All remaining Restricted Shares will be forfeited at that time.


  The lapse of your Restriction Period and vesting may be suspended or delayed as a result of a leave of absence.
Escrow:  

Your Restricted Stock will be held in escrow by the Company, as escrow agent. The Company will give you a receipt for the Restricted Shares held in escrow that will state that the Company holds such Restricted Shares in escrow for your account, subject to the terms of this Award, and you will give the Company a stock power for such Shares duly endorsed in blank which will be used in the event such Shares are forfeited in whole or in part. As soon as practicable after the lapse of the Restriction Period, the Restricted Stock will cease to be held in escrow, and the vested Shares will be issued in certificated or book entry form to you or, in the case of your death, to your estate.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may instruct its transfer agent to evidence the Restricted Shares by electronic entry on the transfer agent’s books. In that event the Company will further instruct its transfer agent to indicate the Restriction Period (and any other restrictions it may require to ensure compliance with the Securities Act and state and other securities laws) within those book entries and, upon the lapse of the Restriction Period and provided you have has paid applicable withholding taxes the Company will instruct the transfer agent to remove those indications with respect to shares of Restricted Stock or other securities for which the Restriction Period has lapsed or been waived.

Transferability of

Restricted Shares:

  You may not assign, sell, transfer, pledge, encumber or otherwise alienate or hypothecate any of your Restricted Shares until they are vested. In addition, by accepting this Award, you agree not to sell any Restricted Shares acquired under this Award at a time when applicable laws, Company policies or an agreement between the Company and its underwriters prohibit a sale.
Voting and Dividends:   While the Restricted Shares are subject to forfeiture, you may exercise full voting rights and will receive all dividends and other distributions paid with respect to the Restricted Shares, in each case so long as the applicable record date occurs before you forfeit such Shares. If, however, any such dividends or distributions are paid in Shares, such Shares will be subject to the same risk of forfeiture, restrictions on transferability and other terms of this Award as are the Restricted Stock with respect to which they were paid.

 

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Taxes:   You understand that you (and not the Company) will be responsible for your own federal, state, local or foreign tax liability and any of your other tax consequences that may arise as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Award. You shall rely solely on the determinations of your tax advisors or your own determinations, and not on any statements or representations by the Company or any of its agents, with regard to all such tax matters. You may be able to alter the tax consequences of the acquisition of the Shares by filing an election under Section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). Such election may be filed only within thirty (30) days after the date of this Award. You should consult with your tax advisor to determine the tax consequences of acquiring the Shares and the advantages and disadvantages of filing the Code Section 83(b) election. You acknowledge that it is your sole responsibility, and not the Company’s, to file a timely election under Code Section 83(b), even if you request the Company or its representatives make this filing on your behalf.
Miscellaneous:     This Restricted Stock Award may be amended only by written consent signed by you and the Company, except if the amendment is not to your detriment or as otherwise permitted by the terms of the Plan.
    As a condition of the granting of this Award, you agree, for yourself and your legal representatives or guardians, that this contract and the Plan shall be interpreted by the Committee and that any interpretation by the Committee of the terms of this contract or the Plan and any determination made by the Committee pursuant to this contract or the Plan shall be final, binding and conclusive.
    This contract may be executed in counterparts.

This Restricted Stock Award is granted under and governed by the terms and conditions of the Plan. Additional provisions regarding your Award and definitions of capitalized terms used and not defined in this Award can be found in the Plan.

BY SIGNING BELOW AND ACCEPTING THIS RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD, YOU AGREE TO ALL OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS DESCRIBED HEREIN AND IN THE PLAN. YOU ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ THIS AGREEMENT, THE PLAN AND THE PROSPECTUS DESCRIBING THE PLAN.

 

 

   

 

Paresh Patel

Chief Executive Officer

    Anthony Saravanos

 

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Exhibit 10.40

HOMEOWNERS CHOICE, INC.

2012 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN

RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD CONTRACT

Martin Traber

3203 Bayshore Boulevard, Unit 1402

Tampa, FL 33629

Dear Mr. Traber:

You have been granted, as a Director, a Restricted Stock award for shares of common stock of Homeowners Choice, Inc. (the “Company”) under the Homeowners Choice, Inc. 2012 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) with the following terms and conditions. For the purposes of this contract “Restricted Shares” means Restricted Stock awarded pursuant to the Plan and this contract.

 

Grant Date:

  May 16, 2013

Number of Shares:

  24,000 Shares

Vesting Schedule:

 

Your Restricted Shares will be subject to a Restriction Period. The Restriction Period will lapse and the Restricted Shares will vest as follows:

 

(i) as to 6,000 Shares, one year after the Fair Market Value equals or exceeds $35 per share for 20 consecutive trading days;

 

(ii) as to 6,000 shares, one year after the Fair Market Value equals or exceeds $50 per share for 20 consecutive trading days;

 

(iii) as to 6,000 shares, one year after the Fair Market Value equals or exceeds $65 per share for 20 consecutive trading days; and

 

(iv) as to 6,000 shares, one year after the Fair Market Value equals or exceeds $80 per share for 20 consecutive trading days.

 

No portion of the Restriction Period will lapse six years and one day after the Grant Date. All remaining Restricted Shares will be forfeited at that time.


  The lapse of your Restriction Period and vesting may be suspended or delayed as a result of a leave of absence.
Escrow:  

Your Restricted Stock will be held in escrow by the Company, as escrow agent. The Company will give you a receipt for the Restricted Shares held in escrow that will state that the Company holds such Restricted Shares in escrow for your account, subject to the terms of this Award, and you will give the Company a stock power for such Shares duly endorsed in blank which will be used in the event such Shares are forfeited in whole or in part. As soon as practicable after the lapse of the Restriction Period, the Restricted Stock will cease to be held in escrow, and the vested Shares will be issued in certificated or book entry form to you or, in the case of your death, to your estate.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may instruct its transfer agent to evidence the Restricted Shares by electronic entry on the transfer agent’s books. In that event the Company will further instruct its transfer agent to indicate the Restriction Period (and any other restrictions it may require to ensure compliance with the Securities Act and state and other securities laws) within those book entries and, upon the lapse of the Restriction Period and provided you have has paid applicable withholding taxes the Company will instruct the transfer agent to remove those indications with respect to shares of Restricted Stock or other securities for which the Restriction Period has lapsed or been waived.

Transferability of

Restricted Shares:

  You may not assign, sell, transfer, pledge, encumber or otherwise alienate or hypothecate any of your Restricted Shares until they are vested. In addition, by accepting this Award, you agree not to sell any Restricted Shares acquired under this Award at a time when applicable laws, Company policies or an agreement between the Company and its underwriters prohibit a sale.
Voting and Dividends:   While the Restricted Shares are subject to forfeiture, you may exercise full voting rights and will receive all dividends and other distributions paid with respect to the Restricted Shares, in each case so long as the applicable record date occurs before you forfeit such Shares. If, however, any such dividends or distributions are paid in Shares, such Shares will be subject to the same risk of forfeiture, restrictions on transferability and other terms of this Award as are the Restricted Stock with respect to which they were paid.

 

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Taxes:  

You understand that you (and not the Company) will be responsible for your own federal, state, local or foreign tax liability and any of your other tax consequences that may arise as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Award. You shall rely solely on the determinations of your tax advisors or your own determinations, and not on any statements or representations by the Company or any of its agents, with regard to all such tax matters. You may be able to alter the tax consequences of the acquisition of the Shares by filing an election under Section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). Such election may be filed only within thirty (30) days after the date of this Award. You should consult with your tax advisor to determine the tax consequences of acquiring the Shares and the advantages and disadvantages of filing the Code Section 83(b) election. You acknowledge that it is your sole responsibility, and not the Company’s, to file a timely election under Code Section 83(b), even if you request the Company or its representatives make this filing on your behalf.

Miscellaneous:     This Restricted Stock Award may be amended only by written consent signed by you and the Company, except if the amendment is not to your detriment or as otherwise permitted by the terms of the Plan.
    As a condition of the granting of this Award, you agree, for yourself and your legal representatives or guardians, that this contract and the Plan shall be interpreted by the Committee and that any interpretation by the Committee of the terms of this contract or the Plan and any determination made by the Committee pursuant to this contract or the Plan shall be final, binding and conclusive.
    This contract may be executed in counterparts.

This Restricted Stock Award is granted under and governed by the terms and conditions of the Plan. Additional provisions regarding your Award and definitions of capitalized terms used and not defined in this Award can be found in the Plan.

BY SIGNING BELOW AND ACCEPTING THIS RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD, YOU AGREE TO ALL OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS DESCRIBED HEREIN AND IN THE PLAN. YOU ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ THIS AGREEMENT, THE PLAN AND THE PROSPECTUS DESCRIBING THE PLAN.

 

 

   

 

Paresh Patel     Martin Traber
Chief Executive Officer    

 

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