As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 16, 2014

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

TRI Pointe Homes, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   27-3201111

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

19520 Jamboree Road, Suite 200

Irvine, California

  92612
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Company 2004 Long-Term Incentive Plan

Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Company 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan

(Full title of plans)

TRI Pointe Homes, Inc.

19520 Jamboree Road, Suite 200

Irvine, California 92612

(949) 478-8600

(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)

 

 

Copies to:

 

Brad W. Blank, Esq.

Vice President, General Counsel

TRI Pointe Homes, Inc.

19520 Jamboree Road, Suite 200

Irvine, California 92162

Tel (949) 478-8600

Fax (949) 478-8601

 

Joe M. Davidson, Esq.

Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP

501 West Broadway, 15 th Floor

San Diego, California 92101

Tel (619) 233-1155

Fax (619) 233-1158

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer   ¨    Accelerated filer   x
Non-accelerated filer   ¨   (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)    Smaller reporting company   ¨

 

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

 

Title of securities
to be registered
 

Amount

to be
registered(1)

  Proposed
maximum
offering price
per share
  Proposed
maximum
aggregate
offering price
  Amount of
registration fee

Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share issuable upon exercise of options (2)

  3,379,275   $12.62(3)   42,646,451   $5,492.86

Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share issuable upon vesting of restricted stock units and performance share units (4)

  726,678   $15.105(5)   $10,976,471   $1,413.77

Total

  4,105,953       $53,622,922   $6,906.63

 

 

 

(1) Pursuant to Rule 416(c) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of TRI Pointe Homes, Inc. (the “Registrant”) Common Stock that become issuable by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without receipt of consideration that increases the number of the Registrant’s outstanding shares of Common Stock.
(2) In connection with the merger of a wholly owned subsidiary of the Registrant with and into Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Company (“WRECO”), the Registrant has assumed outstanding options granted under WRECO’s 2004 and 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plans.
(3) Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee on the basis of the weighted average exercise price per share of the options assumed by the Registrant.
(4) In connection with the merger of a wholly owned subsidiary of the Registrant with and into WRECO, the Registrant assumed outstanding restricted stock units and performance share units granted under WRECO’s 2004 and 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plans.
(5) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h) of the Securities Act. The proposed maximum offering price per share represents the average of the high and low selling prices per share of Common Stock of the Registrant as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on July 14, 2014.

 

 

 


EXPLANATORY NOTE

On July 7, 2014, a wholly owned subsidiary of TRI Pointe Homes, Inc. (the “Registrant”) merged with and into Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Company (“WRECO”) with WRECO becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of the Registrant (the “Merger”). This registration statement on Form S-8 relates to shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share, to be issued upon exercise of options or vesting of restricted stock units and performance share units assumed by the Registrant in connection with the Merger.

PART I

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

The document(s) containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to participants as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act.

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

The following documents filed by TRI Pointe Homes, Inc. (the “Company”) with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), are incorporated by reference (except for the portions of the Company’s Current Reports furnished, as opposed to filed, on Form 8-K):

(a) The Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013;

(b) The Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2014;

(c) The Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed January 2, 2014;

(d) The Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed April 1, 2014;

(e) The Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed May 5, 2014;

(f) The Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed May 22, 2014;

(g) The Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 5, 2014;

(h) The Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 16, 2014;

(i) The Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 19, 2014;

(j) The Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 23, 2014;

(k) The Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 27, 2014;

(l) The Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed July 7, 2014;

(m) The Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed July 11, 2014;

(n) The Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement filed May 20, 2014; and

(o) The description of the Company’s shares of common stock contained in the Company’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed under the Exchange Act on January 28, 2013.

All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act (except for the portions of the Company’s Current Reports furnished, as opposed to filed, on Form 8-K) subsequent to the effective date of this Registration Statement, but prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement indicating that all securities offered hereby have been sold or de-registering all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.


Any statement contained herein or in any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed to constitute a part of this Registration Statement, except as so modified or superseded.

 

Item 4. Description of Securities.

Not applicable.

 

Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

Not applicable.

 

Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

Delaware General Corporation Law . Under Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, which is referred to as the “DGCL,” a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that he or she 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 expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding (1) if such person acted in good faith and in a manner that person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and (2) with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, if he or she had no reasonable cause to believe such conduct was unlawful. In actions brought by or in the right of the corporation, a corporation may indemnify such person against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if such person acted in good faith and in a manner that person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification may be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which that person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or other such court shall deem proper. To the extent that such person has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defending any such action, suit or proceeding referred to above or any claim, issue or matter therein, he or she is entitled to indemnification for expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith. The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided for or granted pursuant to Section 145 of the DGCL is not exclusive of any other rights of indemnification or advancement of expenses to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled, and a corporation may purchase and maintain insurance against liabilities asserted against any former or current director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or a person who 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, whether or not the power to indemnify is provided by the statute.

Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL permits a corporation to provide in its certificate of incorporation that a director of the corporation shall not be personally liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, for unlawful payments of dividends or unlawful stock repurchases, redemptions or other distributions, or for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. The Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation (which is referred to as the “charter”) provides for such limitation of liability.

The Company’s Charter. Article X of the Company’s charter provides that the Company shall, to the fullest extent authorized by the DGCL, indemnify any person made, or threatened to be made, a party to, or is otherwise involved in, any action, suit or proceeding (whether civil, criminal or otherwise) by reason of the fact that he or she, or a person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director or officer of the Company. The Company may, by action of its board of directors, provide indemnification to employees and agents of the Company to such extent and to such effect as our board of directors shall determine to be appropriate and authorized by the DGCL. Article X of the Company’s charter also provides that no director of the Company shall be personally liable to the Company or our stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (1) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the Company or our stockholders, (2) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (3) under Section 174 of the DGCL, or (4) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.


The Company’s Bylaws. Article VII of our bylaws (which is referred to as the “bylaws”) provides that the Company shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, indemnify any person made or threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding (whether civil, criminal or otherwise) by reason of the fact that he or she, or a person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director or officer of the Company or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture or other enterprise. The Company shall not be required to indemnify any person in connection with an action, suit or proceeding initiated by such person, including a counterclaim or crossclaim, unless such action, suit or proceeding was authorized by the board of directors. The Company may, by action of the board of directors, provide indemnification to such employees and agents of the Company to such extent and to such effect as our board of directors shall determine to be appropriate and authorized by Delaware law.

Indemnification Agreements. In addition to the provisions of the Company’s charter and bylaws described above, the Company has entered into an indemnification agreement with each of its directors and certain of its officers. These agreements will require the Company to indemnify these individuals to the fullest extent permitted under Delaware law against liabilities that may arise by reason of their service to the Company, and to advance expenses incurred as a result of any proceeding against them as to which they could be indemnified.

Insurance. The Company maintains standard policies of insurance that provide coverage (1) to its directors and officers against loss rising from claims made by reason of breach of duty or other wrongful act and (2) to the Company with respect to indemnification payments that it may make to such directors and officers.

 

Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.

Not applicable.

 

Item 8. Exhibits.

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Description

  4.1    Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of TRI Pointe Homes, Inc. a
  4.2    Amended and Restated Bylaws of TRI Pointe Homes, Inc. a
  4.3    Specimen Common Stock Certificate of TRI Pointe Homes, Inc. a
  4.4    Investor Rights Agreement, dated as of January 30, 2013, by and among TRI Pointe Homes, Inc., VIII/TPC Holdings, L.L.C., BMG Homes, Inc., The Bauer Revocable Trust U/D/T Dated December 31, 2003, Grubbs Family Trust Dated June 22, 2012, The Mitchell Family Trust U/D/T Dated February 8, 2000, Douglas F. Bauer, Thomas J. Mitchell and Michael D. Grubbs a
  4.5    First Amendment to Investor Rights Agreement, dated as of November 3, 2013, by and among TRI Pointe Homes, Inc., VIII/TPC Holdings, L.L.C., BMG Homes, Inc., The Bauer Revocable Trust U/D/T Dated December 31, 2003, Grubbs Family Trust Dated June 22, 2012, The Mitchell Family Trust U/D/T Dated February 8, 2000, Douglas F. Bauer, Thomas J. Mitchell and Michael D. Grubbs a
  4.6    Registration Rights Agreement among TRI Pointe Homes, Inc. and the members of TRI Pointe Homes, LLC, VIII/TPC Holdings, L.L.C., and the TPH Stockholders dated January 30, 2013 a
  5.1    Opinion of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP*
23.1    Consent of Ernst & Young LLP*
23.2    Consent of KPMG LLP*
23.3    Consent of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)*
24.1    Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to this Registration Statement)*
99.1    Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Company 2004 Long-Term Incentive Plan*
99.2    Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Company 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan*

 

a Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-193248) filed with the Commission on January 9, 2014.
* Filed herewith.


Item 9. Undertakings.

 

  (a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

 

  (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

 

  (i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;

 

  (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective Registration Statement; and

 

  (iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement;

provided, however, that the undertakings set forth in paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.

 

  (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

  (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

 

  (b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

  (c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Irvine, State of California, on this 16th day of July, 2014.

 

TRI Pointe Homes, Inc.
By:  

/S/ DOUGLAS F. BAUER

Name:   Douglas F. Bauer
Title:   Chief Executive Officer


POWER OF ATTORNEY

Each person whose signature appears below hereby severally constitutes and appoints Douglas F. Bauer and Michael D. Grubbs, and each of them singly (with full power to each of them to act alone), his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution in each of them for him and in his name, place and stead, and in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as full to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature    Title   Date

/S/ BARRY S. STERNLICHT

   Chairman of the Board of Directors, Director   July 16, 2014
Barry S. Sternlicht     

/S/ DOUGLAS F. BAUER

  

Chief Executive Officer and Director

(Principal Executive Officer)

  July 16, 2014
Douglas F. Bauer     

/S/ MICHAEL D. GRUBBS

  

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer)

  July 16, 2014
Michael D. Grubbs     

/S/ GLENN KEELER

  

Vice President and Controller

(Principal Accounting Officer)

  July 16, 2014
Glenn Keeler     

/S/ LAWRENCE B. BURROWS

   Director   July 16, 2014
Lawrence B. Burrows     

/S/ DANIEL S. FULTON

   Director   July 16, 2014
Daniel S. Fulton     

/S/ KRISTIN F. GANNON

   Director   July 16, 2014
Kristin F. Gannon     

/S/ STEVEN J. GILBERT

   Director   July 16, 2014
Steven J. Gilbert     

/S/ CHRISTOPHER D. GRAHAM

   Director   July 16, 2014
Christopher D. Graham     

/S/ CONSTANCE B. MOORE

   Director   July 16, 2014
Constance B. Moore     

/S/ THOMAS B. ROGERS

   Director   July 16, 2014
Thomas B. Rogers     


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Description

  4.1    Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of TRI Pointe Homes, Inc. a
  4.2    Amended and Restated Bylaws of TRI Pointe Homes, Inc. a
  4.3    Specimen Common Stock Certificate of TRI Pointe Homes, Inc. a
  4.4    Investor Rights Agreement, dated as of January 30, 2013, by and among TRI Pointe Homes, Inc., VIII/TPC Holdings, L.L.C., BMG Homes, Inc., The Bauer Irrevocable Trust U/D/T Dated December 31, 2003, Grubbs Family Trust Dated June 22, 2012, The Mitchell Family Trust U/D/T Dated February 8, 2000, Douglas F. Bauer, Thomas J. Mitchell and Michael D. Grubbs a
  4.5    First Amendment to Investor Rights Agreement, dated as of November 3, 2013, by and among TRI Pointe Homes, Inc., VIII/TPC Holdings, L.L.C., BMG Homes, Inc., The Bauer Revocable Trust U/D/T Dated December 31, 2003, Grubbs Family Trust Dated June 22, 2012, The Mitchell Family Trust U/D/T Dated February 8, 2000, Douglas F. Bauer, Thomas J. Mitchell and Michael D. Grubbs a
  4.6    Registration Rights Agreement among TRI Pointe Homes, Inc. and the members of TRI Pointe Homes, LLC, VII/TPC Holdings, L.L.C. and the TPH Stockholders dated January 30, 2013 a
  5.1    Opinion of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP*
23.1    Consent of Ernst & Young LLP*
23.2    Consent of KPMG LLP*
23.3    Consent of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)*
24.1    Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to this Registration Statement)*
99.1    Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Company 2004 Long-Term Incentive Plan*
99.2    Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Company 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan*

 

a Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-193248) filed with the Commission on January 9, 2014.
* Filed herewith.

EXHIBIT 5.1

 

 

LOGO

July 15, 2014

C 93000-00001

TRI Pointe Homes, Inc.

19520 Jamboree Road, Suite 200

Irvine, California 92612

 

  Re: TRI Pointe Homes, Inc. Registration Statement on Form S-8

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have examined the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”), of TRI Pointe Homes, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), in connection with the offering by the Company of up to 4,105,953 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Shares”), that are subject to issuance by the Company upon the exercise of options and vesting of restricted stock units and performance share units granted under the Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Company 2004 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “2004 Plan”) and the Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Company 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “2013 Plan” and, together with the 2004 Plan, the “Plans”). The options, restricted stock units and performance share units issuable under the Plans were assumed by the Company pursuant to the terms of that certain Transaction Agreement, dated as of November 3, 2013, by and among the Company, Weyerhaeuser Company, Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Company and Topaz Acquisition, Inc.

We have examined the originals, or photostatic or certified copies, of such records of the Company and certificates of officers of the Company and of public officials and such other documents as we have deemed relevant and necessary as the basis for the opinions set forth below. In our examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity and competency of all natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals and the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies.

Based upon the foregoing examination and in reliance thereon, and subject to the assumptions stated and in reliance on statements of fact contained in the documents that we have examined, we are of the opinion that the Shares, when issued and sold in accordance with the terms set forth in the Plans and against payment therefor, and when the Registration Statement has become effective under the Securities Act, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

We consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the Rules and Regulations of the Commission.

 

Very truly yours,
/s/ Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Exhibit 23.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form S-8) of TRI Pointe Homes, Inc. pertaining to the Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Company 2004 Long-Term Incentive Plan and the Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Company 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan of our report dated February 27, 2014, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of TRI Pointe Homes, Inc. included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2013, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Irvine, California

July 16, 2014

Exhibit 23.2

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement on Form S-8 of TRI Pointe Homes, Inc. of our report dated February 18, 2014, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Company as of December 31, 2013 and 2012, and the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2013, which report appears in the Form 8-K of TRI Point Homes, Inc. dated July 7, 2014.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Seattle, WA

July 16, 2014

Exhibit 99.1

WEYERHAEUSER REAL ESTATE COMPANY

2004 LONG-TERM

INCENTIVE PLAN


WEYERHAEUSER REAL ESTATE COMPANY

2004 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

 

SECTION 1.    PURPOSE AND ESTABLISHMENT      1   
1.1    Purpose      1   
1.2    Replacement Plan      1   
SECTION 2.    DEFINITIONS      1   
SECTION 3.    ADMINISTRATION      6   
3.1    Administration of the Plan      6   
3.2    Administration and Interpretation by Committee      6   
SECTION 4.    SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN      7   
4.1    Authorized Number of Shares      7   
4.2    Share Usage      8   
4.3    Limitations      8   
SECTION 5.    ELIGIBILITY      9   
SECTION 6.    AWARDS      9   
6.1    Form and Grant of Awards      9   
6.2    Evidence of Awards      9   
6.3    Deferrals      9   
SECTION 7.    OPTIONS      10   
7.1    Grant of Options      10   
7.2    Option Exercise Price      10   
7.3    Terms of Options      10   
7.4    Exercise of Options      10   
7.5    Payment of Exercise Price      10   
7.6    Post-Termination Exercise      11   
7.7    Incentive Stock Options      11   
SECTION 8.    STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS      12   
8.1    Grant of Stock Appreciation Rights      12   
8.2    Payment of SAR Amount      12   
SECTION 9.    RESTRICTED STOCK AND STOCK UNITS      12   
9.1    Grant of Restricted Stock and Stock Units      12   
9.2    Issuance of Shares      13   
9.3    Dividends and Distributions      13   
SECTION 10.    PERFORMANCE SHARES AND PERFORMANCE UNITS      13   
10.1    Grant of Performance Shares      13   
10.2    Grant of Performance Units      13   
SECTION 11.    PERFORMANCE CRITERIA      14   
11.1    Awards Subject to Performance Goals      14   
11.2    Use and Calculation of Performance Criteria      14   
SECTION 12.    OTHER STOCK OR CASH BASED AWARDS      14   
SECTION 13.    WITHHOLDING      15   
SECTION 14.    ASSIGNABILITY      15   
SECTION 15.    AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION      15   


15.1    Amendment, Suspension or Termination of the Plan      15   
15.2    Term of the Plan      16   
15.3    Consent of Participant      16   
SECTION 16.    GENERAL      16   
16.1    No Individual Rights      16   
16.2    Issuance of Shares      16   
16.3    No Rights as a Shareholder      17   
16.4    Compliance with Laws and Regulations      17   
16.5    Participants in Other Countries      17   
16.6    No Trust or Fund      17   
16.7    Successors      18   
16.8    Severability      18   
16.9    Choice of Law      18   
16.10    Treatment of Awards Following a Change in Control      18   
SECTION 17.    EFFECTIVE DATE      19   


WEYERHAEUSER REAL ESTATE COMPANY

2004 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

SECTION 1. PURPOSE AND ESTABLISHMENT

1.1 Purpose

The purposes of this 2004 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) is to promote the interests of Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Company (the “Company”) and its shareholders by attracting, retaining and motivating employees, officers and directors key to the growth and success of the Company by providing them the opportunity to acquire a proprietary interest in the Company and to link their interests and efforts to the long-term interests of the Company’s shareholders.

1.2 Replacement Plan

This Plan will replace the Company’s 1998 Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan and 1992 Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan (collectively, the “Prior Plans”). No further grants may be made under the Prior Plans on or after the date the Plan is approved by shareholders of the Company. Shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under the 1998 Plan in excess of the number of shares as to which awards have been made as April 12, 2003, will no longer be available for issuance on or after the date of shareholder approval of the Plan.

SECTION 2. DEFINITIONS

As used in the Plan, the following definitions apply to the terms indicated below:

2.1 “Award” means any Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock, Stock Unit, Performance Share, Performance Unit, dividend equivalent, cash-based award or other incentive payable in cash or in shares of Common Stock as may be designated by the Committee from time to time.

2.2 “Beneficial Owner” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act.

2.3 “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

2.4 “Change in Control” or “CIC” of the Company shall be deemed to have occurred as of the first day that any one or more of the following conditions shall have been satisfied:

(a) Any Person, but excluding the Company and any subsidiary of the Company and any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any subsidiary of the Company (collectively, “Excluded Persons”), directly or indirectly, becomes the Beneficial Owner of securities of the Company representing 20% or

 

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more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities with respect to the election of directors of the Company and such ownership continues for at least a period of 30 days (with the end of such period being deemed the effective date of the CIC); or

(b) During any 24-consecutive month period, the individuals who, at the beginning of such period, constitute the Board (the “Incumbent Directors”) cease for any reason other than death to constitute at least a majority of the Board, provided, however, that except as set forth in the following sentence, an individual who becomes a member of the Board subsequent to the beginning of the 24-month period shall be deemed to have satisfied such 24-month requirement (and be an Incumbent Director) if such director was elected by, or on the recommendation of or with the approval of, at least two-thirds of the directors who then qualified as Incumbent Directors either actually (because they were directors at the beginning of such period) or by prior operation of the provisions of this Section 2.4(b). Notwithstanding the proviso set forth in the preceding sentence, if any such individual initially assumes office as a result of or in connection with either an actual or threatened solicitation with respect to the election of directors (as such terms are used in Rule 14a-12(c) of Regulation 14A promulgated under the Exchange Act) or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a Person other than the Board, then such individual shall not be considered an Incumbent Director. For purposes of this Section 2.4(b), if at any time individuals who initially assumed office as a result of or in connection with an arrangement or understanding between the Company and any Person (an “Entity Designee”) constitute at least one-half of the Board, none of such Entity Designees shall be considered Incumbent Directors from that time forward; or

(c) There is consummated:

 

  (i) a plan of complete liquidation of the Company; or

 

  (ii) a sale or disposition of all or substantially all the Company’s assets in one or a series of related transactions; or

 

  (iii)

a merger, consolidation, or reorganization of the Company or the acquisition of outstanding Common Stock and as a result of or in connection with such transaction (A) 35% or more of the outstanding Common Stock or the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto or the outstanding shares of common stock or the combined voting power of the outstanding voting securities of the surviving entity are owned, directly or indirectly, by any other corporation or Person other than (x) an Excluded Person or (y) a Person who is, or if such Person beneficially owned 5% or more of the outstanding Common Stock would be, eligible to report such Person’s beneficial ownership on Schedule 13G pursuant to the rules under Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act or (z) a Person that has entered into an agreement with the Company pursuant to which such Person has agreed not to acquire additional voting securities of the Company (other than pursuant to the terms of such agreement), solicit proxies with

 

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  respect to the Company’s voting securities or otherwise participate in any contest relating to the election of directors of the Company, or take other actions that could result in a Change in Control of the Company; provided that this exclusion shall apply only so long as such agreement shall remain in effect, or (B) the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto do not immediately after such transaction continue to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity) more than sixty percent (60%) of the combined voting power of the voting securities of the Company (or such surviving entity) outstanding immediately after such merger, consolidation, or reorganization.

2.5 “Change in Control Price” means, with respect to a share of Common Stock, the higher of (i) the highest reported sales price, regular way, of such share of Common Stock in any transaction reported on the New York Stock Exchange Composite Tape or other national exchange on which such shares are listed during the 60-day period prior to and including the date of the Change in Control or (ii) if the Change in Control is the result of a tender or exchange offer or a merger, reorganization or consolidation or sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, the highest price per such share of Common Stock paid in such transaction; provided, however, that in the case of Incentive Stock Options and Stock Appreciation Rights relating to Incentive Stock Options, the Change in Control Price shall be the Fair Market Value of such share of Common Stock on the date such Incentive Stock Option or Stock Appreciation Right is exercised or deemed exercised pursuant to Section 16.10(b). To the extent the consideration paid in any such transaction described above consists all or in part of securities or other non-cash consideration, the value of such securities or other non-cash consideration shall be determined in the sole discretion of the Board.

2.6 “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

2.7 “Committee” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.

2.8 “Common Stock” means the common stock, par value $1.25 per share, of the Company.

2.9 “Company” means Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Company, a Washington corporation.

2.10 “Covered Employee” means a “covered employee” as that term is defined in Section 162(m) of the Code or any successor provision.

2.11 “Disability” means “Disability” as defined by the Committee or the Company’s vice president of human resources for purposes of the Plan or an Award, or in the instrument evidencing the Award, or in a written employment or services agreement.

 

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2.12 “Effective Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 17.

2.13 “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.

2.14 “Fair Market Value” means the average of the high and low per share trading prices (or the average of the opening and closing prices, or the closing price, if so determined by the Committee) for the Common Stock as reported on the consolidated transaction reporting system for New York Stock Exchange issues during regular session trading or such other source the Committee deems reliable for a single trading day or an average of trading days not to exceed 30 days from the Grant Date or other date on which the Fair Market Value is determined, at the Committee’s discretion.

2.15 “Grant Date” means the date on which the Committee completes the corporate action authorizing the grant of an Award or such later date specified by the Committee, provided that conditions to the exercisability or vesting of Awards shall not defer the Grant Date.

2.16 “Incentive Stock Option” means an Option granted with the intention that it qualify as an “incentive stock option” as that term is defined in Section 422 of the Code or any successor provision.

2.17 “Layoff” means “Layoff” as defined by the Committee or the Company’s vice president of human resources for purposes of the Plan or an Award or in the instrument evidencing the Award or in a written employment or services agreement.

2.18 “Non-qualified Stock Option” means an Option other than an Incentive Stock Option.

2.19 “Non-recurring Items” means non-recurring items deemed not reflective of the Company’s core operating performance, including, but not limited to, exogenous events, acquisitions, divestitures, changes in accounting principles or “extraordinary items” determined under generally accepted accounting principles.

2.20 “Option” means a right to purchase Common Stock granted under Section 7.

2.21 “Participant” means any eligible person as set forth in Section 5 to whom an Award is granted.

2.22 “Performance Criteria” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.1.

2.23 “Performance Share” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.1.

2.24 “Performance Unit” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.2.

 

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2.25 “Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, association, limited liability company, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or political subdivision thereof, and as used in Section 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act, including a “group” as defined in Section 13(d).

2.26 “Plan” means the Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Company 2004 Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan.

2.27 “Prior Plans” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.2.

2.28 “Related Company” means any entity that is directly or indirectly controlled by the Company.

2.29 “Restricted Stock” means an Award of shares of Common Stock granted under Section 9, the rights of ownership of which may be subject to restrictions prescribed by the Committee.

2.30 “Retirement” means “Retirement” as defined by the Committee or the Company’s vice president of human resources for purposes of the Plan or an Award or in the instrument evidencing the Award or in a written employment or services agreement.

2.31 “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time.

2.32 “Stock Appreciation Right” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.1.

2.33 “Stock Unit” means an Award granted under Section 9 denominated in units of Common Stock.

2.34 “Substitute Awards” means Awards granted or shares of Common Stock issued by the Company in assumption of, or in substitution or exchange for, awards previously granted, or the right or obligation to make future awards, by a company acquired by the Company or with which the Company combines.

2.35 “Termination of Service,” unless otherwise defined by the Committee or the Company’s vice president of human resources or in the instrument evidencing the Award or in a written employment or services agreement, means a termination of employment or service relationship with the Company or a Related Company for any reason, whether voluntary or involuntary, including by reason of death, Disability, Retirement, or Layoff. Any question as to whether and when there has been a Termination of Service for the purposes of an Award and the cause of such Termination of Service shall be determined by the Company’s vice president of human resources or by the Committee with respect to officers subject to the reporting requirements of Section 16(a) of the Securities Act, and such determination shall be final. Transfer of a Participant’s employment or service relationship between wholly owned subsidiaries of the Company, or between the Company and any wholly owned subsidiaries of the Company, shall not be considered a Termination of Service for purposes of an Award. Unless the Committee determines otherwise, a Termination of Service shall be deemed to occur if the Participant’s employment or service relationship is with an entity that has ceased to be a Related Company.

 

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SECTION 3. ADMINISTRATION

3.1 Administration of the Plan

The Plan shall be administered by the Compensation Committee of the Board. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board or the Compensation Committee may delegate responsibility for administering the Plan with respect to designated classes of eligible persons to different committees consisting of one or more members of the Board, subject to such limitations as the Board or the Compensation Committee deems appropriate, except with respect to benefits to non-employee directors and to officers subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act or officers who are or may be Covered Employees. Members of any committee shall serve for such term as the Board may determine, subject to removal by the Board at any time. To the extent consistent with applicable law, the Board or the Compensation Committee may authorize one or more officers of the Company to grant Awards to designated classes of eligible persons, within limits specifically prescribed by the Board or the Committee; provided, however, that no such officer shall have or obtain authority to grant Awards to himself or herself or to any person subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act. All references in the Plan to the “Committee” shall be, as applicable, to the Compensation Committee, or any other committee or any officer to whom the Board or the Compensation Committee has delegated authority to administer the Plan.

3.2 Administration and Interpretation by Committee

Except for the terms and conditions explicitly set forth in the Plan, the Committee shall have full power and exclusive authority, subject to such orders or resolutions not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan as may from time to time be adopted by the Board, to (a) select the eligible persons as set forth in Section 5 to whom Awards may from time to time be granted under the Plan; (b) determine the type or types of Award to be granted to each Participant under the Plan; (c) determine the number of shares of Common Stock to be covered by each Award granted under the Plan; (d) determine the terms and conditions of any Award granted under the Plan; (e) approve the forms of agreements for use under the Plan; (f) determine whether, to what extent and under what circumstances Awards may be settled in cash, shares of Common Stock or other property or canceled or suspended; (g) determine whether, to what extent and under what circumstances cash, shares of Common Stock, other property and other amounts payable with respect to an Award shall be deferred either automatically or at the election of the Participant; (h) interpret and administer the Plan and any instrument or agreement entered into under the Plan; (i) establish such rules and regulations and appoint such agents as it shall deem appropriate for the proper administration of the Plan; (j) delegate ministerial duties to such of the Company’s officers as it so determines; and (k) make any other determination and take any other action that the Committee deems necessary or desirable for administration of the Plan. Decisions of the Committee shall be final, conclusive and binding on all persons, including the Company, any Participant, any shareholder and any eligible person. A majority of the members of the Committee may determine its actions and fix the time and place of its meetings.

 

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SECTION 4. SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN

4.1 Authorized Number of Shares

(a) Subject to adjustment from time to time as provided in this Section 4.1, the maximum number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Plan shall be 17,000,000.

(b) In the event a company acquired by the Company or with which the Company combines (“Acquisition Party”) has shares available for awards or grants under a pre-existing plan not adopted in contemplation of such acquisition or combination, to the extent determined by the Committee or the Board, a number of shares of Common Stock determined by applying the exchange ratio or other adjustment or valuation ratio or formula used in such acquisition or combination to determine the consideration payable to the holders of common stock of the Acquisition Party to the number of shares available for grant under the terms of such pre-existing plan shall be available for Awards under the Plan and shall not reduce the shares of Common Stock authorized for issuance under the Plan; provided, that such Awards shall not be made after the date awards or grants could have been made under the terms of the pre-existing plan, absent the acquisition or combination; and provided, further, that such Awards shall be made only to individuals who were not employees or non-employee directors of the Company or a Related Company prior to such acquisition or combination.

(c) Shares available for issuance under the Plan shall be increased by any shares subject to outstanding awards under the Company’s Prior Plans on the date of shareholder approval of the Plan that cease to be subject to such awards (other than by reason of exercise or settlement of the awards to the extent they are exercised for or settled in shares of Common Stock), up to an aggregate maximum of 1,939,181 shares, subject to adjustment from time to time as provided in this Section 4.1, which shares of Common Stock shall cease, as of such date, to be available for grant and issuance under the Prior Plans, but shall be available for issuance under the Plan.

(d) In the event, at any time or from time to time, a stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, spin-off, combination or exchange of shares, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, distribution to shareholders other than a normal cash dividend or other change in the Company’s corporate or capital structure results in (i) the outstanding shares of Common Stock, or any securities exchanged therefore or received in their place, being exchanged for a different number or kind of securities of the Company or of any other company or (ii) new, different or additional securities of the Company or of any other company being received by the holders of shares of Common Stock, then the Committee shall make proportional adjustments in (A) the maximum number and kind of securities available for issuance under the Plan; (B) the maximum number and kind of securities issuable as Incentive Stock Options as set forth in Section 4.2; (C) the maximum number and kind of securities that may be issued to an individual in any one calendar year as set forth in Section 4.3; (D) the maximum number and kind of securities that may be made subject to the different types of Awards available under the Plan; and (E) the number and kind of securities that are subject to any outstanding Award and the per share price of such securities, without any change in the aggregate price to be paid therefor.

 

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(e) The determination by the Committee as to the terms of any of the foregoing adjustments shall be conclusive and binding.

(f) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the issuance by the Company of shares of stock of any class, or securities convertible into shares of stock of any class, for cash or property, or for labor or services rendered, either upon direct sale or upon the exercise of rights or warrants to subscribe therefore, or upon conversion of shares or obligations of the Company convertible into such shares or other securities, shall not affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with respect to, outstanding Awards.

4.2 Share Usage

(a) Shares of Common Stock covered by an Award shall not be counted as used unless and until they are actually issued and delivered to a Participant. If any Award based on shares is settled for cash, or lapses, expires, terminates or is canceled prior to the issuance of shares thereunder, the shares subject to such Awards shall again be available for issuance under the Plan. In the event that any Option or other Award granted hereunder is exercised through the tendering of shares (either actually or by attestation) or in the event that withholding tax liabilities arising from such Award are satisfied by the tendering of shares or by the withholding of shares by the Company, the number of shares of Common Stock issued net of the shares of Common Stock tendered or withheld shall be counted for purposes of determining the maximum number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Plan. In addition, Substitute Awards shall not reduce the shares of Common Stock authorized for issuance under the Plan. The number of shares available for issuance under the Plan shall not be reduced to reflect any dividends or dividend equivalents that are reinvested into additional shares or credited as additional Restricted Stock, Stock Units, Performance Shares or Performance Units. All shares issued under the Plan shall be authorized and unissued shares.

(b) The Committee shall have the authority to grant Awards as an alternative to or as the form of payment for grants or rights earned or due under other compensation plans or arrangements of the Company.

(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the maximum number of shares that may be issued upon the exercise of Incentive Stock Options shall be 18,939,181, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 4.1(d); and provided, further, that for purposes of Section 4.3, any such shares shall be counted in accordance with the requirements of Section 162(m) of the Code.

4.3 Limitations

(a) Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 4.1(d), no Participant shall be eligible to receive in any one calendar year (i) Options or Stock Appreciation Rights under the Plan relating to more than 500,000 shares of Common Stock or (ii) Restricted Stock, Stock Units, Performance Shares or Performance Units under the Plan aggregating more than 200,000 shares of Common Stock.

 

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(b) Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 4.1(d), the aggregate number of shares that may be issued pursuant to Awards granted under the Plan (other than Awards of Options or Stock Appreciation Rights) shall not exceed 20% of the authorized number of shares pursuant to Section 4.1(a).

(c) Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 4.1(d), the aggregate number of shares that may be issued pursuant to Awards granted under the Plan (other than Awards of Options or Stock Appreciation Rights) that (i) are not (A) subject to restrictions based on the satisfaction of specified performance goals or (B) granted in lieu of the payment of performance-based cash incentive awards; or (ii) contain no restrictions or contain restrictions based solely on continuous employment or services for less than three years (except where Termination of Service occurs by reason of death, Retirement, Disability or Layoff) shall not exceed 5% of the authorized number of shares pursuant to Section 4.1(a).

SECTION 5. ELIGIBILITY

An Award may be granted to any employee, officer or director of the Company or a Related Company whom the Committee from time to time selects. The above are “eligible persons.”

SECTION 6. AWARDS

6.1 Form and Grant of Awards

The Committee shall have the authority, in its sole discretion, to determine the type or types of Awards to be granted under the Plan. Such Awards may be granted either alone, in addition to or in tandem with any other type of Award.

6.2 Evidence of Awards

Awards granted under the Plan shall be evidenced by a written instrument that shall contain such terms, conditions, limitations and restrictions as the Committee shall deem advisable and that are not inconsistent with the Plan.

6.3 Deferrals

The Committee may permit or require a Participant to defer receipt of the payment of any Award. If any such deferral election is permitted or required, the Committee, in its sole discretion, shall establish rules and procedures for such payment deferrals, which may include the grant of additional Awards or provisions for the payment or crediting of interest or dividend equivalents, including converting such credits to deferred stock unit equivalents.

 

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SECTION 7. OPTIONS

7.1 Grant of Options

The Committee may grant Options designated as Incentive Stock Options or Non-qualified Stock Options.

7.2 Option Exercise Price

The exercise price for shares purchased under an Option shall be as determined by the Committee, but shall not be less than the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock for the Grant Date, except in the case of Substitute Awards. In no event shall the Committee, without the prior approval of the Company’s shareholders, cancel any outstanding Option for the purpose of reissuing the Option to the Participant at a lower exercise price or reduce the exercise price of an outstanding Option.

7.3 Terms of Options

Subject to earlier termination in accordance with the terms of the Plan and the instrument evidencing the Option, the maximum term of an Option shall be as established for that Option by the Committee or, if not so established, shall be 10 years from the Grant Date.

7.4 Exercise of Options

(a) The Committee shall establish and set forth in each instrument that evidences an Option the time at which, or the installments in which, the Option shall vest and become exercisable, any of which provisions may be waived or modified by the Committee at any time.

(b) To the extent an Option has vested and become exercisable, the Option may be exercised in whole or from time to time in part by delivery as directed by the Company to the Company or a brokerage firm designated or approved by the Company of a written stock option exercise agreement or notice, in a form and in accordance with procedures established by the Committee, setting forth the number of shares with respect to which the Option is being exercised, the restrictions imposed on the shares purchased under such exercise agreement, if any, and such representations and agreements as may be required by the Committee, accompanied by payment in full as described in Section 7.5. An Option may be exercised only for whole shares and may not be exercised for less than a reasonable number of shares at any one time, as determined by the Committee.

7.5 Payment of Exercise Price

The exercise price for shares purchased under an Option shall be paid in full as directed by the Company to the Company or a brokerage firm designated or approved by the Company by delivery of consideration equal to the product of the Option exercise price and the number of shares purchased. Such consideration must be paid before the Company will issue the shares

 

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being purchased and must be in a form or a combination of forms acceptable to the Committee for that purchase, which forms may include: (a) check; (b) wire transfer; (c) tendering by attestation shares of Common Stock already owned by the Participant for at least six months (or any shorter period sufficient to avoid a charge to the Company’s earnings for financial reporting purposes) that on the day prior to the exercise date have a Fair Market Value equal to the aggregate exercise price of the shares being purchased under the Option; (d) to the extent permitted by applicable law, delivery of a properly executed exercise notice, together with irrevocable instructions to a brokerage firm designated or approved by the Company to deliver promptly to the Company the aggregate amount of sale or loan proceeds to pay the Option exercise price and any tax withholding obligations that may arise in connection with the exercise, all in accordance with the regulations of the Federal Reserve Board; or (e) such other consideration as the Committee may permit in its sole discretion, including, where permitted by law and the Committee, other Awards. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company becomes subject to new accounting rules applicable to equity-based compensation, and is required to or elects to expense the cost of Options pursuant to FAS 123 (or a successor or other standard), the Committee shall have the sole discretion to substitute, without receiving Participant permission, SARs paid only in stock for outstanding Options; provided, the terms of the substituted stock SARs are the same as the terms for the Options, the number of shares underlying the number of stock SARs equals the number of shares underlying the Options and the difference between the Fair Market Value of the underlying Shares and the Grant Price of the SARs is equivalent to the difference between the Fair Market Value of the underlying Shares and the Option Price of the Options.

7.6 Post-Termination Exercise

The Committee shall establish and set forth in each instrument that evidences an Option whether the Option shall continue to be exercisable, and the terms and conditions of such exercise, after a Termination of Service, any of which provisions may be waived or modified by the Committee at any time.

7.7 Incentive Stock Options

The terms of any Incentive Stock Options shall comply in all respects with the provisions of Section 422 of the Code, or any successor provision, and any regulations promulgated thereunder. Individuals who are not employees of the Company or one of its parent or subsidiary corporations (as such terms are defined for purposes of Section 422 of the Code) may not be granted Incentive Stock Options. To the extent that the aggregate Fair Market Value of Common Stock with respect to which Incentive Stock Options are exercisable for the first time by a Participant during any calendar year exceeds $100,000 or, if different, the maximum limitation in effect at the time of grant under the Code (the Fair Market Value being determined as of the Grant Date for the Option), such portion in excess of $100,000 shall be treated as Nonqualified Stock Options.

 

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SECTION 8. STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS

8.1 Grant of Stock Appreciation Rights

The Committee may grant stock appreciation rights (“Stock Appreciation Rights” or “SARs”) to Participants at any time. A SAR may be granted in tandem with an Option or alone (“freestanding”). The grant price of a tandem SAR shall be equal to the exercise price of the related Option, and the grant price of a freestanding SAR shall be equal to the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock for the Grant. A SAR may be exercised upon such terms and conditions and for the term as the Committee determines in its sole discretion; provided, however, that, subject to earlier termination in accordance with the terms of the Plan and the instrument evidencing the SAR, the term of a freestanding SAR shall be as established for that SAR by the Committee or, if not so established, shall be 10 years, and in the case of a tandem SAR, (a) the term shall not exceed the term of the related Option and (b) the tandem SAR may be exercised for all or part of the shares subject to the related Option upon the surrender of the right to exercise the equivalent portion of the related Option, except that the tandem SAR may be exercised only with respect to the shares for which its related Option is then exercisable.

8.2 Payment of SAR Amount

Upon the exercise of a SAR, a Participant shall be entitled to receive payment from the Company in an amount determined by multiplying: (a) the difference between the market price at which the shares of Common Stock are trading on the New York Stock Exchange as of the time of exercise over the grant price by (b) the number of shares with respect to which the SAR is exercised. At the discretion of the Committee, the payment upon exercise of a SAR may be in cash, in shares of equivalent value, in some combination thereof or in any other manner approved by the Committee in its sole discretion.

SECTION 9. RESTRICTED STOCK AND STOCK UNITS

9.1 Grant of Restricted Stock and Stock Units

The Committee may grant Restricted Stock and Stock Units on such terms and conditions and subject to such repurchase or forfeiture restrictions, if any (which may be based on continuous service with the Company or a Related Company or the achievement of any of the Performance Criteria set forth in Section 11.1), as the Committee shall determine in its sole discretion, which terms, conditions and restrictions shall be set forth in the instrument evidencing the Award.

 

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9.2 Issuance of Shares

Upon the satisfaction of any terms, conditions and restrictions prescribed with respect to Restricted Stock or Stock Units, or upon a Participant’s release from any terms, conditions and restrictions of Restricted Stock or Stock Units, as determined by the Committee, and subject to the provisions of Section 13, (a) the shares of Restricted Stock covered by each Award of Restricted Stock shall become freely transferable by the Participant, and (b) Stock Units shall be paid in cash, shares of Common Stock or a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock as the Committee shall determine in its sole discretion. Any fractional shares subject to such Awards shall be paid to the Participant in cash.

9.3 Dividends and Distributions

Participants holding shares of Restricted Stock or Stock Units may, if the Committee so determines, be credited with dividends paid with respect to the underlying shares or dividend equivalents while they are so held in a manner determined by the Committee in its sole discretion. The Committee may apply any restrictions to the dividends or dividend equivalents that the Committee deems appropriate. The Committee, in its sole discretion, may determine the form of payment of dividends or dividend equivalents, including cash, shares of Common Stock, Restricted Stock or Stock Units.

SECTION 10. PERFORMANCE SHARES AND PERFORMANCE UNITS

10.1 Grant of Performance Shares

The Committee may grant Awards of performance shares (“Performance Shares”) and designate the Participants to whom Performance Shares are to be awarded and determine the number of Performance Shares, the length of the performance period and the other terms and conditions of each such Award. Each Award of Performance Shares shall, upon the attainment of performance goals and other terms and conditions specified by the Committee, entitle the Participant to a payment in the form established by the Committee. The form of payment may be in cash, shares of Common Stock, Options, Share Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock or other awards or any combination of cash, shares of Common Stock, Share Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock or other awards. Notwithstanding satisfaction of any performance goals, the number of shares of Common Stock issued under an Award of Performance Shares may be adjusted on the basis of such further consideration as the Committee shall determine in its sole discretion. However, the Committee may not, in any event, increase the number of shares of Common Stock earned upon satisfaction of any performance goal by any Covered Employee.

10.2 Grant of Performance Units

The Committee may grant Awards of performance units (“Performance Units”) and designate the Participants to whom Performance Units are to be awarded and determine the number of Performance Units and the terms and conditions of each such Award. Performance Units shall entitle the Participant to a payment in cash upon the attainment of performance goals and other terms and conditions specified by the Committee. Notwithstanding the satisfaction of

 

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any performance goals, the amount to be paid under an Award of Performance Units may be adjusted on the basis of such further consideration as the Committee shall determine in its sole discretion. However, the Committee may not, in any event, increase the amount earned under Awards of Performance Units upon satisfaction of any performance goal by any Covered Employee, and the maximum amount earned by such Covered Employee in any calendar year may not exceed $5,000,000. The Committee, in its discretion, may substitute actual shares of Common Stock for the cash payment otherwise required to be made to a Participant pursuant to a Performance Unit.

SECTION 11. PERFORMANCE CRITERIA

11.1 Awards Subject to Performance Goals

Awards of Restricted Stock, Stock Units, Performance Shares, Performance Units and other Awards made pursuant to the Plan may be made subject to the attainment of performance goals relating to one or more of the following business criteria within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code: profits (including, but not limited to, profit growth, net operating profit or economic profit); profit-related return ratios; return measures (including, but not limited to, return on assets, capital, equity or sales); cash flow (including, but not limited to, operating cash flow, free cash flow or cash flow return on capital); earnings (including, but not limited to, earnings growth, net earnings, earnings per share, or earnings before or after taxes); net sales growth; net income (before or after taxes, interest, depreciation and/or amortization); gross or operating margins; productivity ratios; share price (including, but not limited to, growth measures and total shareholder return); expense targets; margins; cost reduction; cash value added; operating efficiency; customer satisfaction; and working capital targets (“Performance Criteria”). Performance Criteria may be stated in absolute terms or relative to comparison companies or indices to be achieved during a period of time.

11.2 Use and Calculation of Performance Criteria

Any Performance Criteria may be used to measure the performance of the Company as a whole or any business unit of the Company. Any Performance Criteria may include or exclude Non-recurring Items. Performance Criteria shall be calculated in accordance with (a) the Company’s financial statements or generally accepted accounting principles, or (b) under a methodology established by the Committee prior to the issuance of an Award that is consistently applied and identified in the audited financial statements, including footnotes, or the Management’s Discussion and Analysis section of the Company’s annual report. The Committee may not in any event increase the amount of compensation payable to a Covered Employee upon the satisfaction of any Performance Criteria.

SECTION 12. OTHER STOCK OR CASH BASED AWARDS

In addition to the Awards described in Sections 7 through 10, and subject to the terms of the Plan, the Committee may grant other incentives payable in cash or in shares of Common Stock under the Plan as it determines to be in the best interests of the Company and subject to such other terms and conditions as it deems appropriate; provided, however, that the maximum amount that any Participant shall be eligible to receive in any one calendar year shall be $5,000,000.

 

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SECTION 13. WITHHOLDING

(a) The Company may require the Participant to pay to the Company the amount of (i) any taxes that the Company is required by applicable federal, state, local or foreign law to withhold with respect to the grant, vesting or exercise of an Award (“tax withholding obligations”) and (ii) any amounts due from the Participant to the Company or to any Related Company (“other obligations”). The Company shall not be required to issue any shares of Common Stock under the Plan until such tax withholding obligations and other obligations are satisfied.

(b) The Committee may permit or require a Participant to satisfy all or part of his or her tax withholding obligations and other obligations by (i) paying cash to the Company, (ii) having the Company withhold an amount from any cash amounts otherwise due or to become due from the Company to the Participant, (iii) having the Company withhold a number of shares of Common Stock that would otherwise be issued to the Participant (or become vested in the case of Restricted Stock) having a Fair Market Value equal to the tax withholding obligations and other obligations (up to the employer’s minimum required tax withholding rate if such a limitation is necessary to avoid a charge to the Company for financial reporting purposes), or (iv) surrendering a number of shares of Common Stock the Participant already owns having a value equal to the tax withholding obligations and other obligations (up to the employer’s minimum required tax withholding rate to the extent the Participant has owned the surrendered shares for less that six months if such a limitation is necessary to avoid a charge to the Company for financial reporting purposes).

SECTION 14. ASSIGNABILITY

No Award or interest in an Award may be sold, assigned, pledged (as collateral for a loan or as security for the performance of an obligation or for any other purpose) or transferred by the Participant or made subject to attachment or similar proceedings otherwise than by will or by the applicable laws of descent and distribution, except that to the extent permitted by the Committee, in its sole discretion, a Participant may designate one or more beneficiaries on a Company-approved form who may receive payment under an Award after the Participant’s death. During a Participant’s lifetime, an Award may be exercised only by the Participant.

SECTION 15. AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION

15.1 Amendment, Suspension or Termination of the Plan

The Board or the Compensation Committee of the Board may amend, suspend or terminate the Plan or any portion of the Plan at any time and in such respects as it shall deem advisable; provided, however, that, to the extent required by applicable law, regulation or stock exchange rule, shareholder approval shall be required for any amendment to the Plan.

 

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15.2 Term of the Plan

Unless sooner terminated as provided herein, the Plan shall terminate on April 13, 2013. After the Plan is terminated, no future Awards may be granted, but Awards previously granted shall remain outstanding in accordance with their applicable terms and conditions and the Plan’s terms and conditions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Incentive Stock Options may be granted more than 10 years after April 13, 2004.

15.3 Consent of Participant

The amendment, suspension or termination of the Plan or a portion thereof or the amendment of an outstanding Award shall not, without the Participant’s consent, materially adversely affect any rights under any outstanding Award under the Plan. Any change or adjustment to an outstanding Incentive Stock Option shall not, without the consent of the Participant, be made in a manner so as to constitute a “modification” that would cause such Incentive Stock Option to fail to continue to qualify as an Incentive Stock Option. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any adjustments made pursuant to Section 4.1 shall not be subject to these restrictions.

SECTION 16. GENERAL

16.1 No Individual Rights

(a) No individual or Participant shall have any claim to be granted any Award under the Plan, and the Company has no obligation for uniformity of treatment of Participants under the Plan.

(b) Nothing in the Plan or any Award granted under the Plan shall be deemed to constitute an employment contract or confer or be deemed to confer on any Participant any right to continue in the employ of, or to continue any other relationship with, the Company or any Related Company or limit in any way the right of the Company or any Related Company to terminate a Participant’s employment or other relationship at any time, with or without cause.

16.2 Issuance of Shares

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, the Company shall have no obligation to issue or deliver any shares of Common Stock under the Plan or make any other distribution of benefits under the Plan unless, in the opinion of the Company’s counsel, such issuance, delivery or distribution would comply with all applicable laws (including, without limitation, the requirements of the Securities Act or the laws of any state or foreign jurisdiction) and the applicable requirements of any securities exchange or similar entity.

(b) The Company shall be under no obligation to any Participant to register for offering or resale or to qualify for exemption under the Securities Act, or to register or qualify under the laws of any state or foreign jurisdiction, any shares of Common Stock, security or interest in a security paid or issued under, or created by, the Plan, or to continue in effect any

 

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such registrations or qualifications if made. The Company may issue certificates for shares with such legends and subject to such restrictions on transfer and stop-transfer instructions as counsel for the Company deems necessary or desirable for compliance by the Company with federal, state and foreign securities laws. The Company may also require such other action or agreement by the Participants as may from time to time be necessary to comply with applicable securities laws.

(c) To the extent the Plan or any instrument evidencing an Award provides for issuance of stock certificates to reflect the issuance of shares of Common Stock, the issuance may be effected on a non-certificated basis, to the extent not prohibited by applicable law or the applicable rules of any stock exchange.

16.3 No Rights as a Shareholder

Unless otherwise provided by the Committee or in the instrument evidencing the Award or in a written employment or services agreement, no Option or Award denominated in units shall entitle the Participant to any cash dividend, voting or other right of a shareholder unless and until the date of issuance under the Plan of the shares that are the subject of such Award.

16.4 Compliance with Laws and Regulations

Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, the Committee, in its sole discretion, may bifurcate the Plan so as to restrict, limit or condition the use of any provision of the Plan to Participants who are officers or directors subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act without so restricting, limiting or conditioning the Plan with respect to other Participants. Additionally, in interpreting and applying the provisions of the Plan, any Option granted as an Incentive Stock Option pursuant to the Plan shall, to the extent permitted by law, be construed as an “incentive stock option” within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code.

16.5 Participants in Other Countries

The Committee shall have the authority to adopt such modifications, procedures and subplans as may be necessary or desirable to comply with provisions of the laws of other countries in which the Company or any Related Company may operate to ensure the viability of the benefits from Awards granted to Participants employed in such countries, to comply with applicable foreign laws and to meet the objectives of the Plan.

16.6 No Trust or Fund

The Plan is intended to constitute an “unfunded” plan. Nothing contained herein shall require the Company to segregate any monies or other property, or shares of Common Stock, or to create any trusts, or to make any special deposits for any immediate or deferred amounts payable to any Participant, and no Participant shall have any rights that are greater than those of a general unsecured creditor of the Company.

 

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16.7 Successors

All obligations of the Company under the Plan with respect to Awards shall be binding on any successor to the Company, whether the existence of such successor is the result of a direct or indirect purchase, merger, consolidation, or otherwise, of all or substantially all the business and/or assets of the Company.

16.8 Severability

If any provision of the Plan or any Award is determined to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, or as to any person, or would disqualify the Plan or any Award under any law deemed applicable by the Committee, such provision shall be construed or deemed amended to conform to applicable laws, or, if it cannot be so construed or deemed amended without, in the Committee’s determination, materially altering the intent of the Plan or the Award, such provision shall be stricken as to such jurisdiction, person or Award, and the remainder of the Plan and any such Award shall remain in full force and effect.

16.9 Choice of Law

The Plan, all Awards granted thereunder and all determinations made and actions taken pursuant hereto, to the extent not otherwise governed by the laws of the United States, shall be governed by the laws of the State of Washington without giving effect to principles of conflicts of law.

16.10 Treatment of Awards Following a Change in Control

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision in the Plan to the contrary, upon the occurrence of a Change in Control, unless otherwise provided in the instrument evidencing the Award or in a written employment or other agreement between the Participant and the Company, or specifically prohibited under applicable laws, or by the rules and regulations of any governing governmental agencies or national securities exchanges:

 

  (i) Any and all Options and Stock Appreciation Rights shall become fully vested and immediately exercisable, and shall remain exercisable throughout their entire term;

 

  (ii) Any restriction periods and restrictions imposed on Restricted Stock or Stock Unit Awards that are not performance-based shall lapse;

 

  (iii) The target pay out opportunities attainable under all outstanding Awards that are performance-based shall be deemed to have been fully earned for the entire performance period(s) and deferral or other restriction shall lapse and such Awards shall be immediately settled or distributed;

 

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  (iv) The restrictions and deferral limitations and other conditions applicable to any other Stock Unit Awards or any other awards shall lapse, and such other Stock Unit Awards or such other awards shall become free of all restrictions, limitations or conditions and become fully vested and transferable to the full extent of the original grant.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, during the 60-day period from and after a Change in Control (the “Exercise Period”), if the Committee shall determine at, or at any time after, the time of grant, a Participant holding an Option or Stock Appreciation Right shall have the right, whether or not the Option or Stock Appreciation Right is fully exercisable and in lieu of the payment of the purchase price for the shares of Common Stock being purchased under the Option or Stock Appreciation Right and by giving notices to the Company, to elect (within the Exercise Period) to surrender all or part of the Option or Stock Appreciation Right to the Company and to receive cash, within 30 days of such notice, in an amount equal to the amount by which the Change in Control Price per share on the date of such election shall exceed the purchase price per share of Common Stock under the Option or Stock Appreciation Right (the “spread”) multiplied by the number of shares of Common Stock granted under the Option or Stock Appreciation Right as to which the right granted under this Section 16.10(b) shall have been exercised.

SECTION 17. EFFECTIVE DATE

The Plan shall become effective (the “Effective Date”) immediately following shareholder approval of the Plan.

 

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Exhibit 99.2

WEYERHAEUSER REAL ESTATE COMPANY

2013 LONG-TERM

INCENTIVE PLAN


WEYERHAEUSER REAL ESTATE COMPANY

2013 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

 

SECTION 1. PURPOSE AND ESTABLISHMENT

     3  

1.1

  P URPOSE      3  

1.2

  R EPLACEMENT P LAN      3  

SECTION 2. DEFINITIONS

     3  

SECTION 3. ADMINISTRATION

     8  

3.1

  A DMINISTRATION OF THE P LAN      8  

3.2

  A DMINISTRATION AND I NTERPRETATION BY C OMMITTEE      8  

SECTION 4. SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN

     9  

4.1

  A UTHORIZED N UMBER OF S HARES      9  

4.2

  S HARE U SAGE      10  

SECTION 5. ELIGIBILITY

     11  

SECTION 6. AWARDS

     11  

6.1

  F ORM AND G RANT OF A WARDS      11  

6.2

  E VIDENCE OF A WARDS      11  

6.3

  D EFERRALS      11  

6.4

  D IVIDENDS AND D ISTRIBUTIONS      11  

SECTION 7. OPTIONS

     12  

7.1

  G RANT OF O PTIONS      12  

7.2

  O PTION E XERCISE P RICE      12  

7.3

  T ERMS OF O PTIONS      12  

7.4

  E XERCISE OF O PTIONS      12  

7.5

  P AYMENT OF E XERCISE P RICE      12  

7.6

  P OST -T ERMINATION E XERCISE      13  

7.7

  I NCENTIVE S TOCK O PTION L IMITATIONS      14  

SECTION 8. STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS

     14  

8.1

  G RANT OF S TOCK A PPRECIATION R IGHTS      14  

8.2

  P AYMENT OF SAR A MOUNT      14  

SECTION 9. STOCK AWARDS, RESTRICTED STOCK AND STOCK UNITS

     14  

9.1

  G RANT OF S TOCK A WARDS , R ESTRICTED S TOCK AND S TOCK U NITS      14  

9.2

  V ESTING OF R ESTRICTED S TOCK AND S TOCK U NITS      15  

SECTION 10. PERFORMANCE SHARES AND PERFORMANCE UNITS

     15  

10.1

  G RANT OF P ERFORMANCE S HARES      15  

10.2

  G RANT OF P ERFORMANCE U NITS      15  

SECTION 11. OTHER STOCK OR CASH BASED AWARDS

     15  

SECTION 12. WITHHOLDING

     16  

12.1

  W ITHHOLDING FOR T AXES OR O THER O BLIGATIONS      16  

12.2

  P AYMENT OF W ITHHOLDING O BLIGATIONS      16  

SECTION 13. ASSIGNABILITY

     16  

SECTION 14. ADJUSTMENTS

     16  

14.1

  A DJUSTMENT OF S HARES      16  

14.2

  D ISSOLUTION OR L IQUIDATION      17  


14.3

  C HANGE OF C ONTROL      17  

14.4

  F URTHER A DJUSTMENT OF A WARDS      19  

14.5

  N O L IMITATIONS      19  

14.6

  N O F RACTIONAL S HARES      19  

14.7

  S ECTION 409A      19  

SECTION 15. SECTION 162(m) PROVISIONS

     19  

15.1

  T ERMS OF S ECTION 162( M ) A WARDS G ENERALLY      19  

15.2

  P ERFORMANCE C RITERIA      19  

15.3

  A DJUSTMENT OF A WARDS      20  

15.4

  L IMITATIONS      21  

SECTION 16. AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION

     21  

16.1

  A MENDMENT , S USPENSION OR T ERMINATION OF THE P LAN      21  

16.2

  T ERM OF THE P LAN      21  

16.3

  C ONSENT OF P ARTICIPANT      21  

SECTION 17. GENERAL

     22  

17.1

  N O I NDIVIDUAL R IGHTS      22  

17.2

  I SSUANCE OF S HARES      22  

17.3

  I NDEMNIFICATION      23  

17.4

  N O R IGHTS AS A S HAREHOLDER      23  

17.5

  C OMPLIANCE WITH L AWS AND R EGULATIONS      23  

17.6

  P ARTICIPANTS IN O THER C OUNTRIES      24  

17.7

  N O T RUST OR F UND      24  

17.8

  S UCCESSORS      24  

17.9

  S EVERABILITY      25  

17.10

  C HOICE OF L AW      25  

17.11

  L EGAL R EQUIREMENTS      25  

SECTION 18. EFFECTIVE DATE

     25  

 

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WEYERHAEUSER REAL ESTATE COMPANY

2013 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

SECTION 1. PURPOSE AND ESTABLISHMENT

 

1.1 Purpose

The purposes of this 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “Plan” ) is to promote the interests of Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Company (the “Company” ) and its shareholders by attracting, retaining and motivating employees, officers and directors key to the growth and success of the Company by providing them the opportunity to acquire a proprietary interest in the Company and to link their interests and efforts to the long-term interests of the Company’s shareholders.

 

1.2 Replacement Plan

This Plan replaces the Company’s 2004 Long-Term Incentive Plan and 1998 Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan (collectively, the “Prior Plans” ). No further awards may be made under the Prior Plans after the Effective Date (as defined in Section 18).

SECTION 2. DEFINITIONS

As used in the Plan, the following definitions apply to the terms indicated below:

“Acquired Entity” means any entity acquired by the Company or a Related Company or with which the Company or a Related Company merges or combines.

“Award” means any Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Stock Award, Restricted Stock, Stock Unit, Performance Share, Performance Unit, dividend equivalent, cash-based award or other incentive payable in cash or in shares of Common Stock as may be designated by the Committee from time to time.

“Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

Business Combination ” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Change of Control.”

“Cause , unless otherwise defined in the instrument evidencing an Award or, if not provided in such instrument, in a written employment, services or other agreement between the Participant and the Company or a Related Company, means dishonesty, fraud, serious or willful misconduct, unauthorized use or disclosure of confidential information or trade secrets, violation of a state or federal criminal law involving the commission of a crime against the Company or a felony, current use of illegal substances, or any act or omission that substantially impairs the Company’s business, good will or reputation, in each case as determined by the Company’s chief human resources officer or other person performing that function or, in the case of directors and executive officers, the Compensation Committee, whose determination shall be conclusive and binding.

 

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“Change in Control” or “CIC” unless otherwise defined in the instrument evidencing an Award or, if not provided in such instrument, in a written employment, services or other agreement between the Participant and the Company or a Related Company, means the occurrence of any of the following events:

(a) an acquisition by any Person of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of 30% or more of either (A) the number of then outstanding shares of common stock of the Company (the “Outstanding Company Common Stock” ) or (B) the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (the “Outstanding Company Voting Securities” ); provided, however, that the following acquisitions shall not constitute a Change of Control: (1) any acquisition directly from the Company, other than an acquisition by virtue of the exercise of a conversion privilege where the security being so converted was not acquired directly from the Company by the party exercising the conversion privilege, (2) any acquisition by the Company, (3) any acquisition by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any Related Company, or (4) an acquisition by any Person pursuant to a transaction that meets the conditions of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) set forth in subsection (d) of this definition of Change in Control;

(b) a change in the composition of the Board during any 24-consecutive month period such that the individuals who, as of the beginning of such period, constitute the Board (the “Incumbent Board” ) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board; provided, however, that for purposes of this definition, any individual who becomes a member of the Board during the period, whose election, or nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders, was approved by a vote of at least a majority of those individuals who are members of the Board and who were also members of the Incumbent Board (or deemed to be such pursuant to this proviso) shall be considered as though such individual were a member of the Incumbent Board; and provided further, however, that any such individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of or in connection with an actual or threatened election contest with respect to the election or removal of directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of an Entity other than the Board shall not be considered a member of the Incumbent Board; or

(c) consummation of a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company; or

(d) consummation in one transaction or a series of transactions undertaken with a common purpose of a reorganization, merger or consolidation, sale of at least 60% of the Company’s outstanding securities, or sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company ( a “Business Combination” ); excluding however, such a Business Combination pursuant to which:

(i) all or substantially all of the Persons who are the beneficial owners of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and Outstanding Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such Business Combination will beneficially own, directly or indirectly, at least 60% of the outstanding shares of common stock, and the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, of the Successor Company (including, without limitation, an entity which as a result of such transaction owns the Company or all or substantially all of the Company’s assets or stock either directly or through one or more

 

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subsidiaries) in substantially the same proportions as their ownership, immediately prior to such Business Combination, of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and Outstanding Company Voting Securities;

(ii) no Person (other than the Company, any employee benefit plan (or related trust) of the Company, a Related Company or such Successor Company) will beneficially own, directly or indirectly, 30% or more of, respectively, the outstanding shares of common stock of the Successor Company or the combined voting power of the outstanding voting securities of the Successor Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors unless such ownership resulted solely from ownership of securities of the Company prior to the Business Combination; and

(iii) individuals who were members of the Incumbent Board will immediately after the consummation of the Business Combination constitute at least a majority of the members of the board of directors of the Successor Company.

“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

“Committee” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.

“Common Stock” means the common stock, par value $1.25 per share, of the Company.

“Company” means Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Company, a Washington corporation.

“Compensation Committee” means the Compensation Committee of the Board.

“Covered Employee” means a “covered employee” as that term is defined in Section 162(m)(3) of the Code or any successor provision.

“Disability” means “Disability” as defined in the instrument evidencing an Award or, if not provided in such instrument, by the Committee or the Company’s senior vice president of human resources for purposes of the Plan or an Award, or in a written employment or services agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to Incentive Stock Options,

“Disability” shall have the meaning attributed to that term for purposes of Section 422 of the Code.

“Effective Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 18.

“Eligible Person” means any person eligible to receive an Award as set forth in Section 5.

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.

“Fair Market Value” means the closing price for the Common Stock on any given date during regular trading, or if not trading on that date, such price on the last preceding date on which the Common Stock was traded, unless determined otherwise by the Committee using such methods or procedures as it may establish.

 

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“Grant Date” means the latter of (a) date on which the Committee completes the corporate action authorizing the grant of an Award or such later date specified by the Committee and (b) the date on which all conditions precedent to an Award have been satisfied, provided that conditions to the exercisability or vesting of Awards shall not defer the Grant Date.

“Incentive Stock Option” means an Option granted with the intention that it qualify as an “incentive stock option” as that term is defined in Section 422 of the Code or any successor provision.

“Incumbent Board” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Change of Control.”

“Layoff” means “Layoff” as defined in the instrument evidencing an Award or, if not provided in such instrument, by the Committee or the Company’s senior vice president of human resources for purposes of the Plan or an Award, or in a written employment or services agreement.

“Non-qualified Stock Option” means an Option other than an Incentive Stock Option.

“Option” means a right to purchase Common Stock granted under Section 7.

“Option Expiration Date” means the last day of the maximum term of an Option.

“Outstanding Company Common Stock” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Change of Control.”

“Outstanding Company Voting Securities” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Change of Control.”

“Parent Company” means a company or other entity that, as a result of a Company Transaction, owns the Company or all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, either directly or through one or more subsidiaries.

“Participant” means any Eligible Person to whom an Award is granted.

“Performance Award” means an Award of Performance Shares or Performance Units granted under Section 10.

“Performance Criteria” has the meaning set forth in Section 15.2.

“Performance Share” means an Award of units denominated in shares of Common Stock granted under Section 10.1.

 

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“Performance Unit” means an Award of units denominated in cash or property other than shares of Common Stock granted under Section 10.2.

“Person” means any individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act.

“Plan” means the Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Company 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan.

“Prior Plans” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.2.

“Related Company” means any entity that is directly or indirectly controlled by or under common control with the Company.

“Restricted Stock” means an Award of shares of Common Stock granted under Section 9, the rights of ownership of which may be subject to restrictions prescribed by the Committee.

“Retirement,” shall mean Retirement as defined in the instrument evidencing the Award or, if not provided in such instrument, by the Committee or the Company’s senior vice president of human resources or other person performing that function or in a written employment, services or other agreement between the Participant and the Company or a Related Company.

“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time.

“Section 409A” means Section 409A of the Code.

“Stock Appreciation Right” or “SAR” means the right granted under Section 8.1 to receive the excess of the Fair Market Value of a specified number of shares of Common Stock over the grant price.

“Stock Award” means an Award of shares of Common Stock granted under Section 9, the rights of ownership of which are not subject to restrictions prescribed by the Committee.

“Stock Unit” means an Award granted under Section 9 denominated in units of Common Stock.

“Substitute Awards” means Awards granted or shares of Common Stock issued by the Company in assumption of, or in substitution or exchange for, awards previously granted, by an Acquired Entity or with which the Company combines.

“Successor Company” means the surviving company, the successor company or Parent Company, as applicable, in connection with a Business Combination.

“Termination of Service,” means a termination of employment or service relationship with the Company or a Related Company for any reason, whether voluntary or involuntary, including by reason of death, Disability, Retirement, or Layoff. Any question as to whether and when there has been a Termination of Service for the purposes of an Award and the cause of such Termination of Service shall be determined by the Company’s senior vice president of human

 

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resources or other person performing that function or, with respect to directors and executive officers, by the Committee, whose determination shall be final and binding. Transfer of a Participant’s employment or service relationship between the Company and any Related Company shall not be considered a Termination of Service for purposes of an Award. Unless the Committee determines otherwise, a Termination of Service shall be deemed to occur if the Participant’s employment or service relationship is with an entity that has ceased to be a Related Company. A Participant’s change in status from an employee of the Company or a Related Company to a nonemployee director, consultant, advisor or independent contractor of the Company or a Related Company or a change in status from a nonemployee director, consultant, advisor or independent contractor of the Company or a Related Company to an employee of the Company or a Related Company, shall not be considered a Termination of Service.

“Vesting Commencement Date” means the Grant Date or such other date selected by the Committee as the date from which an Award begins to vest.

SECTION 3. ADMINISTRATION

 

3.1 Administration of the Plan

The Plan shall be administered by the Compensation Committee, which shall be composed of two or more directors, each of whom shall qualify as a “non-employee director” within the meaning of Rule 16b-3(b)(3) promulgated under the Exchange Act (or any successor definition adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission), an “outside director” within the meaning of Section 162(m), and an “independent director” as defined under the New York Stock Exchange listing standards. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board or the Compensation Committee may delegate responsibility for administering the Plan with respect to designated classes of Eligible Persons to different committees consisting of two or more members of the Board, subject to such limitations as the Board or the Compensation Committee deems appropriate, except with respect to benefits to non-employee directors and to officers subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act or awards subject to Section 15 of the Plan. Members of any committee shall serve for such term as the Board may determine, subject to removal by the Board at any time. To the extent consistent with applicable law, the Board or the Compensation Committee may authorize one or more officers of the Company to grant Awards to designated classes of Eligible Persons, within limits specifically prescribed by the Board or the committee; provided, however, that no such officer shall have or obtain authority to grant Awards to himself or herself or to any person subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act. All references in the Plan to the “Committee” shall be, as applicable, to the Compensation Committee, or any other committee or any officer to whom the Board or the Compensation Committee has delegated authority to administer the Plan.

 

3.2 Administration and Interpretation by Committee

(a) Except for the terms and conditions explicitly set forth in the Plan, and to the extent permitted by applicable law, the Committee shall have full power and exclusive authority, subject to such orders or resolutions not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan as may from time to time be adopted by the Board or a Committee composed of members of the Board, to (i) select the Eligible Persons to whom Awards may from time to time be granted under the Plan; (ii) determine the type or types of Award to be granted to each Participant under the Plan; (iii) determine the number of shares of Common Stock to be covered by each Award granted

 

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under the Plan; (iv) determine the terms and conditions of any Award granted under the Plan; (v) approve the forms of notice or agreement for use under the Plan; (vi) determine whether, to what extent, and under what circumstances Awards may be settled in cash, shares of Common Stock or other property or canceled or suspended; (vii) determine whether, to what extent, and under what circumstances cash, shares of Common Stock, other property and other amounts payable with respect to an Award shall be deferred either automatically or at the election of the Participant, subject to Section 409A and in accordance with Section 6.3 of the Plan; (viii) interpret and administer the Plan and any instrument evidencing an Award, notice or agreement executed or entered into under the Plan; (ix) establish such rules and regulations as it shall deem appropriate for the proper administration of the Plan; (x) delegate ministerial duties to such of the Company’s employees as it so determines; (xi) waive any terms, conditions or restrictions on any Award under such circumstances and subject to such terms and conditions as the Committee shall deem appropriate; and (xii) make any other determination and take any other action that the Committee deems necessary or desirable for administration of the Plan.

(b) In no event, however, shall the Board or the Committee have the right, without shareholder approval, to (i) lower the exercise or grant price of an Option or SAR after it is granted, except in connection with adjustments provided in Section 14, (ii) cancel an Option or SAR at a time when its exercise or grant price exceeds the Fair Market Value of the underlying stock, in exchange for cash, another option or stock appreciation right, restricted stock or other equity award, unless the cancellation and exchange occurs in connection with a merger, acquisition, spin-off or other similar corporate transaction or (iii) take any other action that is treated as a repricing under generally accepted accounting principles.

(c) Decisions of the Committee shall be final, conclusive and binding on all persons, including the Company, any Participant, any shareholder and any Eligible Person. A majority of the members of the Committee may determine its actions.

SECTION 4. SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN

 

4.1 Authorized Number of Shares

Subject to adjustment from time to time as provided in Section 14.1, the maximum number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Plan shall be:

(a) 10,000,000 shares reduced by the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that become subject to Awards and less one share for every one share that was subject to an award granted after February 28, 2013 under the Prior Plans; plus

(b) (i) any authorized shares not issued or subject to outstanding awards under the Company’s Prior Plan as of the Effective Date and (ii) any shares subject to outstanding awards under the Prior Plan as of the Effective Date that subsequently cease to be subject to such Awards (other than by reason of exercise or settlement of the Awards to the extent they are exercised for or settled in vested and non-forfeitable shares), which shares of Common Stock shall cease, as of such date, to be available for grant and issuance under the Prior Plan, but shall be available for issuance under the Plan.

 

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Shares issued under the Plan shall be drawn from authorized and unissued shares or shares now held or subsequently acquired by the Company as treasury shares.

 

4.2 Share Usage

(a) If (i) any Award based on shares lapses, expires, terminates or is canceled prior to the issuance of shares thereunder, or if shares of Common Stock are issued under the Plan to a Participant and thereafter are forfeited to the Company, or if an Award is settled for cash (in whole or in part) or otherwise does not result in the issuance of all or a portion of the shares of Common Stock subject to such Award, or (ii) after February 28, 2013 any award under the Prior Plans based on shares lapses, expires, terminates, or is canceled prior to the issuance of shares thereunder, or if shares of Common Stock issued under the Prior Plans to a Participant are thereafter forfeited to the Company, or if an award under the Prior Plans is settled for cash (in whole or in part), or otherwise does not result in the issuance of all or a portion of the shares of Common Stock subject to such award under the Prior Plans, then the shares subject to such Awards or awards under the Prior Plan shall again be available for issuance under the Plan.

(b) In the event that (i) any Option, or after February 28, 2013 an option under the Prior Plans, is exercised through the tendering of shares of Common Stock (either actually or by attestation) or by the withholding of shares of Common Stock by the Company, or (ii) withholding tax liabilities arising from an Award, or after February 28, 2013 an award under the Prior Plans, are satisfied by the tendering of shares of Common Stock (either actually or by attestation) or by the withholding of shares of Common Stock by the Company, then in each such case the Shares so tendered or withheld shall again be available for issuance under the Plan, on a one-for-one basis.

(c) The number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Plan shall not be reduced to reflect any dividends or dividend equivalents that are reinvested into additional shares of Common Stock or credited as additional shares of Common Stock subject or paid with respect to an Award.

(d) The Committee shall also, without limitation, have the authority to grant Awards as an alternative to or as the form of payment for grants or rights earned or due under other compensation plans or arrangements of the Company.

(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, the Committee may grant Substitute Awards under the Plan. Substitute Awards shall not reduce the number of shares authorized for issuance under the Plan. In the event that an Acquired Entity has shares available for awards or grants under one or more preexisting plans not adopted in contemplation of such acquisition or combination, then, to the extent determined by the Board or the Compensation Committee, the shares available for grant pursuant to the terms of such preexisting plan (as adjusted, to the extent appropriate, using the exchange ratio or other adjustment or valuation ratio or formula used in such acquisition or combination to determine the consideration payable to holders of common stock of the entities that are parties to such acquisition or combination) may be used for Awards under the Plan and shall not reduce the number of shares of Common Stock authorized for issuance under the Plan; provided, however, that Awards using such available shares shall not be made after the date awards or grants could have been made under the terms of such preexisting plans, absent the acquisition or combination,

 

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and shall be made only to persons who were not employees or directors of the Company or a Related Company prior to such acquisition or combination. In the event that a written agreement between the Company and an Acquired Entity pursuant to which a merger or consolidation is completed is approved by the Board and that agreement sets forth the terms and conditions of the substitution for or assumption of outstanding awards of the Acquired Entity, those terms and conditions shall be deemed to be the action of the Committee without any further action by the Committee, except as may be required for compliance with Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act, and the persons holding such awards shall be deemed to be Participants.

(f) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the maximum number of shares that may be issued upon the exercise of Incentive Stock Options shall equal the share number stated in Section 4.1(a), subject to adjustment as provided in Section 14.1.

SECTION 5. ELIGIBILITY

An Award may be granted to any employee, officer or director of the Company or a Related Company whom the Committee from time to time selects. The above are “Eligible Persons.”

SECTION 6. AWARDS

 

6.1 Form and Grant of Awards

The Committee shall have the authority, in its sole discretion, to determine the type or types of Awards to be granted under the Plan. Such Awards may be granted either alone, in addition to or in tandem with any other type of Award. Any Award settlement may be subject to such conditions, restrictions and contingencies as the Committee shall determine.

 

6.2 Evidence of Awards

Awards granted under the Plan shall be evidenced by a written or electronic instrument that shall contain such terms, conditions, limitations and restrictions as the Committee shall deem advisable and that are not inconsistent with the Plan.

 

6.3 Deferrals

The Committee may permit or require a Participant to defer receipt of the payment of any Award if and to the extent set forth in the instrument evidencing the Award at the time of grant. If any such deferral election is permitted or required, the Committee, in its sole discretion, shall establish rules and procedures for such payment deferrals, which may include the grant of additional Awards or provisions for the payment or crediting of interest or dividend equivalents, including converting such credits to deferred stock unit equivalents; provided, however, that the terms of any deferrals under this Section 6.3 shall comply with all applicable law, rules and regulations, including, without limitation, Section 409A of the Code.

 

6.4 Dividends and Distributions

Participants may, if the Committee so determines, be credited with dividends paid with respect to shares of Common Stock underlying an Award in a manner determined by the Committee in its sole discretion. The Committee may apply any restrictions to the dividends or dividend equivalents that the Committee deems appropriate. The Committee, in its sole discretion, may determine the form of payment of dividends or dividend equivalents, including cash, shares of

 

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Common Stock, Restricted Stock or Stock Units. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Award for which dividends or dividend equivalents have been granted has its vesting, payment or grant dependent upon the achievement of one or more performance goals, then the dividends or dividend equivalents shall accrue and be paid only to the extent the Award becomes vested or payable. Also notwithstanding the foregoing, the crediting of dividends or dividend equivalents must comply with or qualify for an exemption under Section 409A.

SECTION 7. OPTIONS

 

7.1 Grant of Options

The Committee may grant Options designated as Incentive Stock Options or Non-qualified Stock Options.

 

7.2 Option Exercise Price

The exercise price for shares purchased under an Option shall be the average of the high and low price of the Common Stock for the Grant Date (and not less than the minimum exercise price required by Section 422 of the Code with respect to Incentive Stock Options), except in the case of Substitute Awards.

 

7.3 Terms of Options

Subject to earlier termination in accordance with the terms of the Plan and the instrument evidencing the Option, the maximum term of an Option shall be 10 years from the Grant Date. For Incentive Stock Options, the maximum term shall comply with Section 422 of the Code

 

7.4 Exercise of Options

(a) The Committee shall establish and set forth in each instrument that evidences an Option the time at which, or the installments in which, the Option shall vest and become exercisable.

(b) To the extent an Option has vested and become exercisable, the Option may be exercised in whole or from time to time in part by delivery as directed by the Company to the Company or a brokerage firm designated or approved by the Company of a stock option exercise agreement or notice, in a form and in accordance with procedures established by the Committee, setting forth the number of shares with respect to which the Option is being exercised, the restrictions imposed on the shares purchased under such exercise agreement or notice, if any, and such representations and agreements as may be required by the Committee, accompanied by payment in full as described in Section 7.5. An Option may be exercised only for whole shares and may not be exercised for less than a reasonable number of shares at any one time, as determined by the Committee.

 

7.5 Payment of Exercise Price

The exercise price for shares purchased under an Option shall be paid in full as directed by the Company to the Company or a brokerage firm designated or approved by the Company by delivery of consideration equal to the product of the Option exercise price and the number of shares purchased. Such consideration must be paid before the Company will issue the shares being purchased and must be in a form or a combination of forms acceptable to the Committee for that purchase, which forms may include:

(a) cash;

 

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(b) check or wire transfer;

(c) having the Company withhold shares of Common Stock that otherwise would be issued on exercise of the Option that have an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to the aggregate exercise price of the shares being purchased under the Option;

(d) tendering (either actually or, so long as the Common Stock is registered under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act, by attestation) shares of Common Stock already owned by the Participant that on the day prior to the exercise date have a Fair Market Value equal to the aggregate exercise price of the shares being purchased under the Option;

(e) so long as the Common Stock is registered under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act, and to the extent permitted by applicable law, delivery of a properly executed exercise agreement or notice, together with irrevocable instructions to a brokerage firm designated or approved by the Company to deliver promptly to the Company the aggregate amount of sale or loan proceeds to pay the Option exercise price and any tax withholding obligations that may arise in connection with the exercise, all in accordance with the regulations of the Federal Reserve Board; or

(f) such other consideration as the Committee may permit.

 

7.6 Post-Termination Exercise

(a) The Committee shall establish and set forth in each instrument that evidences an Option whether the Option shall continue to be exercisable, and the terms and conditions of such exercise, after a Termination of Service.

(b) Also notwithstanding the foregoing, in case a Participant’s Termination of Service occurs for Cause, all Options granted to the Participant shall automatically expire upon first notification to the Participant of such termination, unless the Committee determines otherwise. If a Participant’s employment or service relationship with the Company is suspended pending an investigation of whether the Participant shall be terminated for Cause, all the Participant’s rights under any Option shall likewise be suspended during the period of investigation; provided, however, that any such suspension shall not extend the expiration date of any Option. If any facts that would constitute termination for Cause are discovered after a Participant’s Termination of Service, any Option then held by the Participant may be immediately terminated by the Committee, in its sole discretion.

(c) If the exercise of the Option following a Participant’s Termination of Service, but while the Option is otherwise exercisable, would be prohibited solely because the issuance of Common Stock would violate either the registration requirements under the Securities Act or the Company’s insider trading policy, then the Option shall remain exercisable until the earlier of (i) the Option Expiration Date and (ii) the expiration of a period of three months (or such longer period of time as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion) after the Participant’s Termination of Service during which the exercise of the Option would not be in violation of such Securities Act or insider trading policy requirements.

 

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7.7 Incentive Stock Option Limitations

Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Plan, the terms of any Incentive Stock Options shall in addition comply in all respects with Section 422 of the Code, or any successor provision, and any applicable regulations thereunder. Persons who are not employees of the Company or one of its parent or subsidiary corporations (as such terms are defined for purposes of Section 422 of the Code) may not be granted Incentive Stock Options. To the extent that the aggregate Fair Market Value of Common Stock with respect to which Incentive Stock Options are exercisable for the first time by a Participant during any calendar year exceeds $100,000 (or, if different, the maximum limitation in effect at the time of grant under the Code), such portion in excess of $100,000 shall be treated as Nonqualified Stock Options. If any Participant shall make any disposition of shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to the exercise of an Incentive Stock Option under any circumstances described in Section 421(b) of the Code (relating to certain disqualifying dispositions), such Participant shall notify the Company of such disposition.

SECTION 8. STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS

 

8.1 Grant of Stock Appreciation Rights

The Committee may grant stock appreciation rights ( “Stock Appreciation Rights” or “SARs” ) to Participants at any time and on such terms and conditions as the Committee shall determine in its sole discretion. A SAR may be granted in tandem with an Option ( “tandem SAR” ) or alone ( “freestanding SAR” ). The grant price of a tandem SAR shall be equal to the exercise price of the related Option. The grant price of a freestanding SAR shall be established in accordance with procedures for Options set out in Section 7.2. A SAR may be exercised upon such terms and conditions and for the term as the Committee determines in its sole discretion; provided, however, that, subject to earlier termination in accordance with the terms of the Plan and the instrument evidencing the SAR, the maximum term of a freestanding SAR shall be 10 years, and in the case of a tandem SAR, (a) the term shall not exceed the term of the related Option and (b) the tandem SAR may be exercised for all or part of the shares subject to the related Option upon the surrender of the right to exercise the equivalent portion of the related Option, except that the tandem SAR may be exercised only with respect to the shares for which its related Option is then exercisable.

 

8.2 Payment of SAR Amount

Upon the exercise of a SAR, a Participant shall be entitled to receive payment from the Company in an amount determined by multiplying: (a) the difference between the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the date of exercise over the grant price of the SAR by (b) the number of shares with respect to which the SAR is exercised. At the discretion of the Committee as set out in the instrument evidencing the Award, the payment upon exercise of a SAR may be in cash, in shares of equivalent value, in some combination thereof or in any other manner approved by the Committee in its sole discretion.

SECTION 9. STOCK AWARDS, RESTRICTED STOCK AND STOCK UNITS

 

9.1 Grant of Stock Awards, Restricted Stock and Stock Units

The Committee may grant Stock Awards, Restricted Stock and Stock Units on such terms and conditions and subject to such repurchase or forfeiture restrictions, if any, which may be based on continuous service with the Company or a Related Company or the achievement of any performance goals, as the Committee shall determine in its sole discretion, which terms, conditions and restrictions shall be set forth in the instrument evidencing the Award.

 

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9.2 Vesting of Restricted Stock and Stock Units

Upon the satisfaction of any terms, conditions and restrictions prescribed with respect to Restricted Stock or Stock Units, or upon a Participant’s release from any terms, conditions and restrictions of Restricted Stock or Stock Units, as determined by the Committee, and subject to the provisions of Section 12, (a) the shares of Restricted Stock covered by each Award of Restricted Stock shall become freely transferable by the Participant, and (b) Stock Units shall be paid in shares of Common Stock or, if set out in the instrument evidencing the Awards, in cash or a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock. Any fractional shares subject to such Awards shall be paid to the Participant in cash.

SECTION 10. PERFORMANCE SHARES AND PERFORMANCE UNITS

 

10.1 Grant of Performance Shares

The Committee may grant Awards of performance shares ( “Performance Shares” ), designate the Participants to whom Performance Shares are to be awarded, and determine the number of Performance Shares and the terms and conditions of each such Award. Performance Shares shall consist of a unit valued by reference to a designated number of shares of Common Stock, the value of which may be paid to the Participant by delivery of shares of Common Stock or, if set out in the instrument evidencing the Award, of such property as the Committee shall determine, including without limitation, cash, shares of Common Stock, or other property, or any combination thereof, upon the attainment of performance goals, as established by the Committee, and other terms and conditions specified by the Committee. The amount to be paid under an Award of Performance Shares may be adjusted on the basis of such further consideration as the Committee shall determine in its sole discretion.

 

10.2 Grant of Performance Units

The Committee may grant Awards of performance units ( “Performance Units” ), designate the Participants to whom Performance Units are to be awarded, and determine the number of Performance Units and the terms and conditions of each such Award. Performance Units shall consist of a unit valued by reference to a designated amount of cash or property other than shares of Common Stock, which value may be paid to the Participant by delivery of the cash or such property as the Committee shall determine, including, without limitation, cash, shares of Common Stock, other property, or any combination thereof, upon the attainment of performance goals, as established by the Committee, and other terms and conditions specified by the Committee. The Amount to be paid under an Award of Performance Units may be adjusted on the basis of such further consideration as the Committee shall determine in its sole discretion.

SECTION 11. OTHER STOCK OR CASH BASED AWARDS

Subject to the terms of the Plan and such other terms and conditions as the Committee deems appropriate, the Committee may grant other incentives payable in cash or in shares of Common Stock under the Plan.

 

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SECTION 12. WITHHOLDING

 

12.1 Withholding for Taxes or Other Obligations

The Company may require the Participant to pay to the Company the amount of (a) any taxes that the Company is required by applicable federal, state, local or foreign law to withhold with respect to the grant, vesting or exercise of an Award ( “tax withholding obligations” ) and (b) any amounts due from the Participant to the Company or to any Related Company ( “other obligations” ). Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, the Company shall not be required to issue any shares of Common Stock or otherwise settle an Award under the Plan until such tax withholding obligations and other obligations are satisfied and shall not be required to issue any shares of Common Stock or otherwise settle an Award under the Plan; provided, however, such payment or satisfaction of tax withholding or other obligations may not be delayed in such a way as to cause such issuance or settlement to not be in compliance with Section 409A of the Code.

 

12.2 Payment of Withholding Obligations

The Committee may permit or require a Participant to satisfy all or part of his or her tax withholding obligations and other obligations by (a) paying cash to the Company, (b) having the Company withhold an amount from any cash amounts otherwise due or to become due from the Company to the Participant, (c) having the Company withhold a number of shares of Common Stock that would otherwise be issued to the Participant (or become vested in the case of Restricted Stock) having a Fair Market Value equal to the tax withholding obligations and other obligations, or (d) surrendering a number of shares of Common Stock the Participant already owns having a value equal to the tax withholding obligations and other obligations. The value of the shares so withheld or tendered may not exceed the employee’s minimum required tax withholding rate.

SECTION 13. ASSIGNABILITY

No Award or interest in an Award may be sold, assigned, pledged (as collateral for a loan or as security for the performance of an obligation or for any other purpose) or transferred by the Participant or made subject to attachment or similar proceedings otherwise than by will or by the applicable laws of descent and distribution, except that to the extent the Participant designates one or more beneficiaries on a Company-approved form who may exercise the Award or receive payment under an Award after the Participant’s death. During a Participant’s lifetime, an Award may be exercised only by the Participant. Notwithstanding the foregoing and to the extent permitted by Section 422 of the Code with respect to Stock Options, the Committee, in its sole discretion, may permit a Participant to assign or transfer an Award without consideration, subject to such terms and conditions as the Committee shall specify.

SECTION 14. ADJUSTMENTS

 

14.1 Adjustment of Shares

(a) In the event, at any time or from time to time, a stock dividend, stock split, spin-off, combination or exchange of shares, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, extraordinary cash dividend, distribution to shareholders other than a normal cash dividend, or other change in the Company’s corporate or capital structure results in (i) the outstanding shares of Common

 

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Stock, or any securities exchanged therefore or received in their place, being exchanged for a different number or kind of securities of the Company or (ii) new, different or additional securities of the Company or of any other company being received by the holders of shares of Common Stock, then the Committee shall make proportional adjustments, taking into consideration the accounting and tax consequences, in (A) the maximum number and kind of securities available for issuance under the Plan; (B) the maximum number and kind of securities issuable as Incentive Stock Options as set forth in Section 4.2; (C) the maximum number and kind of securities set forth in Section 15.4; (D) the number and kind of securities that are subject to any outstanding Awards and the per share exercise or grant price of such securities, without any change in the aggregate price to be paid therefor. The determination by the Committee as to the terms of any of the foregoing adjustments shall be conclusive and binding.

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the issuance by the Company of shares of stock of any class, or securities convertible into shares of stock of any class, for cash or property, or for labor or services rendered, either upon direct sale or upon the exercise of rights or warrants to subscribe therefore, or upon conversion of shares or obligations of the Company convertible into such shares or other securities, shall not affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with respect to, outstanding Awards. Also notwithstanding the foregoing, a dissolution or liquidation of the Company or a Business Combination shall not be governed by this Section 14.1, but shall be governed by Sections 14.2 and 14.3, respectively.

 

14.2 Dissolution or Liquidation

To the extent not previously exercised or settled, and unless otherwise determined by the Committee in its sole discretion, Awards shall terminate immediately prior to the dissolution or liquidation of the Company. To the extent a vesting condition, forfeiture provision or repurchase right applicable to an Award has not been waived by the Committee, the Award shall be forfeited immediately prior to the consummation of the dissolution or liquidation.

 

14.3 Change of Control

Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, unless the Committee shall determine otherwise in the instrument evidencing the Award or, if not provided for in such instrument, in a written employment, services or other agreement between the Participant and the Company or a Related Company, in the event of a Change of Control:

(a) If the Change of Control is a Business Combination in which Awards, other than Performance Shares and Performance Units, could be converted, assumed, substituted for or replaced by the Successor Company, then, if and to the extent that the Successor Company converts, assumes, substitutes or replaces an Award, the vesting restrictions or forfeiture provisions applicable to such Award shall not be accelerated or lapse, and all such vesting restrictions or forfeiture provisions shall continue with respect to any shares of the Successor Company or other consideration that may be received with respect to such Award. If and to the extent that such Awards are not converted, assumed, substituted for or replaced by the Successor Company, such Awards shall become fully vested and exercisable or payable, and all applicable restrictions or forfeiture provisions shall lapse, immediately prior to the Change of Control and such Awards shall terminate at the effective time of the Change of Control.

 

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If the Change of Control is not a Business Combination in which Awards, other than Performance Shares and Performance Units, could be converted, assumed, substituted for or replaced by the Successor Company, all outstanding Awards, other than Performance Shares and Performance Units, shall become fully vested and exercisable or payable, and all applicable restrictions or forfeiture provisions shall lapse, immediately prior to the Change of Control and shall terminate at the effective time of the Change of Control.

For the purposes of this Section 14.3(a), an Award shall be considered converted, assumed, substituted for or replaced by the Successor Company if following the Business Combination the option or right confers the right to purchase or receive, for each share of Common Stock subject to the Award immediately prior to the Business Combination, the consideration (whether stock, cash or other securities or property) received in the Business Combination by holders of Common Stock for each share held on the effective date of the transaction (and if holders were offered a choice of consideration, the type of consideration chosen by the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares); provided, however, that if such consideration received in the Business Combination is not solely common stock of the Successor Company, the Committee may, with the consent of the Successor Company, provide for the consideration to be received pursuant to the Award, for each share of Common Stock subject thereto, to be solely common stock of the Successor Company substantially equal in Fair Market Value to the per share consideration received by holders of Common Stock in the Business Combination. The determination of such substantial equality of value of consideration shall be made by the Committee, and its determination shall be conclusive and binding.

( b) All Performance Shares or Performance Units earned and outstanding as of the date the Change of Control is determined to have occurred and for which the payout level has been determined shall be payable in full in accordance with the payout schedule pursuant to the instrument evidencing the Award. Any remaining outstanding Performance Shares or Performance Units (including any applicable performance period) for which the payout level has not been determined shall be payable in accordance with the terms and payout schedule pursuant to the instrument evidencing the Award. Any existing deferrals or other restrictions not waived by the Committee in its sole discretion shall remain in effect.

(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee, in its sole discretion, may instead provide in the event of a Change of Control that is a Business Combination that a Participant’s outstanding Awards shall terminate upon or immediately prior to such Business Combination and that such Participant shall receive, in exchange therefor, a cash payment equal to the amount (if any) by which (x) the value of the per share consideration received by holders of Common Stock in the Business Combination, or, in the event the Business Combination is one of the transactions listed under subsection (c) in the definition of Business Combination or otherwise does not result in direct receipt of consideration by holders of Common Stock, the value of the deemed per share consideration received, in each case as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion, multiplied by the number of shares of Common Stock subject to such outstanding Awards (to the extent then vested and exercisable or whether or not then vested and exercisable, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion) exceeds (y) if applicable, the respective aggregate exercise price or grant price for such Awards.

 

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(d) For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Section 14.3 requires all outstanding Awards to be treated similarly.

 

14.4 Further Adjustment of Awards

Subject to Sections 14.2 and 14.3, the Committee shall have the discretion, exercisable at any time before a sale, merger, consolidation, reorganization, liquidation, dissolution or change of control of the Company, as defined by the Committee, to take such further action as it determines to be necessary or advisable with respect to Awards. Such authorized action may include (but shall not be limited to) establishing, amending or waiving the type, terms, conditions, or duration of, or restrictions on, Awards so as to provide for earlier, later, extended or additional time for exercise, lifting restrictions and other modifications, and the Committee may take such actions with respect to all Participants, to certain categories of Participants or only to individual Participants. The Committee may take such action before or after granting Awards to which the action relates and before or after any public announcement with respect to such sale, merger, consolidation, reorganization, liquidation, dissolution or change of control that is the reason for such action.

 

14.5 No Limitations

The grant of Awards shall in no way affect the Company’s right to adjust, reclassify, reorganize or otherwise change its capital or business structure or to merge, consolidate, dissolve, liquidate or sell or transfer all or any part of its business or assets.

 

14.6 No Fractional Shares

In the event of any adjustment in the number of shares covered by any Award, each such Award shall cover only the number of full shares resulting from such adjustment, and any fractional shares resulting from such adjustment shall be disregarded.

 

14.7 Section 409A

Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, (a) any adjustments made pursuant to this Section 14 to Awards that are considered “deferred compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A shall be made in compliance with the requirements of Section 409A and (b) any adjustments made pursuant to this Section 15 to Awards that are not considered “deferred compensation” subject to Section 409A shall be made in such a manner as to ensure that after such adjustment the Awards either (i) continue not to be subject to Section 409A or (ii) comply with the requirements of Section 409A.

SECTION 15. SECTION 162(m) PROVISIONS

 

15.1 Terms of Section 162(m) Awards Generally

Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, if the Committee determines, at the time Awards are granted to a Participant who is, or is likely to be as of the end of the tax year in which the Company would claim a tax deduction in connection with such Award, a Covered Employee, then the Committee may provide that this Section 15 is applicable to such Award.

 

15.2 Performance Criteria

This Section 15 is not intended to apply to any Options or SARs granted under the Plan. However, if an Award is subject to this Section 15, then the lapsing of restrictions thereon and

 

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the distribution of cash, shares of Common Stock or other property pursuant thereto, as applicable, shall be subject to the achievement of one or more objective performance goals established by the Committee, which shall be based on the attainment of specified levels of one of or any combination of the following “performance criteria” for the Company as a whole or any affiliate or business unit of the Company, as reported or calculated by the Company: cash flows (including, but not limited to, operating cash flow, free cash flow or cash flow return on capital); working capital; earnings per share; book value per share; operating income (including or excluding depreciation, amortization, extraordinary items, restructuring charges or other expenses); funds from operations and funds from operations per share; revenues; operating margins; return on assets; return on equity; return on net assets; debt; debt plus equity; market or economic value added; stock price appreciation; total shareholder return; cost control; strategic initiatives; market share; net income; return on invested capital; improvements in capital structure; or customer satisfaction, employee satisfaction, services performance, subscriber, cash management or asset management metrics (together, the “Performance Criteria” ).

Such performance goals also may be based on the achievement of specified levels of Company performance (or performance of an applicable affiliate or business unit of the Company) under one or more of the Performance Criteria described above relative to the performance of other corporations or a market index. Such performance goals shall be set by the Committee within the time period prescribed by, and shall otherwise comply with the requirements of, Section 162(m) of the Code, or any successor provision thereto, and the regulations thereunder.

The Committee may provide in any such Award that any evaluation of performance may include or exclude any of the following events that occurs during a performance period: (i) asset write-downs, (ii) litigation or claim judgments or settlements, (iii) the effect of changes in tax laws, accounting principles, or other laws or provisions affecting reported results, (iv) any reorganization and restructuring programs, (v) extraordinary nonrecurring items as described in Accounting Standards Codification 225-20 or in Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations appearing in the Company’s annual report to shareholders for the applicable year, (vi) acquisitions or divestitures, (vii) foreign exchange gains and losses, (viii) gains and losses on asset sales, and (ix) impairments. To the extent such inclusions or exclusions affect Awards to Covered Employees, they shall be prescribed in a form that satisfies the requirements for “performance-based compensation” within the meaning of Section 162(m)(4)(C) of the Code, or any successor provision thereto.

The Committee shall certify in writing that any Performance Criteria have been met prior to settling any Award subject to Performance Criteria.

 

15.3 Adjustment of Awards

Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan other than Section 15, with respect to any Award that is subject to this Section 15, the Committee may adjust downwards, but not upwards, the amount payable pursuant to such Award, and the Committee may not waive the achievement of the applicable performance goals except in the case of the death or Disability of the Covered Employee or a Change in Control.

 

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15.4 Limitations

Subject to adjustment from time to time as provided in Section 14.1, no Participant may be granted during any calendar year (i) Options or SARs with respect to more than 2,000,000 shares, and (ii) Awards other than Options and SARs that are intended to comply with the performance-based exception under Code Section 162(m) and are denominated in shares under which more than 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock may be earned in each 12 months in the performance period. During any calendar year, no Participant may be granted Awards other than Options and SARs that are intended to comply with the performance-based exception under Code Section 162(m) and are denominated in cash under which more than $10,000,000 may be earned in each 12 months in the performance period. Each of the limitations in this section shall be multiplied by two with respect to Awards granted to a Participant during the first calendar year in which the Participant commences employment with the Company. If an Award is cancelled, the cancelled Award shall continue to be counted toward the applicable limitation in this section.

The Committee shall have the power to impose such other restrictions on Awards subject to this Section 15 as it may deem necessary or appropriate to ensure that such Awards satisfy all requirements for “performance-based compensation” within the meaning of Section 162(m)(4)(C) of the Code, or any successor provision thereto.

SECTION 16. AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION

 

16.1 Amendment, Suspension or Termination of the Plan

The Board or the Compensation Committee of the Board may amend, suspend or terminate the Plan or any portion of the Plan at any time and in such respects as it shall deem advisable; provided, however, that, to the extent required by applicable law, regulation or stock exchange rule other than Section 162(m) of the Code, shareholder approval shall be required for any amendment to the Plan; and provided, further, that any amendment that requires shareholder approval may be made only by the Board. Subject to Section 16.3, the Committee may amend the terms of any outstanding Award, prospectively or retroactively.

 

16.2 Term of the Plan

Unless sooner terminated as provided herein, the Plan shall terminate 10 years from the Effective Date. After the Plan is terminated, no future Awards may be granted, but Awards previously granted shall remain outstanding in accordance with their applicable terms and conditions and the Plan’s terms and conditions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Incentive Stock Options may be granted more than 10 years after the earlier of approval by the Board or the shareholders of the Plan (or any amendment to the Plan that constitutes the adoption of a new plan for purposes of Section 422 of the Code).

 

16.3 Consent of Participant

The amendment, suspension or termination of the Plan or a portion thereof or the amendment of an outstanding Award shall not, without the Participant’s consent, materially adversely affect any rights under any outstanding Award under the Plan. Except as otherwise determined by the Committee, any change or adjustment to an outstanding Incentive Stock Option shall not, without the consent of the Participant, be made in a manner so as to constitute a “modification” that would cause such Incentive Stock Option to fail to continue to qualify as an Incentive Stock Option. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any adjustments made pursuant to Section 14 shall not be subject to these restrictions.

 

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SECTION 17. GENERAL

 

17.1 No Individual Rights

(a) person or Participant shall have any claim to be granted any Award under the Plan, and the Company has no obligation for uniformity of treatment of Participants under the Plan.

(b) Nothing in the Plan or any Award granted under the Plan shall be deemed to constitute an employment contract or confer or be deemed to confer on any Participant any right to continue in the employ of, or to continue any other relationship with, the Company or any Related Company or limit in any way the right of the Company or any Related Company to terminate a Participant’s employment or other relationship at any time, with or without cause.

 

17.2 Issuance of Shares

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, the Company shall have no obligation to issue or deliver any shares of Common Stock under the Plan or make any other distribution of benefits under the Plan unless, in the opinion of the Company’s counsel, such issuance, delivery or distribution would comply with all applicable laws (including, without limitation, the requirements of the Securities Act or the laws of any state or foreign jurisdiction) and the applicable requirements of any securities exchange or similar entity.

(b) The Company shall be under no obligation to any Participant to register for offering or resale or to qualify for exemption under the Securities Act, or to register or qualify under the laws of any state or foreign jurisdiction, any shares of Common Stock, security or interest in a security paid or issued under, or created by, the Plan, or to continue in effect any such registrations or qualifications if made.

(c) As a condition to the exercise of an Option or any other receipt of Common Stock pursuant to an Award under the Plan, the Company may require (i) the Participant to represent and warrant at the time of any such exercise or receipt that such shares are being purchased or received only for the Participant’s own account and without any present intention to sell or distribute such shares and (ii) such other action or agreement by the Participant as may from time to time be necessary to comply with the federal, state and foreign securities laws. At the option of the Company, a stop-transfer order against any such shares may be placed on the official stock books and records of the Company, and a legend indicating that such shares may not be pledged, sold or otherwise transferred, unless an opinion of counsel is provided (concurred in by counsel for the Company) stating that such transfer is not in violation of any applicable law or regulation, may be stamped on stock certificates to ensure exemption from registration. The Committee may also require the Participant to execute and deliver to the Company a purchase agreement or such other agreement as may be in use by the Company at such time that describes certain terms and conditions applicable to the shares.

(d) To the extent the Plan or any instrument evidencing an Award provides for issuance of stock certificates to reflect the issuance of shares of Common Stock, the issuance may be effected on a non-certificated basis, to the extent not prohibited by applicable law or the applicable rules of any stock exchange.

 

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17.3 Indemnification

Each person who is or shall have been a member of the Board or a committee appointed by the Board or an officer of the Company to whom authority was delegated in accordance with Section 3, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company against and from any loss, cost, liability or expense that may be imposed upon or reasonably incurred by such person in connection with or resulting from any claim, action, suit or proceeding to which such person may be a party or in which such person may be involved by reason of any action taken or failure to act under the Plan and against and from any and all amounts paid by such person in settlement thereof, with the Company’s approval, or paid by such person in satisfaction of any judgment in any such claim, action, suit or proceeding against such person; provided, however, that such person shall give the Company an opportunity, at its own expense, to handle and defend the same before such person undertakes to handle and defend it on such person’s own behalf, unless such loss, cost, liability or expense is a result of such person’s own willful misconduct or except as expressly provided by statute.

The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be exclusive of any other rights of indemnification to which such person may be entitled under the Company’s certificate of incorporation or bylaws, as a matter of law, or otherwise, or of any power that the Company may have to indemnify or hold harmless.

 

17.4 No Rights as a Shareholder

Unless otherwise provided by the instrument evidencing the Award or, if not provided in such instrument, in a written employment or services agreement, no Award other than a Stock Award, shall entitle the Participant to any cash dividend, voting or other right of a shareholder unless and until the date of issuance under the Plan of the shares that are the subject of such Award.

 

17.5 Compliance with Laws and Regulations

(a) In interpreting and applying the provisions of the Plan, any Option granted as an Incentive Stock Option pursuant to the Plan shall, to the extent permitted by law, be construed as an “incentive stock option” within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code.

(b) The Plan and Awards granted under the Plan are intended to be exempt from the requirements of Section 409A of the Code to the maximum extent possible, whether pursuant to the short-term deferral exception described in Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(4), the exclusion applicable to stock options, stock appreciation rights and certain other equity-based compensation under Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(5), or otherwise. To the extent Code Section 409A is applicable to the Plan or any Award granted under the Plan, it is intended that the Plan and any Awards granted under the Plan comply with the deferral, payout and other limitations and restrictions imposed under Code Section 409A. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan or any Award granted under the Plan to the contrary, the Plan and any Award granted under the Plan shall be interpreted, operated and administered in a manner consistent with such intentions.

 

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Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan or any Award granted under the Plan to the contrary, with respect to any payments and benefits under the Plan or any Award granted under the Plan to which Code Section 409A applies, all references in the Plan or any Award granted under the Plan to the termination of the Participant’s employment or service are intended to mean the Participant’s “separation from service” within the meaning of Code Section 409A(a)(2)(A)(i). In addition, if the Participant is a “specified employee” within the meaning of Code Section 409, then to the extent necessary to avoid subjecting the Participant to the imposition of any additional tax under Code Section 409A, amounts that would otherwise be payable under the Plan or any Award granted under the Plan during the six-month period immediately following the Participant’s “separation from service” within the meaning of Code Section 409A(a)(2)(A)(i), shall not be paid to the Participant during such period, but shall instead be accumulated and paid to the Participant (or, in the event of the Participant’s death, the Participant’s estate) in a lump sum on the first business day after the earlier of the date that is six months following the Participant’s separation from service or the Participant’s death.

Notwithstanding any other provision in the Plan to the contrary, the Committee, to the extent it deems necessary or advisable in its sole discretion, reserves the right, but shall not be required, to unilaterally amend or modify the Plan and any Award granted under the Plan so that the Award qualifies for exemption from or complies with Code Section 409A; provided, however, that the Committee makes no representations that Awards granted under the Plan shall be exempt from or comply with Code Section 409A and makes no undertaking to preclude Code Section 409A from applying to Awards granted under the Plan.

 

17.6 Participants in Other Countries

Without amending the Plan, the Committee may grant Awards to Eligible Persons who are foreign nationals on such terms and conditions different from those specified in the Plan as may, in the judgment of the Committee, be necessary or desirable to foster and promote achievement of the purposes of the Plan and shall have the authority to adopt such modifications, procedures and subplans and the like as may be necessary or desirable to comply with provisions of the laws of other countries in which the Company or any Related Company may operate or have employees to ensure the viability of the benefits from Awards granted to Participants employed in such countries or jurisdictions, meet the requirements that permit the Plan to operate in a qualified or tax-efficient manner, comply with applicable foreign laws and to meet the objectives of the Plan.

 

17.7 No Trust or Fund

The Plan is intended to constitute an “unfunded” plan. Nothing contained herein shall require the Company to segregate any monies or other property, or shares of Common Stock, or to create any trusts, or to make any special deposits for any immediate or deferred amounts payable to any Participant, and no Participant shall have any rights that are greater than those of a general unsecured creditor of the Company.

 

17.8 Successors

All obligations of the Company under the Plan with respect to Awards shall be binding on any successor to the Company, whether the existence of such successor is the result of a direct or indirect purchase, merger, consolidation, or otherwise, of all or substantially all the business or assets of the Company.

 

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17.9 Severability

If any provision of the Plan or any Award is determined to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, or as to any person, or would disqualify the Plan or any Award under any law deemed applicable by the Committee, such provision shall be construed or deemed amended to conform to applicable laws, or, if it cannot be so construed or deemed amended without, in the Committee’s determination, materially altering the intent of the Plan or the Award, such provision shall be stricken as to such jurisdiction, person or Award, and the remainder of the Plan and any such Award shall remain in full force and effect.

 

17.10 Choice of Law

The Plan, all Awards granted thereunder and all determinations made and actions taken pursuant hereto, to the extent not otherwise governed by the laws of the United States, shall be governed by the laws of the State of Washington without giving effect to principles of conflicts of law. Participants irrevocably consent to the nonexclusive jurisdiction and venue of the state and federal courts located in the State of Washington.

 

17.11 Legal Requirements

The granting of Awards and the issuance of shares of Common Stock under the Plan are subject to all applicable laws, rules and regulations and to such approvals by any governmental agencies or national securities exchanges as may be required.

SECTION 18. EFFECTIVE DATE

The effective date (the “Effective Date” ) is the date on which the Plan is approved by the shareholders of the Company. If the shareholders of the Company do not approve the Plan within 12 months after the Board’s adoption of the Plan, any Incentive Stock Options granted under the Plan will be treated as Nonqualified Stock Options.

 

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