UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 25, 2016
Eclipse Resources Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 001-36511 | 46-4812998 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
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2121 Old Gatesburg Road, Suite 110 State College, Pennsylvania |
16803 | |||
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
(814) 308-9754
(Registrants telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Item 5.02 | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
Pursuant to the Eclipse Resources Corporation 2014 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the Plan ), Eclipse Resources Corporation (the Company ) may grant from time to time, among other things, restricted stock units and performance units to employees, consultants and directors of the Company.
Attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 is the form of restricted stock unit award agreement to be used in connection with periodic grants of restricted stock units to employees under the Plan, which is incorporated herein by reference. Attached hereto as Exhibit 10.2 is the form of performance unit award agreement to be used in connection with periodic grants of performance units to employees under the Plan, which is incorporated herein by reference. Attached hereto as Exhibit 10.3 is the form of restricted stock unit award agreement that was used in connection with grants of restricted stock units on February 25, 2016 to certain officers of the Company under the Plan in lieu of cash bonuses, which is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) | Exhibits |
Exhibit
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Description |
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10.1 | Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement for Employees | |
10.2 | Form of Performance Unit Award Agreement for Employees | |
10.3 | Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement for 2015 Bonuses |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
ECLIPSE RESOURCES CORPORATION |
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By: |
/s/ Christopher K. Hulburt |
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Name: | Christopher K. Hulburt | |
Title: |
Executive Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel |
Date: March 2, 2016
Index to Exhibits
Exhibit
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Description |
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10.1 | Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement for Employees | |
10.2 | Form of Performance Unit Award Agreement for Employees | |
10.3 | Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement for 2015 Bonuses |
Exhibit 10.1
RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT
ECLIPSE RESOURCES CORPORATION
2014 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
THIS RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT (this Agreement ) evidences an award made as of the [ ● ] day of [ ● ] , [ ● ] (the Date of Grant ), by ECLIPSE RESOURCES CORPORATION , a Delaware corporation ( Company ), to [ ● ] ( Employee ).
1. Award . Company hereby grants Employee an award (this Award ) of [ ● ] Restricted Stock Units (the Restricted Stock Units ). Each Restricted Stock Unit represents an unfunded and unsecured right to receive one share of common stock, par value $0.01, of the Company (the Stock ), plus an additional amount pursuant to Section 4, subject to certain restrictions and on the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement and the Eclipse Resources Corporation 2014 Long-Term Incentive Plan (as it may be amended from time to time, the Plan ). A copy of the Plan is available upon request. Except as provided below, to the extent that any provision of this Agreement conflicts with the terms of the Plan, Employee acknowledges and agrees that those terms of the Plan shall control and, if necessary, the applicable provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed amended so as to carry out the purpose and intent of the Plan.
2. Definitions . Capitalized terms used in this Agreement that are not defined below or in the body of this Agreement shall have the meanings given to them in the Plan. In addition to the terms defined in the body of this Agreement, the following capitalized words and terms shall have the meanings indicated below:
(a) Cause means Cause as defined in the employment agreement between Employee and Company, or if Cause is not defined in such employment agreement or in the absence of such employment agreement, Cause means the occurrence of any of the following events, as reasonably determined by the Committee: (i) Employees willful or continued failure to perform his or her material duties for the Company; (ii) Employees conviction of a felony, or his or her guilty plea to or entry of a nolo contendere plea to a felony charge; (iii) the willful or grossly negligent engagement by Employee in conduct that is materially injurious to the Company, financially or otherwise; or (iv) Employees breach of any material term of the Companys material written policies and material procedures, as in effect from time to time.
(b) Change of Control Period means the 24-month period beginning on the date on which occurs a Change of Control.
(c) Disability means Disability as defined in the employment agreement between Employee and Company, or if Disability is not defined in such employment agreement or in the absence of such employment agreement, Disability means Employees inability to engage in any substantial gainful activity necessary to perform his or her duties hereunder by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or which has lasted, or can be expected to last, for a continuous period
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[ EMPLOYEE NAME ] |
of not less than twelve (12) months. Employee agrees to submit to such medical examinations as may be necessary to determine whether a Disability exists, pursuant to such reasonable requests as may be made by the Company from time to time. Any determination as to the existence of a Disability will be made by a physician selected by the Company.
(d) Good Reason means Good Reason as defined in the employment agreement between Employee and Company, or if Good Reason is not defined in such employment agreement or in the absence of such employment agreement, Good Reason means any of the following, but only if occurring without Employees written consent: (i) a material diminution in Employees base salary; (ii) a material diminution in Employees authority, duties, or responsibilities; or (iii) the relocation of Employees principal office to an area more than 50 miles from its location immediately prior to such relocation.
(e) Involuntary Termination means the Employees involuntary termination of employment with the Company and its Subsidiaries without Cause, or Employees voluntary termination of employment with the Company and each of its Subsidiaries for Good Reason.
3. No Stockholder Rights . The Restricted Stock Units granted pursuant to this Agreement do not and shall not entitle Employee to any rights of a stockholder of the Company before the date shares of Stock are actually issued to Employee in settlement of the Award. Employees rights with respect to the Restricted Stock Units shall remain forfeitable at all times prior to the date on which such rights become vested in accordance with Section 5 or 6.
4. Dividend Equivalents . If the Company declares and pays an ordinary cash dividend in respect of its outstanding shares of Stock and, on the record date for such dividend, Employee holds unvested Restricted Stock Units granted pursuant to this Agreement, the Company shall pay to Employee an amount in cash equal to the ordinary cash dividends Employee would have received if he or she were the beneficial owner, as of such record date, of a number of shares of Stock equal to such number of unvested Restricted Stock Units. The Company will make such payment to Employee as soon as practicable following the date the Company pays such dividend, but in no event more than 30 days following such date.
5. Vesting of Restricted Stock Units . Subject to Section 6 below, the Restricted Stock Units will vest in three (3) equal annual installments beginning on the first anniversary of the Date of Grant (the date on which an installment vests, a Vesting Date ); provided , that , Employee is continuously employed by the Company or a Subsidiary from the Date of Grant through the applicable Vesting Date. Except as otherwise provided in Section 6 below, (a) Employees employment with the Company and its Subsidiaries for only a portion of the applicable vesting period for the Restricted Stock Units, even if a substantial portion, will not entitle Employee to any proportionate vesting, and (b) all Restricted Stock Units that are unvested as of the date of Employees termination of employment shall immediately terminate and Employee will have no further rights to such unvested Restricted Stock Units or the underlying shares of Stock. Any vested Restricted Stock Units that are vested as of the date on which Employees employment with the Company and its Subsidiaries terminates shall be settled in accordance with Section 7.
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6. Termination of Employment; Change of Control .
(a) Death or Disability . If Employees employment with the Company and its Subsidiaries terminates due to Employees death or Disability, then all of the Restricted Stock Units granted pursuant to this Agreement shall immediately and fully vest.
(b) Normal Retirement . If Employees employment with the Company and each of its Subsidiaries terminates due to Employees retirement at or after having attained age 65, then all of the Restricted Stock Units granted pursuant to this Agreement shall immediately vest and the shares of Stock issuable to Employee in settlement of such Restricted Stock Units shall be issued to Employee within ninety (90) days following the Vesting Date(s) on which such Restricted Stock Units would have vested in accordance with Section 5 had Employee remained continuously employed by the Company or a Subsidiary from the date of this Agreement through such Vesting Date(s).
(c) Involuntary Termination Outside of Change of Control Period . If Employee incurs an Involuntary Termination outside of a Change of Control Period, then a number of Restricted Stock Units shall immediately and fully vest such that the number of vested Restricted Stock Units subject to this Award as of immediately following Employees termination of employment will be equal to the product of (i) the total number of Restricted Stock Units subject to this Award, times (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of full calendar months that have elapsed since the Date of Grant (counting the month in which Employees termination of employment occurs as a full calendar month for this purpose), and the denominator of which is 36.
(d) Involuntary Termination During Change of Control Period . If Employee incurs an Involuntary Termination during a Change of Control Period, then all of the Restricted Stock Units subject to this Award shall immediately and fully vest.
(e) Change of Control . Upon a Change of Control that involves a merger, reclassification, reorganization or other similar transaction in which the surviving entity, Companys successor or the direct or indirect parent of the surviving entity or Companys successor (the Successor Entity ), fails to assume this Award or substitute this Award with a substantially equivalent award, then all of the Restricted Stock Units granted pursuant to this Agreement shall immediately and fully vest.
7. Settlement of Vested Restricted Stock Units .
(a) General . Subject to the terms of this Agreement, including without limitation Section 14 below, the Company shall issue one share of Stock to Employee or his or her beneficiary, as the case may be, as soon as practicable following the date on which the underlying Restricted Stock Unit vests (other than pursuant to Section 6(b)); provided , however , that in no event will the issuance of such share of Stock be deferred subsequent to March 15th of the year following the year in which such Restricted Stock Unit vests (other than pursuant to Section 6(b)).
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(b) Retirement . A share of Stock issuable with respect to a Restricted Stock Unit that vests as a result of Employees retirement in accordance with Section 6(b) shall be issued to Employee or his or her beneficiary, as the case may be, as soon as practicable following the Vesting Date on which such Restricted Stock Unit would have vested as provided in Section 5 had Employee remained continuously employed by the Company or a Subsidiary from the date of this Agreement through such Vesting Date; provided , however , that in no event will the issuance of such share of Stock be deferred subsequent to March 15th of the year following the year in which such Vesting Date occurs.
(c) Transfer of Shares . Any shares of Stock issued pursuant to this Agreement shall be in book entry form registered in the name of the Employee or his or her beneficiary, as the case may be. The value of any fractional vested Restricted Stock Units shall be paid in cash at the time the Stock is issued to Employee in connection with the settlement of the vested Restricted Stock Units. The value of the fractional Restricted Stock Units shall equal the percentage of a Restricted Stock Unit represented by a fractional Restricted Stock Unit multiplied by the Fair Market Value of the Stock. The value of such shares of Stock shall not bear any interest owing to the passage of time.
(d) Blackout Periods . Employee acknowledges that, to the extent the event triggering settlement of any vested Restricted Stock Units occurs during a blackout period wherein certain employees, including Employee, are precluded from selling shares of Stock, the Chief Executive Officer or his or her designee retains the right, in his or her sole discretion, to defer the issuance of the shares of Stock in settlement of such Restricted Stock Units; provided , however , that the Chief Executive Officer (or his or her designee) will not exercise this right to defer issuance if such shares of Stock are specifically covered by a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan of Employee that causes such shares of Stock to be exempt from any applicable blackout period then in effect. In the event the issuance of any shares of Stock is deferred hereunder due to the existence of a blackout period, such shares of Stock will be issued to Employee on or before the date that is ninety (90) days following the date on which the shares of Stock were originally scheduled to be issued, but in no event later than: (i) the fifth (5 th ) business day following the termination of such blackout period or (ii) December 31 of the year in which the shares of Stock were originally scheduled to be issued.
8. Nontransferability of Awards . The Restricted Stock Units granted hereunder may not be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned, encumbered or otherwise alienated or hypothecated, other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. Following Employees death, any shares of Stock issuable to Employee in respect of then-outstanding Restricted Stock Units will be issued to Employees legal representative, at the time specified in Section 6(e).
9. Beneficiary Designation . Employee may from time to time name any beneficiary or beneficiaries (who may be named contingently or successively) to receive any shares of Stock issuable or cash payable hereunder to Employee following Employees death at the time specified in Section 7. Each designation will revoke all prior designations, shall be in a form prescribed by the Committee, and will be effective only when filed in writing with the
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Committee during Employees lifetime. In the absence of any such effective designation, shares of Stock issuable in connection with Employees death shall be paid to Employees surviving spouse, if any, or otherwise to Employees estate.
10. Adjustments in Respect of Restricted Stock Units . In the event there is any change in the Stock by reason of any reorganization, recapitalization, stock split, stock dividend, combination of shares or otherwise, the number of shares associated with the Award of Restricted Stock Units subject to this Agreement shall be adjusted in the manner consistent with the adjustment provisions provided in Section 3.07 of the Plan.
11. Effect of Settlement . Upon issuance of a share of Stock in settlement of a Restricted Stock Unit, such Restricted Stock Unit shall be cancelled and terminated.
12. Recoupment . Notwithstanding any other provision herein, the Award and any shares Stock that may be issued, delivered or paid in respect of the Award, as well as any consideration that may be received in respect of a sale or other disposition of any such shares of Stock, shall be subject to any recoupment, clawback or similar provisions of applicable law, as well as any recoupment or clawback policies of the Company that may be in effect from time to time. In addition, the Company may require Employee to deliver or otherwise repay to Company the Award and any shares of Stock delivered or paid in respect of the Award, as well as any consideration that may be received in respect of a sale or other disposition of any such shares of Stock, if the Company reasonably determines that during Employees employment with the Company a Subsidiary, or at any time thereafter, Employee (a) has committed or engaged in a breach of confidentiality, or an unauthorized disclosure or use of inside information, customer lists, trade secrets or other confidential information of Company or any of its Subsidiaries; or (b) materially breached any agreement to which Employee is a party with Company or any of its Subsidiaries, including, but not limited to, any non-competition or non-solicitation agreement.
13. Furnish Information . Employee agrees to furnish to the Company all information requested by the Company to enable it to comply with any reporting or other requirements imposed upon the Company by or under any applicable statute or regulation.
14. Payment of Taxes . Company may from time to time require Employee to pay to the Company (or the Companys Subsidiary if Employee is an employee of a Subsidiary) the amount that Company deems necessary to satisfy Companys or its Subsidiarys current or future obligation to withhold federal, state or local income or other taxes that Employee incurs as a result of the Award. With respect to any required tax withholding, unless another arrangement is permitted by Company in its discretion, Company shall withhold from the shares of Stock to be issued to Employee the number of shares necessary to satisfy the Companys obligation to withhold taxes, that determination to be based on the shares Fair Market Value at the time as of which such determination is made. In the event Company subsequently determines that the aggregate Fair Market Value of any shares of Stock withheld as payment of any tax withholding obligation is insufficient to discharge that tax withholding obligation, then Employee shall pay to the Company, immediately upon the Companys request, the amount of that deficiency.
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15. Right of the Company and Subsidiaries to Terminate Employment . Nothing contained in this Agreement shall confer upon Employee the right to continue in the employ of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, or interfere in any way with the rights of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company to terminate Employees employment at any time.
16. No Liability for Good Faith Determinations . Neither the Company nor the members of the Committee and the Committee shall be liable for any act, omission or determination taken or made in good faith with respect to this Agreement or the Restricted Stock Units granted hereunder.
17. No Guarantee of Interests . The Committee and the Company do not guarantee the Stock from loss or depreciation.
18. Company Records . Records of the Company or its Subsidiaries regarding Employees period of employment, termination of employment and the reason therefor, leaves of absence, re-employment, and other matters shall be conclusive for all purposes hereunder, unless determined by the Committee to be incorrect.
19. Severability . If any provision of this Agreement is held to be illegal or invalid for any reason, the illegality or invalidity shall not affect the remaining provisions hereof, but such provision shall be fully severable and this Agreement shall be construed and enforced as if the illegal or invalid provision had never been included herein.
20. Notices . Whenever any notice is required or permitted hereunder, such notice must be in writing and personally delivered or sent by mail. Any such notice required or permitted to be delivered hereunder shall be deemed to be delivered on the date on which it is personally delivered, or, whether actually received or not, on the third Business Day after it is deposited in the United States mail, certified or registered, postage prepaid, addressed to the person who is to receive it at the address which such person has theretofore specified by written notice delivered in accordance herewith. Company or Employee may change, at any time and from time to time, by written notice to the other, the address which it or he had previously specified for receiving notices.
Company and Employee agree that any notices shall be given to the Company or to Employee at the following addresses:
Company : | Eclipse Resources Corporation | |
Attn: General Counsel | ||
2121 Old Gatesburg Road, Suite 110 | ||
State College, Pennsylvania 16803 | ||
Employee : | At Employees current address as shown in Companys records. |
21. Waiver of Notice . Any person entitled to notice hereunder may waive such notice in writing.
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22. Successor . This Agreement shall be binding upon Employee, Employees legal representatives, heirs, legatees and distributees, and upon Company, its successors and assigns.
23. Headings . The titles and headings of Sections are included for convenience of reference only and are not to be considered in construction of the provisions hereof.
24. Governing Law . All questions arising with respect to the provisions of this Agreement shall be determined by application of the laws of the State of Delaware except to the extent Delaware law is preempted by federal law. The obligation of the Company to sell and deliver Stock hereunder is subject to applicable laws and to the approval of any governmental authority required in connection with the authorization, issuance, sale, or delivery of such Stock.
25. Execution of Receipts and Releases . Any payment of cash or any issuance or transfer of shares of Stock or other property to Employee, or to Employees legal representative, heir, legatee or distributee, in accordance with the provisions hereof, shall, to the extent thereof, be in full satisfaction of all claims of such persons hereunder. Company may require Employee or Employees legal representative, heir, legatee or distributee, as a condition precedent to such payment or issuance, to execute a release and receipt therefor in such form as it shall determine.
26. Amendment . This Agreement may be amended at any time unilaterally by the Company provided that such amendment is consistent with all applicable laws and does not reduce any rights or benefits Employee has accrued pursuant to this Agreement. This Agreement may also be amended at any time unilaterally by the Company to the extent the Company believes in good faith that such amendment is necessary or advisable to bring this Agreement into compliance with any applicable laws, including Section 409A of the Code.
27. The Plan . This Agreement is subject to all the terms, conditions, limitations and restrictions contained in the Plan.
28. Construction . It is intended that the terms of the Award will not result in the imposition of any tax liability pursuant to Section 409A of the Code. This Agreement shall be construed and interpreted consistent with that intent.
29. Agreement Respecting Securities Act of 1933 . Employee represents and agrees that Employee will not sell the Stock that may be issued to Employee pursuant to Employees Restricted Stock Units except pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933 (the 1933 Act ) or pursuant to an exemption from registration under the 1933 Act (including Rule 144 promulgated under the 1933 Act).
30. Imposition of Other Requirements . The Company reserves the right to impose other requirements on Employees participation in the Plan, on the Performance Units and on any shares of Stock acquired under the Plan, to the extent the Company determines it is necessary or advisable in order to comply with local law or facilitate the administration of the Plan, and to require Employee to sign any additional agreements or undertakings that may be necessary to accomplish the foregoing.
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31. No Shareholder Rights . The Restricted Stock Units granted pursuant to this Agreement do not and shall not entitle Employee to any rights as a shareholder of Stock until such time as Employee receives shares of Stock pursuant to this Agreement. Employees rights with respect to the Restricted Stock Units shall remain forfeitable at all times prior to the date on which Employees rights become fully vested in accordance with this Agreement.
32. Electronic Delivery and Acknowledgement . By Employees acceptance of this award, Employee is acknowledging that he or she has received and read, understands and accepts all the terms, conditions and restrictions of this Agreement and the Plan. Company may, in its sole discretion, deliver any documents related to this award and this Agreement, or other awards that have been or may be awarded under the Plan, by electronic means, including prospectuses, proxy materials, annual reports and other related documents, and the Company may, in its sole discretion, engage a third party to effect the delivery of these documents on its behalf and provide other administrative services related to this award and the Plan. By Employees acceptance of the Award represented by this Agreement, Employee consents to receive such documents by electronic delivery and to the engagement of any such third party.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , Company has caused this Agreement to be duly executed by an officer thereunto duly authorized, and Employee has executed this Agreement, each effective as of the date first above written.
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Exhibit 10.2
PERFORMANCE UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT
ECLIPSE RESOURCES CORPORATION
2014 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
THIS PERFORMANCE UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT (this Agreement ) evidences an award made as of the [ ● ] day of [ ● ] , [ ● ] (the Date of Grant ), by ECLIPSE RESOURCES CORPORATION , a Delaware corporation ( Company ), to [ ● ] ( Employee ).
1. Award . Company hereby grants Employee an award (this Award ) of an aggregate of [ ● ] performance units (each, a Performance Unit ) in respect of the performance period beginning [ ● ] and ending [ ● ] (the Performance Period ). This Award is subject to Employees acceptance of and agreement to all the applicable terms, conditions and restrictions described in this Agreement and the Eclipse Resources Corporation 2014 Long-Term Incentive Plan (as it may be amended from time to time, the Plan ). A copy of the Plan is available upon request. Except as provided below, to the extent that any provision of this Agreement conflicts with the terms of the Plan, Employee acknowledges and agrees that the terms of the Plan shall control and, if necessary, the applicable provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed amended so as to carry out the purpose and intent of the Plan. The Performance Units contemplated herein are described in the Plan as Restricted Stock Units subject to restrictions that lapse based on the achievement of performance goals pursuant to Section 2.08 of the Plan.
2. Definitions . Capitalized terms used in this Agreement that are not defined below or in the body of this Agreement shall have the meanings given to them in the Plan. In addition to the terms defined in the body of this Agreement, the following capitalized words and terms shall have the meanings indicated below:
(a) Cause means Cause as defined in the employment agreement between Employee and Company, or if Cause is not defined in such employment agreement or in the absence of such employment agreement, Cause means the occurrence of any of the following events, as reasonably determined by the Committee: (i) Employees willful or continued failure to perform his or her material duties for the Company; (ii) Employees conviction of a felony, or his or her guilty plea to or entry of a nolo contendere plea to a felony charge; (iii) the willful or grossly negligent engagement by Employee in conduct that is materially injurious to the Company, financially or otherwise; or (iv) Employees breach of any material term of the Companys material written policies and material procedures, as in effect from time to time.
(b) Change of Control Period means the 24-month period beginning on the date on which occurs a Change of Control.
(c) Disability means Disability as defined in the employment agreement between Employee and Company, or if Disability is not defined in such employment agreement or in the absence of such employment agreement, Disability means Employees inability to engage in any substantial gainful activity necessary to perform his or her duties hereunder by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or which has lasted, or can be expected to last, for a continuous period
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of not less than twelve (12) months. Employee agrees to submit to such medical examinations as may be necessary to determine whether a Disability exists, pursuant to such reasonable requests as may be made by the Company from time to time. Any determination as to the existence of a Disability will be made by a physician selected by the Company.
(d) Good Reason means Good Reason as defined in the employment agreement between Employee and Company, or if Good Reason is not defined in such employment agreement or in the absence of such employment agreement, Good Reason means any of the following, but only if occurring without Employees written consent: (i) a material diminution in Employees base salary; (ii) a material diminution in Employees authority, duties, or responsibilities; or (iii) the relocation of Employees principal office to an area more than 50 miles from its location immediately prior to such relocation.
(e) Involuntary Termination means the Employees involuntary termination of employment with the Company and its Subsidiaries without Cause, or Employees voluntary termination of employment with the Company and each of its Subsidiaries for Good Reason.
3. Overview of Performance Units .
(a) Performance Units Generally . Each Performance Unit represents an unfunded, unsecured right to receive one share of common stock, par value $0.01, of the Company ( Stock ), subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement; provided, that , based on the relative achievement against each Performance Objective (as defined below), the number of shares of Stock that may be deliverable hereunder in respect of the Performance Units may range from [ ● ] % to [ ● ] % of the number of Performance Units stated in Section 1 of this Agreement (the number of Performance Units stated in Section 1 of this Agreement, the Initial Performance Units ). Employees right to receive Stock in respect of Performance Units is generally contingent, in whole or in part, upon (i) the achievement of the performance objective outlined in Section 4 below (the Performance Objective ) and (ii) except as provided in Section 6, Employees continued employment with the Company or one of its Subsidiaries through the end of the Performance Period.
(b) Dividend Equivalents . With respect to each outstanding Performance Unit, the Company shall credit a book entry account with an amount equal to the amount of any ordinary cash dividend declared and paid on one share of Stock. The amount credited to such book entry account shall be payable to Employee at the same time or times, and subject to the same terms and conditions as are applicable to, Employees Performance Units; provided , that , if more than the Initial Performance Units shall become payable in accordance with this Agreement, the maximum amount payable in respect of such dividend equivalents shall be the amount credited to Employees book entry account. Dividends and distributions payable on Stock other than in cash will be addressed in accordance with Section 10 hereof.
4. Total Shareholder Return Objective . The Performance Objective with respect to the Initial Performance Units is based on Total Shareholder Return. Total Shareholder Return shall mean, as to the Company and each of the Peer Companies (as defined below), the
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annualized rate of return shareholders receive through stock price changes and the assumed reinvestment of dividends paid over the Performance Period. Dividends per share paid other than in the form of cash shall have a value equal to the amount of such dividends reported by the issuer to its shareholders for purposes of Federal income taxation. For purposes of determining the Total Shareholder Return for the Company and each of the Peer Companies, the change in the price of the Companys Stock and of the stock of each Peer Company, as the case may be, shall be based upon the average of the closing stock prices of the Company and such Peer Company on each trading day in the 20-day period preceding each of the start (the Initial Value ) and the end (the Closing Value ) of the Performance Period. The Initial Value of the Stock to be used to determine Total Shareholder Return over the Performance Period is $ [ ] per share. Achievement with respect to this Performance Objective shall be determined based on the Companys relative ranking in respect of the Performance Period with regard to Total Shareholder Return as compared to Total Shareholder Return of the Peer Companies, and shall be determined in accordance with the applicable table as set forth in Appendix A hereto. The applicable table shall be determined based on the number of Peer Companies for the Performance Period. A company shall be a Peer Company if it (a) is one of the companies listed on Appendix A hereto and (b) has a class of common equity securities listed to trade under Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the 1934 Act ), during each day of the Performance Period. The number of Performance Units, if any, determined to be earned pursuant to the applicable table under Appendix A , as modified pursuant to Section 6, if applicable, shall be referred to Earned Performance Units . Notwithstanding anything in this Section 4 to the contrary, if Companys Total Shareholder Return for the Performance Period is negative then the maximum number of Earned Performance Units shall be the number of Initial Performance Units.
5. Conversion of Performance Units; Delivery of Performance Units . Unless an earlier date applies pursuant to Section 6, payment in respect of Earned Performance Units shall be made not later than March 1 of the year following the year in which the Performance Period ends. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, all payments in respect of Earned Performance Units shall be made in shares of Stock. Any shares of Stock issued pursuant to this Agreement in settlement of Earned Performance Units shall be in book entry form registered in the name of Employee or his or her beneficiary, as the case may be. Any fractional Earned Performance Units shall be rounded down to the nearest whole share of Stock.
6. Termination of Employment; Change of Control .
(a) Death or Disability . If Employees employment with the Company and its Subsidiaries terminates during the Performance Period due to Employees death or Disability, Employee shall be deemed to have Earned Performance Units equal to the Initial Performance Units. Such Earned Performance Units shall be settled as soon as practicable following the date of Employees termination of employment, but not later than December 31 of the calendar year in which such termination of employment occurs.
(b) Normal Retirement . If Employees employment with the Company and its Subsidiaries terminates during the Performance Period due to Employees retirement at or after having attained age 65, Employee shall be deemed to have Earned Performance Units, as of
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the end of the Performance Period, equal in number to the number of Earned Performance Units that Employee would have earned in accordance with Section 4 had Employee remained employed through the end of the Performance Period. Any portion of Employees Performance Units that is eligible to be earned pursuant to first sentence of this Section 6(b), but is not earned as of the end of the Performance Period, shall terminate and be canceled upon the expiration of such Performance Period.
(c) Involuntary Termination Outside of Change of Control Period . If Employee incurs an Involuntary Termination during the Performance Period but outside of a Change of Control Period, Employee shall be deemed to have Earned Performance Units, as of the date of such Involuntary Termination, equal in number to the product of (i) the Initial Performance Units, and (ii) a fraction, (A) the numerator of which is the number of full calendar months that have elapsed since the Date of Grant and the date of Employees termination of employment (counting the month in which Employees termination of employment occurs as a full calendar month for this purpose), and (B) the denominator of which is 36. Such Earned Performance Units shall be settled as soon as practicable following the date of Employees termination of employment, but not later than December 31 of the calendar year in which such termination of employment occurs.
(d) Involuntary Termination During Change of Control Period . If Employee incurs an Involuntary Termination during the Performance Period and within a Change of Control Period, Employee shall be deemed to have Earned Performance Units, as of the date of such Involuntary Termination, equal in number to the Initial Performance Units. Such Earned Performance Units shall be settled as soon as practicable following the date of Employees termination of employment, but not later than December 31 of the calendar year in which such termination of employment occurs.
(e) Other Termination of Employment . Unless otherwise determined by the Committee at or after grant, if Employees employment with the Company and its Subsidiaries terminates before the end of the Performance Period for any reason other than those listed in Section 6(a), 6(b), 6(c) or 6(d), all of Employees unearned and unvested Performance Units shall terminate and automatically be canceled upon such termination of employment.
(f) Change of Control . Upon a Change of Control that involves a merger, reclassification, reorganization or other similar transaction in which the surviving entity, Companys successor or the direct or indirect parent of the surviving entity or Companys successor (the Successor Entity ), fails to assume this Award or substitute this Award with a substantially equivalent award, Employee shall be deemed to have Earned Performance Units, as of the date of such Change of Control, equal in number to the number of Earned Performance Units that Employee would have earned in accordance with Section 4 assuming that (i) the Performance Period ended on the date of the Change of Control, and (ii) the determination of whether, and to what extent, the Performance Objective is achieved, is based on actual performance against the stated performance criteria through the date of such Change of Control. Such Earned Performance Units shall be settled immediately prior to the Change of Control.
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7. Blackout Periods . Employee acknowledges that, to the extent the event triggering settlement of any earned and vested Performance Stock Units occurs during a blackout period wherein certain employees, including Employee, are precluded from selling shares of Stock, the Chief Executive Officer or his or her designee retains the right, in his or her sole discretion, to defer the issuance of the shares of Stock in settlement of such Performance Stock Units; provided , however , that the Chief Executive Officer (or his or her designee) will not exercise this right to defer issuance if such shares of Stock are specifically covered by a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan of Employee that causes such shares of Stock to be exempt from any applicable blackout period then in effect. In the event the issuance of any shares of Stock is deferred hereunder due to the existence of a blackout period, such shares of Stock will be issued to Employee on or before the date that is ninety (90) days following the date on which the shares of Stock were originally scheduled to be issued, but in no event later than (i) the fifth (5 th ) business day following the termination of such blackout period or (ii) December 31 of the year in which the underlying Performance Stock Units became earned and vested.
8. Nontransferability of Awards . The Performance Units granted hereunder may not be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned, encumbered or otherwise alienated or hypothecated, other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. Following Employees death, any shares of Stock issuable to Employee in respect of his or her Earned Performance Units will be issued to Employees beneficiary, at the time specified in Section 5 or, if applicable, Section 6, in accordance with, and subject to, the terms and conditions hereof and of the Plan.
9. Beneficiary Designation . Employee may from time to time name any beneficiary or beneficiaries (who may be named contingently or successively) to receive any shares of Stock issuable or cash payable hereunder in respect of Employees Earned Performance Units following Employees death at the time specified in Section 5 or, if applicable, Section 6. Each designation will revoke all prior designations, shall be in a form prescribed by the Committee, and will be effective only when filed in writing with the Committee during Employees lifetime. In the absence of any such effective designation, shares of Stock issuable under this Agreement in connection with Employees death shall be issued to Employees surviving spouse, if any, or otherwise to Employees estate.
10. Adjustments in Respect of Performance Units . In the event of any Stock dividend or Stock split, recapitalization (including, but not limited to, the payment of an extraordinary dividend), merger, consolidation, combination, spin-off, distribution of assets to stockholders (other than cash dividends), exchange of shares, or other similar corporate change with regard to the Company or any Peer Company, appropriate adjustments shall be made by the Committee to the Initial Value of the corresponding stock, and, if any such event occurs with respect to the Company, in the aggregate number of Performance Units subject to this Agreement. The Committees determination with respect to any such adjustment shall be conclusive.
11. Effect of Settlement . Upon conversion into shares of Stock pursuant to Section 5, all of Employees Performance Units subject to the Award shall be cancelled and terminated. If and to the extent that Employee is still employed at the end of the Performance Period, and none of Employees Performance Units shall have become earned in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, all such Performance Units subject to the Award shall be cancelled and terminated.
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12. Recoupment . Notwithstanding any other provision herein, the Award and any shares Stock that may be issued, delivered or paid in respect of the Award, as well as any consideration that may be received in respect of a sale or other disposition of any such shares of Stock, shall be subject to any recoupment, clawback or similar provisions of applicable law, as well as any recoupment or clawback policies of the Company that may be in effect from time to time. In addition, the Company may require Employee to deliver or otherwise repay to Company the Award and any shares of Stock delivered or paid in respect of the Award, as well as any consideration that may be received in respect of a sale or other disposition of any such shares of Stock, if the Company reasonably determines that during Employees employment with the Company a Subsidiary, or at any time thereafter, Employee (a) has committed or engaged in a breach of confidentiality, or an unauthorized disclosure or use of inside information, customer lists, trade secrets or other confidential information of Company or any of its Subsidiaries; or (b) materially breached any agreement to which Employee is a party with Company or any of its Subsidiaries, including, but not limited to, any non-competition or non-solicitation agreement.
13. Furnish Information . Employee agrees to furnish to the Company all information requested by the Company to enable it to comply with any reporting or other requirements imposed upon the Company by or under any applicable statute or regulation.
14. Payment of Taxes . Company may from time to time require Employee to pay to the Company (or the Companys Subsidiary if Employee is an employee of a Subsidiary) the amount that Company deems necessary to satisfy Companys or its Subsidiarys current or future obligation to withhold federal, state or local income or other taxes that Employee incurs as a result of the Award. With respect to any required tax withholding, unless another arrangement is permitted by Company in its discretion, Company shall withhold from the shares of Stock to be issued to Employee the number of shares necessary to satisfy the Companys obligation to withhold taxes, that determination to be based on the shares Fair Market Value at the time as of which such determination is made. In the event Company subsequently determines that the aggregate Fair Market Value of any shares of Stock withheld as payment of any tax withholding obligation is insufficient to discharge that tax withholding obligation, then Employee shall pay to the Company, immediately upon the Companys request, the amount of that deficiency.
15. Right of the Company and Subsidiaries to Terminate Employment . Nothing contained in this Agreement shall confer upon Employee the right to continue in the employ of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, or interfere in any way with the rights of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company to terminate Employees employment at any time.
16. No Liability for Good Faith Determinations . Neither the Company nor the members of the Committee and the Committee shall be liable for any act, omission or determination taken or made in good faith with respect to this Agreement or the Performance Units granted hereunder.
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17. No Guarantee of Interests . The Committee and the Company do not guarantee the Stock from loss or depreciation.
18. Company Records . Records of the Company or its Subsidiaries regarding Employees period of employment, termination of employment and the reason therefor, leaves of absence, re-employment, and other matters shall be conclusive for all purposes hereunder, unless determined by the Committee to be incorrect.
19. Severability . If any provision of this Agreement is held to be illegal or invalid for any reason, the illegality or invalidity shall not affect the remaining provisions hereof, but such provision shall be fully severable and this Agreement shall be construed and enforced as if the illegal or invalid provision had never been included herein.
20. Notices . Whenever any notice is required or permitted hereunder, such notice must be in writing and personally delivered or sent by mail. Any such notice required or permitted to be delivered hereunder shall be deemed to be delivered on the date on which it is personally delivered, or, whether actually received or not, on the third Business Day after it is deposited in the United States mail, certified or registered, postage prepaid, addressed to the person who is to receive it at the address which such person has theretofore specified by written notice delivered in accordance herewith. Company or Employee may change, at any time and from time to time, by written notice to the other, the address which it or he had previously specified for receiving notices.
Company and Employee agree that any notices shall be given to the Company or to Employee at the following addresses:
Company : | Eclipse Resources Corporation | |
Attn: General Counsel | ||
2121 Old Gatesburg Road, Suite 110 | ||
State College, Pennsylvania 16803 | ||
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At Employees current address as shown in Companys records. |
21. Waiver of Notice . Any person entitled to notice hereunder may waive such notice in writing.
22. Successor . This Agreement shall be binding upon Employee, Employees legal representatives, heirs, legatees and distributees, and upon Company, its successors and assigns.
23. Headings . The titles and headings of Sections are included for convenience of reference only and are not to be considered in construction of the provisions hereof.
24. Governing Law . All questions arising with respect to the provisions of this Agreement shall be determined by application of the laws of the State of Delaware except to the extent Delaware law is preempted by federal law. The obligation of the Company to sell and deliver Stock hereunder is subject to applicable laws and to the approval of any governmental authority required in connection with the authorization, issuance, sale, or delivery of such Stock.
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25. Execution of Receipts and Releases . Any payment of cash or any issuance or transfer of shares of Stock or other property to Employee, or to Employees legal representative, heir, legatee or distributee, in accordance with the provisions hereof, shall, to the extent thereof, be in full satisfaction of all claims of such persons hereunder. Company may require Employee or Employees legal representative, heir, legatee or distributee, as a condition precedent to such payment or issuance, to execute a release and receipt therefor in such form as it shall determine.
26. Amendment . This Agreement may be amended at any time unilaterally by the Company provided that such amendment is consistent with all applicable laws and does not reduce any rights or benefits Employee has accrued pursuant to this Agreement. This Agreement may also be amended at any time unilaterally by the Company to the extent the Company believes in good faith that such amendment is necessary or advisable to bring this Agreement into compliance with any applicable laws, including Section 409A of the Code.
27. The Plan . This Agreement is subject to all the terms, conditions, limitations and restrictions contained in the Plan.
28. Construction . It is intended that the terms of the Award will not result in the imposition of any tax liability pursuant to Section 409A of the Code. This Agreement shall be construed and interpreted consistent with that intent.
29. Agreement Respecting Securities Act of 1933 . Employee represents and agrees that Employee will not sell the Stock that may be issued to Employee pursuant to Employees Performance Units except pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933 (the 1933 Act ) or pursuant to an exemption from registration under the 1933 Act (including Rule 144 promulgated under the 1933 Act).
30. No Shareholder Rights . The Performance Units granted pursuant to this Agreement do not and shall not entitle Employee to any rights as a shareholder of Stock until such time as Employee receives shares of Stock pursuant to this Agreement. Employees rights with respect to the Performance Units shall remain forfeitable at all times prior to the date on which Employees rights become earned in accordance with this Agreement.
31. Imposition of Other Requirements . The Company reserves the right to impose other requirements on Employees participation in the Plan, on the Performance Units and on any shares of Stock acquired under the Plan, to the extent the Company determines it is necessary or advisable in order to comply with local law or facilitate the administration of the Plan, and to require Employee to sign any additional agreements or undertakings that may be necessary to accomplish the foregoing.
32. Electronic Delivery and Acknowledgement . By Employees acceptance of this award, Employee is acknowledging that he or she has received and read, understands and accepts
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all the terms, conditions and restrictions of this Agreement and the Plan. Company may, in its sole discretion, deliver any documents related to this award and this Agreement, or other awards that have been or may be awarded under the Plan, by electronic means, including prospectuses, proxy materials, annual reports and other related documents, and the Company may, in its sole discretion, engage a third party to effect the delivery of these documents on its behalf and provide other administrative services related to this award and the Plan. By Employees acceptance of the Award represented by this Agreement, Employee consents to receive such documents by electronic delivery and to the engagement of any such third party.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , Company has caused this Agreement to be duly executed by an officer thereunto duly authorized, and Employee has executed this Agreement, each effective as of the date first above written.
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Appendix A
Determination of Performance Units Earned
Peer Companies:
Antero Resources Corporation (Ticker: AR)
Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation (Ticker: COG)
Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. (Ticker: CRZO)
Consol Energy Inc. (Ticker: CNX)
EQT Corporation (Ticker: EQT)
Gulfport Energy Corporation (Ticker: GPOR)
PDC Energy Inc. (Ticker: PDCE)
Range Resources Corporation (Ticker: RRC)
Rex Energy Corp. (Ticker: REXX)
Rice Energy Inc. (Ticker: RICE)
Rank Against Peers |
10 Peer Companies
Percentage of
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9 Peer Companies
Percentage of
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8 Peer Companies
Percentage of
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1 |
200 | % | 200 | % | 200 | % | ||||||
2 |
180 | % | 180 | % | 180 | % | ||||||
3 |
160 | % | 160 | % | 150 | % | ||||||
4 |
140 | % | 140 | % | 130 | % | ||||||
5 |
120 | % | 120 | % | 110 | % | ||||||
6 |
100 | % | 100 | % | 83 | % | ||||||
7 |
83 | % | 75 | % | 66 | % | ||||||
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66 | % | 50 | % | 0 | % | ||||||
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50 | % | 0 | % | 0 | % | ||||||
10 |
0 | % | 0 | % | N/A | |||||||
11 |
0 | % | N/A | N/A | ||||||||
12 |
N/A | N/A | N/A |
In addition, if at the end of the Performance Period the number of companies listed above that qualify as Peer Companies is fewer than eight (8), then the Board shall, in good faith, determine the percentage of the Performance Units earned in a manner consistent with (i) the requirements to qualify the Performance Units as performance-based compensation exempt from the limitations imposed by Section 162(m) of the Code, to the extent the Board determines that such qualification is in the Companys best interest, and (ii) the following general guidelines for determining the number of earned Performance Units:
(a) | If the Companys Total Shareholder Return for the Performance Period ranks first as compared to the Total Shareholder Return of qualifying Peer Companies, the number of earned Performance Units shall equal 200% of the Initial Performance Units; |
{Appendix A to Performance Unit Award Agreement}
(b) | If the Companys Total Shareholder Return for the Performance Period ranks in the 75th percentile as compared to the Total Shareholder Return of the qualifying Peer Companies, the number of earned Performance Units shall equal 150% of the Initial Performance Units; |
(c) | If the Companys Total Shareholder Return for the Performance Period ranks in the 50th percentile as compared to the Total Shareholder Return of the qualifying Peer Companies, the number of earned Performance Units shall equal 100% of the Initial Performance Units; |
(d) | If the Companys Total Shareholder Return ranks below the 25th percentile as compared to the Total Shareholder Return of the qualifying Peer Companies, none of the Initial Performance Units will become earned; and |
(e) | If the Companys Total Shareholder Return ranking falls in between the levels specified in clauses (a) through (c) above, the Board shall have the discretion to determine the percentage of the Initial Performance Shares that become earned within the levels specified above. |
{Appendix A to Performance Unit Award Agreement}
Exhibit 10.3
RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT
ECLIPSE RESOURCES CORPORATION
2014 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
THIS RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT (this Agreement ) evidences an award made as of the [ ● ] day of [ ● ] , [ ● ] (the Date of Grant ), by ECLIPSE RESOURCES CORPORATION , a Delaware corporation ( Company ), to [ ● ] ( Employee ).
1. Award . Company hereby grants Employee an award (this Award ) of [ ● ] Restricted Stock Units (the Restricted Stock Units ). Each Restricted Stock Unit represents an unfunded and unsecured right to receive one share of common stock, par value $0.01, of the Company (the Stock ), plus an additional amount pursuant to Section 4, subject to certain restrictions and on the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement and the Eclipse Resources Corporation 2014 Long-Term Incentive Plan (as it may be amended from time to time, the Plan ). A copy of the Plan is available upon request. Except as provided below, to the extent that any provision of this Agreement conflicts with the terms of the Plan, Employee acknowledges and agrees that those terms of the Plan shall control and, if necessary, the applicable provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed amended so as to carry out the purpose and intent of the Plan.
2. Definitions . Capitalized terms used in this Agreement that are not defined below or in the body of this Agreement shall have the meanings given to them in the Plan. In addition to the terms defined in the body of this Agreement, the following capitalized words and terms shall have the meanings indicated below:
(a) Cause means Cause as defined in the employment agreement between Employee and Company, or if Cause is not defined in such employment agreement or in the absence of such employment agreement, Cause means the occurrence of any of the following events, as reasonably determined by the Committee: (i) Employees willful or continued failure to perform his or her material duties for the Company; (ii) Employees conviction of a felony, or his or her guilty plea to or entry of a nolo contendere plea to a felony charge; (iii) the willful or grossly negligent engagement by Employee in conduct that is materially injurious to the Company, financially or otherwise; or (iv) Employees breach of any material term of the Companys material written policies and material procedures, as in effect from time to time.
(b) Disability means Disability as defined in the employment agreement between Employee and Company, or if Disability is not defined in such employment agreement or in the absence of such employment agreement, Disability means Employees inability to engage in any substantial gainful activity necessary to perform his or her duties hereunder by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or which has lasted, or can be expected to last, for a continuous period of not less than twelve (12) months. Employee agrees to submit to such medical examinations as may be necessary to determine whether a Disability exists, pursuant to such reasonable requests as may be made by the Company from time to time. Any determination as to the existence of a Disability will be made by a physician selected by the Company.
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(c) Good Reason means Good Reason as defined in the employment agreement between Employee and Company, or if Good Reason is not defined in such employment agreement or in the absence of such employment agreement, Good Reason means any of the following, but only if occurring without Employees written consent: (i) a material diminution in Employees base salary; (ii) a material diminution in Employees authority, duties, or responsibilities; or (iii) the relocation of Employees principal office to an area more than 50 miles from its location immediately prior to such relocation.
(d) Involuntary Termination means the Employees involuntary termination of employment with the Company and its Subsidiaries without Cause, or Employees voluntary termination of employment with the Company and each of its Subsidiaries for Good Reason.
3. No Stockholder Rights . The Restricted Stock Units granted pursuant to this Agreement do not and shall not entitle Employee to any rights of a stockholder of the Company before the date shares of Stock are actually issued to Employee in settlement of the Award. Employees rights with respect to the Restricted Stock Units shall remain forfeitable at all times prior to the date on which such rights become vested in accordance with Section 5 or 6.
4. Dividend Equivalents . If the Company declares and pays an ordinary cash dividend in respect of its outstanding shares of Stock and, on the record date for such dividend, Employee holds unvested Restricted Stock Units granted pursuant to this Agreement, the Company shall pay to Employee an amount in cash equal to the ordinary cash dividends Employee would have received if he or she were the beneficial owner, as of such record date, of a number of shares of Stock equal to such number of unvested Restricted Stock Units. The Company will make such payment to Employee as soon as practicable following the date the Company pays such dividend, but in no event more than 30 days following such date.
5. Vesting of Restricted Stock Units . Subject to Section 6 below, the Restricted Stock Units will vest in full at 11:59 PM EST on February 24, 2017 (the Vesting Date ); provided , that , Employee is continuously employed by the Company or a Subsidiary from the Date of Grant through the Vesting Date. Except as otherwise provided in Section 6 below, (a) Employees employment with the Company and its Subsidiaries for only a portion of the vesting period for the Restricted Stock Units, even if a substantial portion, will not entitle Employee to any proportionate vesting, and (b) all Restricted Stock Units that are unvested as of the date of Employees termination of employment shall immediately terminate and Employee will have no further rights to such unvested Restricted Stock Units or the underlying shares of Stock. Any Restricted Stock Units that are vested as of the date on which Employees employment with the Company and its Subsidiaries terminates shall be settled in accordance with Section 7.
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6. Termination of Employment; Change of Control .
(a) Death or Disability . If Employees employment with the Company and its Subsidiaries terminates due to Employees death or Disability, then all of the Restricted Stock Units granted pursuant to this Agreement shall immediately and fully vest.
(b) Normal Retirement . If Employees employment with the Company and each of its Subsidiaries terminates due to Employees retirement at or after having attained age 65, then all of the Restricted Stock Units granted pursuant to this Agreement shall immediately and fully vest and the shares of Stock issuable to Employee in settlement of such Restricted Stock Units shall be issued to Employee within ninety (90) days following the Vesting Date on which such Restricted Stock Units would have vested in accordance with Section 5 had Employee remained continuously employed by the Company or a Subsidiary from the date of this Agreement through such Vesting Date.
(c) Involuntary Termination of Employment . If Employee incurs an Involuntary Termination, then all of the Restricted Stock Units subject to this Award shall immediately and fully vest.
(d) Change of Control . Upon a Change of Control that involves a merger, reclassification, reorganization or other similar transaction in which the surviving entity, Companys successor or the direct or indirect parent of the surviving entity or Companys successor (the Successor Entity ), fails to assume this Award or substitute this Award with a substantially equivalent award, then all of the Restricted Stock Units granted pursuant to this Agreement shall immediately and fully vest.
7. Settlement of Vested Restricted Stock Units .
(a) General . Subject to the terms of this Agreement, including without limitation Section 14 below, the Company shall issue one share of Stock to Employee or his or her beneficiary, as the case may be, as soon as practicable following the date on which the underlying Restricted Stock Unit vests (other than pursuant to Section 6(b)); provided , however , that in no event will the issuance of such share of Stock be deferred subsequent to March 15th of the year following the year in which such Restricted Stock Unit vests (other than pursuant to Section 6(b)).
(b) Retirement . A share of Stock issuable with respect to a Restricted Stock Unit that vests as a result of Employees retirement in accordance with Section 6(b) shall be issued to Employee or his or her beneficiary, as the case may be, as soon as practicable following the Vesting Date on which such Restricted Stock Unit would have vested as provided in Section 5 had Employee remained continuously employed by the Company or a Subsidiary from the date of this Agreement through such Vesting Date; provided , however , that in no event will the issuance of such share of Stock be deferred subsequent to March 15th of the year following the year in which such Vesting Date occurs.
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(c) Transfer of Shares . Any shares of Stock issued pursuant to this Agreement shall be in book entry form registered in the name of the Employee or his or her beneficiary, as the case may be. The value of any fractional vested Restricted Stock Units shall be paid in cash at the time the Stock is issued to Employee in connection with the settlement of the vested Restricted Stock Units. The value of the fractional Restricted Stock Units shall equal the percentage of a Restricted Stock Unit represented by a fractional Restricted Stock Unit multiplied by the Fair Market Value of the Stock. The value of such shares of Stock shall not bear any interest owing to the passage of time.
(d) Blackout Periods . Employee acknowledges that, to the extent the event triggering settlement of any vested Restricted Stock Units occurs during a blackout period wherein certain employees, including Employee, are precluded from selling shares of Stock, the Chief Executive Officer or his or her designee retains the right, in his or her sole discretion, to defer the issuance of the shares of Stock in settlement of such Restricted Stock Units; provided , however , that the Chief Executive Officer (or his or her designee) will not exercise this right to defer issuance if such shares of Stock are specifically covered by a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan of Employee that causes such shares of Stock to be exempt from any applicable blackout period then in effect. In the event the issuance of any shares of Stock is deferred hereunder due to the existence of a blackout period, such shares of Stock will be issued to Employee on or before the date that is ninety (90) days following the date on which the shares of Stock were originally scheduled to be issued, but in no event later than: (i) the fifth (5 th ) business day following the termination of such blackout period or (ii) December 31 of the year in which the shares of Stock were originally scheduled to be issued.
8. Nontransferability of Awards . The Restricted Stock Units granted hereunder may not be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned, encumbered or otherwise alienated or hypothecated, other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. Following Employees death, any shares of Stock issuable to Employee in respect of then-outstanding Restricted Stock Units will be issued to Employees legal representative, at the time specified in Section 6(d).
9. Beneficiary Designation . Employee may from time to time name any beneficiary or beneficiaries (who may be named contingently or successively) to receive any shares of Stock issuable or cash payable hereunder to Employee following Employees death at the time specified in Section 7. Each designation will revoke all prior designations, shall be in a form prescribed by the Committee, and will be effective only when filed in writing with the Committee during Employees lifetime. In the absence of any such effective designation, shares of Stock issuable in connection with Employees death shall be paid to Employees surviving spouse, if any, or otherwise to Employees estate.
10. Adjustments in Respect of Restricted Stock Units . In the event there is any change in the Stock by reason of any reorganization, recapitalization, stock split, stock dividend, combination of shares or otherwise, the number of shares associated with the Award of Restricted Stock Units subject to this Agreement shall be adjusted in the manner consistent with the adjustment provisions provided in Section 3.07 of the Plan.
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11. Effect of Settlement . Upon issuance of a share of Stock in settlement of a Restricted Stock Unit, such Restricted Stock Unit shall be cancelled and terminated.
12. Recoupment . Notwithstanding any other provision herein, the Award and any shares Stock that may be issued, delivered or paid in respect of the Award, as well as any consideration that may be received in respect of a sale or other disposition of any such shares of Stock, shall be subject to any recoupment, clawback or similar provisions of applicable law, as well as any recoupment or clawback policies of the Company that may be in effect from time to time. In addition, the Company may require Employee to deliver or otherwise repay to Company the Award and any shares of Stock delivered or paid in respect of the Award, as well as any consideration that may be received in respect of a sale or other disposition of any such shares of Stock, if the Company reasonably determines that during Employees employment with the Company a Subsidiary, or at any time thereafter, Employee (a) has committed or engaged in a breach of confidentiality, or an unauthorized disclosure or use of inside information, customer lists, trade secrets or other confidential information of Company or any of its Subsidiaries; or (b) materially breached any agreement to which Employee is a party with Company or any of its Subsidiaries, including, but not limited to, any non-competition or non-solicitation agreement.
13. Furnish Information . Employee agrees to furnish to the Company all information requested by the Company to enable it to comply with any reporting or other requirements imposed upon the Company by or under any applicable statute or regulation.
14. Payment of Taxes . Company may from time to time require Employee to pay to the Company (or the Companys Subsidiary if Employee is an employee of a Subsidiary) the amount that Company deems necessary to satisfy Companys or its Subsidiarys current or future obligation to withhold federal, state or local income or other taxes that Employee incurs as a result of the Award. With respect to any required tax withholding, unless another arrangement is permitted by Company in its discretion, Company shall withhold from the shares of Stock to be issued to Employee the number of shares necessary to satisfy the Companys obligation to withhold taxes, that determination to be based on the shares Fair Market Value at the time as of which such determination is made. In the event Company subsequently determines that the aggregate Fair Market Value of any shares of Stock withheld as payment of any tax withholding obligation is insufficient to discharge that tax withholding obligation, then Employee shall pay to the Company, immediately upon the Companys request, the amount of that deficiency.
15. Right of the Company and Subsidiaries to Terminate Employment . Nothing contained in this Agreement shall confer upon Employee the right to continue in the employ of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, or interfere in any way with the rights of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company to terminate Employees employment at any time.
16. No Liability for Good Faith Determinations . Neither the Company nor the members of the Committee and the Committee shall be liable for any act, omission or determination taken or made in good faith with respect to this Agreement or the Restricted Stock Units granted hereunder.
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17. No Guarantee of Interests . The Committee and the Company do not guarantee the Stock from loss or depreciation.
18. Company Records . Records of the Company or its Subsidiaries regarding Employees period of employment, termination of employment and the reason therefor, leaves of absence, re-employment, and other matters shall be conclusive for all purposes hereunder, unless determined by the Committee to be incorrect.
19. Severability . If any provision of this Agreement is held to be illegal or invalid for any reason, the illegality or invalidity shall not affect the remaining provisions hereof, but such provision shall be fully severable and this Agreement shall be construed and enforced as if the illegal or invalid provision had never been included herein.
20. Notices . Whenever any notice is required or permitted hereunder, such notice must be in writing and personally delivered or sent by mail. Any such notice required or permitted to be delivered hereunder shall be deemed to be delivered on the date on which it is personally delivered, or, whether actually received or not, on the third Business Day after it is deposited in the United States mail, certified or registered, postage prepaid, addressed to the person who is to receive it at the address which such person has theretofore specified by written notice delivered in accordance herewith. Company or Employee may change, at any time and from time to time, by written notice to the other, the address which it or he had previously specified for receiving notices.
Company and Employee agree that any notices shall be given to the Company or to Employee at the following addresses:
Company: | Eclipse Resources Corporation | |
Attn: General Counsel | ||
2121 Old Gatesburg Road, Suite 110 | ||
State College, Pennsylvania 16803 | ||
Employee: | At Employees current address as shown in Companys records. |
21. Waiver of Notice . Any person entitled to notice hereunder may waive such notice in writing.
22. Successor . This Agreement shall be binding upon Employee, Employees legal representatives, heirs, legatees and distributees, and upon Company, its successors and assigns.
23. Headings . The titles and headings of Sections are included for convenience of reference only and are not to be considered in construction of the provisions hereof.
24. Governing Law . All questions arising with respect to the provisions of this Agreement shall be determined by application of the laws of the State of Delaware except to the extent Delaware law is preempted by federal law. The obligation of the Company to sell and deliver Stock hereunder is subject to applicable laws and to the approval of any governmental authority required in connection with the authorization, issuance, sale, or delivery of such Stock.
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25. Execution of Receipts and Releases . Any payment of cash or any issuance or transfer of shares of Stock or other property to Employee, or to Employees legal representative, heir, legatee or distributee, in accordance with the provisions hereof, shall, to the extent thereof, be in full satisfaction of all claims of such persons hereunder. Company may require Employee or Employees legal representative, heir, legatee or distributee, as a condition precedent to such payment or issuance, to execute a release and receipt therefor in such form as it shall determine.
26. Amendment . This Agreement may be amended at any time unilaterally by the Company provided that such amendment is consistent with all applicable laws and does not reduce any rights or benefits Employee has accrued pursuant to this Agreement. This Agreement may also be amended at any time unilaterally by the Company to the extent the Company believes in good faith that such amendment is necessary or advisable to bring this Agreement into compliance with any applicable laws, including Section 409A of the Code.
27. The Plan . This Agreement is subject to all the terms, conditions, limitations and restrictions contained in the Plan.
28. Construction . It is intended that the terms of the Award will not result in the imposition of any tax liability pursuant to Section 409A of the Code. This Agreement shall be construed and interpreted consistent with that intent.
29. Agreement Respecting Securities Act of 1933 . Employee represents and agrees that Employee will not sell the Stock that may be issued to Employee pursuant to Employees Restricted Stock Units except pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933 (the 1933 Act ) or pursuant to an exemption from registration under the 1933 Act (including Rule 144 promulgated under the 1933 Act).
30. Imposition of Other Requirements . The Company reserves the right to impose other requirements on Employees participation in the Plan, on the Restricted Stock Units and on any shares of Stock acquired under the Plan, to the extent the Company determines it is necessary or advisable in order to comply with local law or facilitate the administration of the Plan, and to require Employee to sign any additional agreements or undertakings that may be necessary to accomplish the foregoing.
31. No Shareholder Rights . The Restricted Stock Units granted pursuant to this Agreement do not and shall not entitle Employee to any rights as a shareholder of Stock until such time as Employee receives shares of Stock pursuant to this Agreement. Employees rights with respect to the Restricted Stock Units shall remain forfeitable at all times prior to the date on which Employees rights become fully vested in accordance with this Agreement.
32. Electronic Delivery and Acknowledgement . By Employees acceptance of this award, Employee is acknowledging that he or she has received and read, understands and accepts
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all the terms, conditions and restrictions of this Agreement and the Plan. Company may, in its sole discretion, deliver any documents related to this award and this Agreement, or other awards that have been or may be awarded under the Plan, by electronic means, including prospectuses, proxy materials, annual reports and other related documents, and the Company may, in its sole discretion, engage a third party to effect the delivery of these documents on its behalf and provide other administrative services related to this award and the Plan. By Employees acceptance of the Award represented by this Agreement, Employee consents to receive such documents by electronic delivery and to the engagement of any such third party.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , Company has caused this Agreement to be duly executed by an officer thereunto duly authorized, and Employee has executed this Agreement, each effective as of the date first above written.
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