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3: EX-10.1 Material Contract 19 92K
9: EX-10.10(C) Material Contract 10 41K
10: EX-10.11(B) Material Contract 8 30K
4: EX-10.2 Material Contract 29 132K
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6: EX-10.5 Material Contract 87 252K
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8: EX-10.9(B) Material Contract 8 36K
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EX-10.3 — Material Contract
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EXHIBIT 10.3
THE ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC.
FISCAL 1996 SHARE INCENTIVE PLAN
1. PURPOSE. The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. Fiscal 1996 Share Incentive
Plan (the "Plan") is intended to provide incentives which will attract, retain
and motivate highly competent persons as non-employee directors, officers and
key employees of The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. (the "Company") and its
subsidiaries and affiliates, by providing them opportunities to acquire shares
of the Class A Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company ("Class A
Common Stock") or to receive monetary payments based on the value of such shares
pursuant to the Benefits (as defined below) described herein. Furthermore, the
Plan is intended to assist in aligning the interests of the Company's officers
and key employees to those of its stockholders.
2. ADMINISTRATION.
(a) The Plan will be administered by a committee (the "Committee")
appointed by the Board of Directors of the Company from among its members (which
may be the Compensation Committee), which shall be comprised of not less than
two non-employee members of the Board of Directors each of whom qualifies as a
"disinterested person" within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 (or any successor rule)
promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange
Act"); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that prior to effectiveness under the Exchange Act of
a registration statement filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, the Committee may be comprised of any two members of the Board of
Directors or may be the entire Board of Directors. The Committee is authorized,
subject to the provisions of the Plan, to establish such rules and regulations
as it deems necessary for the proper administration of the Plan and to make such
determinations and interpretations and to take such action in connection with
the Plan and any Benefits (as defined below) granted hereunder as it deems
necessary or advisable. All determinations and interpretations made by the
Committee shall be binding and conclusive on all participants and their legal
representatives. No member of the Board of the Directors, no member of the
Committee and no employee of the Company shall be liable for any act or failure
to act hereunder, except in circumstances involving his or her bad faith, gross
negligence or willful misconduct, or for any act or failure to act hereunder by
any other member or employee or by any agent to whom duties in connection with
the administration of this Plan have been delegated. The Company shall indemnify
members of the Committee and any agent of the Committee who is an employee of
the Company, a subsidiary or an affiliate against any and all liabilities or
expenses to which they may be subjected by reason of any act or failure to act
with respect to their duties on behalf of the Plan, except in circumstances
involving such person's bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct.
(b) The Committee may delegate to one or more of its members, or to one
or more agents,
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such administrative duties as it may deem advisable, and the Committee, or any
person to whom it has delegated duties as aforesaid, may employ one or more
persons to render advice with respect to any responsibility the Committee or
such person may have under the Plan. The Committee may employ such legal or
other counsel, consultants and agents as it may deem desirable for the
administration of the Plan and may rely upon any opinion or computation received
from any such counsel, consultant or agent. Expenses incurred by the Committee
in the engagement of such counsel, consultant or agent shall be paid by the
Company, or the subsidiary or affiliate whose employees have benefitted from the
Plan, as determined by the Committee.
3. PARTICIPANTS. Participants will consist of such officers and key
employees of the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates as the Committee in
its sole discretion determines to be significantly responsible for the success
and future growth and profitability of the Company and whom the Committee may
designate from time to time to receive Benefits under the Plan. Non-employee
directors of the Company shall participate in the Plan only to the extent
provided in Section 11(a) hereof. Designation of a participant in any year shall
not require the Committee to designate such person to receive a Benefit in any
other year or, once designated, to receive the same type or amount of Benefit as
granted to the participant in any other year. The Committee shall consider such
factors as it deems pertinent in selecting participants and in determining the
type and amount of their respective Benefits.
4. TYPE OF BENEFITS. Benefits under the Plan may be granted in any one
or a combination of (a) Stock Options, (b) Stock Appreciation Rights, (c) Stock
Awards, (d) Performance Awards and (e) Stock Units (each as described below, and
collectively, the "Benefits"). Benefits shall be evidenced by agreements (which
need not be identical) in such forms as the Committee may from time to time
approve; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in the event of any conflict between the
provisions of the Plan and any such agreements, the provisions of the Plan shall
prevail.
5. COMMON STOCK AVAILABLE UNDER THE PLAN. The aggregate number of
shares of Common Stock that may be subject to Benefits, including Stock Options,
granted under this Plan shall be 4,225,000 shares of Class A Common Stock, which
may be authorized and unissued or treasury shares, subject to any adjustments
made in accordance with Section 13 hereof. The maximum number of shares of Class
A Common Stock with respect to which Benefits may be granted to any individual
participant under the Plan shall be 1,000,000. Any shares of Common Stock
subject to a Stock Option or Stock Appreciation Right which for any reason is
cancelled or terminated without having been exercised, any shares subject to
Stock Awards, Performance Awards or Stock Units which are forfeited, any shares
subject to Performance Awards settled in cash or any shares delivered to the
Company as part of full payment for the exercise of a Stock Option or Stock
Appreciation Right shall again be available for Benefits under the Plan, to the
extent permitted by Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act regarding the availability
of such shares.
6. STOCK OPTIONS. Stock Options will consist of awards from the Company
that will enable the holder to purchase a specific number of shares of Class A
Common Stock, at set terms and at a fixed purchase price. Stock Options may be
"incentive stock options" ("Incentive Stock
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Options"), within the meaning of Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended (the "Code"), or Stock Options which do not constitute
Incentive Stock Options ("Nonqualified Stock Options"). The Committee will have
the authority to grant to any participant one or more Incentive Stock Options,
Nonqualified Stock Options, or both types of Stock Options (in each case with or
without Stock Appreciation Rights). Each Stock Option shall be subject to such
terms and conditions consistent with the Plan as the Committee may impose from
time to time, subject to the following limitations:
(a) EXERCISE PRICE. Each Stock Option granted hereunder shall have
such per-share exercise price as the Committee may determine at the
date of grant; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the per-share exercise price
shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value (as defined below)
of the Class A Common Stock on the date the option is granted.
(b) PAYMENT OF EXERCISE PRICE. The option exercise price may be
paid in cash or, in the discretion of the Committee, by the delivery of
shares of Class A Common Stock of the Company then owned by the
participant, or by a combination of these methods. In the discretion of
the Committee, payment may also be made by delivering a properly
executed exercise notice to the Company together with a copy of
irrevocable instructions to a broker to deliver promptly to the Company
the amount of sale or loan proceeds to pay the exercise price. To
facilitate the foregoing, the Company may enter into agreements for
coordinated procedures with one or more brokerage firms. The Committee
may prescribe any other method of paying the exercise price that it
determines to be consistent with applicable law and the purpose of the
Plan, including, without limitation, in lieu of the exercise of a Stock
Option by delivery of shares of Class A Common Stock of the Company
then owned by a participant, providing the Company with a notarized
statement attesting to the number of shares owned, where upon
verification by the Company, the Company would issue to the participant
only the number of incremental shares to which the participant is
entitled upon exercise of the Stock Option. The Committee may, at the
time of grant, provide for the grant of a subsequent Restoration Stock
Option if the exercise price is paid for by delivering previously owned
shares of Class A Common Stock of the Company. Restoration Stock
Options (i) may be granted in respect of no more than the number of
shares of Class A Common Stock tendered in exercising the predecessor
Stock Option, (ii) shall have an exercise price equal to the Fair
Market Value on the date the Restoration Stock Option is granted, and
(iii) may have an exercise period that does not extend beyond the
remaining term of the predecessor Stock Option. In determining which
methods a participant may utilize to pay the exercise price, the
Committee may consider such factors as it determines are appropriate.
(c) EXERCISE PERIOD. Stock Options granted under the Plan shall be
exercisable at such time or times and subject to such terms and
conditions as shall be determined by the Committee; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that no Stock Option shall be exercisable later than ten years after
the date it is granted except in the event of a Participant's death, in
which case, the exercise period of such Participant's Stock Options may
be extended beyond such period
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but no later than one year after the Participant's death. All Stock
Options shall terminate at such earlier times and upon such conditions
or circumstances as the Committee shall in its discretion set forth in
such option at the date of grant.
(d) LIMITATIONS ON INCENTIVE STOCK OPTIONS. Incentive Stock
Options may be granted only to participants who are employees of the
Company or one of its subsidiaries (within the meaning of Section
424(f) of the Code) at the date of grant. The aggregate market value
(determined as of the time the option is granted) of the Class A Common
Stock with respect to which Incentive Stock Options are exercisable for
the first time by a participant during any calendar year (under all
option plans of the Company and of any parent corporation or subsidiary
corporation (as defined in Sections 424(e) and (f) of the Code,
respectively)) shall not exceed $100,000. For purposes of the preceding
sentence, Incentive Stock Options will be taken into account in the
order in which they are granted. Incentive Stock Options may not be
granted to any participant who, at the time of grant, owns stock
possessing (after the application of the attribution rules of Section
424(d) of the Code) more than 10% of the total combined voting power of
all classes of stock of the Company or any parent or subsidiary
corporation of the Company, unless the option price is fixed at not
less than 110% of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the date
of grant and the exercise of such option is prohibited by its terms
after the expiration of five years from the date of grant of such
option. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, no
Incentive Stock Option may be exercised later than ten years after the
date it is granted.
(e) POST-EMPLOYMENT EXERCISES. The exercise of any Stock Option
after termination of employment shall be subject to satisfaction of the
conditions precedent that the Participant neither (i) competes with, or
takes other employment with or renders services to a competitor of, the
Company, its subsidiaries or affiliates without the written consent of
the Company, nor (ii) conducts himself or herself in a manner adversely
affecting the Corporation.
7. STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS.
(a) The Committee may, in its discretion, grant Stock Appreciation
Rights to the holders of any Stock Options granted hereunder. In
addition, Stock Appreciation Rights may be granted independently of,
and without relation to, options. A Stock Appreciation Right means a
right to receive a payment, in cash, Class A Common Stock or a
combination thereof, in an amount equal to the excess of (x) the Fair
Market Value, or other specified valuation, of a specified number of
shares of Common Stock on the date the right is exercised over (y) the
Fair Market Value, or other specified valuation (which shall be no less
than the Fair Market Value), of such shares of Common Stock on the date
the right is granted, all as determined by the Committee; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that if a Stock Appreciation Right is granted retroactively in
tandem with or in substitution for a Stock Option, the designated Fair
Market Value in the award agreement may be the Fair Market Value on the
date such Stock Option was granted. Each Stock Appreciation Right shall
be
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subject to such terms and conditions as the Committee shall impose from
time to time.
(b) Stock Appreciation Rights granted under the Plan shall be
exercisable at such time or times and subject to such terms and
conditions as shall be determined by the Committee; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that no Stock Appreciation Rights shall be exercisable later than ten
years after the date it is granted except in the event of a
Participant's death, in which case, the exercise period of such
Participant's Stock Appreciation Rights may be extended beyond such
period but no later than one year after the Participant's death. All
Stock Options shall terminate at such earlier times and upon such
conditions or circumstances as the Committee shall in its discretion
set forth in such option at the date of grant.
(c) The exercise of any Appreciation Right after termination of
employment shall be subject to satisfaction of the conditions precedent
that the Participant neither (i) competes with, or takes other
employment with or renders services to a competitor of, the Company,
its subsidiaries or affiliates without the written consent of the
Company, nor (ii) conducts himself or herself in a manner adversely
affecting the Corporation.
8. STOCK AWARDS. The Committee may, in its discretion, grant Stock
Awards (which may include mandatory payment of bonus incentive compensation in
stock) consisting of Class A Common Stock issued or transferred to participants
with or without other payments therefor as additional compensation for services
to the Company. Stock Awards may be subject to such terms and conditions as the
Committee determines appropriate, including, without limitation, restrictions on
the sale or other disposition of such shares, the right of the Company to
reacquire such shares for no consideration upon termination of the participant's
employment within specified periods, and conditions requiring that the shares be
earned in whole or in part upon the achievement of performance goals established
by the Committee over a designated period of time. The Committee may require the
participant to deliver a duly signed stock power, endorsed in blank, relating to
the Class A Common Stock covered by such an Award. The Committee may also
require that the stock certificates evidencing such shares be held in custody or
bear restrictive legends until the restrictions thereon shall have lapsed. The
Stock Award shall specify whether the participant shall have, with respect to
the shares of Class A Common Stock subject to a Stock Award, all of the rights
of a holder of shares of Class A Common Stock of the Company, including the
right to receive dividends and to vote the shares.
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9. PERFORMANCE AWARDS.
(a) Performance Awards may be granted to participants at any time and
from time to time, as shall be determined by the Committee. The Committee shall
have complete discretion in determining the number, amount and timing of awards
granted to each participant. Such Performance Awards may be in the form of
shares of Class A Common Stock or Stock Units. Performance Awards may be awarded
as short-term or long-term incentives. The Committee shall set performance
targets at its discretion which, depending on the extent to which they are met,
will determine the number and/or value of Performance Awards that will be paid
out to the participants, and may attach to such Performance Awards one or more
restrictions. Performance targets may be based upon, without limitation,
Company-wide, divisional and/or individual performance.
(b) The Committee shall have the authority at any time to make
adjustments to performance targets for any outstanding Performance Awards which
the Committee deems necessary or desirable unless at the time of establishment
of goals the Committee shall have precluded its authority to make such
adjustments.
(c) Payment of earned Performance Awards shall be made in accordance
with terms and conditions prescribed or authorized by the Committee. The
participant may elect to defer, or the Committee may require or permit the
deferral of, the receipt of Performance Awards upon such terms as the Committee
deems appropriate.
10. STOCK UNITS.
(a) The Committee may, in its discretion, grant Stock Units to
participants hereunder. The Committee shall determine the criteria for the
vesting of Stock Units. A Stock Unit granted by the Committee shall provide
payment in shares of Class A Common Stock at such time as the award agreement
shall specify. Shares of Class A Common Stock issued pursuant to this Section 10
may be issued with or without other payments therefor as may be required by
applicable law or such other consideration as may be determined by the
Committee. The Committee shall determine whether a participant granted a Stock
Unit shall be entitled to a Dividend Equivalent Right (as defined below).
(b) Upon vesting of a Stock Unit, unless the Committee has determined
to defer payment with respect to such unit or a Participant has elected to defer
payment under subsection (c) below, shares of Class A Common Stock representing
the Stock Units shall be distributed to the participant unless the Committee,
with the consent of the participant, provides for the payment of the Stock Units
in cash or partly in cash and partly in shares of Common Stock equal to the
value of the shares of Class A Common Stock which would otherwise be distributed
to the participant.
(c) Prior to the year with respect to which a Stock Unit may vest, the
participant may elect not to receive Class A Common Stock upon the vesting of
such Stock Unit and for the Company to continue to maintain the Stock Unit on
its books of account. In such event, the value of a Stock
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Unit shall be payable in shares of Class A Common Stock pursuant to the
agreement of deferral.
(d) A "Stock Unit" means a notional account representing one share of
Class A Common Stock. A "Dividend Equivalent Right" means the right to receive
the amount of any dividend paid on the share of Class A Common Stock underlying
a Stock Unit, which shall be payable in cash or in the form of additional Stock
Units.
11. CERTAIN FORMULA AWARDS.
(a) (i) On the date of the first annual meeting of stockholders of the
Company which is at least six months after the date a non-employee director is
first elected to the Board of Directors of the Company, he or she will be
granted 1,000 shares of Class A Common Stock, without restrictions, accompanied
by an amount in cash for reimbursement of income taxes related to such grant.
(ii) During the first five years of service as a director of the
Company, $10,000 of the annual retainer payable to a non-employee director will
automatically be paid in shares of Class A Common Stock, without restrictions,
on the date of the annual meeting of stockholders. The number of shares to be
received by the non-employee director as part of the annual retainer will be
equal to $10,000 divided by the average closing price of the Company's Class A
Common Stock for the twenty days on which trading occurred next preceding the
date of payment.
(b) The agreements accompanying the awards and grants made under this
Section 11 may contain additional restrictions or limitations not inconsistent
with the provisions of the Plan.
(c) The provisions of this Section 11 shall not be amended more than
once every six months, other than to comport with changes in the Code, the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 or the rules thereunder.
12. FOREIGN OPTIONS AND RIGHTS.
The Committee may grant Benefits to individual participants who are
subject to the tax laws of nations other than the United States, which Benefits
may have terms and conditions as determined by the Committee as necessary to
comply with applicable foreign laws. The Committee may take any action which it
deems advisable to obtain approval of such Benefits by the appropriate foreign
governmental entity; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no such Benefits may be granted
pursuant to this Section 12 and no action may be taken which would result in a
violation of the Exchange Act, the Code or any other applicable law.
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13. ADJUSTMENT PROVISIONS; CHANGE IN CONTROL.
(a) If there shall be any change in the Class A Common Stock of the
Company, through merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization, stock
dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, split up, spinoff, combination of
shares, exchange of shares, dividend in kind or other like change in capital
structure or distribution (other than normal cash dividends) to stockholders of
the Company, an adjustment shall be made to each outstanding Stock Option and
Stock Appreciation Right such that each such Stock Option and Stock Appreciation
Right shall thereafter be exercisable for such securities, cash and/or other
property as would have been received in respect of the Class A Common Stock
subject to such Stock Option or Stock Appreciation Right had such Stock Option
or Stock Appreciation Right been exercised in full immediately prior to such
change or distribution, and such an adjustment shall be made successively each
time any such change shall occur. In addition, in the event of any such change
or distribution, in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of participants'
rights under the Plan, the Committee will have authority to adjust, in an
equitable manner, the number and kind of shares that may be issued under the
Plan, the number and kind of shares subject to outstanding Benefits, the
exercise price applicable to outstanding Benefits, and the Fair Market Value of
the Class A Common Stock and other value determinations applicable to
outstanding Benefits. Appropriate adjustments may also be made by the Committee
in the terms of any Benefits under the Plan to reflect such changes or
distributions and to modify any other terms of outstanding Benefits on an
equitable basis, including modifications of performance targets and changes in
the length of performance periods. In addition, the Committee is authorized to
make adjustments to the terms and conditions of, and the criteria included in,
Benefits in recognition of unusual or nonrecurring events affecting the Company
or the financial statements of the Company, or in response to changes in
applicable laws, regulations, or accounting principles. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, (i) each such adjustment with respect to an Incentive Stock Option
shall comply with the rules of Section 424(a) of the Code, and (ii) in no event
shall any adjustment be made which would render any Incentive Stock Option
granted hereunder other than an incentive stock option for purposes of Section
422 of the Code.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan, if there is a
Change in Control of the Company, all then outstanding Stock Options and Stock
Appreciation Rights shall immediately become exercisable. For purposes of this
Section 13(b), a "Change in Control" of the Company shall be deemed to have
occurred upon any of the following events:
(i) A change in control of the direction and administration of the
Company's business of a nature that would be required to be reported in
response to Item 6(e) of Schedule 14A of Regulation 14A promulgated
under the Exchange Act; or
(ii) During any period of two (2) consecutive years, the
individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the
Company's Board of Directors or any individuals who would be
"Continuing Directors" (as hereinafter defined) cease for any reason to
constitute at least a majority thereof; or
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(iii) The Company's Class A Common Stock shall cease to be
publicly traded; or
(iv) The Company's Board of Directors shall approve a sale of all
or substantially all of the assets of the Company, and such transaction
shall have been consummated; or
(v) The Company's Board of Directors shall approve any merger,
consolidation, or like business combination or reorganization of the
Company, the consummation of which would result in the occurrence of
any event described in Section 13(b)(ii) or (iii) above, and such
transaction shall have been consummated.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, (A) changes in the relative beneficial ownership
among members of the Lauder family and family-controlled entities shall not, by
itself, constitute a Change in Control of the Company, (B) any spin-off of a
division or subsidiary of the Company to its stockholders and (C) any event
listed in (i) through (v) above that the Board of Directors determines not to be
a Change in Control of the Company, shall not constitute a Change in Control of
the Company.
For purposes of this Section 13(b), "Continuing Directors" shall mean
(x) the directors of the Company in office on the Effective Date (as defined
below) and (y) any successor to any such director and any additional director
who after the Effective Date was nominated or selected by a majority of the
Continuing Directors in office at the time of his or her nomination or
selection.
The Committee, in its discretion, may determine that, upon the
occurrence of a Change in Control of the Company, each Stock Option and Stock
Appreciation Right outstanding hereunder shall terminate within a specified
number of days after notice to the holder, and such holder shall receive, with
respect to each share of Class A Common Stock subject to such Stock Option or
Stock Appreciation Right, an amount equal to the excess of the Fair Market Value
of such shares of Common Stock immediately prior to the occurrence of such
Change in Control over the exercise price per share of such Stock Option or
Stock Appreciation Right; such amount to be payable in cash, in one or more
kinds of property (including the property, if any, payable in the transaction)
or in a combination thereof, as the Committee, in its discretion, shall
determine. The provisions contained in the preceding sentence shall be
inapplicable to a Stock Option or Stock Appreciation Right granted within six
(6) months before the occurrence of a Change in Control if the holder of such
Stock Option or Stock Appreciation Right is subject to the reporting
requirements of Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act and no exception from
liability under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act is otherwise available to such
holder.
14. NONTRANSFERABILITY. Each Benefit granted under the Plan to a
participant shall not be transferable otherwise than by will or the laws of
descent and distribution, and shall be exercisable, during the participant's
lifetime, only by the participant. In the event of the death of a Participant,
each Stock Option or Stock Appreciation Right theretofore granted to him or her
shall be exercisable during such period after his or her death as the Committee
shall in its discretion set forth in such option or right at the date of grant
and then only by the executor or administrator of the
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estate of the deceased participant or the person or persons to whom the deceased
participant's rights under the Stock Option or Stock Appreciation Right shall
pass by will or the laws of descent and distribution.
15. OTHER PROVISIONS. The award of any Benefit under the Plan may also
be subject to such other provisions (whether or not applicable to the Benefit
awarded to any other participant) as the Committee determines appropriate,
including, without limitation, for the installment purchase of Class A Common
Stock under Stock Options, for the installment exercise of Stock Appreciation
Rights, to assist the participant in financing the acquisition of Class A Common
Stock, for the forfeiture of, or restrictions on resale or other disposition of,
Class A Common Stock acquired under any form of Benefit, for the acceleration of
exercisability or vesting of Benefits in the event of a change in control of the
Company, for the payment of the value of Benefits to participants in the event
of a Change in Control of the Company, or to comply with federal and state
securities laws, or understandings or conditions as to the participant's
employment in addition to those specifically provided for under the Plan.
16. FAIR MARKET VALUE. For purposes of this Plan and any Benefits
awarded hereunder, Fair Market Value shall be the closing price of the Company's
Class A Common Stock on the date of calculation (or on the last preceding
trading date if Class A Common Stock was not traded on such date) if the
Company's Class A Common Stock is readily tradeable on a national securities
exchange or other market system, and if the Company's Class A Common Stock is
not readily tradeable, Fair Market Value shall mean the amount determined in
good faith by the Committee as the fair market value of the Class A Common Stock
of the Company.
17. WITHHOLDING. All payments or distributions of Benefits made
pursuant to the Plan shall be net of any amounts required to be withheld
pursuant to applicable federal, state and local tax withholding requirements. If
the Company proposes or is required to distribute Class A Common Stock pursuant
to the Plan, it may require the recipient to remit to it or to the corporation
that employs such recipients an amount sufficient to satisfy such tax
withholding requirements prior to the delivery of any certificates for such
Common Stock. In lieu thereof, the Company or the employing corporation shall
have the right to withhold the amount of such taxes from any other sums due or
to become due from such corporation to the recipient as the Committee shall
prescribe. The Committee may, in its discretion and subject to such rules as it
may adopt (including any as may be required to satisfy applicable tax and/or
non-tax regulatory requirements), permit an optionee or award or right holder to
pay all or a portion of the federal, state and local withholding taxes arising
in connection with any Benefit consisting of shares of Class A Common Stock by
electing to have the Company withhold shares of Class A Common Stock having a
Fair Market Value equal to the amount of tax to be withheld, such tax calculated
at rates required by statute or regulation.
18. TENURE. A participant's right, if any, to continue to serve the
Company or any of its subsidiaries as an officer, employee, or otherwise, shall
not be enlarged or otherwise affected by his or her designation as a participant
under the Plan.
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19. UNFUNDED PLAN. Participants shall have no right, title, or interest
whatsoever in or to any investments which the Company may make to aid it in
meeting its obligations under the Plan. Nothing contained in the Plan, and no
action taken pursuant to its provisions, shall create or be construed to create
a trust of any kind, or a fiduciary relationship between the Company and any
participant, beneficiary, legal representative or any other person. To the
extent that any person acquires a right to receive payments from the Company
under the Plan, such right shall be no greater than the right of an unsecured
general creditor of the Company. All payments to be made hereunder shall be paid
from the general funds of the Company and no special or separate fund shall be
established and no segregation of assets shall be made to assure payment of such
amounts except as expressly set forth in the Plan. The Plan is not intended to
be subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
20. NO FRACTIONAL SHARES. No fractional shares of Class A Common Stock
shall be issued or delivered pursuant to the Plan or any Benefit. The Committee
shall determine whether cash, or Benefits, or other property shall be issued or
paid in lieu of fractional shares or whether such fractional shares or any
rights thereto shall be forfeited or otherwise eliminated.
21. DURATION, AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION. No Benefit shall be granted
more than ten years after the Effective Date; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the terms
and conditions applicable to any Benefit granted prior to such date may
thereafter be amended or modified by mutual agreement between the Company and
the participant or such other persons as may then have an interest therein.
Also, by mutual agreement between the Company and a participant hereunder, under
this Plan or under any other present or future plan of the Company, Benefits may
be granted to such participant in substitution and exchange for, and in
cancellation of, any Benefits previously granted such participant under this
Plan, or any other present or future plan of the Company. The Board of Directors
may amend the Plan from time to time or suspend or terminate the Plan at any
time. However, no action authorized by this Section 21 shall reduce the amount
of any existing Benefit or change the terms and conditions thereof without the
participant's consent. No amendment of the Plan shall, without approval of the
stockholders of the Company, (i) materially increase the total number of shares
which may be issued under the Plan; (ii) materially increase the amount or type
of Benefits that may be granted under the Plan; or (iii) materially modify the
requirements as to eligibility for Benefits under the Plan; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that no amendment may be made without approval of the stockholders of the
Company if the amendment will disqualify any Incentive Stock Options granted
hereunder.
22. GOVERNING LAW. This Plan, Benefits granted hereunder and actions
taken in connection herewith shall be governed and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of New York (regardless of the law that might otherwise
govern under applicable New York principles of conflict of laws).
23. COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 16B-3. With respect to persons subject to
Section 16 of the Exchange Act, transactions under the Plan are intended to
comply with all applicable conditions of
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Rule 16b-3 (or its successors) promulgated under the Exchange Act. To the extent
any provision of the Plan or action by the Committee fails to comply, it shall
be deemed null and void, to the extent permitted by law and deemed advisable by
the Committee.
24. EFFECTIVE DATE. (a) The Plan shall be effective as of November 14,
1995, which is the date the Plan was adopted by the Board of Directors and
approved by the stockholders of the Company (the "Effective Date").
(b) This Plan shall terminate on November 14, 2005 (unless sooner
terminated by the Board of Directors).
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| Filed on: | | 9/15/03 | | | | | | | DEF 14A |
| For Period End: | | 6/30/03 | | | | | | | 4 |
| | 11/14/95 | | 12 |
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