As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 25, 2021
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Dril-Quip, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 74-2162088 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
6401 N. Eldridge Parkway
Houston, TX 77041
(713) 939-7711
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrants principal executive offices)
2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan of Drill-Quip, Inc.
(Full title of the plan)
James C. Webster
Vice President- General Counsel and Secretary
Dril-Quip, Inc.
6401 N. Eldridge Parkway
Houston, Texas 77041
(713) 939-7711
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
With a copy to:
Gerry Spedale
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
811 Main Street, Suite 3000
Houston, TX 77002
(346) 718-6888
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of large accelerated filer, accelerated filer, smaller reporting company and emerging growth company in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer | ☒ | Accelerated filer | ☐ | |||
Non-accelerated filer | ☐ | Smaller reporting company | ☐ | |||
Emerging growth company | ☐ |
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Title of Each Class of Securities to be Registered |
Amount to be Registered(1) |
Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share |
Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price |
Amount of Registration Fee | ||||
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share |
1,900,000 | $36.72(2) | $69,768,000(2) | $7,611.69 | ||||
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(1) | Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act, this registration statement also covers any additional securities that may from time to time be offered or issued in respect of the securities registered by this registration statement to prevent dilution as a result of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction, and any other securities with respect to which the outstanding shares are converted or exchanged. |
(2) | Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act, based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Registrants Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on June 18, 2021. |
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed by Dril-Quip, Inc. (the Registrant), relating to 1,900,000 shares of its common stock, par value $0.01 per share, available for issuance pursuant to awards to eligible persons under the 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan of Dril-Quip, Inc. (the Plan).
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Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, the contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (Commission) on May 25, 2017 (Registration No. 333-249555), which relates to the Plan, is incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof, except for those items being updated by this Registration Statement.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 8. | Exhibits. |
Exhibit No. |
Exhibit Description | |
4.1 | Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrants Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017 filed on February 27, 2018). | |
4.2 | Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrants Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 20, 2014). | |
4.3 | Form of certificate representing Common Stock of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrants Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2018 filed on April 26, 2018). | |
5.1* | Opinion of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP. | |
23.1* | Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. | |
23.2* | Consent of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1). | |
24.1* | Power of Attorney (included on signature page hereto). | |
99.1* | 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan of Dril-Quip, Inc. (as amended effective May 12, 2021) |
* | Filed herewith. |
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Houston, Texas, on June 25, 2021.
Dril-Quip, Inc. | ||
By: | /s/ Blake T. DeBerry | |
Name: | Blake T. DeBerry | |
Title: | Chief Executive Officer |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Blake T. DeBerry, Jeffrey J. Bird and Raj Kumar, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to this Registration Statement, and any registration statement relating to the offering covered by this Registration Statement and filed pursuant to Rule 462 under the Securities Act, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitute or substitutes may lawfully so or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the following persons have signed this Registration Statement in the capacities and on the date(s) indicated.
Signature | Title | Date | ||
/s/ Blake T. DeBerry Blake T. DeBerry |
Chief Executive Officer and Director (principal executive officer) |
June 25, 2021 | ||
/s/ Raj Kumar Raj Kumar |
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (principal financial and accounting officer) |
June 25, 2021 | ||
/s/ John V. Lovoi John V. Lovoi |
Director | June 25, 2021 | ||
/s/ Alexander P. Shukis Alexander P. Shukis |
Director | June 25, 2021 | ||
/s/ Terence B. Jupp Terence B. Jupp |
Director | June 25, 2021 | ||
/s/ Steven L. Newman Steven L. Newman |
Director | June 25, 2021 | ||
/s/ Amy B. Schwetz Amy B. Schwetz |
Director | June 25, 2021 | ||
/s/ Darryl K. Willis |
Director | June 25, 2021 | ||
Darryl K. Willis |
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Exhibit 5.1
Client: 23417-00001
June 25, 2021
Dril-Quip, Inc.
6401 N. Eldridge Parkway
Houston, Texas 77041
Re: | 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan of Dril-Quip, Inc. |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have examined the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the Registration Statement) of Dril-Quip, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), in connection with the offering by the Company of up to 1,900,000 shares of the Companys common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the Shares) reserved for issuance pursuant to future awards under the 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan of Dril-Quip, Inc. (as amended, the Plan).
We have examined the originals, or photostatic or certified copies, of such records of the Company and certificates of officers of the Company and of public officials and such other documents as we have deemed relevant and necessary as the basis for the opinions set forth below. In our examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity and competency of all natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals and the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies. We have also assumed that there are no agreements or understandings between or among the Company and any participants in the Plan that would expand, modify or otherwise affect the terms of the Plan or the respective rights or obligations of the participants thereunder. Finally, we have assumed the accuracy of all other information provided to us by the Company during the course of our investigations, on which we have relied in issuing the opinion expressed below.
Based upon the foregoing examination and in reliance thereon, and subject to the qualifications, assumptions and limitations stated herein and in reliance on the statements of fact contained in the documents that we have examined, we are of the opinion that the Shares, when issued and sold in accordance with the terms set forth in the Plan and against payment therefor, and when the Registration Statement has become effective under the Securities Act, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
Dril-Quip, Inc.
June 25, 2021
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We render no opinion herein as to matters involving the laws of any jurisdiction other than the Delaware General Corporation Law (the DGCL). This opinion is limited to the effect of the current state of the DGCL and the facts as they currently exist. We assume no obligation to revise or supplement this opinion in the event of future changes in such law or the interpretations thereof or such facts.
We consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, and we further consent to the use of our name under the caption Legal Matters in the Registration Statement and the prospectus that forms a part thereof. In giving these consents, we do not thereby admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the Rules and Regulations of the Commission.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Exhibit 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Dril-Quip, Inc. of our report dated February 25, 2021 relating to the financial statements, financial statement schedule, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, which appears in Dril-Quips Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Houston, Texas
June 25, 2021
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Exhibit 99.1
2017 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN
OF
DRIL-QUIP, INC.
1. Establishment of This Plan. Dril-Quip, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), established this 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan of Dril-Quip, Inc. on May 12, 2017 (the Effective Date) and amended such plan on May 12, 2021 (the 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan of Dril-Quip, Inc., as amended, this Plan). References in this Plan to Paragraphs are to Paragraphs of this Plan.
2. Definitions. As used in this Plan, the following terms have the following respective meanings:
Award means the grant of any Option, SAR, Stock Award, Cash Award or Performance Award, whether granted singly or in combination or tandem, to a Participant on such terms and subject to such conditions and limitations as the Committee (or the Board, in the case of Director Awards) may establish consistent with the terms of this Plan.
Award Agreement means the document (in written or electronic form) communicating the terms, conditions and limitations applicable to an Award. The Committee may, in its discretion, require that the Participant execute such Award Agreement, or may provide for procedures through which Award Agreements are made available but not executed.
Board means the Board of Directors of the Company.
Cash Award means an Award denominated in cash.
Change of Control shall mean:
(i) there shall have occurred an event required to be reported with respect to the Company in response to Item 6(e) of Schedule 14A of Regulation 14A (or in response to any similar item or any similar schedule or form) promulgated under the Exchange Act, whether or not the Company is then subject to such reporting requirement;
(ii) any person (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) shall have become the beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 30% or more of the combined voting power of the Companys then outstanding voting securities;
(iii) the Company is a party to a merger, consolidation, sale of assets or other reorganization, or a proxy contest, as a consequence of which members of the Board in office immediately prior to such transaction or event constitute less than a majority of the Board thereafter; or
(iv) during any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constituted the Board (including, for this purpose, any new director whose election or nomination for election by the Companys stockholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the directors then still in office who were directors at the beginning of such period) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Change of Control shall be deemed to have occurred with respect to an Award that is subject to Code Section 409A unless such event constitutes an event specified in Code Section 409A(a)(2)(A)(v) and the Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder.
Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
Committee means the Nominating, Governance and Compensation Committee of the Board or any successor committee of the Board designated by the Board consisting of at least two Directors.
Common Stock means the Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company.
Company means Dril-Quip, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
Director means an individual serving as a member of the Board who is not an Employee.
Director Award means the grant of any Award (other than an Incentive Option) to a Participant who is a Director.
Dividend Equivalents means, with respect to shares of Common Stock subject to a Stock Award other than Restricted Stock, an amount equal to all dividends and other distributions (or the economic equivalent thereof) that are payable to stockholders of record during the Restriction Period applicable to those shares on a like number of shares of Common Stock.
Employee means any employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
Employee Award means the grant of any Award to an Employee.
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.
Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock means, as of a particular date, (i) if shares of Common Stock are listed on a national securities exchange, the closing price per share of Common Stock on the consolidated transaction reporting system for the principal national securities exchange on which shares of Common Stock are listed on that date or, if there shall have been no such sale so reported on that date, on the last preceding date on which such a
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sale was so reported, (ii) if the Common Stock is not so listed, the closing bid price on that date or, if there are no quotations available for that date, on the last preceding date for which those quotations are available, as reported by an inter-dealer quotation system or (iii) if shares of Common Stock are not publicly traded, the most recent value determined by an independent appraiser appointed by the Company for that purpose.
Incentive Option means an Option that is intended to comply with the requirements set forth in Section 422 of the Code.
Nonqualified Stock Option means an Option that is not an Incentive Option.
Option means a right to purchase a specified number of shares of Common Stock at a specified price (which is either in the form of an Incentive Option or a Nonqualified Stock Option).
Participant means an Employee or Director to whom an Award has been made under this Plan.
Performance Award means an Award made pursuant to this Plan to a Participant, the earning of which is subject to the attainment of one or more Performance Goals.
Performance Goal means a standard established by the Committee, to determine in whole or in part whether a Performance Award will be earned.
Prior Plan means the 2004 Incentive Plan of Dril-Quip, Inc., as amended and restated effective as of May 10, 2012.
Restricted Stock means Common Stock that has its transfer restricted or that is subject to forfeiture provisions, as provided in the Award Agreement relating thereto.
Restricted Stock Unit means a unit that is restricted or subject to forfeiture provisions evidencing the right to receive one share of Common Stock or cash equal to the Fair Market Value of one share of Common Stock.
Restriction Period means a period of time beginning as of the date upon which a Stock Award is made pursuant to this Plan and ending as of the date on which the Common Stock subject to that Award is no longer restricted as to its transfer or subject to forfeiture provisions.
SAR means a right to receive a payment, in cash or Common Stock, equal to the excess of 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 a specified strike price, in each case, as determined by the Committee.
Section 409A means Section 409A of the Code and related regulations and guidance issued by the Internal Revenue Service and Department of the Treasury.
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Stock Award means an Award in the form of shares of Common Stock or units denominated in shares of Common Stock, including Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units, but excluding an Option or SAR.
Subsidiary means (i) in the case of a corporation, any corporation of which the Company directly or indirectly owns shares representing more than 50% of the combined voting power of the shares of all classes or series of capital stock of that corporation that have the right to vote generally on matters submitted to a vote of the stockholders of that corporation and (ii) in the case of a partnership or other business entity not organized as a corporation, any such business entity of which the Company directly or indirectly owns more than 50% of the voting, capital or profits interests (whether in the form of partnership interests, membership interests or otherwise).
3. Objectives. The Company has designed this Plan (i) to attract and retain Directors and Employees, (ii) to encourage the sense of proprietorship of these persons in the Company and (iii) to stimulate the active interest of these persons in the development and financial success of the Company and its Subsidiaries by making Awards under this Plan.
4. Eligibility.
(a) All Employees are eligible for Employee Awards under this Plan.
(b) All Directors are eligible for Director Awards under this Plan.
(c) The Board may grant a Director Award or the Committee may grant an Employee Award to any individual who has agreed in writing to become a Director or an Employee, respectively, within six months after the date of that agreement, provided that the effectiveness of that Award will be subject to the condition that the individual actually becomes a Director or Employee within that time period.
5. Common Stock Available for Awards. Subject to the provisions of Paragraph 16 hereof, there shall be available for Awards under this Plan granted wholly or partly in Common Stock (including rights or Options that may be exercised for or settled in Common Stock) an aggregate of 3,400,000 shares of Common Stock, all of which shall be available for Incentive Options. From and after the Effective Date, no further awards may be made under the Prior Plan. The number of shares of Common Stock that are the subject of Awards under this Plan which are forfeited or terminated, expire unexercised, are settled in cash in lieu of Common Stock or in a manner such that all or some of the shares covered thereby are not issued to a Participant or are exchanged for a consideration that does not involve Common Stock will again immediately become available for Awards hereunder. The Committee may from time to time adopt and observe such procedures concerning the counting of shares against the Plan maximum as it may deem appropriate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the following shares of Common Stock may not again be made available for issuance as Awards under this Plan: (i) shares of Common Stock not issued or delivered as a result of the net settlement of an Award; (ii) shares of Common Stock used to pay the exercise price or withholding taxes related to an Award; or (iii) shares of Common Stock repurchased on the open market with the proceeds of the Option exercise price. The Board and the appropriate officers of the Company will from time to time take whatever actions are necessary to file any required documents with governmental authorities, stock exchanges and transaction reporting systems to ensure that shares of Common Stock are available for issuance pursuant to Awards.
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6. Administration.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Plan with respect to actions or determinations by the Board, the Committee will administer this Plan.
(b) Subject to the provisions hereof, the Committee will have full and exclusive power and authority to administer this Plan and to take all actions that are specifically contemplated hereby or are necessary or appropriate in connection with the administration hereof. The Committee also will have full and exclusive power to interpret this Plan and to adopt such rules, regulations and guidelines for carrying out this Plan as it may deem necessary or proper, all of which powers will be exercised in the best interests of the Company and in keeping with the objectives of this Plan. The Committee may, in its discretion, provide for the extension of the exercisability of any Award, accelerate the vesting or exercisability of any Award, eliminate or make less restrictive any restrictions contained in any Award, waive any restriction or other provision of this Plan or any Award or otherwise amend or modify any Award in any manner that is either (i) not adverse to the Participant to whom that Award was granted or (ii) consented to in writing by that Participant; provided that the exercise price of an outstanding Option will not be reduced without approval of the stockholders of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, except in connection with a transaction involving the Company or its capitalization (as provided in Paragraph 16), the terms of outstanding Awards may not be amended without approval of the stockholders of the Company to (i) reduce the exercise price of outstanding Options or SARs, (ii) cancel, exchange, substitute, buyout or surrender outstanding Options or SARs in exchange for cash or other Awards when the exercise price of the original Options or SARs exceeds the Fair Market Value of one share of Common Stock, (iii) take any other action with respect to an Option or SAR that would be treated as a repricing under the rules and regulations of the principal national securities exchange on which the shares of Common Stock are listed or (iv) permit the grant of any Options or SARs that contains a so-called reload feature under which additional Options, SARs or other Awards are granted automatically to the Participant upon exercise of the original Option or SAR. The Committee may correct any defect or supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in this Plan or in any Award in the manner and to the extent the Committee deems necessary or desirable to further the purposes of this Plan. Any decision of the Committee in the interpretation and administration of this Plan will lie within its sole and absolute discretion and will be final, conclusive and binding on all parties concerned. The Board shall have the same powers as the Committee with respect to Director Awards.
(c) No member of the Board or the Committee or officer of the Company to whom the Committee has delegated authority in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph 7 of this Plan will be liable for anything done or omitted to be done by him or her, by any member of the Board or the Committee or by any officer of the Company in connection with the performance of any duties under this Plan, except for his or her own willful misconduct or as expressly provided by statute.
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7. Delegation of Authority. The Committee may delegate any of its authority to grant Awards to Employees who are not subject to Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act to the Chief Executive Officer, to other senior officers of the Company or to the Board or to any other committee of the Board (which may consist of one or more members), provided such delegation is made in writing and specifically sets forth such delegated authority. The officers of the Company, for and on behalf of the Company, may engage or authorize the engagement of a third party administrator to carry out administrative functions under this Plan. Any such delegation hereunder shall only be made to the extent permitted by applicable law.
8. Employee Awards.
(a) The Committee will determine the type or types of Employee Awards to be made and will designate from time to time the Employees who are to receive Employee Awards. Each Employee Award will be evidenced by an Award Agreement containing such terms, conditions and limitations as the Committee determines in its sole discretion, including any treatment upon a Change of Control, and signed by the Participant to whom the Employee Award is made and by an authorized officer for and on behalf of the Company. Employee Awards may consist of those listed in this Paragraph 8(a) hereof and may be granted singly or in combination or tandem with other Employee Awards. Employee Awards also may be made in combination or tandem with, in replacement of or as alternatives to grants or rights under this Plan or any other employee plan of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, including the plan of any acquired entity. All or part of an Employee Award may be subject to conditions established by the Committee, which may include, but are not limited to, continuous service with the Company and its Subsidiaries, achievement of specific business objectives, increases in specified indices, attainment of specified growth rates and other comparable measurements of performance. If a Participant holding an Employee Award ceases to be an Employee, any unexercised, deferred, unexercisable, unvested or unpaid portion of that Employee Award will be treated as set forth in the applicable Award Agreement or in any other written agreement the Company has entered into with the Participant.
(i) Stock Option. An Employee Award may be in the form of an Option. An Option awarded pursuant to this Plan may consist of an Incentive Option or a Nonqualified Option. The price at which any share of Common Stock may be purchased on the exercise of any Option will not be less than the Fair Market Value of a share of the Common Stock on the date of grant of that Option, and the Committee will determine the other terms, conditions and limitations applicable to each Option, including its term and the date or dates on which it becomes exercisable. The term of an Option shall not exceed ten years from the date of grant; provided, however, if the term of an Option (but not an Incentive Option) expires when trading in the shares of Common Stock is prohibited by applicable law or the Companys insider trading policy (as then in effect), then the term of such Option shall expire on the 30th day after the expiration of such prohibition.
(ii) Stock Appreciation Right. An Employee Award may be in the form of a SAR. The Committee will determine the terms, conditions and limitations applicable to each SAR awarded pursuant to this Plan, including its term and the date or dates on which it becomes exercisable. The term of a SAR shall not exceed ten years from the date of grant; provided, however, if the term of a SAR expires when trading in the shares of Common Stock is prohibited by applicable law or the Companys insider trading policy (as then in effect), then the term of such SAR shall expire on the 30th day after the expiration of such prohibition.
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(iii) Stock Award. An Employee Award may be in the form of a Stock Award. The Committee will determine the terms, conditions and limitations applicable to each Stock Award granted pursuant to this Plan.
(iv) Cash Award. An Employee Award may be in the form of a Cash Award. The Committee will determine the terms, conditions and limitations applicable to each Cash Award granted pursuant to this Plan.
(v) Performance Award. Without limiting the type or number of Employee Awards that may be made under the other provisions of this Plan, an Employee Award may be in the form of a Performance Award. A Performance Award will be paid, vested or otherwise deliverable solely on account of the attainment of one or more pre-established, objective Performance Goals established by the Committee prior to the earlier to occur of (x) 90 days after the commencement of the performance period to which the Performance Goal relates or (y) the lapse of 25% of the performance period to which the Performance Goal relates (as scheduled in good faith at the time the Performance Goal is established) and, in any event, while the outcome is substantially uncertain. A Performance Goal is objective if a third party having knowledge of the relevant facts could determine whether the goal is met. A Performance Goal may be based on one or more business criteria, including, but not limited to, those that apply to the individual, one or more lines or classes of products or services of the Company, one or more business divisions, groups or units of the Company or the Company as a whole and may include one or more of the following: earnings per share; earnings per share growth; total shareholder return; economic value added; cash return on capitalization; increased revenue; revenue ratios (per employee or per customer); net income; stock price; market share; return on equity; return on assets; return on capital; return on capital compared to cost of capital; shareholder value; net cash flow; operating income; earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT); earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA); cash flow; cash flow from operations; cost reductions; cost ratios (per employee or per customer); proceeds from dispositions; project completion time and budget goals; net cash flow before financing activities; total market value; sales booking and any of the above goals determined on an absolute or relative basis or as compared to the performance of a published or special index deemed applicable by the Committee including, but not limited to, the Standard & Poors 500 Stock Index or a group of comparable companies. Unless otherwise stated, a Performance Goal need not be based on an increase or positive result under a particular business criterion and could include, for example, maintaining the status quo or limiting economic losses (measured, in each case, by reference to specific business criteria). Prior to the payment of any compensation based on the achievement of Performance Goals, the Committee must certify in writing that the applicable Performance Goals were, in fact, satisfied. Subject to the foregoing provisions, the Committee will determine the terms, conditions and limitations applicable to Performance Awards.
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(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Plan, the following limitations will apply to each Award:
(i) no Employee may be granted, during any calendar year, Awards consisting of Options or SARs that are exercisable for more than 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock;
(ii) no Employee may be granted, during any calendar year, Stock Awards covering or relating to more than 225,000 shares of Common Stock (the limitation set forth in this clause (ii), together with the limitation set forth in clause (i) above, being hereinafter collectively referred to as the Stock-Based Awards Limitations); and
(iii) no Employee may be granted Awards consisting of cash or in any other form permitted under this Plan (other than Awards consisting of Options or SARs or otherwise consisting of shares of Common Stock or units denominated in such shares) in respect of any calendar year having a value determined on the date of grant in excess of $10,000,000.
(c) All Awards (other than a Cash Award) shall have a minimum vesting period or Restriction Period, as applicable, of one year from the date of grant; provided, however, that Awards with respect to up to five percent of the shares of Common Stock authorized for grant pursuant to this Plan may have a vesting period or Restriction Period, as applicable, of less than one year.
9. Director Awards.
(a) The Board has the sole authority to grant Director Awards from time to time in accordance with this Paragraph 9. Director Awards may consist of the forms of Award described in Paragraph 8, other than Incentive Options, and shall be granted subject to such terms and conditions as specified in Paragraph 8. Each Director Award may, in the discretion of the Board, be embodied in an Award Agreement, which shall contain such terms, conditions, and limitations as shall be determined by the Board, in its sole discretion.
(b) No Director may be granted during any calendar year Director Awards having a value determined on the date of grant when added to all cash compensation paid to the Director during the same calendar year in excess of $1,000,000.
10. Payment of Awards.
(a) General. Payment of Awards may be made in the form of cash or Common Stock, or a combination thereof, and may include such restrictions as the Committee (or the Board, in the case of Director Awards) may determine, including, in the case of Common Stock, restrictions on transfer and forfeiture provisions. If payment of an Award is made in the form of Restricted Stock, the right to receive such shares shall be evidenced by book entry registration or in such other manner as the Committee may determine. Any statement of ownership evidencing such Restricted Stock shall contain appropriate legends and restrictions that describe the terms and conditions of the restrictions applicable thereto.
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(b) Deferral. The Committee, in its sole discretion, may permit selected Participants to elect to defer payments of some or all types of Awards, subject to the terms and conditions established by the Committee and the requirements of Section 409A. Any deferred payment of an Award, whether elected by the Participant or specified by the applicable Award Agreement or by the Committee, may be forfeited if and to the extent that the applicable Award Agreement so provides.
(c) Dividends and Dividend Equivalents. Rights to dividends or Dividend Equivalents may be extended to and made part of any Stock Award, subject to such terms, conditions and restrictions as the Committee may establish; provided that any dividends or Dividend Equivalents payable in connection with any Stock Award (as provided in the applicable Award Agreement) may accrue but will not, in any event, be payable until the expiration of the Restriction Period of the underlying Stock Award. The Committee also may establish rules and procedures for the crediting of interest on Dividend Equivalents for Stock Awards. In the event the Stock Award is forfeited, dividends and Dividend Equivalents paid with respect to such shares during the Restriction Period shall also be forfeited. No Dividend Equivalents may be paid in respect of an Award of Options or SARs.
(d) Substitution of Awards. Subject to the provisions of Paragraph 6(b), at the discretion of the Committee, a Participant may be offered an election to substitute any Award for another Award or Awards of the same or a different type. No Option or SAR may be substituted for another Award without the approval of the stockholders of the Company (except in connection with a change in the Companys capitalization or as otherwise provided in Paragraph 16 hereof).
11. Stock Option Exercise. The price at which shares of Common Stock may be purchased under an Option will be paid in full at the time of exercise in cash or, if elected by the Participant, the Participant may purchase those shares by means of tendering Common Stock, valued at their Fair Market Value per share on the date of exercise or any combination thereof. The Committee will determine acceptable methods for Participants to tender Common Stock. The Committee may provide for procedures to permit the exercise or purchase of Awards by use of the proceeds to be received from the sale of Common Stock (by net-settlement or cash-less exercise) issuable pursuant to an Award.
12. Taxes. The Company will have the right to deduct applicable taxes from any Award payment and withhold, at the time of delivery or vesting of cash or shares of Common Stock under this Plan or at the time otherwise required by applicable law, an appropriate amount of cash or number of shares of Common Stock or a combination thereof for payment of taxes required by law or to take such other action as may be necessary in the opinion of the Company to satisfy all obligations for withholding of those taxes. The Committee may also permit withholding to be satisfied by (i) the transfer to the Company of shares of Common Stock theretofore owned by the holder of the Award or (ii) withholding from the shares of Common Stock otherwise deliverable under the Award, in either case, with respect to which withholding is required, up to the maximum tax rate applicable to the Participant, as determined by the Committee. If shares of Common Stock are used to satisfy tax withholding, those shares will be valued at their Fair Market Value per share when the tax withholding is required to be made.
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13. Amendment, Modification, Suspension or Termination. The Board may amend, modify, suspend or terminate this Plan for the purpose of meeting or addressing any changes in legal requirements or for any other purpose permitted by law, except that (i) no amendment or alteration that would adversely affect the rights of any Participant under any Award previously granted to that Participant will be made without the consent of that Participant and (ii) no amendment or alteration shall be effective prior to its approval by the stockholders of the Company to the extent such approval is required by applicable legal requirements or the applicable requirements of the securities exchange on which the Common Stock is listed.
14. Section 409A.
(a) All Awards under this Plan are intended either to be exempt from or to comply with the requirements of Section 409A, and this Plan and all Awards shall be interpreted and operated in a manner consistent with that intention. Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, if any Plan provision or Award under this Plan would result in the imposition of an applicable tax under Section 409A, that Plan provision or Award shall be reformed to avoid imposition of the applicable tax and no such action shall be deemed to adversely affect the Participants rights to an Award.
(b) This Plan shall neither cause nor permit any payment, benefit or consideration to be substituted for a benefit that is payable under this Plan if such action would result in the failure of any amount that is subject to Section 409A to comply with the applicable requirements of Section 409A.
(c) If the Participant is identified by the Company as a specified employee within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code on the date on which the Participant has a separation from service (other than due to death) within the meaning of Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-1(h), any Award payable or settled on account of a separation from service that is deferred compensation subject to Section 409A shall be paid or settled on the earliest of (1) the first business day following the expiration of six months from the Participants separation from service, (2) the date of the Participants death, or (3) such earlier date as complies with the requirements of Section 409A.
15. Assignability. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee (or the Board in the case of Director Awards) and provided in the applicable Award Agreement, no Award or any other benefit under this Plan will be assignable or otherwise transferable except by will or the laws of descent and distribution or pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order in a form acceptable to the plan administrator. The Committee may prescribe and include in any Award Agreement other restrictions on transfer. Any attempted assignment of an Award or any other benefit under this Plan in violation of this Paragraph 15 will be null and void.
16. Adjustments.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Paragraph 16 to the contrary, the Company shall neither cause nor permit any adjustments to any equity interest to be made in a manner that would result in the equity interests becoming subject to Section 409A unless, after such adjustment, the equity interest is in compliance with the requirements of Section 409A to the extent applicable.
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(b) The existence of outstanding Awards will not affect in any manner the right or power of the Company or its stockholders to make or authorize any or all adjustments, recapitalizations, reorganizations or other changes in the capital stock of the Company or its business or any merger or consolidation of the Company, or any issue of bonds, debentures, preferred or other stock (whether or not that issue is prior to, on a parity with or junior to the Common Stock) or the dissolution or liquidation of the Company, or any sale or transfer of all or any part of its assets or business, or any other corporate act or proceeding of any kind, whether or not of a character similar to that of the acts or proceedings enumerated above.
(c) If any subdivision, split or combination of outstanding shares of Common Stock or any declaration of a dividend payable in shares of Common Stock occurs, then (i) the number of shares of Common Stock reserved under this Plan, (ii) the number of shares of Common Stock covered by outstanding Awards in the form of Common Stock or units denominated in Common Stock, (iii) the exercise or other price in respect of such Awards, (iv) the appropriate Fair Market Value and other price determinations for such Awards and (v) the Stock-Based Awards Limitations each will be proportionately adjusted by the Board to reflect the consequences of that occurrence. If any recapitalization or capital reorganization of the Company, any consolidation or merger of the Company with another corporation or entity, any adoption by the Company of any plan of exchange affecting the Common Stock or any distribution to holders of Common Stock of securities or property (other than normal cash dividends) occurs, the Board will make appropriate adjustments to the amounts or other items referred to in clauses (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v) of the preceding sentence to give effect to that transaction; provided, that such adjustments will be only those as are necessary to maintain the proportionate interest of the holders of the Awards and preserve, without exceeding, the value of those Awards.
(d) In the event of a corporate merger, consolidation, acquisition of property or stock, separation, reorganization or liquidation, the Board may make such adjustments to outstanding Awards or other provisions for the disposition of outstanding Awards as it deems equitable, and shall be authorized, in its discretion, (i) to provide for the substitution of a new Award or other arrangement (which, if applicable, may be exercisable for such property or stock as the Board determines) for an outstanding Award or the assumption of an outstanding Award, regardless of whether in a transaction to which Section 424(a) of the Code applies, (ii) to provide, prior to the transaction, for the acceleration of the vesting and exercisability of, or lapse of restrictions with respect to, the outstanding Award and, if the transaction is a cash merger, to provide for the termination of any portion of the Award that remains unexercised at the time of such transaction or (iii) to provide for the acceleration of the vesting and exercisability of an outstanding Award and the cancellation thereof in exchange for such payment of such cash or property as shall be determined by the Board in its sole discretion, which in the case of Options or SARs (whether stock- or cash-settled) shall be the excess, if any, of the Fair Market Value of the shares of Common Stock subject to the Option or SAR on such date over the aggregate exercise price of such Award (for the avoidance of doubt, if such exercise price is equal to or greater than such Fair Market Value, the Option or SAR may be canceled for no consideration); provided, however, that no such adjustment shall increase the aggregate value of any outstanding Award.
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17. Restrictions. No Common Stock or other form of payment will be issued with respect to any Award unless the Company is satisfied, on the basis of advice of its counsel, that the issuance will comply with applicable federal and state securities laws. Certificates evidencing shares of Common Stock delivered under this Plan (to the extent that the shares are so evidenced) may be subject to such stop-transfer orders and other restrictions as the Committee may deem advisable under the rules, regulations and other requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, any securities exchange or transaction reporting system on which the Common Stock is then listed or to which it is admitted for quotation and any applicable federal or state securities law. The Committee may cause a legend or legends to be placed upon those certificates (if any) to make appropriate reference to those restrictions.
18. Unfunded Plan. Insofar as it provides for Awards of cash, Common Stock or rights thereto, this Plan will be unfunded. Although bookkeeping accounts may be established with respect to Participants who are entitled to cash, Common Stock or rights thereto under this Plan, any such accounts will be used merely as a bookkeeping convenience. The Company will not be required to segregate any assets that may at any time be represented by cash, Common Stock or rights thereto, nor will this Plan be construed as providing for that segregation, nor shall the Company, the Board or the Committee be deemed to be a trustee of any cash, Common Stock or rights thereto to be granted under this Plan. Any liability or obligation of the Company to any Participant with respect to an Award of cash, Common Stock or rights thereto under this Plan shall be based solely on any contractual obligations that may be created by this Plan and any Award Agreement, and no such liability or obligation of the Company will be deemed to be secured by any pledge or other encumbrance on any property of the Company. Neither the Company nor the Board nor the Committee will be required to give any security or bond for the performance of any obligation that may be created by this Plan.
19. Governing Law. This Plan and all determinations made and actions taken pursuant hereto, to the extent not otherwise governed by mandatory provisions of the Code or the securities laws of the United States, will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware.
20. Clawback Right. Notwithstanding any other provisions in this Plan, any Award shall be subject to recovery or clawback by the Company under any clawback policy adopted by the Company whether before or after the date of grant of the Award.
21. Effective Date. This Plan, as approved by the Board on February 14, 2017, shall be effective as of the Effective Date, the date on which it was approved by the stockholders of the Company. This Plan shall continue in effect for a term of ten years after the Effective Date, unless sooner terminated by action of the Board. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the adoption of this Plan is expressly conditioned upon the approval by the holders of a majority of shares of Common Stock present, or represented, and entitled to vote at a meeting of the Companys stockholders at the Companys 2017 annual stockholders meeting to be held on May 12, 2017 or any adjournment or postponement thereof. If the stockholders of the Company should fail to so approve this Plan on such date, this Plan shall not be of any force or effect and the Prior Plan shall continue in force and effect.
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