EXHIBIT 10.9
ADMINISTAFF, INC. 2001 INCENTIVE PLAN
EMPLOYEE INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION AWARD AGREEMENT
This Award Agreement between Administaff, Inc. (the "Company"), and
_______________________ (the "Optionee"), an employee of the Company, regarding
a right (the "Option") awarded to the Optionee on _______________________ (the
"Grant Date") to purchase from the Company up to, but not exceeding in the
aggregate, ______ shares of Common Stock (as defined in the Administaff, Inc.
2001 Incentive Plan (the "Plan")) at $___ per share (the "Exercise Price"),
which is the Fair Market Value of an Option Share as of the Grant Date, such
number of shares and such price per share being subject to adjustment as
provided in Section 13 of the Plan, and further subject to the following terms
and conditions:
1. RELATIONSHIP TO PLAN. This Option is intended to be an
incentive stock option within the meaning of the Internal Revenue Service Code
(the "Code") Section 422. To the extent the limitations of Section 422(d) of the
Code are exceeded, with respect to such excess portion, the Option is intended
to be a nonqualified stock option within the meaning of Code Section 83. This
Option is subject to all of the terms, conditions and provisions of the Plan and
administrative interpretations thereunder, if any, which have been adopted by
the Committee thereunder and are in effect on the date hereof. Except as defined
herein, capitalized terms shall have the same meanings ascribed to them under
the Plan. For purposes of this Award Agreement:
(a) "DISABILITY" shall mean a physical or mental impairment (a)
which causes a Participant to be unable to perform the normal duties for an
Employer as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion; and (b) which is
expected either to result in death (or blindness) or to last for a continuous
period of at least twelve (12) months. The Committee may require that the
Participant be examined by a physician or physicians selected by the Committee.
(b) "EMPLOYMENT" shall mean employment with the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries.
(c) "OPTION SHARES" shall mean the shares of Common Stock covered
by this Award Agreement.
2. EXERCISE SCHEDULE.
(a) The Option hereby granted shall become vested and exercisable
in five (5) cumulative annual installments, with 20% of the Option Shares
becoming vested and exercisable on the first (1st) anniversary of the
Grant Date, 40% of the Option Shares becoming exercisable on the second
(2nd) anniversary of the Grant Date, 60% of the Option Shares becoming
exercisable on the third (3rd) anniversary of the Grant Date, 80% of the
Option Shares becoming exercisable on the fourth (4th) anniversary of the
Grant Date, and 100% of the Option Shares becoming exercisable on the
fifth (5th) anniversary of the Grant Date. No fractional Option Shares
shall become vested and exercisable on the first (1st), second (2nd),
third (3rd) or fourth (4th) anniversary of the Grant Date. The
Optionee must be in continuous Employment from the Grant Date through the
date of exercisability of each installment in order for the Option to
become exercisable with respect to additional Option Shares on each such
date.
b) The Option hereby granted shall become 100% vested and
exercisable, irrespective of the limitations set forth in subsection (a)
above, provided that the Optionee has been in continuous Employment since
the Grant Date, upon a Change in Control.
3. TERMINATION OF OPTION. The Option hereby granted shall
terminate and be of no force and effect with respect to any shares of Common
Stock not previously purchased by the Optionee upon the first to occur of:
(a) the tenth (10th) anniversary of the Grant Date;
(b) with respect to
(i) the portion of the Option exercisable upon termination,
the expiration of (A) one (1) year following the
Optionee's termination of Employment due to death or
Disability; or (B) the three (3) months following the
date the Optionee's termination of Employment for any
other reason; and/or
(ii) the portion of the Option not exercisable upon
termination, the date of the Optionee's termination of
Employment.
4. EXERCISE OF OPTION. Subject to the limitations set forth
herein and in the Plan, the Option may be exercised by written notice provided
to the Company as set forth in Section 6 of this Award Agreement. Such written
notice shall (a) state the number of shares of Common Stock with respect to
which the Option is being exercised (no less than ten (10) shares), and (b) be
accompanied by a wire transfer, cashier's check, cash or money order payable to
Administaff, Inc., in the full amount of the purchase price for any Option
Shares being acquired and any appropriate withholding taxes, or by other
consideration in the form and manner approved by the Committee pursuant to
Section 9 of the Plan.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the
Optionee agrees that he will not exercise the Option granted pursuant hereto,
and that the Company will not be obligated to issue any Option Shares pursuant
to this Award Agreement, if the exercise of the Option or the issuance of such
shares would constitute a violation by the Optionee or by the Company of any
provision of any law or regulation of any governmental authority or any stock
exchange or transaction quotation system.
If any law or regulation requires the Company to take any action
with respect to the shares specified in such notice, the time for delivery
thereof, which would
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otherwise be as promptly as possible, shall be postponed for the period of time
necessary to take such action.
In no event shall the Company be required to issue fractional shares
upon the exercise of any portion of the Option.
5. DISPOSITIONS OF STOCK. The Optionee shall be required to
promptly notify the Company if the Optionee disposes of any Common Stock
acquired through the exercise of the Option either (a) within two (2) years from
the Grant Date or (b) within one (1) year after the transfer of such Common
Stock to the Optionee. The Optionee shall also be required to disclose in his
notice to the Company the amount of consideration realized upon such
disposition.
6. NOTICES. Notice of exercise of the Option must be made in the
following manner, using an approved exercise notice provided by the Company and
which may be amended from time to time:
(a) by United States mail, postage prepaid, to Administaff, Inc.,
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Investor Relations Administrator, in which case the date of exercise shall
be the postmark date; or
(b) by hand delivery or otherwise to Administaff, Inc., ▇▇▇▇▇
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Relations Administrator, in which case the date of exercise shall be the
date when receipt is acknowledged by the Company.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the address of the
Company is changed prior to the date of any exercise of this Option, notice of
exercise shall instead be made pursuant to the foregoing provisions at the
Company's current address.
Any other notices provided for in this Award Agreement or in the
Plan shall be given in writing and shall be deemed effectively delivered or
given upon receipt or, in the case of notices delivered by the Company to the
Optionee, five (5) days after deposit in the United States mail, postage
prepaid, addressed to the Optionee at the address specified at the end of this
Award Agreement or at such other address as the Optionee hereafter designates by
written notice to the Company.
7. ASSIGNMENT OF OPTION. The Optionee's rights under the Plan and
this Award Agreement are personal; no assignment or transfer of the Optionee's
rights under and interest in this Option may be made by the Optionee other than
by will or by the laws of descent and distribution or by a qualified domestic
relations order; and this Option is exercisable during his lifetime only by the
Optionee, or in the case of an Optionee who is mentally incapacitated, this
option shall be exercisable by his guardian or legal representative.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, subject to approval by the Committee
in its sole discretion, other than with respect to Incentive Stock Options, the
Option is transferable by the Optionee to (a) the spouse, children or
grandchildren (including adopted and stepchildren and grandchildren) of the
Optionee ("Immediate Family Members"), (b) a trust or trusts for the exclusive
benefit of such Immediate Family Members, or (c) a partnership or partnerships
in which such Immediate Family Members and, if applicable, the Optionee are the
only partners. Subsequent transfers of a transferred Option shall be prohibited
except by will or the laws of descent and distribution, unless such transfers
are made to the original Optionee or a person to whom the original Optionee
could have made a transfer in the manner described herein. No transfer shall be
effective unless and until written notice of such transfer is provided to the
Committee, in the form and manner prescribed by the Committee. Following
transfer, the Option shall continue to be subject to the same terms and
conditions as were applicable immediately prior to transfer, and except as
otherwise provided herein, the term "Optionee" shall be deemed to refer to the
transferee. The consequences of termination of Service shall continue to be
applied with respect to the original Optionee, following which the Options shall
be exercisable by the transferee only to the extent and for the periods
specified in the Plan and this Award Agreement.
After the death of the Optionee, exercise of the Option shall be
permitted only by the Optionee's executor or the personal representative of the
Optionee's estate and only to the extent that the Option was exercisable on the
date of the Optionee's death.
8. STOCK CERTIFICATES. Certificates representing the Common Stock
issued pursuant to the exercise of the Option will bear all legends required by
law and necessary or advisable to effectuate the provisions of the Plan and this
Option. The Company may place a "stop transfer" order against shares of the
Common Stock issued pursuant to the exercise of this Option until all
restrictions and conditions set forth in the Plan or this Award Agreement and in
the legends referred to in this Section 8 have been complied with.
9. WITHHOLDING. No certificates representing shares of Common
Stock purchased hereunder shall be delivered to or in respect of an Optionee
unless the amount of all federal, state and other governmental withholding tax
requirements imposed upon the Company with respect to the issuance of such
shares of Common Stock has been remitted to the Company or unless provisions to
pay such withholding requirements have been made to the satisfaction of the
Committee pursuant to Section 14 of the Plan. The Committee may make such
provisions as it may deem appropriate for the withholding of any taxes that it
determines is required in connection with this Option.
10. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. This Award Agreement shall bind and
inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Optionee, the Company and
their respective permitted successors and assigns (including personal
representatives, heirs and legatees), except that the Optionee may not assign
any rights or obligations under this Award Agreement except to the extent and in
the manner expressly permitted herein.
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11. NO EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEED. No provision of this Award Agreement
shall confer any right upon the Optionee to continued Employment with the
Company or any Subsidiary.
12. ENTIRE AGREEMENT; BINDING EFFECT: This Award Agreement shall
cover all shares of Common Stock acquired by the Optionee pursuant to this Award
Agreement, including any community and/or separate property interest owned by
the Optionee's spouse in said shares. All terms, conditions and limitations on
transferability imposed under this Award Agreement upon shares acquired by the
Optionee shall apply to any interest of the Optionee's spouse in such shares.
This Award Agreement contains the entire understanding between the parties with
respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes any and all prior written
or oral agreements between the parties with respect to the subject matter
hereof. There are no representations, agreements, arrangements, or
understanding, either written or oral, between or among the parties with respect
to the subject matter hereof which are not set forth in this Award Agreement.
This Award Agreement is binding upon the Optionee's heirs, executors and
personal representatives with respect to all provisions hereof.
13. INTERPRETATION: This Award Agreement is subject in all
respects to the terms of the Plan, and in the event that any provision of the
Award Agreement shall be inconsistent with the terms of the Plan, then the terms
of the Plan shall govern. Any question of interpretation arising under this
Award Agreement shall be determined by the Committee and its determinations
shall be final and conclusive upon all parties in interest.
14. SEVERABILITY: If any term, provision, covenant, or condition
of this Award Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be
invalid, illegal, or unenforceable for any reason, such invalidity, illegality,
or unenforceability shall not affect any of the other terms, provisions,
covenants, or conditions of this Award Agreement, each of which shall be binding
and enforceable.
15. GOVERNING LAW. This Award Agreement shall be governed by,
construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas.
ADMINISTAFF, INC.
Dated: _______________________________ By: ______________________________
Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Chairman of the Board
and Chief Executive Officer
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND ACCEPTANCE BY THE OPTIONEE
I, _______________________, the undersigned Optionee, hereby
acknowledge that I have received a copy of the Administaff, Inc. 2001 Incentive
Plan and that I will consult with and rely upon only my own tax, legal and
financial advisors regarding the consequences and
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risks of the Award. I hereby agree to and accept the foregoing Award Agreement,
subject to the terms and provisions of the Plan and administrative
interpretations thereof referred to above.
______________________________________ __________________________________
Optionee's Signature Date
Optionee's Address:
______________________________________
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