Exhibit 10.99
AMENDMENT TO THE ALLIED WASTE INDUSTRIES, INC.
PERFORMANCE-ACCELERATED RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT
(UNDER THE AMENDED AND RESTATED
1991 INCENTIVE STOCK PLAN)
THIS AMENDMENT ("Amendment") is made on December 30, 2005, by and between
ALLIED WASTE INDUSTRIES, INC., a Delaware corporation ("Company") and the
individual specified below ("Grantee").
R E C I T A L S:
The Company granted shares of restricted stock to Grantee pursuant to a
Performance-Accelerated Restricted Stock Agreement ("PARSAP Agreement").
The Management Development/Compensation Committee of the Board of
Directors ("Committee") determined that it would be in the best interests of the
Company and its stockholders to amend the PARSAP Agreement to modify certain
provisions with respect to the vesting of the Restricted Stock granted therein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants hereinafter set
forth, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Section 4 of the PARSAP Agreement is amended in its entirety to read as
follows:
4. Effect of Termination of Employment. Except as may be otherwise
specifically provided in this Agreement, if Grantee's employment with the
Company is terminated for any reason, all unvested Award Shares at the
time of Grantee's termination of employment shall be forfeited upon
Grantee's date of termination. If Grantee's employment with the Company is
terminated as the result of his Disability or death, any unvested Award
Shares shall become fully and immediately vested and will be paid to
Grantee's beneficiary.
If Grantee's employment with the Company is terminated by Grantee
for Good Reason or by the Company without Cause, then (a) if Grantee is
also employed by the Company in the position of Chief Executive Officer,
President, Executive Vice President or Senior Vice President as of his
date of termination, Grantee shall continue to vest in his Award Shares
for a period of three (3) years following his termination of employment,
as if he had remained employed by the Company during that period or (b) if
Grantee is also employed by the Company in the position of Regional Vice
President or Vice President as of his date of termination, Grantee shall
continue to vest in his Award Shares for a period of two (2) years
following his termination of employment, as if he had remained employed by
the Company during that period. "Cause" shall be as defined in the Plan.
"Good Reason" shall mean a termination by Grantee due to the Company's
taking any action which results in a material diminishment in Grantee's
position (including status, offices, titles and reporting requirements),
authority, duties or responsibilities (provided, however, that a temporary
diminishment, whether material or not, due to Grantee's illness or injury
will not constitute grounds for a termination for Good Reason).
If Grantee's employment with the Company is terminated as the result
of his Retirement, or by the Company without Cause, at any time after
December 31, 2004, any unvested Award Shares at the time of Grantee's
termination of employment (or, if applicable, at the time the
post-employment vesting period ends) shall become vested on a pro rata
basis, based on the number of full calendar months completed since the
Date of Grant, as a fraction of the 10-year period following the Date of
Grant.
Those Award Shares for which vesting is not accelerated pursuant to
the terms of this Section 4 or of Section 13 shall be forfeited upon
Grantee's date of termination (or, if applicable, at the end of the
post-employment vesting period); provided, however, that the Committee, in
its discretion, may decide to accelerate the vesting of any otherwise
forfeitable Award Shares.
2. Effective January 1, 2005, Section 8(a) of the PARSAP Agreement is
amended by deleting Section 8(a) in its entirety.
3. Except as may otherwise be specified herein, the effective date of this
Amendment shall be December 30, 2005.
4. Except as specifically amended, all of the terms and conditions of the
PARSAP Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has, as of the date first above written,
caused this Agreement to be executed on its behalf by its duly authorized
officer, and Grantee has hereunder set his hand as of the date first above
written.
ALLIED WASTE INDUSTRIES, INC., GRANTEE
A DELAWARE CORPORATION
By
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