LENNOX INTERNATIONAL INC. Long-Term Incentive Award Agreement
Exhibit 10.14
U.S. Employees - Vice President and Above
THIS AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is made as of __________________(the “Award Date”), by and between Lennox International Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and __________ (“Participant”).
The Company has adopted the Lennox International Inc. 2010 Incentive Plan, as amended and restated (the “Plan”), the terms of which are incorporated by reference and made a part of this Agreement, for the benefit of eligible employees, directors, consultants or advisors of the Company and its Subsidiaries (together, “LII”). Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined in this Agreement have the meanings set forth in the Plan.
Pursuant to the Plan, the Committee, which has responsibility for administering the Plan, has determined that it is in the interest of the Company and its stockholders to make the awards provided in this Agreement in order to increase Participant's personal interest in the continued success and progress of the Company, to ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and enhance the long-term profitability of the Company for the benefit of its shareholders by offering the incentive of long-term rewards, and to encourage Participant to remain in the employ of LII.
The Company and Participant therefore agree as follows:
1. | Grant of Awards. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Company grants to Participant on the Award Date: |
(a) PSU Award - for the period beginning on January 1, 20___ and ending on December 31, 20__ (the “Performance Period”), an award of __________ performance share units (“PSUs” and such award, the “PSU Award”);
(b) RSU Award - for the period beginning on December __, 20__ and ending on December __, 20__ (except as provided below, the “Retention Period”), an award of __________ Restricted Stock Units (“RSUs” and such award, the “RSU Award”); and
(c) SAR Award - for the period beginning on December __, 20 and ending on December __, 20__ (the “SAR Period”), __________ Stock Appreciation Rights (“SARs” and such award, the “SAR Award”) at a ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ of $__________ per share of Common Stock (the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the date of grant).
2. | Conditions for Vesting. |
Subject to Participant’s compliance with the terms of this Agreement:
(a) PSU Award - 50% of the PSU Award is based upon achievement of core net income growth rate performance goals (“Net Income”) for the Performance Period, and 50% of the PSU Award is based upon achievement of return on invested capital performance goals (“ROIC”) for the Performance Period. At the end of the Performance Period, the Committee will evaluate the Company’s attained levels of performance with respect to Core Net Income and ROIC to determine the number of whole PSUs earned, if any, by Participant (the “Earned PSUs”). The Committee will
determine Participant's total Earned PSUs for such period by reference to the following performance matrix:
PSU Award - Performance Goals | |||
Threshold | Target | Maximum | |
Earned PSUs Payout Levels | 50% | 100% | 200% |
Core Net Income: 3-year compound annual growth rate | __% | __% | __% |
ROIC: 3-year weighted average* | __% | __% | __% |
*lowest-year ROIC weighted 20%, remaining years weighted 40% each
If, at the end of the Performance Period, the threshold, target or maximum performance goal has been attained for either or both Core Net Income or ROIC, Participant will vest in Earned PSUs as provided in the matrix. If the attained level of performance for either goal is between the threshold and target, or between target and maximum, Earned PSUs will be determined by linear interpolation.
(b) RSU Award - At the end of the Retention Period, the RSU Award will vest (the “Earned RSUs”). If the last day of the Retention Period is not a day on which shares of Common Stock are traded on a U.S. national securities exchange or quoted in an inter-dealer quotation system, then the Retention Period will end on the last preceding day on which sales of shares of Common Stock were reported.
(c) SAR Award - To the extent the SAR Award has become vested (the “Earned SARs”) according to the following schedule, the Earned SARs may be exercised in whole or part at any time until expiration of the SAR Period:
Date SARs Vested
December __, 20__ 33 1/3%
December __, 20__ 66 2/3%
December __, 20__ 100%
3. | Method and Time of Payment. |
Subject to the terms of this Agreement:
(a) PSU Award - Earned PSUs will be paid within 2.5 months following the end of the Performance Period, minus any shares of Common Stock withheld for taxes pursuant to Section 4 below. Earned PSUs will be paid in the form of the nearest number of whole shares of Common Stock which is equal to or less than the Earned PSUs determined by the reference to the performance matrix specified in Section 2(a) above.
(b) RSU Awards - Earned RSUs will be paid within 30 days following the end of the Retention Period. Earned RSUs will be paid in whole shares of Common Stock equal to the number of Earned RSUs, minus any shares of Common Stock withheld for taxes pursuant to Section 4 below.
(c) SAR Award - Within 30 days of the date of exercise, the Company will deliver to Participant for each Earned SAR that is being exercised (“Exercised SAR”) a number of shares of
Common Stock, in the form of the nearest number of whole shares of Common Stock, equal to the excess (if any) of the most recent publicly quoted sale price of a share of Common Stock at the time of exercise over the ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ of the SAR on the Award Date. If on the last day of the SAR Period (i) the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock exceeds the ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ of the SAR on the Award Date, (ii) Participant has not exercised the Earned SARs and (iii) the SAR Award has not otherwise been cancelled, then the Earned SARs will be deemed to have been exercised by Participant as of such day, and the Company will settle the Exercised SARs in accordance with this Section 3(c).
4. Withholding for Taxes. Participant acknowledges and agrees that the Company may deduct from the shares of Common Stock otherwise deliverable in connection with Earned PSUs, Earned RSUs and Exercised SARs a number of whole shares of Common Stock (in the case of Earned PSUs and Earned RSUs, valued at the Fair Market Value of Common Stock on the date of distribution of the Earned PSUs and Earned RSUs; in the case of Earned SARs, valued at the most recent publicly quoted sale price of Common Stock at the time of exercise of the Earned SARs) that is equal to no more than the minimum statutory amount of all Federal, state and local taxes required to be withheld by the Company in connection with such delivery, as determined by the Company.
5. Termination of Employment. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee in its sole discretion, the PSU Award, the RSU Award and the SAR Award will terminate at the times specified below:
(a) If, prior to the end of the Performance Period, Retention Period or SAR Period, Participant violates Section 6 of this Agreement or is terminated by LII for Cause (as defined in any applicable employment agreement between LII and Participant or as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion in the absence of any such employment agreement), then, immediately after LII becomes aware of a violation of Section 6 or Participant’s termination, the PSU Award, RSU Award or SAR Award will be cancelled.
(b) If, prior to the end of the Performance Period, Retention Period or SAR Period, Participant terminates employment with LII voluntarily or Participant’s employment with LII is terminated by LII not for Cause, then, (i) immediately after Participant’s termination, the PSU Award or RSU Award will be cancelled, and (ii) immediately after Participant’s termination, the Earned SARs will continue to be exercisable subject to the SAR Period for 90 days following Participant’s termination, and the remainder of the SAR Award will be cancelled.
(c) If, prior to the end of the SAR Period, Participant’s employment with LII is terminated by LII for any reason within one year following a Change in Control, then the Earned SARs will continue to be exercisable subject to the SAR Period for 90 days following Participant’s termination, and the remainder of the SAR Award will be cancelled.
(d) If, prior to the end of the Performance Period, Retention Period or SAR Period, Participant’s employment with LII terminates by reason of Participant’s retirement, and in connection with such termination of employment (i) Participant is at least 65 years of age, (ii) Participant is at least 62 years of age and has achieved at least 10 years of service with LII or (iii) the number of years of service Participant has achieved with LII plus Participant’s age equals at least 80, then (x) Participant will earn a pro rata amount of the PSU Award based upon the Company’s attainment of its performance goals in accordance with the performance matrix described in Section 2(a) above, determined at the end of the Performance Period, and the remainder of the PSU Award will be cancelled, (y) Participant will earn a pro rata amount of the RSU Award based upon the portion of the Retention Period during which Participant
served as an employee of LII, determined as of the date of such retirement, and the remainder of the RSU Award will be cancelled, and (z) the Earned SARs will continue to be exercisable for the remainder of the SAR Period, and the remainder of the SAR Award will be cancelled. In the case of the PSU Award, any pro rata amount earned will be payable within 2.5 months after the end of the Performance Period, and in the case of the RSU Award, any pro rata amount earned will be payable within 30 days after the end of the Retention Period.
(e) If, prior to the end of the Performance Period, Retention Period or SAR Period, Participant dies or incurs a Disability, then (i) Participant, or in the event of Participant’s death, Participant’s beneficiary, will earn a pro rata amount of the PSU Award based upon the Company’s attainment of its performance goals in accordance with the performance matrix described in Section 2(a) above (as determined in the sole discretion of the Committee), determined as of the date of death or Disability, and the remainder of the PSU Award will be cancelled, (ii) Participant, or in the event of Participant’s death, Participant’s beneficiary, will earn a pro rata amount of the RSU Award based upon the portion of the Retention Period during which Participant served as an employee of LII, determined as of the date of death or Disability, and the remainder of the RSU Award will be cancelled, and (iii) the SAR Award will become fully vested and exercisable and will continue to be exercisable for the remainder of the SAR Period. Any pro rata amounts earned will be payable within 2.5 months after the date of death or Disability.
6. Protective Covenants.
(a)Noncompete Obligations. For one year following the effective date of Participant’s termination of employment with LII (the “Termination Date”), Participant will not participate in any way in any activities within the same geographic area where Participant had responsibility to conduct business activity prior to the Termination Date, on behalf of a business that provides products or services that are the same or similar to products or services offered or planned by LII as of the Termination Date.
If Participant violates Section 6(a), Participant must pay LII on demand an amount equal to the sum of the pre-tax gains received from: (1) vested PSU Awards and vested RSU Awards awarded to Participant under this Agreement in the one year period prior to the Termination Date; and (2) exercised SAR Awards awarded to Participant under this Agreement in the period beginning one year prior to the Termination Date and ending 90 days after the Termination Date, up to a maximum amount of the following multiple of Participant’s annual base salary in effect on the Termination Date: .75 if Participant is a Vice President; 1.5 if Participant is an Executive Vice President; or 3.0 if Participant is the Chief Executive Officer.
(b) Nonsolicitation Obligations. For one year following the Termination Date, Participant will not, directly or indirectly: (1) solicit, recruit or hire any person who is an LII employee as of the Termination Date; or (2) solicit or induce any customer, supplier or distributor as of the Termination Date to cease or reduce doing business with LII, or divert an LII business opportunity.
If Participant violates Section 6(b), LII will be irreparably harmed and entitled to specific performance, injunctive relief, attorneys’ fees and costs incurred in obtaining relief, and any other remedy available at law or equity.
(c) Consent. Participant may engage in activities otherwise restricted by this Section 6 with the written consent of LII’s Chief Executive Officer if Participant is a Vice President or Executive
Vice President, or with the written consent of the independent members of the Board of Directors if Participant is the Chief Executive Officer.
7. No Stockholder Rights. Participant will not be deemed for any purpose, including voting rights and dividends or dividend equivalents, to be, or to have any of the rights of, a stockholder of LII with respect to any shares of Common Stock as to which the PSU Award, the RSU Award or the SAR Award relate until such shares are issued to Participant by the Company. The existence of this Agreement will not affect the right or power of LII or its stockholders to accomplish any corporate act.
8. Restrictions Imposed by Law. Participant agrees that LII will not be obligated to deliver any shares of Common Stock if LII counsel determines that such delivery would violate any applicable law or any rule or regulation of any governmental authority or any rule or regulation of, or agreement of the Company with, any securities exchange or association upon which the Common Stock may be listed or quoted. LII will not be obligated to take any affirmative action to cause the delivery of shares of Common Stock to comply with any such law, rule, regulation or agreement.
9. Notice. Unless LII notifies Participant in writing of a different procedure, any notice or other communication to LII with respect to this Agreement must be in writing and delivered personally or by first class mail, postage prepaid, to the following address:
c/o Corporate Secretary
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Any notice or other communication to Participant with respect to this Agreement must be in writing and delivered personally, or sent electronically to Participant or by first class mail, postage prepaid, to Participant's address as listed in the records of the Company on the Award Date, unless LII has received written notification from Participant of a change of address.
10. Amendment. This Agreement may be supplemented or amended from time to time as approved by the Committee as contemplated by Section 4.2 of the Plan.
11. Participant Employment. Nothing contained in this Agreement, and no action of LII or the Committee, will confer or be construed to confer on Participant any right to continue in the employ of LII or interfere in any way with the right of LII to terminate Participant's employment at any time, with or without cause, subject, however, to the provisions of any employment agreement between Participant and LII.
12. Governing Law. This Agreement is governed by Delaware law.
13. Construction. This Agreement is entered into, and the PSU Award, RSU Award and SAR Award are granted, pursuant to the Plan and are governed by and construed in accordance with the Plan and the administrative interpretations adopted under the Plan. In the event of any inconsistency between the terms of the Plan and this Agreement, the terms of the Plan will control.
14. Severability and Reformation. If any restriction or covenant in this Agreement is deemed by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unreasonable or unenforceable as written, the court may modify any unreasonable or unenforceable element of the restriction or covenant to make it reasonable and enforceable or enforce it only to the extent it is reasonable and enforceable. If the court determines that any restriction
or covenant in this Agreement is wholly or partially invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of the restrictions or covenants will be given full effect.
15. Entire Agreement. This Agreement contains the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the PSU Award, the RSU Award and the SAR Award. If Participant has a written employment agreement or change in control agreement which contains provisions that conflict with this Agreement: (1) the provisions in the employment agreement or change in control agreement will control with respect to the parties’ rights and remedies under those agreements; and (2) the provisions of this Agreement will control with respect to the parties’ rights and remedies under this Agreement.
16. Participant Acceptance. Participant must accept the terms and conditions of this Agreement by electronic signature or by signing in the space below and returning a signed copy to LII.
17. No-Waiver. Any waiver by the Company of a breach of any provision of this Agreement will not operate or be construed as waiver of any subsequent breach.
18. Other Entities Protected. This Agreement, including the restrictions on Participant’s activities apply to any subsidiary, affiliate, successor and assign of LII to which Participant provides services or about which Participant receives Confidential Information. LII has the right to assign this Agreement at its sole election without the need for further notice to or consent by Participant. Accordingly, this Agreement will inure to the benefit of, and may be enforced by, any and all successors and assigns of LII, including without limitation by asset assignment, stock sale, merger, consolidation or other corporate reorganization, and will be binding on Participant, Participant’s executors, administrators, personal representatives or other successors in interest. Participant further agrees that Participant’s rights are personal and may not be assigned or transferred.
ACCEPTED:
Signed: _________________________________________
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