AAR CORP. Performance Restricted StockAgreement (Agreement)

EX-10.2 3 a09-27514_1ex10d2.htm EX-10.2

Exhibit 10.2

 

AAR CORP.

 

Performance Restricted Stock Agreement

(“Agreement”)

 

Subject to the provisions of the AAR CORP. Stock Benefit Plan (“Plan”), the terms of which are hereby incorporated by reference herein, and in consideration of the agreements of the Grantee herein provided, AAR CORP., a Delaware corporation (“Company”), hereby grants to the Grantee a performance restricted stock award (“Award”), effective                      (“Date of Award”), in the number of shares of common stock (“Common Stock”) of the Company, $1.00 par value (“Award Shares”) set forth in the Company’s Long-Term Performance Restricted Stock Award Program for FY           and the Company’s award letter to the Grantee dated                     , subject to the forfeiture and nontransferability provisions hereof and the other terms and conditions set forth herein:

 

1.             Acceptance By Grantee.  The Award is conditioned upon the acceptance by the Grantee of the terms and conditions of the Award as set forth in this Agreement.  The Grantee must confirm acceptance of the Agreement on Smith Barney’s web site (www.benefitaccess.com). If the Grantee does not accept the Agreement within 30 days from the date of the notification of the Agreement, the Award referenced herein shall expire unless the acceptance date is extended in writing signed by the Company.

 

2.             Restrictions. The Grantee represents that he is accepting the Award Shares without a view toward distribution of said Award Shares and that he will not sell, assign, transfer, pledge or otherwise encumber the Award Shares during the period commencing on the Date of Award and ending on the date the restrictions

 



 

applicable to such Award Shares are released pursuant to this Agreement (“Restrictive Period”).

 

3.             Release of Restrictions. Subject to the provisions of paragraph 4, the restrictions described in paragraph 2 above shall be released with respect to     % of the Award Shares on             , 20    ,     % of the Award Shares on             , 20     and the balance of the Award Shares on             , 20    , except as follows (the first two releases to be rounded down to the nearest whole share and the third release to include the rounded down shares):

 

(a)           In General.  If the Grantee’s employment with the Company and all subsidiaries of the Company terminates prior to the last day of the Restrictive Period for any reason other than death, Disability or Retirement, the Grantee shall forfeit to the Company all Award Shares not previously released from the restrictions of paragraph 2 hereof.

 

(b)           Retirement.  If the Grantee’s employment with the Company and all subsidiaries of the Company terminates by reason of Retirement prior to the last day of the Restrictive Period, the Restrictive Period shall terminate in accordance with the restriction release schedule set forth above in the first clause of this paragraph 3 as to the Award Shares not previously released; provided, however, that if the Grantee dies after Retirement and prior to the last day of the Restrictive Period, the Grantee’s date of death will be treated as the date on which his employment with the Company and all subsidiaries of the Company has terminated, and the provisions of paragraph 3(c) shall apply in determining the release of restrictions as to the Award Shares not previously released.  For this purpose, “Retirement” means the Grantee’s voluntary termination of employment, or his termination of employment by the Company or a

 

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subsidiary without Cause (as defined in the Plan), when he has (i) attained age 65 or (ii) attained age 55 and his age plus the number of his consecutive years of service with the Company and subsidiaries is at least 75.

 

(c)           Death or Disability.

 

(i)            If the Grantee’s employment with the Company and all subsidiaries of the Company terminates by reason of death or Disability before the third anniversary of the Date of Award, the Restrictive Period shall terminate as to the difference between half of the total number of Award Shares and those Award Shares previously released. The remaining Award Shares shall be forfeited to the Company.  For this purpose, “Disability” means the inability of the Grantee to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or which has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months.

 

(ii)           If the Grantee’s employment with the Company and all subsidiaries of the Company terminates by reason of death or Disability after the third anniversary of the Date of Award, the Restrictive Period shall immediately terminate as to all of the Award Shares not previously released.

 

(d)           Restrictive Covenant.  If at any time prior to the Award Shares’ release from restrictions hereunder, the Grantee, without the Company’s express written consent, directly or indirectly, alone or as a member of a partnership, group, or joint venture or as an employee, officer, director, or greater than 1% stockholder of any corporation, or in any capacity engages in any activity which is competitive with any of the businesses conducted by the Company or its affiliated companies at any time during the Grantee’s term of employment, the Grantee shall

 

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forfeit to the Company all Award Shares not previously released from the restrictions of paragraph 2 hereof.

 

4.             Change in Control. In the event of a Change in Control of the Company, whether or not such change has the prior written approval of the Continuing Directors, the Restrictive Period shall terminate as to all Award Shares not previously released.

 

5.             Change in Outstanding Shares. In the event of any change in the outstanding shares of Common Stock occurring through stock splits, stock dividends, stock consolidations, spin-offs, other distributions of assets to stockholders or assumption or conversion of outstanding Awards due to an acquisition after the Date of Award, the Award Shares shall be treated in the same manner in any such transaction as other shares of Common Stock. Any additional shares of Common Stock received by the Grantee with respect to the Award Shares in any such transaction shall be subject to the same restrictions as are then applicable to those Award Shares for which the additional shares have been issued.

 

6.             Rights of Grantee. As the holder of the Award Shares, the Grantee is entitled to all of the rights of a stockholder of AAR CORP. with respect to any of the Award Shares, when issued, including, but not limited to, the right to receive dividends declared and payable since the Date of Award.

 

7.             Shares. In aid of the restrictions set forth in paragraph 2, the Grantee will be required to execute a stock power in favor of the Company which will be cancelled upon release of restrictions with respect to Award Shares released.  Award Shares shall be held by the Company in electronic book entry form on the records of the Company’s Transfer Agent, together with the executed stock power, for the account of

 

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the Grantee until such restrictions are released pursuant to the terms hereof, or such Award Shares are forfeited to the Company as provided by the Plan or this Agreement. The Grantee shall be entitled to the Award Shares as to which such restrictions have been released, and the Company agrees to issue such Award Shares in electronic form on the records of the Transfer Agent. Upon request by the Grantee, the Transfer Agent will transfer such released Award Shares in electronic form to the Grantee’s broker for the Grantee’s account or issue certificates in the name of the Grantee representing the Award Shares for which restrictions have been released.

 

8.             Legend. The Company may, in its discretion, place a legend or legends on any electronic shares or certificates representing Award Shares issued to the Grantee that the Company believes is required to comply with any law or regulation.

 

9.             Committee Powers. The Committee may subject the Award Shares to such conditions, limitations or restrictions as the Committee determines to be necessary or desirable to comply with any law or regulation or with the requirements of any securities exchange. At any time during the Restrictive Period, the Committee may reduce or terminate the Restrictive Period otherwise applicable to all or any portion of the Award Shares.

 

10.           Withholding Taxes. The Grantee shall pay to the Company an amount sufficient to satisfy all minimum tax withholding requirements, including those arising under federal, state and local income tax laws, prior to the delivery of any Award Shares.  Payment of the minimum withholding requirement may be made by one or more of the following methods:  (i) in cash, (ii) in cash received from a broker-dealer to whom the Grantee has submitted irrevocable instructions to deliver the amount of withholding tax to the Company from the proceeds of the sale of shares of Common

 

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Stock subject to the Award, (iii) by delivery to the Company of other Common Stock owned by the Grantee that is acceptable to the Company, valued at its fair market value on the date of payment, (iv) by certifying to ownership by attestation of such previously owned Common Stock, or (v) by having shares of Common Stock withheld from the Award Shares otherwise distributable to the Grantee.  Payment shall be made pursuant to the on-line procedures set forth on the AAR Stock Benefit Plan online web site through Smith Barney (www.benefitacess.com).

 

11.           Miscellaneous.

 

(a)           Nothing in the Award shall confer on the Grantee any right to be or to continue in the employ of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or shall interfere in any way with the right of the Company or any of its subsidiaries to terminate the employment of the Grantee at any time for any reason or no reason.

 

(b)           The Award and this Agreement shall be construed, administered and governed in all respects under and by the laws of the State of Illinois.

 

(c)           This Agreement has been examined by the parties hereto, and accordingly the rule of construction that ambiguities be construed against a party which causes a document to be drafted shall have no application in the construction or interpretation hereof. If any part of this Agreement is held invalid for any reason, the remainder hereof shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect.

 

(d)           This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties concerning the subject matter hereof and any prior understanding or representation of any kind antedating this Agreement concerning such subject matter shall not be binding upon either party except to the extent incorporated herein. No consent, waiver, modification or amendment hereof, or additional obligation assumed by

 

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either party in connection herewith, shall be binding unless evidenced by a writing signed by both parties and referring specifically hereto. No consent, waiver, modification or amendment with respect hereto shall be construed as applicable to any past or future events other than the one in respect of which it was specifically made.

 

(e)           This Agreement shall be construed consistent with the provisions of the Plan and in the event of any conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the terms of the Plan, the terms of the Plan shall control and any terms of this Agreement which conflict with Plan terms shall be void.

 

(f)            Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein will have the meaning set forth in the Plan.

 

Questions concerning the provisions of this Agreement should be directed to the Company’s Corporate Secretary: 630 ###-###-####; fax 630 ###-###-####.

 

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By accepting this Agreement, you irrevocably agree to be bound by the terms hereof. To accept this Agreement, please follow the procedures set forth below:

 

Step 1:

 

View your Award Summary (confirm that the number of shares awarded matches that shown in the Award grant letter you received from the Company).

 

 

 

Step 2:

 

Read and review the documentation.

 

 

 

Step 3:

 

Confirm the review/acceptance of this Agreement.

 

 

 

Step 4:

 

Receive an online confirmation of your acceptance of this Agreement.

 

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