F.N.B. CORPORATION Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement Relative Total Shareholder Return (TSR) Performance-Based

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Exhibit 10.1

F.N.B. CORPORATION

Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement

Relative Total Shareholder Return (“TSR”)

Performance-Based

This Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made effective as of April 1, 2014, between F.N.B. Corporation (“F.N.B.”), a Florida corporation, and                     (the “Participant”). Any term capitalized herein but not defined will have the meaning set forth in the Plan or in the attached Schedules.

 

I. Grant

 

Grant Date:    April 1, 2014

 

II. Participant Information

 

Participant:

 

III. Grant Information

 

Target Amount:                 Restricted Stock Units
Performance Metric:    F.N.B.’s total shareholder return (“TSR”) relative to a group of Peer Financial Institutions (as defined below), calculated according to Schedule 2 (“Relative TSR”).
Performance Period:    April 1, 2014 to March 31, 2017
Vesting Date    April 1, 2017, subject to satisfying the Vesting Requirements, except as otherwise provided in Section 4 of this Agreement.
Source of Restricted Stock Units:    F.N.B. Corporation 2007 Incentive Compensation Plan, as Amended (the “Plan”).

 

IV. Vesting Table

 

Threshold Level

  

 

25

25th to 49th Relative TSR percentile

  

Target Level

  

 

100

50th to 74th Relative TSR percentile

  

Maximum Level

  

 

175

75th Relative TSR percentile or higher

  

This Agreement includes this cover page (“Agreement Cover Page”) and the following Schedules, which are expressly incorporated by reference in their entirety herein:

Schedule 1 – General Terms and Conditions

Schedule 2 – Calculation of Relative Total Shareholder Return

Schedule 3 – List of Peer Financial Institutions

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the Grant Date.

 

F.N.B. CORPORATION     PARTICIPANT

 

   

 

Name:   Vincent J. Delie, Jr.     Name:  
Title:   C.E.O. and President      


SCHEDULE 1

General Terms and Conditions of the

RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT

This Agreement is between the Participant and F.N.B. and sets forth the terms and conditions of the grant of Restricted Stock Units to the Participant. The grant of the Restricted Stock Units was made by the Compensation Committee of the F.N.B. Board of Directors (the “Committee”) pursuant to the terms of the Plan, subject to the Agreement becoming effective on the Grant Date specified on the Agreement Cover Page (hereinafter the “Grant Date”).

The terms of the Plan are incorporated herein by reference, including the definitions of terms contained in the Plan. Any inconsistency between the Agreement and the terms and conditions of the Plan will be resolved in accordance with the Plan, in particular, Article 2 of the Plan which, in relevant part, provides the Committee with sole discretion to construe and interpret the Plan and Agreement. Unless otherwise specified herein or the context indicates differently, all references in this Agreement to “F.N.B.” shall mean F.N.B. or its Affiliates unless otherwise stated.

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Preamble and Recitals to this Agreement are incorporated into and made part of this Agreement; and

WHEREAS, the Participant has accepted this Award of Restricted Stock Units and agrees to the terms and conditions stated below.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained and intending to be legally bound hereby, each of the parties covenants and agrees as follows:

Section 1. Purpose. The purpose of this Award is to align the Participant’s interest with that of F.N.B. stockholders by attaining an attractive TSR to F.N.B. stockholders over the Performance Period.

Section 2. Restricted Stock Unit Award. Subject to the provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of the Plan, F.N.B. hereby grants to the Participant an Award of Restricted Stock Units, denominated in the Target Amount, which, along with dividend equivalent units that accrue pursuant to Section 6 hereof, shall become vested in an amount determined by the Vesting Table and be payable in shares of Stock, subject to application of Sections 3 and 4. These Restricted Stock Units are notional units of measurement denominated in shares of Stock (i.e., one Restricted Stock Unit is equivalent to one share of Stock). The Restricted Stock Units represent an unfunded, unsecured right to receive Stock (and dividend equivalent payments pursuant to Section 6 hereof) in the future if the conditions set forth in this Agreement and the Plan are satisfied.

Section 3. Vesting. Except as otherwise provided in Section 4, the Award shall vest on the Vesting Date, as that term is defined in Part III of the Agreement Cover Page, in the proportion determined pursuant to the Vesting Table contained in Part IV of the Agreement Cover Page

 

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(hereinafter referred to as the “Vesting Table”), provided that both of the vesting requirements set forth in Section 3(a) and (b) (the “Vesting Requirements”) are satisfied. The amount of the Award that vests on the Vesting Date in accordance with Section 3 and 4 shall be the “Vested Amount.”

 

(a) Service Requirement. The Participant must remain continuously in Service1 with F.N.B. from the Grant Date through the Vesting Date (the “Service Vesting Requirement”).

 

(b) Performance Requirement. F.N.B.’s TSR, as calculated in accordance with Schedule 2 attached hereto, for the Performance Period must be greater than or equal to the 25th percentile of the Peer Financial Institutions’ TSR during the Performance Period (the “Performance Vesting Requirement”).

 

  (i) Negative Amount. In the event the Vesting Requirements under Section 3(a) and (b) are satisfied and F.N.B.’s relative TSR amount as calculated pursuant to Schedule 2 is a negative amount for the Performance Period, the Participant’s Restricted Stock Units shall vest at no more than the Target Amount.

 

  (ii) Payout Cap. In no event will the value of the shares of Stock delivered to the Participant on the Vesting Date exceed 3.5 times the value of the shares of Stock underlying the Target Amount of Restricted Stock Units awarded on the Grant Date, as shown in Table III of the Agreement Cover Page. In the event that the value of the shares of Stock to be delivered to the Participant on the Vesting Date otherwise would exceed 3.5 times the value of the shares of Stock underlying the Target Amount of Restricted Stock Units awarded on the Grant Date, the number of shares of Stock delivered to the Participant will be reduced to the number of whole shares of Stock such that the total value is equal to 3.5 times the value of the shares of Stock underlying the Target Amount of Restricted Stock Units awarded on the Grant Date.

 

  (iii) Determinations Made at or Between Levels. For amounts between the Threshold Level and Target Level or between the Target Level and Maximum Level of the Vesting Table, straight line interpolation, rounded to the nearest whole share, will be used for TSR performance measure to determine the Vested Amount. The determination of the amount at Threshold, Target and Maximum Levels shall be subject to the calculations set forth in Schedule 1, rounded to the nearest whole Restricted Stock Unit.

 

1  For purposes of this Agreement, “continuously in Service” means that the Participant’s employment service with F.N.B. or an Affiliate is not interrupted or terminated. The Participant’s continuous Service shall not be deemed to have terminated merely because of a change in the capacity in which the Participant renders service to F.N.B. or an Affiliate as an employee or a change in the Affiliate entity for which the Participant renders such service, provided that there is no interruption or termination of the Participant’s continuous Service; provided further that if any grant is subject to Section 409A of the Code, this footnote shall only be given effect to the extent consistent with Section 409A of the Code.

 

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Section 4. Forfeiture; Termination of Service; and Accelerated Vesting of Restricted Stock Units. Upon the effective date of the termination of Participant’s Service before the Vesting Date, the Restricted Stock Units shall immediately be forfeited without consideration or future action being required of F.N.B. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Restricted Stock Units shall be subject to accelerated vesting upon the occurrence of events and subject to the terms described in the “Accelerated Vesting Table” below:

Accelerated Vesting Table

 

Accelerated Vesting Event

  

Vested Amount

  

Vesting Date

1. Death    100% of Target Amount    Vests immediately upon Participant’s death
2. Normal Retirement occurring in calendar year other than the year of the Grant Date (for Participant’s age 62 or older as of Grant Date)    100% of the portion determined to vest pursuant to the Vesting Table    Completion of the Performance Period (subject to acceleration upon 1 above and 6 below)
3. Normal Retirement occurring in same calendar year as the year of the Grant Date (for Participant’s age 62 or older as of Grant Date)    Pro-rated vestinga of the portion determined to vest pursuant to the Vesting Table    Completion of the Performance Period (subject to acceleration upon 1 above and 6 below)
4. Normal Retirement (for participants younger than age 62 as of the Grant Date) or Early Retirement    Pro-rated vestinga of the portion determined to vest pursuant to the Vesting Table    Completion of the Performance Period (subject to acceleration upon 1 above and 6 below)
5. Disability    Pro-rated vestinga of the portion determined to vest pursuant to the Vesting Table    Completion of the Performance Period (subject to acceleration upon 1 above and 6 below)
6. Change in Controlb    100% of Target Amount    Vests immediately upon Change in Control event

 

a  The pro rata amount shall be determined by multiplying the Vested Amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of full months the Participant worked during the Performance Period before the occurrence of the Accelerated Vesting Event, and the denominator representing the total number of full months in the Performance Period.
b  For purposes of this Agreement, the termination of the Participant’s Service from F.N.B. or Affiliate without “Cause” following execution of a definitive agreement contemplating a “Change in Control” of F.N.B., but prior to the consummation date of the Change in Control, shall immediately result in full vesting at the Target Amount.

 

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Section 5. Restrictions. The Restricted Stock Units shall be subject to the following restrictions:

 

(a) Restrictions on Transfer. The Restricted Stock Units may not be sold, assigned, transferred, encumbered, hypothecated or pledged by the Participant, other than to F.N.B. as a result of forfeiture of the Restricted Stock Units as provided herein and by beneficiary designation, will or by laws of descent and distribution upon the Participant’s death.

 

(b) No Voting Rights. The Restricted Stock Units granted pursuant to this Agreement, whether or not vested, will not confer any voting rights upon the Participant, unless and until the Restricted Stock Units (including the dividend equivalents) are paid to Participant in shares of Stock.

 

(c) Compliance with Laws and Regulations. The grant of Restricted Stock Units evidenced hereby shall be subject to all applicable federal and state laws, rules and regulations and to such approvals by any government or regulatory agency as may be required. F.N.B. shall not be required to issue or deliver any certificates for Restricted Stock Units or Stock corresponding to the Units prior to (i) the listing of such Stock on any stock exchange on which the Stock may then be listed and (ii) the effectiveness of any registration statement with respect to such Stock that counsel for F.N.B. deems necessary or appropriate.

Section 6. Dividend Units. Any dividend paid, whether in cash or otherwise, on the shares of F.N.B. common stock between the Grant Date and the date the Vested Amount is to be paid to Participant in accordance with Section 7 herein, subject to the vesting requirements described herein, shall be converted into additional Restricted Stock Units and upon vesting, shall be distributed to Participant in accordance with Section 7 herein. Any Restricted Stock Units resulting from the conversion of these dividend amounts (“Dividend Units”) will be considered Restricted Stock Units for purposes of this Agreement and will be subject to all the terms, conditions and restrictions set forth herein. All Dividend Units shall be subject to the same vesting requirements applicable to the Restricted Stock Units in respect of which they were credited and shall be payable in accordance with Section 7 of this Agreement. Each Dividend Unit shall be rounded to the nearest whole Dividend Unit.

Section 7. Payment of Vested Restricted Stock Units/Enrollment of Stock in DRP. Within thirty (30) calendar days following the Vesting Date of the Restricted Stock Units and Dividend Units under Section 3 or Section 4 hereof, the Stock distributable as a result of such vesting of the Restricted Stock Units shall be enrolled (on a one-for-one basis) in the Participant’s name in the F.N.B. Dividend Reinvestment and Direct Stock Purchase Plan (“DRP”). In the event of an accelerated vesting under Section 4 of this Agreement, the calculation of each pro rata Restricted Stock Unit or Stock shall be rounded to the nearest whole Restricted Stock Unit or Stock, respectively. The Participant shall be entitled to exercise all rights to the unrestricted Stock resulting from the vesting of the Restricted Stock Units and Dividend Units, including the right to withdraw such Stock from the DRP, in accordance with the terms of the DRP. On the Vesting Date, F.N.B. shall withhold an appropriate amount from the unrestricted Stock to be distributed sufficient to satisfy all or a portion of such tax withholding requirements.

 

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Section 8. Clawback. The shares of Stock payable in respect of any Vested Amount under this Agreement shall be subject to recovery by F.N.B. in the circumstances and manner provided in the F.N.B. Corporation Compensation Recoupment Policy (“Recoupment Policy”) or any related policy that may be subsequently adopted or implemented by F.N.B. and in effect from time to time after the date hereof, and the Participant shall effectuate any such clawback recovery at such time and in such manner as F.N.B. may specify.

Section 9. No Right of Service. Nothing in this Agreement shall confer upon the Participant any right to continue in the Service of F.N.B. or interfere in any way with the right of F.N.B. to terminate the Participant’s Service at any time or to change the terms and conditions of such Service.

Section 10. Delivery of Documents. By accepting the terms of this Agreement, the Participant consents to the electronic delivery of documents related to Participant’s current or future participation in the Plan (including the Plan documents; this Agreement; any other prospectus or other documents describing the terms and conditions of the Plan and this grant; and F.N.B.’s then-most recent annual report to stockholders, annual Report on Form 10-K and definitive proxy statement), and you acknowledge that such electronic delivery may be made by F.N.B., in its sole discretion, by one or more of the following methods: (i) the posting of such documents on F.N.B.’s intranet website; (ii) the delivery of such documents via the F.N.B. Corporation website; or (iii) delivery via electronic mail, by attaching such documents to such electronic email and/or including a link to such documents on an F.N.B. intranet website or F.N.B. Corporation internet website accessible by you. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you also acknowledge that F.N.B. may, in its sole discretion (and as an alternative to, or in addition to, electronic delivery), deliver a paper copy of any such documents to Participant. Participant further acknowledges that Participant may receive from F.N.B. a paper copy of any documents distributed electronically at no cost to Participant by contacting F.N.B. (Attention: Human Resources Department) in writing to the address specified in Section 11 herein.

Section 11. Notices. Any notice hereunder to F.N.B. shall be addressed to it at its office, F.N.B. Corporation, 3015 Glimcher Blvd., Hermitage, Pennsylvania 16148, c/o Human Resources Department, and any notice hereunder to the Participant shall be addressed to the Participant at the Participant’s address provided to F.N.B. from time to time, subject to the right of either party to designate at any time hereafter in writing some other address.

Section 12. Entire Agreement and Amendment. This Agreement is the entire Agreement between the parties to it with respect to the Units, and all prior oral and written representations are merged in this Agreement. This Agreement may be amended, modified or terminated only by written agreement between the Participant and F.N.B., provided, that F.N.B. may amend this Agreement without further action by the Participant to correct a scrivener’s error or if such amendment is deemed by F.N.B. to be advisable or necessary to comply with Section 409A of the Code.

Section 13. Waiver. The failure of F.N.B. to enforce at any time any provision of the Agreement shall in no way be construed to be a waiver of such provision or of any other provision hereof.

 

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Section 14. Construction and Dispute Resolution. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, without giving effect to principles of conflict of laws. All headings in this Agreement have been inserted solely for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part of this Agreement, and shall not affect the interpretation of any of the provisions of this Agreement. In the event of any dispute or claim relating to or arising out of this Agreement, including, but not limited to a dispute as to whether the dispute is subject to arbitration, the Participant and F.N.B. agree that all such disputes shall be fully and finally resolved to the fullest extent permitted by law, by binding arbitration conducted by the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) in Mercer County, Pennsylvania in accordance with the AAA’s National Rules for the Resolution of Employment Disputes, including, but not limited to, the rules and procedures applicable to the selection of arbitrators. The Participant acknowledges that by accepting this arbitration provision he/she is expressly waiving any right to a jury trial in the event of a covered dispute. Punitive and consequential damages shall not be permitted as an award and each party shall bear the fees and expenses of its own counsel and expert witnesses. The arbitrator may, but is not required, to order that the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover from the losing party its attorneys’ fees and costs incurred in any arbitration arising out of this Agreement. F.N.B. and the Participant agree to abide completely by the binding decisions of the arbitrator and to keep the outcome of such resolution strictly confidential.

Section 15. Binding Effect. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and permitted assigns.

Section 16. Assignment and Transfers. The Participant may not assign, encumber or transfer any of his or her rights and interests under the Award described in this document, except, in the event of the Participant’s death, by will or the laws of descent and distribution.

Section 17. No Limitation on F.N.B.’s Rights. The awarding of Units shall not in any way affect F.N.B.’s right or power to make adjustments, reclassifications or changes in its capital or business structure or to merge, consolidate, reincorporate, dissolve, liquidate or sell or transfer all or any part of its business or assets.

Section 18. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but both of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

Section 19. Change in Control. To the extent necessary to comply with Code Section 409A, a Change in Control shall not be deemed to have occurred for purposes of this Agreement unless such event qualifies as a “change in control event” within the meaning of Code Section 409A.

 

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SCHEDULE 2

CALCULATION OF RELATIVE TOTAL SHAREHOLDER RETURN

 

  Relative Total Shareholder Return” means F.N.B.’s TSR relative to the TSR of the Peer Financial Institutions. Relative Total Shareholder Return will be determined by ranking F.N.B. and the Peer Financial Institutions from highest to lowest according to their respective TSRs. After this ranking, the percentile performance of F.N.B. relative to the Peer Financial Institutions will be determined as follows:

 

P = 1 –    R – 1 
   N – 1 

 

  where: “P” represents the percentile performance which will be rounded, if necessary, to the nearest whole percentile by application of regular rounding.

 

     “N” represents the remaining number of Peer Financial Institutions, plus F.N.B.

 

     “R” represents Company’s ranking among the Peer Financial Institutions.

Example: If there are 12 remaining Peer Financial Institutions, and F.N.B. ranked 7th, the performance would be at the 50th percentile: .50 = 1 – ((7-1)/(13-1)).

 

  TSR” means, for each of F.N.B. and the Peer Financial Institutions, total shareholder return, which will be calculated by dividing (i) (x) the Closing Average Share Value minus (y) the Opening Average Share Value by (ii) the Opening Average Share Value.

 

  Opening Average Share Value” means the average, over the trading days in the Opening Average Period, of the closing price of a company’s stock multiplied by the Accumulated Shares for each trading day during the Opening Average Period.

 

  Opening Average Period” means the 20 trading days immediately preceding the grant date.

 

  Accumulated Shares” means, for a given trading day, the sum of (i) one (1) share and (ii) a cumulative number of shares of the company’s common stock purchased with dividends declared on a company’s common stock, assuming same day reinvestment of the dividends in the common stock of a company at the closing price on the ex-dividend date, for ex-dividend dates between the first day of the Opening Average Period and the trading day.

 

  Closing Average Share Value” means the average, over the trading days in the Closing Average Period, of the closing price of the company’s stock multiplied by the Accumulated Shares for each trading day during the Closing Average Period.

 

  Closing Average Period” means the 20 trading days immediately preceding and including the last day in the Performance Period.

 

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SCHEDULE 3

PEER FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

[INSERT LIST OF PEER FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

BY NAME AND TRADING TICKER]

 

(a) In the event of a merger of a Peer Financial Institution with an entity that is not a Peer Financial Institution, or the acquisition or business combination transaction by or with a Peer Company, or with an entity that is not a Peer Financial Institution, in each case where the Peer Financial Institution is the surviving entity and remains publicly traded, the surviving entity shall remain a Peer Financial Institution.

 

(b) In the event of a merger or acquisition or business combination transaction of a Peer Financial Institution by or with an entity that is not a Peer Financial Institution, a “going private” transaction involving a Peer Financial Institution or the liquidation of a Peer Financial Institution, where the Peer Financial Institution is not the surviving entity or is otherwise no longer publicly traded, the company shall no longer be a Peer Financial Institution.

 

(c) In the event of a bankruptcy or insolvency of a Peer Financial Institution, such company shall remain a Peer Financial Institution and the lowest rank shall be assigned such Peer Financial Institution.

 

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