Form of July 2021 Restricted LTIP Unit Agreement
Exhibit 10.5
FORM OF JBG SMITH PROPERTIES
2017 OMNIBUS SHARE PLAN
RESTRICTED LTIP UNIT AGREEMENT
JULY 2021 EQUITY AWARD
This RESTRICTED LTIP UNIT AGREEMENT (the “Agreement” or “Restricted LTIP Unit Agreement”) is made as of the Grant Date set forth on Schedule A hereto between JBG SMITH Properties, a Maryland real estate investment trust (the “Company”), its subsidiary JBG SMITH Properties LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Partnership”), and the employee of the Company or one of its affiliates listed on Schedule A (the “Employee”).
RECITALS
NOW, THEREFORE, the Company, the Partnership and the Employee hereby agree as follows:
AGREEMENT
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The Employee shall be entitled to receive distributions with respect to Restricted LTIP Units to the extent provided for in the Partnership Agreement, as modified hereby, if applicable. The Distribution Participation Date (as defined in the Partnership Agreement) for the Restricted LTIP Units shall be the Grant Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Employee shall not have the right to receive cash distributions paid on Restricted LTIP Units for which the applicable Vesting Period has not expired unless the Employee is employed by the Company or an affiliate on the payroll date coinciding with or immediately following the date any such distributions are payable.
The Employee shall have the right to vote the Restricted LTIP Units if and when voting is allowed under the Partnership Agreement, regardless of whether the applicable Vesting Period has expired.
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“Cause” means the Employee’s: (a) conviction of, or plea of guilty or nolo contendere to, a felony, (b) willful and continued failure to use reasonable best efforts to substantially perform his duties (other than such failure resulting from the Employee’s incapacity due to physical or mental illness) that the Employee fails to remedy within 30 days after written notice is delivered by the Company to the Employee that specifically identifies in reasonable detail the manner in which the Company believes the Employee has not used reasonable efforts to perform in all material respects his duties hereunder, or (c) willful misconduct (including, but not limited to, a willful breach of the provisions of any agreement with the Company with respect to confidentiality, ownership of documents, non-competition or non-solicitation) that is materially economically injurious to the Company or its affiliates. For purposes of this paragraph, no act, or failure to act, by the Employee will be considered “willful” unless committed in bad faith and without a reasonable belief that the act or omission was in the best interests of the Company.
“Common Units” means Common Partnership Units issued by the Partnership.
“Disability” means if, as a result of the Employee’s incapacity due to physical or mental illness, the Employee shall have been substantially unable to perform his duties for a continuous period of 180 days, and within 30 days after written notice of termination is given after such 180-day period, the Employee shall not have returned to the substantial performance of his duties on a full-time basis, the employment of the Employee is terminated by the Company.
“Good Reason” means (a) a reduction by the Company in the Employee’s base salary, (b) a material diminution in the Employee’s position, authority, duties or responsibilities, (c) a relocation of the Employee’s location of employment to a location outside of the Washington D.C. metropolitan area, or (d) the Company’s material breach of the Agreement, provided, in each case, that the Employee terminates employment within 90 days after the Employee has actual knowledge of the occurrence, without the written consent of the Employee, of one of the foregoing events that has not been cured within 30 days after written notice thereof has been given by the Employee to the Company setting forth in reasonable detail the basis of the event (provided such notice must be given to the Company within 30 days of the Employee becoming aware of such condition).
“Share” means a common share of beneficial interest of the Company.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Restricted LTIP Unit Agreement has been executed by the parties hereto as of the date and year first above written.
JBG SMITH PROPERTIES
By:
Name: Steven A. Museles
Title: Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
JBG SMITH PROPERTIES LP
By: JBG SMITH PROPERTIES, its General Partner
By:
Name: Steven A. Museles
Title: Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
EMPLOYEE
Name:
[Employee Name]
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF LIMITED PARTNER SIGNATURE PAGE
The Employee, desiring to become one of the within named Limited Partners of JBG SMITH Properties LP, hereby accepts all of the terms and conditions of (including, without limitation, the provisions related to powers of attorney), and becomes a party to, the Second Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement, dated as of December 17, 2020, of JBG SMITH Properties LP, as amended (the “Partnership Agreement”). The Employee agrees that this signature page may be attached to any counterpart of the Partnership Agreement and further agrees as follows (where the term “Limited Partner” refers to the Employee): Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Partnership Agreement.
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(b)The Limited Partner hereby appoints the General Partner, any Liquidator and authorized officers and attorneys-in-fact of each, and each of those acting singly, in each case with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority in its name, place and stead, to execute and deliver any amendment referred to in the foregoing paragraph 5(a) on the Limited Partner’s behalf. The foregoing power of attorney is hereby declared to be irrevocable and a power coupled with an interest, and it shall survive and not be affected by the death, incompetency, dissolution, disability, incapacity, bankruptcy or termination of the Limited Partner and shall extend to the Limited Partner’s heirs, executors, administrators, legal representatives, successors and assigns.
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EXHIBIT B
EMPLOYEE’S COVENANTS, REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
The Employee hereby represents, warrants and covenants as follows:
The Employee also acknowledges that any delivery of the Background Documents and other information relating to the Company and the Partnership prior to the determination by the Partnership of the suitability of the Employee as a holder of Award LTIP Units shall not constitute an offer of Award LTIP Units until such determination of suitability shall be made.
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EXHIBIT C
ELECTION TO INCLUDE IN GROSS INCOME IN YEAR OF TRANSFER OF PROPERTY PURSUANT TO SECTION 83(B) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE
The undersigned hereby makes an election pursuant to Section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the property described below and supplies the following information in accordance with the regulations promulgated thereunder:
1.The name, address and taxpayer identification number of the undersigned are:
Name: Employee Name (the “Taxpayer”)
Address:
Social Security No./Taxpayer Identification No.:
2.Description of property with respect to which the election is being made:
The election is being made with respect to LTIP Units in JBG SMITH Properties LP (the “Partnership”).
3.The date on which the LTIP Units were transferred is July 29, 2021. The taxable year to which this election relates is calendar year 2021.
4.Nature of restrictions to which the LTIP Units are subject:
(a)With limited exceptions, until the LTIP Units vest, the Taxpayer may not transfer in any manner any portion of the LTIP Units without the consent of the Partnership.
(b)The Taxpayer’s LTIP Units vest in accordance with the vesting provisions described in the Schedule attached hereto. Unvested LTIP Units are forfeited in accordance with the vesting provisions described in the Schedule attached hereto.
5.The fair market value at time of transfer (determined without regard to any restrictions other than a nonlapse restriction as defined in Treasury Regulations Section 1.83-3(h)) of the LTIP Units with respect to which this election is being made was $0 per LTIP Unit.
6.The amount paid by the Taxpayer for the LTIP Units was $0 per LTIP Unit.
7.A copy of this statement has been furnished to the Partnership and JBG SMITH Properties.
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SCHEDULE TO EXHIBIT C
Vesting Provisions of LTIP Units
The LTIP Units are subject to time-based vesting with 50% vesting on July 29, 2026, 25% vesting on July 29, 2027 and 25% vesting on July 29, 2028, provided that the Taxpayer remains an employee of JBG SMITH Properties or its affiliate through such dates, subject to acceleration in the event of certain extraordinary transactions or termination of the Taxpayer’s service relationship with JBG SMITH Properties (or its affiliate) under specified circumstances. Unvested LTIP Units are subject to forfeiture in the event of failure to vest based on the passage of time and continued employment.
JBG SMITH Properties, a Maryland real estate investment trust | ||
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Name: Steven Museles | ||
Title: Chief Legal Officer and Secretary | ||
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SCHEDULE A TO RESTRICTED LTIP UNIT AGREEMENT
(Terms being defined are in quotation marks.)
Date of Restricted LTIP Unit Agreement: |
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Number of LTIP Units Subject to Grant: |
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“Grant Date”: |
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“Vesting Amount”: | [Insert 50% of the total number of LTIP Units subject to grant for July 29 2026 Vesting Date and 25% for the remaining Vesting Dates.] The number of vested LTIP Units will be rounded up to the nearest whole number of LTIP Units provided that the Employee may not vest in more than the number of LTIP Units granted. |
“Vesting Date” (or if such date is not a business day, on the next succeeding business day): | July 29, 2026, July 29, 2027, July 29, 2028 |
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