KINETIC CONCEPTS, INC. 2004 EQUITY PLAN RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.29
KINETIC CONCEPTS, INC.
2004 EQUITY PLAN
RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT
THIS RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT (the “Award Agreement”) is made and entered into as of November 6, 2006 (the “Date of Grant”), by and between Kinetic Concepts, Inc., a Texas corporation (the “Company”), and Catherine M. Burzik (the “Grantee”). Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Company’s 2004 Equity Plan (the “Plan”). Where the context permits, references to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or affiliates shall include the successors to the foregoing.
Pursuant to the Plan, the Administrator has determined that the Grantee is to be granted Restricted Stock, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Plan and herein, and hereby grants such Restricted Stock.
1. Grant of Restricted Stock. The Company hereby grants to the Grantee 88,200 shares of Restricted Stock (the "Award") on the terms and conditions set forth in this Award Agreement and as otherwise provided in the Plan.
2. Terms and Conditions of Award. The Award shall be subject to the following terms, conditions and restrictions:
(a) Restrictions. Restricted Stock and any interest therein, may not be sold,
transferred, pledged, hypothecated, assigned or otherwise disposed of,
except by will or the laws of descent and distribution, during the
Restricted Period. Any attempt to dispose of any Restricted Stock in
contravention of any such restrictions (the "Restrictions") shall be null
and void and without effect.
(b) Certificate; Restrictive Legend. The Grantee agrees that any certificate
issued for Restricted Stock prior to the lapse of any outstanding
restrictions relating thereto shall be inscribed with the following legend:
This certificate and the shares of stock represented
hereby are subject to the terms and conditions,
including forfeiture provisions and restrictions
against transfer (the "Restrictions"), contained in
the Kinetic Concepts, Inc. 2004 Equity Plan and
the Restricted Stock Award Agreement entered into
between the registered owner and the company.
Any attempt to dispose of these shares in
contravention of the restrictions, including by way
of sale, assignment, transfer, pledge, hypothecation
or otherwise, shall be null and void and without effect.
(c) Rights as a Shareholder. Subject to the restrictions set forth in the Plan
and this Award Agreement, including the Restrictions set forth in
Paragraphs 2(a) and 2(d), during the Restricted Period, the Grantee shall
possess all incidents of ownership with respect to the Restricted Stock
granted hereunder, including the right to receive dividends with respect
to such Restricted Stock (provided however, that any dividends paid in
property other than cash shall be subject to the same restrictions that
apply to the underlying Restricted Stock) and the right to vote such
Restricted Stock.
(d) Lapse of Restrictions. Except as may otherwise be provided herein,
the Restrictions on transfer set forth in Paragraph 2(a) shall lapse in full
on the third anniversary of the Date of Grant.
Promptly after the lapse of Restrictions relating to the Restricted
Stock without forfeiture, and provided that the Grantee shall have
complied with his or her obligations under Paragraph 2(f) hereof, the
Company shall issue to the Grantee or the Grantee's personal
representative a stock certificate representing a number of Shares, free of
the restrictive legend described in Paragraph 2(b), equal to the number
of Shares of Restricted Stock with respect to which such restrictions
have lapsed. If certificates representing such Restricted Stock shall have
theretofore been delivered to the Grantee, such certificates shall be
returned to the Company, complete with any necessary signatures or
instruments of transfer prior to the issuance by the Company of such
unlegended Shares.
(e) Effect of Conduct Constituting Cause; Termination of Employment or
Service; or Change in Control.
(i) If at any time (whether before or after termination of employment
or service) the Administrator determines that the Grantee has
engaged in conduct that would constitute Cause for termination, the
Administrator may provide for the immediate forfeiture of the
Award (including any securities, cash or other property issued upon
settlement of the Award), whether or not the Restrictions on the
Shares of Restricted Stock have lapsed. Any such determination by
the Administrator shall be final, conclusive and binding on all
persons.
(ii) If the Grantee’s employment with or service to the Company, any
Subsidiary or affiliate thereof, terminates for any reason during the
Restricted Period, the Grantee shall immediately forfeit any rights to
the Shares of Restricted Stock with respect to which the Restrictions
have not lapsed and shall have no further rights thereto.
(iii) Upon the occurrence of a Change in Control, Restrictions on all
outstanding Restricted Stock shall immediately lapse.
(f) Taxes. Pursuant to Section 14 of the Plan, the Company (or Subsidiary
or affiliate, as the case may be) has the right to require the Grantee to
remit to the Company (or Subsidiary or affiliate, as the case may be) in
cash an amount sufficient to satisfy any federal, state and local tax
withholding requirements related to the Award. With the approval of
the Administrator, the Grantee may satisfy the foregoing requirement by
electing to have the Company withhold from delivery Shares or by
delivering Shares, in each case, having a value equal to the aggregate
required minimum tax withholding to be collected by the Company or
any Subsidiary or affiliate thereof. Such Shares shall be valued at their
Fair Market Value on the date on which the amount of tax to be withheld
is determined. Fractional share amounts shall be settled in cash.
The Grantee shall promptly notify the Company of any election
made pursuant to Section 83(b) of the Code.
3. Adjustments. The Award and all rights and obligations under this Award Agreement are subject to Section 5 of the Plan.
4. Notice. Whenever any notice is required or permitted hereunder, such notice shall be in writing and shall be given by personal delivery, facsimile, first class mail, certified or registered with return receipt requested. Any notice required or permitted to be delivered hereunder shall be deemed to have been duly given on the date which it is personally delivered or, whether actually received or not, on the third business day after mailing or 24 hours after transmission by facsimile to the respective parties named below.
If to the Company: Kinetic Concepts, Inc.
Attn.: Chief Financial Officer
8023 Vantage Drive
San Antonio, TX 78230
Phone: (210) 255-6456
Fax: (210) 255-6125
If to the Grantee: To the address as last set forth
in the Company's employment records
Either party may change such party’s address for notices by duly giving notice pursuant hereto.
5. Compliance with Laws.
(a) Shares shall not be issued pursuant to the Award granted hereunder
unless the issuance and delivery of such Shares pursuant thereto shall
comply with all relevant provisions of law, including, without limitation,
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Exchange Act and the
requirements of any stock exchange upon which the Shares may then be
listed, and shall be further subject to the approval of counsel for the
Company with respect to such compliance. The Company shall be
under no obligation to effect the registration pursuant to the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, of any interests in the Plan or any Shares to be
issued hereunder or to effect similar compliance under any state laws.
(b) All certificates for Shares delivered under the Plan shall be subject to
such stock-transfer orders and other restrictions as the Administrator
may deem advisable under the rules, regulations, and other requirements
of the Securities and Exchange Commission, any stock exchange upon
which the Shares may then be listed, and any applicable federal or state
securities law, and the Administrator may cause a legend or legends to
be placed on any such certificates to make appropriate reference to such
restrictions. The Administrator may require, as a condition of the
issuance and delivery of certificates evidencing Shares pursuant to the
terms hereof, that the recipient of such Shares make such agreements
and representations as the Administrator, in its sole discretion, deems
necessary or desirable.
6. Protections Against Violations of Agreement. No purported sale, assignment, mortgage, hypothecation, transfer, pledge, encumbrance, gift, transfer in trust (voting or other) or other disposition of, or creation of a security interest in or lien on, any of the Shares underlying the Award by any holder thereof in violation of the provisions of this Award Agreement, the Plan or the Articles of Incorporation or the Bylaws of the Company, will be valid, and the Company will not transfer any such Shares on its books nor will any such Shares be entitled to vote, nor will any dividends be paid thereon, unless and until there has been full compliance with such provisions to the satisfaction of the Company. The foregoing restrictions are in addition to and not in lieu of any other remedies, legal or equitable, available to enforce said provisions.
7. Failure to Enforce Not a Waiver. The failure of the Company or the Grantee to enforce at any time any provision of the Award Agreement shall in no way be construed to be a waiver of such provision or of any other provision hereof.
8. Governing Law. The Award Agreement shall be governed by and construed according to the laws of the State of Texas without regard to its principles of conflict of laws.
9. Incorporation of the Plan. The Plan, as it exists on the date of the Award Agreement and as amended from time to time, is hereby incorporated by reference and made a part hereof, and the Award and this Award Agreement shall be subject to all terms and conditions of the Plan. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of the Award Agreement and the provisions of the Plan, the terms of the Plan shall control, except as expressly stated otherwise. The term “Section” generally refers to provisions within the Plan (except where denoted otherwise) and the term “Paragraph” shall refer to a provision of this Award Agreement.
10. Amendments. This Award Agreement may be amended or modified at any time, but only by an instrument in writing signed by each of the parties hereto.
11. Agreement Not a Contract of Employment. Neither the Plan, the granting of the Award, the Award Agreement nor any other action taken pursuant to the Plan shall constitute or be evidence of any agreement or understanding, express or implied, that the Grantee has a right to continue to be employed by, or to provide services as a director, consultant or advisor to, the Company, any Subsidiary or affiliate thereof for any period of time or at any specific rate of compensation.
12. Authority of the Administrator. The Administrator shall have full authority to interpret and construe the terms of the Plan and the Award Agreement. The determination of the Administrator as to any such matter of interpretation or construction shall be final, binding and conclusive.
13. Binding Effect. The Award Agreement shall apply to and bind the Grantee and the Company and their respective permitted assignees or transferees, heirs, legatees, executors, administrators and legal successors.
14. Tax Representation. The Grantee has reviewed with his or her own tax advisors the federal, state, local and foreign tax consequences of the transactions contemplated by this Award Agreement. The Grantee is relying solely on such advisors and not on any statement or representations of the Company or any of its agents. The Grantee understands that he or she (and not the Company) shall be responsible for any tax liability that may arise as a result of the transactions contemplated by the Award Agreement.
15. Acceptance. The Grantee hereby acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Plan and this Award Agreement. Grantee has read and understands the terms and provisions thereof, and accepts the Award subject to all the terms and conditions of the Plan and the Award Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed and delivered the Award Agreement on the day and year first above written.
KINETIC CONCEPTS, INC.
By: /s/ Martin J. Landon
Name: Martin J. Landon
Title: Sr. Vice President, CFO
GRANTEE
Signature: /s/ Catherine M. Burzik
Name: Catherine M. Burzik
| DATE OF | NUMBER OF SHARES OF |
| November 6, 2006 | 88,200 |
