PERFORMANCE RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AGREEMENT PURSUANT TO THE OMEGA HEALTHCARE INVESTORS, INC. 2004 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

 

 

 

THIS AGREEMENT (sometimes referred to as this "Award") is made as of the Grant Date, by Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. (the "Company") to ____________________________________ (the "Recipient") subject to acceptance by the Recipient.

Upon and subject to the Terms and Conditions attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference as part of this Agreement, the Company hereby awards as of the Grant Date to the Recipient, the Restricted Units (the "Restricted Unit Grant"). Underlined and capitalized terms in items A through F below shall have the meanings there ascribed to them.

    

A.   Grant Date:       , ______.

B.

Plan: (under which Restricted Unit Grant is granted): Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. 2004 Stock Incentive Plan.

C.

Restricted Units: ________ Restricted Units. Each Restricted Unit represents the Company’s unsecured obligation to issue one share of the Company’s common stock ("Common Stock") and accrued dividend equivalents (and accrued interest) in accordance with this Agreement, subject to the Vesting Schedule and subject to adjustment as provided in the attached Terms and Conditions.

D.

Vesting Schedule: The Restricted Units and shares of Common Stock represented by the Restricted Units (the "Shares") shall vest according to the Vesting Schedule attached hereto as Exhibit 1 (the "Vesting Schedule"). The Restricted Units and Shares which have become vested pursuant to the Vesting Schedule are herein referred to as the "Vested Restricted Units" and "Vested Shares," respectively.

E.	Distribution Date of Restricted Shares. Vested Shares attributable to Vested Restricted Units are to be issued and distributable at the earliest of the following, subject to receipt from the Recipient of the required tax withholding:

1.

January 1, 2008;

 

2.

the Recipient’s cessation of services as an employee, director or consultant of the Company or an Affiliate due to the Recipient’s death or Disability;

 

3.

the Recipient’s resignation from the Company for Good Reason;

 

4.

the Recipient’s termination of employment by the Company without Cause; or

 

5.

the occurrence of a Change in Control.

 

F.	Distribution Date of Dividend Equivalents. Dividend Equivalents (and accrued interest) attributable to Restricted Units that are or become Vested Restricted Units are distributable as soon as practicable following vesting of such Vested Restricted Units.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Recipient have executed this Agreement as of the Grant Date set forth above.

     RECIPIENT            OMEGA HEALTHCARE INVESTORS, INC.

 

                                 By:                                  

     [Signature]                   

                                    Title:                         

1.  Payment for Restricted Units. This Section applies to Vested Restricted Units. The Company shall issue and deliver a share certificate representing the number of Shares attributable to Vested Restricted Units to the Recipient promptly following the Distribution Date of Restricted Shares. In the event that the Recipient forfeits any of the Restricted Units, and the number of Vested Restricted Units includes a fraction of a Share, the Company shall not deliver the fractional Share, and the Company shall pay the Recipient the amount determined by the Company to be the estimated fair market value there of. In the event the number of shares of Common Stock is increased or reduced by a change in the par value, split-up, stock split, reverse stock split, reclassification, merger, reorganization, consolidation, or otherwise, the Recipient agrees that any certificate representing shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company issued as a result of any of the foregoing shall be subject to all of the provisions of this Award as if initially granted thereunder.

2.  Dividends Equivalents. Each Restricted Unit will accrue an amount equal to the dividends per share payable on Common Stock to Shareholders of record on or after July 30, 2004. Dividends equivalents attributable to Restricted Units that are or become Vested Restricted Units will be p aid to the Recipient at the Distribution Date for Dividend Equivalents, with interest accrued on a quarterly basis at a rate equal to the Company's average borrowing rate for the preceding calendar quarter as determined in the sole discretion of the Company, and less required tax withholding. Dividend equivalents (and interest) on Restricted Units that do not become Vested Restricted Units are not paid to the Recipient but a re forfeited when the Restricted Units to which they relate are forfeited.

3.  Tax Withholding.

(a)    The Recipient must deliver to the Company, within ten (10) days after written notification from the Company as to the amount of the tax withholding that is due, either (i) cash, or (ii) a certified check payable to the Company, in the amount of all tax withholding obligations imposed on the Company on the Distribution Date of the Restricted Shares, except as provided in Section 4(b), or (iii) by tendering a number of whole shares of Common Stock which, when multiplied by the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the Distribution Date of the Restricted Shares, is sufficient to satisfy the minimum amount of the required tax withholding obligations imposed on the Company (the "Stock Tendering Election"); provided, however, the Committee may in its sole discretion, disapprove and give no effect to the Stock Tendering Election by giving written notice to the Recipient within ten (10) days after receipt of the Stock Tendering Election, in which event the Recipient must deliver, within ten (10) days after receiving such notice, the tax withholding in the manner provided in clause (i) or (ii). If the Recipient does not timely satisfy payment of the tax withholding obligation, the Recipient will forfeit the Vested Restricted Shares.

(b)    In lieu of paying the tax withholding obligation as described in Section 3(a), Recipient may elect to have the actual number of Vested Restricted Shares reduced by the number of whole shares of Common Stock which, when multiplied by the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the Distribution Date of the Restricted Shares, is sufficient to satisfy the minimum amount of the required tax obligations imposed on the Company on the Distribution Date of the Restricted Shares (the "Withholding Election"). Recipient may make a Withholding Election only if all of the following conditions are met:

 

(i)    the Withholding Election must be made within ten (10) days after the Recipient receives written notification from the Company as to the amount of the tax withholding that is due (the "Tax Notice Date"), by executing and delivering to the Company a properly completed Notice of Withholding Election, in substantially the form of Exhibit 3 attached hereto; and

 

(ii)    any Withholding Election made will be irrevocable; however, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, disapprove and give no effect to any Withholding Election, by giving written notice to the Recipient no later than ten (10) days after the Company’s receipt of the Notice of Withholding Election, in which event the Recipient must deliver to the Company, within ten (10) days after receiving such notice, the amount of the tax withholding pursuant to Section 3(a).

 

4.  Restrictions on Transfer. Except for the transfer by bequest or inheritance, the Recipient shall not have the right to make or permit to exist any transfer or hypothecation, whether outright or as security, with or without consideration, voluntary or involuntary, of all or any part of any right, title or interest in or to any Restricted Units. Any such disposition not made in accordance with this Award s hall be deemed null and void. Any permitted transferee under this Section shall be bound by the terms of this Award.

5.  Additional Restrictions on Transfer. Certificates evidencing the Restricted Shares shall have noted conspicuously on the certificate a legend required under applicable securities laws or otherwise determined by the Company to be appropriate, such as:

The securities evidenced by this certificate are subject to restrictions on transfer and forfeiture provisions which also apply to the transferee as set forth in a restricted stock agreement dated        , a copy of which is available from the company. The securities evidenced by this certificate may not be sold, transferred, assigned, or hypothecated unless (1) there is an effective registration under such act covering such securities, (2 ) the transfer is made in compliance with rule 144 promulgated under such act, or (3) the issuer receives an opinion of counsel, reasonably satisfactory to the company, stating that such sale, transfer, assignment or hypothecation is exempt from the registration requirements of such act.

6.  Change in Capitalization.

(a)    The number and kind of Shares shall be proportionately adjusted for any increase or decrease in the number of issued shares of Common Stock resulting from a subdivision or combination of shares or the payment of a stock dividend in shares of Common Stock to holders of outstanding shares of Common Stock or any other increase or decrease in the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding is effected without receipt of consideration by the Company. No fractional shares shall be issued in making such adjustment.

(b)    In the event of a merger, consolidation, extraordinary dividend, spin-off, sale of substantially all of the Company’s assets or other material change in the capital structure of the Company, or a tender offer for shares of Common Stock, or other reorganization of the Company, the Compensation Committee shall take such action to make such adjustments with respect to the Shares or the terms of this Award as the Compensation Committee, in its sole discretion, determines in good faith is necessary or appropriate, including, without limitation, adjusting the number and class of securities subject to the Award, substituting cash, other s ecurities, or other property to replace the Award, or removing of restrictions on Shares.

(c)    All determinations and adjustments made by the Compensation Committee pursuant to this Section will be final and binding on the Recipient. Any action taken by the Compensation Committee need not treat all recipients of awards under the Plan equally.

(d)    The existence of the Plan and the Restricted Unit Grant shall not affect the right or power of the Company to make or authorize any adjustment, reclassification, reorganization or other change in its capital or business structure, any merger or consolidation of the Company, any issue of debt or equity securities having preferences or priorities as to the Common Stock or the rights thereof, the dissolution or liquidation of the Company, any sale or transfer of all or part of its business or assets, or any other corporate act or proceeding.

7.    Governing Laws. This Award shall be construed, administered and enforced according to the laws of the State of Maryland; provided, however, no Shares shall be issued except, in the reasonable judgment of the Compensation Committee, in compliance with exemptions under applicable state securities laws of the state in which Recipient resides, and/or any other applicable securities laws.

8.    Successors. This Award shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the heirs, legal representatives, successors, and permitted assigns of the parties.

9.    Notice. Except as otherwise specified herein, all notices and other communications under this Award shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given if personally delivered or if sent by registered or certified United States mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed to the proposed recipient at the last known address of the recipient. Any party may designate any other address to which notices shall be sent by giving notice of the address to the other parties in the same manner as provided herein.

10.    Severability. In the event that any one or more of the provisions or portion thereof contained in this Award shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any respect, the same shall not invalidate or otherwise affect any other provisions of this Award, and this Award shall be construed as if the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision or portion thereof had never been contained herein.

11.    Entire Agreement. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan, this Award expresses the entire understanding and agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter.

12.    Headings and Capitalized Terms. Paragraph headings used herein are for convenience of reference only and shall not be considered in construing this Award. Capitalized terms used, but not defined, in this Award shall be given the meaning ascribed to them in the Plan.

13.    Specific Performance. In the event of any actual or threatened default in, or breach of, any of the terms, conditions and provisions of this Award, the party or parties who are thereby aggrieved shall have the right to specific performance and injunction in addition to any and all other rights and remedies at law or in equity, and all such rights and remedies shall be cumulative.

14.    No Right to Continued Retention. Neither the establishment of the Plan nor the award of Restricted Shares hereunder shall be construed as giving Recipient the right to continued service with the Company or an Affiliate.

 

15.    Definitions. As used in these Terms and Conditions in this Agreement:

 

"Adjusted Funds From Operations" means, with respect to the fiscal quarter, the Company’s net income (or loss), plus depreciation and amortization and after adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures as hereafter provided. Notwithstanding contrary treatment under GAAP, for purposes hereof, "Adjusted Funds From Operations" shall:

 

(a)    include the Company’s income or loss from unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures, on the same basis as consolidated partnerships and subsidiaries, as provided in the "white paper" issued in April 2002 by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts,

 

(b)    the Imputed Stock Compensation Charge,

 

(c)    not include gains (or, if applicable, losses) resulting from or in connection with sales or redemptions of preferred stock, and

 

(d)    not include Special Charges.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Compensation Committee reserves the right to include or exclude items of income, loss, or expense in the definition of Adjusted Funds From Operations as it shall determine to be necessary or advisable in its sole discretion in order for Adjusted Funds From Operations to fairly represent the results of operations, but also may in its sole discretion decline to make any such adjustments if it determines that making such adjustments would jeopardize the availability of a tax deduction for the Company pursuant to Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code.

 

"Cause" shall have the meaning set forth in the employment agreement then in effect between the Recipient and the Company, or, if there is none, then Cause shall mean the occurrence of any of the following events:

 

(a)    willful refusal by the Recipient to follow a lawful direction of the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board"), provided the direction is not materially inconsistent with the duties or responsibilities of the Recipient’s position with the Company, which refusal continues after the Board has again given the direction in writing;

 

(b)    willful misconduct or reckless disregard by the Recipient of his duties or of the interest or property of the Company;

 

(c)    intentional disclosure by the Recipient to an unauthorized person of Confidential Information or Trade Secrets, which causes material harm to the Company;

 

(d)    any act by the Recipient of fraud against material misappropriation from, significant dishonesty to either the Company or an Affiliate, or any other party, but in the latter case only if in the reasonable opinion of at least two-thirds of the members of the Board (excluding the Recipient), such fraud, material misappropriation, or significant dishonesty could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse impact on the Company or its Affiliates; or

 

(e)    commission by the Recipient of a felony as reasonably determined by at least two-thirds of the members of the Board (excluding the Recipient).

 

"Change in Control" means any one of the following events which occurs following the Grant Date:

 

(a)    the acquisition, directly or indirectly, by any "person" or "persons" (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), other than the Company or any employee benefits plan of the Company or an Affiliate, or any corporation pursuant to a reorganization, merger or consolidation, of equity securities of the Company, resulting in such person or persons holding equity securities of the Company that in the aggregate represent thirty percent (30%) or more of the combined ordinary voting power of the Company’s then outstanding equity securities;

 

(b)    individuals who as of the date hereof, constitute the Board of Directors (the "Incumbent Board") cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board of Directors; provided, however, that any individual becoming a director subsequent to the date hereof whose election, or nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders, was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the directors then comprising the Incumbent Board shall be considered as though such individual were a member of the Incumbent Board, but excluding, for this purpose, any such individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of an a ctual or threatened election contest with respect to the election or removal of directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a person other than the Board of Directors;

 

(c)    a reorganization, merger or consolidation, with respect to which persons who were the holders of equity securities of the Company immediately prior to such reorganization, merger or consolidation do not, immediately thereafter, own equity securities of the surviving entity representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined ordinary voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of the surviving entity; or

 

(d)    a sale, or one or more sales occurring in a twelve-month period, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company to any third party.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Change in Control shall be deemed to have occurred for purposes of this Award by reason of any actions or events in which the Recipient participates in a capacity other than in his capacity as an officer, employee, or director of the Company or an Affiliate.

 

"Confidential Information" means data and information relating to the Business of the Company or an Affiliate (which does not rise to the status of a Trade Secret) which is or has been disclosed to the Recipient or of which the Recipient became aware as a consequence of or through his relationship to the Company or an Affiliate and which has value to the Company or an Affiliate and is not generally known to its competitors. Confidential Information shall not include any data or information that has been voluntarily disclosed to the public by the Company or an Affiliate (except where such public disclosure has been made by the Recipient without authorization) or that has been independently developed and disclosed by others, or that otherwise enters the public domain through lawful means without breach of any obligations of confidentiality owed to the Company or any of its Affiliates.

 

"Good Reason" shall have the meaning set forth in the employment agreement then in effect between the Recipient and the Company, or, if there is none, then Good Reason shall mean the occurrence of all of the events listed in either (a) or (b) below:

 

(a)    (i) the Recipient experiences a material diminution of the Recipient’s responsibilities of his position, as reasonably modified by the Board of Directors from time to time, such that the Recipient would no longer have responsibilities substantially equivalent to those of other executives holding equivalent positions at companies with similar revenues and market capitalization;

 

(ii)    the Recipient gives written notice to the Company of the facts and circumstances constituting the material diminution in responsibilities within ten (10) days following the occurrence of such material diminution;

 

(iii)    the Company fails to remedy the material diminution in responsibilities within ten (10) days following the Recipient’s written notice of the material diminution in responsibilities; and

 

(iv)    the Recipient terminates his employment and this Agreement within ten (10) days following the Company’s failure to remedy the material diminution in responsibilities.

 

(b)    (i) the Company requires the Recipient to relocate the Recipient’s primary place of employment to a new location, that is more than fifty (50) miles from its current location (determined using the most direct driving route), without the Recipient’s consent;

 

(ii)    the Recipient gives written notice to the Company within ten (10) days following receipt of notice of relocation of his objection to the relocation;

 

(iii)    the Company fails to rescind the notice of relocation within ten (10) days following the Recipient’s written notice; and

 

(iv)    the Recipient terminates his employment within ten (10) days following the Company’s failure to rescind the notice.

 

"Imputed Stock Compensation Change" means $441,325, representing the closing trading price per share of Common Stock on July 27, 2003 of $9.73 multiplied by 635,000 which is the number of restricted shares of Common Stock and restricted share units approved in concept by the Compensation Committee on July 27, 2004, divided by 14 which is the number of quarters from and including July 27, 2004 through December 31, 2007.

 

"Special Charges" means:

 

(a)    non-cash charges related to preferred stock redemptions;

 

(b)    non-cash charges associated with the sale or settlement by the Company of any Swap Contract; and

 

(c)    non-cash compensation from equity compensation awards granted to employees, officers, directors, and consultants (other than the Imputed Stock Compensation Charge).

 

"Trade Secrets" means information including, but not limited to, technical or nontechnical data, formulae, patterns, compilations, programs, devices, methods, techniques, drawings, processes, financial data, financial plans, product plans or lists o actual or potential customers or suppliers which (i) derives economic value, actual or potential, from not being generally known to, and not being readily ascertainable by proper means by, other persons who can obtain economic value from its disclosure or use, and (ii) is the subject of efforts that are reasonable under the circumstances to maintain its secrecy.

 

A.	The Restricted Units shall become Vested Restricted Units upon the Company attaining $0.30 per Share of Common Stock per fiscal quarter in Adjusted Funds From Operations for two (2) consecutive fiscal quarters.

 

B.	Notwithstanding the foregoing, all Restricted Units shall become Vested Restricted Units if they have not been previously forfeited on the earliest to occur of the following:

 

1.

the Recipient’s cessation of services as an employee, director or consultant of the Company or an Affiliate due to the Recipient’s death or Disability;

 

2.

the Recipient’s resignation from the Company for Good Reason;

 

3.

the Recipient’s termination of employment by the Company without Cause; or

 

4.

the occurrence of a Change in Control.

 

C.	Restricted Units which have not become Vested Restricted Units by December 31, 2007 are forfeited. Restricted Shares which have not become Vested Restricted Shares as of the Recipient’s cessation of services as an employee, director, or consultant of the Company or an Affiliate shall be forfeited.

 

 

TO:    Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.

Attention:        Chief Financial Officer

FROM:                       

RE:      Withholding Election

This election relates to the Performance Restricted Unit Grant identified in Paragraph 3 below. I hereby certify that:

 

(1)    My correct name and social security number and my current address are set forth at the end of this document.

 

(2)    I am (check one, whichever is applicable).

 

[ ]    the original recipient of the Performance Restricted Unit Grant.

 

[ ]

the legal representative of the estate of the original recipient of the Performance Restricted Unit Grant.

 

[ ]

a legatee of the original recipient of the Performance Restricted Unit Grant.

 

[ ]

the legal guardian of the original recipient of the Performance Restricted Unit Grant.

 

(3)    The Performance Restricted Unit Grant pursuant to which this election relates was issued with a Grant Date of __________________ under the Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. 2004 Stock Incentive Plan (the "Plan") in the name of _________________ for a total of ______________ Restricted Units. This election relates to ______ shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Performance Restricted Unit Grant, provided that the numbers set forth above shall be deemed changed as appropriate to reflect stock splits and other adjustments contemplated by the applicable Plan provisions.

(4)    I hereby elect to have certain of the shares of Common Stock withheld by the Company for the purpose of having the value of the shares applied to pay federal, state and local, if any, taxes arising from the exercise.

The fair market value of the shares of Common Stock to be withheld in addition to $_________ in cash to be tendered to the Company by the recipient of the Performance Restricted Unit Grant shall be equal to the minimum statutory tax withholding requirement under federal, state and local law in connection with the exercise.

(5)    This Withholding Election is made no later than ten (10) days after the Tax Notice Date and is otherwise timely made pursuant to the Plan.

(6)    I further understand that, if this Withholding Election is not disapproved by the Committee, the Company shall withhold from the Common Stock issuable to me a whole number of shares of Common Stock having the value specified in Paragraph 4 above.

(7)    The Plan has been made available to me by the Company, I have read and understand the Plan and I have no reason to believe that any of the conditions therein to the making of this Withholding Election have not been met. Capitalized terms used in this Notice of Withholding Election without definition shall have the meanings given to them in the Plan.

Dated:                            

Signature:                        

 

Name (Printed)

______________________________

Street Address

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