Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (Executive Officers)
Exhibit 10.1
Form of Executive Officer Grant
Broadmark Realty Capital Inc.
GRANT NOTICE FOR 2019 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD
FOR GOOD AND VALUABLE CONSIDERATION, Broadmark Realty Capital Inc. (the “Company”), hereby grants to the Participant named below the number of Restricted Stock Units specified below (the “RSUs” or the “Award”). Each Restricted Stock Unit represents the right to receive one share of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 (the “Common Stock”), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Grant Notice, the Broadmark Realty Capital Inc. 2019 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) and the Standard Terms and Conditions (the “Standard Terms and Conditions”) promulgated under such Plan, each as amended from time to time. This Award is granted pursuant to the Plan and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by the Standard Terms and Conditions.
Name of Participant: | [____________________] |
Grant Date: | ______________, ___ |
Number of Restricted Stock Units: | [____] units |
Vesting Schedule: | One-third of the Award shall vest on each of the first, second and third anniversaries of _______________, [YEAR 1], subject to the Participant’s continued employment through such date, such that the entire Award is fully vested as of ________________, [YEAR 4]. |
By accepting this Grant Notice, Participant acknowledges that he or she has received and read, and agrees that this Award shall be subject to, the terms of this Grant Notice, the Plan and the Standard Terms and Conditions.
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Exhibit 10.1
Form of Executive Officer Grant
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused to be executed or executed this agreement as of the date first written above.
Broadmark Realty Capital Inc.: |
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By: __________________________________ |
Name: ________________________________ |
Title: _________________________________ |
Exhibit 10.1
Form of Executive Officer Grant
PARTICIPANT: |
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Name: |
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Exhibit 10.1
Form of Executive Officer Grant
Broadmark Realty Capital Inc.
STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR
RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS
These Standard Terms and Conditions apply to the Award of Restricted Stock Units granted pursuant to the Broadmark Realty Capital Inc. 2019 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), which are evidenced by a Grant Notice or an action of the Committee that specifically refers to these Standard Terms and Conditions. In addition to these Terms and Conditions, the Restricted Stock Units shall be subject to the terms of the Plan, which are incorporated into these Standard Terms and Conditions by this reference. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Plan.
Broadmark Realty Capital Inc. (the “Company”), has granted to the Participant named in the Grant Notice provided to said Participant herewith (the “Grant Notice”) an award of a number of Restricted Stock Units (the “Award” or the “RSUs”) with each RSU representing the right to receive one share of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 (the “Common Stock”) specified in the Grant Notice. The Award is subject to the conditions set forth in the Grant Notice, these Standard Terms and Conditions, and the Plan, each as amended from time to time. For purposes of these Standard Terms and Conditions and the Grant Notice, any reference to the Company shall include a reference to any Subsidiary. The Standard Terms and Conditions and the Grant Notice together shall constitute the Award Agreement with respect to this Award as contemplated under Section 2(d) of the Plan.
The Award shall not be vested as of the Grant Date set forth in the Grant Notice and shall be forfeitable unless and until otherwise earned and vested pursuant to the terms of the Grant Notice and these Standard Terms and Conditions. The Award shall become vested as described in the Grant Notice. RSUs that have vested and are no longer subject to forfeiture are referred to herein as “Vested RSUs.” RSUs awarded hereunder that are not vested and remain subject to forfeiture are referred to herein as “Unvested RSUs.”
Notwithstanding anything contained in these Standard Terms and Conditions to the contrary, upon Participant’s Termination of Employment with the Company and its Subsidiaries for any reason other than (a) due to the Participant’s Disability or death, or (b) by the Company without Cause or by the Participant for Good Reason, in either case within thirty (30) days before or within twenty-four (24) months following a Change in Control, all Unvested RSUs shall be forfeited and canceled as of the date of such Termination of Employment without the payment of any consideration therefor. If the Participant’s Termination of Employment is due to the Participant’s Disability or death, all Unvested RSUs shall vest as of the date of such termination. If the Participant’s Termination of
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Exhibit 10.1
Form of Executive Officer Grant
Employment by the Company without Cause or by the Participant for Good Reason, in either case, occurs within thirty (30) days before or within twenty-four (24) months following a Change in Control, then all Unvested RSUs shall vest and all other conditions to the grant, issuance, retention or transferability of this Award shall lapse as of the date of such termination.
“Good Reason” has the meaning set forth in the written employment agreement between the Participant and the Company or an Affiliate thereof, or if no such meaning applies in such agreement or no such agreement exists, then the term means (i) a material and sustained diminution in the Participant’s duties of employment or a material reduction of the Participant’s title, (ii) a material breach by the Company or an Affiliate of any employment agreement with the Participant, if any, (iii) relocation of the Participant’s principal place of employment to a location that is more than fifty (50) miles from the Participant’s place of employment on the Grant Date, without the Participant’s consent, (iv) a reduction in the Participant’s annual base salary, unless such reduction is part of an across the board reduction for employees at or above similar levels of authority within the Company or an Affiliate (whichever employs the Participant), or (v) a material reduction in the Participant’s target annual bonus opportunity; provided that any such action shall not constitute Good Reason unless (A) the Participant provides written notice to the Company of any such action within thirty (30) days of the date on which such action first occurs and provides the Company with thirty (30) days to remedy such action (the “Cure Period”), (B) the Company fails to remedy such action within the Cure Period, and (C) the Participant resigns within thirty (30) days of the expiration of the Cure Period.
Promptly following the date on which RSUs become vested, and in any event no later than March 15 of the calendar year following the calendar year in which such vesting occurs, the Company shall (a) issue and deliver to the Participant the number of shares of Company common stock equal to the number of Vested RSUs and (b) enter the Participant’s name on the books of the Company as the shareholder of record with respect to the shares of Company common stock delivered to the Participant.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in accordance with Section 11 of the Plan, the Committee may, but is not required to, prescribe rules pursuant to which the Participant may elect to defer settlement of the RSUs. Any deferral election must be made in compliance with such rules and procedures as the Committee deems advisable.
If the Participant is deemed a “specified employee” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code, as determined by the Committee, at a time when the Participant becomes eligible for settlement of the RSUs upon his “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code, then to the extent necessary to prevent any accelerated or additional tax under Section 409A of the Code, such settlement will be delayed until the
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Exhibit 10.1
Form of Executive Officer Grant
earlier of (a) the date that is six months following the Participant’s separation from service and (b) the Participant’s death.
Participant shall not be, nor have any of the rights or privileges of, a stockholder of the Company in respect of any RSUs unless and until shares of Common Stock settled for such RSUs shall have been issued by the Company to Participant (as evidenced by the appropriate entry on the books of the Company or of a duly authorized transfer agent of the Company). For the avoidance of doubt, the Participant shall not be entitled to receive any dividends or dividend equivalents with respect to the RSUs or have any voting rights with respect to the RSUs unless and until shares of Common Stock settled for Vested RSUs shall have been issued by the Company to Participant.
The Company may impose such restrictions, conditions or limitations as it determines appropriate as to the timing and manner of any resales by the Participant or other subsequent transfers by the Participant of any shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to Vested RSUs, including without limitation (a) restrictions under an insider trading policy, (b) restrictions designed to delay and/or coordinate the timing and manner of sales by Participant and other holders and (c) restrictions as to the use of a specified brokerage firm for such resales or other transfers.
To the extent required by applicable federal, state, local or foreign law, the Participant authorizes the Company to deduct from payments of any kind due Participant to satisfy any withholding tax obligations that arise by reason of the grant or vesting of the RSUs. This authority shall include the authority to withhold Common Stock or other property and to make cash payments in respect thereof in satisfaction of the Participant’s tax obligation. The Company shall not be required to issue shares or to recognize the disposition of such shares until such obligations are satisfied.
The Participant understands, acknowledges and agrees that, except as otherwise provided in the Plan or as permitted by the Committee, the Award may not be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged or otherwise directly or indirectly encumbered or disposed of other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution.
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Exhibit 10.1
Form of Executive Officer Grant
The Grant Notice, these Standard Terms and Conditions and the Plan constitute the entire understanding between the Participant and the Company regarding the Award. Any prior agreements, commitments or negotiations concerning the Award are superseded.
Neither the Participant (individually or as a member of a group) nor any beneficiary or other person claiming under or through the Participant shall have any right, title, interest, or privilege in or to any shares of Common Stock allocated or reserved for the purpose of the Plan or subject to the Grant Notice or these Standard Terms and Conditions except as to such shares of Common Stock, if any, as shall have been issued to such person in connection with the Award. Nothing in the Plan, in the Grant Notice, these Standard Terms and Conditions or any other instrument executed pursuant to the Plan shall confer upon the Participant any right to continue in the Company’s employ or service nor limit in any way the Company’s right to terminate the Participant’s employment at any time for any reason.
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Exhibit 10.1
Form of Executive Officer Grant
By executing the Grant Notice, the Participant hereby consents to the delivery of information (including, without limitation, information required to be delivered to the Participant pursuant to applicable securities laws) regarding the Company and the Subsidiaries, the Plan, and the RSUs via Company web site or other electronic delivery.
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