Term Sheet for Employee Restricted Stock Unit Awards and Form of Terms and Conditions for Employee Restricted Stock Unit Awards (Interim President and Chief Executive Officer Equity Award), dated September 27, 2024, by and between WW International, Inc. and Tara Comonte
EXHIBIT 10.4
WW INTERNATIONAL, INC.
TERM SHEET FOR
EMPLOYEE RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARDS
FOR GOOD AND VALUABLE CONSIDERATION, WW International, Inc., a Virginia corporation (the “Company”), hereby grants to the employee identified below (the “Employee”) the aggregate number of Restricted Stock Units specified below which are ultimately payable in shares of Common Stock of the Company (the “RSU Award”). The RSU Award is granted upon the terms, and subject to the conditions, set forth in this Term Sheet, the Company’s stock incentive plan specified below (as amended and restated, the “Plan”), and the Terms and Conditions for Employee Restricted Stock Unit Awards promulgated under such Plan and as attached hereto (the “Terms and Conditions”), each hereby incorporated herein by this reference and each as amended from time to time (capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the same meanings ascribed to them in the Terms and Conditions or the Plan).
Key Terms and Conditions | |
Name of Employee: | Tara Comonte |
Grant Date: | September 27, 2024 |
Plan: | Third Amended and Restated 2014 Stock Incentive Plan |
Aggregate Number of Restricted Stock Units: | 599,736 |
Vesting Schedule for Restricted Stock Units (subject to continued employment) | |
Date October 27, 2024 November 27, 2024 December 27, 2024 January 27, 2025 February 27, 2025 March 27, 2025 | # of Restricted Stock Units 16.6% of Aggregate Number of Restricted Stock Units 16.6% of Aggregate Number of Restricted Stock Units 16.7% of Aggregate Number of Restricted Stock Units 16.7% of Aggregate Number of Restricted Stock Units 16.7% of Aggregate Number of Restricted Stock Units 16.7% of Aggregate Number of Restricted Stock Units |
By accepting this Term Sheet, the Employee acknowledges that she has received and read, and agrees that the Restricted Stock Units granted herein are awarded pursuant to the Plan, are subject to and qualified in their entirety by this Term Sheet, the Plan, and the Terms and Conditions, and shall be subject to the terms and conditions of this Term Sheet, the Plan and the Terms and Conditions. If the Employee does not sign and return (or electronically accept, as applicable) this Term Sheet by October 27, 2024, this RSU Award shall be forfeited and shall be of no further force and effect.
WW INTERNATIONAL, INC.
By: /s/ Tiffany Stevenson |
| /s/ Tara Comonte |
Name: Tiffany Stevenson |
| Employee Signature1 |
Title: Chief Engagement Officer |
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1 To the extent that the Company has established, either itself or through a third-party plan administrator, the ability to accept this award electronically, such acceptance shall constitute the Employee’s signature hereof.
WW INTERNATIONAL, INC.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR
EMPLOYEE RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARDS
WW International, Inc., a Virginia corporation (the “Company”), grants to the Employee who is identified on the Term Sheet for Employee Restricted Stock Unit Awards provided to the Employee herewith (the “Term Sheet”) the Restricted Stock Units specified in the Term Sheet, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in (i) the Term Sheet, (ii) the Company stock incentive plan specified in the Term Sheet (the “Plan”) and (iii) these Terms and Conditions for Employee Restricted Stock Unit Awards promulgated under such Plan (these “Terms and Conditions”), each hereby incorporated herein by this reference and each as amended from time to time.
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the same meanings ascribed to them in the Term Sheet or the Plan.
Section 1.1 – Cause
“Cause” shall be as defined in the Employment Agreement.
Section 1.2 – Code
“Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Section 1.3 – Committee
“Committee” shall mean the Compensation and Benefits Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company.
Section 1.4 – Common Stock
“Common Stock” shall mean the common stock, no par value per share, of the Company.
Section 1.5 – Company
“Company” shall mean WW International, Inc.
Section 1.6 – Disability
The Employee shall be deemed to have a “Disability” if the Employee is unable to engage in the activities required by the Employee's job by reason of any medically determined physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or which has lasted or
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can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months (in each case, as determined in good faith by a majority of the Committee, which determination shall be conclusive).
Section 1.7 – Employment Agreement
“Employment Agreement” shall mean that Interim President and Chief Executive Officer Agreement between the Company and Employee entered into as of September 27, 2024, as may be amended from time to time.
Section 1.8 – Grant Date
“Grant Date” shall mean the date specified on the Term Sheet on which the RSU Award was granted.
Section 1.9 – Restricted Stock Units
A “Restricted Stock Unit” represents the right to receive, upon satisfaction of the vesting conditions set forth herein, one share of Common Stock.
Section 1.10 – RSU Vesting Date
“RSU Vesting Date” shall mean the date a Restricted Stock Unit becomes vested.
Section 1.11 – Secretary
“Secretary” shall mean the Secretary of the Company.
ARTICLE II
GRANT OF RSU AWARD
Section 2.1 – Grant of Restricted Stock Units
On and as of the Grant Date, the Company irrevocably grants to the Employee the number of Restricted Stock Units specified on the Term Sheet, upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Term Sheet and these Terms and Conditions. The Restricted Stock Units shall vest in accordance with Article III hereof.
Section 2.2 – Employment Agent
This RSU Award is made as required by Section 4 of the Employment Agreement. Nothing in the Term Sheet, in these Terms and Conditions or in the Plan shall confer upon the Employee any right to continue in the employment of the Company or its Affiliates, or shall interfere with or restrict in any way the rights of the Company or its Affiliates, which are hereby expressly reserved, to terminate the employment of the Employee at any time for any reason whatsoever, with or without Cause (subject to the terms of the Employment Agreement). Employee hereby acknowledges and agrees that neither the Company nor its Affiliates nor any other Person has made any representations or promises whatsoever to the
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Employee concerning the Employee’s employment or continued employment by the Company or its Affiliates, subject to the terms of the Employment Agreement.
Section 2.3 – Adjustments
Subject to the provisions of the Plan, in the event that the outstanding shares of the Common Stock subject to an RSU Award are, from time to time, changed into or exchanged for a different number or kind of shares of the Company or other securities of the Company by reason of a merger, consolidation, recapitalization, change of control, reclassification, stock split, spin-off, stock dividend, combination of shares, or otherwise, the Committee shall make an appropriate and equitable adjustment in the number and kind of shares or other consideration as to which such RSU Award shall be converted. Any such adjustment made by the Committee in its good faith discretion and in accordance with the provisions of the Plan shall be final and binding upon the Employee, the Company and all other interested persons. To the extent that any RSU Award is not continued, assumed or substituted for options, restricted stock units or any other form of equity of a surviving entity in connection with one of the foregoing events, it shall become fully vested immediately prior to the event.
ARTICLE III
VESTING
Section 3.1 – Commencement of Vesting
Unless otherwise provided in the Term Sheet, these Terms and Conditions or the Plan, so long as the Employee continues to be employed by the Company or its Affiliates, the Restricted Stock Units shall vest on the dates specified on, and to the extent provided by, the vesting schedule set forth on the Term Sheet (subject to Section 3.2 below).
Section 3.2 – Expiration of Restricted Stock Units
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ARTICLE IV
STOCKHOLDER RIGHTS
Section 4.1 – Conditions to Issuance of Stock Certificates
The shares of Common Stock deliverable upon the vesting of the Restricted Stock Units, or any portion thereof, shall be fully paid and nonassessable. The Company shall not be required to deliver any certificate or certificates for shares of stock upon the vesting of any Restricted Stock Units, or any portion thereof, prior to fulfillment of all of the following conditions:
Section 4.2 – Rights as Stockholder
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ARTICLE V
THE COMPANY’S REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Section 5.1 – Authorization
The Company represents and warrants to the Employee that (i) the Term Sheet and these Terms and Conditions has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company, and (ii) upon the vesting of Restricted Stock Units (or any portion thereof), the Common Stock, when issued and delivered in accordance with the terms hereof, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
Section 5.2 – Registration
The Common Stock are registered on a Form S‑8 Registration Statement or any successor to Form S‑8 to the extent that such registration is then available with respect to such Common Stock, and the Company will file the reports required to be filed by it under the 1933 Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Act”), and the rules and
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regulations adopted by the SEC thereunder, to the extent required from time to time to enable the Employee to sell his or her shares of Stock without registration under the 1933 Act within the limitations of the exemptions provided by (A) Rule 144 under the 1933 Act, as such rule may be amended from time to time, or (B) any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC.
ARTICLE VI
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 6.1 – Administration
Section 6.2 – Shares to Be Reserved
The Company shall at all times during the term of the RSU Award reserve and keep available such number of shares of Common Stock as will be sufficient to satisfy the requirements of the Term Sheet and these Terms and Conditions.
Section 6.3 – Recapitalizations, etc.
The provisions of the Term Sheet and these Terms and Conditions shall apply, to the full extent set forth herein with respect to the RSU Award, to any and all shares of capital stock of the Company or any capital stock, partnership units or any other security evidencing ownership interests in any successor or assign of the Company or its Affiliates (whether by merger, consolidation, sale of assets or otherwise) which may be issued in respect of, in exchange for, or substitution of the RSU Award, by reason of any stock dividend, split, reverse split, combination, recapitalization, liquidation, reclassification, merger, consolidation or otherwise.
Section 6.4 – State Securities Laws
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The Company hereby agrees to use its best efforts to comply with all state securities or “blue sky” laws which might be applicable to the issuance of the shares underlying the Restricted Stock Units to the Employee.
Section 6.5 – Binding Effect
The provisions of the Term Sheet and these Terms and Conditions shall be binding upon and accrue to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective heirs, legal representatives, successors and assigns. In the case of a transferee permitted under the Term Sheet and these Terms and Conditions, such transferee shall be deemed the Employee hereunder; provided, however, that no transferee shall derive any rights under the Term Sheet and these Terms and Conditions unless and until such transferee has delivered to the Company a Joinder (in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A) and becomes bound by the terms of the Term Sheet and these Terms and Conditions.
Section 6.6 – Miscellaneous
In the Term Sheet and these Terms and Conditions, (i) all references to “dollars” or “$” are to United States dollars and (ii) the word “or” is not exclusive. If any provision of the Term Sheet and these Terms and Conditions shall be declared illegal, void or unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, the other provisions shall not be affected, but shall remain in full force and effect.
Section 6.7 – Notices
Any notice to be given under the terms of the Term Sheet and these Terms and Conditions to the Company shall be addressed to the Company in care of its Secretary, and any notice to be given to the Employee shall be addressed to him or her at the address given on the Term Sheet. By a notice given pursuant to this Section 6.7, either party may hereafter designate a different address for notices to be given to him or her. Any notice which is required to be given to the Employee shall, if the Employee is then deceased, be given to the Employee’s personal representative if such representative has previously informed the Company of his or her status and address by written notice under this Section 6.7. Any notice shall have been deemed duly given when enclosed in a properly sealed envelope or wrapper addressed as aforesaid, deposited (with postage prepaid) in a post office or branch post office regularly maintained by the United States Postal Service.
Section 6.8 – Titles
Titles are provided herein for convenience only and are not to serve as a basis for interpretation or construction of the Term Sheet and these Terms and Conditions.
Section 6.9 – Applicability of Plan
The Common Stock issued to the Employee upon the vesting of the Restricted Stock Units shall be subject to all of the terms and provisions of the Plan, to the extent applicable to the vesting of the Restricted Stock Units (or any portion thereof). In the event of any conflict between the Term Sheet and these Terms and Conditions, these Terms and Conditions shall
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control. In the event of any conflict between the Term Sheet, these Terms and Conditions and the Plan, the Term Sheet or Terms and Conditions shall control.
Section 6.10 – Restrictive Covenants
In consideration of the Company entering into the Term Sheet and these Terms and Conditions with the Employee, the Employee reaffirms the restrictive covenants set forth in Section 5 of the Employment Agreement.
Section 6.11 – Amendment
The Term Sheet and these Terms and Conditions may be amended only by a writing executed by the parties hereto which specifically states that it is amending the Term Sheet or these Terms and Conditions, as applicable.
Section 6.12 – Governing Law
The Term Sheet and these Terms and Conditions shall be governed by, and construed and interpreted in accordance with, the law of the State of New York.
Section 6.13 – Jurisdiction
The parties to the Term Sheet and these Terms and Conditions agree that jurisdiction and venue in any action brought by any party hereto pursuant to the Term Sheet and these Terms and Conditions shall properly lie and shall be brought in any federal or state court located in the Borough of Manhattan, City and State of New York. By execution and delivery of the Term Sheet and these Terms and Conditions, each party hereto irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of such courts for itself, himself or herself and in respect of its, his or her property with respect to such action. The parties hereto irrevocably agree that venue would be proper in such court, and hereby irrevocably waive any objection that such court is an improper or inconvenient forum for the resolution of such action.
Section 6.14 – Pronouns
The masculine pronoun shall include the feminine and neuter, and the singular the plural, where the context so indicates.
Section 6.15 – Counterparts
The Term Sheet and these Terms and Conditions may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
Section 6.16 – Code Section 409A
If any payment of money, delivery of shares of Common Stock or other benefits due to the Employee hereunder could cause the application of an accelerated or additional tax under Section 409A of the Code, such payment, delivery of shares of Common Stock or other
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benefits shall be deferred if deferral will make such payment, delivery of shares of Common Stock or other benefits compliant under Section 409A of the Code, otherwise such payment, delivery of shares of Common Stock or other benefits shall be restructured, to the extent possible, in a manner, determined by the Company and reasonably acceptable to the Employee, that does not cause such an accelerated or additional tax.
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EXHIBIT A
JOINDER
By execution of this Joinder, the undersigned agrees to become a party to that certain Term Sheet for Employee Restricted Stock Unit Awards and that certain Terms and Conditions for Employee Restricted Stock Unit Awards, effective as of September 27, 2024 (collectively, the “Agreement”), among WW INTERNATIONAL, INC. (the “Company”) and Tara Comonte (the “Employee”). By execution of this Joinder, the undersigned shall have all the rights, and shall observe all the obligations, applicable to the Employee (except as otherwise set forth in the Agreement), and to have made on the date hereof all representations and warranties made by such Employee, modified, if necessary, to reflect the nature of the undersigned as a trust, estate or other entity.
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