(i) | Vesting Schedule. The Restricted Stock Units will vest according to the following schedule, with respect to each installment shown in the schedule, on and after the vesting date applicable to such installment: |
Installment | Vesting Date Applicable to Installment |
33% of the Award | First anniversary of grant |
Next 33% of the Award | Second anniversary of grant |
Final 34% of the Award | Third anniversary of grant |
(ii) | Vesting Conditions and Provisions Applicable to Award. The period of time during which the Restricted Stock Units are forfeitable is referred to as the “Restricted Period”. Except as provided in Section 5 if the Participant's employment with the Company or one of its subsidiaries terminates during the Restricted Period for any reason, then the unvested Restricted Stock Units shall be forfeited to the Company on the date of such termination, without any further |
(a) | Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2, in the event of a Triggering Event or a termination of Participant's employment by the Company or one of its subsidiaries without Cause no more than three months prior to and in anticipation of a Change in Control, the Participant will become immediately vested in all Restricted Stock Units. |
(b) | For purposes of this Agreement, "Change in Control", "Triggering Event" and "Cause" have the following meaning: |
(i) | A “Change in Control” of the Company shall be deemed to have occurred as of the first day that any one or more of the following conditions shall have been satisfied: |
(A) | the consummation of the purchase by any person, entity or group of persons, within the meaning of Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, except the Voting Trust (together with its affiliates) formed pursuant to the Voting Trust Agreement dated February 23, 1994, as amended, among Robert C. Penny III and Melvin J. Simon, as co-trustees, and certain members of the Penny family and the Simon family, of ownership of shares representing more than 50% of the combined voting power of the Company’s voting securities entitled to vote generally (determined after giving effect to the purchase); |
(B) | a reorganization, merger or consolidation of the Company, in each case, with respect to which persons who were shareholders of the Company immediately prior to such reorganization, merger or consolidation do not, immediately thereafter, own 50% or more of the combined voting power entitled to vote generally of the Company or the surviving or resulting entity (as the case may be); |
(C) | a sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, except that a Change in Control shall not exist under this clause (C) if the Company or persons who were shareholders of the Company immediately prior |
(D) | any other transaction the Administrator, in its sole discretion, specifies in writing. |
(ii) | A "Triggering Event" shall be deemed to have occurred as of the first day that any one or more of the following conditions shall have been satisfied: |
(A) | the Participant resigns from and terminates his employment with the Company for Good Reason following a Change in Control by notifying the Company or its successor within ninety (90) days after the initial occurrence of the event constituting Good Reason specifying in reasonable detail the basis for the Good Reason. |
(B) | the Company or its successor terminates the Participant’s employment with the Company without Cause within two years of the date on which a Change in Control occurred. |
(iii) | "Good Reason" means that concurrent with or within twelve months following a Change in Control, the Participant's base salary is reduced or the Participant’s total compensation and benefits package is materially reduced without the Participant's written approval, or the Participant's primary duties and responsibilities prior to the Change in Control are materially reduced or modified in such a way as to be qualitatively beneath the duties and responsibilities befitting of a person holding a similar position with a company of comparable size in the Company’s business in the United States, without the Participant's written approval (other than may arise as a result of the Company ceasing to be a reporting company under the Exchange Act or ceasing to be listed on NASDAQ), or the Participant is required, without his consent, to relocate his principal office to a location, or commence principally working out of another office located, more than 30 miles from the Company’s office which represented the Participant’s principal work location. |
(iv) | “Cause” means (A) the failure by the Participant to comply with a particular directive or request from the Board of the Company regarding a matter material to the Company, and the failure thereafter by the Participant to reasonably address and remedy such noncompliance within thirty (30) days (or such shorter period as shall be reasonable or necessary under the circumstances) following the Participant’s receipt of written notice from the Board confirming the Participant’s noncompliance; (B) the taking of an action by the Participant regarding a matter material to the Company, which action the Participant knew at the time the action was taken to be specifically contrary to a particular directive or request from the Board, (C) the failure by the Participant to comply with the written policies of the Company regarding a matter material to the Company, including expenditure authority, and the failure thereafter by the Participant to reasonably address and remedy such noncompliance within thirty (30) days (or such shorter period as shall be reasonable or necessary under the circumstances) following the Participant’s receipt of written notice |
(c) | Solely for purposes of the definitions of “Triggering Event”, “Good Reason” and "Cause" under this Section 5 (and not for purposes of the definition of "Change in Control" hereunder), the Company shall be deemed to include any of Westell Technologies, Inc.'s direct and indirect subsidiary companies and the term Board shall be deemed to include the Board of Directors of any such subsidiary. |
(a) | This Agreement shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware applicable to contracts made and to be performed therein between residents thereof. |
(b) | This Agreement may not be amended or modified except by the written consent of the parties hereto. |
(c) | The captions of this Agreement are inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not be taken into account in construing this Agreement. |
(d) | This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Company and its successors and assigns and shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Participant, the Beneficiary and the personal representative(s) and heirs of the Participant, except that the Participant may not transfer any interest in any Restricted Stock Units prior to the release of the restrictions imposed by Sections 2 and 4. |
(e) | In addition to the terms noted above, Participant’s stock must be held in accordance with the Stock Retention Policy applicable at the time of vesting. |
(f) | These awards are subject to the terms of the Company's claw back policies, as may be adopted or amended from time to time. |