FINANCIAL FEDERAL CORPORATION
AMENDED AND RESTATED 1998 STOCK OPTION/RESTRICTED STOCK PLAN
RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT
Financial Federal Corporation, a Nevada corporation
(the "Company"), hereby awards shares of Restricted Stock
("Shares") to the Participant named below. The terms and
conditions of the Award are set forth in this cover sheet and the
attached Restricted Stock Agreement and in the Amended and
Restated 1998 Stock Option/Restricted Stock Plan (the "Plan").
Date of Award: ________________, 200__
Name of Participant: _________________________________
Participant's Social Security Number: _____-____-_____
Number of Shares of Restricted Stock Awarded: ________________
Amount Paid by Participant for the Shares of Restricted Stock
Awarded: $
Aggregate Fair Market Value of Restricted Stock on Date of Award:
$_______________________
Vesting Start Date: _____, 200_
By signing this cover sheet, you agree to all
of the terms and conditions described in the
attached Restricted Stock Agreement and in the
Plan. You are also acknowledging receipt of
this Agreement and a copy of the Plan.
Participant:______________________________________________________
(Signature)
Company:__________________________________________________________
(Signature)
Title:_______________________________________________________
Attachment
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FINANCIAL FEDERAL CORPORATION
AMENDED AND RESTATED 1998 STOCK OPTION/RESTRICTED STOCK PLAN
RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT
The Plan and The text of the Plan is incorporated in this
Other Agreement by this reference. You and the Company
Agreements agree to execute such further instruments and to
take such further action as may reasonably be
necessary to carry out the intent of this
Agreement. Unless otherwise defined in this
Agreement, certain capitalized terms used in this
Agreement are defined in the Plan.
This Agreement, the attached Exhibits and the Plan
constitute the entire understanding between you and
the Company regarding this Award of Restricted
Stock. Any prior agreements, commitments or
negotiations are superseded.
Award of The Company awards you the number of shares of
Restricted Restricted Stock shown on the cover sheet of this
Stock Agreement. The Award is subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement and the Plan.
Vesting Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, so
long as you are continuously employed as an
Employee (as such term is defined in the Plan and
where "Employee" includes being employed by a
Subsidiary of the Company), you will become vested
as to one-eighth (1/8) of the total number of
shares of Restricted Stock awarded, as shown above
on the cover sheet, on the first anniversary of the
Vesting Start Date of this Agreement. Thereafter,
so long as you are continuously employed as an
Employee, the Restricted Stock vests at the rate of
one-eighth (1/8) on each anniversary of the Vesting
Start Date of this Agreement until fully vested.
The resulting aggregate number of vested shares
will be rounded down to the nearest whole number.
However, if your continuous employment as an
Employee is terminated either by (i) the Company
(or Parent or Subsidiary) without Cause, (ii)
death, (iii) Disability, (iv) Retirement (where,
for purposes of this Agreement, "Retirement" shall
mean an Employee's termination of employment with
the Company for any reason (other than due to
death, Disability or by the Company for Cause) on
or after attainment of the age of sixty-two), or
(v) you for Good Reason, or if there is a Sale of
Company, then any unvested Restricted Stock shall
be vested in full upon such event.
Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, in
the event that your continuous employment as an
Employee ceases prior to the eighth anniversary of
the Vesting Start Date, you will forfeit to the
Company all of the shares of Restricted Stock
subject to this Award that have not yet vested as
of the date your continuous employment terminates
as an Employee.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Agreement, the Board of Directors, in its sole
discretion, may at any time accelerate the date
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upon which any or all of this Restricted Stock
grant is vested.
Escrow The certificates for the Restricted Stock shall be
deposited in escrow with the Secretary of the
Company (or his designee) to be held in accordance
with the provisions of this paragraph. Each
deposited certificate shall be accompanied by a
duly executed Assignment Separate from Certificate
in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A. The
deposited certificates, shall remain in escrow
until such time as the certificates are to be
released or otherwise surrendered for cancellation
as discussed below. Upon delivery of the
certificates to the Company, you shall be issued an
instrument of deposit acknowledging the number of
shares of Restricted Stock delivered in escrow to
the Secretary of the Company.
All regular cash dividends, if any, on the
Restricted Stock shall be paid directly to you and
shall not be held in escrow.
The Restricted Stock held in escrow hereunder shall
be subject to the following terms and conditions
relating to their release from escrow or their
surrender to the Company, provided, however, that
the minimum number of shares released to you in any
individual release of share certificates must be at
least twenty-five (25) shares (unless the release
represents your final release of share certificates
from escrow):
* When your interest in the Restricted Stock
vests, the certificates for such vested Restricted
Stock shall be released from escrow and delivered
to you, at your request, in accordance with the
following schedule.
* The release of any vested Restricted Stock
from escrow shall be effected within thirty (30)
days following the applicable date(s) of vesting of
shares pursuant to this Agreement.
* Upon termination of your continuous employment
as an Employee by you for Good Reason or by the
Company (or Parent or Subsidiary) without Cause, or
by death, Disability or Retirement, or if there is
a Sale of Company, any unvested Restricted Stock
shall become vested and released from escrow within
thirty (30) days of the applicable event. Upon
termination of your continuous employment as an
Employee for any other reason, any unvested
Restricted Stock shall be surrendered to the
Company.
Sale of the The Restricted Stock shall automatically vest in
Company the event there is a sale of all or substantially
all of the assets (exclusive of securitized assts)
or stock of the Company (the "Sale of Company") and
you have continuously provided employment as an
Employee from the Date of Award shown on the cover
sheet to the effective date of the Sale of Company.
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Definition For purposes of this Agreement, Cause shall mean
of "Cause" the good faith determination by the Company in its
sole discretion that your continuous employment as
an Employee should be terminated due to one or more
of the following:
(a) You have engaged in an act or acts of
gross misconduct or negligence that have
materially harmed or materially damaged the
Company. You will be notified in writing of
such misconduct or negligence and such notice
will specifically reference potential
termination of employment;
(b) Your repeated failure to follow the
lawful instructions of the Company following
written notice. Such written notice will
specifically reference potential termination
of employment;
(c) You have misappropriated Company
property;
(d) You have been convicted of, or plead "no
contest" to, a felony; or
(e) You have exhibited a repeated inability
to competently perform the essential functions
of your job which has been memorialized in the
Company's records and has resulted in material
harm or material damage to the Company.
Definition For purposes of this Agreement, termination of your
of "Good continuous employment as an Employee by you for
Reason" "Good Reason" shall mean your resignation as an
Employee within thirty (30) days after the
occurrence (without your written consent) of any of
the following:
(a) Any reduction (in the aggregate) in your
base salary by more than 25%, unless all
similarly situated executives incur the same
proportionate reduction in base salary; or
(b) A material diminishment in your position,
job duties and/or responsibilities.
Code Section You represent and warrant that you understand the
83(b) Federal, state and local income tax consequences of
Election the granting of this Restricted Stock. Under
Section 83 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended (the "Code"), the Fair Market Value of the
Restricted Stock on the date any forfeiture
restrictions applicable to such Restricted Stock
lapse will be reportable as ordinary income at that
time. For this purpose, "forfeiture restrictions"
include surrender to the Company of unvested
Restricted Stock as described above. You may elect
to be taxed at the time the Restricted Stock is
acquired to the extent that the Fair Market Value
of the Restricted Stock exceeds the amount of
consideration paid by you (if any) for such
Restricted Stock at that time rather than when such
Restricted Stock ceases to be subject to such
forfeiture restrictions, by filing an election
under Section 83(b) of the Code with the Internal
Revenue Service within thirty (30) days after the
Date of Award. The form for making this election
is attached as Exhibit B hereto. Failure to make
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this filing within the thirty (30) day period will
result in the recognition of ordinary income by you
(in the event the Fair Market Value of the
Restricted Stock increases after the date of
purchase) as the forfeiture restrictions lapse
unless you make a valid deferral as described
below. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT IS YOUR SOLE
RESPONSIBILITY, AND NOT THE COMPANY'S, TO FILE A
TIMELY ELECTION UNDER CODE SECTION 83(b), EVEN IF
YOU REQUEST THE COMPANY OR ITS REPRESENTATIVES TO
MAKE THIS FILING ON YOUR BEHALF. YOU ARE RELYING
SOLELY ON YOUR OWN ADVISORS WITH RESPECT TO THE
DECISION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT TO FILE A CODE
SECTION 83(b) ELECTION.
Election to Provided you do not make a Code Section 83(b)
Defer/Stock election, you may, with Company consent, elect to
Units convert your right to receive vested shares into an
unfunded deferred compensation account (the
"Account"). You must affirmatively elect to make
such a conversion and you must submit your
irrevocable election to the Company sufficiently
prior to the vesting of the shares that you wish to
convert in accordance with rules and procedures
that will be prescribed by the Company. If the
Company approves your request, then upon the future
scheduled vesting date of the Shares to be
converted, such shares shall be surrendered to the
Company and your Account shall be credited with a
number of units (the "Stock Units") equal to the
number of shares that you have requested be
converted. You shall be a general unsecured
creditor with respect to any balance in the
Account. The Company shall maintain the accounting
for the Stock Units in your Account. The
accounting value of each Stock Unit shall equal the
Fair Market Value of a Company common share. In
the event that there is any adjustment to the
Company's Common Stock as provided under Section 8
in the Plan, then an appropriate and similar
adjustment shall be made to your Stock Units. Any
dividends paid to Company stockholders shall result
in an appropriate credit to your Account or you
will receive a cash payment in the amount of the
dividend. Your Account shall be paid out in full
in Shares to you after your continuous employment
as an Employee is terminated pursuant to the terms
and conditions of your deferral election.
Leaves of For purposes of this Agreement, while you are a
Absence common-law employee, your continuous employment as
an Employee does not terminate when you go on a
bona fide leave of absence that was approved by the
Company (or its Parent or Subsidiary) in writing,
if the terms of the leave provide for continued
service crediting, or when continued service
crediting is required by applicable law. Your
continuous employment as an Employee terminates in
any event when the approved leave ends, unless you
immediately return to active work.
The Company determines which leaves count for this
purpose, and when your continuous employment as an
Employee terminates for all purposes under this
Agreement.
Voting and Subject to the terms of this Agreement, you shall
Other Rights have all the rights and privileges of a stockholder
of the Company while the Restricted Stock is held
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in escrow, including the right to vote and to
receive dividends (if any), provided, however that
you will not be entitled to any rights and
privileges of a stockholder for any Stock Units
other than the right to receive dividends (if any)
or any other right expressly provided herein.
Adjustments In the event that after the date of this Award, the
outstanding shares of the Company's Common Stock
are increased or decreased or changed into or
exchanged for a different number or kind of shares
of stock or other securities of the Company or of
another corporation through reorganization, merger,
consolidation, recapitalization, reclassification,
stock split, split-up, combination or exchange of
shares or declaration of any dividends payable in
Common Stock, the Board of Directors shall
appropriately adjust the number of shares of Common
Stock subject to this Award of Restricted Stock (to
the nearest whole number) and such adjustments
shall be effective and binding for all purposes of
this Award.
Restrictions The Company will not issue any Restricted Stock or
on Shares if the issuance of such Restricted Stock or
Issuance Shares at that time would violate any law or
regulation.
Withholding The release of the Restricted Stock from escrow
Taxes will not be allowed unless you make acceptable
arrangements to pay any withholding or other taxes
that may be due and such arrangements may include,
subject to such rules that may be established by
the Company, (i) delivery of previously owned
shares, (ii) withholding of shares by the Company
from the shares that would otherwise be delivered
from escrow, or (iii) cash or check.
Restrictions By signing this Agreement, you agree not to sell
on Resale (or transfer or assign) any Restricted Stock prior
to its vesting or sell (or transfer or assign) any
Shares acquired under this Award at a time when
applicable laws, regulations or Company or
underwriter trading policies prohibit sale.
If the sale of Shares acquired under this Award is
not registered under the Securities Act of 1933,
but an exemption is available which requires an
investment representation or other representation
and warranty, you shall represent and agree that
the Shares being acquired are being acquired for
investment, and not with a view to the sale or
distribution thereof, and shall make such other
representations and warranties as are deemed
necessary or appropriate by the Company and its
counsel.
No Retention This Agreement is not an employment agreement and
Rights does not give you the right to be retained by the
Company (or its Parents, Subsidiaries or
affiliates) and you agree that you are an employee-
at-will. The Company (or its Parents, Subsidiaries
or affiliates) reserves the right to terminate your
employment as an Employee at any time and for any
reason.
Representati You acknowledge that, while employed by the Company
ons or any Parent or any Subsidiary or affiliate
thereof, you will have access to confidential and
proprietary information regarding the internal
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affairs, operations and customers (customer is
defined herein as including, but not limited to,
borrowers, makers, lessees, guarantors, vendors and
manufacturers of the following: equipment,
construction equipment, transportation equipment,
buses, trailers, trucks, tractors, vehicles,
manufacturing equipment, machine tools, waste
equipment, recycling equipment and production
equipment) of the Company or any Parent or any
Subsidiary or affiliate thereof, including but not
limited to, information contained in any internal
memorandum, standard operating procedure manual,
employee manual, customer or vendor lists,
accounting records, computer-generated information,
computer lists, computer reports, computer records,
computer printouts or any software data or other
information in any computer system of the Company
or any Parent or any Subsidiary or affiliate
thereof and other information which pertains to the
business of the Company or any Parent or any
Subsidiary or affiliate thereof, which is not
disclosed by the Company or any Parent or any
Subsidiary or affiliate thereof to the general
public. By acceptance of this Agreement, you agree
to keep secret and retain in strictest confidence
and not to disclose, at any time, all confidential
matters, proprietary information which relate to
the Company or any Parent or any Subsidiary or
affiliate thereof including, without limitation,
customer lists, trade secrets, internal memoranda,
policies of the Company and other confidential
business affairs of the Company and its Parents and
its Subsidiaries or affiliates thereof and agrees
not to disclose any of the foregoing information,
at any time, without the prior written consent of a
duly authorized officer of the Company.
You further agree that, for 120 days from the date
that your employment as an Employee of the Company
or any Parent or any Subsidiary or affiliate
thereof ends; (1) You shall not, either directly or
indirectly, solicit business from any existing or
prospective customer(s) of the Company or any
Parent or any Subsidiary or affiliate thereof and
(2) You shall not, either directly or indirectly,
agree to hire, solicit or recruit on behalf of your
new employer, or through your new employer, any
employee of the Company or any Parent or any
Subsidiary or affiliate thereof for any job,
employment or consulting, in the Company's or any
Parent's or any Subsidiary's or affiliate's
industry or with any company which competes with
the Company or any Parent or any Subsidiary or
affiliate thereof. For purposes of this paragraph,
a "prospective customer" includes but is not
limited to, a person, corporation, partnership or
other business entity with whom one or more
financing and/or leasing transactions has been
discussed within the twelve months prior to
termination of your employment with the Company, or
any Parent or any Subsidiary or affiliate thereof.
The provisions of this representations section
shall survive any expiration or termination of this
Agreement.
The Company may enforce any violation of these
provisions to the fullest extent permitted under
law or equity. You acknowledge that upon a
material breach of any of these provisions, the
Company would sustain irreparable harm from such
breach, and, therefore, you agree that in addition
to any other remedies which the Company may have
for any material breach of this Agreement or
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otherwise, the Company shall be entitled to obtain
equitable relief including specific performance,
injunctions and restraining you from committing or
continuing any such violation of this Agreement.
The Company may apply to any court of competent
jurisdiction for a temporary restraining order,
preliminary injunction, or other interim or
conservatory relief as necessary.
Applicable This Agreement will be interpreted and enforced
Law under the laws of the State of New York and
construed accordingly, including any conflicts or
choice of law rule or principle that might
otherwise refer construction or interpretation of
this Agreement to the substantive law of another
jurisdiction. This Agreement may not be amended,
altered, waived or modified unless it is in writing
and signed by you and the Chief Executive Officer.
This Agreement represents the final agreement
between the parties and may not be contradicted by
evidence of prior, contemporaneous or subsequent
oral agreements between the parties. The rights
and remedies of the Company, its Parents, its
Subsidiaries and affiliates hereunder shall be
cumulative and not alternative. No delay or
failure on the part of the Company, its Parents or
its Subsidiaries or its affiliates in exercising
any rights hereunder shall operate as a waiver of
such or of any other rights. If any term,
provision, covenant or restriction of this
Agreement is held by a court of competent
jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or
unenforceable, the remainder of the terms,
provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth
herein shall remain in full force and effect and
shall in no way be affected, impaired or
invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their
best efforts to find and employ an alternative
means to achieve the same or substantially the same
result as that contemplated by such term,
provision, covenant or restriction. It is hereby
stipulated and declared to be the intention of the
parties that they would have executed the remaining
terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions
without including any of such that may be hereafter
declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.
YOU HEREBY WAIVE THE RIGHT TO HAVE A TRIAL BY JURY
IN ANY LITIGATION, ACTION, CAUSE OF ACTION,
COUNTERCLAIM, CASE, ARBITRATION OR PROCEEDING
BETWEEN YOU AND THE COMPANY, ITS PARENTS OR ITS
SUBSIDIARIES OR AFFILIATES.
__________________
In consideration of the Company granting you this Restricted Stock,
please acknowledge your agreement to fully comply with all of the
terms and provisions contained herein by signing this Agreement in
the space provided above and returning it promptly to:
Financial Federal Corporation
Attention: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Secretary
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EXHIBIT A
ASSIGNMENT SEPARATE FROM CERTIFICATE
FOR VALUE RECEIVED and pursuant to that certain
Restricted Stock Agreement dated as of [DATE], the undersigned
hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto ___________ shares of
the Common Stock of Financial Federal Corporation, a Nevada
corporation, standing in the undersigned's name on the books of
said corporation represented by certificate No. ____________,
herewith, and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint
_____________ attorney-in-fact to transfer the said stock on the
books of the said corporation with full power of substitution in
the premises.
Dated:__________________________
_______________________________
[TYPE NAME]
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EXHIBIT B
ELECTION UNDER SECTION 83(b) OF
THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE
The undersigned hereby makes an election pursuant to
Section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the
property described below and supplies the following information
in accordance with the regulations promulgated thereunder:
1. The name, address and social security number of the
undersigned:
Social Security No. :
2. Description of property with respect to which the election
is being made:
shares of common stock of Financial Federal
Corporation (the "Company").
3. The date on which the property was transferred is
_____________, [YEAR].
4. The taxable year to which this election relates is calendar
year [YEAR].
5. Nature of restrictions to which the property is subject:
The shares of stock are subject to the provisions of a
Restricted Stock Agreement (the "Agreement") between the
undersigned and the Company. The shares of stock are
subject to forfeiture under the terms of the Agreement.
6. The Fair Market Value of the property at the time of
transfer (determined without regard to any lapse
restriction) was $__________ per share, [for a total of
$__________.]
7. The amount paid by taxpayer for the property was
$__________.
8. A copy of this statement has been furnished to the Company.
Dated: _____________ __, [YEAR].
[Taxpayer's Name]
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SECTION 83(b) ELECTIONS
This memorandum briefly describes certain aspects of
Internal Revenue Code section 83 and section 83(b) elections as
they exist under current law. A form of election is attached.
The effect of making the election is that it permits the employee
or consultant to include in his or her gross income, in his or
her taxable year in which unvested shares are transferred, the
excess, if any, of (i) the Fair Market Value of such shares at
the time of transfer (determined without regard to restrictions
other than those which will never lapse), over (ii) the amount
(if any) paid for such shares.
By making the section 83(b) election, subsequent
appreciation in the value of the shares generally will be taxed
as a capital gain, rather than as compensation. Also,
appreciation that occurs after the transfer but prior to vesting
will not be taxed until the shares are sold. Finally, such
subsequent appreciation may be deferred if transfer occurs in a
tax-free reorganization or may go untaxed altogether if a stepped-
up basis results from transfer by reason of death. However, if
the shares are forfeited the employees or consultants who made
the election can only deduct a loss to the extent the amount
received (if any) on forfeiture is less than the amount paid (if
any) for such shares. Thus, such employees or consultants are
precluded from recovering the tax paid with respect to any
reported compensation income. Moreover, any loss recognized will
generally be a capital loss which can only offset capital gains
plus $3,000 of ordinary income ($1,500 in the case of married
individuals filing a separate return).
In the absence of an election, the employee or
consultant who receives unvested shares does not recognize any
income until such shares vest. In the taxable year in which any
shares vest such employee or consultant will recognize
compensation income equal to the excess, if any, of (i) the Fair
Market Value of the vested shares on the vesting date, over
(ii) the amount (if any) paid for such shares. If the shares are
forfeited the employee or consultant will recognize ordinary loss
to the extent the amount received on forfeiture is less than the
amount paid for such shares.
The election must be made not later than 30 days after
the date of transfer of the shares to the employee or consultant.
The election is to be filed with the Internal Revenue Service
Center with which the employee or consultant files his or her
return. In general, the election is irrevocable.
Each filing should be made by certified mail with the
sender's receipt postmarked at the time of mailing to establish
proof of filing. Also, one copy of the election should be filed
with the company. Finally, one copy of the election must be
submitted with the employee's federal income tax returns for the
taxable year in which the shares are transferred. Although the
election must be made within 30 days of the date of transfer of
the shares, the tax, if any, arising out of the election need not
be paid until the employee or consultant files his or her tax
return for the tax year of transfer (subject to the withholding
rules discussed below).
The company should be entitled to a tax deduction for
federal income tax purposes equal to the amount, if any, included
in the gross income of the employees or consultants receiving the
shares. Any deduction is allowed for the taxable year of the
company in which or with which ends the taxable year in which the
amount was included in the gross income of the employee or
consultant.
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While it may be desirable from a tax standpoint for
employees and consultants to make an 83(b) election at the time
unvested shares are acquired, the matter should be reviewed by
each employee or consultant with his or her tax adviser.
The foregoing is intended only as a general summary of
the tax consequences of section 83(b) elections.
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