Hasbro (HAS)

apply) in connection with the exercise, and no tax deduction is available to the employer. In general, an ISO that is exercised by the recipient more than three months following termination of employment is treated as a non-ISO for federal income tax purposes, as are stock options granted to an employee and otherwise qualifying as ISO’s that in the aggregate first become exercisable in any calendar year for stock having a grant-date value in excess of $100,000.

 

Upon exercising a stock option other than an ISO, the optionee has ordinary income equal to the excess of the fair market value of the shares acquired on the date of exercise over the option exercise price, and a corresponding tax deduction is available to the employer. Upon exercising a SAR, the amount of any cash received and the fair market value on the exercise date of any shares or other property received are taxable to the recipient as ordinary income and a corresponding deduction is available to the employer.

 

The tax consequence to an optionee of a disposition of shares acquired through the exercise of a SAR or a stock option will depend on how long the shares have been held and upon whether the shares were acquired by exercising an ISO or by exercising a SAR or stock option other than an ISO. An employee who disposes of shares acquired upon exercise of an ISO, if the disposition occurs within one year following the date of exercise or within two years from the date of grant of the ISO, will have income, taxable at ordinary income rates, equal in general to the spread at exercise (or, with limited exceptions, to the gain on sale, if less), and a corresponding deduction will be available to the employer. Any additional gain recognized in the disposition will be taxed as a capital gain, either at long-term or at short-term gain rates depending on the employee’s tax holding period in the shares. Any gain or loss recognized upon a sale or exchange of shares acquired upon exercise of a stock option other than an ISO or a SAR will be taxed as a capital gain or loss, long-term or short-term, depending on the holder’s tax holding period in the shares. No deduction is available to the employer in respect of these capital gains or losses.

 

If cash, shares of Common Stock or other property is transferred under or in settlement of other awards under the 2003 Plan, including if shares are earned by a recipient pursuant to a contingent stock performance award which provides the opportunity to earn shares if the Company meets certain performance targets over a stated performance period, the recipient will generally recognize ordinary income at the time the property or shares are transferred to or earned by the recipient equal to the excess of (a) the cash (if any) transferred, plus the fair market value of the vested shares or other vested property (if any) transferred over (b) the amount (if any) paid for such shares or other property by the participant, and a corresponding deduction will be available to the employer. If any of the transferred shares or other property is unvested (subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture), the ordinary income associated with the transfer will be includible and measured only when the property vests (and the associated deduction will be similarly delayed), unless the award recipient makes a special election to take the awarded shares or other property into income at the time of transfer.

 

Some awards under the 2003 Plan could constitute or give rise to “nonqualified deferred compensation” subject to Section 409A of the Code. Where applicable, Section 409A regulates, among other things, both the deferral of compensation and the time and manner in which previously deferred amounts may be paid. The summary above assumes that the awards are exempt from, or comply with, the requirements of Section 409A.

 

exercised by the recipient more than three months following termination of employment is treated as a non-ISO for federal income tax purposes, as are stock options granted to an employee and otherwise qualifying as ISO’s that in the aggregate first become exercisable in any calendar year for stock having a grant-date value in excess of $100,000.

 

Upon exercising a stock option other than an ISO, the optionee has ordinary income equal to the excess of the fair market value of the shares acquired on the date of exercise over the option exercise price, and a corresponding tax deduction is available to the employer. Upon exercising a SAR, the amount of any cash received and the fair market value on the exercise date of any shares or other property received are taxable to the recipient as ordinary income and a corresponding deduction is available to the employer.

 

The tax consequence to an optionee of a disposition of shares acquired through the exercise of a SAR or a stock option will depend on how long the shares have been held and upon whether the shares were acquired by exercising an ISO or by exercising a SAR or stock option other than an ISO. An employee who disposes of shares acquired upon exercise of an ISO, if the disposition occurs within one year following the date of exercise or within two years from the date of grant of the ISO, will have income, taxable at ordinary income rates, equal in general to the spread at exercise (or, with limited exceptions, to the gain on sale, if less), and a corresponding deduction will be available to the employer. Any additional gain recognized in the disposition will be taxed as a capital gain, either at long-term or at short-term gain rates depending on the employee’s tax holding period in the shares. Any gain or loss recognized upon a sale or exchange of shares acquired upon exercise of a stock option other than an ISO or a SAR will be taxed as a capital gain or loss, long-term or short-term depending on the holder’s tax holding period in the shares. No deduction is available to the employer in respect of these capital gains or losses.

 

If cash, shares of Common Stock or other property is transferred under or in settlement of other awards under the 2003 Plan, including if shares are earned by a recipient pursuant to a contingent stock performance award which provides the opportunity to earn shares if the Company meets certain performance targets over a stated performance period, the recipient will generally recognize ordinary income at the time the property or shares are transferred to or earned by the recipient equal to the excess of (a) the cash (if any) transferred, plus the fair market value of the vested shares or other vested property (if any) transferred over (b) the amount (if any) paid for such shares or other property by the participant, and a corresponding deduction will be available to the employer. If any of the transferred shares or other property is unvested (subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture), the ordinary income associated with the transfer will be includible and measured only when the property vests (and the associated deduction will be similarly delayed), unless the award recipient makes a special election to take the awarded shares or other property into income at the time of transfer.

 

Some awards under the 2003 Plan could constitute or give rise to “nonqualified deferred compensation” subject to Section 409A of the Code. Where applicable, Section 409A regulates, among other things, both the deferral of compensation and the time and manner in which previously deferred amounts may be paid.