MasTec (MTZ)

7.2 Maximum Award Per Year.  Subject to readjustment pursuant to Section 9 of the SIP, the maximum number of shares that may be awarded as Restricted Stock to any individual during any one calendar year is 750,000 shares.

 

7.3 Vesting.  Unless the Committee specifies in the Restricted Stock Agreement that an alternative vesting schedule shall apply, that other vesting requirements shall apply or that no vesting requirements shall apply, an Award of Restricted Stock shall become vested and nonforfeitable on the third anniversary of the date of grant if the Recipient is an employee of the Company on that date, and before the third anniversary of the date of the Award, no portion of the Restricted Stock shall be vested.

 

7.4 Other Vesting Requirements.  The Committee may impose any other conditions, restrictions, forfeitures and contingencies on awards of Restricted Stock. Such conditions, restrictions, forfeitures and contingencies may consist of a requirement of continuous service and/or the satisfaction of specified Performance Measures. The Committee may designate a single goal criterion or multiple goal criteria for performance measurement purposes. The Committee may determine, in accordance with Section 5 of the SIP, whether such vesting requirements will conform with the requirements applicable to performance-based compensation under Code § 162(m).

 

7.5 Accelerated Vesting.  The Committee shall always have the right to accelerate vesting of any Restricted Stock awarded under this SIP.

 

(a) In the event that one of the following events occurs while the Recipient is employed by the Company or a Related Company, any outstanding Awards of Restricted Stock that remain subject to vesting requirements shall immediately become vested pursuant to the provisions of subsection (b) hereof, unless otherwise determined by the Committee and set forth in the applicable Restricted Stock Agreement:

 

(i) the Recipient’s death;

 

(ii) the Recipient’s Disability; or

 

(iii) a Change in Control of the Company.

 

(b) Unless otherwise provided in the Restricted Stock Agreement, if an outstanding Award of Restricted Stock remains subject only to a time-based vesting schedule (i.e., one that requires only that the Recipient remain employed for the passage of a specified time period), then such Award shall immediately become fully vested and nonforfeitable upon one of the events in subsection (a) above. If an outstanding Award of Restricted Stock remains subject to any other type of vesting schedule or requirement (e.g., a performance-based schedule), then upon one of the events in subsection (a) above, a proportion of the shares subject to such Award shall become vested and nonforfeitable, equal to the proportion of the time completed through the date of the applicable event to the performance measurement period for the Award, with target performance level deemed to be achieved as of the date of the applicable event. In the event an Award was originally scheduled without a designated target performance level (e.g., a single performance level or minimum and maximum performance levels), then the performance level that, if met, would have resulted in the least number of shares becoming vested shall be treated as the target level.

 

7.6 Termination of Employment.  Unless the Committee decides otherwise, all shares of Restricted Stock that remain subject to restriction upon the Recipient’s termination of employment, other than shares of Restricted Stock accelerated under Section 7.5(b), shall be forfeited by the Recipient.

 

7.7 Delivery of Restricted Stock.

 

(a) Issuance.  The Company shall issue a certificate representing the shares of Restricted Stock within a reasonable period of time after execution of the Restricted Stock Agreement; provided, if any law or regulation requires the Company to take any action (including, but not limited to, the filing of a registration statement under the 1933 Act and causing such registration statement to become effective) with respect to such shares before the issuance thereof, then the date of delivery of the shares shall be extended for the period necessary to take such action. As long as any restrictions apply to the Restricted Stock, the shares of Restricted Stock may be held by the Committee in uncertificated form in a restricted account.

(b) Legend.  Unless the certificate representing shares of the Restricted Stock are deposited with a custodian (as described in subparagraph (c) hereof), each certificate shall bear the following legend (in addition to any other legend required by law):

 

“The transferability of this certificate and the shares represented hereby are subject to the restrictions, terms and conditions (including forfeiture and restrictions against transfer) contained in the MasTec, Inc. 2003 Stock Incentive Plan and a Restricted Stock Agreement dated          ,          , between           and MasTec, Inc. The Plan and the Restriction Agreement are on file in the office of the Chief Financial Officer of MasTec, Inc.”

 

Such legend shall be removed or canceled from any certificate evidencing shares of Restricted Stock as of the date that such shares become nonforfeitable.

 

(c) Deposit with Custodian.  As an alternative to delivering a stock certificate to the Recipient, the Committee may deposit or transfer such shares electronically to a custodian designated by the Committee. The Committee shall cause the custodian to issue a receipt for the shares to the Recipient for any Restricted Stock so deposited. The custodian shall hold the shares and deliver the same to the Recipient in whose name the Restricted Stock evidenced thereby are registered only after such shares become nonforfeitable.

 

(d) Deferral of Delivery of Shares.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Committee may provide pursuant to a Restricted Stock Agreement, or may permit pursuant to an election by the Recipient pursuant to the terms of the MasTec, Inc. Deferred Fee Plan for Directors, or some other deferred compensation plan or arrangement approved by the Committee, that the issuance and delivery of any Restricted Stock awarded under this Plan be deferred until some time after the date the Award is granted. Any Restricted Stock, the delivery of which is so deferred, is sometimes hereinafter referred to as “Deferred Stock”.

 

(e) Dividend Equivalents.  In connection with a grant of Deferred Stock as provided in Section 7.7(d) above, the Board may provide that “Dividend Equivalents” may be granted with respect to any Deferred Stock Award and shall be either paid with respect to such Deferred Stock Award at the dividend payment date in cash or in shares of unrestricted Common Stock having a Fair Market Value equal to the amount of such dividends, or deferred with respect to such Deferred Stock Award and the amount or value thereof automatically deemed reinvested in additional Deferred Stock, other Awards or other investment vehicles, as the Committee shall determine or permit the Participant to elect. For purposes hereof, “Dividend Equivalents” shall mean a right, granted to a Participant to receive cash, shares of Common Stock, other Awards or other property equal in value to dividends paid with respect to a specified number of shares of Common Stock, or other periodic payments. Prior to delivery of Restricted Stock, Deferred Stock carries no value or dividend or other rights associated with actual Common Stock ownership.

 

7.8 Transferability.  Unless the Committee specifies otherwise in the Restricted Stock Agreement, a Recipient may not sell, exchange, transfer, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of shares of Restricted Stock awarded under this SIP while such shares are still subject to restriction.

 

7.9 Effect of Restricted Stock Award.  Upon issuance of the shares of the Restricted Stock, the Recipient shall have immediate rights of ownership in the shares of Restricted Stock, including the right to vote the shares and the right to receive dividends with respect to the shares, notwithstanding any outstanding restrictions on the Restricted Stock.