0001104659-14-041067.txt : 20140522 0001104659-14-041067.hdr.sgml : 20140522 20140522170520 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-14-041067 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 5 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20140520 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers ITEM INFORMATION: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20140522 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20140522 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: AXIALL CORP/DE/ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000805264 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: PLASTICS, MATERIALS, SYNTH RESINS & NONVULCAN ELASTOMERS [2821] IRS NUMBER: 581563799 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-09753 FILM NUMBER: 14864436 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 115 PERIMETER CENTER PLACE STREET 2: STE. 460 CITY: ATLANTA STATE: GA ZIP: 30346 BUSINESS PHONE: 7703954500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 115 PERIMETER CENTER PLACE STREET 2: STE. 460 CITY: ATLANTA STATE: GA ZIP: 30346 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: AXIALL Corp /DE/ DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20130128 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: GEORGIA GULF CORP /DE/ DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 8-K 1 a14-13228_18k.htm 8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 22, 2014 (May 20, 2014)

AXIALL CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware		1-09753		58-1563799
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

1000 Abernathy Road , Suite 1200, Atlanta, GA		30328
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (770) 395 - 4500

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2 (b))

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4 (c))

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Grant of Performance Restricted Stock Units to Chief Executive Officer

On May 19, 2014, the Leadership Development and Compensation Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board of Directors of Axiall Corporation (the “Company”), pursuant to the Company’s 2011 Equity and Performance Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), granted 42,065 adjusted EBITDA-based performance restricted stock units (“PRSUs”) to Paul D. Carrico, the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. All of those adjusted EBITDA-based PRSUs granted to Mr. Carrico are eligible to vest, contingent upon his continued employment with the Company, in three equal installments on the first, second and third anniversaries of the grant date, subject to: (i) the achievement of a positive adjusted EBITDA for the Company for its 2014 fiscal year; and (ii) the PRSU agreement entered into between the Company and Mr. Carrico. The form of PRSU agreement for the adjusted EBITDA-based PRSUs granted to Mr. Carrico is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

In addition to the adjusted EBITDA-based PRSUs granted to Mr. Carrico, the Committee also granted 40,464 PRSUs to Mr. Carrico for which the performance restriction is relative total shareholder return (“TSR”). The number of shares of Company common stock that may be issued to Mr. Carrico with respect to these TSR-based PRSUs will range from zero to a maximum number that is 200 percent of the target number, and will be determined based on the TSR of the Company’s common stock as measured against the company from a peer group of other companies that achieves the median TSR of that peer group over a three-year performance period. The TSR-based PRSUs are eligible to vest in full on May 19, 2017, the third anniversary of the grant date. The form of PRSU agreement for the TSR-based PRSUs granted to Mr. Carrico is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.2 and incorporated herein by reference.

Grant of Performance Restricted Stock Units to Executive Officers Other Than the CEO

On May 19, 2014, the Committee, pursuant to the Plan, granted 11,369 adjusted EBITDA-based PRSUs to George Biltz, the Chief Strategy Officer of the Company, and 11,505 adjusted EBITDA-based PRSUs to Joseph Breunig, the Executive Vice President-Chemicals of the Company. All of those adjusted EBITDA-based PRSUs granted to each of Messrs. Biltz and Breunig are eligible to vest, contingent upon such officer’s continued employment with the Company, in three equal installments on the first, second and third anniversaries of the grant date, subject to: (i) the achievement of a positive adjusted EBITDA for the Company for its 2014 fiscal year; and (ii) the PRSU agreement entered into between the Company and each of Messrs. Biltz and Breunig. The form of PRSU agreement for the adjusted EBITDA-based PRSUs granted to Messrs. Biltz and Breunig is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

On May 19, 2014, the Committee also granted, pursuant to the Plan, TSR-based PRSUs to each of the following executive officers: Dean Adelman, the Company’s Vice President-Human Resources, (4,374 TSR-based PRSUs); George Biltz, the Company’s Chief Strategy Officer, (10,936 TSR-based PRSUs); Joseph C. Breunig, the Company’s Executive Vice President-Chemicals, (11,067 TSR-based PRSUs); Timothy Mann, Jr., the Company’s Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, (6,994 TSR-based PRSUs); Mark J. Orcutt, the Company’s Executive Vice President-Building Products, (7,699 TSR-based PRSUs); and Gregory Thompson, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, (9,952 TSR-based PRSUs). The number of shares of Company common stock that may be issued with respect to the TSR-based PRSUs will range from zero to a maximum number that is 200 percent of the target number, and will be determined based on the TSR of the Company’s common stock as measured against the company from a peer group of other companies that achieves the median TSR of that peer group of other companies over a three-year performance period. The TSR-based PRSUs are eligible to vest in full on May 19, 2017, the third anniversary of the grant date. The form of PRSU agreement for the TSR-based PRSUs granted to each of the executive officers identified in this paragraph is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.2 and incorporated herein by reference.

Grant of Time-Based Restricted Stock Units to Executive Officers Other Than the CEO

On May 19, 2014, the Committee, pursuant to the Plan, granted time-based restricted stock units (“RSUs”) to each of the following executive officers: Dean Adelman, the Company’s Vice President-Human Resources, (4,548 time-based RSUs); Timothy Mann, Jr., the Company’s Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, (7,219 time-based RSUs); Mark J. Orcutt, the Company’s Executive Vice President-Building Products, (8,004 time-based RSUs); and Gregory Thompson, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, (10,346 time-based RSUs).

All of these time-based RSUs are expected to vest in three equal installments on each of the first, second and third anniversaries of the grant date, subject to the RSU agreements entered into between the Company and each of these executive officers. The form of RSU agreement for the time-based RSUs granted to these executive officers is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.3 and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The following items of business were acted upon at the 2014 annual meeting of stockholders of the Company held on May 20, 2014: (1) the election of ten directors to serve until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified; (2) the approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, as disclosed in the annual meeting proxy statement; and (3) the ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2014.

The results of the voting on the election of directors were as follows:

Director Nominee	Votes For	Votes Against	Abstentions	Broker Non- Votes
Paul D. Carrico	61,676,608	144,826	283,525	4,048,506
T. Kevin DeNicola	61,677,150	142,707	285,102	4,048,506
Patrick J. Fleming	60,969,884	851,161	283,914	4,048,506
Robert M. Gervis	58,447,014	3,374,698	283,248	4,048,506
Victoria F Haynes	61,067,676	753,179	284,105	4,048,506
William L. Mansfield	61,677,399	143,703	283,857	4,048,506
Michael H. McGarry	61,663,377	158,277	283,304	4,048,506
Mark L. Noetzel	61,652,307	168,384	284,268	4,048,506
Robert Ripp	61,663,775	157,218	283,967	4,048,506
David N. Weinstein	61,654,481	166,977	283,501	4,048,506

The results of the voting on the approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the annual meeting proxy statement were as follows:

Votes For		Votes Against		Abstentions		Broker Non-Votes
60,927,258		864,829		312,873		4,048,506

The results of voting on the ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2014 were as follows:

Votes For		Votes Against		Abstentions		Broker Non-Votes
65,605,164		139,650		408,651		0

Item 8.01 Other Events.

On May 20, 2014, the Company issued a press release announcing that its Board of Directors has declared a cash dividend of $0.16 per common share, payable on July 11, 2014 to shareholders of record as of June 27, 2014. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto, and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit
Number		Description

10.1		Form of Adjusted EBITDA-Based Performance Restricted Stock Unit Agreement

10.2		Form of TSR-Based Performance Restricted Stock Unit Agreement

10.3		Form of Time-Based Restricted Stock Unit Agreement for Certain Executive Officers

99.1		Press Release, dated May 20, 2014

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	AXIALL CORPORATION


	By:	/s/ Timothy Mann, Jr.
	Name:	Timothy Mann, Jr.
	Title:	Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary


Date: May 22, 2014

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number		Description

10.1		Form of Adjusted EBITDA-Based Performance Restricted Stock Unit Agreement

10.2		Form of TSR-Based Performance Restricted Stock Unit Agreement

10.3		Form of Time-Based Restricted Stock Unit Agreement for Certain Executive Officers

99.1		Press Release, dated May 20, 2014

EX-10.1 2 a14-13228_1ex10d1.htm EX-10.1

Exhibit 10.1

ADJUSTED EBITDA-BASED RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AGREEMENT

This Restricted Stock Unit Agreement (the “Agreement”) is dated as of by and between AXIALL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (together with any Subsidiaries, as applicable, the “Company”), and (“Grantee” or “You”).

1. Grant of Restricted Stock Units. Subject to and upon the terms, conditions, and restrictions set forth in this Agreement and in the Company’s 2011 Equity and Performance Incentive Plan, as amended (the “Plan”), the Committee has granted to Grantee, as of (the “Date of Grant”), restricted stock units (otherwise referred to in this Agreement as “Restricted Stock Units”). Each Restricted Stock Unit shall represent the contingent right to receive one share of Common Stock.

2. Restrictions on Transfer of Restricted Stock Units. The Restricted Stock Units may not be transferred, sold, pledged, exchanged, assigned or otherwise encumbered or disposed of by Grantee. Any purported transfer, encumbrance or other disposition of the Restricted Stock Units that is in violation of this Agreement shall be null and void, and the other party to any such purported transaction shall not obtain any rights to or interest in the Restricted Stock Units.

3. Vesting of Restricted Stock Units. The Restricted Stock Units specified in Section 1 of this Agreement shall vest as follows:

(a) On , a number of Restricted Stock Units equal to multiplied by the number of Restricted Stock Units specified in Section 1 of this Agreement shall become nonforfeitable on a cumulative basis until 100% of the Restricted Stock Units specified in Section 1 of this Agreement have become nonforfeitable. Each such date shall be a settlement date under this Agreement. In addition to the other conditions described above, your right to receive all or any portion of the Restricted Stock Units is contingent upon the Company achieving positive adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization for the .

(b) In the event a Change in Control occurs prior to all of the Restricted Stock Units specified in Section 1 of this Agreement becoming nonforfeitable as provided in Section 3(a) above and while Grantee is an employee of the Company or any Subsidiary, the Restricted Stock Units covered by this Agreement shall become nonforfeitable if, in connection with such Change in Control, the successor corporation does not assume the obligations of the Company under this Agreement or provide Grantee with a substitute award with rights equivalent to the rights provided under this Agreement.

Subject to the following sentence, if the obligations of the Company under this Agreement remain unchanged or the successor corporation assumes the obligations of the Company under this Agreement or provides Grantee with a substitute award with rights equivalent to the rights provided under this Agreement, then no such acceleration shall apply and the terms of this Agreement shall apply to the assumed or substitute award, except as may otherwise be provided in a written agreement between Grantee and the Company.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if, following a Change in Control, (i) the obligations of the Company under this Agreement remain unchanged or the successor corporation assumes the obligations of the Company under this Agreement or provides Grantee with a substitute award with rights equivalent to the rights provided under this Agreement and (ii) after the Change in Control, but prior to all of the Restricted Stock Units specified in Section 1 of this Agreement becoming nonforfeitable, the Company or any successor corporation or any subsidiary of either terminates Grantee’s employment without Cause or Grantee terminates his employment for Good Reason, then the Restricted Stock Units covered by this Agreement or any substitute award shall become nonforfeitable upon such termination of employment.

4. Forfeiture of Restricted Stock Units. Except as provided in Section 3 or as the Committee may determine on a case-by-case basis, subject to the terms of the Plan, at such time as Grantee ceases to be continuously employed by the Company, any Restricted Stock Units that have not theretofore become nonforfeitable hereunder shall be forfeited.

5. Payment of Restricted Stock Units. To the extent the Restricted Stock Units shall become nonforfeitable pursuant to Section 3(a) above, shares of Common Stock underlying such Restricted Stock Units shall be transferred to Grantee no later than 15 days after the date on which the Restricted Stock Units become nonforfeitable (i.e., the respective settlement date), and in all events within the short-term deferral period specified in Treas. Reg. § 1.409A-1(b)(4), except as otherwise provided in Section 7.

6. Dividend, Equivalents, Voting and Other Rights. Grantee shall have no rights of ownership in the shares of Common Stock underlying the Restricted Stock Units and shall have no right to vote such shares of Common Stock until the date on which the shares of Common Stock are transferred to Grantee pursuant hereto. Dividend equivalents will be paid in cash on the shares of Common Stock underlying the Restricted Stock Units and shall be deferred (with no earnings accruing) until and paid contingent upon the earning of the related Restricted Stock Units and paid at the same time the underlying shares are transferred to Grantee.

7. Delivery of Shares of Common Stock. The shares of Common Stock underlying the Restricted Stock Units shall be released to Grantee by the Company’s transfer agent at the direction of the Company. At such time as the Restricted Stock Units become payable as specified in this Agreement, the Company shall direct the transfer agent to forward all such payable shares of Common Stock to Grantee except, in the event that Grantee has notified the Company of his election to satisfy any tax obligations by surrender of a portion of such shares, the transfer agent will be directed to forward the remaining balance of shares after the amount necessary for such taxes has been deducted.

8. Restrictive Covenants.

(a) Confidential Information and Trade Secrets.

(i) Grantee shall hold in a fiduciary capacity for the benefit of the Company all Confidential Information, including but not limited to trade secrets (as “trade secrets” are defined by applicable Georgia law) pursuant to this Agreement and as otherwise required by law. During Grantee’s employment with the Company and following the termination of Grantee’s employment for any reason, Grantee shall not, without the prior written consent of the Company or as may otherwise be required by law or legal process, use, communicate, or divulge Confidential information to any other person or entity, except that Grantee may disclose Confidential Information to other Company employees and professional advisors of the Company who have a true need to know about such Confidential Information in order to carry out their duties of service to the Company; provided, however, that the non-use and non-disclosure restrictions described herein will only apply for so long as the particular information at issue remains Confidential Information.

The protection afforded to Confidential Information by this Agreement is not intended by the parties hereto to limit, and is intended to be in addition to, any protection provided to any such information under any applicable federal, state, or local law.

(ii) All files, records, documents, drawings, specifications, data, computer programs, customer or vendor lists, specific customer or vendor information, marketing techniques, business strategies, contract terms, pricing terms, discounts and management compensation of the Company whether prepared by Grantee or otherwise coming into Grantee’s possession, shall remain the exclusive property of the Company and Grantee shall not remove any such items from the premises of the Company, except in furtherance of Grantee’s duties.

(iii) It is understood that while employed by the Company, Grantee will promptly disclose to the Company in writing, and assign to the Company Grantee’s interest in any invention, improvement, copyrightable material or discovery made or conceived by Grantee, either alone or jointly with others, which arises out of Grantee’s employment (“Grantee Invention”). At the Company’s request and expense, Grantee will reasonably assist the Company during the period of Grantee’s employment by the Company and thereafter in connection with any controversy or legal proceeding relating to a Grantee Invention and in obtaining domestic and foreign patent or other protection covering a Grantee Invention. As a matter of record, Grantee hereby states that he or she has provided below a list of all unpatented inventions in which Grantee owns all or partial interest. Grantee agrees not to assert any right against the Company with respect to any invention which is not patented or which is not listed.

(iv) As requested by the Company and at the Company’s expense, from time to time and upon the termination of Grantee’s employment with the Company for any reason, Grantee will promptly deliver to the Company all copies and embodiments, in whatever form, of all Confidential Information in Grantee’s possession or within his control (including, but not limited to, memoranda, records, notes, plans, photographs, manuals, notebooks, documentation, program listings, flow charts, magnetic media, disks, diskettes, tapes and all other materials containing any Confidential Information) irrespective of the location or form of such material. If requested by the Company, Grantee will provide the Company with written confirmation that all such materials have been delivered to the Company as provided herein.

(b) Non-Solicitation. During his employment with the Company and for a period of one year following the termination of Grantee’s employment for any reason, Grantee shall not, in any way, directly or indirectly, solicit, divert, or take away or attempt to solicit, divert, or take away (a) any party who is a customer or prospective customer of the Company with which Grantee had Material Contact while employed with the Company, for the purpose of marketing, selling, or providing to any such party any services or products offered by or competitive with the Company’s Business other than general solicitations to the public and not directed specifically at a customer of the Company, or (b) any employee of the Company to terminate such employee’s employment relationship with the Company.

(c) Non-Competition. During Grantee’s employment by the Company and for a period of one year following the termination of Grantee’s employment, Grantee shall not render Services to any person or entity that engages in or owns, invests in, operates, manages, or controls any venture or enterprise which engages or proposes to engage in the Business within the Restricted Territory. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Agreement shall prevent Grantee from owning for passive investment purposes not intended to circumvent this Agreement, less than five percent (5%) of the publicly traded voting securities of any company engaged in the Business (so long as Grantee has no power to manage, operate, advise, consult with or control the competing enterprise and no power, alone or in conjunction with other affiliated parties, to select a director, manager, general partner, or similar governing official of the competing enterprise other than in connection with the normal and customary voting powers afforded Grantee in connection with any permissible equity ownership).

(d) Remedies: Specific Performance. The parties acknowledge and agree that Grantee’s breach or threatened breach of any of the restrictions set forth in this Section will result in irreparable and continuing damage to the Company for which there may be no adequate remedy at law and that the Company shall be entitled to equitable relief, including specific performance and injunctive relief as remedies for any such breach or threatened or attempted breach. Grantee hereby consents to the grant of an injunction (temporary or otherwise) against Grantee or the entry of any other court order against Grantee prohibiting and enjoining him from violating, or directing him to comply with any provision of this Section. Grantee also agrees that such remedies shall be in addition to any and all remedies, including damages, available to the Company against him for such breaches or threatened or attempted breaches. In addition, without limiting the remedies of the Company for any breach of any restriction on Grantee set forth in this Section, except as required by law, Grantee shall forfeit any and all Restricted Stock Units set forth in Section 1 hereof if Grantee breaches the covenant applicable to Grantee contained in this Section and the Company will have no obligation to grant or vest any additional Restricted Stock Units.

(e) Communication of Contents of Agreement. During Grantee’s employment and for one year thereafter, Grantee will communicate his obligations under this Section to any person, firm, association, partnership, corporation or other entity which Grantee intends to be employed by, associated with, or represent.

(f) Independent Covenants. The existence of any claim, demand, action or cause of action of Grantee against the Company, whether predicated upon this Agreement or otherwise, is not to constitute a defense to the Company’s enforcement of any of the covenants or agreements contained in this Section. The Company’s rights under this Agreement are in addition to, and not in lieu of, all other rights the Company may have at law or in equity to protect its confidential information, trade secrets and other proprietary interests.

(g) Extension. If a court of competition jurisdiction finally determines that Grantee has violated any of Grantee’s obligations under this Section, then the period applicable to those obligations is to automatically be extended by a period of time equal in length to the period during which those violations occurred.

9. Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall be defined as follows:

(a) “Business” shall mean the production, distribution, marketing, and/or sales of: (i) chlor-alkali and derivative products and chlorovinyls products that are manufactured, distributed and/or sold by the Company, including caustic soda, chlorine, hydrogen, muriatic acid, chlorinated ethylenes (such as ethyl chloride, ethylene dichloride, perchloroethylene, trichloroethylene and vinyl chloride monomer), chlorinated solvents, calcium hypochlorite, phosgene derivatives, polyvinyl chloride, vinyl compounds and compound additives; (ii) aromatics products that are manufactured, distributed and/or sold by the Company, including acetone, cumene and phenol; and (iii) polyvinyl chloride/vinyl-based building products that are manufactured, distributed and/or sold by the Company, including window and door profiles, pipe and pipe fittings, exterior siding and claddings, interior and exterior mouldings and trim, and decking.

(b) “Cause” shall mean Grantee shall have committed prior to termination of employment any of the following acts: (i) an intentional act of fraud, embezzlement, theft, or any other material violation of law in connection with Grantee’s duties or in the course of Grantee’s employment; (ii) intentional wrongful damage to material assets of the Company; (iii) intentional wrongful disclosure of material confidential information of the Company; (iv) intentional wrongful engagement in any competitive activity that would constitute a material breach of the duty of loyalty; (v) intentional breach of any stated material employment policy of the Company; or (vi) intentional breach of any non-competitive; non-solicitation or non-disclosure agreement with the Company. Any determination of whether Grantee’s employment was terminated for Cause shall be made by the Committee, whose determination shall be binding and conclusive.

(c) “Confidential Information” shall mean “trade secrets,” as such term is defined by applicable Georgia law, and knowledge or data relating to the Company and its respective businesses that is not generally known to persons not employed by the Company, is not generally disclosed by the Company and is the subject of reasonable efforts to keep it confidential. Confidential Information includes, but is not limited to, information regarding: (i) product or service cost or pricing; (ii) personnel allocation or organizational structure; (iii) the business operations or financial performance of the Company; (iv) sales and marketing plans; (v) strategic initiatives (independent or collaborative); (vi) existing or proposed methods of operation; (vii) current and future development and expansion or contraction plans; (viii) sale/acquisition plans; and (ix) non-public information concerning the legal or financial affairs of the Company. Confidential Information does not include information that has become generally available to the public by the act of one who has the right to disclose such information without violating any right or privilege of the Company. This definition is not intended to limit any definition of confidential information or any equivalent term under applicable federal, state, or local law.

(d) “Good Reason” shall mean: (i) the Company or any Subsidiary reduces Grantee’s total compensation or total compensation potential by a material amount, except to the extent the Company or Subsidiary has instituted a reduction applicable to all senior executives of the Company or (ii) any attempted relocation of Grantee’s place of employment to a location more than 150 miles from the location of such employment on the date of such attempted relocation; provided, that the Grantee’s termination shall only constitute a termination for Good Reason hereunder if (x) the Grantee provides the Company with a notice of termination within 90 days after the initial existence of the facts or circumstances constituting Good Reason, (y) the Company has failed to cure such facts or circumstances within 30 days after receipt of the notice of termination, and (z) the date of termination occurs no later than 120 days after the initial occurrence of the facts or circumstances constituting Good Reason.

(e) “Material Contact” shall mean contact between Grantee and any customer or prospective customer (i) with whom Grantee dealt on behalf of the Company; (ii) whose dealings with the Company were coordinated or supervised by Grantee; (iii) about whom Grantee obtained confidential information in the ordinary course of business as a result of Grantee’s association with the Company; or (iv) who receives products authorized by the Company, the sale or provision of which results or resulted in compensation, commissions, or earnings for Grantee.

(f) “Restricted Territory” shall mean the United States and Canada. Grantee acknowledges and agrees that the Restricted Territory accurately describes the territory in which the Company manufactures, markets, and/or sells products.

(g) “Services” mean services or activities that are the same as or similar to the type provided, conducted, or engaged in by the Grantee within the two year period prior to Grantee’s termination or separation from the Company.

10. Compliance with Law. The Company shall make reasonable efforts to comply with all applicable federal and state securities laws; provided, however, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Company shall not be obligated to issue any Restricted Stock Units or shares of Common Stock or other securities pursuant to this Agreement if the issuance thereof would, in the reasonable opinion of the Company, result in a violation of any such law.

11. Relation to Other Benefits. Any economic or other benefit to Grantee under this Agreement shall not be taken into account in determining any benefits to which Grantee may be entitled.

12. Amendments. Any amendment to the Plan shall be deemed to be an amendment to this Agreement to the extent that the amendment is applicable hereto; provided, however, that no amendment shall adversely affect the rights of Grantee under this Agreement without Grantee’s consent.

13. Severability. In the event that one or more of the provisions of this Agreement shall be invalidated for any reason by a court of competent jurisdiction, any provision so invalidated shall be deemed to be separable from the other provisions hereof, and the remaining provisions hereof shall continue to be valid and fully enforceable.

14. Withholding Taxes. To the extent that the Company is required to withhold federal, state, local or foreign taxes in connection with any payment made or benefit realized by Grantee under this Agreement, and the amounts available to the Company for such withholding are insufficient, it will be a condition to the receipt of such payment or the realization of such benefit that Grantee make arrangements satisfactory to the Company for payment of the balance of such taxes to be withheld, which arrangements (in the discretion of the Committee) may include relinquishment of a portion of such benefit. If Grantee fails to make arrangements for the payment of tax, the Company will withhold shares of Common Stock having a value equal to the amount required to be withheld. Notwithstanding the foregoing, when Grantee is required to pay the Company an amount required to be withheld under applicable income and employment tax laws, Grantee may elect to satisfy the obligation, in whole or in part, by electing to have withheld, from the shares required to be delivered to Grantee, shares of Common Stock having a value equal to the amount required to be withheld. The shares used for tax withholding will be valued at an amount equal to the Market Value per Share of such shares of Common Stock on the date the benefit is to be included in Grantee’s income. In no event will the market value of the shares of Common Stock to be withheld and delivered pursuant to this Section to satisfy applicable withholding taxes in connection with the benefit exceed the minimum amount of taxes required to be withheld.

15. Relation to Plan. This Agreement is subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan. In the event of any inconsistent provisions between this Agreement and the Plan, the Plan shall govern. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Plan. The Committee, acting pursuant to the Plan shall, except as expressly provided otherwise herein, have the right to determine any questions which arise in connection with this grant.

16. Successors and Assigns. The provisions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the successors, administrators, heirs, legal representatives and assigns of Grantee, and the successors and assigns of the Company.

17. Governing Law. The interpretation, performance, and enforcement of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Georgia, without giving effect to the principles of conflict of laws thereof.

18. Consent to Jurisdiction. Company and Grantee each (i) hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the federal and state courts located in Atlanta, Georgia for the purpose of any action, claim, cause of action or suit (in contract, tort, or otherwise), inquiry, proceeding or investigation arising out of or based upon this Agreement or relating to the subject matter hereof, (ii) hereby waives to the extent not prohibited by applicable law, and agrees not to assert by way of motion, as a defense or otherwise, in any such action, any claim that it is not subject personally to the jurisdiction of the above named courts, that any such proceeding brought in one of the above named courts is improper, or that this Agreement or the subject matter hereof or thereof may not be enforced in or by such court and (iii) hereby agrees not to commence or maintain any action, claim, cause of action, or suit (in contract, tort, or otherwise), inquiry, proceeding, or investigation arising out of or based upon this Agreement or relating to the subject matter hereof or thereof other than before one of the above named courts nor to make any motion or take any other action seeking or intending to cause the transfer or removal of any such action, claim, cause of action, or suit (in contract, tort, or otherwise), inquiry, proceeding or investigation to any court other than one of the above named courts whether on the grounds of inconvenient forum or otherwise. Company and Grantee each hereby consents to service of process in any such proceeding in any manner permitted by Georgia law, and agrees that service of process by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, at the address of Grantee as reflected in the books and records of the Company is reasonably calculated to give actual notice. The provisions of this Section shall not restrict the ability of the Company or Grantee to enforce in any court any judgment obtained in one of the courts specified in clause (i) of the first sentence of this Section.

19. Notices. Any notice to the Company provided for herein shall be in writing to the Company, marked Attention: Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, and any notice to Grantee shall be addressed to said Grantee at his address currently on file with the Company. Except as otherwise provided herein, any written notice shall be deemed to be duly given if and when delivered personally or deposited in the United States mail, first class registered mail, postage and fees prepaid, and addressed as aforesaid. Any party may change the address to which notices are to be given hereunder by written notice to the other party as herein specified (provided that for this purpose any mailed notice shall be deemed given on the third business day following deposit of the same in the United States mail).

20. Compliance with Section 409A of the Code. To the extent applicable, it is intended that this Agreement and the Plan comply with, or be exempt from, the provisions of Section 409A of the Code, so that the income inclusion provisions of Section 409A(a)(1) do not apply to Grantee. This Agreement and the Plan shall be administered in a manner consistent with this intent.

21. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute the same instrument.

by virtue of the authorship of any provision in this Agreement. The word “including” in this Agreement means “including without limitation.” All words in this Agreement will be construed to be of such gender or number as the circumstances require.

23. Data Protection. By signing below, Grantee consents to the Company processing Grantee’s personal data provided herein (the “Data”) exclusively for the purpose of performing this Agreement, in particular in connection with the vesting of Restricted Stock Units awarded herein. For this purpose the Data may also be disclosed to and processed by companies outside the Company, e.g., banks involved.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Agreement to be executed on its behalf by its duly authorized officer and Grantee has also executed this Agreement, as of the day and year first above written.

			AXIALL CORPORATION


			By:
			Name:
			Title:


GRANTEE:

Name:

EX-10.2 3 a14-13228_1ex10d2.htm EX-10.2

Exhibit 10.2

TSR-BASED PERFORMANCE RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AGREEMENT

This Performance Restricted Stock Unit Agreement (the “Agreement”) is dated as of , by and between Axiall Corporation, a Delaware corporation (together with any Subsidiaries, as applicable, the “Company”), and (“Grantee” or “You”).

1. Grant of PRSUs. Subject to and upon the terms, conditions, and restrictions set forth in this Agreement and in the Company’s 2011 Equity and Performance Incentive Plan, as amended (the “Plan”), the Committee has granted to Grantee, as of (the “Date of Grant”), an award of a target number of performance-based Restricted Stock Units (otherwise referred to in this Agreement as “Performance Restricted Stock Units” or “PRSUs”), payment of which depends on the Company’s performance as set forth below. Each Performance Restricted Stock Unit shall represent the contingent right to receive one share of Common Stock.

2. Restrictions on Transfer of PRSUs. The PRSUs may not be transferred, sold, pledged, exchanged, assigned or otherwise encumbered or disposed of by Grantee. Any purported transfer, encumbrance or other disposition of the PRSUs that is in violation of this Agreement shall be null and void, and the other party to any such purported transaction shall not obtain any rights to or interest in the PRSUs.

3. Normal Vesting of PRSUs. Except as otherwise provided herein, Grantee’s nonforfeitable right to receive shares of Common Stock upon payment of the PRSUs is contingent upon his or her remaining in the continuous employ of the Company until (the “Normal Vesting Date”). As soon as practicable after the Normal Vesting Date, the Committee shall determine the number of PRSUs that shall have become earned hereunder based on the achievement of the Management Objectives as set forth in the Statement of Management Objectives attached hereto as Exhibit A. For purposes of this Agreement, the term “earned” (or similar terms) refers to the number of PRSUs that are earned under this Agreement based on the achievement of the Management Objectives as described in the immediately prior sentence, and the term “vested” (or similar terms) refers to the number of PRSUs that become nonforfeitable and entitled to be earned and paid in shares of Common Stock under this Agreement. Subject to the terms of the Plan, before any PRSUs are paid, the Committee shall make a determination that the performance conditions set forth under this Agreement have been satisfied.

4. Alternative Vesting of PRSUs. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3, Grantee shall vest in some or all of the PRSUs under the following circumstances:

(a) Death, Disability, Retirement or Termination without Cause. If, prior to a Change in Control occurring after the Date of Grant, or the PRSUs otherwise becoming forfeited or vested, Grantee should die, become Permanently Disabled, Retire, or be terminated by the Company or a Subsidiary without Cause while Grantee is continuously employed by the Company, then Grantee shall vest in a number of PRSUs equal to the product of (i) the number of PRSUs in which Grantee would have vested in accordance with the terms and conditions of Section 3 if Grantee had remained in the continuous employ of the Company from the Date of Grant until the end of the Performance Period multiplied by (ii) a fraction (in no case greater than 1) the numerator of which is the number of whole weeks from the Date of Grant through such date on which the Grantee dies, becomes Permanently Disabled, Retires or is terminated without Cause and the denominator of which is 156.

(b) Change in Control. In the event a Change in Control occurs prior to the Normal Vesting Date or such time when the PRSUs have been forfeited, the PRSUs covered by this Agreement shall become earned and vested as provided in the Statement of Management Objectives if, either (i) in connection with such Change in Control, the entity that is the successor to the Company as a result of the Change in Control (the “Successor”) does not assume the obligations of the Company under this Agreement in the manner described in the Statement of Management Objectives or (ii) prior to the Change in Control, Grantee has died, become Permanently Disabled or has Retired or the Company has terminated Grantee’s employment without Cause. The number of PRSUs earned and vested in such case shall be as set forth in the Statement of Management Objectives.

Subject to the following sentence, if the Successor assumes the obligations of the Company under this Agreement in the manner described in the Statement of Management Objectives, then no such acceleration shall apply. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (i) the Successor assumes the obligations of the Company under this Agreement in the manner described in the Statement of Management Objectives and (ii) on or after the Change in Control, but prior to the Normal Vesting Date, the Company, the Successor or any subsidiary of either terminates Grantee’s employment without Cause or Grantee terminates his or her employment for Good Reason or Grantee dies, become Permanently Disabled or is or becomes eligible to Retire, then a number of PRSUs (or a number of units subject to a substitute award) shall become earned and vested as set forth in the Statement of Management Objectives.

“Cause” shall mean Grantee shall have committed prior to termination of employment any of the following acts: (i) an intentional act of fraud, embezzlement, theft, or any other material violation of law in connection with Grantee’s duties or in the course of Grantee’s employment; (ii) intentional wrongful damage to material assets of the Company; (iii) intentional wrongful disclosure of material confidential information of the Company; (iv) intentional wrongful engagement in any competitive activity that would constitute a material breach of the duty of loyalty; (v) intentional breach of any stated material employment policy of the Company; or (vi) intentional breach of any non-competitive, non-solicitation or non-disclosure agreement with the Company. Any determination of whether Grantee’s employment was terminated for Cause shall be made by the Committee, whose determination shall be binding and conclusive.

“Good Reason” shall mean (i) the Company reduces Grantee’s total compensation or total compensation potential by a material amount, except to the extent the Company has instituted a reduction applicable to all senior executives of the Company or (ii) any attempted relocation of Grantee’s place of employment to a location more than 150 miles from the location of such employment on the date of such attempted relocation; provided, that the Grantee’s termination shall only constitute a termination for Good Reason hereunder if (x) the Grantee provides the Company with a notice of termination within 90 days after the initial existence of the facts or circumstances constituting Good Reason, (y) the Company has failed to cure such facts or circumstances within 30 days after receipt of the notice of termination, and (z) the date of termination occurs no later than 120 days after the initial occurrence of the facts or circumstances constituting Good Reason.

“Permanently Disabled” shall mean that Grantee has qualified for long-term disability benefits under a disability plan or program of the Company or, in the absence of a disability plan or program of the Company, under a government-sponsored disability program and is “disabled” within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(C) of the Code.

“Retires” shall mean the termination of employment of Grantee after Grantee has attained the age of 55 and at a time when Grantee’s age when added to the number of years of continuous employment of such Grantee by the Company equals or exceeds 70.

5. Forfeiture of PRSUs. Except as provided in Section 4, or as the Committee may determine on a case-by-case basis, subject to the terms of the Plan, at such time as Grantee ceases to be continuously employed by the Company before the Normal Vesting Date, any PRSUs that have not theretofore become vested hereunder shall be forfeited.

6. Payment of PRSUs. To the extent that the PRSUs (or a number of units subject to a substitute award) become vested and earned pursuant to Section 3 or Section 4 above, the shares of Common Stock underlying such PRSUs (or shares underlying such substitute award units) shall be transferred to Grantee no later than 15 days after the date on which the PRSUs (or substitute award units) become vested and earned, and in all events within the short-term deferral period specified in Treas. Reg. § 1.409A-1(b)(4), except as otherwise provided in Section 8.

7. Dividend Equivalents, Voting and Other Rights. Grantee shall have no rights of ownership in the shares of Common Stock underlying the PRSUs and shall have no right to vote such shares of Common Stock until the date on which the shares of Common Stock are transferred to Grantee pursuant hereto. Dividend equivalents will be paid in cash on the shares of Common Stock underlying the PRSUs and shall be deferred (with no earnings accruing) until and paid contingent upon the earning of the related PRSUs and paid at the same time the underlying shares are transferred to the Grantee.

8. Delivery of Shares of Common Stock. The shares of Common Stock underlying the PRSUs shall be released to Grantee by the Company’s transfer agent at the direction of the Company. At such time as the PRSUs become payable as specified in this Agreement, the Company shall direct the transfer agent to forward the applicable number of shares of Common Stock to Grantee except in the event that Grantee has notified the Company of his or her election to satisfy any tax obligations by surrender of a portion of such shares, the transfer agent will be directed to forward the remaining balance of shares after the amount necessary for such taxes has been deducted.

9. Compliance with Law. The Company shall make reasonable efforts to comply with all applicable federal and state securities laws; provided, however, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Company shall not be obligated to issue any PRSUs or shares of Common Stock or other securities pursuant to this Agreement if the issuance thereof would, in the reasonable opinion of the Company, result in a violation of any such law.

10. Relation to Other Benefits. Any economic or other benefit to Grantee under this Agreement shall not be taken into account in determining any benefits to which Grantee may be entitled.

11. Amendments. Any amendment to the Plan shall be deemed to be an amendment to this Agreement to the extent that the amendment is applicable hereto; provided, however, that no amendment shall adversely affect the rights of Grantee under this Agreement without Grantee’s consent.

12. Severability. In the event that one or more of the provisions of this Agreement shall be invalidated for any reason by a court of competent jurisdiction, any provision so invalidated shall be deemed to be separable from the other provisions hereof, and the remaining provisions hereof shall continue to be valid and fully enforceable.

13. Withholding Taxes. To the extent that the Company is required to withhold federal, state, local or foreign taxes in connection with any payment made or benefit realized by Grantee under this Agreement, and the amounts available to the Company for such withholding are insufficient, it will be a condition to the receipt of such payment or the realization of such benefit that Grantee make arrangements satisfactory to the Company for payment of the balance of such taxes to be withheld, which arrangements (in the discretion of the Committee) may include relinquishment of a portion of such benefit. If Grantee fails to make arrangements for the payment of tax, the Company will withhold shares of Common Stock having a value equal to the amount required to be withheld. Notwithstanding the foregoing, when Grantee is required to pay the Company an amount required to be withheld under applicable income and employment tax laws, Grantee may elect to satisfy the obligation, in whole or in part, by electing to have withheld, from the shares required to be delivered to Grantee, shares of Common Stock having a value equal to the amount required to be withheld. The shares used for tax withholding will be valued at an amount equal to the Market Value per Share of such shares of Common Stock on the date the benefit is to be included in Grantee’s income. In no event will the market value of the shares of Common Stock to be withheld and delivered pursuant to this Section to satisfy applicable withholding taxes in connection with the benefit exceed the minimum amount of taxes required to be withheld.

14. Relation to Plan. This Agreement is subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan. In the event of any inconsistent provisions between this Agreement and the Plan, the Plan shall govern. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Plan. The Committee, acting pursuant to the Plan shall, except as expressly provided otherwise herein, have the right to determine any questions which arise in connection with this grant.

15. Successors and Assigns. The provisions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the successors, administrators, heirs, legal representatives and assigns of Grantee, and the successors and assigns of the Company.

16. Governing Law. The interpretation, performance, and enforcement of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Georgia, without giving effect to the principles of conflict of laws thereof.

17. Notices. Any notice to the Company provided for herein shall be in writing to the Company, marked Attention: Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, and any notice to Grantee shall be addressed to said Grantee at his or her address currently on file with the Company. Except as otherwise provided herein, any written notice shall be deemed to be duly given if and when delivered personally or deposited in the United States mail, first class registered mail, postage and fees prepaid, and addressed as aforesaid. Any party may change the address to which notices are to be given hereunder by written notice to the other party as herein specified (provided that for this purpose any mailed notice shall be deemed given on the third business day following deposit of the same in the United States mail).

18. Compliance with Section 409A of the Code. To the extent applicable, it is intended that this Agreement and the Plan comply with, or be exempt from, the provisions of Section 409A of the Code, so that the income inclusion provisions of Section 409A(a)(1) do not apply to Grantee. This Agreement and the Plan shall be administered in a manner consistent with this intent.

19. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute the same instrument.

20. Data Protection. By signing below, Grantee consents to the Company processing Grantee’s personal data provided herein (the “Data”) exclusively for the purpose of performing this Agreement, in particular in connection with the earning of PRSUs awarded herein. For this purpose the Data may also be disclosed to and processed by companies outside the Company, e.g., banks involved.

		AXIALL CORPORATION


		By:
		Name:
		Title:

GRANTEE:

EX-10.3 4 a14-13228_1ex10d3.htm EX-10.3

Exhibit 10.3

TIME-BASED RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AGREEMENT

3. Vesting of Restricted Stock Units. The Restricted Stock Units specified in Section 1 of this Agreement shall vest as follows:

(a) On a number of Restricted Stock Units equal to multiplied by the number of Restricted Stock Units specified in Section 1 of this Agreement shall become nonforfeitable on a cumulative basis until 100% of the Restricted Stock Units specified in Section 1 of this Agreement have become nonforfeitable. Each such date shall be a settlement date under this Agreement.

6. Dividend Equivalents, Voting and Other Rights. Grantee shall have no rights of ownership in the shares of Common Stock underlying the Restricted Stock Units and shall have no right to vote such shares of Common Stock until the date on which the shares of Common Stock are transferred to Grantee pursuant hereto. Dividend equivalents will be paid in cash on the shares of Common Stock underlying the Restricted Stock Units and shall be deferred (with no earnings accruing) until and paid contingent upon the earning of the related Restricted Stock Units and paid at the same time the underlying shares are transferred to Grantee.

8. Restrictive Covenants.

(a) Confidential Information and Trade Secrets.

9. Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall be defined as follows:

vinyl compounds and compound additives; (ii) aromatics products that are manufactured, distributed and/or sold by the Company, including acetone, cumene and phenol; and (iii) polyvinyl chloride/vinyl-based building products that are manufactured, distributed and/or sold by the Company, including window and door profiles, pipe and pipe fittings, exterior siding and claddings, interior and exterior mouldings and trim, and decking.

(c) “Confidential Information” shall mean “trade secrets,” as such term is defined by applicable Georgia law, and knowledge or data relating to the Company, and its respective businesses that is not generally known to persons not employed by the Company, is not generally disclosed by the Company and is the subject of reasonable efforts to keep it confidential. Confidential Information includes, but is not limited to, information regarding: (i) product or service cost or pricing; (ii) personnel allocation or organizational structure; (iii) the business operations or financial performance of the Company; (iv) sales and marketing plans; (v) strategic initiatives (independent or collaborative); (vi) existing or proposed methods of operation; (vii) current and future development and expansion or contraction plans; (viii) sale/acquisition plans; and (ix) non-public information concerning the legal or financial affairs of the Company. Confidential Information does not include information that has become generally available to the public by the act of one who has the right to disclose such information without violating any right or privilege of the Company. This definition is not intended to limit any definition of confidential information or any equivalent term under applicable federal, state, or local law.

11. Relation to Other Benefits. Any economic or other benefit to Grantee under this Agreement shall not be taken into account in determining any benefits to which Grantee may be entitled.

22. Construction. The language used in this Agreement shall be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties hereto to express their mutual intent, and no rule of strict construction shall be applied against any party. This Agreement will be construed as if drafted jointly by the Company and Grantee and no presumption or burden of proof will arise favoring or disfavoring the Company or Grantee by virtue of the authorship of any provision in this Agreement. The word “including” in this Agreement means “including without limitation.” All words in this Agreement will be construed to be of such gender or number as the circumstances require.

		AXIALL CORPORATION


		By:
		Name:
		Title:

GRANTEE:

EX-99.1 5 a14-13228_1ex99d1.htm EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

Axiall Board of Directors Declares Quarterly Dividend

ATLANTA — May 20, 2014 — The Board of Directors of Axiall Corporation (NYSE: AXLL) today declared a regular quarterly dividend of 16 cents per share of common stock. The dividend is payable July 11, 2014, to shareholders of record at the close of business on June 27, 2014.

About Axiall

Axiall Corporation is a leading integrated chemicals and building products company. Axiall, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, has manufacturing facilities located throughout North America and in Asia to provide industry-leading materials and services to customers. For more information, visit www.axiall.com.

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